6 weeks

...no, not since the last time I blogged (it's been far longer than that--whoops!)...but until baby3 makes her appearance!  Part of me has a suspicion that this one will come early.  But, of course, babies come when it's their time.  We shall see!  How am I doing?  Thanks for asking!  Honestly, I'm very ready to meet our little girl.  Pregnancy for some odd reason has dragged by this time.  The weeks seem to fly by, but day by day has been long.  I've been dealing with more uncomfortable symptoms this last trimester (nausea, heartburn, an awful cough, fatigue, etc.) that it almost feels like I should be back in the 1st trimester again.  I'm just ready to be able to get up off the couch and out of bed unassisted again.  I'm also ready to have more energy again.  I know the first few newborn months will be exhausting, but I feel like at least I will have more energy.  Please pray for us as we endure this last month and a half!

September happenings

Well, here we go again...it's another end of the month and I've realized I've neglected updating anything on here.  It's not intentional, I promise!  September has been full of many activities (as usual).  Mostly, we've been enjoying welcoming in fall--minus all the cloudy, rainy days.  But this is always my favorite time of year.  The weather gets cooler, the leaves changing are beautiful and it's time to start baking again (specifically with apples!).  

So, here's what we did this month....

 ...visited the orchards.  Abbie loved the goats and tried feeding them grass, hay, and basically anything she could find.

 Miriam enjoyed taking pictures by the bus and visiting the corn maze in the background.  

 She also like climbing up the stacks of hay and pretending to be the Statue of Liberty.  I love how she was dressed in sweats the same color as the Statue of Liberty that day!

 Abbie feeding again...

 Family picture!

....stayed inside and listened to music!

Matt has been leading worship from the guitar on Sunday evenings for church and has spent a good amount of time polishing up his skills.  The girls always enjoy listening to him, too.  I'm still incredibly impressed how he basically picked up the guitar one day and started playing (with no music or anything).  He's far surpassed anything I can do with guitar!

....smiled!

...and got some new shirts!  

We found these shirts on Francesca Battistelli's website and decided we should get them.  But, so that I don't stretch out too much more....I think I'll have to wait to wear it again until Baby3 is born!

...last but not least, it's a girl!!!!  

Speaking of Baby3, we have now had 2 ultrasounds to confirm we are having another girl.  We're pretty thrilled!  Miriam was really hoping for a brother, but was so excited to hear that she is officially a girl.  She carries around the ultrasound pictures and shouts, "it's a girl!"  We certainly are prepared with girl clothes, toys, furniture and pretty much everything we need!