Fourth of July was different without family around. We made different plans this year that turned out to be a very sweet day!
Woke up that morning and made a classic American treat...Donuts!
we than walked to the Annual Ojai Fourth of July Parade! We met up with our friends and neighbors and had a great time!
then headed home for a BBQ with our neighbors then it was off to the ANGELS GAME!
that night was amazing!! Great game and Great Fireworks! Its always hard not celebrating with our family but it was sweet to make a memory like this together as a family of four...right now :)
The night before John left for Uganda I told him I was a lil late and thought I should take a pregnancy test before he left, just in case. Not thinking we were going to actually be pregnant! Well God had other plans.
Our plans of adoption were put on hold and it was time for us to readjust our family plans and get ready for what God had in store, which is always better.
This has been a difficult pregnancy so far as I am 16 weeks along now and still feeling sick, tired and just plain gross. But Praise God for His amazing plans and blessings!! The boys could not be more excited about this new addition!
this is how we shared it with the boys. wish we picked a quieter place but...its still sweet.
this lil bundle who we are calling "shimy smalls" shimy cause its a "she" or a "him" and "smalls" cause well...its small.
shimy smalls is a new joy in our life, an amazing new addition that we cant wait to meet. We can't wait to see what God is going to do in this child's life and blessed that we get to be a part of it! We are so excited to see our boys as big brothers ready to take on a new adventure, of being older, wiser, gentle, loving and bestow heaps of crazy wisdom on this kiddo!
We are planning on waiting to find out the sex till the day Shimy enters the world! So please be patient.
I'll post more pics and updates as I get them
I have taken a much needed break from reading blogs and posting blogs!
Unfortunately I havent really posted anything about our life the last 2 months so here is a quick recap.....
This has been some idea of the things the Harrell Clan been up to the last couple weeks and months!
we got to watch "The Sandlot" out on the baseball fields which was a blast!
played in the dirt a lot
were super heros for a day
got ice cream from the ice cream man
played with bugs
painted
built a zoo with our blocks
built forts!!
and were just down right goofy!
Caleb finished Teeball with a bang! we were just so very proud!!
while daddy was in Africa we visited Grandma and Grandpa!
and got to play with kitties
We were all so glad to have daddy back from his two week trip to Africa!
first trip to the dentist and the boys did great! They both got a few xrays which they were stoked about and got to see their big boy teeth in there:) they both walked out cavity free and lots of stickers! Such a cool new experience!
Easter morning we woke up and gathered in mommy and daddy's bed for easter baskets. We played for the morning then headed to church for an easter egg hunt! Caleb did great! He won a bunch of prizes, Jack on the other hand. I don't where it came from but he got a little overwhelmed and froze up, he got two eggs that morning but only because Mr Tobin put them in there for him! After church we headed to Grandma's for lunch, games, croquet and more easter egg hunts! We had a great easter.
That evening Caleb, Auntie Coco and Jack were munchin on carrots. When they were done I heard a scream and a "MOMMY!!" in shear horror. I looked over and Caleb said " I LOST MY TOOF!!" we were all completely shocked. The blood freaked him out so daddy had to take him alone in the bathroom to calm him down and clean him up! When he got out he said it just fell right out after eating carrots! He did say that it was wiggling for a couple days before but NEVER told us! We had no idea! so funny but definitely the best way for Caleb to loose his first...quick, drama free!
