Our Daughter...

Is already ADORABLE!!!!

It's a....

GIRL!!!!!!

Checking in and updates...

Just been really busy lately. Getting back into the swing of things with the daycare now that summer is over I'm back to preschool and lesson planning. Been busy getting things organized around the house, cleaning out clutter and making room for the baby.

I am down to 4 kids in the daycare and it's going great. I was getting overwhlemed and exhausted so this is a nice change from the 8 I had all summer. My hours are much shorter than the 7-6 days I was working too. I will be getting rid of two of these kids when their mom has a baby this october because i decided that 2 babies would be too much and of course I want to devote all my baby snuggles to my own ;) So basically i will be getting to be a stay at home mom with just a few hours of work a day.

Everything is going good with the baby. At my last appointment we heard the heartbeat/kicks though I can't really feel anyhting yet. We find out October 6th if we will have a son or daughter. I am so excited about this appointment. Sometime In November I am going to do the 3d/4d ultrasound, it's just for fun. I also have my maternity photo session on November 7th with an amazing photographer who is also doing the baby's newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year photos (It was a package deal).

Scott is back working afternoons so it's been a bit lonely around here at night. I have been keeping busy cleaning, organizing and baby item browsing online. We have decided to cloth diaper the baby so i have had a lot of fun reading up and larning about all the different types of diapers. I have also started to register because my first (of three) showers will be at the end of Novemeber.

I will try to get on here more often. i still want to do a few posts about things we did over the summer.

Lake Huron Weekend

Last weekend we stayed in oscoda, michigan right on lake huron. We hung out in the water and on the beach a lot.

The awesome view of the lake from our bedroom window.

Us girls at the pier one night.

All of us getting ready to tube down the ausable river.

All in all we had a great relaxing weekend. How could we not with a view like that???

Three years ago today...

I married my best friend on August 19th, 2006.

I can't wait to spend many many many more happy years together !!!!

I Love You Scott!

Officially....

INTO MY 2ND TRIMESTER!!!!



YAY!!! ONLY 6 MORE MONTHS TO GO!!!
AND ONLY 7 MORE WEEKS UNTIL WE FIND OUT IF IT'S
A BOY OR A GIRL!!!!

Back to blogging...

I'm really going to start getting back to blogging more. We have done so many fun things this summer and I haven't really blogged about any of them. I'm going to try and recap some of our fun times but I won't be doing it in order lol.

In the middle of August we went to see Little Big Town and Phil Vassar in concert.


We had great seats 10th row right up front.


Phil Vassar is one of my all time favorite country singers. I actually met him a few years back at the Fowlerville Fair during an autograph session ( and my camers was dead) but he didn't do one at this show :(

It was a fun concert, perfect weather and definately one of my highlights of the summer!

A friends new baby

CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA AND CALE ON YOUR NEW BABY BOY!!!!

Ocean Walker, 5lb 110z 19in



I got to meet this new baby boy in the hospital yesterday. He's a little sweet heart!!!
I know the pictures aren't great but it was late and I didn't want to use a flash on him :)



I'm so excited that the next new little baby I will be meeting will be my own :)

Baby Update

I had my 12 week appointment today. We heard the heartbeat for the first time, it was really cool and quite the relief! It was in the 160's which based on the old wives tale means a girl but we will have to wait until october to find out what it really is!

Everything is going well though. I now have a baby bump and just started wearing some maternity clothes. We are getting very excited. The doctor also moved my due date up to Feb 21st.

I hope to get back to blogging soon it has just been a very busy summer around here.

Saturday Morning

We are heading out tomorrow morning for our annual vacation with our extended family! This year we will be spending a week at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes/Lake Michigan. Scott and I are going to get our practice taking a kid on vacation, this year we are taking our neice Savanna. Okay she's 10 so she's easy but she will have a blast with all my cousins, 2 of which are her age. I will update when we get back.

Wordless Wednesday

8 weeks and 2 days!!!! Baby McQuade is due 2-24-2010!!!!!

summer storm

One of my favorite things about summer are the thunderstorms. This one came in quickly with strong winds, hail and tornado warnings. This was the first storm of this summer.

What a beautiful ending!!!!

The sunset/clouds were crazy afterwards. The pictures don't do it justice. Ca't wait until I get my new camera!

I have so much blog catching up to do!!! I guess I will just start with this weekend and then goes backwards a few weeks!


Friday morning we packed up and us girls headed down to Detroit for the second weekend in a row. We went for the Wings game ( Stanley Cup Finals) and then Scott met us out there that night. Scott and I stayed until Sunday for the Red Bull Air Race World Championships.

Us girls downtown Detroit..Me, Dana, Melissa and Ashley

Scott and I at Chelis Chili Bar for the game. And by the way for those who know me yes I actually am seen drinking...*gasp* a Bud Light. Yuck, that's all they had outside.

Detroit Rennisance Center, this is where our room was. Floor 34 with a great view of the races and Windsor Canada.

At night at our hotel.

One of the planes during the race.

We had such a fun and busy weekend and it was nice having some time away with just Scott and I.

Dandelion Fun

I did this activity with my daycare kids. They love to pick dandelions. This kept them busy for a good hour at least.

~ Collect a lot of dandelions.....

~ Using your fingernail peel the stem into a couple of pieces. The kids had fun seeing how many little strips they could peel the stem into. My three and four year old could do this by themselves. Leave them stem attached though.

~ Put into cold water. i used a shallow plastic plate. Works in a bucket, pool, anything as long as it is cold water.

~ Watch as the stems curl up. The longer you leave them in the water the curlier they get!

~ Kids thought this was SO COOL!!!!

Why my job rocks

I love my job and this is why......

~ I get a boquet of flowers everyday.....

~ I get to play outside....yes you can never have too many toys in the pool....

~ I spend my day with adorable kids.......

~ I get to giggle at little piggy butts.......

~ I get a front row seat to a Midevil Times Performance!!!!

Water Dog

We had so much rain and snow this year that our neighbor's pond behind our house flooded onto our property. Now we have a little pond of our own. It's actually pretty deep in spots so I'm hoping we will have it for awhile before it dries up. I'm half tempted to keep filling it up with a hose lol.

The kids love the pond. They throw rocks in it, find worms in it, wade around in it and visit the ducks and geese.

Today we took Bella for her first swim of the year. She had a blast! She's definately a water dog and I would rather her swim in the pond instead of our pool because of all of her hair.

Here's our new pond!!!!!

Bella playing with her water ball she got for Christmas. It's a cage ball that she loves but this one has something in the middle that makes it float.


See it's pretty deep for being just a part of our yard earlier this year!

Bella's having so much fun.

I thought this picture was so funny. Reed and Bella in action, except the ball and Bella are going in opposite directions haha.

I still have a few more posts I'm working on and should get done with this weekend. We've been pretty busy around here having my family in last weekend, Mother's Day brunch and getting ready for our garage sale.

Tennesse Trip Take 1

We left on Saturday April 25th and drove down to gatlinburg TN with 6 of us squished into the truck...including two kids. The ride was fine, long, but the kids were good.

Here's where we stayed...Bluegreen Resort. This is the view from one of the decks.


We spent alot of our time in the Smoky Mountian National Park. Here's our friends Jason and Stephanie.

Our other friends Marie and Brandon and their daughter Kaylee. This was by Cade's Cove where we grilled out for dinner. This picnic spot was awesome with the river running right through it.

View from one of the pools where we also spent alot of time swimming with the three kids and getting a good tan....i mean burn.

There were some huge wildfires in the area the whole time we were there. You can see the smoke coming off the mountain.

More on the next post.....maybe tomorrow!