Its a BOY and a GIRL!!

We are so excited to announce that we are expecting a BOY and a GIRL! Ellie not only prayed for twins but knew all along that it was one of each as well. If anyone has anything they need, let us know and we will tell Ellie to be praying about it! We could not believe it when the doctor told us the gender of the frist - which was the boy. He said "You see that kick-stand right there that definetly means you have a boy." The little sweet pea girl is the lowest, so that means she will be the "Big Sister" of the two. The doctor was so great, kind, funny and informative. It was such a great appointment and we left feeling relief in knowing that so far everything is going really well! The doctor was asking about how many kids we already had and their genders and he said wow this boy is going to be thinking "Great what the heck am I going to do with all of these girls"! Can't you just imagine the slack that all of his sisters are going to give him when he brings home his first girlfriend!!! Needless to say I have laid awake the past two nights with my mind spinning of nursery ideas, storage space, nursing two babies and then burping them, names and just sanity in general. God has blessed us so tremendously and we could not be any more excited and nervous at the same time! You may be thinking my how Jaime is growing and "yes" that is a very true thought. I am 19 1/2 weeks and growing strong I can't even imagine what I will be towards the end. I feel like this is me being pregnant for the first time just b/c it is so different this time with 2! The doctor did say that he will not let his patients go past 38 weeks, so the way I see it I am more than half way there. Just by a little, but the time is flying!

Toothless grin

It's amazing how different children look when they lose their teeth. Gracie pulled out one of her front teeth on a Saturday night and then let the other front tooth hang like Nanny McPhee untill she pulled the other one out on school at Monday. So far, she has pulled out all 5 teeth that she has lost - I can't believe that! She is looking so grown up these day and is an absolute sweetheart untill you catch her at a tired moment and she turns into a bear. She cracked us up the other day and we will always remember this story b/c of how innocent and funny it was. We were driving out to her soccer game and she was listening to a girl on the radio talking about her illegal drug use (no we don't typically listen to people talk about drug use :0) ). The girl went on to say how she had started using meth at the age of 11 and the affects that it had taken on her life. Gracie was in disbelief listening to this girl and I turned around and asked what was wrong cause she kept making this noise like she just couldn't believe what the girl was saying. Gracie responded with "She didn't start Math till age 11, I started math when I was like 4". Ha.

Ellie's 1st soccer game of the season - Little Rascals is her team name (very appropriate)

Not only does Greg coach Gracie, he has also taken on Ellie's team too! He does such a teriffic job and the parents are so happy to have him for their daughter's coach. If you can imagine 8 little 3 and 4 year olds running around learning the "logistics" of soccer than you are probably cracking up - it is such a blast to watch them play. I figure there really isn't a better coach that Ellie and Gracie can have than their Daddy. The "Little Rascals" won their first game 8 to 0 - definite stomping :0). Each time Ellie scored I think she was so embarassed at the excitement that she could not stop grinning.

Ellie Bean's 4th Birthday!!

So hard to believe that our sweet Ellie is already 4! She has brought so much joy to us the past 4 years and a lot of mischief as well. There really is no better way to describe her than the title of our blog"beautiful chaos". She keeps us on our toes every single day with something new. She finds her way out of a lot of time out by telling me "but Mommy I just love you". Greg and I are so blessed to have such tremendously beautiful on the inside and out little girls!

Happy Birthday sweet Ellie!