Fly Eagles Fly...Kinda!

Sadly today we watched the Eagles CHOKE at the end of the game after a comeback! SOOO FRUSTRATING! Bailey was even excited for the game with his green and white bandana from Petsmart. :) This little peanut in my belly was kicking and I think just as excited about the game as Mommy and Daddy were!! Good thing Grandpa (my dad) got an Eagles onsie for next years football season...he or she will be set. We'll hold out hope for next year...

Little Fluttering!

The past few nights, as I have been laying on the sofa, I have felt some "flutters" in my tummy. I am going to go ahead and say it is the little peanut squirming around in there and trying to get comfy. If in fact what I am feeling is the baby moving, it is the strangest, but most wonderful feeling! It literally feels like there is a little butterfly in your stomach and it is just flying around!

I am getting so anxious to start feeling this baby moving all over the place! Here's hoping it knows to move during the day and not at night time...haha!! Just kidding, I won't complain! The ultrasound is just over a week away and we can hardly wait!

Some Bloggy Changes!

All I can say is HALLELUIAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been trying for WEEKS to change this blog background (thank you Ellen for the wonderful website!) and it has been the death of me! In the process the formatting of the blog was lost, so was the "poll" of what Baby Kepplinger is going to be! I hate that I lost that, but it just means that you will have to vote again...the first time was a trial run! :)

After falling asleep to Keith and Michael playing poker until who knows when last night, getting up this morning to work on the blog seemed like the right thing to do! I know both boys will be THRILLED to wake up and find out that I have successfully updated the blog to my likings!!

The Kiddos Know!

Today was the official day of back to the grind! What a sad morning it was to have to be up and at 'em and off to school. It was a fun day though because I got to tell the kiddos that their teacher is having a baby!

We did all of our "routine" stuff this morning and then I asked them if they ever played Hangman before. Several had, so I put the blanks for "I am having a baby!" up on the board and they had to guess the missing letters. It didn't take them too long to figure it out and they were pretty excited. I had told them they were either going to ask me if I ate too many Christmas cookies or if I was pregnant sooner or later! :) They were sweet at first and said, "what?!? we can't even tell!" (By my outfit today I guess you couldn't!) Then they were talking about how I have a NAKED baby in my tummy and how funny that was...oh gotta love 8 year olds! haha!

They told me they are going to give me some name suggestions, so that should be interesting as the year progresses. I'm sure they'll come up with some cute ones!

As the day continued the class had a lot of fun telling everyone that "Mrs. K is having a baby!" It was cute and I know they are excited. One girl even said, "we'll have to be really good now so we don't stress you out and the baby." I told her that sounded PERFECT to me and then five minutes later she was calling another boy in the class names, so that didn't last too long, but it's the thought that counts! :)

Marley and Me...

Bailey

Well yesterday Keith and I made the mistake of going to see Marley and Me...well maybe I wouldn't call it a mistake, because it was an adorable movie, but we BOTH left the theater balling our eyes out!!

As many of you know our little dog, Bailey, is technically our first child. He is just over 2 years old and we think the sweetest little man in the world! Watching that movie just made us think about how special he is to our family and how great he will be when the little baby arrives. (We're hoping he is good...he is certainly going to be jealous!)

One part inparticular that got me was when Marley was waiting at the bus stop for the boys to get home from school and they just knew he would be there everyday...that's how we know Bailey will be too! He will just wait for his brother or sister to get home and be so excited! I know he is also going to be the doggie that trys to eat the birthday cake off the highchair tray and that our baby will feed their vegetables to him too! It is just amazing what a huge part of your life your dog becomes. This movie helped us to feel "normal" considering we also treat our dog like he is a human!

I know, I know, Bailey is a dog! However, he is our first little dog and the sweetest one there is! We love him to pieces and just a word to the wise, if you haven't seen Marley and Me yet...be sure to take a pack of tissues with you! :)

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009! It is so hard to believe that this is the start of a brand new year, a brand new BIG year! I am already thinking how quickly these next few months are going to go by! It is so hard to believe that in just 5 months Keith will have graduated from State, YEAH!!!!, and we will have a baby!

Last night we had friends over (Jeff, Steph, Hill, Jeff, John, Andrea, Heather, and Bret). It was so fun! We had a nice dinner at our dining room table, first time that's been used and even used the china! :) Then we just hung out and chatted until that clock struck midnight...to be honest, I just wasn't sure if I was going to make it, but did with flying colors! Steph Davis and I had a special "Pregnant Girls Cocktail," which was water on the rocks!!

Of course this morning we had our annual Catchphrase Tournament with Hill and Jeff. After seven rounds and re-devising our rules, Hill and I won! So now the boys have to plan a one night getaway for us around Valentine's Day!! Keep in mind Hill and I have won 3 out of 4 years now...sorry boys! :)

It was a sad day to take down all of the Christmas decorations, but what was so strange was not putting them back in the closet they came from. That will soon be a little peanut's closet, so the clearing out of Mommy's holiday decor must begin! Poor Daddy just doesn't know what we're going to do with all of it, but we will find a home for it all! :)

We wish you a HAPPY and HEALTHY 2009!!

Lunch with Uncle Walker!

On our way home from Pennsylvania on Sunday, we stopped in Virginia to meet Walker, whose parents live there. It was great to see him!!

We stopped at Panera and attempted to take a few pictures in the parking lot, keep in mind there was a tornado passing through! (Not really, it was just VERY windy!!)