It's a Boy!!

We finally had our ultrasound last Friday and much to our surprise we are having a BOY! We are very excited! You can imagine Ryan's excitement in the room as the technician announced that it was pretty obvious that it was a boy. I think he is feeling at least a little less out numbered with this news. However, our little Maddie's reaction was a little different. As soon as the ultrasound technician said it was a boy, there was a cheer from Ryan and then you heard Maddie all of a sudden say "GROSS!" She wanted a girl, however, she is going to be so excited when she sees this little boy. With a household of girls stuff, now we have some shopping to do! :)

Bunk Beds!

We are in the process of redoing the girls room to get ready for the baby. The only thing Kaylie really asked for for Christmas was bunk beds. She told me she was going to ask Santa for them so we didn't have to spend our money. We had it delivered yesterday, so it was an early Christmas present for them, if we are going to call it that. They were very surprised when they got home from daycare/school to see them set up in there room. Maddie isn't so sure about them. She wouldn't really sleep in her "new" bed last night. She just cried and said "I want my old bed back". Might take some getting used to but I think it just another one of her excuses to not go to bed. Now we move on to painting the walls and getting the crib up. Three kids in one room, WOW, is it possible???? It's going to have to be since neither one of our girls want to move to the bedroom downstairs. It will all work out!

Christmas at Mark and Anne's

We had our first Christmas celebration on Sunday at Mark and Anne's house. It was fun to get together and celebrate. The girls always enjoy themselves over there. Here are a few pictures from the day:



The girls opening presents.


"The Girls"

Auntie Rah Rah, Olivia, Madelyn, and Kaylie

Church Christmas program

Kaylie and Madelyn had their church Christmas program on Sunday. They both did a great job and were super excited about it. It was Maddie's first "performance" in front of people. She was a little leary about going up there but once she was up there she was excited to show off the songs she had learned.


Getting ready for the program


We didn't get any good shots of them up in front. Unfortunately we were pretty far back and it was so dark in there. This is really the only picture you can somewhat see them.

Kaylie's School Christmas Program

Here are a few pictures of Kaylie's school Christmas program. She performed "The Littlest Christmas Tree." She was an elf and did a great job! It was fun to see her say her lines after rehearsing them many times at home!



Kaylie and her good friend Abby.


Kaylie's Class

Close up of Kaylie performing.

Jingle Bell Rock

Kaylie had a fun time dancing with the New Richmond Dance team when she did "Jingle Bell Rock". She and 90 other girls participated and learned a dance in 2 hours on a Saturday and then performed at a high school basketball game halftime. She did great and really enjoyed herself. It was fun to watch her dance! Here are a few pictures from it.


Kaylie practicing her dance at practice.



Kaylie and her good friend Shaye practicing right before performing.

Kaylie performing at halftime.

Christmas shopping

So we attempted to start our Christmas shopping this weekend but found some other things to do instead. We headed to Mall of America because I wanted to go to the American Girl doll store to get the girls some things for their dolls. The girls decided they wanted to get their dolls hair done in the salon they have their for the dolls. So we spent most of our afternoon in just that one store. Ryan was pretty excited :) He already loves that store so much after having lunch in their cafe last year and the dolls got about as much food as he did. Oh well, it is a fun stop for the girls and they love their dolls. We still have a ton of shopping to do but we always have next weekend!


Maddie showing off her Bitty Baby after they put a bow in her hair.


Kaylie showing off her American girl doll after her hair was done.



Kaylie waiting patiently as her dolls sits in the salon chair and gets her hair done.

Maddie waiting for her Bitty babys "hair" to be done.

(they don't exactly have hair but Maddie thought her baby needed a bow like her)