Belly Shots.

My belly is huge, I feel like a house and I am definately ready for the baby to be here...but for all of you at home here are a couple of belly pics!

Progressive Dinner.

Last night we had a progressive dinner for the youth, several of the members of our church opened their homes to us and the kids and each served us a portion of our meal. We started with appetizers, moved on to salad, enjoyed a spaghetti dinner, and ended with dessert and a gift exchange. The kids all dressed up and were all very well behaved and everyone seemed to have a great time! We were so proud of them!

Baby Shower in Lexington.

Today was our final baby shower here at home. Our church family gave us a wonderful shower, and I think we finally have everything that we need to bring the baby home!

Baby Shower in Dallas.

We traveled home over Thanksgiving for a quick visit and a baby shower! I was so excited to see everyone and for them to see me(pregnant), this was the only time during my pregnancy that our family got to see us in person! We had a great time, even though it was a short visit. Here are a few pics from the shower!

Baby Shower!

Today I had a baby shower in Louisville with the girls from our old small group! It was so nice getting to see everyone again! We attempted to identify different types of baby food, ate some great snacks and cake (of course) and the girls made me some onesies! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful group of girls to share the joy of new life with!

We can't wait to come home!

Stephen and I are very excited to see everyone next week but to be perfectly honest I think we are more excited to escape this winter weather! This morning as I am typing this it is 16 degrees outside!!! 16!!! We also had snow flurries all throghout the week with a decent size snow on Thursday night. Can you believe it is only November!

Baby Clothes.

We decided that it was about time to get something for our baby to wear home from the hospital. Stephen picked out a boy outfit and I picked a girls (originally it was the opposite but neither of us liked what the other picked, lol.)We finally agreed on these...

Benjamin Graham will be wearing...

(It says "snugglesaurus")


Abigail Grace will be wearing...


The next day I found them hanging in the baby's closet.How cute is this (I love my husband)...

The Crib.

Many of you know that one of our good friends Shelby May decided to build our baby's crib for us. What an amazing friend! Here is the almost final product! We love it!

Stephen's B-Day

Yesterday we had a lunch meeting with some of the youth parents and a few of the kiddos came along. The youth surprised Stephen by telling the waitress that today was his birthday! I was so proud, they remembered all on their own!





This morning I made him breakfast before he had to leave for work and he opened a few of his presents that arrived in the mail...



Ginger thought he needed her help.

Belly Shots...

Check out my beach ball belly!

29 Weeks

I am now almost 31 weeks and I feel much bigger than I did when we took this picture but this is the most recent belly shot that we have!



I went to the doctor on Friday and learned that I had gained a little more weight than I should have in the last two weeks. She said the baby is in good position (head down) and the heart rate was 147. The baby is moving constantly and it's getting a little harder to eat, I guess I am running out of space!

November is going to be an exciting month for us. We have disciple now coming in two weeks, the youth will be split up into small groups and spending the weekend at host homes. Some of our friends from Louisville are coming to help out and we will have 8 people staying at our home!!! The next weekend Amanda is giving me a baby shower in Louisville and that Tuesday we will be heading to Texas! I am so eager for my family and friends at home to see my big belly and feel the baby kicking! It has been an amazing experience and I wish that I was able to share it with them more!

Youth Camping Trip

This past weekend we took 20 youth and their families on a camping trip. Luckily three of the families own campers and no one had to sleep in a tent. It was rainey on Friday and cold cold cold the rest of the trip. We all had a great time hiking, playing board games, and spending time getting to know each other a little better! Here are a few pics!

Fall Brawl

Yesterday we had "Fall Brawl" a friendly game of flag football between the youth and adults from church. It was fun watching but a little warm for this time of year.

The Lake.

We tool a mini-vacation this past week. We traveled about an hour to the lake where we stayed at an adorable little resort with some of our best friends.







We played a serious game of monopoly.


Did a little hiking and canoeing...













We also took a boat ride at sunset, it was gorgeous!