Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with Vicki & Dave and some of their close family members. The food was awesome as always and it was fun to talk baby talk with Jessie as we all are anticipating the arrival of Ben.

After lunch, Grandma and Preston had a blast playing in a huge pile of leaves but Preston did have one hard hit when he tripped before making it to the pile of leaves. He got mud all in his mouth and face but that didn't stop him. He brushed himself off and kept going!

This year, we had some very exciting news to share and I couldn't wait to tell everyone but I didn't want to take the shine off Brad and Jessie, so we waited until the end of the day to tell everyone we were expecting baby #2!! Its so fun to think this time next year, we will have 3 kiddos running around...crazy!

I'm PREGNANT with Baby #2

Brent and I decided it was time to try for baby #2 and after just a few short weeks after going off birth control....guess what...I'm Pregnant!!! I'm pretty sure I got pregnant when Brent and I were out looking at houses and we were feeling a little adventurous inside the "Farm House" we were looking at. 

A few weeks later, I had a slight feeling I might be pregnant and we had our family Christmas shoot coming up and I thought it would be a perfect time to get a few shots of Preston kissing my belly if I was indeed pregnant but when I took a test on Saturday, November 21, 2015, it was negative. So we took our pictures as normal.

Then just 3 days later, I took another test on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 and sure enough it was POSITIVE! Even though I felt like I was pregnant, I still didn't believe it because it all happened so quickly and this time around, I was a little more scared because I knew what was coming. I decided to keep my little secret to myself because I wanted to include Preston on the big reveal to Daddy. The next morning on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, I told Preston we needed to go downstairs and tell Daddy some big news, that he was going to be a BIG Brother!! Preston said ok and we headed downstairs. We got Daddy's attention and I told Brent that Preston had something he wanted to tell him. Preston got nervous and didn't want to say it, so together we told Daddy that Preston was going to be a BIG brother. Daddy was a little shocked as he wasn't expecting for me to get pregnant so quickly either but after it settled in, he was soo happy and excited!

The first test I took, it was a cheap one

 Extra Confirmation

Yep, pregnant for sure

The next day was Thanksgiving with Vicki's side of the family and although we just found out the day before, I told Brent it would be the perfect time to tell his mom, Dave, Brad, Jessie and Peeps. We waited until after we ate lunch and after the football game when the family was gathered in the living room. I was hoping Preston would not get nervous this time and tell everyone he had something to say but he did get nervous again and so I revealed that Preston was going to be a big brother. We all embraced in hugs and smiles and it was a memorable time for us all.

Family Christmas Photos 2015

We took our Christmas photos this year in our neighborhood as a way to remember that time in our life. We will miss the house very much but we hope God has better plans for us as we embark on a new journey. That journey being Brent starting and running his own business and me having the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom for a few years. 

Trick-Or-Treating

It was so fun that Halloween fell on a Saturday this year instead of a week night! This year we met up with Mindi and went trick-or-treating with them, her sisters kiddos and Sue with Channing and Triston. It was fun to go in a group with other kids and Preston had a ball. He did well listening and staying with the group and was less scared this year. He walked right up to a lot of the scarier houses and offered his jack-o-lantern bucket for candy. When we got back, we filtered through all his candy to remove any opened pieces or any pieces with peanuts. He is getting really good at checking for peanuts...so proud.

Happy Halloween!!