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Trip to Kansas

We had the opportunity to visit Tobias' family in Kansas a couple of weeks ago and had a blast. James is a true farm boy!Hard to tell from this picture, but James is on the 4-wheeler with Aunt Crystal helping herd a 2,000+ lb bull into the corral. James is fearless (notice how far away I am taking the picture)!




James also helped fix fence with Grandpa. James learned about electric fences and how to test to see if a fence is 'live.'When he wasn't out working on the farm, James had plenty of time for some cuddle time!

Uncle Josh found a creative (and tasty) way for James to learn to spell his name.

Uncle Josh, James, and Hank on the 4-wheeler.

James and Uncle Josh taking a break on the fence.

Mommy and Daddy even rode the 4-wheeler.





One of the most exciting parts of the trip was sharing the gender of our new baby with Tobias' family. We had just found out a couple of days before the trip and asked Teri, who is just a couple of months from graduating from culinary school to do a gender reveal cake.

The idea behind a gender reveal cake is that no one (except the baker) knows if the baby is a boy or a girl. Everyone finds out after the cake is cut since the outside is gender neutral. We didn't expect Teri to go all out on this cake - but it was as tasty as it was beautiful!
It's a boy! That's a blue velvet cake with cream cheese icing for the top and bottom cakes and a vanilla cake with blue icing for the middle cake.

The baby is growing... and so am I! So excited to be a mom of boys and Tobias couldn't be more thrilled.
Back home, James is busy helping us prepare for his baby brother. Here he has put Bear Bear in a onesie and is burping him. Best big brother ever!

Comments

Debby said…
congratulations again! so excited for you and I'm sure James is glad to be having a sports buddy. He sure is growing fast and looks like he's learning to be pretty handy.

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