Beautiful Baby Elise!!!

These pictures uploaded crazy out of order, but this is my first meeting with baby #3! What a joyful moment!

Last bump shot for pregnancy number three!

Daddy and daughter

Kate meeting Elise for the first time!

Lily's turn

Eyes open!

We are excited to have her here with us, and really excited to have a name for our precious Christmas present. Even though my mom had warned me that third labors are always different, this one was pretty much the same as the other two: quick and uneventful, which is great but makes for a pretty boring story! But here is the breakdown

1:45 pm arrive at Hospital

2:15 pm start Pitocin

5:30 pm ask for an Epidural (sorry have to wait until a C-section is done)

Slight panic as I wait for my Doctor to come and break my water, I definitely wanted the pain meds before that happened and the Dr. was due any minute!

6:30 pm Celebration! Epidural given and Dr. arrive at the same time!

6:45 pm water broken

8:24 pm baby is born!!!

And that is how we do it at the Heckert house. Thank you Mom, so much, for short labors.

Thanksgiving weekend!

On Thanksgiving the girls went to the circus with Grandma Maralu and Aunt Alisha! They loved it and have been playing "tiger doing tricks" everyday since. The game consists of Kate telling Lily to jump, dance, and do other things for pretend treats.

I don't have any circus pictures yet, but hopefully I will soon. These two were taken right before they left.
For those of you who were just dying to know what we do all day, here it is! Dance around in panties and sing into whisks. Don't you wish you could come over?



Kate got really into it.

Here is her grunge guitarist face. Lily was moving around so much I couldn't get her guitar pose.

Thanksgiving crafts

This month we have learned all about Thanksgiving! To satisfy my kids' need to cut and glue, we made some fun crafts. Above: Indian Headbands, Below, paper plate turkeys.

Ode to Pregnancy

As my third pregnancy draws to a close, I am left reflecting on this 9 month period that most women in this world experience as a part of life. I know, I know, most women do not enjoy this time, but I have to stand up for gestation and say that I really love being pregnant! You may wonder why, so I will elaborate on the things I love about pregnancy...
1. Pregnancy enables us to focus on taking care of our bodies for the sake of our little ones
2. More calories to consume!!
3. People open doors for you, tell you how cute you look, and are generally nicer then usual.
4. I feel closer to Heavenly Father during this time as I participate in his divine plan
5. Everybody wants to feed you!
6. The pregnancy glow
7. This is the only time a belly is excepted and praised!
8. It gives me another reason to shop
9. Getting a chance to slow down
10. You get a beautiful baby at the end of it!
Well, there it is, ten reasons I enjoy being pregnant!

Drew's car

Drew collaborated with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra to sponsor its "Video Games Live" concert and was lucky enough to get his car "wrapped" as part of the deal. I didn't get all the sides of the car, but this gives you a good idea. He was so excited to cover up his "old man" car color!

Candy Candy Candy Time! aka Halloween

The two little witches who don't like to take pictures...
Just thought this was funny!

One of the kids at church dressed up like Drew, pretty good huh?

Drew was very excited to win the trunk decorating contest at church.

North Carolina

Last week Drew, the girls, and I went out to Emerald Isle, NC for a Heckert family vacation. It was beautiful and so relaxing.
This is the view from the beach house all of us stayed out. Pretty cool, huh?

We tried to take family pictures while we were out there. Of course, 5 seconds before it was our family's turn, Drew accidentally knocks Kate in the head and she cries the WHOLE TIME! I was not very simpathetic. Lily started crying in the big family shot when I dared to pick her up and move her...she recieved even less sympathy. Why do children always seem to cry during pictures? Maybe its a test to see how loving the mommy is...

Enjoying the beach!