Leah Pearl Bourgeous

Leah arrived Saturday August 22nd at 10:38AM.

She was 7lb 1.3oz 19 inches long

Everything went smoothly and we're all healthy and happy and TIRED!

Sadly our camera is horrible for taking pictures of little ones. All the pictures end up blurry if I don't use the flash and when I do use the flash it flashes funny so they're always blinking....ANYWAY.....I had to steal these from Rachel, hopefully more will be coming soon.

My LAST pregnancy update.......maybe.....

We're so close to the end- I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! While I'm getting tired of being pregnant, I've been trying to enjoy my last few weeks. Who knows how many times I'll be blessed to carry a baby. The aches and pains and discomforts will be nothing in the end. More than anything I'm just so EXCITED to see this little girl!
I'm almost 39 weeks along and have a Dr. appointment tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that will send me into labor(at least it has in the past) and that we'll have our girl within the next week. I've been having tons and tons of contractions and have come close to going to the hospital a few times but then(after like 6 hours straight of strong contractions) they just stop. My doctor didn't think I was going to make it past last Thursday but here we are so.....we'll see! Wish us luck!

Our Backyard

AKA: A bunch of dirt and a really big hole......

Our backyard is looking pretty sad these days. Our garden didn't do so well and has since died from the heat and been cleaned up so now we're focusing again on getting our trampoline pit in. Obviously it's been way to hot for Kyle to work on it as much as he was a couple months ago but he's more than half-way done with the hole already. It's going to be 16 feet across(I think) and 4 feet deep(maybe) I guess I should ask him.....Once that's done we can do the rest of our landscaping and maybe even try another garden this fall.....maybe.....

Natalie's first day of Kindergarten

That's right, our little Natalie started Kindergarten this week!

For months now, every time anyone would ask Natalie if she was excited to start school she would say "NO". Kyle and I knew better than that. She might have been nervous and a little scared about starting but she was definitely excited and READY.

She was up at 5:30 the morning of her first day and bouncing all over the place with excitement. I told her I would make her a special breakfast since it was such a special day but she just wanted cereal because anything else would take to long to make and she wanted to get out the door! Kyle, Hartley and I walked her to school(she ran most of the way). We dropped off her stuff in her classroom then took her to her playground. We both did better than I thought we would. I thought I'd be more emotional and I thought Natalie would be more nervous when she got there but it ended up being a great day for everyone.

After dropping her off Kyle and I went out to celebrate(I couldn't just sit at home and do nothing, I would have gone crazy). It was so strange only have one child to look after most of the day. What did I do when I only had one??

When I went to pick Natalie up I could tell she had an awesome day. She loves her teacher and is excited about her new friends and learning new things. She said she wished she could have stayed at school for longer. Hopefully her love for academics sticks around for a while!

We are so proud of you Natalie!!!

Catching Up

I just realized I never posted anything on our blog during the month of July. There isn't a whole lot to "catch up" on but I'll work at keeping up better even if it's not the most exciting stuff.
This summer we didn't go anywhere or do anything super special. It was Natalie's last summer before starting school and I wanted to just hang out at home with my family and relax as much as possible knowing that our lives were going to get a lot busier come August.
We had quite a few birthday celebrations and family get together, played lots of games and watched movies at home and just enjoyed time as a family, it was a pretty perfect summer vacation for us.
Now Natalie has started school and we're getting ready for the baby to come within the next few weeks. There is always some project going on around our house, something we're fixing or working on so we(and when I say we I really just mean Kyle) have been busy with that.
Once our photographer gets back from her vacation we'll be getting some family pictures taken so then we'll have something cute to look at on our blog. Our girls are getting to be so big and grown-up it just kills me! What happened to my babies?