Double Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Hopefully there was some time spent with family and some time for resting. We didn't get much rest in because we split our day between 2 houses - which means 2 full fledge Thanksgiving meals! We started our day at the Fox's house. It was great to hang out with Casey's family, and watch the girls all play. Of course they ran around wild.

Next, we went to my parents' house for a second round of turkey. Casey and I ate, but Laney just played. Then she helped my mom put a few ornaments on the tree. She will be a pro when we get around to putting ours up!

Best Buds

I thought this picture was too cute not to share! It was taken at Ms. Eileen's house (Laney's babysitter) last week. This is her very best friend, Blaine Buddy. They love hanging out together, and truly have a brother/sister relationship.

12 Weeks

Monday will be the 12 week mark of my pregnancy! Last time we waited until 12 weeks to tell everyone, including our parents. I am not sure how we lasted that long with such a huge secret! We go back to the doctor Tuesday, Nov. 25. I think we will only listen to the heartbeat at that appointment, but it is exciting to go no matter what.

I had been suffering from quite a bit of nausea earlier, but have been feeling better the past week and 1/2. Right now I am just battling the exhaustion. It is a little different now that I have a 3 year old at home to take care of. Last time around, I used to come home from work and crash on the couch. Not these days!

One last thing - we have some good friends (The Junod's) who just moved to the Middle East for work. Please keep this family in your prayers, as they are so far from their loved ones. We miss them!

Fall Fun

The fall has gotten off to a great start. Dee Dee and Pops took Laney to the pumpkin patch a few weekends ago, and she made sure to bring back as many pumpkins as she could. They were supposed to sit outside as a decoration, but she has slowly brought several of them into the house to play with.

Here are Laney and Hope at the Fall Festival at our church. Two cute bumblebees, huh?We went to Gigi and Pods' house last week to paint pumpkins. There is nothing Laney loves more than to color and paint, so she piled it on! The pumpkin started out pink, and ended up about 30 different shades. Casey joined in on the fun, too.

And finally, Halloween! Laney had a blast and came home with a ton of candy. She has asked several times to "do it again"!

BIG News!!!

There is a new Baby Fox on the way!! We are so excited to share with everyone that we are 9 weeks pregnant! We went to the doctor for the first visit yesterday, and got to see Baby Fox moving all around. It was so neat. We will hopefully find out if it is a boy or a girl close to Christmas.

Laney doesn't know yet. I think it will be just too much for her to wrap her mind around. We made the mistake of mentioning Santa, and that is now a daily question (When is he coming? Where does he live?) We will tell her when it starts to become a little more obvious.

Birthday Party

Laney's birthday party was a lot of fun! The best part was that she and the kids had a blast, while Casey and I got to just follow along and watch. This was the easiest party we have had - I am thinking this will be the trend from now on!

Laney's Birthday (and Mom's, too)

We celebrated both of our birthdays last week. It was fun, because Laney actually thought it was her birthday ALL WEEK! She let me share in the celebrating a little, too. We will actually have her birthday party this weekend. Then we will take a break from celebrating her birthday for a while. :)

Not so thrilled to wake up for her 3rd birthday

She finally came around...

Birthday Girl

Can you tell she loves Dora?


Listening to her knew iPod shuffle (I still can't believe we got her this)