It's a...

I am officially a couple of days shy of 20 weeks (which is the half-way point) in this pregnancy. Yeah! This also means that we had our routine ultrasound this past Tuesday in which we could see how the baby is developing and what gender the baby is. We went into the appointment with a strong desire for a girl since we already have 3 boys, but were seeking to trust the Lord with whatever he saw fitting for our family. We truly believe that the Lord is sovereign over all things which includes the make-up of our family! So all that to say...we will be having our fourth boy come June!!! We are excited and truly believe that this little boy will be the perfect addition to our family!! We praise the Lord that he is healthy and growing right on track! Now we have the task of coming up with another name! Any suggestions? We have a couple that we are thinking of but nothing definitive right now.

Rethinking Christmas

We came across this short film from another blog Chris frequents by Justin Taylor. We'd encourage you to take the 10 minutes to watch and consider!

That's Christmas (Short Film) HD from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo.

Further, here are a couple links about. . .yup! You guessed it. . .Santa Claus!

Santa Claus with the Baby in Bethlehem (part 1)

Santa Claus with the Baby in Bethlehem (part 2)

All sewn out!

I feel like all I've been doing for the last two months is sewing, sewing, and more sewing. It's been fun, but amidst all the other happenings of life, it has been a lot. I had two craft shows--one here in Louisville and one in Michigan and many other orders as well. It was very exciting to see all of the inventory I had slowly start to dissipate and make a few bucks in the process. In fact, I made enough to buy myself a KitchenAid stand mixer, which I have wanted for a long time and am so excited to use! I have a few more projects to do for Christmas and then I think I will take a break for a little while. Don't tell the boys, but I am going to be attempting to make them some superhero capes for Christmas. I'll try to post some pictures if they turn out okay. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures from my show here in Louisville. Thanks to all the ladies who purchased things from me!

This first picture is of my dear friend Bonnie who hosted my show in Louisville!

These next two picture are just a few of my products.

Snow Day!!!

This past Monday Chris had school cancelled because we got about an inch of snow! Being from Michigan, this still amazes us, but we don't doubt that the roads out by his school were pretty icy! Of course the boys view any snow as a chance to make a snowman and were just itching to get outside and play. Since the temps were only around 10 degrees or so with the windchill around 0 degrees, Chris and I had no desire to join them! They weren't successful in making a snowman, but had fun nonetheless. Here are a few pics documenting their adventures.

Give Me One Minute

Here is the hip-hop performance of the year (at least in our home) where Chris and the boys show us how it's done. . .or something! These make for precious moments spent as a family during the evening of our first blistery, snow filled day of the 2010 winter. Though my boys are not as polished as, say, Lecrae or Flame (I've put a sample of their music below as well), and our videography is a bit on the fuzzled side, I do thank God for the heart of worship shown here. Enjoy! (feel free to watch closely and listen intently more than once)




Lecrae comes with high accolades from my husband. Here is a sample!

Flame is another Gospel beating hip-hopper. . .he also goes to our church (that's fun!). Enjoy!

a little update...

It has been a month since I have posted anything and a lot has happened in the Rairick home and I promise I have good reasons...

The first and biggest reason is that we are expecting our fourth child come early June. I have easily been the most tired and the most nauseous this time around. I'm sure it has nothing to do with my three other boys! :)

The Louisville Zoo has a Halloween Party on the weekend nights during the month of October. While we don't usually do anything for Halloween, we decided to try this out. We went in mid-October and they had all sorts of characters dressed up throughout the zoo and the kids got a few pieces of candy each. The boys had a great time and even Elliot walked the entire zoo despite the stroller we had brought along. He was really cute! Here's a picture from the night.


Chris had a week off of school for fall break. It was so refreshing to have him home for a week, which was probably one of my worst weeks for nausea. Owen also had outpatient surgery that week from which he has recovered well. Despite the surgery, we were still able to do some fun things that week. We went to the park and took some family pictures. We went to Huber's Orchard and picked pumpkins with my mom who came into town the last part of the week to help with the other boys during Owen's surgery.


My friend Bonnie is hosting a show for me and display/sell some of my homemade products in a couple of weeks. I am hoping to post some pictures of the different products as I get them completed. Needless to say, the tiredness/nausea has effected my sewing as well!

room time

Every day Caeden has room time while I do Owen's lessons and while Elliot naps. This helps to keep Owen focused during school and to give me a rest in the afternoon. Here is what Caeden came up a couple of weeks ago during his room time: