Arizona and Baby Name :)

I don't think it's news anymore since I've made it public on Facebook, and my belly is growing at an alarming rate, but in case you haven't heard....we are expecting Harrell # 4! We had our ultrasound last Thursday and found out that it's a girl, which I am sooooo excited about. I have this thing with even numbers and I always wanted Sadie to have a sister, so 2 pairs it is! Yipee!:) 

I am blogging from a hotel room in Arizona tonight, Steven was awarded 3 nights stay at any Ritz Carlton through his work last year. We had tried to arrange a ski trip last February, but it didn't work out so we arbitrarily picked this weekend in September to come to Dove Mountain, Arizona, for 3 nights (the resort just looked pretty and we'd never been here before). Little did we know at the time that it would be a perfect time for a getaway, and we would have just had our ultrasound so we could pick our baby name while we're here. It has been a relaxing 3 days, enjoying the pool, eating out, a little shopping, and no responsibility. Here is a picture of our hotel room.

  Here we are before our night out tonight.....a little shopping trip to the mall followed by dessert at The Melting Pot....yum! I think I need to throw my scales away for this pregnancy, I feel huge already and am only 19 weeks. It's probably my last, though, so I think I've mentally excused myself to eat whatever I want (which I've certainly done on this trip). I'm sure I'll be mad at myself next Spring when I have extra pounds to lose, but frankly I don't care. 

  On our way back to the hotel tonight we almost hit one of these! We thought it was a wild pig but it's actually a Javalina - from the rodent family, and very common around here. We decided this is the animal that was in Princess Bride, remember the creepy animal in the forest scene? Thankfully we didn't get to close to this guy, we hear they can be vicious. 

The kids are at home with life going on as normal - Sadie is doing pretty well adjusting to school (she still doesn't like to wake up in the morning) and Eli is loving preschool. Here is a picture of him on his first day. I can't get many details about school, I finally did get a name from him, for the longest time all I heard was "the boy with the spiderman shirt" when asked about any new friends. I'm hoping his fine motor skills will improve, so far his artwork is not too impressive. He's my climber, I dread the homework days with him as he still doesn't care a thing about coloring (and that seems to be a big part of Kindergarten, which Sadie loves). Oh well, we have 2 years for progress. As for progress, my little man is starting to talk up a storm and loving his new abilities. He holds a phone just behind his ear and says "Ah-lo", he babbles all the time and is starting to stay a lot more recognizable stuff. The cutest thing right now though is to watch him dance, he starts shaking his hips or shoulders with any music or singing he hears. I'll try to get a video of it. 

 I should have a cute pregnancy picture here, but I haven't taken any yet. I need to, as long as I don't get too fat too fast. I enjoyed looking at the baby girl clothes tonight at the mall but I restrained from buying anything. I haven't seem them in a while but Sadie has so many clothes that I really don't need to buy anything. It's going to be so fun to dress a cute little baby girl again! As for her name, it's actually one we picked out when we were pregnant with David and didn't know yet if he was a boy or girl. My Mom's name is Mary and one of Steven's favorite aunts is Betty Jo, so we've decided to name (and call) her Mary Jo. A little southern, but she can shorten it to Mary one day if she wants. Sadie, Eli, David and Mary Jo. Can't wait till she's here!!!

Goodnight :)