Bella's reaction to the big news, Part 1

Bun in the oven

So the time has finally come to share our good news...we are expecting! I am 13 weeks pregnant right now, due April 23rd, 2012. Lenny and I are both thrilled that our family is growing. We have known for a while, and it has been really hard to keep it a secret. We just wanted to make sure everything was okay and we were out of the first trimester before we told most people. Didn't want to jump the gun, you know? I had an ultrasound earlier this week and everything looked good, so we decided it was time to share the news with everyone! Yay for no longer having to make excuses for why I'm not drinking at happy hour! ;) Now everybody will know why!

So far, the pregnancy has been easy peasy lemon squeezy. I have had no morning sickness whatsoever (knock on wood), and other than being really tired the first month or two, I feel like a million bucks! Hopefully my good luck continues throughout the pregnancy.

Here are a couple pics from the 13w ultrasound.

Umm, I could very well be carrying an alien inside of me. Is that not freaky? lol

Much better. This one actually looks human.

Cool how you can see the spine in this one!

Best part about picking apples...

Yes, that is an apple pie. Made from scratch by yours truly. And it took forEVER! But so worth it :)

Apple Pickin

We spent the day yesterday at Eckert's in IL picking apples. Fun place! This may be a yearly tradition from now on, we really enoyed it.

Can't tell who is smiling bigger here, Bellz or the horse...



More pics from Bella's birfday

Bella turns 5

We had a birthday party for Bella at Laurel Park over the weekend and could not have asked for a better day. There is gazebo with two picnic tables right up on the playground where we set up shop, and it worked out perfectly! The kids were so dang cute playing together - think they are finally getting to the age where they are interested in each other and like to do stuff together as opposed to playing on their own, but right next to each other. ha. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate B's special day with us. Only one missing was her uncle Keify. :(

Here are some pics!

Drew checking out the escape balloon that floated up to the top of the gazebo

Kindall, you hold it like this, and then...

Swing it like this!

Coach Bailey checkin out the girls' stance

Sam Bones!



A4TA

Several months ago, a buddy of Lenny's from high school contacted him to see if we wanted to be involved in a charity bags tournament benefitting several local Autism charities. Without hesitation, Lenny signed us up. The Aiming for the Answer tournament was held yesterday in Kirkwood Park, and this thing was way bigger than we could have ever imagined. It is by far the largest bags tournament in the Midwest - they had over 240 teams sign up this year! Our job was to set up all our courts and run the consolation tournament. We had a total of 52 teams for the consolation tourney, and although we had a few lessons learned for next year, everything went well. Our boards also doubled as the practice courts and warm up area. We were so happy to be a part of it - not only for the exposure, but to help the charities as well. This is definitely something we'd like to be involved in next year, and I would LOVE to see our MS charity tournament grow into something like this! It was amazing. Here are a few pics from the tourney.

Custom boards and scoretowers Lenny donated for the silent auction

Todd and Lenny warming up

 Go Baggy McBaggerson!!!

Yeah yeah!!! We big time now baby!

Yeah, check this out. Look how many peeps are in this pic. This was only the South quadrant. They also had North, East, and West. Same amount of courts in each quadrant. It.was.HUGE.