baby picture :)

One of my favorite pictures from the ultrasound. :)

Yesterday Matt and I had my first ultrasound. It was amazing! Instantly being able to see the baby, hear the heartbeat and learn my due date (since I wasn't sure.) The baby was moving around like crazy, but I would too if someone was poking me all over the place. I'm excited to be able to feel the movement in a few weeks.
Come to find out that I am 15 weeks along, a week longer than I had thought. My due date, according to the doctor's, is March 29th.

Now on to the rest of life...where to start though.
Last week I was in Park City, UT for a Manager's Conference for work. It was great, I learned a lot and got some great information to pass on to my team. My boss(es) are coming to visit my store in a week, that will be interesting. Christmas is coming, as it usually does at this time of year in retail. I spent my day today putting out and organizing Christmas product. We are getting ready for Ladies Night tomorrow night, which is a crazy night. We're trying to figure out how to fit all of the product we have received onto our sales floor and in our back room.
Matt's business is doing well. He has worked a lot on networking with local businesses. Not only businesses though, he's reached out to several County's in the area as well as various organizations. He is doing a great job and loves what he does. Sometimes a little too much, I occasionally remind him that I need attention too. :) He has been amazingly helpful around the house since I've gotten pregnant; laundry, dishes, dinner, vacuuming...he helps with it all.

The kids are doing well, all things considered. I am continually amazed at how resilient they are, with everything they have come up against in their short lives.
Jack enjoys school, he's so smart and sometimes has a hard time focusing because he knows it already. I'm trying to show him how fun reading can be, right now he's working on "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" by Roald Dahl. He likes it when I read to them, I'm encouraging them all (but him especially) to use their imaginations when I read.
Emma LOVES school. She cracks me up with the different things she says. The other day I dropped her off at school, she gave me a hug and said, "Bye Mom!" then looked at my stomach and said, "Bye baby!" I showed them the ultrasound pictures today, she was asking all sorts of questions...hopefully I didn't confuse or cause any damage. ;) I guess we'll know if her teacher sends a note home mentioning something...
Eva loves to be my shadow. She would follow me around all day if I let her. She is almost always happy. (I say almost because she gets frustrated...with things that seem little to me.) She LOVES to dance, I'll put on music and she will move her body in ways that I didn't know until I was a teenager. I have no idea where she learned it. It's kind of amusing.

All in all our little family is doing well. We have our struggles, our breakdowns, and our crazy moments...but we love each other. We laugh, pray, eat good food, play and get on each other's nerves.