Its been a while!!!

For those of you who have been waiting for an update sorry it has taken so long.
To catch you up on a little bit of everything!!!
Joel finished his softball season with 2 tournaments. One in Battle creek, Mi and the other, the world series of Nazarene Softball, in Cincinnati, OH. He had a great time at both hanging out with the guys and playing ball! After the Battle creek tournament there was talk amongst the guys about how well Joel did. At church I found out that he was 20 for 22 at the plate!!! Thats my man!
Volleyball is now in full swing for me. The month of September will be extremely busy. All most of all of our games are away. But we are having fun and the girls are really working hard to bring everything together. We aren't perfect, but the girls have great dedication and can be really funny! We will be heading to a tournament this Friday in Highland, IN. Its a great experience for the girls to play some really competitive games and see some great teams!!! Plus its just a good time to hang out with the girls.
The little guy, the baby in my belly, is growing steadily! Everything is going fine with no major complications. I am just hungry all the time and tired. I haven't had any really weird cravings. I still really don't want chocolate, but I am enjoying a glass of chocolate milk before bed each night! I still just want fruit, pizza, steak, salad, and soup!
We had a 4-d ultra sound this past Friday. It was pretty neat. We got to see the little guy, but he wouldn't ham it up for the ultrasound. It almost seemed like he was napping bc he didn't move much even when I tried to poke him. He had his hands right above his face and his feet...instead of trying to suck his thumb he went for the toe!!! That was pretty funny! I just think its amazing how his whole body can bend in half like that! Its a good thing he is still mostly cartilage.
We are gaining progress on the house. The upstairs room is textured so now we just have to prime it. I will wait until early next year to figure out colors and pretty stuff like that. Joel is in the middle of opening up the closet door way in the baby's room. This involves him cutting holes in the wall. I think he is having plenty of fun demolishing a perfectly good wall!!! After he frames out the new door way then Jan and I can paint. She already taped out where all the different colors will be, now we just need to get part of the baby bedding and make sure our colors will blend together and not clash. We are going to use the colors from the bathroom and add a green and caramel color. my goal is to only have to buy the green color, so I hope everything else blends!
Well I think that is about it for now! I will try to post a few more times before we actually have this little guy!