A few more pics of our new son, Eli Joseph.

Gabby is a very happy and proud big sister.

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Eli Joseph Benezette. He was born on Tuesday the 11th at 9:22am. He weighed 9lbs 8oz, and was a little over 20 inches long. Even though he was so big, the labor went quickly, and Bethany and Eli are both doing great. Thanks for lifting us up before the Father!

Well . . . I'm getting induced tomorrow, so I thought that I would post one more pic of the huge belly. We'll let you know the news as soon as this little one get s here!!

Here are some pictures of the fat belly, I am 40 weeks now and will be induced on Tuesday the 11th if nothing happens before then . . . I am sooooo ready to meet this little guy. Thanks for all your love and support during these last few weeks!!

Happy Fourth of July!! Gabby loves fireworks . . . she has so much fun doing the sparklers all by herself. Hope you all have a good Holiday (if you are in the U.S. and actually celebrate it) By the way, the picture below is the a baby chick, not duck . . . I realized that when I looked a little closer.

I thought that this was a cute picture of Papa and Gabby playing with a duckling that one our friends had brought over to show her. She had so much fun with them (there were a few ducklings and a few chicks). Some other news . . . I am only 5 days away from my due date!! I have a Dr. appointment today (July 3rd) at 2:30pm, I am pretty sure that my Doc wants to set a date to induce me then . . . I can't wait to meet this little one!

We had a fun trip to the St. Louis zoo a couple of weeks ago, Gabby had a really great time in the petting zoo. We all had fun, and it was good exercise all that walking around! I am due in 2 and half weeks now . . . we can't wait to meet him.

Gabs got into a fight with a coffee table and it looks like the coffee table won! No stitches, just nice slit that a butterfly bandaid could fix.

Gabby loves her Dora big girl panties that we bought for her!! This afternoon she went outside and went bug hunting in them . . . what a goof! She is such a character.

One more fountain picture . . . our little bikini girl, what a cutie =+)!!

There were these really cool fountains that the kids could play in (and the adults if you really wanted to) . . . Gabby had fun cooling off and running with the other kids.

Gabby posing by herself in Moroco =+) . . . she had a blast. We all had so much fun

This is Gabby and one of our good friends, Kevin Carter, in the Japanese garden, while we were walking through Japan =+).

One of the best parts of Epcot are the parts of the world that you walk through . . . they have buildings constructed from about seven countries (each country is about the size of a city block), you can walk through and they have little shops with knick knacks from those countries as well as food. This picture is in front of a fountain in the Moroco set up.

We spent the day at Epcot down here in Florida, we had a great time, but by the end of the day we were pretty worn out and sun burned . . . well worth it though!!

This picture and the three below are from our time at The Mall of America, we had a really great time!! Gabby had fun on the rides in the theme park in the middle of the mall. We had a fun dinner at a little tropical tiki hut type place in the mall . . . it was really cute. The picture above is of Gabs and Daddy on her first ever roller costar ride. We really had a great time as a family. The reason that we were in Minneapolis was to attend a conference there, that went very well too.

We chilled in Omaha for a day, we walked around and ate lunch at a great Mongolian BBQ place . . .Yummy!! We also went to the zoo there the day before, but we forgot our camera =+( bummer huh!

Gabby got her first profesional hair cut while we were in Nebraska, she looks so cute with her new cut!

We just got back from a trip to Fremont, Nebraska and then Minneapolis, Minnesota. We had areally great time. In Nebraska we visited with some of our old friends from college, it was a great time of fun and laughter!

Our little sweetie, we think she gets cuter by the day!! She is so much fun.

Easter Sunday, dressed to impress =+) . . . hope you all had a blessed Easter, we had a great time!

Well, this is the fat belly =+) . . . as you can read, I am 29 weeks now, only 11 more to go. Time has really flown by with this pregnancy, I guess becuase we have been so busy! We can't wait to meet this little one!!

Gabby and Daddy . . . they always have a blast together. It is finally starting to warm up here in Missouri, yesterday it got up to 80!! We are stoked that Spring has finally decided to show it's face, though we did have a very mild winter, which was very nice indeed!!

Gabby got some Spring time gardening gear from her papa and nana Benezette, she loves it! She feels very cool indeed! As you can tell on me, the belly is definitely growing, we can't wait to meet this little boy that has been given to us . . . he is a mover and a shaker, that is for sure. I am already looking forward to getting back into regular clothes in thirteen weeks though, prego clothes do get old . . . but I am completely enjoying this time of feeling the life that is inside of me grow.

Our girl looks so grown up here . . . she looks more sophisticated than us (that doesn't take much though). She is so much fun!!

Grandma let Gabby lick the frosting off of her candles . . . she thought that was pretty cool. It was a fun birthday party, Gabs really had a great time, and so did we!!

Gabby got spoiled with lots of fun presents, this one was a Strawberry Shortcake doll that is about half her height, she loves it!

Having lots of fun!!

She loved her decorations and the Dora theme, I can't believe that my baby girl is two!! Where did all the time go? It is crazy how time really flies when you get busy with life. Gabs is getting really excited about the birth of her little brother, she loves to give my belly kisses and she talks about everything that she is going to do with the baby when he gets here.

Gabs eating her cake and ice cream at her party . . . she does not look impressed, but that is just because the party is almost over and she is getting sleepy!!

I thought this was a cute picture of Andy and Gabby, they are both in argile . . . so stylish!! We just celebratedGabby's second birthday, I have never seen her so excited, she had a blast!!

One of Gabby's new favorite things to do is to get "cozy" as she calls it, she covers up with a blanket and asks for a snack and for her juice. She just sits there and watches tv for a while. It is amazing because she actually wants to sit still for a little while.

This a costume that a friend wanted Gabby to try on. The made it at home and their kids have used it. We thought that it was too cute.

Just hanging out doing what our Gabby does best . . . looking cute, well . . . I'm not sure it is what she does best, she does a lot of other things really well too =+)!!

Gabby loves getting rides from her Papa . . . they have so much fun together!

Gabby had so much fun on this stuffed giraffe while we were in New York. She always wanted up on it, she was just a little to short to get on it on her own.

She really had a blast . . . and so did we =+)

Gabby was our little pink marshmallow, she had a blast in the snow. She couldn't get over how cold it was to touch though. We really had fun in New York!

We went to New York the beginning of January. We stayed with our friend Pete, who has a hot tub. Andy really wanted to sit in the hot tub, so he had to shovel the snow to get to tub . . . hence the shoveling in his board shorts and a T-shirt. I still think he's crazy though!!

Andy's parents and sister came up here to Missouri to celebrate the coming in of the new year with us. We had a great time! One of the days we took them to the state park here, the weather was actually really nice for us.

Gabrielle in her Sunday best . . . looking as ready for Christmas as she can. She is our little baby doll!

Gabby had so much fun decorating the Christmas tree with us. We had a blast watching her too.

This is Gabrielle in her new big girl bed that Papa and Grandma Jackson bought for her. She absolutely loves it . . . as you can tell.

On the way from Florida to Missouri we stopped in Alabama to visit with some friends. While we were there we went to a live walk through Nativity, Gabby enjoyed it so much. It was also the first time since she was less than a year old that she experienced the cold, it was about 32 degrees. She did well though.