Race Reminder

No pressure, but just a reminder that in case you wanted to support Layla and I in the Susan G. Koman breast cancer walk this Saturday, here's the link http://race.komengr.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1030&px=1003193.

RV Pics

No, not pics of our recreational vehicle, pics of our baby boy:-). We had been calling him at home by the name we plan on naming him and then we realized that we better stop that or we'll accidentally let it slip at some point! So we are now calling him RV after our dad's--Ronald and Vernon. No, Ron Vern will not be his name after delivery. I can guarantee you of that:-).

They're a little hard to see, but this is his little bod with his belly sticking up...

And here's his face on the left side with his body going towards the right. It was easier to see on the u/s machine, but it looks like he's smiling...

It's A...

BOY!!! We found out today that we are having a little boy!! Layla is super excited to have a little brother:-). Or at least I'm sure some day she'll love it:-). He was super active which was cute to see. He kept stretching his legs out like crazy and with a full bladder (that they make you have) I thought I was going to burst:-). We got some cute shots of him smiling (but we don't have a scanner that works right now) so the tech said that she's positive that that means he'll be a super happy baby that never fusses or cries:-). Yep. I'm pretty sure that's what that means:-). Layla was super active at her u/s too and has been active ever since--so we might have our hands full:-). As far as the tech could tell he looks healthy--all major body parts are there anyway. We could certainly see his boy parts--he wasn't shy:-). Next week Friday I meet with my doctor to go over the u/s and for my 20 week appointment. I'm 19 weeks and 1 day today and he was measuring at 19 weeks and 3 days, so he's growing right on track! Right when we got there I called him a 'he' and the lady asked if that's what I thought it was and I said yes, but that nearly everyone else thinks it's a girl, so I'm probably wrong. She then said that almost always the parents are right, well, I was! I'm excited for a boy--Joe was kind of hoping for another girl so that Layla could have a little sister, but he's super excited for a little boy to hunt with too:-).

Hopefully now baby boy will stay in for many more weeks (like at least 14)! I'm still feeling sick and lately have been having bad headaches. It'd be nice if that would end soon:-). But I'll take feeling crappy if it means a healthy pregnancy!

Since I don't have pics of the u/s to post, I'll leave you with some pics of Layla. She loves wearing accessories. Too bad she's missing a purse in these pics--she loves carrying purses around and loves to put really random things in the purses:-). She also still LOVES shoes. This morning when I got done getting ready she had moved one of my sandals out of my closet and put it by the top of our gate and had put her sandals (left out from last night by the top of the gate--that's what pregnancy does to me:D) in my closet. Silly girl.

Oh, and for the baby book, she got her 5th tooth last week--a moler on her back right and she's close to breaking her top right (next to the front two that she has). I don't really think that's the "correct" order to get them in, but she doesn't like to be traditional:-)

Just a typical day at Layla's Beauty Salon...

Support Us!

If you'd like to support the fight against breast cancer, you can support Layla and I as we walk in the Race for the Cure on September 26. You can support us with your prayers or if you'd like to support us financially you can make your donations online at http://race.komengr.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1030&px=1003193. Thanks!

Labor Day Fun

Last night we went to my cousin, Mandi's for a cookout with the fam. It was very nice of her to have us all over!!

Having fun swinging...


The guys (minus my dad) busy cooking the burgs and dogs...

The kids enjoyed coloring (minus Caleb)...

Quick Get-a-way

This weekend Joe and I decided to take a quick trip to the outlet mall in Howell and to Cabela's. We were going to take Layla with but since Joe's parents were willing and able to watch her we figured that'd be easier! Plus this could be one of our last trips alone before Baby comes since I'm not sure how long I'll be able to travel (which by the way I'm pretty sure I've been feeling move lately!). It was nice to have some time away and spend some money:-). We arrived in Howell Friday night just in time to have about 30 minutes at the mall--all spent at Layla's favorite outlet--Gymboree:-). Then we stayed in Howell overnight right next to the mall at the Holiday Inn and hit the mall in the morning until about lunch time. We found lots of good deals--mainly for Joe and Layla--shopping for maternity clothes just isn't as fun, although there is Motherhood Maternity Outlet there that I did find a couple of things at.
Here I am squinting into the sun for a quick pic before heading to Dundee...

