Hanging with Cousin Luke

David's sister, Nicole, and her husband, Devon, recently got orders from the army to Germany for 3 years. On their way to catch the flight across the pond they stopped by for a few days to visit. They are super excited about the prospect of European living, and from what I have heard from them it sounds like they are having a great time! While they were in town, Sarah Katherine and Luke got to hang out and Luke showed her how a pro jumps on the bed!

Pumpkin Patch

We went with some friends to the pumpkin patch the last weekend before Halloween this year. We went to the same place last year, so we are now older and wiser on all things patch - related! The word is to get there as soon as they open, go DIRECTLY to the hay ride to the pumpkin patch, and save your fried pies to the very end. So, we went in with a game plan and were able to totally maximize our patch experience. :)

Guess Who's Having another Baby Girl?!

Well, a lot of people probably have already heard but I am FINALLY getting around to posting on the blog. We are having a baby GIRL in March! We just found out the sex of the baby yesterday - at 18.5 weeks along. She was cooperative and we were able to find out for sure that baby girl it is! This go round of pregnancy has been not quite as lovely as with Sarah Katherine. The first pregnancy is all so unknown and everything is just a miracle and amazing. While this time it's all still a miracle, nausea isn't quite as wonderful when you are chasing a 2 year old! No big complaints though, all has been going well. Now it's time to get busy getting everything ready and preparing for another kiddo. I cry at anything these days (oh the fabulous hormones), but I am really getting teary thinking of SK and her sister running around and playing and being super cute! (Yes I know at 13 and 15 I will likely want to just lock them in their rooms for weeks at the time, but I'll enjoy the baby time while I have it!) God bless my sweet husband and his house full of women (even the dogs are girls). :) He'll get an extra crown in heaven for it!

The Face of a Two Year Old...

I LOVE this picture that Danica got at the party - I laughed so hard I cried! Here is a picture of SK and Daniley playing and of course, everyone wants what he other on has...

SK is NOT going to share her purse!

And now she is sorry for being a turkey head and apologizes. :)

The Big Party

I am admitting defeat that I won't be able to find a time to track down a card reader for the pictures on my camera, so here are some fabulous pictures from Danica's camera of the party for SK's birthday. We had over several friends to enjoy pizza, cupcakes, and the swing set!

Our Sassy 2 Year Old

There is my big two year old, can't you just hear her saying "CHEESE"?! Yes, she chose the hand motions herself. This was her going to school on her birthday all decked out in her "birthday girl" outfit. While she is two, she has not become terrible. Hopefully our sweet kiddo will stick around and craziness won't overtake her. She still loves all things girly (clothes, purses, shoes, makeup, etc), her favorite character is Minnie Mouse, she is very into baby dolls now and loves to feed them and put them to "night, night", she is a big flirt with the fellas (daddy is keeping a hawk eye out for this one), and she loves going to school and church (instead of crying when we leave, she now waves bye-bye to us immediately at drop off - like get outta here you are cramping my style). We were able to celebrate her birthday with having some friends over to play with her brand new swing set, but since I haven't loaded those pictures yet you'll just have to stay tuned. We did go to the doctor today, so below are her stats. When the nurse measured her height she asked if she was 3 - nope just a very tall 2 year old. She was super good at the doc, and didn't even cry when she got her last vaccination.

Height - 36" (95%)
Weight - 28.6 lbs (70%)
Head - 19.5" (90%)

Bowling and Hanging with Daniley

We hit a milestone two weekends ago - Sarah Katherine went bowling for the first time! She absolutely loved it, and even made a strike!!! (Granted there was a tiny bit of help from the bumpers and mommy, but it totally counts.) Who knew they made rental shoes in her size?!

After bowling we had set up a play date with our buddy Daniley. While SK was napping, Daniley got invited to her grandmommy's house and then Daniley was nice enough to take SK to the party! Daniley's mommy even found a deal on matching outfits for the occasion - she is the bargain QUEEN. Here are the girls hanging out with Daniley's cousin - Dexter.