tick tock...

10 moredays

2 anxious parents

1 unaware big sister

1 "very" unaware doggy

4 excited grandparents

what does that equal...

a family waiting for

{ our little man}

thanks to martha for documenting some recent photos of ellington & lil bro

we can't believe in just a few shorts he'll be here

we've had fun getting things around for the little guy

and have been spoiled by great friends and co-workers

my school gave a little "spray" last week

as they anticipated i'd be long gone before now...

nope, still there!

while we were getting the nursery around we realized that we'd like to touch up numerous chips in the wall. so the search begin in our house for the "right" brown. we didn't realize how many shades of brown we've used in the house and did it ever occur to us to label the cans when done...NOPE! so after 3 attempts and finding it, even going as far as chipping of more of the paint and having it matched at lowes, we still couldn't find the right match. so with one weekend free we decided we'd have to "repaint" yep, that's right...repaint the nursery. perfect timing. so josh and his upbeat attitude got up early saturday to get the paint and have it done before game time in the afternoon. i came home from grocery shopping to find that he had "found" yet another brown paint in the garage hiding the whole time. and YES it was a match. so we have plenty of brown paint if this every happens again!

none the less the nursery is put back together and

everything is pretty much ready for the little guy

a teacher friend gave us the idea of having a gift for ellington from brother and for brother from ellington. so we ventured out today spite both elle and i being sick for the last few days to find a gift for brother. she most likely doesn't get it but thought it would be fun for her to come to the hospital with a gift for him. and in return we secretly snuck a gift for her while shopping that she'll from him. she's been talking more about the baby, mostly when she's in the car and points to his car seat. we'll see how she does when he's with us 24/7. she loves little babies but they never come home with us!

the gifts are wrapped and the bags are packed

elle's gift to brother

elle's gift from brother

elle picking out some chocolate downtown and of course found the doggy

just a little too big for baby brother

of course her first thought when she saw it "tackle?"

dear little man,

we're all waiting to meet you and can't wait to have you join in our fun family weekends. you already have so many nicknames it's hard to keep them straight. everyone has their idea of what your name will be. here's the list so far...and NO no one has guessed it.

wally

woody

cooper

hostetter

jett

but our favorite... well, that would be your name!

you will have a crazy house to get use to but you've probably already realized that as you've heard your big sis talking up a storm and your doggy who has decided to "bark" now more than ever. you have 8 cousins who can't wait to meet you and i'm pretty sure you'll be adored by garrett and ryan as they've only had each other with 6 little girls. you'll be here in time for halloween and we can't wait to show you off to the fam during the holidays. you are already loved so much and will bring our family so much joy. we look forward to our saturday morning snuggle time and occasional doughnut/coffee dates with dad. dad's especially excited to share with you his LOVE for football. you'll be the perfect date to the games since you won't ask a bunch of questions like me and you'll most likely just snuggle up with him on the couch. tackle will love the fact that you can't crawl or climb on him, yet. and yes he'll shower you with kisses so be ready.

we love you little guy and know God is going to bless your life more than we can imagine.

love,

mom and dad