My Big Love

Yup this guy right here.
He is the middle piece. You know...the part of the puzzle that has it all make sense.

And my little loves...the reason I am.

Happy love day!

Oh...the BEST part!!!

I am getting a little bit overwhelmed at the thought of moving. The date is coming closer...I am getting wider and I can't carry anything without getting contractions so I am feeling a bit useless and more than frustrated. We have lots of gratefully offered help but some things only I can do...like all the sorting, purging and organizing. When I am looking at our heaps of belongings (where did it all come from?!) and boxes that are quickly stacking up I think of one thing...



TAAAAA DAAAA!!!!!
THIS is the crown jewel on our new home... Oh yes...lovely kitchen, nice landscaping, beautiful master suite...dark hardwood...lots to love...but THIS- This is what gets me motivated to do just one more box!


My second floor laundry. Right smack in the middle of the bedrooms! How much SENSE does that make! No more lugging laundry baskets up two flights of stairs...it is all right there. I am actually looking FORWARD to doing laundry, and that is a small miracle! It is not painted or decorated obviously...and I have so many ideas for this darling little room...so tiny, and yet SO eagerly anticipated.

Convenient!

The bedrooms in our new house presented a bit of pressure on the gender of this baby. Though the painters were on standby...
It is a little too pink for my taste- I am thinking the future three year old girl in our family would be a little upset if I painted over the perfect princess retreat. So it will stay...and the boys can keep the race car room ( I am not a fan of the "theme" bedroom...but they love it!).

I do love the third floor finished attic...I have big plans for this space...but again, I have to wait for the novelty of the princess, Thomas and Cars murals to wear off before I make any drastic changes.

From all Around...

Ben came bursting out of the bathroom the other day (I have noticed that men...big and small do their best thinking in the bathroom?!) and said;
"Mommy! We are having a baby girl and we are calling her...(shyly looks away and grins at me sheepishly) Ella!

I told him that we trust that God has picked the very best baby to come to our family and that might be a girl OR a boy.

He wasn't convinced.

Last night we told him that we were going to get pictures of the new baby taken by a special camera so we could see what baby looked like and we could know if it was a boy or a girl.

"Remember! I ONLY want a girl!"

Mmmm.

He was very excited to hear that he is getting the baby sister he wanted so much and has been drawing her pictures ever since. (I am going to keep them all for her.) He is only calling her Ella. Fortunately this would work well as a nickname for another name that was high on the "girl list".

Jakey? He dances around like a maniac if you even mention the word "baby" -the boy LOVES them. He is so rough and tough and boy all over but put him near a baby and he is so sweet and gentle with his trembling hand trying to be touch gently and his little falsetto voice he talks to them in. I can't wait for my boys to meet their little sister, she is a lucky girl!

From the Inside!

Here SHE is!
She looks perfect, we can't WAIT to meet little Missy!

*The top picture is her face, the second is her the back of her head and spine and the last is her profile. You can't see in the pictures as we could on the screen but she has chubby little cheeks, full lips and kept rubbing her face with her little hands. Her Daddy melted right there on the floor.

From the Outside!

20 weeks! This little baby is halfway baked and time is sure flying. I am starting to knock my stomach of off door frames when I walk out of a room or shut the fridge door on myself because I popped out so suddenly I haven't had time to adjust! Sorry baby!

Love

What an example he is. Everything he goes through he does with strength, dignity and an enviable amount of faith and integrity.
He will not complain. He will not pity himself or his situation. He will not give up.

I just love him so much.