ha ha happy halloween!!!

Our little funny man was a clown for Halloween!!! He was the cutest little clown you have ever seen!!! I just LOVE getting him dressed up..and I was set on making his costume this year!! LOVE love love how it turned out!!!

Seriously...does it get any cuter than this!!!!?!! Doesn't hurt to have candy in our photoshoot to get BIG smiles!!!

Sono pics!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting this sono!!!! For so many reasons!!! So fun to see the baby moving around (and feel the baby while seeing her)! Finding out boy or girl, the excitement leading up to it and the fun after!!

The baby was so cute, she was curled up in a little ball(so cute seeing her little spine all curled up!)...for a minute I didn't know if we were going to get to see her and find out if she was a girl or boy! But once she did curl out of her little ball, she was having a dance party in my belly and then she wouldn't be still enought for the Tech to get a pic and measurements....so it took a little while, and a lot of skipping around!!!

This was my favorite sono of the whole bunch! Love seeing her pretty little face...and it may just be me but I totally think she looks like her big brother here!

Her pretty little face! Her cute little feet...what I am always feeling doing toe touches in my belly!

Profile shot!!!

It's a GIRL!!!!! I absolutely could not be more excited!!!! I just couldn't believe it when the sono tech said "it's a girl", as soon as the shock wore off, I just started bawling...I was so overwhelmed with excitement! and Q knew exactly what to do...he just squeezed my hand! Such a great moment! (....and I will no longer be outnumbered by boys in my house....which I have to admit, I kind of like ;)

Q is in for it!! The sono tech told us she was the most difficult of the day...lol...so, Q is going to have his hands full with his little princess!

baby bump: week 18

Here you go!!! Baby bump at week 18.... check out the cute shoes!!! hehe! I swear the size of my belly had doubled since this picture was taken!!

Griffin is so sweet...he will give the baby kisses and rest his head on my belly!!! He's gonna make such a good big brother!!!!

pregnancy update!!!

Gosh, I just do not know where the time has gone!!! Feels like we just found out we were prego yesterday now I am almost 18 weeks along. I have to say I am enjoying sporting my baby bump these days...it makes the perfect little tray to set my snacks on....(as q is shaking his head reading this...lol)

I have been feeling really good lately...and there is NO mistaking my baby bump for a little extra pudge! ;) I just love the 2nd trimester....get to sport a cute (sized) baby bump, have energy (as much as you can have after chasing after a 2 year old...it is just the super fun stage of pregnancy!

I have been enjoying feeling the baby kicking...either a little gymnast or a kickboxer! Felt the first movement down in Texas on Sept 24th but it is now turning into kicking from the fluttering! Monday morning (Oct 24) Q was able to feel the baby kick for the first time! Love that surprised look/smile on his face...(just like with feeling Griffin for the first time)! The whole experience is so incredible....I LOVE IT!

So, the count down continues....5 more days until we find out if Griffin gets a little brother or sister!!! Can't believe we get to find out on Monday!!! I keep getting asked which we would like a boy or girl...I go so back and forth! Each one would be so fun for so many reasons... I would love to see the bond between Griffin and a little brother, I think they would be so cute together and be best buds...and can almost picture them in matching Christmas outfits (how cute right!!!), and I also think a little girl would be so fun....would love shopping for her and doing girly things....but I do know one thing...it will be one of the 2! ;) So, stay tuned on Monday for the big announcement!!!.....Then let the shopping, decorating and name hunting begin!!!

BIG 2 year old boy!

Griffin James,

Mommy and Daddy just don't know where the time has gone! We were just bringing you home from the hospital yesterday! You have grown into the most beautiful, sweet but sassy, smart, observant, strong willed, funny little boy! We absolutely cannot imagine our lives without you! You make us laugh each and every day, you make us so proud to be your parents! We love you bunches and bunches!

Ok, so I know I am totally biased, but is he not the most beautiful little boy you have ever seen! He is definitely my little angel...at least in this picture!!! Love this sweet boy!
A few of the things he has been up to!...

If you ask him how old he is, he will tell you 2 and also sing the happy birthday song! I love hearing that sweet little voice sing songs...these days he also loves "itsy bitsy spider" which goes something like "bitsy itsy bitsy isty, WHOOOSH is away" then clapping! And of course the abc song!

Thinks it is pretty funny to call me Amy, and then giggles!

Loves when mommy and daddy give hugs and kisses...and wants to join in!

He is hilarious! He loves to show off, dance around singing his favorite song, being silly...and jumping off of everything!

Loves his choo choos and loves any kind of vehicle! Hmmm wonder where he gets that from....he will also say "daddy fast" when riding in his car!

Dude is a strong willed boy...he know what he wants and when he wants it!

Our little punkin!

Well, I am finally going to try and get caught up...our laptop is on the fritz so even though my desktop is ridiculously slow...here we go

We took our pumpkin patch pictures a few weeks ago (just like last year), amazing how much changes in a year! Seriously...how cute is he!!! Check out the pic from last year when he was 1 year old!

