Mr. & Mrs. Stout

Congratulations to Andrea & Steve who were married on the beach in AuGres over the weekend. Everything turned out perfect and the weather even cooperated, thank goodness.

Traci was putting Andrea's Braves garter on for her

Andrea is a Braves fan and Steve is a cardinals fan, so it was a funny surprise for Steve

Andrea, the beautiful Bride

Big Momma and Beautiful Bride

The Wedding party waiting for the Bride's entrance

Andrea & her Dad

Saying their vows
Grand Entrance to the reception

Mr. & Mrs. Stout

Father Daughter Dance

Traci loves the baby :)

Andrea and I graduated from Nursing School together and she is one of my close friends. I am so happy she had the wedding of her dreams and it all went so well.

Congratulations to the newlyweds, hope they are enjoying their honeymoon in Hawaii!!

Maternity Pics by Monica

Thank you to my friend Monica who came over on a whim one night and took some great maternity pictures! There are so many amazing shots, I just picked a few to share with you.

**Warning: If you are offended by belly baring pictures please go no further.**

Baby Boy's Family, SO excited to meet him :)

33 Weeks, letting it all hang out

My favorite

This one cropped our heads off when sent to the printer, but it's not really like that

Hugs & Kisses

Blake & Bryce love their brother already

Just me and my baby

Big Brothers
Thank you again, Monica, for taking pictures, we will cherish them forever!!!!

Baby #3 at 32+ Weeks

Baby and I had another check up today and he is still measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule, YIKES! The doctor said he's chalking it up to my ability to grow large babies even in the most preeclamptic of situations. Hmm, we'll see, I still think it is just his position. I'm hoping for an average size baby somewhere between Blake and Bryce :)
My blood pressure was 90/50 (an all time low for me) and the Dr. said I look "Perfect". It sounds nice, right? He was just referring to the preeclampsia picture, but I can interpret how I like.
In other baby updates, we have the room ready minus wall hangings and curtains. and have the name picked out. I am determined to be more prepared this time after I delivered Bryce at 36 weeks with not even a package of diapers in the house!!!
One more story:
While I was working on things in the baby's room Bryce brought in his rocking chair and said it will be his job to rock the baby so that Dad and I don't have to. He then said, "She will love it". I quickly reminded him that he is going to have a baby brother, and he said, "Yeah, but I wish it was a She instead."

Tigers Win, Boys Crash

Tim scored three free FRONT ROW tickets to the Tigers game for this past Wednesday night, so he took the boys to their first game. Tim has been wanting to take them all summer and this just happened to work out perfectly . . . minus the 3 tickets part, perfect would have been 4 tickets ;0 I was thrilled for my boys to have a fun night together and came to the realization that this is just how it goes having all boys. They get tickets to see a game and I am at home glued to the TV just hoping to see one of their cute faces appear on screen!

All three of them were so adorably excited

2 crazy Tiger fans
As it turns out, they had the BEST time at the game and Bryce even got a ball, YAY! Tim apparently took advantage of my absence and bought them all kinds of snacks and treats (Blake can't keep a secret) and they lasted all the way to the end of the game after 9pm.
I'm so happy they were able to enjoy a guys night out!!

Unfortunately, as they were leaving the game Tim pulled out to turn left onto the road and was hit by another car. The other car didn't have lights on ( 10pm = DARK) so Tim didn't see him and thus the accident occurred. The car crashed right into Blake's side of the van and hit just behind where he sits in his car seat. I can only say, THANK YOU GOD!
The boys were jerked around upon impact and Blake had a sore shoulder the next day from the seat belt, but other than that they were injury free.

There are angels among us.

We are so thankful for all the blessings in our life and this is no exception, God is GREAT!

Tim insists, however, that Blake is going to need therapy now because he has endured 2 traumatic experiences by age 5: He was yanked from a house fire and now in a car accident. I say it will just make him more resilient. Let's all pray for resilience :)

Upper Peninsula

We took a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula for some camping, hiking, biking, and good times with 2 sets of Woolman families. I have lived in Michigan all 30 years of my life and this was my first trip across the Mackinaw Bridge and to the UP. We stayed at Tahquamenon Falls State Park and despite the rain that came on and off every day we had many great times and some fun photos to share.

Crossing the Bridge: The Mackinaw bridge is amazing and beautiful, but I appreciate it a lot more from the shore line than I do driving over it. I was a little nervous . . . okay terrified, but we made it over and back just fine.

The first day we went to Oswald's Bear Farm and saw many many bears in a natural habitat. We even got to pet a 6 month old cub, who really took a liking to Tim as you can see in the picture. The cub was all over him, kissing his face, nuzzling his neck, and chewing the brim of his hat. It was hilarious!

Bryce and Jenna with an Oswald Bear

The "Big" Kids

Blake, Bryce, Grace, and Taylor

We then made hiked the path to see the Lower Falls. The kids all did great and enjoyed the walk as much as the adults.

All the kids: Front - Jenna & Lance

Back -Bryce, Grace, Taylor, and Blake

Blake, Bryce, and Taylor

The Lower Falls

Our Family

Brad, Monica, Taylor & Jenna

Yet another Woolman Family

Jeff, Erika, Grace & Lance

Then we drove up to the Upper Falls, had lunch at the Brewery, and started our trek to see the much larger Upper Falls

Little did we know that just as we started on the path a rain storm would hit leaving us soaking wet! The kids LOVED running in the rain and the adults were all laughing so hard we could hardly keep up. It was a complete downpour and we still continued on to our destination. It was probably the most fun and definitely the most memorable part of the entire vacation.
Here we are, the survivors, soaked and smiling :)

Brad mentioned that we looked like the group of people at Cedar Point who went on the big water ride, got soaked, then realized it probably wasn't the best idea because now we had to walk around in drenched clothes the rest of the day.

When we got back to our campsite, we really didn't have many clothes left to change into because it was our last day, so we were all wearing mismatched clothes. Brad, however, pulled together this little number topped off with his golf shoes! If you look closely at the tripod you'll notice he was attempting to dry his shoes over the fire. Sorry to say, Brad had to go shopping for new shoes first thing Monday morning. Nice try, though.

We went, we saw, it rained, we laughed, we had a fun vacation!