Kicks

And the battle begins! The baby is starting to have good kicks every once in a while that feels like popcorn popping. It is nice to know that there is a baby in there and I don't have a big belly for nothing. I feel pretty good most of the time now and can chase and play with Autumn with a lot more energy. Autumn is so cute and gets cuter all the time. I love my growing family! There is nothing more satisfying than being a mother and wife and raising children in the gospel. Every night now, Autumn brushes her teeth with Jonathan and I. Then we sit on the floor together and fold our arms, (Cuz Autumn folds her arms now) and we pray together. Jonathan and I take turns saying prayer and Autumn thinks it is the greatest game.

In other news: the inside of our house is being done so we can move stuff in it soon. The workers said they are painting it today and putting the trim on. And I bet tomorrow they clean everything out, like the tarps and paint buckets. I hope they vacuum and wipe all the drywall dust off of everything. Chances are I will do it again anyways because I am feeling that uncontrollable urge to "nest" and clean. Especially since I am feeling better now. Anyways, we are still waiting on the electricity and we have no idea when they will start working on it.

We are leaving for a week tomorrow to Reno for another show Jonathan has. I am tired of traveling so I hope this is a good show.

Our Trip Back

As we traveled back home we stopped at a few friends places. First we saw Travis and Lindsay Simon in North Carolina where Autumn had a blast playing with their daughter Sydney. We stopped in Nashville and got to visit Mark Johnson and his family. He took us to "honkytonk street"(picture of us and the giant ice cream and us in front of the bridgestone arena). Then finally I got to see my old room mate in Kansas who is pregnant and due the same day as me (picture of just me and Katee). Oh, before we even left pennsylvania we went to the Indian Echo Caves near Hershey. That's the picture of us in front of the cave entrance.

16 week Apt "Beebee"

We finally got to listen to the baby's heart beat real good on monday. I've lost 3 more lbs which my midwife was a little concerned about but we are certain I will start to gain some weight soon. Autumn came with us and got to hear the heartbeat but I am sure she was just wondering where the horse stampede noise was coming from. We have our ultrasound set up for march 21st and we will find out what we are having then. We are very excited!!!! I don't think Autumn realizes it yet but when she pats my belly and says "beebee" that the very thing she calls "beebee" will be her brother or sister and make her single child life different. For the better we hope! If its a brother hopefully he will be a good sport and be the protective brother for her. If its a sister we hope they can be best friends growing up. In either case we are excited. Perhaps next time I will put up some pictures of the happening events around here on the ranch.

My Growing Belly

Almost 15 weeks my belly is getting hard to hide. Although in this picture, I had to really hold my shirt back to show my growing figure thanks to a really baggy t-shirt. I am really excited for this baby though! It's gonna be great to have two kids, especially if this one is as fun as Autumn!

More Show Mounts in PA

Here are some more pictures of cool mounts we have seen here at the show. Mostly we wanted to show Matt, Jonathan's brother cuz he is a taxidermist and we thought he would like some of these mounts.

Day 5 at the Show

We took a look around today and brought our camera with us. We took pictures of some of the cool things we saw. Unfortunately our camera ran out of battery before we were done so we will take more pictures tomorrow and update again. But I love Autumn's face as she looks at the Rhino! ;)

Pennsylvania Show

Here is our booth at the Eastern Sports Outdoors Show in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. I think Jonathan did great with our booth even though we didn't like the location so much because it was in the game calls hall so it was loud and we were next to a door so I was cold. We have one more week left but we are having fun! As you can see we have a little tent in our booth and Autumn and I love it! We watch movies and take naps and play in it. It is so nice to have to keep Autumn in so she can cry in it and so we don't lose her. But we think she is having fun and we all are having a blast and I love being with just my husband and little girl. I am soaking it in as much as I can.