A Whole Lot of Catching Up!!!

Of course in pictures!! Ha ha! That's the only way I can tell you all about our month!! These first ones are from Dave's surprise party. It was a lot of fun. Sorry to those who could not make it or were not invited. I had to draw the line somewhere. The pictures look blurry on here....not sure why. They are fine on my camera and computer. Sorry:) Enjoy anyway.

Oops...this one was from Dave's office. They wanted to take all these animals home....I have enough bears already. Every time Dave goes on a trip he likes to give them away....but the kids always find them and add them to their collection. Lately they have been playing zoo with them. They make different cages for all the animals and then they check them because they are the zookeepers. So cute!

Back to Dave's party....she was attached to me that night. And No she is not drinking coffee...just lemonade! Ha ha!

Dave, Scott, Stevie C. and Mr. Socha

Being silly in her Daddy's birthday hat from Josh and Mel.

Josh, Dave and Randy.

Aunt Kerri is always smiling.

Dave, Mel and Josh.

Loving his Daddy. No one had any idea about the party. It was a little tricky not talking about it in front of Dave or the kids. When everyone yelled surprise...Isaiah was a little scared at first.

Yeah...Hopey loves Rachael. Thanks for coming. Doesn't she look great. She had a baby 5 days before this. You would never know it.

Silly kiddos.

So sweet!

Dave with his Aunt Sue (godmother) and Uncle Don.

See always smiling :)

Me and D with his parents.

Pa and Isaiah.

Hopey loved Melanie at the end. It was great to have her in someone else's arms. She gets heavy after awhile:)

Pumpkin time! Tita and Jaja bought them a huge pumpkin at church, but had to leave that day. So Pa carved it with them. Isaiah actually pulled the insides out this year!! Yeah!! So proud! Hopey just watched!

Oops this one snuck in here.

Our trip to Notre Dame....this is the way to travel!! :)

Sorry they are all mixed up....more pumpkin carving!

At the Notre Dame Basilica. It is so beautiful there!

CHEESE!! Wow...she actually smiled for the camera!!

Fall Fun today. It was so beautiful out today and the kids loved jumping in the leaves for the first time.

My big boy!

And big girl!!

19 weeks!!

Here are some recent belly shots. I love Isaiah in the background....he was wondering why I was taking pictures. He is so cute and curious!

Long story short...

Isaiah did not find my camera cord.
I did not find my camera cord.
Went to Best Buy and spent a ton of money on a new camera cord.
Came home and found a different cord....but it fit and worked.
Expensive cord is going back.

Post and pictures are up below:)

post coming soon

I was going to upload some photos but...I can't find my camera cord. I will have to wait until tomorrow when Isaiah is up. He is my finder. So you will have to wait until then!!

First Day Of School!

It went pretty well for the first day. I forgot to take them to the bathroom before we started so...as we are mid-song...they both had to go. Oh well, I will have to remember to take them before we start tomorrow. They did pretty well taking turns and sitting. They really are not used to sitting and listening to directions all the time. We do a calendar, ABC's, numbers, read a story and do an activity with it, draw different kinds of lines, and learn how to draw different numbers. That is our goal for the day. Then we also are learning a bible verse. A few times Isaiah wanted to play with his trucks...but he also came back and wanted to do what we were doing. I think once they get used to the routine they will like it more.

Isaiah said later that he really liked the book and drawing lines to get the car to the finish line.

Hope kept asking to go back all day. So cute!

Hope it gets better and better! I love doing it!

Here are a few pictures of their first day!

All ready to go!

The only smile I could get that day.

Are you ready yet Mom??

Our calendar

Snack time...even though we were there only 20 minutes...they needed a snack! They are too funny!

16 weeks...

Here are some pictures taken last week. I am 17 1/2 weeks now.

Some Good News and Some Bad News

I will start with the good news since I always like to hear that first.
1. The bat came back negative for rabies! Yeah! No shots again!
2. There are not bats living in our house. They think they came down the chimney so, we just have to get chimney caps. Thank God!! I received your emails about how expensive it can be to get rid of them. So thankful we don't have to go through that.

And the bad news...
I went to the doctor today to get clearance for our trip out west. We were expected to leave next week. Well, I have a low lying placenta and the doctor would prefer me to stay close to home just in case something were to happen. I am just hoping his is extremely cautious. I do go back in 4 weeks for another sonogram and if the placenta moves up....then everything is fine and I will be able to travel then. So prayers are appreciated for the baby:)