Happy Birthday to Rebecca Joy McAlpin!

I want to wish a very happy belated birthday (September 3rd) to my big sister Rebecca! The only family member with a birthday not within a month before or after Christmas! haha. I hope you had a very special day. This year we were actually able to celebrate Becky's birthday with her a few days early! Her and her husband Richard were on their way out to Colorado for vacation and stopped by my parents house on August 27th for dinner, cake, and presents! It was so nice to see her since I hadn't since last November! My mom took some pictures so maybe when my parents get back from Montana I will get some from her and post them! I love you Becky, you are a great sister, and friend to me!
Love,
Kimmy

Luke is going to have a baby sister!

We are having a baby girl! Of course Rob and Luke told me it was a girl all along, but for some reason I thought it was a boy! We are very excited to welcome a little girl to our family!! The funniest part is Luke has been telling me that the baby's name is Julia the whole pregnancy, I don't think we are going with that name, but if we did it would be funny to tell her that her big brother named her someday. He got the name from an Elmo DVD he always watches that Julia Roberts is in! haha.

The waiting is the hardest part.....

Tomorrow is the day we find out if the baby is a boy or girl! Hopefully that can of soda I drink before hand will have the baby showing off for us! We are going to bring Luke, and after we find out the sex we will take Luke to go pick out a new outfit for the baby! I'm excited to find out, although I really don't mind either way what the baby is, a boy would be great fun for Luke since he would have a little bro to go through life with, and it would save money! A little girl would be awesome as well to have, and experience having a girl, Luke could look out for her growing up! Well hopefully they will be able to tell the gender, and I will let everyone know!
-Kimberly

p.s. Rob's guess Girl, Kimmy's guess Boy!

Grandma Kay- Guesses Boy / Aunt Melissa, Grandpa Steve, Grandma Mindy, most of my co-workers, guess girl!
All others have no idea! haha

Big Boy Bed!

Luke finally got a big boy bed! A couple of Saturday's ago we went to the sale at Lebeda and purchased Luke a new big boy bed! He is so excited, because now he is just like his cousin Coco! We took him to Walmart to pick out his sheets and comforter and he picked out a Handy Manny bed set! He was so excited! He napped in it right away and two nights later he slept all night, now he has been sleeping every night in his big boy bed! He loves his bed, and now that he is potty trained and out of his crib, he is all set to become a big brother! Here are some pics of him enjoying his new bed!

greetings out there in blog land!

Just wanted to post an entry about some of the stuff going on here lately. I had a Dr.'s apt on Thursday where they told me that I will come back on September 1st to have my ultrasound to find out if Baby Oakley is a boy or a girl! I can't wait to find out! I thought it might be fun if I had a poll on here for people to guess what they think it is! Yesterday we finally took Luke to the Children's Discovery Museum! He loved it so much he didn't want to leave! It was a nice activity to do while it was so hot outside! We are not much for hot weather in this family! Of course I forgot to bring my camera to the museum! Hopefully I will have photos to post next time!
-Kimberly

What a boring blog!

A big thank you to the guys around the truck! Jeff Oakley, Jeff Miller, Grandpa Bob, and of course my hubby! These were some tired men!
Rob, John, and Adam ripping off the roof! Thanks guys!
Luke caught liking the beater after I made my famous party potatoes!
Me and the beautiful bride Jamie!!! Who married Dave in May!
Awesome friends from State Farm days Becky, Michele, Jamie, me, Lynn, and Amye!
Luke,Mommy, Coco (ellen), and Aunt Mo at Dora Live!
Luke after buzz cut!
Luke in his pool!
Ice cream boy before buzz cut!
Group picture of all the family that came to see Elaine and Brandon!
Hey all!
I realize my blog has been sorely lacking lately! I haven't had very much to post about for some reason! We have just been enjoying summer, relaxing, taking walks, going to the park, and playing in Luke's little pool! Luke has been changing so much! He has gone from a curly headed baby to a buzz cut little boy! We took him to Lee's barber shop at the end of June for a buzz cut just like daddy's! He cried during the whole thing, but was sure a proud boy after. He felt his hair all day long and would say "Hair cut, just like daddy's!". It was so cute! He is talking more than ever saying some of the funniest things ever. He is getting really geared up to be a big brother in January! If we want to go waaay back this summer, we put a new roof on the house at the end of May, early June. Boy, that project took on a life of it's own! After tearing up about 4 layers of roof, and laying down all those shingles all of the men were sure tired! I want to give a big thanks to all that helped! Rob's sister Elaine and brother in law Brandon also visited in late May, we had a lot of fun seeing them, so did Luke! Last weekend we took Luke to the Zoo for the first time, finally! Which he loved! I will post pictures of that sometime soon! I hope I will be able to keep up on the blog better in the future!!

And baby makes 4!!

We are so excited to finally be able to announce that Luke will be a big brother in January!