Fall so far!

Fall has been fun and BUSY so far......

After the second attempt, we finally got a full

dentist appt. in.......like this!

walking into church....such a big boy!


Roanoke Fall festival

More fishing!

Coppell's homecoming parade

bathtime fun

Lette "E" week at school

Preggo pics

I haven't been as good about taking monthy pics as I was with Noah, but here are a few I have!

18 weeks

22 weeks

26 weeks

26 weeks

We are finally starting to plan the nursery. I have been so blessed to have already been given lots of little boy clothes (Brooks/Briigs, Hudson) in addition to Noah's. So SOMETHING should be fitting this little guy! We have decided on the name Wyatt, so it's been fun calling him by name and hearing Noah say "baby Wyatt." He seems very excited, and keeps asking me "he just needs to get a little bigger before he can come out?" It's fun to watch him think about it, and come up with questions like "how long will it take him before he can talk and walk?" I think he wishes he could come out as an automatic toddler for him to play with!

This year....San Antonio

Several of my tridelt college friends and I try and get together once a year to catch up. We pick somewhere different each year. This year it was La Cantera Resort in San Antonio (we are hoping to someday venture out of Texas, but so far we are 4 for 4 in Texas!). It was great to see everyone, talk, relax, sleep, shop, eat and laugh. Here are a few pics from the weekend:

Jill and Christina

cute little pizzaria for dinner Friday night

Jill "surprised" Marcy with some chocolate, banana,

peanut butter (yum) cupcake for her bday!

The great view from the pool we hung out at Sat.

me, Marcy and Whitney

Marcy, Jill, Whitney

dinner and shopping Sat. night

It went by TOO fast......

But we sure did have a blast! This summer was great. With Levi's school/work schedule this summer, we got some great family time in. I also feel very blessed to have had this time at home to relax and rest during the harder/sicker part of my pregnancy. Wednesday play dates, pool time, snowcones, sleeping in, catching up with friends and family, a more relaxed schedule......these are just a few of the things I will miss. But I am ready for fall and the whirlwind that is about to take place!! Noah will start his new preschool (which is just a couple miles from my school). It's very structured and focused, so I'm excited to see how he does there. Levi will start his new schedule of working full time during the day and then having class Monday through Thursday from 6-9:30. I've tried to really get us organized to make it easier, including file folders for each month with written out meal plans for each week and grocery lists already made out. I also went ahead and bought birthday cards for throughout the year, and have them addressed and stamped, ready to go in each month's folder. So no one better move!! ;) In the midst of all that, we will be getting ready for munchkin #2!

Here are some pics from our busy summer!

catching up with some Tridelts and good college friends

Whit's 30th bday!

4th of July

4th of July

Vacation Bible School

practicing his swing

riding inside cause it's too hot!

a little summer reading outside

library story times

Fort Worth zoo

evening walks.....not sure about the goggles ;)

Lantana spray park

Fire station visit

backyard fun

a new soccer hat

cooking with Cici

Paradise Pond

Rides with his cousins

Park fun

bike rides with Dad

the BINOCULARS

New friend "Zita".....???

Sealife Aquarium (where we found Zita above)

LOTS of pool time

And discovering Mom's old violin.....

which is a guitar for him of course

Noah's Message

Noah wanted to share:

We are so excited to be expecting baby #2 on January 2!! It is going to be a crazy next few months. I'll be going back to work in the fall in Coppell, Noah starts a new little preschool for 3-5 year olds (right by my school), and Levi will be working full time and doing class Mon-Thurs evenings until 10! He should finish up law school in December and will take the bar in Feb., and then hopefully be figuring out where he wants to be working after everything!! I'm sure baby #2 will just slide right into all of that, sleeping through the night after just a couple of weeks and being a perfect little angel, right?! All of you moms of more than one, don't tell me any differently right now!!

We had an early sono last week at 13 weeks and they detected.......little boy again! They told us that when Noah was 13 weeks also. It was pretty clear, unless we are seeing something else. Which is possible, so we will find out for sure at the beginning of August!

I have about 4 or 5 outtakes of Noah doing this little video, which I think are cuter/funnier than the "good" one, so I'll post those in another post.

3 Years old!

Noah turned 3 on May 14. We celebrated his birthday the next weekend. It was very simple and low key, just out at the park/pool by our house. He did want a dinosaur cake though, so I attempted a Betty Crocker dinosaur cake from a template online, and it actually turned out pretty cute. It just started to melt though as soon as we went outside!! Levi filled up water balloons which took him over an hour to fill up. I think they were gone in about 2 minutes! Noah loved them though. I still can't believe he is 3 years old already! It just amazes me how fast time goes!