Pictures, pictures, pictures...

The two Graces! The Buskards came to visit a while back, which was lovely, and this is a picture of their Grace with ours. I hope they'll remain friends as they grow up, even if it has to be long-distance buddies!



Here's the happy Buskard family!



Caleb now loves to put things on his head. In this picture he's using his green bowl as a yarmulke. (Had to look up the spelling for that word!) He is also now saying his first real word besides "mama" and "dada": "uh-oh!" It's cute.



Beautiful Grace! She can spell "G-r-a-c-e" now. Isn't that smart for 2 years and 4 months old?


Grace is so sweet in her princessy dress-up clothes. Aunt Elyse played dress-up with her on Saturday when they were visiting. Thanks, Aunt Elyse!


Aunt Alonna got to visit on Monday, which was lots of fun for both Grace and Caleb. She played puzzles and dress-up with Grace.



And here's Grandma and Grandpa Liabenow! It's always SO good to see them. And my dad (Grandpa) is doing really well. He's actually having surgery on April 3, so keep that in your prayers!

And not related to pictures...We had our first OB appointment today. The baby's heartbeat was 151. Grace keeps telling us it's a boy - maybe she's right!

There's a hamburger in three of-chicken?

And the answer is....."There's a bun in our oven!" Good job for all of you who figured it out. If you didn't, don't feel bad. Picture puzzles aren't for everybody! :-)

Here's the scoop: We're 11 weeks, 2 days along, which means we're due September 30. Or at least, that's what I think, since I haven't technically been to the doctor yet. (Details, details.) I've been feeling pretty crummy for a while, and hoping it'll ease up soon. The end of the first trimester is near! This week, I've actually been throwing up, but I think I caught a bug from Kisha. (Thanks, Kish!)

Grace is excited about the baby, I think. She says it's a boy, but she also says it's her sister. So, she's a little confused. We'll get that straightened out! Caleb is just oblivious, although he did smile and whack my belly when I was telling him about the baby yesterday. Who knows? He'll probably catch on before "Rumley 3.0" is born, since he'll be 18 months old then.

Sorry we haven't been blogging much. It's hard to find the energy to do it these days. Maybe I'll have some sort of energy soon, but then again, my mom-in-law always says she's been tired for 25 years and counting! So, maybe not...

We went to a Church Ministries Conference this weekend, which was really good overall. I got to attend three workshops (including one really great one geared toward preschool teaching, i.e. Cubbies!), and we got to hear Dr. Lutzer from Moody Memorial in Chicago speak! He's a great speaker, and had two great messages! So, the conference was fun. Really tiring, but fun.

There were about 1,000 people at the conference, probably 98% white, with many from the older set. (A guy at church calls the older people "wrinklies!" Ha!) Anyway, it was hilarious when the perpetually-slow music team tried to get everyone to clap to some songs. Let's just say it wasn't the prettiest thing I ever heard!

I also got to see Elaine and Kym O'Neill (Chaeli's mom and sister-in-law) at the conference. It was good to see them again, and to catch up. Kaitlyn (Kym's little girl, who is four days younger than Caleb) was also there, and she is such a doll! She fell asleep in Kym's arms while we were chatting.

Anyway, I'm babbling. This is what happens to me when I don't blog for a while. I'm sorry about the absence of pictures lately, too. I know wordy blogs without pictures are boring, but I'm not sure where our camera batteries went. Sorry! Maybe soon!

Now go enjoy this BEAUTIFUL weather. I haven't yet, but now that I'm done puking for the day (I hope), I might slip out to get some fresh air!

-{lkr}

Surprise!

Thirteen and counting...

Well, our baby count is up to thirteen. Congratulations, Ken and Erin!

Here's the list:
Steve and Michele - June 15
Ben and Larissa - June 28 (BOY!)
Andy and Marcy - July 4 (BOY!)
Tim and Antje - July ?
Dave and Jen - August 4
Megan and Michael - August 8
Brandon and Marcy - August 20
Craig and Kathy - September ?
Ken and Erin - September 16
Tim and Jennifer - September 24
(*still a surprise*) - September 30
(*still a surprise*) - October 4
(*not sure if it's still a surprise or not, so I'd better not tell*) - Mid-October

Do you have anyone else to add?

-{lkr}