all in a 'days'

work

From this to that

play to baby

Started off November 22 with an afternoon outing to the Meijer Gardens to with Nana and Popa

Popa the reindeer 

LOVING the train

last picture with brother in the belly (but didnt know at the time)

a great afternoon

last dinner the three of us

started to think this may be real

got all sentimental putting little love to bed

and the feeling was correct

the contractions came

and by 2:17am November 23 we welcomed our sweet Rowan into the world! 

Praise the Lord for this healthy pregnancy and this healthy baby boy!

Go Go

Sparty

Go Green Go White

We had so much fun at the go go basketball game!

SO excited to be there!

  

really loving Sparty

mostly from afar but then he started to warm up to him a little more :) 

So glad Nana went with!!

snacking and watching

and a picture with Sparty!

got a ball and loving it

Hooray for a Sparty win

such a fun night at the game!

Little love even danced his way on to the Big 10 Network! 

a couple new things

for this little one this weekend

first

TIP...he didn't even know what it meant

it was so cute a little girl gave him a dollar bc he was holding the door open at the restaurant

he was entertained and got paid,  win win :) 

 second

deer hunting with papa

oh the joy the little one had

mama mama mama 

he was so excited when he got home to talk all about

papa shoot deer

deer sleeping 

deer dead :-/

surprising popa that he was there

boy time

so thankful he could spend time with papa at the cabin

warms the mamas heart

third

first HO HO visit

he was pretty excited 

until we got near him

then no thank you

tightly holding on to the mama

 and the reindeer showed up

hooray!

what a good weekend! 

fun filled day

starting off with Monster trucks 

with this silly 

finally wanting to ride sandy :) 

sun is out

so scooter ride time 

then off to the Meijer Gardens with Nana and Popa 

then it was off to the Dutch dinner

a very fun night

great speaker

and good friends 

a busy but fun day!

oh what

a happy day!
Welcome to the world Eloise!

So thrilled to be able to meet Allysons newest little peanut

such a doll

so fun to add onto the tennis gang :)

oh happy day!

story time

with my friends

Hooray

So glad Molly and her mama invited us to come with them

We had not been in a while and Arie enjoyed the music shaker time/jumping around

the craft

and being with his friends

good way to start the day!

getting BIGGER

Baby Brother is growing and growing

Week 34

Size of a Cantaloupe 

Week 36

Size of Romaine Lettuce

Can not believe how close we are getting

each week seems to be flying by

Still waiting on switching rooms...which is causing me to 'stress' 

AKA PLEASE SHIP BED EARLY :) 

but other than that and few small things we are 'ready' :)

Facts:

1.  Still feeling pretty good/huge.  occasionally out of breath and feeling tired, but growing a baby is work right :) 

2.  Arie still asks when baby will be here.  Today I said getting closer, pretty soon buddy.  

and he said so in 9 minutes.  I wish it only took that long :) 

3.  Feeling the nesting cleaning mode in high gear

less than 4 weeks [hopefully] to go! 

fall time

Leaves leaves leaves

enjoying watching the neighbors get their tree cut down 

park day

running through Popa and Nanas neighborhood

then it was time for some biking

the trees are just so pretty

enjoying the changing colors at our house too

even though it is getting chilly out

we can still enjoy the beautiful colors changing outside