Lonnnggg Timmeee

WOW! It's been while. How to I catch you up on 6 months without ya'll having to ready so much. Well, here it goes:

• June ~ as you know, was our first month in our new home! It took us awhile to get settled in as you will see. On the 16th we learned Jacob would have a new cousin in February 2011.
• July ~ Wes and I spent the weekend of the 4th (June 30th -July 3rd) in Chicago. Wes went to a Golf Ball that supports the Junior League and won a 2 night stay at McCormick Place and Cubs Tickets. We added Friday nights stay to enjoy Chicago's scenery. It was a fun trip with great weather. Cubs lost though. We got to go to the Taste of Chicago in Grant Park. We went to the John Hancock Observatory Signature Lounge and enjoyed the city landscape. We spent Independence Day in Auburn with my parents, who watched Jacob while we were on vacation. Jacob and I went to Ft. Jackson water park with the Wiley girls and had a blast. We also participated in Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS at FBC- Columbia. Wes and I celebrated 6 years of marriage on the 24th. The last weekend in July we had our first annual vacation with the Neighbors, Wallaces, and Stone at Lake Martin. Brad and Heather announced that they were expecting. I prayed that if we were to get pregnant that Kristen and Ben would be too!
• August ~ School started back on the 13th. We finally got our cars in the garage! Trinity Baptist Church's Womens Ministry wrapped up a wonderful summer of sharing and learning at our Summer Taste and See Neighborhood Outreach.
• September ~ Auburn Tigers kicked of their perfect season on Sept 4th against Arkansas St. (52-26) Jacob attended until half time. First game since he was 5 months old. War Eagle!!! Our BIGGEST News: On the 13th we found our we were expecting BABY #2, due on May 18th (same date Jacob was due - we also found out on the same date). It was a huge blessing for us as I went to my midwife for a breast check because I felt a knot on my left side. I just want to be cautious. She knew we were trying and had to do a pregnancy test before she ordered a mammogram. Luckily, everything turned out better than we thought!!! We traveled back to Auburn for the Clemson (27-24 OT) and Carolina (35-27) games back to back. We told my family on my Dad's "Pop" Birthday! And Wes parents on the 23rd when we took him to see them. We had a scare the day before, but this pregnancy has been very different. More news is that my prayers were answered and Kristen is expecting also, she happened to be 8 days behind me!!! Jacob also started soccer for the fall season. Didn't participate that much at first. He even took himself out of his first game after 8 minutes.
• October ~ Was pretty quiet. We had our first Appt. on the 11th and saw the heart beat. She scheduled an ultrasound because of the spotting I had for the 18th. Family friend, Kay Broughman, scanned us and said everything looked great said I was measuring 9w1d (instead of 9w5d) which would have put our due date, May 22, but since it was just 4 days she kept it on May 18th. We went to Auburn for the LSU Game (24-17)! Another Win! Trinity had a Trunk & Treat and Jacob was a cowboy (he wore his daddy's boots from when he was his age).
• November ~ We finished up soccer...he finally got the hang of it. It was hard having games on Sunday after Church with no nap, but he seemed to enjoyed it. We traveled to Auburn for the last time this year for the Georgia Game (49-31). We had Thanksgiving at Amanda and Micah's! We had 3 fried turkeys. My parents went to Birmingham with some friends and then to the Iron Bowl on Friday(28-27), I said at half "I don't care if we when by 1 point as long as we win"!!!
• December ~ I enjoyed decorated the house for Christmas. Jacob loved all the decorations and was even sad when I finished taking them down today. This was the first year that he was aware of Santa. I tried not to push it too much, but it's hard when it's all around. Though, he knows that we celebrate the Birth of Christ, Our Savior. His biggest present was his bike from Daddy and I. Mimi and Poppy got him a 3 wheeler and Nana and Pop got him Thomas Station. He loves Thomas! God brought us a natural gift as it began to snow Christmas night we woke to a blanket of snow Sunday morning. jacob had fun building a snowman and playing with Daddy. Our BIGGEST News of the month: on the 14th we found our we're having a BOY in 2011!!!! Jacob is going to have a baby brother. He is excited. We would ask what he wanted and he would say and baby brother and sister. He still says it. Maybe God will answer his prayers! Wes also turned 30 this month on the 23rd!!!! I even pulled off a surprise party for him on the 17th. He thought we were attending a Christmas Party and that I was cleaning and cooking for a Pampered Chef party for the next day. Then our doorbell rang and family and friends came caroling 'Happy Birthday'!!! Thanks to my wonderful neighbors who hosted our guest until they walked over ....so the party came to him. What surprised him was seeing Brad and Heather standing in front. Ben and Kristen joined us later (they got a late start due to an ultrasound they had scheduled). Brad and Heather are expecting a Boy, William 'Parker' in February. Kristen announced that they were also expecting a Boy this May!!! So 3 boys and Big Brother Jacob!!!

I hope that wasn't too much for everyone to catch up on. I thought it would be easy to read by the month. I'll try and get pictures together!