INTRODUCING BABY ELLIE!!

Eliza Claire von Goertz
November 9, 2010

5:58 pm

6 lbs. 15 oz.

I am SO happy and proud to announce that our new niece was born yesterday!! We are in love and could not be prouder family members! Now we just can't wait to get to Pennsylvania and meet her! Everything went perfectly!

Congratulations to Paul, Missy, and big sister Emma!

We'll see you in December!!

More Halloween Fun!

We are still trying to get things together after last weekend, however our next busy one is just about to start! We had a great Halloween with cousins and got to experience the Fun Festival at Adam and Julie's church. Caroline has definitely gotten her share of pumpkins, games, petting zoos, and CANDY this season! This was no exception! Caroline still did not wear her Minnie Mouse ears, but she did participate in games and got to see MORE ducks! We also played on the playground for quite a while and she enjoyed watching her cousins do all of the BIG kid things.

We ended the evening with getting to see the newest addition to the Lastovica family! Cute little Keegan Elizabeth arrived on the 29th!! She was so snuggly and had a full head of hair! Caroline can't wait to be best friends!!

Drumroll please...

And as you can see...

WE ARE HAVING A BABY BOY!!!

Josh, Caroline and I celebrated our new addition at the Cheesecake Factory on Friday night. We wanted to make finding out the gender a special time and we couldn't think of a better place than here! 2 years ago on the same Friday night (then it was Halloween night), we found out we were pregnant with Caroline and celebrated at the same spot. We opened the envelope and were actually both shocked to find out that we will be parents to a son!

It was a little past someone's bedtime so we got our cheesecakes to go and headed home! Caroline and I had gotten some surprises for Josh and a Big Sister Book for Caroline. We had pink and blue bags with some special presents depending on what the envelope read. After Caroline headed to bed, we celebrated by eating our cheesecake and toasting with sparkling apple cider! This little guy is already so special and we could not be more excited!!

It will be interesting learning all things BOY! I have heard many stories already about the differences and the one I'm most scared about it getting pee'd on nearly every day! The joys of parenthood! :)

Have we changed from 2 years ago?

IT'S A ...

Okay Okay... so I guess if I have to wait, then so does everyone else! :) Any guesses from the picture? We had our 20 week doctor's appointment this morning and had the anatomy sonogram. The ultrasound technician could tell if we are having a boy or girl!! However, we have decided to wait until tonight at dinner to open the envelope and find out as a family... so not much longer!! Above is the first picture of our little family of 4.

I am SO blessed!

We'll keep you posted!

my little pumpkin!

Several weeks ago we headed to a pumpkin patch with the Mom's group! We had such a great time and Caroline had so much fun running through all of the pumpkins. They opened it up to just us and played games, read stories, and told all about pumpkins. While Caroline preferred just exploring on her own, it was really neat to see all of the kids engaged.

The weather has just been so beautiful that Caroline and I made it out to the Arboretum. We loved exploring all of the pumpkin displays and even enjoyed a petting zoo. I think Grami and Pop Pop are going to have to get another goat someday soon!! :) I seemed to forget the battery to my camera (surprise surprise!) so I only got several pictures snapped with my phone. However we had a great time!

3 YEARS!!

Wow... I'm a little behind with our happenings lately, but not too long ago, Josh and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary! And again, I've got to say WOW! So much has happened in those 3 years and it really feels like our lives have started! Since getting married, we have bought a house, had one child, and are on our way to having another!! It has been an incredible journey and God could not have given me a more perfect person to share these special times with. I absolutely love my husband and we are a great team! Josh was able to join us in Pennsylvania on the night of our actual anniversary. The day started off with the door bell ringing and a BEAUTIFUL bouquet of 3 dozen roses were delivered!! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to bring these home, but they sure made me smile every time I walked by them! They made me more excited because I knew that Josh was coming in that night!

The next night Josh and I were able to leave Caroline with my sister and go out for a nice seafood dinner! We experienced a wonderful little restaurant in Hershey and enjoyed every minute of it!

That Friday we had even more time to spend together! We left Caroline with my sister and Emma while we headed down to explore Washington DC. Paul was gracious enough to leave us his car and we left that morning. I had never been and Josh had only gone once. Although it was a quick day trip, it was so neat to experience!! I'm definitely ready to go back! It was a geat trip, however the GPS took us a home a completely different way and it took us 3 1/2 hours. Oh well... the memories!

Cousin Time!

We were SO lucky to get to go to Pennsylvania for 10 days to visit my sister and her family. Grami came too and we had such a wonderful time! Our time was filled with activities!! My niece Emma turned 2 and we celebrated her birthday... took several trips to Chocolate World... accompanied Emma to dance class and Kindermusik... went to Hershey Park where Caroline rode her first amusement park ride... picked out pumpkins at an orchard... and just had lots of cousin PLAY time!! Here is our time summed up in pictures...