Kiddos

Here are a few pictures from last weekend. Arielle in her new dress and Nathanael playing with her in our front. Then my baby belly - 20 weeks at that time.

"The Backyardians"

Arielle's hand in the dirt



























Arielle playing with dirt























































































Nathanael's discovery of "the bug!!!"















Nathanael practicing soccer



































Arielle playing with leaves - crinkle!








Arielle trying to play with daddy's bbq




Nathanael showing his toy while riding the horse - and notice how he's looking at the toy with one eye and squinting with the other - he likes to do this.

























Nathanael's belted cars - he says he's going to be just like daddy (with tons of stuff on his belt)













Nathanael posing for his "super hero"/police officer shot - you can see in the edge of this picture he happens to be pointing the play sword at his sister's head. Silly boy.

Family Tree

This article was shared and I loved how it compared real trees to the human family tree.

http://aboverubies.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=948:family-planning-family-trees-gods-weapon-for-victory&catid=35&Itemid=62

Michael and Laura's Wedding

Here is our baby again :)

Here are some sonograms from today's ultra-sound. Baby is measuring at approximately 8 weeks and 5 days (almost 9 weeks!) and my estimated due date is August 11th, 2010. Nice little heartbeat we saw - just amazing to see this little miracle person who's being knit together inside of me by God Himself - wow. We can see where the head and heart and eyes are. We can also see little arms and legs.

"Baby Bee" or "Peanut" (as Scott says)

Scott also thinks it's a girl while I (Rachel) am guessing it may be a boy ;)

Learned that our baby is much smaller than we thought. My due date may get moved to early to mid August. Baby looks to be about 6 weeks instead of 8 weeks (the date it would be if counting from date of last cycle). Saw a little blinkie-blink - the heart beat.

Guess what??

Just found out I'm pregnant on Friday the 4th of December. We are so excited and blessed by this miracle! We are guessing "baby bee" is due late July or early August of 2010! Thanking Jesus for such a gift to us and our family!

Craft for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day

Walking with her Daddy

Arielle did some practice walking with the help of her daddy the other day.