Little and Big things....

Well..... today was a great day. I had my first Dr's apt..... of this pregnancy :) Yes, you read that right. We are adding another angel to our clan in September! September 24th is my due date. And just take a wild guess at how old Callie will be when this little sweet one is born... wait for it.... :) yes 15 months old. That's right yall, four babies ALL 15 months apart. Wow we really like to be crazy busy. :) We are so excited and praying for a healthy pregnancy. So far, so good. I feel great. Tired at night after the kids are in bed but good. Only slightly nautas. I'm only 5.5 weeks so give me another week or so and we will see how I feel then. :)
So, since we are having another baby selling our house has become a top priority. We were planning on putting it on the market this year, but now, we are putting it on the market in like a month:) Which is slightly stressful, there is lots to do. But I'm praying for patience and excitement because this is an exciting time as well. I can not wait to have four bedrooms!!!
Henry is so sweet. He really understands that we are going to have a baby and talks about the "baby Henry" in my belly. That's what he says he wants a baby Henry :) I told him we would just have to see! Today for his nap as I was putting him down he said "I need to see that baby in your belly" and then lifted my shirt up. He said "nite baby" and then laid down. Tonight before bed he rubbed my belly and said "night baby" :) He melts my heart!!
And speaking of melting my heart... could I be more eaten up with this sweet seven month old baby girl!?

And this 22 month old little stinker???

"whatcha lookin at?"

She likes this position, she squats down a lot

Love my girls! And my boy although taking pictures of Him is so much harder!!

28 short years

Wow, how has 28 years gone by??? I feel like life is in warp speed right now, but only because it's oh so good!! I have had a wonderful birthday full of blessings!! Below are a few photos of today. On my actual birthday (22nd) Kyle and I spent a wonderful night alone together (thanks so much Bobby and Sue!) It was so much fun. We did some shopping, ate a peacefully long dinner, and went to a movie. It really was wonderful!! And then we celebrated with my family tonight with dinner out and then cake, gifts and fun. :) It was a great time!! And then tomorrow we celebrate with Kyles family, lots of fun birthday festivities!

This is sweet Annabell, my mom's new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy. She is adorable and oh so sweet! Mom and I
My sweet man, he was sooo tired!

Day to day

Our day's have been busy busy! I have started running at the gym at church twice a week and two days in I feel great! The kids enjoy having yet another playroom to go to and play and I enjoy getting fit plus and hour of mommy time;)

Look at this adorable headband and bow!!! Oh my how I love them!! I got a headband in white, light pink(already had hot pink) and brown. A sweet friend of mine, Sarah, makes them along with cute tutu's to fund her adoption in China. They are adopting a special needs baby girl and are using their talents to raise money. If your interested her link is to the right on my page under Tutu's for Emma Grace.

Sweet man, he is a pro at taking care of babies!! He's going to be such a good daddy one day. (I'm pretty sure at this moment Lily was in his room playing with his tool bench :)

These next two pictures are Henry's pictures. He really loves taking pictures and does a pretty good job, look at how centered we both are:)

Daddy and his man

And yay for Callie Joy!! She just stared picking up things with her pincher fingers. And she had figured out the whole "chewing " thing! So puffs are her new favorite snack!

Happy 3rd Birthday Henry James

Wow, 3.... really? No one could have ever prepared me for how fast time flies once you have children. I heard it and heard it but now I understand. My happy, easy, chubby baby boy is most definitely not a baby anymore. Wow. He is a tall, friendly, chatty, sweet sweet, energetic "big boy"..... and really I'm just not ready. I have enjoyed every moment of his sweet life on this earth, and I am embracing this new stage. But if I could I think I'd keep him little for just a while longer :) But he is growing and oh how I have loved watching and getting to be his mama. I know I love him and I'm a bit bias but can I just tell you this boy has the sweetest spirit! He truly cares about people and their feelings. He really just wants to please and be helpful.

He is just so darn grown up acting. He is imagining things and playing with his toys now. I love it! Imaginative play is so fun for him and it's great he's at the point where he does it. He loves Thomas The Train, well anything to do with trains. He loves to "read", and can recite pretty much word for word a few of his books (the ones we read a lot) He likes to sing and dance. He also loves Toy Story and any kind of motor vehicles (esp trucks and planes) He is still a runner, climber, hopper, you name it he does it! Here are some of the things that he says all the time the crack me up
"I gotchu I gotchu girl" when holding his sisters
I love you .. (mama, daddy, We (lily) , baby callie)as he hugs you
Mama don't talk (not nice but so funny, I have to turn my head and smile before I correct him)
What are you doing?
I can't find it.... mama you find it
I'm awake! (from inside his room every morning)
You are a princess (when Lily or I have a dress on lol )
We're not going home (he hates to go home during the say when we are out)
It's going to be OK ( always the one to comfort)
Good job (fill in the blank) he is also an encourager! lol

I could write a book about my boy and how much I love him but that still would do. There is no way to communicate the love I have for my babies. So I will leave it at that! I love him, what a gift he is to this family!!

We celebrated his birthday three days in a row. On his actual birthday we took cupcakes to our play date and then that night we blew out more candles after our dinner. Then we ate Mexican the next night (yum!) and they sang to him in Spanish lol and then we had his family party the next day. I think he was getting use to having cake and candles every night!!

It isn't a birthday cake if you don't get to lick your candles!

Mouth full???

Playing with his drill, lol he likes tools too

Opening his Woody and Buss Light year, he loves these two figures!

Lily liked his party too, I'm sure she thought they toys were for her too!

Fun book that has all kinds of vehicles and the sounds they make. He always wants to take this in the car but then pushes the siren button all the time and I am constantly thinking that a police if getting me... no more book in the car!!

Lily likes the workbench too!

This is what the girls thought of his cupcakes!

Happy birthday Henry! We love you!

How much CAN you pack into three weeks?

Wow we sure pack a punch into three weeks around here :) Between Christmas festivities, new years, birthdays and such we have been on the go a lot around here! So many pictures so little time. Here are some from this past week...

Callie is growing up so fast! She is almost totally on a bottle now and it getting so strong. As you can see she has almost mastered sitting up by herself. I think she loves her new abilities:)

Henry us totally in the in between stage of napping. He will still take a two-three hour nap if I put him down. But if he takes a nap (even really short) he is awake in his room until ten. :( So I've gone back in forth about him not taking one (and just having quiet time) . Only by five he is soooo tired. He is pretty good if he's on the move but the minute you strap him into the car he is out. He went with Kyle to pick up dinner and by the time they got home he was out. So out that even when Kyle brought him into the house and set him down he wouldn't budge!

Miss Callie loves her daddy :) She is such a serious little baby !! She smiles so sweet and is so laid back but also very serious a lot of the time. She always looks like she thinking hard about things when she looks a you. haha

Little miss priss.... so funny.

Kyle walked into the living room and these two were sharing a seat. They really do love each other:)

Sweet Henry using his monkey blanket his uncle Matt got for him. He says he's "freezing" when he gets out of the shower. lol he likes to cuddle up in something asap!

Lily experienced her first bubble bath, it was a hit:)

And here she is playing with her new kitchen. Henry and Lily both love this thing. Actually they both love each others new toys , so that makes for lots of new toys to play with.