Pregnancy Updates

It's hard to believe we are over halfway through this pregnancy. It is going so fast and so slowly all at the same time. Brenna is getting excited about her baby brother and enjoys giving him kisses already. (Hopefully that continues once he arrives!). Here are a couple pictures documenting the baby growing.

 We've been taking a picture most weeks to document our little one growing and growing. You can definitely tell the difference now!!

It was definitely an experience at the ultrasound finding out we are having a boy. We told the tech we wanted to know the gender and she said she would do her best. About one minute into the ultrasound she said, I know what you are having! We knew too. It was clearly a boy :) We had the rest of the ultrasound to let the news sink in. I cried a little--both because we will have a son, we are not having another girl, and we have a healthy baby growing. It was a combo of all three. And after I had fun buying some cute boy clothes at Target and making an announcement for Facebook (clearly the important things in life.)

Exciting things coming in 2016!!

Baby McGah #2 will be making an arrival come July...we are due July 4th!!

Back to Blogging!

After an unintentional break from blogging, I am starting up again!! Life is full and fun--I am excited to get back to to sharing bits of it here.

Brenna is nearly two and is so fun. She loves to laugh, enjoys la escuelita (her school is in Spanish!), and is very busy. Recently she has taken to saying some words in Spanish and some words in English--such as only saying mano (hand), suave (gentle), and chichi (for leche, or milk). Some words are always in English, even if you say them in Spanish to her, such as bye bye. It really is amazing how little brains work and that she can translate so fluidly already!

This weekend Pat is in Kansas City for Erin and Derik's wedding. I had a meeting this morning so Aunt Colleen babysat. Brenna and Colleen had a wonderful morning taking a bus ride! Brenna was captivated by the bus, looking out the window, and saying hi to everyone. Brenna and Colleen had so much fun today that when we dropped Colleen off at home Brenna cried when she left. I get it, Aunt Colleen is pretty cool. Good thing we talk to her all the time and our next visit won't be too far off :) Here are a few highlights from the bus ride with Aunt Colleen.

Easter Celebrations

We had a great time celebrating Easter this year! Brenna got a few fun gifts from the Easter bunny...a new backpack, crayons, and a coloring book. She loves putting things in bags and carrying around my purses, so I thought it would be fun if she had a bag of her own. The backpack is practically as big as she is, but she loves it!! 

Easter backpack...a dog of course!

coloring in her new coloring book

Brenna was very lucky to get a car for Easter from Grandma Ann and Grandpa Bill. Pat enjoyed putting it together and now Brenna absolutely loves her car. Many mornings she has had her morning bottle while sitting in her car :)

I couldn't get a great picture of Brenna after mass because she was more interested in running around. At least this one there are cute flowers even if she is on the move.

For Easter dinner we went to my Uncle John and Kathy's house. Yes, between mass and dinner Brenna got a huge bruise on her forehead. She was walking while holding a big, wooden cube toy and fell, hitting her head right on the corner. Thankfully there was no blood, but she has a pretty nasty bruise. She didn't let that stop her from having a great rest of the day!

Brenna coloring with cousins Parker and Chloe. Brenna was loving playing with the big kids!