It's a .....

Can you believe it? Because I sure cannot! My whole life I always thought I would be a mamma to all boys. I gravitated towards the blue and trucks in the stores. And now this is all new!

We went shopping after we found out and only came out of the store with pink crib sheets. As of right now, I have no idea how to shop for a girl. But I'm sure it will come.

Finding out couldn't be more perfect. We walked into the radiologist right at our appointment, didn't even sit down, went straight into the room and within 2 minutes were told they were 100% certain it was a girl.

I am still shocked and haven't been able to eat anything all day. Give me a couple days, and I'm sure I'll be able to write something a little more significant. But as of right, I am digesting this information and trying to come up with a whole new plan for our family :)

There really is a lot to be thankful for...

I love Thanksgiving! Have I mentioned that before?

I love reflecting on all the good in my life, even if it's just for a weekend. We get so bogged down with daily things that sometimes I forget to just take a step back and take a good look at my life. I have nothing to complain about; what a blessing. All my needs are met. I seriously have the best kids in the world (it's amazing how every mommy thinks this- that's how good GOD is!), we have a great home that I take pride in and a loving marriage. And we have health. Hallelujah.

I love the turkey. I love the gatherings. I love the family pictures that are changing year to year; adding more kids, pregnant bellies, older children, and yes, even a few more wrinkles. I'll take it all.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family. My wish for you, is that life is just as good :)

Thanksgiving 2012. Jack 3, Charlie 1 1/2 years old, baby 16 weeks inside!

1st day of Preschool

Jack started his first day of preschool this morning. Now I could say "Where did the time go?" and "Why do kids grow up so fast?" but I've said this soooo many times before and quite honestly for some odd reason, for this HUGE milestone, both him and I were ready. No tears were shed. Just joy. And pride. I watched this little boy walk in with his head held high, not looking back.

He had enough excitement for play and learning and meeting new people; that he wasn't shy or scared.

And he had enough love to give me a kiss if front of everyone and made sure to say bye to both me and Charlie.

A true success.

Fall is in the air

Fall is in the air. It sure is. And I for one love it!

I love turning the furnace up in the morning and the warm air through the register. I love changing the sheets to flannel and climbing into bed at night. I love oven meals and the smell it leaves your house. I love hot coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate, hot chai tea- anything warm to fill my belly.

But most of all... I love fall decorating.

Yesterday was the day to clean up the yard, mow for hopefully the last time of the year, pull up all my dead flowers and decorate for fall and Halloween.

I didn't go all out this year as I knew I would have to take it all down in one months time. I turned to pinterest to find some new affordable ideas and I love the way it turned out. Jack helped me and had a lot of fun too. Who says decorating is only for girls?

I took a few pictures so I could remember next year, what held up and didn't hold up. We also have more Halloween decorations up and little orange pots with gourds and pumpkins in them sitting on each step.

I can't wait until our exterior is actually finished so there is a nice backdrop. I also can't wait until I no longer am pregnant, or have young babies so I can really go all out; but this will suffice for now :)

I made both of these yesterday. I bought little spiders and glued magnets to them and they just stick to our exterior door. I also made the spider web wreath by buying the cheapest frame I could find and spun a web with orange ribbon. Both projects cost less than $10.00!

Our pumpkin witch. I used an old wreath bought a $5.00 pumpkin and a $1.00 witch hat and stuck in an old pot.

With sharpie marker I just wrote "Welcome Friends" on the pumpkins and threw them in matching ceramic pots. 

I wasn't quite ready to pull up my palm trees yet so I decided to keep them and let Jack put small pumpkins and gourds in them both. He had so much fun with this project and would get so mad at Charlie for using the pumpkins as balls :)

We have a bat flying above our bushes, and Jack looks out at least every 10 minutes to see if it's still stuck. I promise, it's all he's talking about!

I'm also not ready to get rid of my Mother-In-Law's Tongue so we decided to keep it.