FALL IS HERE!!!!

I know it's the first day of Fall, but it doesn't feel like it considering it's still triple digits today. However, I am trusting the calendar and celebrating this day because I've been waiting for Fall to get here for a LONGGGG time now! This Fall will bring amazing weather, cute fashion (boots!!), it will take us one step closer to the holidays, and of course it means that Carter is almost here! We are about 5 weeks and counting until we welcome our sweet baby boy into our family. The excitement in our home is building more and more with each passing day. We are starting to buy more and more baby stuff for our little man, his crib is all set up, we got to go visit our AMAZING birth mother again and meet more of her awesome family.....it's just heaven over here and can't believe we are living our dream! I'm so thankful for all the online baby sales lately. I had a fun night the other night ordering away for our handsome guy. These shoes are just so stinkin' cute!

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When we got home from our visit with our birth mother, we were surprised with the stoller I've been wanting! My sisters and my Mom knew we were going to go out and buy this when we got home from our trip so they decided to get it for us. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and love my amazing family!!!

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The reason for our pure joy.....CARTER!!!

Our birth mother set up another ultra sound for us to go see how much he has grown and changed since our last visit 6 weeks ago. His cheeks are chubbier than ever and he was smiling SO MUCH again! He is going to be our healthy (aka...super cute chunky) and smiley/happy baby! Oh we can't wait to meet him and give him all our love!!!!

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We kept Kylee girl home with my parents so she can save her "missed days of school" for when Carter comes. We missed her so much but we will miss her even more when we will need to stay in California for a while once Carter is born. So we saved her days so that she can stay with us for a few days during that time.

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We feel so incredibly blessed and we love our babies so much! It's going to be hard for me to realize that Kylee isn't my baby anymore! She hasn't been my "baby" for a while now considering she is 6 and in 1st grade, but she will always be my baby to me. Always! But I think I need to stop calling her "baby". That is my main nick name for her. Not sure if I will be able to stop calling her that. It's just habit. I'm sure it will phase out when I start calling Carter "baby". I can't have two babies! Oh I'm sooooo excited to have two kids! I'm so excited to have a boy! I'm so ready. Bring on the sleepless nights, the poopy diapers, the constant spit up all over my freshly washed shirts....bring it all on! I can't wait!

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BRING ON FALL!!!

Goodbye August

With August gone, that means a few things. 1 - Kylee is one year older, 2 - summer is nearing to an end, 3 - volleyball season has officially started, and 4 - it's one month closer to us getting our Carter boy! Bring on September and let's hope it goes by just as fast!

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OUR AUGUST...

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We had lots of fun as a family but we were also able to spend some time with our friends. I have talked a lot about my "girls" and how we have been close since grade school.....and I love that we still find the time to all get together! We had a BBQ at Heather's new house. Jodi left before we took this picture, but here's 5 of us (missing Christina and Jodi). We had a great time catching up with all our busy lives!

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Onto Kylee and her recent happenings. I stayed with Natalie and Deron's kids for a few days while they were in New York. Some random fun....Kylee, Kyrstin and Dylan mattress sliding down the stairs. Oh to be a kid again!

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Kylee's amazing writing skills! I love it!

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Hat day at school. She was super excited to wear her dance recital hat!

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We started Kylee in gymnastics this year. She has taken 2 years of dance and has taken a tumbling class, but she has never taken a real gymnastics class in a gym. She is loving it and loves having two of her friends from church there.

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I've noticed something missing in my last few posts. I don't talk about David enough! He is the super hero Dad and husband behind the scenes and doesn't get a lot of "publicity"! Haha! But he is just that.....an amazing husband and father and Kylee and I don't know what we'd do without him. He works so hard to support our family and is the reason why we are able to have the amazing life that we have. I'll be sure to include him in more pictures so that he can be a part of my blog too. Haha!