Counting down already?

Here is our ticker count down...

According to the Chinesse...

Have you heard of the Chinesse calendar? A friend of mine at the Flipside heard I was pregnant and asked if I had checked this calendar out.... I told her I didn't believe in that silliness... she laughed and said that for her and her group of friends it was accurate for every kid they had. So curiosity got to me and I went on line to check it out. Sure enough for both Haley and Hunter it was right on. I, then, asked my friend Kelly if it worked for her, and it was right.... I have since asked a few more friends and it was right for them too! So I'm not saying I totally believe this silliness, but when you find a lot of people who claim it was right on, well....

So go to this link and tell me please, was it right on for you too?
Calendar Chinesse Pregnancy

So we told the kids...

We sat down with the kids this weekend and told them that we were going to have another baby. Immediately Haley came up with baby names for a girl of course... Rainbow, Flower, Angel, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. I said, "Those are very creative names Haley, but what if we have a boy? God may give us a boy. Can you think of any boy names?" Then she looks up at me with her big brown eyes, sighs, then says, "We can name him H."

Hunter really doesn't know what is going on. He knows I am having a baby... but other than that, he doesn't care :) The only name Haley could get out of him was Chair.

We're Expanding

January 1, 2007 we found out that we are having baby number three. With both Haley and Hunter we pretty much told people right away, but with this one, we really wanted to wait until we heard the heart beat. January 18 we got to hear that heart beat! We are very excited. We are due the beginning of September. If this one comes like Haley and Hunter, 3 weeks early, then we are expecting an August baby. At this point, we are just happy it is healthy.

People have asked us that if we had three would we go with another H name. Our answer is this... :) a girl, we already had the name Hannah Grace; a boy... well, we haven't found an H name that we love yet and we don't want to just name him with an H name just because it fits the kids... I would rather name him a name we like then just settle for a random H name. So at this point, we have our girl name, but we are really stuck with the boy name. I think we have PLENTY of time to figure it out... we aren't worried :) but we are taking suggestions :) Both Haley and Hunter have the same initials too. HJV When we went to pick Hunter names, we always knew it was going to be James as the middle name, but it took us FOREVER to come up with Hunter and it WASN'T because it was an H name. We have thought that with this one, if we can't come up with an H name we love then why don't we switch the initials around to JHV and name him with a J.... we will see :)

We haven't told our kids yet. Hunter isn't going to know the difference but Haley will. I know she will be excited, but I am sure she won't understand the waiting period of it all. With Scott and Jenny's wedding back in March when they got engaged, all I heard was, "When is the wedding?" it was all she talked about... she had to act it out, all that and I DON'T want that with this :).

Here are two pictures of my family at Scott and Jenny's wedding. Soon we will be complete with a family of five :).

Two birthdays, Hanukkah, a Wedding ... and Happy New Year

We have had a list of activities this month. I haven't been very good at staying on top of my blog and updating it for those of you who look at it often. I have a TON of stories to fit EACH of these activities, but really, no time to write them down :). So... if you see me and wanna know more, just ask :) otherwise, here are some cute pictures of our eventful month:

Our Christmas tree :)

Hanukkah with Jenna and her family.

Happy 29th Birthday Mom!
A day trip to Santa Monica with friends - Carrie and Melissa.

Not a good one of the kids ..... Christmas!!!
Haley getting her nails done. Reminder to all moms out there of four year old girls... When you leave your four year old to have your hands dried, the nail painter lady will ask her if she wants flowers and all the other added expenses, your four year old most likely will say yes :) and then your 5 dollar paint job will end up being 15 dollars :)

My Brother, Scott, and Jenny get married ... December 29th
This is a dark picture, but it is the only one that I could get downloaded for the blog... sorry :)New Years Eve - we went to Jim's grandma's (Ruth) house for dinner.
New Years day, we went down to visit friends, Kelly and Sam in their new home!