New addtion!

So the Reiher family is growing! I am currently 12 1/2 week pregnant! The dr says everything looks really good! The baby is active and the heart beat is very healthy! I am due April 12, 2012! We are very excited and grateful for this blessing! We are also excited that our baby will come just 6 months after Craigs brothers baby! They will be able to play together! We have however decided that we arent going to find out the sex of the baby until its born! Some may say we are crazy but I think it will add to the suspense when it comes time to have the baby! My due date is my father in law Jeff's birthday! So Happy Birthday Grandpa! It has been a rough road for us. With the two miscarriages we were wondering if we were even supposed to have more. But the Lord kept telling us to be patient and we will be rewarded. It has been a scary road with the pregnancy for the simple fact that we didnt want to get attached and have things not work out. But every time we had a test or ultrasound and everything came back good we got more and more excited! Now that we are passed the "danger zone" so to speak we are beyond excited! We are looking forward to all of the fun and challenging things this pregnancy will bring! I have been sick a lot but grateful for that because it means the baby is in there and is growing the way it should! I will be sick every day until delivery if it means I get to bring a healthy baby home. People will ask what I think the sex of the baby is..... I think its a girl..... Craig is guessing a boy.... So one is right! hahaha But Elliana wants a girl and Ethan wants a boy! But they both say they are happy to just have a baby in the family! :) I want to thank all of those that have supported me and my family and have been there for good news and bad in the last year! We love you all and are glad you are in our lives!

Strength

Sometimes we feel we are stronger then we really are. I have learned that it is okay to admit defeat. Its okay to ask for help and to admit we arent as strong as we thought. I know sometimes I have a hard time dealing with things in a way that is productive and end up doing things or saying saying things I wouldnt normally do. I thankful for those that realize that and forgive me before I have hurt them. And for those that have no idea I just hope will understand. I make a lot of mistakes and I try very hard not to. But I am grateful for my wonderful friends and family who totally understand! And for the Lord and for the atonement.

Preschool!

I have started my preschool for the 2011-2012 school year. Elliana was very excited to have some friends over while Ethan is at school! I have 3 girls! Ellianas favorite thing to do at school is the hand writing! She can almost write her name! I am very excited and proud of my little girl! She is getting more grown up every day! She loves to sing the songs and talk in circle time! I am very excited and proud of her eagerness to learn! She is going to blow them out of the water come Kindergarten! I love you Elliana!

1st Grade!

Ethan had been in the 1st grade now for a month. He has learned so much and is doing so well! He loves school and loves all the new friends he is making! He loves his teachers too! He is in a special program at school and only has 14 kids in his class right now. He can write letters! I cant believe how big he has gotten. Seems like yesterday he was in my arms for the first time! He is very ready for this point in his life but I am so not ready for him to be ready! Its such a bitter sweet feeling! Pretty soon he is going to be driving and wont need me to do anything at all! But for now I am going to enjoy each day he brings me! I love you Ethan!

Ellianas 1st soccer season is done!

Elliana is done with her first season of soccer! I cant believe how fast it went by! She is disappointed cause its over. She loved it! She is asking for fall soccer too! She doesnt want it to end! She wishes she could just play soccer all the time! I am sure this is a sport she will play for a long time! She says she is going to miss her coach! She was worried what would happen to him now that soccer is over! He assured her that he would be okay and that she would probably see him next season! :) I am so grateful we were able to put her in and that she enjoyed it so much!

Ethan Jeffrey Reiher

Ethan turns 6 today! I cant believe how much he has grown and how fast it has come! He will be starting the 1st grade and is very much looking forward to it. He loves baseball, reading, and Alana. He is a bright boy with a lot of energy! He loves to play outside. He is very kind hearted and good natured. He loves going to church and reading the scriptures. His favorite story is when Nephi and his brothers went to get the plates. Not only is it his birthday but its the day I became a mother. A day I will never forget. I am so grateful that he is my little boy and we are a forever family.

Ethans Hits!

Ethan started practicing coach pitch with Dad this season more in detail! He is getting so good!