HELLO BABY GIRL!

On December 31st, 2011, we found out (along with surprising Grandma and Grandpa Martin by allowing them to join us for a 3D ultrasound) that we are indeed having a BABY GIRL!!!

JUNE RACHEL DAWN LIESCH is expected May-ish 2012, which makes me 25.5 weeks long, and loving every minute of it. The Grandma's are busy buying clothes... I believe June already has more clothing than her brother, and she isn't even out of the womb yet! She even has FOUR WINTER COATS for next year. That's more than mommie and daddie combined... it has begun!

Here's a pic of her beautiful (yet still slightly alien-like) mug...

yes it looks like she has a mustache, but I assure you, its just some weird tissue/fluid/amniotic stuff!

And here is me (aka mama!) at 22 weeks in the snow! She was apparently the size of a papaya at the time. She's growing beautifully (and LOVESSSSSSSS to move and shake and dance and grove and poke and jump and bump and jiggle) inside my belly!

And now onto the life and times of Mr. Jacob Ray...

Our days are getting busier to say the least! Today alone, he crawled, pulled a tray off the coffee table onto himself, pooped in the bath tub, winked at his mama, napped REALLY well, and went to bed without an inch of fussing. HE my friends and family, is BEYOND AWESOME. He brings such JOY... its even more than joy- I can't describe it. Every night that I put him to bed, I can't help but glorify God- I am SO THANKFUL that I (little old me), get to be HIS mom. What a privilege!

Here he is 'winking' at mom...

And at times he can be oh so serious...

Especially when mom pulls him around in the toboggan (or when you don't have a toboggan, you improvise with a box from Costco!)...

His FAVORITE 'TREAT' is apples... and he is PASSIONATE about them... here's the proof!


He also loves a little song Grandma Pat taught him and now he does it all by himself...

Needless to say, life is AWESOME. This year we have SO MUCH to look forward to. Koby and I are pumped for what God is doing in and through our church and are so thankful for the opportunity to get to work for the Kingdom as a 'day job'... its so much more than that! Such a blessing. We're looking forward to celebrating Nana's 60th Birthday, and a visit from Grandma Pat (who Jacob now calls 'Ga-Ga' when he sees my phone), and of course, the big boy is turning ONE in less than 2 months (Yes I can say that without crying... but don't talk to me about it for too long!), and we have been busy getting our June Bug's room ready for her... the PRINCESS IS COMING!!!









All our love to our family and friends!!!

-us 4 Liesch's xoxo