In case you haven't heard...

....we are going to be having a little BOY!! I had an ultrasound about a month ago (Sept. 6) and everything is looking great. Everything was measuring right on, and he is a healthy boy, so that's all that matters! We saw he doctor a couple days before the ultrasound (hoping we would get an ultrasound that day) so we thought we would take Gracie with us so she could see. Well, that was a bad idea lol. She started screaming the minute I went into the bathroom for a urine sample. The nurse came in to take my vitals, and Gracie was not having it!! She clearly didn't want anyone touching her momma :) She is very protective of her Mom and Dad lol. Of course when the doctor came in to listen to the heartbeat, the hysterics continued!! So she will not be going back to anymore appointments.

At 23 weeks....I have definitely been feeling him move for over a month now. He is a very busy little dude.
Haven't had any crazy cravings, just anything spicy :) I was the same way with Gracie, and was lucky enough to rarely get heartburn! I'm already up at least 3 or 4 times a night to go to the bathroom, this kid is laying right on my bladder, all day and night lol. Gracie definitely loves my belly. She is always wanting to lay on it, and loves giving little brother kisses :) Let's hope the love continues when he makes his arrival!!

And....we finally got everything moved into our house today!!!! Talk about waiting forever. The central air is all done, the electrician has come and done his thing, now we are just waiting on the woodwork in the living room. But I don't care, I was ready to move everything in anyways! Of course I couldn't have done it without my mom, Kacee, and Catherine! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! But it feels so good to have everything in, and most of the stuff put away. We still want to paint the kid's rooms, and we will start there for now. Tyler is already enjoying doing all the minor repairs, and finding more and more that needs repaired :) Oh the joys of home ownership!!

Tyler and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary this week. Crazy how time flies when your having fun lol! We celebrated by taking a trip to Billings, while Gr. Grandma Sheri, and Grandma Jennie took Gracie.  We ate lunch at Cafe Rio (we both LOVE it!!), shopped for a few thing for the house, and went clothes shopping for this growing momma lol. Of course it was a good day. But we will really celebrate by going to St. Louis for the Rams vs. Packers game in a couple weeks!! We are pretty excited :) But I am so thankful for Tyler in my life. He is always working so hard to provide for our family, and to make sure we are always taken care of. He's the best husband/dad a person could ask for. I'm definitely one lucky girl to have!! I LOVE YOU TY!!

                                          ....here is our little guy :)

                                         ....23 weeks

Starting up again...

I figured it was probably about time to start this up again. We've had so much going on lately, so now would be a good time. So where to begin?? We've had all sorts of exciting news lately. Gracie is going to be a big sister...yikes lol. We are so excited, and Gracie thinks she's excited, but I get nervous thinking about how she will really react to a new little one. I am due January 27, so I'm almost 19 weeks along, and it's already going by so fast. Hopefully we will get to see the gender next week at our appointment, I'm crossing my fingers :) But I already have a pretty good feeling it's a boy. I've felt awesome throughout this pregnancy. As long as I have food in my belly, I'm good to go :) We did have a little speed bump last week that I could have done without. I was having horrible side pain all week long, and I just figured it was baby growing and the muscles were pulling. But Saturday came around and I started feeling nauseous, and had the worst chills of my life. So Ty took me to the Powell ER to have things checked out. Turned out I had kidney stones and a kidney infection on top of that...UGH. Needless to say I could go the rest of my life without having to do that again. But thanks to my awesome nurse TY, and everyone helping out with Gracie bug, and everyone who brought meals!!! I have such an awesome family!

For our other big news...we bought a house!!! We started the process around the first part of July, closed July 31st, and just barely got all our stuff moved out of the apartment (once again with the help of our awesome family...thank you all!!!) All of our crap is sitting in our garage, while we wait for the cooling guy to finish the central air system. Hopefully he will be done by the end of next week, and we will be ready to move everything in and get settled...finally!!! I am seriously so excited to have a place of our own, with room for the little stinkers to run. It's an older house, but has been remodeled, and added on to. I think I'm most excited about my KITCHEN!! Compared to the apartment, there is sooo much more storage, and counter space! There are three bedrooms, two downstairs and the master is the whole upstairs. Two living rooms, two bathrooms, dining room, and a two-car garage with a storage room built onto it! As soon as we get all moved in and settled, I will post pics for all to see! (Because I promise I'm going to keep this thing going :) )
So that's our exciting news!

Other than that, we have just been enjoying summer. Gracie is getting so big. She turned two in July, the minute her birthday came, the terrible twos were right behind!! This little girl has some big attitude, and is so smart. Not a good combination if you ask me lol. She talks so well, and has for quite sometime. I think she knows every animal and what it says. She is definitely going to be a farm girl, but at the same time a little girly girl. It won't be long before she'll be out at the farm with her dad and all the animals :) Ty has been working out there again this summer. He graduated from NWC this spring with his Associates in Range Management. He hopes to get into the office this coming winter/spring, and learn the ropes of running his own business. But for now, it's just farming, and hunting of course. Today is opening day, and the beginning of single parenthood for me, lol just kidding. I love being able to stay at home with Gracie everyday. Even though she is constantly testing my patience, I wouldn't trade what I do for the world. And before you know it my hands will be full with two :) We can hardly wait!!!