Wordless Wednesday~~~My super heroes!

HE'S A BOY!!!

When we found out that we were having a 3rd, RDC asked if we could please find out with this one. Even though I LOVE not knowing, we decided to go ahead and know. However, we wanted to tell the family in a fun way. I had heard about "gender reveal" parties, and we thought that was a perfect way to tell people. (And besides~~any reason to have a cake is reason enough for me!! :) ) So we went to the doctor on a Tuesday to have the sonogram. And I think we made the sono tech nervous since we did not want to know right away. She was SO worried about saying "he or she" and then making sure we did not see the picture of what it was. :) H
owever, RDC and I could NOT stand it so as soon as we got home for the sonogram~we watched the DVD they gave us!! :)
But we LOVED being the only ones who knew for several days!! :) So then that Sunday, we had the BIG reveal!! We let MWC cut the cake and see. I was nervous because I KNEW she wanted a sister and we knew what was on the inside. She was a little disappointed at first but then we talked about how she is the only girl and when we have a girls night it will be just she and I and we will leave the stinky boys at home. :) And that she will get to be the only princess in the house!! She has made no mention of it since. :) So in February, we will be adding another precious little boy to our family!!

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One of my favorite things about Sunday.....

JDC has been asking "I sleep with you??!?!" when I put him down for a nap. So we decided Sunday was the day we would nap together. And he DOES not forget!! :) He ask each day, "What is today, Mommy? I sleep with you?" So we both look forward to snuggling in together on Sunday afternoons. :)

The summer full of changes and additions...

I know that it is now September and kids have been in school for a few weeks, but I can not ~NOT write about this summer!! It was FULL of changes and surprises!! The day before we left on our fabulous vacation to W@lt Disney, we received and accepted a contract on our house!! That's right after 13 months, 2 failed contracts and a lot of prayers and some tears we had sold the house!! So we went on vacation technically "homeless". =) But God had it all planned out for us. So we went on vacation and did not worry about it. Our proposed move date was June 24th. So we knew that we had to get home and get packing. The day we got home, Aunt EJW came over and told us that she was ENGAGED!! CW had proposed to her early that morning when they were supposed to be running! They picked the date of July 23rd. So that meant find a house, move by June 24th and wedding (and all the festivities) July 23rd. WHEW!! I was already tired!!

God did not disappoint!! We had our eye on a house since the first contract we had accepted and continued to watch it during our entire ordeal. But as only in His way, we came across another house that had only been on the market for about 2 months. It was a little bit bigger and had more "extras" that we could benefit from. However, when we first saw it, it was little bit out of our price range so we did not pay TOO much attention to it. But once we accepted the contract, we looked back at it, and the price had already dropped!!! So after much prayer and talking, RDC and I decided we would "fish" and see what would happened. We agreed on a amount we would not go over and began the "back and forth". After just a day or two the couple agreed to our amount!!! After all was said and done, we ended up with a house 100 square feet bigger than the 1st house we liked and our mortgage is less than what it would have been had the first contract in November worked out and we moved then. God is good!!! =) Of course after all was said and done, we could see how and why God had allowed the 2 failed contracts!!!

Then comes the move and the in between houses. We had several days that we were officially "homeless!" But sweet Pop and Granny took us in and we lived with them for a few days. =) So the first weekend in July we moved into our NEW home! And we LOVE it!! And now onto July!!!! (where the REAL fun began!!) The 2nd week in July, I started not feeling so well. I had been tired, but who would not be, we had packed and moved a house!!! But one particular Monday, I was feeling REALLY puny!! Since I was not 100% better by Tuesday, RDC and I decided it was best that I go to the doctor and figure out what was going on. Since I did feel SO badly and he needed to work, BeBe said she would go with me the next day. MUCH to our surprise~~ we were 8 WEEKS PREGNANT!!! So many have asked (including my mom), did I not have a clue? Well, my thinking was, we had been to Disney, had VBS at church, packed a house, moved out, lived with RDC's parents for a few days, and moved into a new house~~having a baby was not exactly on our "to do" list for those few weeks. =) But God has blessed us SO much with this fun surprise!! We had discussed having a 3rd baby, but again, our schedule for those few weeks were full. I am now 15 weeks, due February 21st. MWC is BEYOND thrilled!! Even though we did not find out with the first 2~we are going to find out this time. So in just a couple of weeks, we will find out if we are adding a baby sister or a baby brother to our family. ........so stay tuned!!!! =)

Just a few pictures.....

