23 weeks

Well here is baby # 3 at 23 weeks pregnant! Mendy did a wonderful job taking these pics for me, thanks Mendy!! I can already tell that this little boy might be just like Miles and Kaitlyn, he pretty much never stops moving! :)

Halloween

Here are the pictures from Halloween, we had a little lion and princess Belle. They had so much fun and got way too much candy!

It' A BOY!!!!!

Well this is one stubborn little boy, when we first started the ultrasound, he had the umbilical cord between his legs! When we finally got him to move around, he decided to cross his legs! So the ultrasound tech sent me to go each some lunch and come back to try again. He still had his legs crossed just until they were almost going to give up and have me come back another day when he finally gave us a good shot. So.. it is another boy! Kaitlyn is getting used to the idea but was not thrilled about it. She wanted a little sister so bad. I am sure she will love him once she sees him and gets to be my big helper.

If you look to the right of his nose that is the umbilical cord.

Boy Parts!

Rubbing his eye

Smiling! :)

Rubbing his head

Disney World!!!

First Day of School

Here are some pics of the kids on their first day of school. They were both so excited, and a little nervous I think, but all in all they had a great day!

New Mexico

We flew to New Mexico a few weeks ago to go celebrate Jon's grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. It was a long flight but it was worth it because we had such a great time there. Jon's grandmother had never met the kids because she doesn't do well traveling, so needless to say she was so excited to see them! Kaitlyn had met her great grandpa before and this time she was really took to him. She loved being around him, he let her get eggs from the chickens, pick vegetables and fruits from the garden and he took her on walks. The kids had a blast, hopefully it won't be too long before we can go back and visit again!

Kaitlyn with her egg, she was so proud of it!

Kate and great grandpa in the garden

Jon's aunt Maggie rides her horse with Kaitlyn

Great Grandma with both kids

Great Grandpa and Kate feed the chickens

Well I forgot to put in my last post my due date. It is March 27th so I am 6 weeks right now. This pregnancy has already been a little different than my last, my pants are already getting a little tight around my waist!! I told Jon "I wasn't in maternity clothes this early!!!" Well technically I am not in maternity clothes yet, I am about to put the rubber band around the button on my pants though! :) I am so tired, and I remember being tired when I was pregnant with Miles because Kaitlyn was still young and Jon was out to sea, but now that I am chasing two kids around, I am exhausted. Poor Jon has to deal with me going to bed at 9pm every night while he stays up until 11pm. Well Kailtlyn told me to day that this baby was definitely a girl and that her name will be Carsha, so there you have it, a little Carsha Haling. I asked what if it was a boy what his name will be and she told me "no mom, it is a girl, but if we had a boy we would name him Carlo". Oh Carlo and Carsha what great names! Maybe I will let Kate name our next dog, but definitely not this baby!! She is such a funny little girl, and I love how excited she is about this baby, she reminds me every single day that I have a baby in my belly and that it will come out and she can hold it. I just hope when the baby is born she won't have a hard transition and will be as helpful and excited as she is now, I guess we will see in about 7 1/2 months!

Here Comes Baby #3!!!

Well, I am pregnant again with baby #3!!! I am almost 5 weeks and have my first appointment August 28th. We are very excited (and a little nervous about having 3) but I know God will get us through it. Now we are just praying for a very healthy pregnancy for me and for the baby. As far as the gender, Jon and I really don't care either way, I think either would be great! But Kaitlyn wants a sister and when asked if she would want another brother, she says "no mommy, I already have a brother, his name is Miles" :)

Kaitlyn Starts Gymnastics

Kaitlyn started gymnastics about two weeks ago and these are the pictures from her first day.

As you can see, she was VERY excited about going. When we got there she walked right in with no hesitation at all and loved every minute of it!

Strawberry Jubilee

Beware...LOTS of pictures! :) We went to this place last weekend called Great Country Farms because they were having their Strawberry Jubilee. We had so much fun, there was tons to do there, animals to feed, playgrounds, a huge jumping pillow (like a trampoline but it looks like a pillow shape), lots of great food, kettle corn, wine tasting from the vineyard just across the street, and most importantly, strawberry picking! The kids had a blast picking strawberries, although Miles just kept eating them!

Bluemont Vineyards- across the street from the farm and they are the 

ones who came and did the wine tasting, YUM-MY!

Miles and daddy waiting for the hayride to the fields

Miles showing me his strawberry before taking a big bite out of it!

Kaitlyn inspecting her strawberry because she kept picking the green and white

 ones so we had to teach her to only pick the all red ones.

Beautiful Strawberries!

If you look closely you can see the red stain on his mouth and cheeks!

My little man

Kaitlyn and daddy feed the baby goat

Long time no blog...

Well it has been forever since I have blogged, life here has been so busy! We actually just got back from a trip to Texas to see mine and Jon's parents and we also go to see my sister Jennifer, her husband Jason and their kids. Kaitlyn LOVED getting to play with her cousins, I wish we lived closer so they would be able to see each other more often. We had a blast, the kids had so much fun that Kaitlyn told my mom that she didn't want to leave TX, she wanted to stay with nana. Well Jon and I are hoping to move back there in about a year when we get out of the navy, so we went to look at some new neighborhoods that they are building in The Woodlands and we found a house that we loved!! We talked to the lady about it and she said that in about a year they will start building in phase II of that neighborhood so that we may be just in time to be able to build a house there. So now we are just praying that Jon will be able to find a job there because we both love the area, schools, parks, and most of all that we would FINALLY be close to family!! Well, here are a few pictures from our trip, these were taken at my Aunt Judy's house.  The kids loved it there, they had so much room to run around and they got to ride the horse and play on the tractor.

Sweet Levi

Kaitlyn and Sydney riding the horse

Dirty little girl

Kaitlyn and Nana at the airport with the Houston Cow

Easter/White House Easter Egg Roll

Here are some pictures of the kids on Easter and hunting for eggs in our yard. We also got to go to the White House Easter egg roll on Monday. It was fun, Kaitlyn and Miles loved dancing to the music that they had. They danced to Ziggy Marley and it was hilarious!! It was a once in a lifetime experience getting to be so close to the White House, the Easter Egg Roll was on the White House's south lawn, so it was crazy just thinking that we were basically in the back yard of the White House!! The kids had fun and we are glad we did it, even though there were tons of people there!