And the boy shall be named......

It's official--Our son will be named Matthew Jason Willett!

Although we have a few more things to do to the room (curtains and bedding) here are the paintings and our new letters.

To make the letters we bought plain wood letters from Hobby Lobby. We then painted the letters brown so the edges and sides were covered. We put a light coat of modge podge and then put scrapbook paper on top. After it dried, we used an exacto knife to cut the paper. Then we added one more coat of modge podge. I am so pleased with the end result and to know we made the letters ourselves, makes me even happier.

We also painted all 4 of the canvas' with the handprints being our favorite...I love that the girls got to leave their mark in the room :)

Our friends, Travis and Kristen, got Matthew this adorable decoration.
3 peas in a pod.....notice the 2 girl peas and one boy pea.

Third trimester here I come!

I have to start out by saying I am utterly amazed that I am 28 weeks along. Although the baby on the side of my blog reminds me of the exact number of days and the baby in my belly reminds me by his super tough kicks that he is growing bigger (I swear the girls never kicked this hard), I still am shocked that I will have a newborn in my arms in 12 weeks or less (of course I think 11 weeks but who is counting?).

Today I had my 28 week appointment. I also had my blood sugar test where you drink a super sugary drink and then have you blood drawn one hour later to test for diabetes. With Ella and Laney I got kind of sick afterward because I forgot to pack a snack and my blood sugar plummeted. This time I was wiser! Plus I had the girls' plethora of snacks stuffed away in my purse.

Heartbeat: 150

Measuring: right on schedule

Next appointment: 30 weeks--I am now going every 2 weeks. Although I do go in next week for the quick rhogam shot.

The doctor called a few hours after my appointment and said my sugars were great and no need for further testing. Yah!

The nursery is 90% done! I am so excited about this fact. His clothes are washed and put away (although he has about 1/10 as many as the girls so it was a much easier task), there are enough diapers for an army (although I know he will need them all), the room is painted, the paintings are hung, the rocking chair is in place and the crib is up. Just a few little things to go, and then I will post pictures on here for you all to see.

The official 28 week picture.

The Easter Bunny is on his way!

Today was my company's annual Easter Party for the employees' children. Although the hospital I work at isn't a huge one, it amazes me how well these parties are attended and how well they are planned. It included a wonderful breakfast, pin the tail on the bunny, coloring, face painting, egg race, jugglers and the Easter Egg Hunt.

The big hit was of course the Easter Egg Hunt where the girls were allowed to find as many eggs as possible. I did limit the amount of eggs though (I know, mean mommy) because each egg was stuffed with candy. As much as I wanted to eat all of their candy, I figured anything they collected they could eat (well, most of it) :)

Lately, Jason and I have found ourselves saying (very frequently) how big our girls are getting--with Ella riding her bike, Laney climbing up the jungle gyms, Laney painting, Ella spelling her name, Laney telling me the "family rules" on the way to a friend's house.....no crying, no whining, no backtalk and listen--but today was another moment that we just cherished. These types of events used to almost be a hassle when the girls were younger. Between the large diaper bags, the schedules, the extra outfits needed, etc sometimes it didn't seem worth it. They are now at the age where these types of outings are tons of fun. They ask for certain activities (the egg race was asked for multiple times), they love to see their friends and thoroughly enjoy these outings as much as we enjoy taking them. I just love being a mom to these wonderful ladies.

I had to get a close up of this outfit.
Check out the ladybug tights (thanks mom)!
I could have just eaten her up she looked so cute.

Ella was ready for the Easter Egg Hunt

Ella loved her Easter Egg Hand Painting

Laney happily jumped in the chair to get her face painted.
She was so serious!

Admiring the juggler.
Ella kept saying, "My daddy can do that."
Girls think their dads can do anything :)

The girls were very unsure of the Easter Bunny (played by our Chaplain).
And really? Rightfully so.
But they did get a stuffed animal bunny which quickly won the girls over.

Our baby boy has a name!

So it's official....our baby boy has a name. A name which Laney loves and says perfectly but Ella keeps saying, ewwwww :) I love it!

