Callaway Kristine

It's a girl!!! Wow, was I surprised! We had a scheduled c section set for February 22 so it was nice to have everything lined up for the boys and ready to go at home and work. I wasn't scheduled until 1 pm and I was told not to eat or drink anything that morning. That is a long time to wait! So I had just ONE apple slice. The hospital called and said they were running ahead of schedule and asked if I could come in early. Of course! That was awesome! Once we checked in, everything was going smooth and quick.... until the anesthesiologist came in. I was about 10 minutes away from surgery and he asked if I had anything to eat or drink. I was honest and told him about my ONE apple slice. Big mistake! Turns out, it could take up to six hours for my body to digest that silly little slice so he told me and my doctor that we had to wait until 1:30-2:00 pm (even later than my original time). Ugh!!! Anyway, we finally got into surgery and I was so shocked when the doctor said, "It's a girl!" I had a few tears and realized our family is now complete. Callaway Kristine was born at 2:05 pm. Weighing 7 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long. The boys are so excited to have a baby sister. We can't wait to add lots of pink to our lives!

Basketball

Heisman is becoming quite the baller these days. Tony helped coach his team this year and both boys had a lot of fun. By the last game, I noticed Heisman was being kind of a ball hog and shooting it every time instead of passing to a teammate. It was great to see him being so aggressive and competitive but we probably need to work on teamwork a little :) Madden brings his basketball along and plays during warm ups, halftime and after games. He will be in the action next year!

Almost baby time!!!! Both boys say that they want another brother. I have been thinking boy the entire time (until proven otherwise). Either way will be fine. We have everything - and then some- if we have another boy and we would love a little pink in our lives! The hardest part of this pregnancy is picking a name! Madden has been so into my belly lately. It's pretty adorable. He talks to the baby every night and loves to feel the baby move. Heisman has been through this before so he's not as into it as Madden but he does think it's cool to feel the baby move. Can't wait to meet this baby!!!

January snow

I felt like we didn't have a lot of snow play this winter. I think the boys only played outside a handful of times. I managed to get outside one or two times but it was tough getting snow boots on and squeezing into my snow pants (only a month away from baby!). Luckily we have great neighbor kids so the boys had a fun time building snowmen and having snowball fights with them.

Christmas

Our elf on the shelf, Buster, was back again this year and the boys enjoy finding him each morning and it helps remind them to be good. Sometimes Buster does a few funny things like draw a mustache on their pictures, decorate the house with a little more Christmas flair, leave a message, etc. We made our annual trip to Bass Pro to see Santa and bowl. It was really fun and I won at bowling (even 7 months pregnant)! Heisman asked Santa for Dino Chargers and Madden asked for Cars. Both boys have been pretty good this year. We had a few Christmases in Algona and Mount Pleasant but were able to be home on Christmas Eve and day. I can't believe next year we will have 3 kiddos!

Madden soccer

After a few years of Madden always tagging along to Heisman's games it was finally Madden's turn! He played a few weeks of indoor soccer and loved it! You could definitely tell he understood the game a little more than a few other kiddos. I guess that comes from watching his big brother. He played the whole time, ran all over the place, played a little goalie (even though they didn't really want him to), scored a few goals and did a little victory dance as well. We can't wait to see this kid compete when he gets older. Watch out!!!