happy birthday, meredith!!

meredith annette is here! check out kristi's blog for more pictures of their beautiful baby girl... she is the spitting image of her big sister's newborn pictures! praise God for babies. :)

c'mon baby!

well, kristi is finally in labor!!!! i talked to her at 9 this morning, and her contractions were about 10 minutes apart... i haven't heard anything since then, but i'm hoping to hear the good news of this whopping big baby's birth sometime today! i guess this means i can't turn my phone off during our afternoon nap like i usually do. :) i'll keep you posted!!

while we're all waiting, check out this beautiful post she wrote a few days ago... you'll be glad you did. :)

now, c'mon baby!

fun times with good friends

we made it home safe and sound... and tired! i have so many pictures i want to post... i'll do a select few (haha) tonite... we had so much fun visiting eric and kristi and the kids. i was reaaaaaaally hoping that baby #3 would come while we were visiting, but he/she is just too comfy inside mommy right now. (kristi begs to differ!) it was such a blessing to see our kids play together again and to just be together with our friends. we worshiped with them at their huge, wonderful church on sunday, and one night we went downtown to pig out on bbq!! we walked so far i was sure that kristi was gonna have that baby!! i got to go with her and lydia to her midwife appointment, which was some fun girl time while brian stayed home with the boys... on the last night we were there, kristi and i got this second wind around 10:30 to start hanging pictures and arranging things on her mantle... so typical of us!! we also took some HYSTERICAL pictures with eric's laptop on photo booth... once he sends them to me, i will surely post them. so stinkin hilarious........ i almost forgot the kids' "dance party" right before bedtime-- how is it that dads know just how to get the kids all wound up before bed??? it was a pretty funny sight.

it was hard to leave, but at the same time, i was ok because i know that they are where they need to be. God has blessed them time and time again just in the short couple of months since they've moved. as much as i wish they were still just down the street, i am thankful for cell phones and email to keep in touch. we're already talking about meeting somewhere in january so we can see the new babies! i'm so thankful for our precious friends. i could have stayed a month.

during our travels, we also visited other friends and witnessed the marriage of john and jennifer.... i'll post those pictures soon, hopefully! enjoy these for now.

kristi- 38 weeks, me- 31 weeks

playtime in steven's room...
notice he's modeling the lastest in toddler boy bags!

the buddies together again!

can ya tell it's naptime?

after our looong walk downtown!

the kids were so excited about the fountain!

lydia wouldn't stop talking about throwing pennies in the fountain!
then she found rocks to throw,
which saved her mom and dad some money. :)

this one of ethan is a little blurry,
but it's just such a precious shot to me.

here's the dance party gettin' started...

there was no stopping these maniacs!

is that my son?

steven strikes a pose... don't hurt yourself, buddy!

i love this picture....

we love you!!!!

on the road....

well, i forgot to say that we'd be out of town for the past week... we've been traveling to see friends and to share in the joy of our friend john's wedding. right now we are LOVING being with eric and kristi and their sweet kids. we leave wednesday morning to come home. the time with them has just flown by, as i knew it would... but we are thankful for the blessing of technology to make the miles between us seem shorter. i'll write more when i get home- well, at least that's my goal. i'll definitely post some pictures of our journey.

and yes, i know i need to post those other videos. i'll do that sometime before the baby comes. haha.

hope you are all having a great week so far.

cuteness caught on tape

my son has been doing some pretty cute stuff recently... and we happened to capture it on video. i have only uploaded one so far, so check back later for the other 2. in this first one, i think brian has ethan confused w/ a cat...