Meet EJ

I'm finally getting around to posting ultrasound pics of our baby boy. I have no idea how to use our scanner so I just took pictures of our ultrasound pics. I think they still turned out pretty good. We've decided to name our baby boy Everett. This was Phil's Grampy's name and we decided a long time ago that we would use his name if we ever had a boy. We're still deciding on the middle name. We really like calling him EJ and will most definitely use a "J" name....we're just having a hard time picking the right one. This ultrasound was done at 28 weeks and I am nearing 31 weeks now.

It looks like he's blowing bubbles in this one...

I love the picture of his rump. I can already tell it's going to be a very cute little rump...

This may be the first belly shot. Here he is at 30 weeks...

Tour of the New Neighborhood

For years this community was apart of the private country estate of the late Bowman Gray, Jr. The neighborhood has 3 small lakes, trails, a fitness center, swimming pool, tennis courts, an outdoor pavilion, an original restored barn and a clubhouse. There are also plans to add a playground in the future. It is a family friendly neighborhood and we're looking forward to raising our kids there. They have a lot of different activities for kids and adults. They have movie nights, book club, poker club, wine club and many other fun things that we are anxious to take part in. We will have a guest room in our new home and we hope you will come and see us! Here are a few pics of what will be our new neighborhood...

The clubhouse

Another view of the clubhouse

Inside the barn

Ground Breaking at Casa Grande

They started digging on our lot today! It was very exciting! We took the whole family out to watch them start digging. We let Makena and Megan run around and play on the lot. It was still a little wet from last week's snow and there was red mud everywhere. They got so dirty! But they had a lot of fun and it was important to us that they were there for the ground breaking. Our builder wanted us to start looking at brick and shingles. The brick we chose is called Casa Grande. (It sounds like something a Moore would pick, right?) We now often refer to our new house as Casa Grande.

Megan tried to build a little house with our Casa Grande sample...

So dirty!

The first scoop...

Hopefully it won't take long before we can post pictures of something other than dirt. We're keeping our fingers crossed that the weather cooperates so they can get a roof up quickly. The girls would kill us for saying this, but we would be thrilled if it didn't snow anymore this winter!

Christmas & More

We had a fabulous Christmas! The girls got everything they wanted and then some. It is ridiculous how many toys we have! We just got a storage unit so we can de-clutter before we put our house on the market. Some of their old toys will be going there and some will be going to Goodwill. We had the grandparents over for a yummy steak dinner on Christmas day. Here are some fun pictures of the girls enjoying their Christmas gifts.

Makena lying in her sleeping bag from Santa...
Makena is a professional present-opener...

They each got a new bicycle from Santa. Here is Megan giving some Disney Princesses a ride...

Megan blowing her pinwheel...

The trampoline was probably Megan's favorite thing...

Makena rode this bicycle in Wal-Mart a while back and loved it. It's a good thing I have a direct line of communication with Santa!

Playing Whac-a-Mole...

Megan needs a little practice playing Hungry Hungry Hippos. Here she is feeding one of the hippos...

Nana and Popaw arrived with even more stuff! Lucky girls!

The Wonder Pets toy was a big hit!

Here is Makena, the Policeman....

And Megan, the Fireman....

We went to Raleigh the day after Christmas. Phil's brother, Lindsey, and his family recently moved into their newly built home. The girls enjoyed playing with their cousins and spending the night at their house. They also got to use their sleeping bags for the first time. Here are Makena, Megan, Collin and Will getting ready for bed...

We stopped in Greensboro on our way home on Sunday. Makena and Megan always love going to Uncle Larry's house. Makena and Collin warmed up by the fire...

Collin and Will cozied up next to Madison. They're very good at playing pretend. Will is sleeping and Collin has a very convincing yawn...

Here is the littlest cousin, Ian...

The boys played with legos and the girls played with Polly Pockets (a tradition at Uncle Larry's house). The kids love playing with Mallorie and Madison's old toys.