Hooray!

Our family has a little exciting news to share!

We are growing by 2 feet!  Logan will be a big brother come early spring of next year.  I'm due March 4, and as of today I'm 16 weeks along.  So far the pregnancy has gone really well.  I've had a good bit of nausea, and a few days (weeks) where I was utterly exhausted, but I think that comes with the territory of being pregnant and having an incredibly active 17 month old boy.  It's gotten a little better now that I'm in the 2nd trimester.  We will find out the gender (appt is in mid-October).....I just like to plan -- and we will need lots of time to work on our name negotiations! 

Logan really doesn't know that anything has changed.  I've gained some "muffin top," but I'm not yet sporting a full on pregnancy belly, so he doesn't seem to notice any changes. (though the belly is close....things really do "show" much faster the 2nd time around!)  I need to do an update on him soon. He is so fun these days. His vocabulary grows by the day, and he just laughs and laughs.  He blows kisses, and gives hugs, and loves to draw.  More to come on all that though :)

I am already nervous for the first 8 weeks at home with a new baby and a crazy 2 year old (they'll be 23 months apart).  I will need all the advice you can offer, I'm sure :)

A perfect Saturday!

We had the best day today!  We woke up at 7, had breakfast, and then hit the road to go apple picking! 

 We drove an hour out to the cutest farm in Grafton, IL -- Eckert's.  They were having an annual apple fest, and had tons of activities beyond the standard apple picking.

 But first thing's first....gotta get the apples.  Logan took to it really quickly.  Fortunately there were plenty just his height.

 And a few he could reach with the help of Dada.

 They even had some cows and goats in a little petting zoo area.  Logan is a little intimidated by the animals.  SB grew up on a farm, and has a special way with them to make them all come to him.  Pretty funny.

 Afterwards, we drove back and tried a new BBQ restaurant in our city.  It was awesome - and just over a mile from our house!  Yay!  Logan slept for 2.5 hours that afternoon, and then we played with our neighbors out in the front cul-de-sac till dinner.  It honestly was just the perfect day!