Krispy Kreme

We decided to take the girls to Krispy Kreme Wednesday morning, or Krismie Kleme as Anna kept calling it! They had never been anywhere to see how donuts were made (neither had I) and Jody thought it would be a great first homeschool field trip! The girls absolutely love donuts, what kid doesn't? They put their hats on and watched through the large glass window as the donut process was displayed before them. The dough was formed and rose from the heat, they were cooked in hot oil, flipped, cooked the other side, iced by an icing waterfall and then rode the conveyer belt to cool down all the way around the shop until they were placed in a box to be delivered! They of course were amazed, as I was...what a lengthy process just to make some donuts and mostly by machines! They were tasty...we got a few pictures of the girls having fun watching and then enjoying the tasty donuts!

I have never met Dan & Casey Chappell in person, but have heard so much about them I feel as though I know them. I heard about their story a few months ago, found their blog and have been following her pregnancy since. I along with so many others had been praying for their unborn baby "Asher" and longed so much for him to be ok and make it against all odds. Even in the midst of so many people praying God had a totally different plan and he lived only a few seconds after birth. I am so encouraged by their steadfast faith and strength.

Is it a boy or a girl...

Are these little girl feet or little boy feet???

And is this a little boy looking at you or a little girl???Ha-Ha-Ha...bet you thought we had changed our minds and knew what we were having!!! We did in fact go for our "big" ultrasound this morning (20 week, even though I'm only 18 weeks) and did NOT find out what the baby is! We did get a couple of cute pics in-utero that I thought you might enjoy....

By the way...many people have started calling "the baby" or "it" a boy (wishful thinking I guess) which really confuses our 3 girls as well as overhearers. If "it" is on fact a girl "it" has been insulted by people calling "it" a "he" when in fact "it" could be a "she"...or "it" could in fact turn out to be a boy and was not insulted at all, but that being said if you could refer to the baby as "it" or "the baby" we would greatly appreciate it (really I'm the only one bothered by this)!!! Just to clear the air too...Jody and I have always said we wanted to have 4 kids, from day 1. This baby is not our attempt to have a boy, like we didn't get it right 3 times before, simply our 4th like we've always wanted!

Whatever this child is (girl or boy), "it" will be well loved, there is even a bet running amongst "the sisters" as to what "it" is...1 for "girl", 1 for "boy", 1 for "mine"...we'll let you guess who wants what!

I'm an aunt....the girls have a cousin

Ashtyn Reese Goodew was born this morning, August 6, 2008 at 4:34 am! She weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 20 inches long! We haven't been able to met her in person yet, but here is a picture! We can't wait to meet our new niece and cousin!

Road Trip

This past weekend we took a last minute trip to Tennessee, we left Friday and got home last night. Jody's grandma "Mamaw" was recently diagnosed with stage 3 Large Cell Carcinoma and we wanted a chance to see her before she starts chemo and radiation this week. We also had a chance to visit with Jody's family and some friends we hadn't see in about 3 years!!! Take a look at the slideshow above to see some of what we did while we were gone!!!