It's all happening so fast!

Well, we are over halfway through this pregnancy and I figured it was time that I start sending some pictures and sharing this experience! I am currently almost 26 weeks along. In the past four weeks I have finally started to really show and I started to feel the baby move! Oh, and by the way in case you didn't know, we are a having a boy! We are absolutely thrilled! Boys are not rare in the Collins family, but they sure are in the Harper family! He will be the first boy since my dad and my uncle! (5 granddaughters and 1 great-granddaughter!) Crazy, huh? Jared and I have kept pretty busy through this pregnancy. We both work full time, help in the youth group at church, and up until a couple of weeks ago I was coaching high school varsity volleyball! I actually ran a 5k a couple of weeks ago. I didn't do too bad! (I've stayed pretty active.) Some days are very tiring and yet I'm kind of glad it is going by fast - I'm ready to meet this boy! I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas break as we start getting the house ready for our new arrival in February. Just today Jared started rearranging, relocating, and eliminating things in the bedrooms. Soon we will be painting. It seems that the closer we get, the longer the list of "needs to be done before the baby" gets! Oh well, it's worth it! Sorry the page is a little skimpy. I will add more pictures soon!