Thought I would be better...

I really thought after Christmas I would be better about posting, but it just seems to be crazy busy all the time! But I do have updates, all of which you all probably already know ...IT'S A GIRL! But one new thing is we've decided on a name also! Olivia! We are so excited!

She will be here before we know it! I'm currently at 22 weeks and just had a check up this week and all is great with her! Here are my ultrasounds at 17 weeks...


She looks just like Lincoln did in his ...but I guess in these they all look the same! I'm ready to do the 4D ones in a few more weeks to see if those look like his did as well! She seemed to be a little more modest in her shots and wouldn't pose long for the gender shots, her big brother was so proud to spread his legs for his pics! Hopefully this means we have a "little lady" coming! Ash is already worried he is going to need to buy a shotgun! ha! He is so excited, but I think deep down inside he's terrified to have a little girl! She's going to have him wrapped around her tiny little fingers for sure!

Well, I will post more when I have my next check up in a few weeks!

A busy, busy few months!

I can't believe it was the end of September the last time I posted anything! What have I been doing with my time? Let's see... Lincoln celebrated his 3rd birthday, we went to Texas for over 2 weeks, we celebrated Halloween on that trip, we came home for 36 hours and boarded a flight for a week in San Francisco all the time feeling very nauseous and coming home to find out that our little threesome was now going to be a foursome! Yep, Lincoln is proud to announce ...He's going to be a BIG BROTHER!!!

Let's back up... Lincoln turned 3 on October 18th! We had a great time at Pump-It-Up with all his little buddies, family and friends! He had such a fun time! I can't believe my baby is 3!

Then we headed to Texas for a little over 2 weeks! We really had a great time! We were able to spend lots of time at Ganny & Papa's and even take another trip to Fossil Rim! Which is always a favorite for Lincoln, he loves getting to see and feed all the animals! We also spent lots of time...

DIGGING...

DUMPING...

SWINGING...

And just being a COWBOY!

We also got to go to Grapevine for Halloween to spend the evening with Ethan & Bunny! The kids loved every minute of it! We actually got to go the Halloween Carnival on Friday night and Trick-or-Treated on Saturday!

Carnival Pics (Lincoln decided to be Optimus Prime this night):



Halloween Pics (Lincoln decided tonight he would swap things up and be Buzz Lightyear):




Let's see, where too next ...oh yes, San Francisco! Lincoln was in need of some more frequent flyer miles so we jet setted out of town with Daddy! We had a great week there! Shopping, seeing the sights, eating out and this trip we saw the zoo! The first time we went to San Francisco, I was pregnant with Lincoln! And well this trip, I was pregnant again! :)

We did lots, saw lots and ate lots! Here's our trip...

Lincoln's suite in our hotel room... (stocked with toys, movies and computer ...spoiled)

The San Francisco Zoo...



Road the Trolley...

Dining out...

The Sea Lions (and all their stinkiness):

Alcatraz...

The Carousel on The Wharf...

The Golden Gate Bridge...

The Exploratorium...

And last but not least, Lombard Street...
(our view driving down it)


We had an amazing time and can't wait to go back again, but maybe this time without a bun in the oven!

Which brings me to that news! Yay, we are PREGNANT! The news was a surprise, but a very wonderful one! I was actually quite a bit along when we got the confirmation at the doctors office! I am currently in my 13th week, due in mid-June! I have been so behind on blogging, but hope to be more on top of it now, especially with our news!

Lincoln is quite excited, although we aren't really sure just how much of it he actually understands, but if you ask him he will say there is a baby in my tummy and that he wants a baby sister!

Well, I'm really beat so I'm done for tonight! Check back soon...

Oh my, it's December!

Ok, so I've been a little MIA in the blogging world, but my goal tomorrow is to get caught up!

Happy Birthday Mama...

My birthday was on September 21st and it was a great one!!! Ash and I enjoyed sushi take-out from one of my favorite places, SPR, and they bought me an iPhone ...YAY! It was probably good that we opted for the night in with take-out ...because I was playing with my new phone all night! :) Nothing like a new toy!

Lincoln was a huge fan of the cupcakes with icing! I think he ate the icing off all four of them! :) He kept wanting us to re-light the candle and sang Happy Birthday, over and over and over...

And did I mention he wore his Halloween costume for my birthday, also! :)


On Wednesday, Jen Kennedy took us to lunch at Happy Mexican to celebrate!! Great friend, great food and great times! We had a blast! Thanks, Jen Ken!

Afterwards we took a little trip to Target to look around! While we were there Jen found a great pair of shoes ...but unfortunately Lincoln took a liking into them also and I thought I was going to have to buy them just to get him to leave the store! It was hilarious watching him walk the shoe aisles with his new "boots" as he kept calling them!


But let me just tell you it was NO FUN when I took them off of him, he lost it in the store and there wasn't one person in the store that DIDN'T here him freaking out!!

He may kill me one day for posting these, but I just had to!

Eid...

Sedo came over to celebrate the Eid with us tonight! For those who are not familiar, the Eid, is the celebration at the end of Ramadan, kind of like Christmas to us. Ash made a great dinner for us and Lincoln got gifts! :) Ha! Sedo really enjoyed getting to spend it with us!

Whitterbug came to visit...

Our family friend, Whitney, came to visit us back in August for a weekend! We love it when she comes to visit! We took her and Lincoln to Incredible Pizza for lunch and to play games! Lincoln had a blast in the 1950's (I think thats the right time frame) Chevy...

He had a BLAST!

While Whitney was here we also broke out the Guitar Hero ...Fun STUFF!!! It was a competition between us girls ...and Ash who thought he was Pat Benetar & C.C. Deville! ha! It was really alot of fun! I can see how people get addicted to it! :)

And then it was Whitney's turn!

Ready for her to come back for another visit!!!!!

Love you Whitterbug!

We took Ethan & Evan back home...

Here are some pictures from our trip to Grapevine!

Ganny, Ethan & Evan in town for a visit...

I'm playing catch-up because I'm so VERY far behind on blogging!

The kids and Ganny came into town in Mid August! Gosh, I'm so behind on blogging! We had a great time! The kids kept me busy for sure! On Sunday after they got into town on Saturday, we had their pictures taken by Jessica at 503 Photography! She was awesome and she took some amazing pictures of the kids and then some of us as a family! :) Here are some of the pictures from our photo session with Jessica Cudzilo...












I love having them here! Wish they were here all the time! Here is the fun that goes on at Aunt Shanna & Uncle Ash's...

Riding bikes, water fights, painting, boxing in the den ...fun times!!!

While they were here we made a day trip to the Botanic Gardens & to the spray park in Collierville! They had a blast at both!!! The weather was great!

Botanical Gardens...