Our Growing Family

These are just a few of the amazing photos from our maternity photo shoot with our friend Lauren.  I'm so glad we captured these moments as our family grows.

We love you and can't wait to meet you Drew!

October Outings

 Some of my favorites from our annual trip to the pumpkin patch...

Sissy helping Jack at the CMP Fall Festival.

Pumpkin Carving!

Happy Halloween
from Barbie and the construction worker!

The Fun in Between

 For the sake of time, here are some true "Hege Highlights" from the past few months...

Leslie met her nursing school study group in Wilmington
for an A-team reunion weekend.  She and Amy were both prego!

Jack graduated to a big boy booster seat like Sissy!

Aunt Leslie getting some Cam time!

Of course there were Tar Heel tailgates!

Last trip to the pool!

Jack was loving all the construction going on
around the neighborhood.

Anna was so excited to get her 1st grade Bible!

Anna ran 44 laps at this year's Boosterthon Fun Run
for her school.

My two college besties and I were all pregnant at the same time--
Michelle with her second and Melissa and I with our thirds!

Mommy got to go on the 1st grade field trip to Lazy 5 Ranch.

Sleepover with the Three Musketeers: Audrey, Anna, and Ellen.

At the end-of-season soccer party,
Anna got the award for Best Stopper.

Anna with Coach Daddy and Coach Adam

More construction equipment for Jack to play on!

The fall wouldn't be complete without a trip to
the Dixie Classic Fair!

Jack's favorite part of the fair--the tractors!

Jeffro and Nellie came up to celebrate her 4th birthday with us!

Jack's friend Maddie turned four, too!

Jack getting a little bottle practice in with Baby Cam.

Will and Pops traveled to watch UNC play
at Notre Dame. Will got to see his good college
friends Jay and Moriarty at the game.

Gramps and Papa's Special Gifts

Mimi and Papa came up the weekend after Anna's birthday and had a special surprise for her.  It was quite large and when she took it out of the bag, her emotional (and hormonal) mama started bawling.  See, my Gramps that lived with us growing up had made trophy shelves for my siblings and me when we were old enough to need one.  We each had ours hanging on the wall in our rooms our entire childhood and by the time we graduated, it could barely hold all the trophies and awards and medals.  Mine is actual hanging on the wall in our garage because I just couldn't stand for it to just be sitting in the basement.  My sweet dad had made Anna her very own trophy shelf!  I know Anna doesn't quite understand what all the fuss is about now, but I hope one day I can explain to her more fully how special that gift was and how it carries on the legacy of another very special man.  We are so blessed to have such amazing men in our family.  We love you Gramps and Papa!!

The Great Wolf Lodge

Will and I had been talking about taking the kids to the Great Wolf Lodge for a while, but wanted to make sure Jack was old enough.  With Baby Drew on the way, we decided we probably needed to go ahead and go before he got here.  We pitched the idea to Anna about doing a birthday trip and she was super excited!!  We left after her soccer game on Saturday morning, got there right after lunch, and were able to enjoy the park until after lunch on Sunday.  We had so much fun!  What a super neat place!!?!  Jack was just an inch shy from being able to do all the "big rides" so I'm sure we'll be back in a year or so.;)

The kids were thrilled with their
bunk bed tent and separate TV!