Mommy, Mommy Quite Contrary...

Mommy, Mommy, Quite Contrary How Does Your Garden Grow?

With Lilli, Izzy And Baby #3 All In A Row!! 

This is how Lilli told family we were expecting! I had my first check up at 3 months (in September) and we weren't going to tell the kids, but I had an ultra sound and I was just to excited to not tell Lilli. We had been mentioning the baby here and there in our prayers for awhile but Lilli never believed us, but then when I went to the doctor she said "..so the doctor really said you were pregant?"  I showed her the pictures and first asked her what she thought it was, her guess was a lion:) I asked Izzy also and her guess was a car. Pretty good for first timers:) So I asked Lilli to keep it a secret and she did really well for about 3 weeks and then when we were at the park with some friends she all of the sudden burst out..."Mommy's Pregnant!!" Everyone's mouths dropped including mine. I probably could have waited a little longer, but I wanted Lilli to do the telling and she did it all on her own time schedule, which is just fine with me.

Lilli's 4th Birthday

Lilli wanted to have a Fancy Nancy Birthday Party. It is a series of books that remind me so much of Lilli. We have checked them out at the Library a few times and Lilli thinks they are great! It's about a little girl who loves to be fancy, but her family is just so plain, so she gives them some lessons and then they go out to eat all fancied up. Well that is exactly what we did for her birthday! She invited her "fancy friend" Sammy. They had a blast getting all fancied up and then actually going out all dressed up, that was a treat! Yes we Mom and Dad got fancied up for the occasion.
Wow look at that concentration, very serious action going on here.
At the restaurant Lilli let the waitress know it was a Fancy Nancy party, so the she was awesome and really played it up with the girls. Their faces were priceless!! She had a fun time and even got a couple Fancy Nancy books of her own.
Daddy how handsome you are:):)
Happy Birthday Lilli, we sure love you and are amazed at how big you have gotten. You are such a great big sister and always so happy and energetic!! Thank you for your smiles and laughter they bring so much joy into our family! We love you sooo much!!

Puerto Vallarta

This last July my parents took us all to Mexico to stay at one of their time shares! It was absolutely wonderful!! It was beautiful and very relaxing!! A BIG Thank you to Mom and Dad for making this wonderful trip happen and for all of the wonderful memories!
I know it has been way to long since I posted, but I am going to do a little update.  Josh and I took a wonderful trip to Mexico with my family...kidless!! It was our first time leaving the kids for a week, but they did just fine. We had an absolute blast with my family! We rode the dune buggies. As you can see every inch of us was covered with wet, wet mud! We went up in the mountains and jumped in some waterfalls and of course Josh had to hit every mud puddle he saw, some were even warm, yuck!! One of the warm puddles we both were gagging and dousing ourselves with our water bottles. But so much fun none the less. 
We also went snorkeling, so much fun! We went on a 12 person boat with surviver man. He took us hiking in the jungle, with bare feet up to some beautiful waterfalls. He also took us to some private beaches, broke some coconuts open for us and took us to some awesome spots to snorkel. 

All in all it was a wonderful trip! We had tons of fun, and also built relationships. It was really neat to get the whole family together like that, because it probably won't happen for awhile. What a wonderful blessing!!!