And the verdict is in...

Guesses while in the waiting room at the doctor...

Daddy: a boy

Mommy: a boy
Emma: a girl

Reese: a firetruck

And...

Doc says HE looks perfectly healthy- praise God!
And thankfully I will not be giving birth to a firetruck- phew!

AND our new baby niece,
Paige Caitlin Gross was born this morning at 9:26 at 8 lb 1 oz, 21 in
She is totally precious and we can't wait to meet her!

First Snow!

When we got home today, Emma ran to her room, got in full snow garb and darted outside to try her hand at snowballs and snow angels. Oh, the joy of Indiana for kids. :)

Trip to Aunt Kara's

We ventured aaaaall the way to Evansville to visit Aunt Kara (and Tasha the doggie) and to go to Caden's birthday party. I can't even describe the ridiculous amount of fun kids and adults alike had at "Pump it Up," -an indoor bounce park. We got the whole room to ourselves and everyone reverted to being a 4 year old. Sadly none of my pictures really turned out, but there was an insanely tall slide that the kids could not get enough of. Thanks to Daron who took them down it about 100 times! The rest of our visit was filled with the usual pig-out sessions by me, Kara and my mom- and thankfully there are no pictures of that either. :)

Puppy and Cinderella

For Halloween the past few years, we've gone with our friends the Warners to trunk-or-treat where people open their decorated trunks and hand out candy. It's really fun and a safe place to bring young kids. We decorated our trunk as a Thomas Train Station... appropriate. The kids filled up on candy and even helped pass out some to the other kids. Can't wait til next year!

Halloween Parade

Emma had a big Halloween Parade at her school- all the kids dressed up (including little brother Reese to show his support). They sang songs and marched around the church cafeteria for the parents who came. Great job, Emma... I mean Cinderella!