Happenings

What's been happening lately:

Hhhmmmm.... Well my awesome husband has taken to running every day to train for the Chicago Marathon (26 miles!). He and dad every Friday take a "cross training" day and bike. They had gotten so addicted to it that they decided to do the L.A.T.E. night bike hike through downtown Chicago and along the lake front. They had a blast, I'm only sad that I am all preggers and couldn't go with :( they looked like they had tons of fun. But they could still use encouragement because Jordan doesn't think he can do the marathon, psyching himself out prematurely I think. But anyone care to chime in and encourage, I am sure he'll appreciate your thoughts!

We had our 3 year anniversary and went to the Science and Industry Museum. He had fun, I had fun watching him be a little kid! Sadly we didn't get to see the Harry Potter exhibit, but we did get to race milking a cow! I won. Obviously. And we had a yummy lunch at Bennihana's, which I am so sad to say was way more authentic than JuRin is and I am TOTALLY going back! I used to go to Japanese restaurants with my parents way back in the day and since then they have "Americanized" the flavors. Three years, it's still hard to believe!

Piper is doing great, we have our last ultrasound scheduled for August 10th (I think). So hopefully here soon you guys can glimpse at her cuteness again before she is born. I think we have something like 70ish or so days left until she is due! When did I pass up the 100 day mark?! Well nesting has kicked in and I have pretty much turned our apartment inside out rearranging and cleaning in preparation for her arrival.

Speaking of rearranging...we also found Noah a......(drum roll please).............BIG BOY BED!!!!!!!!

We were so appreciative to get one from our friends the Thompsons and lucky for us it is just perfect! Noah was so excited he took all his covers off his crib and murmured to himself, "nonononono, on the big boy bed now..." as he proceeded to place all sleeping paraphernalia on the new BIG BOY BED. I guess he was more ready than we gave him credit for. We laid him down last night for the first time in his big boy bed and didn't hear one peep until early this morning (6:30!) when he woke up freaking out...but once he was in mommy's arms and I reassured him how "cool" the big boy bed was, he got happy fast and excited all over again. We'll see how naptime goes...

So there's our life in a nutshell for the last few weeks. Lots of fun and OH YAH, Congrats to Jordan and Jana Huff on the arrival of their new little daughter!!!!! Lydia Shalom Huff was born July 22 at 1:03 weighing a whopping 6 pounds! She is so cute! They are recouping and I hear the Jana was a rock star! You go guys! Many blessings on the new parents!

We're still hanging in there

I have been busy preparing for father's day recently as well as getting ready for summer camp and a family trip to be had within the next few weeks so nothing much different has been going on except that.

I have been trying to get into the "girl" frame of mind with washing and preparing baby girl clothes for Piper's arrival, and since I haven't the first clue about baby girl stuff I went to Moriah for help.

Oh My Goodness! She gave me what can only be described to as an avalanche of baby girl clothes and suddenly I was in a sea of pink and purple ruffles. Which is so beyond my general frame of mind for clothes that I gotta admit I was overwhelmed. But a few days later, a few hundred loads of laundry later, and massive organization of Noah and Piper's closet later I think I can do this. Forgive me Piper if by chance you are accidentally dressed in boyish clothing from time to time, but I will try my hardest to think girlier than I have the past year and a half.

Speaking of Moriah, if you read this, thank you again for loaning me all those woderful girl clothes! I got to sit and really get excited for this little one coming and truly appreciate how different having a girl is gonna be, plus you inspired a whole room makeover for Noah and Piper's room which will be a huge help in the long run. Once I am HUGE lifting bags of clothes will NOT be an option.

Lastly, please pray for our family for this summer. It looks like Jordan has four extra side jobs to get done by AUGUST, summer camp this next week, an anniversary to have fun with, Moriah's birthday, and a family trip to Arkansas. We need time together desperately and this is a huge summer for us. By the time it's over we'll have just enough time to catch our breath before Piper's arrival is to happen... so prayers for happy hearts and family time toghether are appreciated.

And lastly, some pictures of Noah and me (featurnig Piper in da womb).

It's a........

GIRL!!!

Piper Shea Ferrell

Next Ultrasound and Names

The next ultrasound is this tuesday, the day after memorial day. We will hopefully find out if we're having a boy or a girl! We don't mind either way.

We also have a few names picked out for the little ones, now everyone gets to vote:

Boy = Miles/Milo
Girl = Parker, Piper, or Tatum

We like Parker and Piper the best. I like Piper, Jordan is pulling for Parker.

So which is your favorite? We also need a middle name for Miles if its a boy....any suggestions?

The names, by the by, are non negotiable. If you don't like em please don't poop all over them since we do like em. But we do need help with middle names...... so your skills will be best placed there! Your turn : )

Impressive....

We recently started teaching Noah "School" in the mornings. We review numbers 1-10, letters, and Colors. Colors are his favorite. Jordan sat down with Noah today to go through them for fun since our cable is out and Noah loves his "school". Here was the result!

I was amazed at how much Noah knew! I had to get it on camera. When we do school in the mornings he MAYBE maybe can get two colors without help, but today he got a lot more! It was more or less to impress Daddy. He loves Daddy praises. Which altogether made me very happy that he is learning fast and that he is such a smart little cookie. God gave me a gifted little boy!

What's new?

'Cause not much is going on here...

Jordan and I have discovered the early signs of gray hair...on JORDAN! I think having this surprise child with all it has to offer in the financial department has finally gotten to Jordan. He has a patch of gray hair in his eye brows. Only one though and if you didn't know it you'd think it was a scar that didn't grow hair, so not terribly noticeable. But nevertheless it's there and I for one am so EXCITED!

Why you ask? because ever since I have known Jordan I have said that he will look stunning with salt and pepper hair, and that I will totally find him even more sexy with it. I'm glad that i was right! I really can't wait until he gets more. It makes his demeanor and stature seem more graceful and worldly. I just like it on him.

As for me, I am getting no new hair. In fact pregnancy forces me to lose my hair rather than gain it, or get thicker hair, or shinier, or healthier... but I get a kid at the end so it's worth it. Plus not shaving for a while is a plus.

We are 13 weeks now and it astounds me when someone tells me, "I had no idea that you were expecting again! Congratulations!" I swear we told everyone twice! Not to mention I have a bump the size of a grapefruit under my shirt.

That's about all that has been happening round here. Not a lot to show for all the weeks gone by and whatnot. Maybe something new will happen and I'll be more interesting later.

Nobo doing fun things

Noah is very interesting these days. I thought I'd share a few things with you.

First, he likes to dance and sing when we are singing or playing music. He's a really talented dancer! He gets that from Jordan.


He has suddenly grown an attachment to his cuddly blanket we use to put him to sleep with. We don't encourage this behavior but somehow it snuck up on us and he FREAKS witnessing it being washed. FREAKS. This video was only after he saw the blanket make it safely into the dryer after the horribleness that is the washing machine. He knew it was only a matter of a few more minutes at that point. You'd have sworn I was suffocating his best friend or something.

A belly shot of me. Jordan is insisting we take photos every day to watch the bump rise. At this point I am in maternity clothes because a rubber band isn't the most comfortable clasp for my pre-maternity pants. But alas, I am showing... a little : )

And lastly, i have been working all day with Noah to respond when someone asks, "What's your name." He points to himself and says, "Nono." Close enough for one days work. But he still points to himself and also says, "Mama" or "Dada" So it's a 1 in 3 chance you get the right answer.