Anna-Leigh is here!!!

A lot has changed since my last post! Anna-Leigh Love arrived three weeks early, on June 10th! She weighed 7lbs.10.5 oz. and was 20.5 in. long. I've been wanting to post pictures of her, but I'm just now getting a chance to do it!! Things have been a little busy around here!! So, here they are-hopefully it won't be too many-is that possible?! She is absolutely precious and she has been sleeping very well : )

Anna-Leigh: Just a couple of minutes old!



Proud Mommy and Daddy!!!




Big sisters see her for first time!



Proud big sisters-who waited patiently for 9 hrs. for this moment!!



Precious girl!

Okay, I know it's been quite awhile since my last post.....

But I have had my reasons, really! : ) We have been so busy with school functions,sports, work, getting the condo ready to go on the market, and oh, yea, my pregnancy has slowed me down a bit! I am now nearing the end of my pregnancy, finally!! I'm at 35 weeks now; and I had Isabella at 36 weeks and Madison at 38 weeks, so it could really be any day now. My feet and ankles are swelling soooooo bad!! This has never happened to me before, but I guess it's the heat!(I was at the end of my pregnancies with the girls' in the winter months fortunately!) So, the last couple of weeks I've had to slow down a bit, which I do not like! I can't go as fast as usual, which really bugs me, b/c I'm a big multi-tasker and there's so much to be done. But everyone is pitching in and being a big help. I'm going to post a few recent pics-ENJOY because I don't know when I'll get more posted!!



Me! 8 months pregnant




The girls-Memorial Day weekend



Our 10 Year Anniversary(May 16th)



Mother's Day Brunch-4 Generations-Granny, Mom, Me, & Madison(Isabella was sick)



Later Mother's Day-Isabella was feeling better! : )

Random pictures.......

Madison won 1st place at 4-H Regionals in a speech contest! She competed against 8 other 6th graders from surrounding counties. We're so proud of her! She takes after her Aunt Jen-she loves performing and it seems to come so naturally!(She definitely doesn't get it from me!!)



Isabella about to go to school for "Wacky Day"! She just had to wear her Ramones shirt that she's had since she was I think 2!! (from her Uncle Eric, of course!) She was very excited this day because they have Standard School attire normally, and this day they could wear whatever.



My dad's 61st Birthday, Feb. 23!! (Me, with my baby brother, who will be 30 this year!)



March snow day! Isabella had fun-she had been waiting for snow! This was our attempt to build a snowman, not too pathetic!



Me, obviously, almost 6 months pregnant!!



I've been meaning to post a picture of this! Last month, Madison had her hair straightened for the first time-it lasted a couple of days, until she washed it. The guy that cuts my hair had wanted to see what it would look like and so had Madison. It took him a little over an hour. At first she seemed to like it, but then she decided, no so much. It made her look so different! It's amazing how long her hair is!! And she had just had it trimmed the week before! I definitely prefer her beautiful curls!

Madison's 12th Birthday!

Well, my "little' girl turned 12 last week(2/11)!! Almost a teenager, scary!!!!! I can't believe she is getting so old! This year she had an ice-skating party and invited 15 friends! This was one of her biggest parties yet! They had a lot of fun and Isabella was able to ice-skate for the first time. She loved it! Since I'm pregnant, I didn't skate but I really wanted too! Matt did instead and it was only his second time to skate in his life so he basically never let go of the wall! Here are some pics from her special day.

Well, yesterday was the day........

The day of my 20 week sonogram! And we found out we are having a ..........................can you guess?






It's a girl!!! The top picture is a great close-up shot of her profile and the bottom picture is her complete profile-you can see her kicking up her leg! She was moving quite a bit! I was a little surprised when they said it was a girl(and a little sad I must admit), because this pregnancy had really felt different so far, especially my morning sickness, so I really thought it was a boy. And I think it was only natural to hope for a boy after having 2 girls. But we are of course very thankful for whatever God gives us. We know that we are blessed and we are thrilled to welcome another girl!(I guess this just means we'll have to try for #4!!) All of her measurements were great-everything was right on target. We've chosen Anna for her first name, but haven't decided for sure on her middle name. It may be Anna Leigh(Leigh is my middle name), but we are still considering other names too. Continue to keep us all in your prayers and I'll try and do better about posting! : )

it's about time, I know!!

It's been awhile since my last post-sorry! We've been busy non-stop since Christmas it seems! But I'm making myself sit down and do this. I need to have a new post for the new year.

Isabella turned 6 last Monday(Jan. 14)!! Can't believe how old she is getting! She had a puppy-dog theme party with family last Sunday, then today she took two friends to Chuck E. Cheese's! What a blast if you've been to those parties, well, not really!! : ) Atleast there were only 3 kids to keep up with! They had a lot of fun though!





Here's one of the happy family!


And here's one of her favorite gifts-her cool biker jacket from Uncle Eric-who was unable to be with us because he had to work: (