Blog Changes

So, I have been making some changes to the blog since we're expanding our family. I will try my best to keep you up to date about the baby. We are all doing fairly well, Elijah and Gretta are great, I however have been pretty sick. This weekend it has started to be a lit bit better with the sickness, but now all the sudden I am getting tired all the time. It is so weird how different this pregnancy feels to me than Gretta. It is the same symptoms just in a totally different order and more extreme it feels to me. I don't know maybe I just forgot how bad I really felt the first 3 months of being pregnant. O well, only 3 weeks left!!! I hope.

Pumpkin Patch

Gretta & I went to the Pumpkin Patch to get our pumpkins to decorat. Sorry, I am so far behind on my pics. Anyway, it was lots of fun. Gretta enjoyed picking out her own pumpkins and carrying them all by herself. I heard several times, “I can do it Mom, I got this one.” We brought home 8 pumpkins. We painted them & lots of fun family time!!

I’m a Big Sister!

Most of you should know that Gretta is going to be a big sister. She doesn’t seem to remember or maybe she doesn’t care, ha, ha I don’t know. Anytime it is brought up she does seem to be happy and excited about it. Which I am aware that once the baby is actually here this will probably not always be the case, but so far so good.
We are expecting the new addition to our family in June. We are very excited and everything is going just as expected. I've been pretty sick, which is the same as Gretta. It seems worse this time around not sure why that is, but hopefully only 3 1/2 weeks left of that. Our first appointment is November 19th so we should be able to hear the heartbeat, which I am really excited for Gretta to hear that. My favorite moment so far with Gretta and the pregnancy has been when she first wanted to “talk” to the baby. She walks up to me and says so sweetly to my belly, “I’m the boss” and walks away just as happy as she could be. It was priceless! We will definitely keep everyone posted on the baby and Gretta.

Gretta’s Style

Gretta is really starting to develop her own opinion about her appearance, what shoes she wears, shirts, pajamas. She loves to wear hats, crocs, purses and the latest one….lipstick! She found a tube of lipstick in my purse the other week. I came in to the kitchen and she has pink all around her mouth. Since then she will ask for her “lips”. So, here are a few pics of Gretta and her style.

I love her curls!

State Fair

We made our annual trip to the Indiana State Fair. It was a beautiful day. Gretta enjoyed seeing all the animals, but did not however, enjoy meeting Alpha Pig(a character from a show that we watch on PBS). We had to bail at the last minute in line right before we got up to get our picture with him. She got a little scared, but continues to talk about him and how she got to see him. Crazy kid! We had the pleasure to go with Sara & Noah which made the experience even more fun. We love hanging out with the Farnys!!

Birthday Party

So, the birthday party was tons of fun! Most of our friends and family were there, but we were missing a few important people. Some we got to celebrate with later. I had lots of fun decorating and had lots of help thanks to Carrie & Mom. So, here are the pics as promised. My Mom made the cake and I decorated it, it turned out really well. It was so much fun, I love birthday parties!

Brookville Camping Trip 2010

So, for the last several years we’ve been going camping in Brookville, IN with Gretta’s Grandma & Grandpa Welch, Paps & Grami (Gretta’s Great Grandparents) Uncle Caleb and us. We have a lot of fun together. This year I tried a couple new recipes with the Dutch oven, both took longer than expected but turned out to be really delicious, if I do say so myself :p