Heidi is my cousin on my dads side...Me, Heidi and Jessica are all due with babies. Jessica is due with her first but this will be baby number 2 for Heidi and I so the Mauch family gave us a joint baby shower at Karen and Lewis' house. I wasn't planning on having a baby shower for Micah, but Heidi said she wanted one and I'm glad we had one! We had so many baby showers for Mason so it was fun to have something just for Micah!
When I looked back at these pictures I was like ....WOAH....I'm huge! I am 35 weeks pregnant in this picture!...How is there still room for Micah to grow for another month? I'm so thankful that I still feel so good, even if I look so huge!
They had two tables set up one for Heidi and Max and one for Mandy and Micah! It was cute we got some matching outfits and similar gifts, maybe we can make an effort to really hang out with them so the boys can be close!
Everyone brought a covered dish and it was very yummy! The weather was so nice, not too hot, not too cold...a perfect fall day! I'm realizing now that I think every fall will bring memories of being pregnant with my boys! Watching and feeling the seasons change along with my body knowing that the current year is coming to a close and that life as I know it is going to be different. Mason looked at the trees changing and noticed some leaves falling off and said, "Oh No Mommy, the tree is losing its leaves" When I explained that it was okay and that's what was supposed to happen so the trees could grow even bigger and prettier in the spring. I must admit though winter trees aren't very pretty to look at... I love the trees in all the other months but not so much in winter... it reminded me that every year has things that are good and things that are bad, things you want to keep the same way and things you are ready to get rid of. I know that life changes and somethings I'm in control of and others I'm not...but what I am certain of is that change is going to happen. The years are going to pass me by, every fall the leaves will change colors, fall off and the current stage of life will come to a close...but in the spring new life occurs, new growth, new memories, new challenges,...so in the moments of life's "winter seasons" I hope to take advantage of the opportunities to be still. I know that right now being so pregnant there are times that I have no choice but to just lay down...rest... I'm just simply too tired to carry on with normal activities...I must accept that I have to be still. So I've been praying lately that as I approach this "winter season" of my life, where I know my normal activities of service for God and involvement in others lives will have to change as I care for two young boys that I will look at it in a new way, as an opportunity to grow closer to God, taking advantage of the opportunity to hear His voice, feel His presence, be refreshed in a new way as He shows me how much he loves me. I know he loves me when I'm "doing" or "accomplishing" something for Him, but I also know Hes more interested in what I am becoming than what I am doing! If only I could really embrace this concept... to know what its is to be still and know Him.
Micah will be Maw Maw and Paw Paws 6th great grandchild! Guess if you have 5 children of your own then you also get lots of grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Devin, Heidi, Tori and Baby Max
Joya took lots of pictures for us...not really sure what kind of poses we are striking here??
We are so thankful for all of the great gifts!Chris had the following day off work so we went shopping and bought any extra stuff we needed...so we are ready for him to come!...well...I still want him to grow some more...but as far as things we need for him, I think we've got it!
Me and Mason...hes enjoying his cupcake after a battle of us telling him he had to eat some of his lunch...finally at like 3:00 he ate his lunch so he could get his cupcake...hes pretty stubborn, we are hoping that his stubbornness will be great as he gets older, as long as we can help him choose the good things he should be stubborn about!
YUMMY, YUMMY Cupcakes! Mason is really getting excited about Micah and so are we! He says hes going to teach him everything! And he will randomly tell me things like..."Mommy did you know babies don't know how to be good yisteners? , and Did you know that sometimes babies cry for no reason? , and did you know that Micah is going to me my yittle brother and I'm going to be the big brother?" So I feel like as much as his almost 3 year old brain can comprehend he is understanding a little about a baby. Mason loves to play animals ALL OF THE TIME...to play animals you pretend you are animals, he tells you what to say and how to say it and there is usually always a baby and a mommy or daddy or now a big brother character. He loves to have you pretend you are the baby animal and make it cry while the older animal brings something to comfort the little baby...could be a toy, food or a blanket. If I ever don't stop crying when he brings his "fix" Mason gets pretty nervous as if his brain is saying..."OH NO, Now what...I've given this baby what I think it should need to make it happy and its still crying"...then he proceeds to forcefully re-give the baby animal the fixes all over again...I really want to remember to keep an eye on my little helper once Micah gets here...I'm pretty sure hes going to want to "help out" and there might be times when he goes a little over the top!
Me and Mason...hes enjoying his cupcake after a battle of us telling him he had to eat some of his lunch...finally at like 3:00 he ate his lunch so he could get his cupcake...hes pretty stubborn, we are hoping that his stubbornness will be great as he gets older, as long as we can help him choose the good things he should be stubborn about!
YUMMY, YUMMY Cupcakes! Mason is really getting excited about Micah and so are we! He says hes going to teach him everything! And he will randomly tell me things like..."Mommy did you know babies don't know how to be good yisteners? , and Did you know that sometimes babies cry for no reason? , and did you know that Micah is going to me my yittle brother and I'm going to be the big brother?" So I feel like as much as his almost 3 year old brain can comprehend he is understanding a little about a baby. Mason loves to play animals ALL OF THE TIME...to play animals you pretend you are animals, he tells you what to say and how to say it and there is usually always a baby and a mommy or daddy or now a big brother character. He loves to have you pretend you are the baby animal and make it cry while the older animal brings something to comfort the little baby...could be a toy, food or a blanket. If I ever don't stop crying when he brings his "fix" Mason gets pretty nervous as if his brain is saying..."OH NO, Now what...I've given this baby what I think it should need to make it happy and its still crying"...then he proceeds to forcefully re-give the baby animal the fixes all over again...I really want to remember to keep an eye on my little helper once Micah gets here...I'm pretty sure hes going to want to "help out" and there might be times when he goes a little over the top! 
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