M-I-C----

Over the Memorial Day weekend we got on a plane with our sweet, precious family friends and headed to the Mouse's House! WE HAD A BLAST!!! --minus the few meltdowns of tired children! :) --we did cut the a little slack since we did close the parks down with them a couple of nights. :) Some of the few things we did were ride, EAT, play, ride, swim, ride, and laugh--did I mention we rode rides?!?! Because MWC and her friend AEH (also 6 by the way) rode as many things as they could--whether they went backwards, fast, high-whatever!! If you ask MWC what her favorite ride was~it is one of the several roller coasters they rode. :) One thing we did not do much was relax! But we realized that is not going to happen with 4 precious children around. We will save that for an adult only cruise!! We did have a great time hanging out and fitting as much as we possibly could in our 5 day trip. We have already thinking about what we will certainly do next time or things we spend more time on.

Waiting to board our plane!

LOVE that sweet smile!!!

SO fun and so sweet~~~love

them!! :)

he concentrated VERY hard making sure it was JUST right.

Celebrating JDC!!!

I realize I a little behind in posting about how we celebrated our precious little man turning 3!!!

As all birthdays go in our house ~you get to

pick ALL day long!!! What and where you want to eat, what kind of cake~you name it!! =) There was NO doubt to RDC and I where we would be eating lunch. This little boy LOVES Chick-Fil-@!! So we ate there and let him play.

Then that night, he wanted a "football" party! So we invited the family over for pizza, popcorn and peanuts!

We LOVED celebrating our little boy!! He is so fun and ALL BOY!! I am VERY blessed that God has allowed me to his mama and to be a part of this very special family!!!

I love you, JDC and have enjoyed EVERY minute of watching you grow and learn and can't wait to see what this next year brings for you!!!

AND she's off!!!

On her birthday in December, MWC decided she was ready to take her training wheels off and learn to ride her bike~~her Daddy and I were not so ready. :) But since it has warmed up she asked again when riding her bike. So off they came!!

She did really well the first time she tried! She was even able ride without RDC holding onto her some. (Daddy got a good work out running beside her. :) ) Unfortunately, at one point after he let go, she ran into a mailbox. :( That was the end of day one. After that, we just tried to get her out there a little bit each day. By the 4th day she tried~~she got it!! :) She still gets nervous when realizing she is doing it alone, but can get her balance on her own. We still need to practice turning and catching herself when she stops but we are VERY proud of her hard work!! :)

And she is VERY EXCITED!!! **and yes~~I teared up a little. ;)

We LOVE birthdays!!!

And today we have another one in our family!!!

Uncle WLG~~we hope you have a GREAT birthday!!!! We know Kay~Kay will spoil you rotten on your special day!!!!

OUR LITTLE MAN IS 3!!!!

Today our sweet (ALL BOY) little man is 3 years old!!!! He is SO very ready to turn 3!! For the last few days he has been asking, "I three??"

JDC,

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

You are such a fun, lovable, busy boy. But you make us

laugh all the time!! ~~even if it is when MWC asks you to share something, the way you say, "nope" kinda makes us giggle. :) You are the typical little brother who LOVES when she is home from school and loves to play with her most of the time, but you have your fair share of time when you are aggravating her. JDC, you are certainly all boy. I can't leave you alone very long before I better go and look for you. :) You would stay outside all day if we had the time and energy. You are a DADDY'S boy!! You ask all daywhere he is and when he is home you are his shadow most of the time. Some of the favorite things I hear you say are, "I mi' you (I miss you~

you are still working on your "s") or if I say "I love you, sweet boy" ~you say, "no-I "J". And if we are having a hard time understanding what you are trying to say, you put your finger on your chin and say, "I tink." Your favorite things to do are dress up as Superm@an, play with cars and trucks, football or soccer or anything outside, and do puzzles. Of course your daddy and I think you are so VERY smart!! :) We love you to pieces and not a day goes by that you don't make us smile and that we do not thank God for you!! We love you JDC and hope that you have a GREAT 3rd birthday!!!

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the last year :)

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Our Stay~cation

Since Daddy had to work during spring break we weren't able to get away this last week~but we wanted to do something different and fun. Well the kids LOVE to play hotel and lately have been asking A LOT about swimming~~so we googled "indoor pools" in our town and made a reservation!! The kids LOVED it!! After RDC got off work, we had our bags packed and drove across town. :) We swam some then everyone got to pick what they wanted for supper. RDC and JDC had W*ndy's and MWC and I had cheese dip from a Mexican restaurant!! We ate in our pajamas in the room. Then this morning, RDC and the kids ran home, checked on the dogs :), picked up donuts and Chick-Fil-@ for daddy while I slept in. Then we went back to the pool and swam until check out time!! It really was a GREAT time. It was so nice to just watch them play and laugh with them giving them our FULL attention and not have to worry about laundry or the yard for a little while. I am sure there will be more stay~cations in our future!!

Flipping Daddy over! :)

This was taken at the end of the 2nd round of swimming so their eyes are a little tired. :)