We know what we're getting for Christmas. . .

This may not be news to some, but I wanted to make an official annoucement on the blog that we're pregnant! I'm currently 17 weeks. I've had two ultrasounds now that I'll try to get up here at some point. As you can see, our due date is Christmas Eve - kind of a busy day for my pastor husband. We just think that God has a sense of humor. About a week ago, I started feeling the baby move. I love that feeling! So far, everything has been going great and we pray that it continues!

In other news, we just finished up a week of Vacation Bible School at our church. I helped out with the preschool class while Bella tagged along with me as a sort of unofficial VBS-er. She really loved learning the songs. Here she is doing some of the motions. Thursday night, we had Parent's Night. All of the kids sang the songs they had been learning all week. To my surprise, Bella - who clung to me quite a bit and didn't want to sing on stage - actually got up and sang with the rest of the kids. Had I actually thought she would do this, I would have brought my camera. It was really cute.
Bella received a fun package from Grandma that had lots of clothes and this fun pool. We've been in a heat wave this past week, so she's been spending a lot of time in the pool. I like that it provides her with some shade.

Another fun summer activity that we've been doing is water balloons. Bella enjoys trying to pop them. I only fill them with a small bit of water to make it more of a challenge for her. I can happily say that Bella seems to have passed through her monster phase - at least for now. The past week and a half have been so much better! In retrospect, I think there was a lot going on that left her feeling out of control which caused her to act up more than usual. We were in Wisconsin for two weeks. After we were home for a week, Daddy left for a week. A couple of days after he came home, we left for Kentucky. In a month's time, she was apart from Andy for three out of the four weeks. They needed a little rebonding time - a couple trips to the park, shopping for new shoes, and a little Taco Bell seemed to do the trick. It seemed that once Bella and Daddy were back on track again, her behavior got a lot better. I am so thankful!

WE'RE PREGNANT

WALK BESIDE ME