Baby Alexa's Shower

We got to celebrate little Alexa--almost with us outside of the womb!--at the beginning of April.  Annie hosted, and Jen and Colleen and I helped with some of the details.

Angela got some great presents, and it was fun to think that a little girl was about to join our family.

Welcome to the World, Anna Love Edmondson!

Our friends, Johnny and Rachel, had their 2nd baby on May 21--Anna Love.  We got to go see them at the hospital the evening after her birth!

 Big Sister Lydia and Gracie were interested...for a few minutes...  :)

 Love this family photo...  :)

And this one is even better!  :)

Welcome to the world, Miss Anna Love!  We are excited to watch you grow through the years!

Party for Baby Moser

We are getting so excited for Ben and Kelly's baby to arrive!  Less than a month away...

 On February 26, we threw a shower for Kelly and the little baby girl that will be joining our family soon. Kelly had MANY helpers and was so patient with them...

 We had so many people come--aunts and cousins, grandmas and neighbors--and Kelly went home with a load of baby stuff!

 Aunt Diane made me a birthday scarf--and with the leftover yarn she made Gracie a matching scarf!

Josh was grateful to have his cousin Conner as a buddy at the shower...I didn't tell him that there would be few boys at the party...

Mid-Winter Break!!

Clearly it took a week-long break due to the greatest, most beautifully splendid, snow storm I can remember to finally post an update on our lives. Two weeks ago, Ellie and I found out that we are having a baby GIRL!! During our appointment, we were reassured that everything to this point in the pregnancy looks great!! What a relief!!

Something most people don't know about me is that my favorite month of the year is January. I love feeling like I am starting off afresh every new year, even though I am clearly aware that I could feel this way about any particular date throughout the year. To bring in the glories of the new year, I bit the bullet and finally upgraded my video game system. I decided on the XBox360, thanks to the recommendations of many of my co-workers. The future may hold the purchasing of Guitar Hero, which was one of the main reasons for the upgrade. Other such joys that have come in this January include the following: Getting to spend a day skiing at 49 Degrees North with Joel Randall for his birthday, Having one of the greatest teaching moments of my budding career as I saw two students excited about math due to the somewhat easy understanding of long-division, going to see the movie Juno (we give this movie Two-Thumbs Up) and a 24-hour trip to the farm where we got to see our niece Brooke play in a basketball tournament.

Of all that has made this January so wonderful nothing compares to our joys found in our precious baby-to-be. Just this past weekend I was finally able to feel the baby kick...It was Amazing!! We are having a great time trying to narrow down the perfect nomenclature for our girl!! We have been getting lots of feedback from family members with great ideas...If you have one of your own please comment and let us know!!