And the verdict is...

We are so thankful and blessed to have another healthy baby boy on the way!  Praise God!!

Have I ever mentioned I LOVE fall?

And I also love these people!

 P.S. We have our ultrasound to see this little one on Tuesday!!! I'm counting down the seconds and dying to know if it's a brother or a sister. Stay tuned...

I came across these today...

And couldn't resist posting them. She's a gem!

 

Just for the record...

The Submarine Adventure...

Totally worth it!  I tried to take a couple of pictures while under the water, but they didn't turn out so well.  The trip, though, was actually quite cool.  We got to see a plethora of fish and even a sunken ship. Pretty sweet.

A few from last night...

Last night we drove to Lahaina for dinner. The boys were actually in really good moods and very well behaved, which made for an incredibly pleasant evening!

 

 Ok, I can't believe I'm actually doing this, but here's proof of baby #3. It takes me WAY out of my comfort zone to post a picture of myself that I took in a mirror, but I always look at other moms who document their growing belly and think they are probably really glad to have the memory. So here goes nothing. Maybe I'll post more as the months go by, or maybe I'll chicken out!

 

Aloha...

The last time we were in Maui, I took about 400 pictures and loved almost every single one of them. Not sure that's going to happen this time. Partly, I'm having too much fun enjoying the water myself, but it's also a bit hot and muggy to haul around a giant camera all the time. We shall see. But were are so far having a fabulous time and are so thankful to have this trip with our family of four before we become a family of five. And on that note, the baby bump has officially arrived. Maybe I'll post a pic at some point for proof. Then again, maybe not.

40...

We celebrated my brother's birthday at the cabin. Alli did a great job writing all the meaningful stuff about how awesome Ryker is... I just snapped a couple pictures. But Ryke, I love you just the same and hope you had a spectacular birthday (even if the only thing you got was edible!)

Blessed...

We are so incredibly thankful to be able to say that baby #3 is officially on the way at our house!! God has blessed us immensely and we praise Him! This little one gave us a bit of a scare at first, but everything looks healthy and normal now. We are so thrilled to be adding another precious life to our family, and are even more thankful that we didn't have to go through fertility junk to get there! This little one is expected to arrive around February 28, which happens to be an extra special day since it's my Grandpa's birthday. So, that's what is going on in our house right now. We'll keep you posted when we find out whether it's going to be a little brother or little sister! And for now, we are just thrilled with God's goodness to us (and a little nauseous, tired, and irritable)!

Celebrating Cameron...

A few weeks ago, my beautiful mother-in-law hosted a going away BBQ for C.J.'s brother Cameron who is leaving for medical school in Florida. We got to meet his special gal, Shannon, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. We are so proud of Cam and his hard work and loved getting to spend this special day with family!  Cameron and Shannon:

Lemonade...

The boys had their first ever lemonade stand the other day at Daddy's office. It proved to be quite lucrative thanks to all of C.J.'s coworkers. The problem is, these boys are going to think having a lemonade stand means sitting there for thirty minutes before you sell out of product and earn a bunch of money. But hey, they loved it!