The Final Countdown

Names have been chosen & faces have been drawn....

Who will he look like???

Grandmommie is here & we have been spoiled...

Our tummies are full of fabulous eats!

Tomorrow is the big day!

Baby Mangum is on his way!

April Showers...

Will hopefully bring our sweet baby soon!

Thanks to Lyn and Candy for hosting the celebrations of our impending arrival! It was so fun and wonderful to visit with everyone and eat such wonderful food.

Thank you to all our fabulous friends!

My Buddy

Jake and I get to spend a lot of time together when everyone is at school.

He helps me cook, clean, read, play, explore, dance and laugh.

Jake loves to snuggle and hug his baby brother and can't wait for him to be born. When I leave him somewhere he has to give "Baby Boston" a hug goodbye...good thing I am attached to that baby so I get in on the hugging action too! He also likes to tickle and talk into my belly button, telling his brother secrets and giving love.

It looks like I am going to have another good helper when this baby comes!

This just in...

Have you heard our news?

We are having a BOY!!!

Baby Talk

I've had a lot of questions about our upcoming addition to the family, so here we go...

We are due April 18th, so I am about 4 months along now. I went to my awesome doctor again yesterday & everything is looking good. I had some blood work done & should get the results back soon.

Next week we will have an ultrasound and hopefully find out whether we are getting a boy or a girl. It is pretty divided around here, with Hayley leading the chants of NEEDING a sister! Of course, we do have some strong requests for another brother. So it should be interesting.

We have had all sorts of fun names being suggested, especially by our Star Wars crazed fan, Jake. I am sure you can imagine some of his requests! Once we have the ultrasound, we post a paper on the fridge and let everyone write down possible baby names they like for the next few months. When I was pregnant with Jake, there were all sorts of animal names that kept being added to the list, like Bear and Tiger. And of course, the list included our ultimate winner of Jake the Snake (ok, the birth certificate actually just says Jacob, which Jake REFUSES to answer to! He is Jake or Jake the Snake and don't you forget it!). So beware of the power of the pen, it is real!

I've been feeling good, just tired. I am one of the really fortunate ones who only feels really queasy if I don't eat on a regular basis. Unfortunately food doesn't always sound great, or maybe it is just the thought of making dinner that isn't appealing right now, who knows?! But the kids are great sports and don't mind the quick frozen foods and actually love to have cereal for dinner occasionally :)

Thanks to everyone for their support and excitment for us. We will keep you posted!

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Surprise, we are having a baby!

For real.

Due in April.

Lots of hugs and excitment going on here.