Getting Ready for A Sister!

Andrew has decided that he needs to be ready to go when baby sister gets here!

More of Madelyn!

Things are looking good! She is hanging in there and has already made it 3 and a half weeks longer then Andrew! The other day Jason's team from work had us a shower. It was during their lunch break at Olive Garden and we got several things for Madelyn that we needed. We really appreciated it!

My good friend Mel made these letters for Madelyn's room. I think they are going to be perfect! She explains how to do it on her blog. As most of you know, I am not crafty enough to do it myself!

I have recently started buying some cute girly stuff for Madelyn! I have had it easy shopping in the boy's sections of clothing stores, but not I am overwhelmed with all the girl clothes that I "need" for Madelyn. I haven't bought too much and I always look for something for Andrew, but he hasn't gotten anything but jeans and kakhi pants (boring!)

This hat was given to us by some friends from Jason's team. I LOVE it and can't wait for her to wear it this winter.

I am thinking of bringing her home in this. This was on sale at 3 Monkey's- 75% off. I was proud of myself, because I never find sales!

This was another 3 Monkey's find. It was not on sale and I wasn't going to buy it if there wasn't one with an M. There was!

Overall, I'm feeling good- not great, but good enough! Oh, I have not gained 42 pound. They wrote my weight down wrong two weeks ago, because I went yesterday and they were like- Oh my gosh you've lost like 5 pounds and I asked what they had written down and it was 10 pounds off! So I gained 5 pounds within the last two weeks and that puts me at 37 pounds of weight gained during this pregnancy! So in the mean time, I'm just waiting until November 13 and trying to accomplish the many things I have to complete before she gets here! Good luck to me!

Andrew's Singing Debut!

A couple of weeks ago, Andrew's school had their program during church. Andrew's class of 2 year olds sang the song, The Lord Is My Shephard. Andrew would NOT go on stage without his Hog (thankfully, we had won the ballgame the night before so it was ok- according to Jason). So, Andrew and his Hog sang with his class. He held the hog in one hand and his sheep mask in the other! It was very cute!

Picking Pumpkins!

This weekend we took Andrew to the pumpkin patch. I love going to the pumpkin patch and actually picking out the perfect pumpkin and cutting it off the vine! I think it's such a fun fall tradition. I can't wait to start eating pumpkin pie! Andrew was a little shy this year about the pumpkin patch...and everything else these days! He finally warmed up and enjoyed it. He liked getting to help his Daddy cut the pumpkin off the vine. All the way home he said "Daddy cut pumpkin." Here are some pictures from our afternoon at the pumpkin patch!

Madelyn Update: Went to the Doctor today and all is well! I'm not measuring small anymore (not that I ever thought I was in the first place)! I have gained enough weight to support two pregnancies- 42 pounds! I was in shock! They had to move the notch up on the scale...I'll have to say gaining that much weight in a short period of time adds for some much added pain in my back and legs. My doctor said that Madelyn is very well behaved since she is staying put for now (she's made it one week and a half longer then Andrew did!). I told him that I hoped that would continue! So, I'm feeling good and she's not going anywhere anytime soon. I just hope that the "pound a week" that I'm supposed to gain at the end of the pregnancy doesn't put me into the obesity category!