The secret is out!!

We're having another baby!

I'm 9 weeks along right now with a due date of July 3, 2012. We are all SOOOO excited! We surprised our family with the news on Thanksgiving day at our house so they could all hear it at the same time. (Of course, Daniel and I have known since late October.....and it was a struggle daily for me to keep it a secret! There were many times that I almost slipped the news to my mom since I talk to her every morning! The fact that I've had all day morning sickness almost everyday didn't help either!)

Jacob and Zach are both excited to have a new baby but after my doctor's appointment yesterday Jacob asked me where the new baby was. He was expecting it to come home last night apparently. I think I might take him with me to my next appointment and he can ask the doctor all of his questions!! They both say they want a baby sister...and you all know how badly I want this baby to be a girl! Fingers crossed.

Our Thanskgiving was wonderful with our family here. We all ate way too much on Thanksgiving day starting with our breakfast of kielbasa and pierogies and ending with multiple slices of pie.

Daniel and I are both very thankful that our family is growing! (However I've been told that this is it!!)

Preschool Sunday!

This past Sunday was "Preschool Sunday" at the boys' Preschool church. Of course it's not the church we attend but the boys' had been talking about it for awhile and it's always fun to see them perform so we went for their portion of the service and then left!! Last year when Jake was going there but Zach was too little we went and Daniel had to duck out with Zach after the Preschool program...Jake went back to the Preschool room where they had a little Sunday school program and snack while the remaining adults stayed in the worship area for the Baptist service. Nearly 2 hours later, church was over. Daniel stayed outside with Zach the entire time..wondering when we would be out!! I think both boys would've liked to stay for their little Sunday school program  this year but we (along with what seemed like half of the parents that brought their kids!) ducked out!

We took a few videos of their little songs! They did such a great job!

This is just them walking in...Jake saw us and was waving. Zach didn't see us until later. They did the pledge right after this so Daniel shut the camera off so he could say it too.

In the next one they sing about a rolly polly pumpkin and then apples on a tree. Zach looks somewhat confused but figures it out. Watch him carefully...you can't hear him but at the end of the rolly polly pumpkin song he says "Pumpkin Pie!!"

This last one is the rest of their little program. Listen carefully when they sing about the turkey...Jacob gets really loud! They sing another version of this song about me...I'll try to record it later today or tomorrow and post it.

They loved singing for everyone and did such a great job. I was definitely a proud momma! 

P.S. I finally got my fancy camera back!! I didn't have it for their program though!

Happy Birthday Whiskars!

Excuse my singing!! I didn't realize Daniel was videoing us until we were done!!

Halloween and more!!

We've had a busy last week and a half...and are still trying to finish up house projects before Thanksgiving! I'm still waiting to get my fancy camera back from Nikon but managed to snap a couple good ones with my Canon. 

The boys decided their new idea of fun was Zach sitting in one of their suitcases and Jacob pulling him around...

Zach LOVED it!

I think he might've fallen out once or twice before he figured out he better hold on tight to the front of it!

That evening, we celebrated Jacob's kitty cat "Toonces" 3rd birthday..cupcakes and all!

Toonces thought they were great!

 Since we were celebrating Toonces birthday, Zach decided we needed to celebrate his kitty cat, Whiskars, birthday also. I've got a video that I'm working on uploading but it's feeling stinky and not wanting to work fast enough! I'll add it later!

Then it was time to go get our pumpkins!! We normally go to the Ashland Berry Farm but didn't have time on our trips to VA this year so we had to find a pumpkin patch somewhere by us. It seems the norm around us is to have pumpkins set out, all clumped together for people to pick from (instead of actually going out to the pumpkin field and picking your own). The boys still had fun though!

 Similar to the Ashland Berry Farm, this place did all you can carry pumpkins for 19.99..only you had to walk from one tent to another (at the Berry Farm you just take 3 steps!).

 Then we had to stop at our local "fishing hole" and feed the ducks leftover waffles and confetti pancakes.

 They must've been super hungry!

 

 Then it was time to carve our pumpkins!! I wish I would've gotten one of Jacob carving his pumpkin...he did the entire thing with a kids' butter knife!

We told them to draw a face on their pumpkins to cut out...to them that meant stab the pumpkin with the pencil over and over.

We roasted hot dogs and toasted marshmallows after we were done carving! Yum!!

HALLOWEEN!!!

Zach started out the day as a monster!

 Batman and Batman!!

Such sweet boys!

 Meeting up with their friends to go trick or treating!

 The whole gang!

This past Saturday, we went to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm! I've been wanting to take the boys there since summertime and just hadn't made it out there yet.

 (But before we went they started out their day by looking through a toy magazine picking out what they wanted for Christmas.)

 They LOVED the huge spider webs to climb on!

 Zach did better on the smaller one..

 but he still ended up falling over frequently! (In true Zach fashion!)

 Pretending to ride a "daddy operated" bull.

 Jake's turn!

 The railroad tracks go right through the farm!

 Zach on a horse..

Jake on a horse.

They had a HUGE slide there....

a little bit closer!

Jacob and I on the slide.

I was sort of confused by this. It said it was a tunnel to crawl through then all of a sudden Jake was on top of it running--Zach was nowhere in sight. I sent Jacob back in to look for Zach when of course, Zach comes racing around the side in tears saying his brother left him. I guess Jake got way too excited in the tunnel and just took off! I plopped Zach on top of the hay bales and he looked miserable..
until Jake popped back out of the tunnel!

posing :-)

He loved seeing the train while we were eating lunch.

They didn't just have the big slide, they had a big tunnel slide too!

It would've been like dominos if Jake would've been a second or so sooner.

Zach on a slide at the playground there.

They had these giant "pillows" for the kids to jump on. Think of it as a HUGE moonbounce without sides. They LOVED it!!

Then of course you have to test your strength...

Then there was the petting zoo portion...

Zach got to pet the baby goat up close and personal!

Super fuzzy chickens!!

I think this was the first time Jacob actually pet the animals at a petting zoo!

 Isn't that just precious?

mmmmmm

Yum!

The kids had such an awesome time at Cherry Crest!
It's definitely a place we'll hope to visit again next season!