Gobble.. Gobble...

See that?!

That is our Thanksgiving turkey.. and what you CAN'T see is that this is my mom holding this 20 pound guy and giving me a turkey making tutorial at 9:00am on Thanksgiving morning. This year we hosted Thanksgiving for twelve at our new house. It was so fun to have everyone over for our first official holiday. The Leppin-Kerruish-Davis family all pitched in by bringing lots of side dishes and desserts -- so it was actually pretty low stress for all. And that turkey turned out yummyif I do say so myself :)

Isabel....is watching and learning.

Cousin kisses! The girls always have fun playing together

My beautiful sissy! (aka Rapunzel)

awwww... our first holiday in the new house

Kind of came in handy not having any furniture in our front room- - just rented some tables and chairs and voila!

Delish

Just because I am not feeling short and squat enough these days... :)

Isabel made necklaces for all of the ladies

Pretty grouchy after her nap

wow--now that looks good

Definitely not my favorite part

More food than we could possibly eat!

Dig in!

really?! cute cowgirl

Everything that I am thankful for is right here on this couch! God has blessed me greatly.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Good News!!

As week 29 approaches.... I am feeling OH SO pregnant. The heartburn has gotten out of control again and TUMS just weren't cutting it. Dr. Michael prescribed me some prescription strength meds. this week, and luckily these seem to be taking the edge off. I am entering my third trimester now and slowing down. I feel so tired after work on most days that I am pretty much useless by 6:30 pm. That means I have to make the most of my weekends and I really need to start working on the baby's room. Soon it will be the holidays and then Jan. 31st.... and then baby girl!!!!!!

.. and speaking of baby girl--- Yesterday, we got some really great news. We went to see a specialist  because my doctor had been concerned about how the baby's kidney had been developing. After a 2.5 hour appointment Jason and I were reassured that everything looks great. He does not think I will need any more ultrasounds and measurements are right on track. Now I feel like we can take a little breath and start to prepare for our girl.

By the way.... do you want to meet her? Here is the latest picture............ of Lucy Kathleen Leppin.
That's right- once again the cat is out of the bag and Jason and I can't keep a secret. We have decided to name our little girl Lucy (how cute is that?) Both Jason and I fell in love with the name. Kind of old-fashioned, kind of classic, very cute. And Kathleen is of course in honor of the most important woman in my life-- my momma. I have always liked the fact that my mom named me after her mother -- and I wanted to honor her by doing the same. I know that Lucy will love sharing this name with her Ya Ya. Besides, Kathleen is beautiful.

Trick-Or-Treat!

This year Isabel was finally only enough to REALLY enjoy Halloween. She was excited to dress-up, had fun at her daycare party, and then got to run from house to house trick-or treating with family and friends in our neighborhood when Jason and I got home from work. It was great!

The DIVA had a hard time deciding on a costume. At one point she wanted to be Jessy cowgirl.. then it was Princess Jasmine... then it was a kitty cat... then it was a parrot.. and pretty much anything else she saw on TV or in a store that particular day .In an effort to avoid last year's "lizard/turtle" debacle... I went shopping without her and bought this bee costume on clearance at Gymboree. I figured she would love it. But apparently, she wasn't feeling the bumble bee when I brought it home. Once we convinced her it wasn't an ordinary but bumble bee... but instead a bumble bee PRINCESS ... she warmed to it.

Ready for school!

Kisses for daddy. Hey--- where is HIS costume?

with Miss Heather from Goddard

Home in time to trick-or-treat! Load up the wagons!! Payton the peacock is ready!

Uncle Scott, Aunt Shannon and cousin Marcus joined us too

The Leppins-- we loved our new neighborhood. SO many kids and families out-- people with fire pits on their driveways, having drinks, socializing etc. Like a giant block party.

The Kerruish fam- Hector looks great!

CANDY!

Belly, Collin, and Marcus. Bel enjoyed bossing the boys around and telling them where to go :)

Have you EVER seen anything cuter?

and we ended the night at Yaya and Grandpa's for some chicken noodle soup, fresh bread, and apple cider.

I HEART Halloween!