Photo Update!

The van!

Our newly painted/decorated bedroom

Freshly painted guestroom

27 weeks!

Yesterday, my birthday, marked 27 weeks!! We are almost into the 3rd trimester, yay! I had a great time celebrating my birthday yesterday with my sisters, Kyle and Evelyn. We went to the Children's Museum downtown last night and Ev LOVED it. The place was quite crowded, but that didn't stop us from having a good time. It amazes me as a parent how much pleasure I get just seeing my child having fun, exploring and getting excited about things. It is so much fun that Ruth and Rebekah were able to come out to visit for a whole week. I'm really enjoying having them around :)
Yesterday was an exciting day in the life of our little family for another reason....we bought a mini van. It's a 2005 Chevy Uplander (silver). We were blessed to be able to trade in our cobalt and get a great deal on the van through a friend of the seminary. It is going to be so nice to not have to cram two car seats and the dog in our bonneville. The Lord has been very kind in providing for us!

To follow: Van photos and before/after photos of the newly painted Master bedroom and guest bedroom.

Our New Year's Eve Celebration

We had a great time last night welcoming in the new year with the Kamps and the Johnsons. There was never a dull moment with 3 toddlers running around :) I thought it would be fun to post a couple pics from the evening.

16 Months

Evie is now 16 months old! She is growing up so fast. Ev can now walk very well and is getting better at running. It's so cute to see her walking all over the house. She is very curious, constantly asking me "this this?" wanting to know what everything is. Ev getting more and more fun everyday, but at the same time providing new challenges for us as parents :)

This is Kyle's new favorite picture of his baby girl :)

Judah Scott Borg

Today was our big ultrasound! We ( but especially Kyle) are pleased to annouce that we are expecting a son in April. We have decided to name him Judah Scott. Judah means "I will praise God" and Scott is after Kyle's Dad. We can't wait to meet our little Judah!

Thanksgiving/Pregnancy Update

Kyle's parents, as well as his brother Matt and his wife Nancy, all came to our house to visit for Thanksgiving. It was fun to have them here for a few day! We had a lot of fun hanging out and eating good food :)

Grandpa Borg captured this shot of Ev

On Friday night (well actually Saturday morning) we ended up taking Evie into the ER because she had been screaming uncontrollably for hours and tugging on her ear. We figured it was probably an ear infection that had been bothering her for some time. Sure enough her right ear was infected. We were in the ER until 3:00 am, but it was totally worth it to get her feeling better. The doctor gave her some ear drops, amoxicilin and some drugs that knocked her out so she could get some sleep (I LOVED those drugs because I got to sleep too finally :) ) The photo above is so sweet; Evie rocking with Grandpa on Saturday morning after a traumatic night.

Evie and Grandma read lots of books during the visit. This is one of their favorite things to do together.

Our pretty table set for Thanksgiving dinner. It was fun to be able to use our nicer dishes (thanks for those Mom) and table linens (thanks Dad Borg). Growing up with five siblings and a huge extended family we never did the fancy table thing; it just wasn't very practical. So it was fun for me to be able to do this, although part of me still missed the big family gathering. I guess it's good that we can experience both between both sides of the family. Well for now anyway, the Borg family is growing very quickly these days :) Matt and Nancy are expecting their first child in July! We are sooooo excited for them :)

I'm 21 weeks today! This pregnancy continues to fly by, I can't believe we are over half done. Our big ultrasound is on Tuesday; hopefully if the baby cooperates we will be able to find out it's a boy or a girl. I can't wait! My instinct tells me that this baby is a boy....but I thought that with Evie too so who knows :) We will keep you posted!

Our little skunk :)

We had a great visit back to La Crosse last weekend! Evie dressed up as a skunk for the Reformation party that we went to; it was super cute. It was so nice to see some old friends as well as most of our family! We definitely miss La Crosse and being closer to family, but we are very thankful to be here in Grand Rapids at this time. God has been so good to us here and it has been a growing time for both Kyle and I.
Thank you to the Lohse's for letting us stay with you while we were back :)