We stopped for lunch on the way and arrived at Cabela's around 2:30 (about an hour drive from Howell). We didn't end up leaving Cabela's until after 6:30!! That was a long time in that store! There weren't too many good deals, but we did find some stuff (yes, even I found some stuff--mainly outdoorsy decorations for our basement and such--and Joe found some hunting items he had been wanting).
Here is Joe infront of the ever popular yet pretty creepy mountain of dead animals at Cabela's...


Layla was SUPER tired today from her big day at Grandma and Grandpa's. I knew right away when she woke up at 8 that she was still sleepy. Then this is what I found her doing as we were about to leave for church (that footstool is there for her so that she can get on and off the chair--and yes, that is Elv's leash she was carrying around--gross, I know).

Layla then started getting tired and crabby in nursery (I was in with her today) and fell asleep as soon as she got in the car. Of course then she didn't go right to sleep when we brought her in the house, but she did shortly after that. She is now on her third nap of the day (fourth if you include her nap in the car earlier) so she's pretty much been sleeping since we got home at 11:30! I think maybe she's teething too because she's been drooling like crazy today. Her head also feels pretty warm. Hopefully it's just sleepiness and teeth!
I tried to get a picture of Layla with her new shot gun (a toy of course), but she doesn't seem to want anything to do with it:-(.
We had a great weekend away and are so thankful that Joe's parents could take care of Layla! Otherwise she'd be even more tired and crabby today had she been on the go all day yesterday!! :-)

Girl

No, the title of this post is not an indication of the sex of our baby:-). Although I have noticed that most people have voted "girl" on our poll and last time I think every person that guessed the gender said "girl" and so obviously they were right!
The girl I'm referring to is Layla. She is definitely all girl with some of the things she does. She loves shoes (wearing them on her feet and hands) and loves hair accessories (although she'll often want to have them put on and then takes them out and acts like she didn't mean to pull it out of her hair saying "uh-oh" immediately following). While we were camping she had been wearing some pink shoes but since they were left outside all night I told Joe in the morning to just put her white ones one since her pink ones were cold. As soon as he put the white ones on she walked over to the pink ones, brought those to Joe and kept signing "please" until he changed her shoes to the pink ones. Also, after baths now I tell her to go brush her hair and she walks right over to her vanity and will sometimes brush her hair for the next 30 minutes--with the 3 different brushes that are in the vanity. In my opinion she messes up her hair while it dries--she hasn't quite learned how to brush it nicely and in the correct direction with her part--we'll need to work on that:-). She also loves brushing other peoples' hair too including Elvis' and Gavin's:-). Surprisingly Elv most the time lets her brush his hair:-).
I can't believe she'll be 15 months tomorrow already!! She definitely keeps learning new things. She's getting better at getting down from things--she's loved climbing on things for awhile but didn't understand to put her feet first in order to get down. I don't trust her going up and down steps on her own yet, but she does know now how to go down. She learned the up a long time ago, so it'll be nice when she can master the down better! She also continues to learn new words. Today she just started saying "done" while signing "all done". Speaking of which, I realized I was teaching her the wrong sign for "help". Oops! I was doing it close to "please". I'll probably just keep doing it how I taught her though or she might get confused! She also now will sometimes tell me when she wants to take a nap by saying "na-nigh" which is cute. She still hasn't gotten any more teeth--just 4 total so far!

And one more thing on her "girl" post...this is probably not very nice of me to put that in Gavin's hair, but her and Gavin were both enjoying their hair bows on Tuesday:-).