"Thank You!"

Once Jack learned to say "please," we started working with him on saying "thank you" when we give him something. We've probably been working on it for 4 months at least. We always tell him, "say 'thank you,'" and he would repeat us. However, the past few days, he been saying it on his own without our prompting!!! I think he's realized how much we like him saying it, so today he's started saying it just out of the blue: "Thank you, mommy. Mommy, thank you!" for no apparent reason! So sweet :) Of course, when he says "thank you" it sounds more like "tee too," which makes it even cuter! I hope our little boy continues to lean and use good manners!

Our New House!!!

We found a house in Greenville that we love!!!! Well, actually it's in Simpsonville, but it's all the same area :) We put in an offer and it was accepted!! If all goes well with the inspection and the closing of our house in Lynchburg, we'll be the new owners of this home October 12!! Here's some pictures of the house taken from the MLS website.

Front:

Close-up of the front door (which I LOVE!):

View when you walk in the front door:

Dining room (on the left when you walk in):

Living room (on the right when you walk in):Half bath downstairs:
Family room:
(The TV stays. The open door next to the TV will be a playroom; there's no picture of it. Having a room downstairs for the kids to play in was a huge selling point for us! This is open to the Kitchen) Breakfast and Kitchen (doors on left go to pantry and garage) This picture is taken while standing in the living rom(picture above):

Master bedroom (love the chandelier, but we'll need a fan!):

Master bath:

Master bath sinks:

Closet off master bath (LOVE!!!):

Bedroom #2:

Bedroom #3: Bedroom #4:
Guest bath:

Laundry (washer and dryer stay):

Fenced backyard:

IT'S A BOY!!!!

Wednesday we went in for our 20 week sonogram (actually, it ended up being at 22 weeks). It's always so exciting to see our baby moving around and hearing his heartbeat! Let me start by saying this baby seems very active to me. But the only thing I have to compare the movements of this baby to is Jack, who was less active in the womb. During the ultrasound, the technichian kept saying, "be still....quit moving for a minute..." I told her this is how he is every time I lay down. About half way through the ultrasound, she said he had already flipped over at least twice!! So, I guess it's not just me and this really is one active baby boy! Hopefully Brady gets it out of his system now! hahaha! Or maybe it'll just make it easier for him to keep up with Jack!

Here's the profile of our little booger:

And the heartbeat (152 beats per minute):

And I just LOVE the 3D pictures!! I know he'll change a lot between now and when he's born, but Brady's lips look just like Jack's when he was newborn :)

We didn't find out if Jack was a boy or girl until he was born and we kept going back and forth about finding out this time. To find out in the doctor's office seemed kinda anti-climactic, so we decided to take the gender in a sealed envelope to Publix. They colored the icing that held the layers together either pink for a girl or blue for a boy. When we cut into the cake, we saw BLUE!!! This was a very exciting way to find out! And we got to share this experience with Luke's parents, Laura's mom, Uncle Nick, Aunt Liz, Uncle Zack, and Uncle Caleb!

Everyone's predictions before cutting the cake:

Cutting the cake!!!

I'll spare Brady the embarrassment in the future of having the "it's a boy!" sonogram picture posted online. But trust me, it's definitely a boy!!!