these are a few of my favorite things...

Girl clothes are so much fun, and I can't help myself from purusing the internet, thinking about our baby girl. It's funny, boy's clothes are so sweet because they are "little man", t shirts and button down plaid shirts and little jeans... oh watching Ryder and Kit look alike was so sweet, especially when one was barely 9 pounds! Girls clothes are cute in a very different way to me, I don't know why...

Here are a few things that melted me

(envisioning her in these just kills me!):

Oh my gosh I can't believe we are having a baby GIRL!!!

disneyland

Yesterday we went to Disneyland. We haven't been since June and it was amazing how much older Ryder is. He walked quite a bit more, he was more responsive to the characters that were throughout the park. He loved the decorations that were all geared toward fall and Halloween, there were pumpkins everywhere...

Enjoying some lunch of corn dog and apple slices...

His first time on "Small World". He LOVED it! He was pointing and dancing and laughing...

(I look like a hot mess...)

Spending some time in bug's land...

Just plain tuckered out after a 3 hour visit, he couldn't even finish his part of his churro...

It was so fun and I cherish these moments with my little man.

Weekend recap...

On Sunday we were able to attend our good friend's wedding. They are so happy and excited to share life together, and getting to witness them start this new chapter in their lives was really a blessing and we were so honored to be part of their special day.

We love you Jenny and Aaron! Welcome to married life!

a little secret...

We've been keeping a little secret...

On June 22nd we saw this:

On July 18th we saw this:

And on September 10th, we found out it's a baby girl!

(Can you tell we are a little surprised...? Not the best picture of me but man does it capture the moment!) My mom told us and that made the whole experience even more special. She is the best sonographer ever and in 33 years of ultrasound, she has never been wrong. Yah, she's that good...) I wouldn't trust anyone else to give us that kind of news. I love you MOM!

Ryder is his big brother shirt.

Heading to celebrate with our family for breakfast...

Needless to say our house has been filled with excitement and joy with our growing family, Ryder becoming a big brother (they will be about 23 months apart...) and the fact that it's a GIRL! Holy Smokes! We still can't believe it! We can't wait to share this journey with our friends and family.

Baby girl Rae is due February 2012.

To our baby girl~

You are wanted, waited for and loved. We can't wait to have you here with us. We already couldn't love you more!

We're back!

We had a wonderful time with family this last week. With Kit traveling, it makes the days so nice to have people around that love us, feeding us, helping me with bath times and meal times and then at the end of the day, he is tuckered out, and sleeps good. (Now if I could get him to nap a little better, that would be perfect, but I think he doesn't want to miss anything fun...)

Our nephews and niece are so sweet with him. They want to carry him and feed him and anytime they talk with him, all of their voices go 3 octaves higher. He loves them so much. When one of them walks into the room, Ryder freaks, like he hasn't seen them for weeks. He looks at me like he's saying , "Mom, can you believe it, their HERE!!!"

Even with all the distractions, I can tell Ryder still really misses Kit, especially at bath time, dinner and our bed time ritual. Those are the times that he and Kit are together the most during a busy work week. Also, if I had a nickel for every time he says "DADA", I would have a complete private school college education saved for! Well, anyway, Kit gets home late tonight and we can't wait to see him.

Things I would do with down time:

When Ryder would nap, I would look at Pinterest and make a little craft and recipe to do list. We went to Michaels and did some thrift store shopping for old frames and I can't wait to show you what we are doing with those... Also, I am helping with our friends California reception (they were married in South Africa and Kit was able to attend the wedding), so my brain has been having fun brainstorming the decorations, though I must say doing a large event is so different than a birthday party in your back yard. For all you party planners out there, I give you major props! Jamie and Kit, you guys are party planner extraordinaires!

Well, I hope you all had a wonderful week and I can't wait to share more family projects and updates with you!

Kit, travel safe and hurry home!

We can't wait to see you!!!

kit is traveling...

Kit left this morning for two back to back trips, one to Kansas City and to St. Louis . We will miss him while he is gone, so we will be hanging out with our family this week. I hope that you have a wonderful week and we will see you when we get back.

Kit Rae, we love you and miss you. Hurry back!

trying to stay cool...

We have been having 100+ degree days and it has felt pretty unbearable to be outside. Even running errands is no fun because of getting in and out of the car in the heat... YUCK! So we have been trying new things that involve staying inside with the air conditioning and it has been working out pretty well. Coloring has become a new favorite, mostly because we get to put the crayons in and out of their container, but it can satisfy us for at least an hour, so we are happy campers! (Note the WE...)

It starts with the container: (Why I give him the whole thing, I have no idea, but I figure, why not...)

It goes like this:

Here is our finished product. (I can't think of the last time I colored and oddly enough, it is very soothing, so of course I got in on the coloring action...)

I had left over coloring sheets from last thanksgiving so that is what we colored. (I think subconsciously I am hoping that if we are focusing on fall subject matter, then it will start to get cooler outside... Gosh I hope it cools down soon!)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend staying cool!