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. :)

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!!

Wordless Wednesday

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.