Something's missing.....

Yep, its a tooth! Emma lost her very first tooth, and she was so excited.... she really looks like a kindergartner now :) She was also excited that the tooth fairy left her 4 coins and a whole dollar bill :) what to spend it on??

Hurricane Benjamin

This is what happens when you leave Benjamin alone for too long... when I asked him what happened, he just laughed and said, "A big hurricane messed up the room"... you got that right kiddo!

Back from the Midwest!

I had an awesome time on my trip to Illinois!.. had a wonderful traveling companion (Thanks Steph!), spent time with awesome friends, went to the movies, ate a LOT, had a wonderful tour guide!, ate some more, played Settlers, watched movies, saw the beautiful countryside, saw the good and bad parts of St. Louis (haha...i loved Jennings...), got to go to Amanda's baby shower, got to see the Gentemann Gang and the Ellis gang, played Polly Pockets and Legos with two very cute kids, watched a thunderstorm, saw hot air balloons, got to go to an apple orchard, ate some more!, and most of all, got to catch up with my two best friends (well, 3, you too Wade :))!! Thanks for letting us come out to Edwardsville you guys! Miss you already!

29 weeks and 33 weeks along....we are lookin good! :)

Me, Steph and Amanda outside of Steak and Shake

Lunch at the Loading Dock...you guys are so cute :)

The Arch in St. Louis

Stephanie and Gracie

Me and Charlie hanging out in the car

At Amanda's baby shower...can't wait to meet your little girl!

Hot Air balloons over St. Louis

Off to Illinois!

Tommorrow I leave for Illinois, and I'm sooo excited! Will get to spend a few days with my best friends, and have one last kid-free getaway before the new baby comes :) Thanks mom for taking the kids a couple days, and Dave for filling in with work and double daddy duty :) The kids are excited to do some fun stuff with daddy (emma has a lot planned, just FYI Dave :).... and see Nana... will post pics when I get back...pray for a safe trip for Steph and I...and look out Amanda, Wade and the kids...here we come!

First day of Kindergarten!

Emma in front of her new elementary school- Captain Strong! She was so excited :)

Ben thought he was starting school too :)

A shot with her new backpack...its almost as big as her!

Here she is in her classroom...she loves her teacher, has already met lots of new friends, and feels really grown up..

Ben found a seat right away and started coloring...he did not like it when I took him out...poor guy, his time will come soon :)

Emma and Isabella

Emma's one request before school started was to have her cousin Isabella over for another sleepover....these two have so much fun together :) They rode bikes at the park, played in the water fountains, did crafts, made cupcakes and watched High School musical... we ended the fun couple days with a trip to Chuck E Cheese...can't get any better than that, right :)

Hillsboro Air Show

Our future Top Gun...he loves airplanes..

Emma checking out an air force jet

...and with the pilot of the jet, who happens to be Dave's cousin Scott!


We saw Dave's Uncle Paul, Aunt Judy and his cousin Shelly at the show...very fun!

And this is what Emma and Ben looked like during the Thunderbirds and F-18's...they were just too loud :)