Trunk or Treat

My little Harding baseball player and Tony Stewart.
Dale and Tony together again!
Derek balloon popping.
Austin goal kicking.
Kent with 2 captain underpants, supergirl, batgirl, and cavewoman

We had our annual "trunk or treat" at church this afternoon. Kent and I disappointed several people by not dressing up. That has been our tradition the last few years, but we couldn't think of anything. Really, I thought a pregnant nun and a preist would be funny, but Kent didn't think that was appropriate...but it would have been stinkin' hillarious! The boys got so much candy, so it's back to the 2 pieces of candy a day rule.

Tomorrow I will be 23 weeks along. She is the calmest thing. Sometimes it concerns me that I don't feel her very often, but then she'll make her presence known with a little kick. I'm really curious to see how she will be as an infant outside my tummy. Kent and I have narrowed our list of names down. Well...Kent doesn't like all of these, just a few. Let me know what you think. Brylee, Julianne, Jenna, Chaney, and Kylie.

Hope everyone has a great week! I've only got 30 more days as a teacher. I'm ready to stay home and get things organized here for this little girl.

Weekend in Texas

Julie and I posing "belly to belly" outside of her house.
Mom and Dad to be!
Momma and her two pregos!

Jason and Julie had the ladies vote on their favorite name. They have had the hardest time deciding on a name. Finally, tonight, I got the call! His name is Jarett Wilson Baker. Fine choice Jason and Julie!

What a day!

It doesn't get much better than today! God is good! We are having a healthy baby GIRL, Derek played a great soccer game, I made the cutest scrapbook calendar at our ladies night, and Derek lost his first 2 teeth........yes 2!

As you can see the ultrasound pics aren't so good. I took them with my camera from the shiny, originals. First, is Derek's new smile. Then, the next 2 are of HER face. HER left hand is by HER head. The second one is a little better than the first one. You may be able to distinguish the face better. Next, two femurs and no wee wee :). And last, the arrow is pointing to the all important 3 lines that mean GIRL!

At the ultrasound, it was so funny. Derek has been saying girl for the longest and of course, Austin wanted a boy. So, when Dr. Watson said it was a girl, Austin hit the table with his fist and then was in a bad mood for several hours to follow. I don't think it was so much the girl part, but that Derek was right and he was wrong! I told him he could help me name her and that helped the attitude a little :)

I came home around 9:30 p.m. from our ladies night and Derek was awake and said his bottom teeth hurt. Now, I have tried at least 10 times to pull this stubborn tooth. I told him it needed to come out tonight! I tried 4 times and it finally came out!!!!!!! YAY! Then the tooth that was beside it scooted over to the middle immediately and became extremely loose. I told Derek I thought he could pull this one on his own.........and he did! So, right now, under his pillow, in a baggie, are 2 sweet little teeth. He also put 2 suckers in there for the Tooth Fairy!

It has been a great day! I'm going to TX tomorrow with mom to go to Julie's baby shower! I'll post pics of the two pregnant sisters soon!

It's a ........................

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am in total shock! I'll try to post a few pics soon. But now I'm off to soccer! I'm having a ggggggggggggiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrllllllllll! WOW!

NEWS!

OK.....so here's the news. It was announced today at church that Kent will take over the job of Minister of Discipleship at our church by the end of the month, barring any Biblical objections from our members. Kent told the youth group this morning in class, so they wouldn't be caught off guard by the announcement. A few of them cried and at the end of service, several of our girls were in tears, which of course, made my tears come. But as I told them, we aren't leaving. For our family, this is the right decision. So, now we begin a two week period of Kent preaching next Sunday, a Q &A session on Wednesday the 24th. And if all goes as planned, Kent will begin his "new job" on the 28th. Of course, he will still be doing youth work until a new guy is found. We feel God's guidance in this change, but it will be a transition for us all. Youth ministry is all I've ever known as a wife, but I look forward to what God has planned for us in this new position.

Pumpkin Patch

Today we took the boys to the pumkin patch that a church down the road hosts each year. They played in the hay, had fun on the tire swing, got their faces painted, went on a hayride, and picked out the perfect pumpkin. Derek decided he wants to carve his this year and Austin still wants to paint his. The weather was PERFECT! Now we are enjoying a lazy Saturday, waiting for the Hog's game to start!

Soccer Pictures

Here are a couple of pictures of Derek playing soccer. So far this season he has scored 6 goals. I'm not sure how many saves he had when he played goalie.

Don't worry!

OK...don't worry about the end of the earlier post. We are NOT moving and NO it's not twins. It will be some new news, but nothing REALLY dramatic :)

Half Way!

Well, today we reached the 2o week milestone! I can't believe we are halfway there. I go to the doc. next Thursday the 18th. Hopefully, the baby will cooperate. If not........yellow and green, here we come!

On a school note.........next Monday I am beginning a new job. A second grade teacher in the district resigned last week and I am taking her position until December. I'm already used to getting up and getting ready and not being home till 4, so that won't change. The only thing that will change is the level of stress. Right now I have NONE! But, starting next week I'll have 21 kids relying on me to teach them what they need to know. I decided to take this position b/c I will make "teacher pay" for those 10 weeks instead of the "sub pay" I make now. It really wasn't a hard decision!

I still plan on posting soccer pics soon. We have another game tomorrow.

We also have a big announcement coming up, but I'll have to wait till next week to tell you all about it. Stay tuned!