Heart beats!

Today was such a fun day....and I am still soooo excited!! We got to hear baby Ellis's heartbeat again today!!! Love that sound...and the baby was dancing around in there, we could hear the baby moving around on the dopler. And Griffin came with us today...so he got to hear the baby too! ...oh yeah, and the nurse told us the heartbeat was at 160!! So fun!! And another exciting part of today is that we got to make our appt for our sonogram, and to find out if baby Ellis is a boy or girl....I mean, isn't that the only point of the sono anyways...ha!!!!! October 31st is the big day...so stay tuned!! I am going to try and post a few belly shots in the next couple of days too!

LV class reunion

LV Class of 2001...can you spot me!??

La Vernia class of 2001 just had our 10 year class reunion this past weekend!!! Holy cow, those 10 years sure did go by quick! I didn't get a ton of pics...I must have been too busy chattin' it up, pretty much just ended up with pics with my high school girlfriends! hehe!

with Griffin, Haley, Kim and Miss Rylee (haley's daughter)! check out that baby bump! sure did pop out quick this time! ...but I have to thank my baby bump and baby Ellis for me not having to get in shape for the reunion...ha!

With Natalie (due in December) Haley and Kim
they LOVE each other!
With Mistelle (who is due 3 days before us)and Kim
my cute man!
Lisa with Baby Claire and my little man tryin' to stake his claim early!!!
Kim, myself, Lauren and her little Abby, Melanie and her little Blake! pretty much all of my girlfriends were either prego or had little tiny babies!....don't drink the water! ha!
with Lisa
and Griffin petting Luna...he was SOOO excited and talked about her the whole ride home!
Still agree that the LV class of '01 was definitely the best!!! Lets go Bears, Lets GO!!! Reminding me of my HS cheer days! ;)

23 months!!!

Wow...23 months....only a few more weeks and I can stop counting by months! ;)

LOVES his little people toys....and will play with the all day long

daddy teaches little dude all kinds of gross boy things.....but at least he says "bless you" every time i sneeze...so sweet!

tells me please, thank you! love him

he is so friendly...makes friends everywhere he goes, he just talks to everyone and tells them bye bye and waves as we are leaving!

i know i am a little biased...but he is the cutest little man ever!!

excited to be a big brother...when we ask him if he wants a brother or sister...he always says sister (i think it is because he can pronounce sister better, ha!) ....be careful what you wish for...because if he knew what he was saying....a brother might go over a little better for him!

tells us "come ere" with a little hand wave when he wants you to go with him!

he is so funny...my favorite...anytime you sneeze...or anyone he can hear sneezes, he tells them "bless you", he picked this one up on his own..i am convinced it is because of my good parenting...ha!

loves animals and will point all of them out to you

back to beaver!

wow!!! didn't realize how far behind I am until I spotted these pics!

Hurricane Irene spoiled our trip to South Carolina, so instead we decided to head down to Beaver Lake! It turned out to be such a nice trip...and I enjoyed spending time with just our little family!...and the few friends we ran into down there!

Q's catch...18 lb striper

the boys with Big Dog (fishing guide)
cute right!!
enjoying our little cruise on the lake

spent ALOT of time doing this...hanging out on the back of the boat with a little swimming!
dude loves to drive the boat...and HAS to have his hand on the throttle...well, a few times before Q could catch him, he floored it....yep...he thought it was AWESOME!!
my sweet boys....notice how I am never in any pics....I always seem to be the one behind the lens!

sweet caroline!

Griffin and Caroline are 2 of a kind! They have so much fun together, so Tracy and I thought it would be fun to take the kiddos (including little sis Annabelle) to the fountains.

cute man!
How funny are they!! You can tell who runs this relationship! Ha!

football

We met a huge group of friends at the K State game a couple of weeks ago....g had a blast!!!

Isn't he a doll....and in serious need of a haircut! ;)

Dude can dress....even with his matching Converse!

Q told me at the game that when he was in school, tailgating at the games, he never would have pictured himself playing football with his own little boy at the game all these years later! He is in love!

G was soooo excited to go see the game, he just kept yelling "football" over and over! love that boy!
"high" as griffin said...climbing all of those stairs proved to me I am not in as good of shape as I had thought I was!

...and baby makes 4!

Surprise!!! Griffin will be a big brother in March! We couldn't be more excited!!!! ...and getting harder each day to "hide" our little bundle of joy...I have quite the baby bump!

chapman couples scramble!

Met up with our friends, the Wellers, Beckmans, and Jackson's! We knew this would be a good time and we were right!!! Including the girls "sleepover" while the boys continued to play golf until close to 1am!

I was one proud wife when Q made the highest bid on a whiskey light/sign...he told me it is his contribution to decorating our house....the only problem is that now he wants to mount one of the his striper fish that he has been catching at beaver lake to go with it....I am keeping my fingers crossed that he hasn't caught that "trophy" fish yet!!!

Our little studmuffins!

Krista...have to add...... You may have had the best shots of the day....but my favorite part were the horsey rides!!! Ha!!!