Boy or Girl???

Well we went for our big ultrasound today and the official news is in!! Everyone is VERY happy, except for Daddy's wallet!!


IT'S A GIRL!!!

Everything else looked good too! That was the main thing Daddy and I were concerned about, but no more concerns!! She is very healthy and was even sucking her thumb!! UH OH!! The kids were very excited to see her and she "waved" at them a bunch!! Now for LOTS of buying!!! =o)

Oh and another exciting thing happened today!!! Braden lost a tooth while we were waiting for our appointment!

Taylor Swift Concert

A couple of weeks ago a few of my friends and I loaded our girls up and took them to the Taylor Swift conert! We had a GREAT time and the girls did too!!

Here are the girls in their new shirts made just for the special night! Kaylee's said "this is my fairytale!"

Us ready for the main event!!

Kaylee from our seats...we had a great view...even though it looks really far away!

Ready for Taylor!! She screamed so much she gave herself a headache!!

Kellie Pickler!! She was AWESOME too!

The song Kaylee waited all night for!! LOVE STORY!!

And what a great ending to a LONG night!! She sang for over 2 hours and ended in rain!!

We had a great time and it was a very special mommy/daughter night for just us!!

Happy Birthday Dale!

33 years ago today God blessed this world with a wonderful man! And I was the lucky woman that gets to spend the rest of my life with him!! I am very fortunate to have such a great, loving, hard working husband. God had an amazing master plan when He crossed our paths 14 years ago.

We are spending the day very relaxed, for now! We woke up to LOTS of snow, so needless to say, we have not left the house yet!! The kids and I fixed pancakes and bacon for him for breakfast then gave him his present of a new pair of tennis shoes. After that and relaxing for a short period of time, we all jumped into a game of Monopoly. They are finishing up the game as I type this because yes, I was the first one out!! Oh well.... Later this evening we are going to a friends house to enjoy some good quality fellowship with some of our closest friends and just do what we love to do....just hang out!

Happy Birthday Daddy!! We LOVE you!!

Us 4!

Here are the pics my sister took of Dale, the kids and I. I absolutely LOVE them and am SO glad we have a photographer in the family now with the baby coming along!! Hard to imagine that these were our last photos taken as a family of 4!

Me and my honey!

Ahhhh!!

Too cute!

I LOVE this one!

If you know Braden you totally LOVE these cuz Emily really captured his "looks"

My babies

These 2 are my favs of them individually...I am having them blown up!!

Absolutely gorgeous!! Look @ those eyes!! Always been her "trademark"

Me and my Momma's boy!

Oh how I love that lil girl!! I literally cried when I saw this one! She is growing up WAY too fast!

Look at those green eyes!!

It's Been A Long Time!

I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted! Life has been CRAZY busy and this pregnant after 30 thing is kicking my booty! Hopefully this week over Spring Break I can get things up to date. We have been very busy with basketball, school, starting baseball and life in general. I will try my best this week to cram all of that in here for you! Meanwhile, my sister and brother-in-law sent me a CD yesterday in the mail and I CAN'T wait to share the pics! They recently started a photography business and over Thanksgiving Emily took some pics of all 4 of our kids at my Aunt's house. They turned out GREAT and I want to share all the ones they sent me!! I will post a few now of our 4 kids and then more later of just my kids and Dale and I, so one post is not forever long. I am sure you will enjoy!! And if you LOVE the pics half as much as I do, you should give my sister a call and let her take some of you!!

Kaylee and her IDOL!

Our 2 oldest beauties!

I LOVE this pic!! Both of my kids absolutely adore Meagan and this reaction is so PRICELESS!

This is more like a typical Braden reaction!!

Such a Braden look!

Precious!!

Our Cutie Patuties!!

No telling what those 2 were up to!!

Santa's Big Present!

Well we have some very exciting, but very shocking news.....we are having a baby! Yes, a baby! Braden asked Santa for a baby brother for Christmas and well....apparently his wish came true! Last week the kids received a letter from Santa that stated that there is a baby in Momma's tummy and although Braden asked for a brother that is up to God! As you can see from the pics, the kids were VERY excited! Kaylee's first response was "where the heck is this thing going to sleep?" and Braden just kept saying "Really??" Then he decided if it was a girl he would just ask for a brother again next year....I think Daddy and I are going to get a better handle on Santa next year!!
Well, even though we are very surprised, we know that God has a plan and He knew this was going to happen all along....just sort of wish he would have clued us in a lil! :) Even though we have alot of plans to change, they will all be worth it in the long run! We all 4 are hoping to enjoy this new arrival to the fullest and look forward to watching our older 2 children grow and learn by loving a new member of our family! I know they both will be great help and will be a GREAT big brother and sister.

Getting the letter from Santa opened

Braden reading very carefully!

Their initial reactions!!
We will see how long the excitement lasts when they have been woke up in the middle of the night by a crying baby!

Kaylee's Birthday Trip!

This year for Kaylee's 9th birthday, she chose to go to Texas and spend the day at the American Girl Boutique and Bistro! The kids and I headed to Texas on Friday and spent some enjoyable time with my sister and her family. On Sunday, Kaylee, Macie, Meagan, Emily, my mom and I went to spend the day at the American Doll store! We started off by letting Kaylee pick out her doll. We figured this would take Kaylee forever to do, but she took all of about 10 minutes! Then we had to pick out Lanie's accessories and a lil furniture for her. After that she was able to get Lanie's ears pierced and Macie got her doll, Julie's, hair done.
After all that my Dad was there to pick up Braden for "man time" and we had a few hours to waste so we went over to the Galleria mall and walked around. At 3:00 we had reservations to eat at the American Girl Bistro. This was a great experience! I have posted some pics below and I will tell more w/ each one.

Braden, Meagan, Kaylee and Macie outside the store

Kaylee and Macie (w/ Julie) standing next to Lanie's display

The CHOICE!!

Kaylee and her new BFF!

Paying for all her new goodies!

Julie getting her hair fixed (they think of everything in this place!)

Lanie after she got her ears pierced!

Doe-Doe and all the kids

Our girls and their girls!

Eating @ the Bistro. This place was absolutely adorable! They have lil chairs for the dolls to sit in!! The girls enjoyed Strawberry smoothies, cheese dip and bread, and pizza!!

Emily and Macie

My girl and I!

Much to Kaylee's dismay, they brought her a muffin and sang to her! (She does NOT like anyone paying attention to her!)

Helping Lanie go down the escalator...too cute!

Sisters!!

Our BEAUTIFUL girls!!

When we came home on Monday, Kaylee's friends Baylee (L) and Kaitlyn (R) had made her a cake and Amber had cooked a special dinner for the birthday girl!!

Her cookie from her party @ school!