Thanksgiving 2016 ...

A couple weeks ago we celebrated Thanksgiving with the hubs family.  We're on an every other year rotation with Thanksgiving {trying our best to make it fair} so this year we were with my family for the actual holiday. 

Our time up north was spent resting and watching football - Otis and I had the same leg positions going on :)

We took a nice walk down by the marina - which was SO weird to see so empty! There was just one lonely boat left. 

We enjoyed family time - 

Celebrated a birthday ...

and ate some yummy food! 

On Thanksgiving Eve we ventured down to my brother's house.  And what an adventure it was! The roads were horrible - my anxiety set in and Otis was on my lap in the car literally shaking.  Thankfully we made it safe and sound! 

We enjoyed Judah cuddles ...

And Otis enjoyed seeing his brother from another mother ...

So nice to spend some time with these little ladies! 

And this little man who is growing so quickly! 

I must admit too, it's always nice to see my brother as well :) 

And my SIL - we enjoyed some day after Thanksgiving shopping, after sleeping in a little :)

Otis was put to the test with kids ... and I have to say he passed ...

Even throughout the numerous hugs ;)

After feasting on the delicious food we took a family walk, pups and all.

Ava had to bring her accessories - ha! 

It was a great couple days of family and love - we have so much to be thankful for this year! 

Adding to our Webb ...

I've been a little quiet around here - and as my mom, time and time again, informs me I have a LOT to blog about. 

Like this ...

Yup! We're having a BABY!  On Oct 13 - at 11 weeks 1 day, we got to see our sweet baby for the first time!  I might have told the hubs it would probably just be a blob and we might see a flicker of a heart beat .... but oh my golly - we saw a full on BABY! 

Words can't even begin to describe the feels we had when we saw that sight - the baby was moving and grooving and stretching out their little leg.  So so cool to see! 

We got some pictures - and it's safe to say that the hubs was pretty obsessed all night long :)

The next week we made the big announcement on social media - featuring Otis of course! :)  His world is about to be ROCKED! 

And the belly has been growing - which we're documenting weekly.  Here are just few of the pictures ...

We are officially at 15 weeks 4 days right now - and we have our BIG ultrasound next month to find out if it is a Boy or Girl! :)  We are both SO excited to find out what we are having! 

So, that is life lately.  Lots going on, just not enough time to sit down and write it all out :)  

And of course, we can't forget our fur child who has been a champ lately.  He turned TWO last month!  And clearly, he has NO idea what's headed his way! 

Bad Harbor Beach ...

We are trying to soak in as much time with friends this summer as possible ... which means lots of beach nights.  Honestly, we aren't complaining! 

The pup, while he really is a water loving dog!  The water was a bit chilly which, lets be honest, must have felt heavenly to the sweet pup in such hot and humid weather. 

He didn't wait a second and ran into it as soon as we got to the beach.

As we were rock hunting {I found SEVEN petoskey stones}, Frisbee throwing, and enjoying pizza on the beach ... a bald eagle flew over us with his own dinner and landed in a nearby tree.  A beach to ourselves, Lake Michigan, and a bald eagle --- pure bliss right there!

And the pup, while like I said, he just doesn't stop! 

We may have forced him to take a breather or too.  See if you throw a rock into the water he is bound and determined to get said rock.  He'll stick his head under water searching for it, he'll whine, and then he'll start digging and bring a rock back up the beach as far as he can.  It's quite comical! 

But he doesn't stop - at all.  We were noticing him shivering from the cold and decided he needed a little break.  However, wrapping him up seemed to be a little difficult --- pretty sure he knew what we were thinking and he wasn't okay with that idea :) 

So we did wrap him up and held him for a bit to dry him off and warm him up ...

And the pup might have sat there whining to get back in the water the entire time, he is a water loving pup after all! 

And with this gang, I can't blame him for loving being right in the action. 

So he begs and usually gets his way of getting back into the water :)  {He's a spoiled pup after all!}

He fell asleep again on the way home {complete with snoring} and then was given a bath because a water lovin' pup is a sandy pup!   Lets just say he wasn't too thrilled with the bath :) 

We can't wait for our next adventure! 

An evening to remember ...

When you have friends who move back north and LOVE the outdoors - if they ask you if you'd like to go to their super secret place, you don't say no.  And, if you get out of the car and walk up a little bit of a hill and see THIS view, you are SO very happy you didn't say no!

What makes it even better is since it's so super secret - the pups joined us!

I'm pretty sure that this evening taught Otis if Matt and Annie want to take us someplace, you just say YES!

After our little hike we ventured down to the water and let the pups enjoy some freedom ...

And Otis the water dog LOVED the water! 

And we LOVED time with our friends! A win win for everyone!

It was great to find a space to just let Otis run and be free - I can tell he's missing his daily runs in the backyard!  

A couple times there were people who came down - and one group that had dogs so we snatched the leashes on the pup sand just took them for a little walk to distract them.

Then we'd let them run some more when the coast was clear - and boy did they LOVE that! 

Rolling around in the sand ... now that wasn't necessarily part of the plan ;) 

But our little guy swam his heart out the WHOLE night getting braver to go out further and further into the water {no worries, it wasn't that deep!}

And finally when he started shaking from being cold we decided to call it an evening.  This pup cuddled up with his dad and slept the whole ride home {even snoring} until we gave him a bath and he proceeded to pass out once again.

Here's to hoping we can visit this super secret location again this summer!