Family Pictures

It would really be fall without family pictures; thanks Miriam!!!

...and this one because hahaha (I asked Ellie to hold onto Adelaide so that she stayed in the picture; this isn't what I had in mind)

Baby #3 - It's a ....

We are very excited to announce baby #3 joining us this winter! The due date is Brett's birthday February 19th :)

This pregnancy has been going by more quickly which is great. A little less nausea this time though I'm oddly more sensitive to bad smells than in the past. I definitely "popped" much sooner than in the past but I guess that just comes with having more kids.

At my last appointment I was 17 weeks and surprised by the opportunity to find out the gender!! The NP could not find the baby's heart beat with the doppler so right around the time I start actually getting nervous she says, "let me just go grab the ultrasound". She found the heartbeat right away, and quickly found an 'obvious' gender reveal. It's a BOY!! It wasn't the picture perfect moment of finding out considering Brett wasn't even there and I had both girls climbing over me but we are thrilled! We told Brett and dinner after and he was VERY surprised and excited. I went through the 0-12 months clothes and found about 8 onesies that can pass for gender neutral so I think it's time to go shopping! ;) Can't to meet this little guy!

Life in Little Rock

We are still spending a lot of time exploring our new city of Little Rock and we've tried some new things. We visited the Museum of Discovery where the girls got to lay on a bed of nails and play pretend and explore all kinds of science.

We visit the zoo almost every other week it seems, but it's a big enough zoo that you can't see it all in one day. And we have been playing with lots of new friends!

Ellie & Adelaide participated in our library's summer reading program and received free mini golf passes. **I promise Adelaide doesn't wear this same dress every day hah!

Ellie started Pre K and loves it! At first she started out at an all day everyday Pre K that made sense financially for us, but.... I missed her way too much and she didn't like the 2 hour mandatory nap time they had since she doesn't nap. We switched her to a Pre K that meets 2 times a week and it's perfect for both of us!!

My Parents came out to visit us and see the house on their way East. The girls played with Grandma nonstop for 24 hours and had a great time trying out playtown.

Our New Home

I wanted to remember what our house was like when we first started out here so I took some pictures. I'm sure we'll tweak things here and there over the years. We live in the cutest little cul de sac that is just a few blocks away from the elementary school. We have sidewalks and gutters and a covered porch that we use every day. We're so happy we found this house!

On the flip side, our garage door stopped responding the wall button and remote so we're trying to figure that out right now... bring on the home ownership!

We're still trying to add some more color outside, one day...

Our grass has already greened up quick a bit since this picture. (which makes sense because Ellie & Adelaide play in the sprinkler almost every day hah)

The one big project we took on right away was Ellie's room. We had told her that she could have a pink room when we moved, and since she was moving up from a toddler to twin sized bed I decided to just redo the whole style at once. It was a lot of fun to see it come together and when we've have the time/money again, I would love to do the same for some of the other rooms. ;)

We had lots of fun before residency started for Brett where we explored the Zoo, Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, Hot Springs National Park, and Lake Catherine. We're sweaty in pretty much all pictures because it's summer, it's hot, and that's life. It's no worse than Texas though :D

Also, I got this new cooperative, deck building Harry Potter game for my birthday and I've been making Brett play it with me almost every night because it's so fun hahaha (He's so good to me)