Moving Right Along

23 weeks and counting in this pregnancy and we are so excited!  At our last appointment we found out that we are being blessed with a beautiful baby BOY this fall!  We could not be happier!  Neither one of us cared what the gender of our baby turned out to be, we were just happy that the baby is healthy and growing right on schedule.  Thank God!  Now the fun begins!  We have the baby's nursery décor purchased, and have put together his crib and glider rocker, and all we have left to go is his dresser.  While we were excited to reveal our baby's gender, we are not revealing his name.  We decided we wanted to keep something a secret and surprise family and friends when he arrives, so we are keeping his name a secret until he makes his grand entrance!

Life has been pretty busy around here lately.  Between haying and stacking bales, and roping in town and at the ranch we stay busy most nights of the week!  But our summer nights have been absolutely gorgeous here so we can't complain about that.  Our highs have been in the upper 80's with a few days where we hit over 90 degrees.  However here lately we've been in the low 80's for highs which makes for really nice evenings outside.  We love to BBQ so when we find the time (like over the 4th of July) we take full advantage of our Big Green Egg smoker.  Over the 4th we smoked a couple racks of ribs, steaks, and Frenched chicken drummies.  They were absolutely delicious!  My husband is a master BBQ'er and it seems like everything he smokes turns out wonderfully delicious!

We're about a month away from my parents coming for their annual visit and we are so looking forward to their visit!  We have a lot of fun activities planned for this trip (as usual) and we are all ready for a much needed vacation!  I know time will fly when they're here and while that makes me sad it also means we're that much closer to meeting our son!  Before we know it the holidays will be upon us once again...shocking but true!

Here's the latest picture of my baby bump at 23 weeks! 

My chalk lines weren't as dark this time but the weight of the baby is about a pound and the heartbeat is 161 bpm!  :)