You know it's official because on Friday I am going to Hobby Lobby to buy the letters to hang above his crib. We are going to get plain letters and then modge podge scrapbook paper to the front of it. Jason saw this idea on a blog and thought we could do that. It really doesn't look that hard (good for me as I am not the most artistic) and the end result looked amazing! I can't wait to get started!

Now, you know I can't just tell you what the name is. I would love to see your guesses!

The two clues I will give you:

--The first name is a biblical name
--The middle name is the first name of the best husband and father ever (hmmm??)

What do you think?

Great Wolf Lodge

This past weekend we went to the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio. We have had this trip planned for months and were beyond excited to get there! The girls have been asking to go to the pool for weeks so when we headed out to the Lodge, the anticipation was very high. Now, the girls have excitement often for such outings, but we never know how it will actually play out (who will melt down, how long the melt down will last, will the meltdown ruin the trip). But this trip truly exceeded our expectations! They LOVED the pool, and I mean loved it! Ella can be cautious (a girl after my own heart) but was anything but scared this past weekend. She rode big water slides with Jason as well as the smaller kid slides. Laney would go up to the kid water slides alone and ride them with such excitement. I was so proud of them and it was fun to see their adventurous side come out; they continue to amaze me!

We went on this exciting adventure with the Springborns, the Powells, and the Harlows plus Jason's parents met us there for pool time. The kids all did amazingly well and got along great! I am so glad we were able to share this fun time with friends and family. We look forward to doing this next year as well.

We also got a new camera lens last week so this gave us some good time to practice using it. It is supposed to allow you to blur out the background and keep the item you want in focus. What amazing pictures it will allow us to take, once I get the hang of it :)

Ella, Carly and Abby

Three hot mamas!

Abby enjoying the pool

Troy and Jack

I will get this thing to work!

Weeee...that small blob is Ella!

And the even smaller blob is Laney
Laney went down this slide over and over and over again!
She is quite the daredevil.

Carly was all smiles

Ella's favorite slide

You can't make me leave, mom!

I love this video! Ella telling Abby and Laney what order to go down the slide..too funny!

Almost in the double digits, so drink some green beer for me!

I was just checking out our blog and noticed that fake baby on the left has only 100 days left. Almost in the double digits! I guess that means the real baby boy in my belly only has 100 days left too...hehehe.

My official due date is June 25th but I think we should all guess when he will actually come. Whoever is closest will win an awesome prize (example: you bring dinner to the Willetts for a week, you change baby's diaper, you play with Ella and Laney, etc). I mean, who wouldn't want those prizes? But just joking...you will get my unconditional love and congratulations :)

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My guess is June 12th (my 31st, cough, cough, birthday). And it's my Grandma Jean's birthday so it would be so great to have another 6/12 in the family !

What's your guess?

Who are you calling a chunky monkey?

This past weekend I went to Chicago to see some of my best friends in the world! We went to Miami University of Ohio together and although I hate not being able to see them as much as I would like, I do like that they are a quick 3 hour drive. It's always fun to get together with people who have known you 10+ years, and those you feel extremely comfortable with. Plus we know lots of black mail about each other which is always fun to bring up. :)

My main reason for going to Chicago was to get a baby fix! Liz had her son, Ryker, back in December, and this was my first chance to visit. He is now 10 weeks and weighs 12#. He is obviously growing well and is such a happy camper. Auntie Leslie was in love spoiling this cutie. Plus Liz had to show me some tricks to changing a boy diaper!

I also got to see Kat and her adorable daughter, Emily. Emily is just beautiful and ridiculously happy. How could one girl smile so much? Kristi and Jess came over as well and as always there were many laughs and just good catch up time.

Thank you girls for making my quick trip so enjoyable and relaxing!

Kat and adorable, smiley Emily

Liz bought baby Willett the cutest monkey sleeper
and I couldn't pass up the "W" shirt.

The girls--thanks for a GREAT time!


Liz and Le were so sweet and bought baby boy a cake!
I happily ate it for him :)