Pumpkin Patch Fun!

Last weekend, my mom and I headed to the Arboretum for a day of pumpkin patch fun!  I was determined to get the perfect pumpkin patch picture- but I quickly realized that was hard to do with such an active toddler.  Perfect picture or not....we still had a blast!

Charlie was more interested in picking up the pumpkins and throwing them than posing with them!

 After he was done throwing, I was able to get a few cute shots!

He then would pick up all of the small pumpkins and give them to Nana- he loved those little pumpkins!

 Smile!!!

 He also loved picking the hay and throwing it in the air....

 Climbing on the pumpkins was another favorite thing....

 Smile!

 Hi Nana and Charlie!

 Nana and Charlie

 Say Cheese!

 Such a cutie!

 He loved playing peek-a-boo with Nana!

 Whoa!!!

 I cherish days like this- we had such a fun day!!!

21 months!!!

Happy 21 months Charlie!!

Let's go to the zoo!

Saturday we had a family day at the zoo.  Charlie had a blast and loved looking at all the animals!!!

Welcome!

 Checking it all out....

 Look at the bunny!!

 Monkeys!

 Dada and Charlie

 He didn't know what to think of the kangaroo!

 Smile!

 One of my favorite pics from the day

 Charlie thought this animal was alive- he kept growling at it and was scared to get close to it.  Oh my!

 Waving to all the animals on the monorail!

 What a fun day we had!

Baby blue!!

Last week, I went in for a level 2 sonogram.  I was told there would be a 50/50 chance we would be able to find out the gender......and guess what?! We found out!!!! 

Yesterday, our families came over for a Gender Reveal party to share the news--everyone was anxious to find out if Charlie was going to have a little brother or sister!!!

The decorations....

 Team Pink......

Team Blue....

Yes- Justin and I had opposing predictions.  He should have listened to the one having the baby!!  :)

Everyone grabbed a cupcake to find out the news...

 It's a BOY!!!!! Yay!!!!!!

Charlie had a few bites of the cupcake too.....doesn't he look cute in his #1 brother shirt?!! 

We also were able to Skype with Matt, Dawn, and Miles and share the news with them afterwards!!! They are also expecting--3 weeks after us!!! Can't wait to find out what they are having!!!!

The next day, I did the same thing with my 2nd graders--they voted on our promethean board as morning work and tried to help me with some names.  They have some creative names--my favorite is Charlie Jr. :)

Team Pink....

 Team Blue....

We're excited for our family of four!! 

Baby #2!!!!

You read that right- Charlie is going to be a big brother soon- the official due date is April 6th, 2013!!! We feel so blessed that baby #2 is on the way.

We found out the end of July we were expecting and this is what Charlie looked like when Justin came home from work the evening of July 26th and found out our family was growing.  He was so excited- Charlie really didn't understand what all the excitement was about though! But, he was all smiles and celebrated with us!! :)

We shared the news with our family about a month ago and they were thrilled.  Living with my parents it was a little hard to hide- my mom figured it out very quickly.  Here is a video of us sharing the news.



After we shared the news- Charlie is excited about being a big brother and holding up a #2 sign!! :)

We then shared the news with Justin's family and they were really excited as well! We were in the process of picking out paint colors for our house and we asked them what color they liked the best.  They quickly found out it wasn't a paint chip they were looking at- it was a sonogram.

I've been feeling pretty good- just exhausted!! My stomach has definitely popped out a lot faster than it did with Charlie- yikes!!! Here I am monthly so you can see how much it has grown!

We feel so blessed and can't wait to find out if baby Rucker #2 is a sweet boy or girl.  Either way- we feel like one lucky little family!! 

20 months!

So, this post is a little late considering Charlie turns 21 months in three days- yikes!! Charlie really didn't want to take these pictures either.  This was the third try at getting the perfect picture and Charlie wasn't having it, so these pics will have to do.  :)

In honor of the start of Longhorn football he is wearing his burnt orange! He really didn't like the number on the wall- so he took it off and wore it!

 Then walked around the house with it....

Happy late 20 months sweet Charlie!!!