A baby's on the way!!!

We're so excited to announce that Kaitlynn is going to be a big sister in April! I'm due April 9th and we couldn't be more thrilled! We were surprised at how quickly we got pregnant, but very thankful at the same time. I am now 13 weeks and we've made it through the first trimester. Yeah! We've already had 3 ultrasounds and got to hear the heartbeat again with the doppler on Friday. It was in the 160's. Boy or girl??? We'll hopefully be finding out the answer to that question on November 8th when I have my next ultrasound.

I've unfortunately been MUCH sicker this time around than I was with Kaitlynn. I had about 3 weeks where I was nauseous for literally 24 hours a day without a break. It has slowly, but gradually gotten better and now I still feel yucky off and on but for the most part it's better. Thank goodness! It's definitely harder having a 2 year old running around but she's been saying the funniest things lately that it's helped to keep my spirits up!

Speaking of the big sister. She couldn't be more excited about having a baby brother or sister! She talks and sings to my stomach ALL time and even tries to share toys and clothes with the baby. She is all about her baby dolls and taking care of them so I know she's going to be a big help!

Telling Aunt Sarah and Uncle Ryan. I think they were surprised!! Their baby is due in December so the new cousins will only be about 3-4 months apart. That will be a lot of fun!
We're so lucky that Kaitlynn can spend time with both grandparent's at the same time! Matt couldn't come with us the weekend Kaitlynn and I shared the news. So we all went out to dinner to celebrate Ken and Jean's anniversary and Matt called while we were eating and shared the news on speaker phone. :)
Showing Grandma the proper way to hold a baby. She's a pro already!
Just a cute picture of her saying "cheese" last week (ignore the dirty face!)

We went to Jodi Arnold's wedding a few weeks ago and these were the only pictures I could get of her. She LOVED the cameras on the table, though!
Here's the latest diaper cake I made. A teacher at my school ordered it. I thought it turned out pretty cute!
Now that I have a little bit more energy I can hopefully do better at updating the blog. We'll be sure to update you on Baby Sewing in the coming weeks. :)

Shatto Field Trip/Swing Set Fun

Today we went to Shatto Milk Company with our little teacher summer play group. It was pretty hot out but the kids had a lot of fun. We took a little tour, tasted some samples and then had a picnic before all heading home.

Here's the group in front of the milk truck. We got to sample chocolate, strawberry and root beer milk...yummy!
Kaitlynn and Drake holding hands in the little country store!
Hugs, too!
Can you see the wet spot on her shirt where one of the cows tried to eat her shirt!
This was how she looked when we first went in the barn with the baby calfs!
Some of the girls all ready for our tour.
These 3 ladies will all be at Tracey's house together next year. I think there will be plenty of good stories coming in the future!

Picking wild flowers after our picnic

Kaitlynn's grandparent's gave her some money for her birthday to go towards buying her a swing set. It seemed to rain ALL spring so we weren't able to put it up then and this past weekend happened to be the first normal weekend that Matt had off. Jarred and Ryan came over to help Matt with it and we can't thank them enough. I ended up raining most of the afternoon while they finished it up.

Having fun on the slide!
Trying out the swing.
The guys finishing up the swing set in the thunderstorm. We can't thank them all enough for helping!
Thanks Grandma and Papa (Macee) and Grammy and Papa (Duke) for the swing set! Yes, she knows them by their dog names!! There are lots of memories waiting to be made on it.

Colorado here we come!

We were so lucky to be able to join some of Matt's extended family on a trip to Colorado. We rented a house near Lyons, CO and we were about 50 minutes from Boulder and Estes Park. The owner of the house ended up being a REAL jerk and unfortunately, a lot of our trip ended up being focused around her and how angry we were at her. I don't think any of us will ever forget Pam. In the end we had a wonderful time, drank lots of wine, and made may wonderful memories together.

Here is a view from our deck.
Shopping in Estes Park

Our fellow tourist, Uncle Randy. We love you!Beautiful Bear Lake
The Derrig family...and Asha!
The Goldsworth family
Some of the girls
Part of the crew at Bear Lake
This was a view from our deck
Bear Lake
Grammy and her girls!
I made the 3 youngest girls "Wiese Chicks" shirts.
I just love this picture!
Kaitlynn loves to follow Asha around and does EVERYTHING she does. By the end of the week Kaitlynn kept calling her "Ash" and Asha called her "Kate"
Kaitlynn is so lucky to have such an awesome 2nd cousin
Kisses for Abigail. It was vacation...who needs clothes!
She's getting so big.
Mary told Jack if he could find 7 people to participate in a hula hoop contest that she would pay the person who could do it the longest $10. Asha ended up winning and we all got a good laugh out of it!

Jenna's turn
Kaitlynn was a good sport and clapped for all the contestants
Jake's turn
Julie gave it her best shot...
Kaitlynn joined in the competition, too! She just holds on to the hoop and turns around in circles. It was pretty cute!
We tried to have Kaitlynn and Abby take their first bath together, but as you can see it didn't go so well...

The girls all had their 4th of July outfits there so we decided to do a little photo shoot!

Snuggling with Great Grandma
4 generations of Wiese women
Hugs for Baby Abby!
Here is a video of Kaitlynn singing Barney's "I Love You" to Abby. Enjoy!


Before we left, Kaitlynn and Asha decided to try on some of Pam's fancy boots. I couldn't resist taking a picture before I made them take them off!