Fun Trips and Bigger Belly!

We were able to make a trip to Savoy/Champaign to see Anna and David last weekend. We had a wonderful time and Keely is already asking when she can play with Uncle David again! :) Anna treated us to some great meals, and believe me I am always thankful when someone else cooks! We also got to go to Bloomington on Saturday and visit some friends, so that was fun too.


The time seems to be flying by. Justin and I had our first prenatal class last weekend and have another this Saturday. I think Justin has a new appreciation for exactly what is going to happen when these two little ones come. (out of me) We have quite a few things done in preperation, but need to get the room together. We are hopefully picking out carpet this weekend and then Justin will get started painting the room! I am 25 weeks now, here is an updated pic!

My Belly Grows!!!

Ok, so I have been very shy about sharing belly pics and have only taken them at the request of Justin. I finally feel like my bump looks like a baby bump and not like I just ate too much for lunch, so I thought I would share. We are getting so excited. We got one of the cribs my parents bought us and Justin is going to lock himself in the room and put it together tomorrow. (Right honey!!!!!) My next appointment is February 1st, and hopefully we will have another ultrasound a week or so after that. It is so fun to see them moving around. TheMurphettes are very busy already, kicking each other and doing back flips. This is a good thing, because they only have a short time until it will be way to cramped for them to move around much. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

More Pics from New Years

Anna, David and Justin on the slopes

Justin and I on the way to go sledding.

A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

What a wonderful holiday! We were able to really enjoy some great times with family over the last couple of weeks. We went to Taylorville this year for Christmas. We ate way too much food, enjoyed a night with our friends Matt & Megan, and had a great time with Justin's family. Keely really likes the whole Santa idea and cleaned up on Christmas gifts. She even had her own stocking. We came home for a couple of days after Christmas and then headed north. We were able to take my grandparents in to Rockford to my Aunt's before they left for AZ. It was great to see everyone, and we had quite the road trip. :) We then returned to Galena to spend New Years with my mom, dad, sister, and David at the farm. Justin took Gold Medal in the sledding competition, David was a close Silver. (We won't mention that my mom was the judge and Justin mentioned to her that he was giving her 2 grandchildren) After the warm-up, everyone headed to the slopes for some skiing and snowboarding at Chesnut. I kept a watchful eye and enjoyed some hot chocolate in the lodge. I was relieved that no emergency room trips were needed. My parents were very impressive, I was just worried my mom would think she was Picabo. We wrapped up our travels in Galesburg on New Years Day to watch Illinois play in the bowl game. Not the outcome we wanted, but a great year after some horrible seasons. As we settle in back home, we are busy getting ready for the babies and working on some projects around the house. We were able to go see Wicked at the Fox last week. Justin got us the tickets as an anniversary present. It was a great show! Hope everyone is doing well!

P.S. Keely is anxiously awaiting the arrival of possibly 7 brothers and sisters this week. Her mom Lilly is due on Saturday!

Keely with her new coat! Our little girl gets quite cold in the snow!

Picture of my grandparents barn with the beautiful snow!

And keep snowing!

Keely enjoys some more running around in the snow!

Keely takes a nap in between outings.

Keely points to where Justin needs to shovel, or at the snow ball.


Keely thinks she is Air Jordan, going for the snow ball.

Let It Snow!

We woke up this morning to a beautiful snow. This is Keely's first, so regardless of the 6:30am time, Justin and I both got up to see what she would think. Of course we should have known she would love it and think it was a yummy snack! I wanted to get a pic of our Christmas Tree up and a few of her enjoying the snow. More to come!

She acts like she would never touch the tree, ha ha!

She wanted to bring some in with her.

Do I have to come in mom?