happy birthday little boy!!

Last saturday was a very special day for us as we celebrated Allistiars 2nd birthday. His real b-day is Aug 24, but we had it on a weekend so everyone could make it up. It was so much fun having all of julians and my family and friends up to help make it such a special day. Allistair got all sorts of trucks and tractor toys! thanks so much to everyone who was able to make it out!

allistair and ben - best friends!

Allistair LOVES tractors of any kind so for his birthday i made him this farm cake.

it took me forever to do because i was trying to ice it in the dark, since the power

was knocked out after the tornado that went through!

allistiar didnt pay any attention to all hte presents until julian told him

they were full of new toys! then we could barely keep him away from them!

Today shanelle and i had kris take some pictures of our tummies before one of us goes into labor! (more likely to be nelly than me seeing as im 33 wks and shes 37!) it was a lot of fun, and we had a good amount of laughs too! its been so much fun being so closely pregnant at the same time!


this pic was not done today, but i thought i'd put it up anyways,
it was a fun week having mark and his new wife lauren home from school!

it looks like a mirror image! funny how shes 4 wks ahead of me but we're about the same size!

is it going to be a boy?

or a girl?
we'll find out soon!

in other news, julian and i bought a house! we've been wanting to buy for a few years now but it wasnt financially possible at the time. we'd given up actively searching since we couldnt find anything that seemed to be the right place for the right price and then 2 weeks ago we found one online and thought we'd give it a shot , just for fun. We called the realtor and LOVED the house the minute we saw it, the next day we put in an offer and after a few counter offeres back and forth, we now officially own the house! move in date is sept. 28th! its going to be a tight fit trying to get everything done before the babys' due date on oct 4th but it will be fun! its so awesome to be starting a new phase of our lives together as homeowners! i'll post pics once we get moved in!

the countdown is on!

Well, im down to just over 8 weeks to go! hard to believe! this pregnancy has gone so fast, and still seems to be passing before i have time to realize it! i will be 32 weeks on sunday and have been feeling pretty good. im not getting much sleep these days but its all just good practice for baby. at my last midwife appiontment i found out my hemaglobin tests came back low so now im on an iron supplement. i have been starting to get things ready for the baby, washing all the newborn clothes that i have from allistair , and getting little things ready for my hospital bag. im so excited, and a little dissappointed that the pregnancy will be over so soon . i know how crazy that sounds but i am definately am one of those people who LOVES being pregnant, and wishes it would last longer than 9 months lol. anyways, here are a few recent pictures. enjoy!

allistair reading his truck book to the baby

ever-growing tummy at 31 weeks

my adorable/goofy little boy! he brought all his animals to this chair and sat with them! it was too cute!

allistair loves his sandbox! he'd spend every minute out there if he could!