Gender Reveal

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Towards the end of June, Eric and I went to find out if we were having a boy or a girl.  I think most of us were convinced that we were having a girl for whatever reason.  When the technician started the ultrasound she said she was going to take some measurements first and then tell us the gender.  I kept catching glimpses that it was a boy.  She kept seeing that it was a boy and finally said "before I go any further..." and I said "I can see it!  It's a boy."  And Eric and I just started laughing.  Four boys!  I think it is great and I can't wait to hold the little guy.  

I had prepped Janie beforehand about if she was not going to get a sister.  We talked about shopping, pedicures, girl time, etc.  I'm so glad I have my girl.

Look at that cute little chin!

Lincoln Beach

On our last Saturday morning we spent a couple hours at the beach right by our house.  

Art Work

Janie's Art Work

Kindergarten

Blake's Art Work

2nd Grade

Reading

Love when they all get along.  For 2 minutes.

Goodbye Game Night

Our good friends the Brown's hosted a goodbye game night for us.  For the past one to two years, we formed fun friendships and played games pretty much every weekend.  The most popular game was Seven Wonders.  The Brown's bought us the expansion as a going away present.  It is sad to leave people we love and are so comfortable with.

Blake's 8th Birthday Party

I threw Blake a birthday party at the end of June so that he could celebrate with his friends before we moved.  It was a sports party--the boys played a game of baseball, and then did free play sports after that.  There was a lot of running around and being crazy going on.  

I was sad to move for many reasons, but a big reason was to take Blake away from this cute group of boys.  It seemed like we were just starting to form connections with a good group of boys who loved to play sports together, both in recreation leagues and playing at the park.  I hope Blake can find something like this in Ohio.

Janie's Friends

Janie's cute friends threw her a goodbye party.

Rorie, Janie, Caroline, Naomi, Hannah, Reagan, Sami