Our Lady Liberty

At MWC's school each year she does a program. The 2nd grade always does "Let Freedom Ring" around Veteran's Day.  MWC had the privilege of being selected Lady Liberty and have a few speaking parts.  One of her speaking parts was to lead the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. She did a FANTASTIC job.  (Of course, I am a little biased.:) But the day she was assigned the part, she ran in the door and yelled, "Mama, I have a surprise!!!! I am going to be Lady Liberty in our program!" I love her enthusiasm. She worked very hard each day learning her lines and practicing.  We were certainly proud of her and her hard work.

Even WLG came to watch!!:)

 

Our little punkins' on Halloween

This year my choice was to have all my 3 babies at least coordinate on their costumes. Who am I  kidding~I would LOVE for them to coordinate EVERY year!! And for the first few years, I have been able to coordinate MWC and JDC. My pick was for MWC to be a farm girl and for the boys to be animals from the farm. And all were on board until I happened to find Spider-man costume on sale and brought it home just for JDC to play in and wear. Well, once he saw it ~he HAD to be Spider-man  And I am willing to pick my battles for more important things! :) However, once I remembered that JDC was a scarecrow his first year~guess what AWC became?!?!?! He and MWC still did coordinate ~she was still a farm girl, but he became her scarecrow on the farm. :)

We went to some friends' house who were hosting a block party to help out and let the kids play and ride on the hayride.

                                                                                                      

                                                                  Daddy wrapping JDC like a Mummy. 

MWC LOVED helping people fish. :)

Sweet AWC just along for the ride. 

And BeBe was able to come to see them all dressed up. :)

What MWC has been up to.....

MWC is now in the 2nd grade and we are very fortunate that she is a very good student who LOVES school!! She ADORES her brothers and is a great big sister to both of them.  One of her favorite things to do now is her hip hop class.  This is her first year and looks forward to each Thursday afternoon. MWC continues to love doing the dance camps that have been offered by the local high school~even getting to dance on the field at the football game  :) I can not say enough how proud we are of her or brag on her enough! She is very considerate of others and amazes us each day!!

First day of second grade!!

Finally~~ a little more time?!?!?

Not really sure how MUCH more time I have, but I do have some and I am going to really try to make more time for the blog! It is really important to me that the kids remember some of the fun, great things we did with them growing up and that the special things they did were VERY important to their Daddy and I. I will not be able to completely update during this post because several things we have done deserve their own post, but I can quickly highlight somethings!! :)

The MOST important thing that has happened to us lately is~~we have a new family member!! Aunt CWG and Uncle WLG welcomed sweet baby WLG in June!!! :) He is absolutely precious and our kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE being cousins!! And they ADORE sweet "W". CWG is working part time so we have the privilege of seeing him EVERYDAY!!! JDC wakes up most mornings asking if W is coming today! I am excited that "W" and AWC are only 4 months apart and will get to grow up together seeing each other A LOT!!! CWG and I hope that they will become and stay the best of friends!!

Yes~Superman was there to welcome WLG into the world!! :) And MWC was so excited she made her and her brothers "I am a cousin" post~it signs!! :)

Lots of other things to share~beach trip, dance camps, first day of school pics, etc. ~but again I will save those for their own posts.  ~Including a separate update for each of our babies!!! :) So stay tuned....... 

Happy birthday to our big 4 year old!!!!

Four years ago today, we welcomed our sweet JDC into this world! Now he is just as sweet~~but also a little wild, rambunctious, 100% boy who makes us laugh everyday!!! A lot of time we wonder "where in the world could he have learned that?!?!?!" Even though he is one BUSY little boy~ I would not trade any of it!! (I am sure he has LOTS he is going to teach h

is little brother!!)

JDC,

We love you more than words can express!! You make us smile each and every day with something you have said or done. I am SO very proud of the big brother you are to AWC. I absolutely LOVE the way you will come up to him and put your arms around him and say, "best friends"! Your daddy and I pray that y'all will be and stay best friends! You amaze me each day with how smart you are and how much you know. I LOVE you being my little boy!! I can't wait to continue to watch you grow and learn. We love you!!

He is here!!!

OK so he has really been here for 4 weeks~but with 3 different kids schedules and adding one more little person to take care of~we have been kinda busy! And honestly, when I can sleep~I do and blogging was not my top priority. If he was asleep, and I could~I slept!!

But our sweet, AWC made his grand entrance on February 16th at 7:30 a.m. weighing 7lbs 2 oz and 19 inches long. Everything went perfectly and we were able to come home 3 days later.

MWC and JDC absolutely adore him!! The love to hold him and if they go somewhere, the first thing they ask when the get home is "Where is A?" So far no jealousy! :) We are settling in to being a family of 5 and think we are adjusting fairly well. I did ask my friend when we went to eat the other night if we look like a 3 ring circus, because I felt like one. :) But most of the time things are very calm. He is eating and sleeping great. He does seem to have more of a sensitive stomach than the other 2 but we are trying to figure out how to fix that. (I am hoping that I am not going to have to give up my caffeine! Because I do LOVE my fountain c0ke. :) But we shall see!

Our family of 5!!!!

Ready to go home!!!

We are still here!!!!

We are still here and alive!!!! :) Being married to a computer guy, sometimes things change and I am not always fond of the changes. :) (Even though he tells me the changes are faster and better. ) Anyway, we have a new picture software and it DRIVES ME NUTS!!!! However, I have not taken the time to sit and learn it. :) So tonight, kids are in bed early so he is trying to teach me. I do have every intention of not neglecting our sweet precious 3rd child so I am going to learn all the "new tricks" before he comes so there will be pictures and blog posts of him too!! :) So be patient~~we have 2 weeks from Thursday for me to "get good" at this new software!!

JDC was a turkey in his school program. He was NOT too thrilled~however we thought he looked PRECIOUS!!!

MWC lost BOTH of her front two teeth the first weekend of October. She has been snaggle tooth for a while, but they are starting to come in. (And yes~she looks SO big with permanent teeth on the top. :( )

OK~so maybe it wasn't as hard as I was making it out to be. :) Keep checking back for updates and maybe even a belly shot or two. :)