It's A....

We had our ultrasound appointment on Monday and the baby received an A++! Elijah thought it was neat to see the baby "on the TV" again and Tim enjoyed his first look at our little one. By the time we left the doctor's office Elijah was the talk of the nurses. He is so charming, he makes friends literally everywhere we go! :) And now what you really want to hear.

We are very excited to announce...

Elijah was right! He is having a baby sister! Tim and I are thrilled to be able to experience having both a son and a daughter. It's been very exciting around our house knowing that we can now call the baby "she" or "her" and thinking of all the little girl things we get to buy. :)


Here's a  few more pictures of our little charmer.

We are getting very excited about Christmas.

Elijah needs to have all of his friends to help him sleep. :)

Feeling Settled

These past few months have really flown by! We are enjoying settling into our life here in Wisconsin. Tim is enjoying his job and all the perks that come with it - like playing with knives, discussing survival techniques and weekend trips to the trailer to test gear. We are all enjoying getting involved in church and making friendships there. I have been helping in Elijah's nursery and attending women's Bible study once a week. Tim has been volunteering with the Jr. High youth group. And Elijah loves going to church so he can play with his friends. He talks about nursery a lot and sings the songs that he learns there.

Elijah has grown and changed so much since we have moved to WI. He has a lot of energy and loves to run around and sing songs. He is talking in 4 to 5 word sentences and blowing us away daily with how smart and observant he is. Elijah is also the funniest kid I've ever met. We are never short on laughter in this house.

Our biggest excitement recently is that we are expecting baby number two in May! Elijah is thrilled to be a big brother and convinced that he will have a baby sister. We find out the gender next week so we will know if he is right! The pregnancy has made it a bit more difficult to adjust to our move, but we are happy that we finally feel settled and at peace that we are where God wants us. He is doing some exciting things in our family!

Elijah and Grandma on Thanksgiving.

Watching a family favorite, A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Our living room all decorated for Christmas.

Kitchen.

Dining room.

Our stocking are hung in the hallway with care. :)

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I want this blog to be a scrapbook of sorts that Tim, our children, and myself can look back on and remember what life was like. Life is changing so fast for us, I am particularly glad that I decided to take a day in early June to keep my camera with me all day and take pictures for a "day in the life" post. Only two months later our life is completely different! So, as late as this is, here is a day in the life of Elijah and myself while living at my parents.

Elijah woke up about 7:30am.

Breakfast was pancakes and bananas. Elijah's favorite meal is breakfast.

Next we got dressed. What a ham!

We went to the library.

Elijah wanted to do some reading in the teen room on their fancy chairs.

When we got home Elijah helped with his favorite chore, laundry.

He LOVES to turn on the dryer.

We played in the basement some before lunch.

At lunch Eli ate yogurt and practiced using a spoon.

Then he took a nap and I folded laundry and did some computer work.

Elijah woke up in a silly mood. :)

Next came snack time and my afternoon coffee...

Elijah watched Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood while we ate. He LOVES that show and is always shouting, clapping, or dancing along.

Then we went outside. Elijah has to have ALL the basketballs out when we play.

We waited for Daddy to come home.

And he did!

We took a family walk in the neighborhood.

And Eli helped sweep the driveway while Mommy made dinner.

I think we had macaroni.

After dinner we played.

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Elijah got ready for bed.

After Eli went to bed, Tim and I had a snack and watched a tv show together.

Because this was almost 2 months ago I don't remember a lot of the details from the day. It already seems like a long time ago that this was our life! I will have to do another "day in the life" post here in our new home.

The Big Move

Here is what everyone has been waiting for... a glimpse at our move and our new apartment in Wisconsin! I still plan on going back in time and posting about other things that we did this summer. I really want to record them here on our blog so that we can look back years from now and remember our adventures. We have just been too busy for me to keep up! Hopefully now that the move is over, I will be able to be more diligent about keeping the blog updated.

The move went smooth. We had amazing friends and family who helped load the truck, drive the truck and unload the truck. We are starting to feel settled and have been able to do some "normal" things, like visit the library, go grocery shopping and attend church.

Elijah LOVED the truck and named it "Neenah".

Big helper.

I lost count of the number of times Eli said "woah!" while we were loading the truck.

Part of our loading crew.

More of the loading crew.

Autumn was a great supervisor.

Everything fit into one 17 foot truck!

I don't have many pictures yet of the apartment with our stuff in it, but here are a few of it on moving day.

Our kitchen.

Living room.

Hallway.

Elijah's room.

Master bedroom.

Tim!

Boxes...

boxes...

...and more boxes!

Sunset on our first night in Neenah.

Elijah helping Daddy build the table. :)