Yeah...so Kayla is busy right now and asked me to update our blog.

CHHEEESSSEEEEE-bbuurrgggaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, quite a bit has happened since our last entry. New Year's has come and gone, and along with it winter break. We are nearing the end of the second trimester at school. So that means we are a tad more than half-way through this school year. My 7th grade grils basketball season is entering the meat of its schedule. So, we'll be playing two and three games a week until the second week of March. Kayla is more than thrilled. Not really. Although, I think she enjoys it more than football season because the games take place indoors. Gwenie loves it, especially the cheerleaders and dancers. The team is 2-2 currently and improving steadily. Off-season conditioning is also in full swing for football, so that keeps me busy as well.

I recently decided to put off student teaching until the fall. This will put me a little behind as far as obtaining an actual teaching job, but it was a necessary decision. However, I was still able to continue with the program at Indiana Wesleyan and finish my remaining classes. (No more Saturday classes!!) After my online class this semester, I'll only have my student teaching and at least one online methods class to take. Almost done! I'm also now back at my old post as the detention teacher at West Vigo. No more cleaning carpet until summer.

Gwenie is growing older and learning new things everyday. The other night during some atypical winter thunderstorms, she pointed to the window at the lightning and said, "Daddy, the monsters are coming!" I had to reassure her that her Daddy would take care of any monsters that tried to get in our house. It seems as if she has a new word or phrase or new talent to show off everytime I come home from work or practice. I'm sure most of this has to do with hanging out with a three-year-old all day. But her mother is also a great teacher for pre-school aged kids. As I type, they are working on homemade Valentine's Day cards. (Kayla was thrilled to find out I had a basketball game on Valentine's Day this year. I'm now 0 for 4 on Valentine's Days since we've been married or engaged.)

Kayla keeps getting bigger and growing everyday, too. (But in a good way.) As most of you know, she is pregnant with our 2nd child, and we are having a boy. Her due date is in late April, and we can not wait for our new son to join the family! He will be the first boy born with the Garman last name in our family since my brother Kyle was born...20 years ago!

We hope you enjoy some pictures from the past couple of months.

Gwenie is pretending she is one of her baby dolls.

Jared and Gwenie dancing at Kayla and Dave Burke's wedding.

Do you like my pink cowboy boots?

Kayla showing off her hot body. 28 weeks. 12 more to go!

Our First Pictures

Finally I am posting the first pictures of our new baby that will be here in April. I had tried before, but the pictures were blurry. Thankfully my dad got a new scanner for Christmas and I was able to scan them onto their computer. The first picture is pretty good, but in the second his eyes look kind of scary. Don't worry though, you can't see anything in the pictures that shows that he is boy.

Tonight something very unusual has happened that doesn't hardly ever happen. Right now as I am writing this I am the only one in the house still awake. Lately I have been the first one asleep, sometimes even before Gwenie. Anyway, I thoughtthis would be a great time to update our family and friends on what is going on with us.

Last Wednesday Jared, Gwenie, my parents and I went to the doctor for our ultrasound. It was very exciting because we were finding out what sex the baby is, which I had been waiting for since the day I found out that I was pregnant. For all of you that don't already know we are going to have a baby boy sometime in April! And if you know Jared at all you know that he is beyond excited about having a son!

These are just a few pictures of Gwenie and her Holiday spirit.

Before going the Mouse House

Hiding behind the tree

Sitting on Santa's lap

(she was so exciting before we put her down)

Playing in the snow

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

1st Reindeer Sighting

Friday night the Vigo County Library had a live Reindeer for everyone to come and see, so Jared and I took Gwenie thinking that she would cry and not want anything to do with it. To our surprise she liked it. She got to pet it and even got her picture taken with it. It was really neat to see and I was glad that we took her. They also had some other animals there for the kids to see and pet.

They also gave all the kids reindeer noses. Gwenie thinks it's so funny to put it on and even more funny when Jared or I put it on.

For a while now my mom has been wanting to take Gwenie to get her ears pierced, and Jared said he didn't care as long as he didn't have to go pretty much. Anyway, yesterday she finally got it done. Gwenie and I went with my parents and sister to the mall and my mom asked Gwenie if she wanted to get her ears pierced and she said "yeah" so she did. She did really good! Of course she cried, but I don't know if it was because it hurt or not because she started crying as soon as she saw the lady put the gloves on. They are really cute on her, but I think it takes her baby look away even more. It kind of makes me sad to see her growing up.

So much has happened since I last blogged...where do I begin?

As many of you already know Jared and I got quite the surprise a few months ago when we found out that we were going to have another baby in April! We are all really excited and it is so cute to see Gwenie give kisses to the baby in my belly.

Also, football is finally over or at least for a while. They start lifting again pretty soon so it's pretty much all year long, but at least the season is over. Jared is probably disappointed, but I am glad to have him home at night at least for a while anyway. Basketball will start before we know it, but I think we have until January for that. And Jared starts going back to Indy for classes next weekend.

Gwenie is anxiously awaiting Trick or Treating. Not really, but she is really into all the pumkins out. She calls them "BOO's" and gets so excited when she sees one. Some mornings when she wakes up the first thing she says is "where's boo" and then runs around the house looking for all the pumpkins. Yesterday my parents took Gwenie and Gabe to Pumkin Works and my sisters and Jared and I went along too. It was a lot of fun! Jared and I had never been there, and there were a ton more things to do there then I was expecting especially for Gwenie and Gabe. Here are just a few pictures of our day at Pumpkin Works.

It sure has been a while

My goodness have a been a slacker or what!! I can't believe it have been over a month since I have posted anything!

Since last posting school has started and that means back to work babysitting for me and football, football, football for Jared. Gwenie and I try to go to Jared's games when they are at home, so we have been to few already. Gwenie doesn't really pay much attention to the game though she's more interested in eating all her snacks in her bag, but when the marching band comes out she's all ears! She just sits on my lap and watches the whole thing, I guess that's her favorite part about football games :) Jared bought her a football jersey to wears to his games...

she looks so cute!

We made a trip to Fort Wayne over Labor Day weekend and found out that Gwenie knew how to blow bubbles! :)

This is Gwenie and her friend riding a Jeep...it's their favorite part of the day, but it sure does scare me with her driving!