Baby Brother

Today we had a final ultrasound checking on baby brother. Everything looked exactly as it should and was doing exactly what it should. He looks very healthy and now just needs to finish growing the next 4 weeks. Baby brother was measuring on track and they guessed around 6 pounds right now...let's hope that's a little high or in 4 weeks we may have a bigger sized baby. Here's one of the 3-D shots they put on a disc for us; Curt said he's got his cheeks and nose! You can see some hair up top too!

After we heard all was healthy, I did ask to check that there was still a boy in there and yep, we saw the parts...it's still a boy! And I think baby brother may possibly have a name?!?! We have one that's stuck for a couple days now so we'll see if we make it through the weekend with the same name because we haven't hit more than 3-4 days before changing names again!

Christmas!

Christmas is all I have on my brain this year! I don't know if that's because baby brother should be here and home in time for Christmas or because I'm excited to see Josie get excited about the music, lights, and presents! I don't know but I can't wait to decorate...Curt is leaving on Thanksgiving to go hunting so we are going to put the family tree up that morning before he leaves town. One decoration I can't wait for is a Christmas train set...I've always wanted one and never let myself indulge; you know no kids and having the dogs in the past always seemed like logical reasons not to have one. Well this year we will have two kids (ha, one might not even be a week old yet) and since the dogs have moved I think I have no reasons left to talk myself out of buying one! Who knows about GeoTrax and their quality? They look totally kid friendly? Are they worth the price? How fun does this look if it were under the tree? The top one is on sale this week at Toys R Us and I'm so torn about to buy or not to buy!!

Little Lady

This year Josie dressed up as a ladybug; we got so many compliments about her cuteness and her costume! She went trick or treating twice; once at night with DeeDee and the boys. She loved walking with them and following them around; she didn't get scared by any noises or costumes! On Sunday we went trick or treating by my parents' house to visit our neighbor friends and to walk by the trunk or treat at our church. Josie was not as into trick or treating this time but really enjoyed handing out the candy to the children who came. She would just keep giving and giving them more. However, if they were wearing a mask she just stared and wouldn't hand them anything; they made her too nervous! Halloween was so fun with Josie this year, she loved to play with the pumpkins, loves the candy, learned to say treat, and looked so a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e in her outfit! It makes me really excited to celebrate Christmas with her!

This is Grandma taking her next door to Judy's house. You see Judy had a big bag of treats set aside for Josie and our nieces. We walked by our aunt's house too; they also had a big treat bag for her and the girls. Papa and Grandma had treat bags for all the grandgirls, DeeDee and the boys gave her a pumpkin full of yummies! Needless to say Josie was very spoiled this Halloween and we are so greatful for all of our friends and family who love to dote on her as much as we do!