Precious time with family

Last weekend Abby's brother, Nick, his wife, Erica, and daughter, Leah came out for a visit. They flew in on Thursday night and stayed through Sunday afternoon. We were so blessed by their visit and treasured every second of it! We haven't had that much time with Nick and Erica since Leah has been born since we live so far away so it was so neat to see her in action for 3 days! Leah wil be 11 months old November 1st. She is already walking all over and babbling up a storm, with some of it definitely sounding like "ma-ma" and "ball".

During their visit, the weather was beautiful! Upper 60s and 70s the whole time. We went to the Denver Zoo one day and then went to this huge pumpkin patch/corn maze called Anderson Farms just northwest of Denver another day. We enjoyed our time just at home with them too, watching Leah play with toys, look at books, eat, smile, giggle, and chase her around. She is such a joy...as well as her parents! :) We sure wish we could see them more often! Atleast it was a little easier to say good-bye knowing we'll see them in a month for Thanksgiving.

Leah's all time favorite pose over the weekend! She loved to turn around in her car seat and say "hello" to the front seat passengers before buckling up.

At the zoo. Leah wasn't so sure what to think of those big elephants!

Leah and Erica! This is such a great picture of both of them!

Leah with Aunt Abby and Uncle Paul taking the giraffes in

Not sure what we were looking at here but Leah was trying to get Aunt Abby's attention pointing out something.

Look at this little girl walk! Hand holding is optional...she is really already on automatic pilot with the walking!

At the corn maze. Paul and Nick had fun trying to direct us through the maze with the maps we were given. We were impressed with their navigation skills!

A beautiful fall picture of Colorado.

Leah can't decide if she's more interested in the dirt or the pumpkin

Showing off all the pumpkins she found

Sunday morning before church, Leah was reading the book Aunt Abby and Uncle Paul got her from the zoo. She sure seems to like her books more and more all the time!

It's a girl!!!

Thursday we had our 22 week ultrasound and found out we are having a girl! We really enjoyed the whole day together. Our appointment was in the morning and we had the ultrasound tech write down the gender of the baby on a card and put it in a sealed envelope. We then went out to breakfast and opened it up together. We will forever remember that moment! We enjoyed calling family to let them know the news and also started registering that afternoon...which was a bit overwhelming! Good thing you can do lots of editing online! This will make the 6th grandaughter on Paul's side and the 2nd grandaughter on Abby's side. Paul is beginning to wonder if there will be anymore boys besides his one nephew to carry on the Hovey name! Oh well, we are very excited to be having baby girl Hovey!

Out to breakfast...we had just opened our card and found out!

Proud future Daddy...I think we may be having a daddy's girl on our hands!

Abby 22 weeks

Fall in Colorado

We love this season of crisp, cooler temperatures and the beauty of all the yellow leaves on the Aspens. Just wish it lasted longer! Last weekend, we got a chance to take a drive up into the mountains and take in some of the fall colors. Most of the leaves were already past peak so we were glad we got there when we did.

Abby is now at 21 weeks and we will find out the gender of the baby in one week! We are getting pretty excited and everyone has been making guesses so it will be good to finally know. Baby Hovey is also becoming more and more active, which has fun for us both to feel!

We're looking forward to our upcoming visitors for the month. Abby's brother, Nick, his wife, Erica, and their daughter, Leah are coming out mid-October and Abby's mom is coming out at the end of the month. We can't wait to have some quality time with family!

Abby at 20 weeks. Half way through!