Happy 3rd birthday Sweet james

  Wow, my baby is 3!! It is so hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that his infant and toddler years are gone and he is now an actual kid.*insert tears,lots of them* I even looked up toddler online the day before his bday wondering if I could get by with one more year of thinking of him as a toddler. Leave it to google to smash that thought down with a hammer. Nope it's confirmed, he's a kid a little boy now, a 3 year old! And what a sweet joy he has been in our lives for the past 3 years. This pic was on my timehop app yesterday. Oh my goodness how little and adorable is he. I remember sitting there watching him and snapping this pic like it was yesterday. In awe of my perfect brand new baby boy. He would smile and giggle like that in his sleep really young. He was only like a week old here. "So beyond blessed" is the only words that come to mind!

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Then and now: yep this is a pretty typical james face. He's totally bummed because I told him he could eat his crayons any more.

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These two LOVE each other and I LOVE that!! Best buds.

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This is james on his bday enjoying his birthday doughnuts daddy picked up!

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He also got a new (to us;) loader and boy is that a hit! He loves pushing all his toys, and his sister, around with the bucket.

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On his actual bday we went out to tanners again with all james people. Aka both grandmas, his aunts and cousins. That was definitely a hit in his book. He kept telling me he was just so happy! Added bonus we also got to see his aunt Paula and cousin Noah by surprise!:)

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James on his favorite the choo-choo train.

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At lunch time we went to see daddy and then came home for late naps. Then that evening james choose to go swimming! Him and his sissie LOVE to swim!

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James had a thomas the train birthday party this year and it was SO much fun!

Treat table

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Cake: made by a cake place...decorated by me!;)

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James was pretty excited about that cake!

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Double trouble

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Blowing out the candles

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Aunt Sydney helping james out with his hat!;)

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And last but not least we started doing some preschool with james. He has been doing great so far and is very proud of himself if you can't tell by the pic!;)

We love you so much our first baby, james!  We are so thankful the Lord gave you to us as our son. It is such a joy to be your parents!! So looking forward to this year with you!! Xoxoxoxo

70 weeks pregnant and summer fun

   It's been quite a while since my last post. Life has a way of flying by! ESP with two little stinkers running around. Summer is officially in full bloom here and we are (mostly) loving it!:) The kids just keep growing and hitting different milestones. Especially Elise, babies tend to do that in this first year and it seems like it is flying. She started crawling a couple weeks ago and now is already getting ready to walk, pulling herself up on everything. Then promptly falling and getting hurt. Sometimes with a little help from bro!;) She's eating lots of big girl foods. We try to stay with mostly mushed up things as she tends to gag/ choke pretty easily. 

   My sweet baby James is going to be 3(?!?) in less than a month! It's so fun to watch them grow but is a little bittersweet as it happens so fast. Seems like just yesterday I was just about ready to give birth to him!:) he is still loving choo choo trains and is going to be having a thomas the train party this year. We are also so excited to be taking him to a neat play date in our area called "Day out with Thomas." You get to take a train ride on a Thomas train. He will be thrilled. We told him once he was potty trained he could take a train ride and so he's a bit overdue!;)

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4th of July family pic

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This pic pretty much sums up james. 

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Here it is. 30 WEEKS!! Only 10 more weeks. Yay!! Can't wait to meet our baby boy! And yes,sadly, I can get bigger...and no there is only 1 in there. Promise!;) I've added it up. I am now a little shy of 70 weeks pregnant. With a little 2 month break inbetween. But that doesn't even count Bc I had to go through labor and delivery!;) this is no joke being this pregnant in the summer! Wowee

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Babies testing out baby bros crib. Gotta break it in ya know!

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  We started on a project that we like to say just keeps giving. A month and a half ago we decided to bite the bullet and take our tub and surround down as there was some mold growing and we were having a hard time getting rid of it! The surrond was put in wrong so we had a small water leak going on. Not wanting it to get worse we took it out. Thankfully it was not to bad behind the tub. We (or should I say I;) thought since we already had the tub out now would be the perfect time to go ahead and put in our old cast iron claw foot tub that's been sitting in our basement. We had planned to do this project just not now! We tore out the closet and are moving the tub against the back wall making for a lot bigger bathroom. But there have been quite a few bumps in the road. Leaky plumbing, old radiator needing moved, plumbing needing moved, new floor, drywall, ect. Jess is such a trooper getting things done. We have our fingers crossed it will be semi done before baby comes!

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  We woke up to a flood in the kitchen one morning. There was a lose pipe or something that got bumped and started leaking under the floorboard and we didn't notice till the next morning. Oh well, we are just thankful that it didn't happen after the tile was put down! I will try to remeber to post some pics as the project goes.

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Made a couple changes to james room to eventually make room for baby bro!

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And last but not least this little girl turned 9 months old this week! 

That's it for now! Have a great rest of summer!! 

Baby num 3

We found out last week that baby number 3 is a BOY!! Yay!! We are so thankful the Lord is giving us another son! I can't wait to see that precious little face in person this September!:) He's not quite as active as the other 2 a least yet. But I'm definently starting to feel a lot more kicks and jabs in there! That's definently one of the best parts of pregnacy for me!

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18weeks

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I took this pic Saturday morning! I sure am blessed!!

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Baby girl and I spent some time in the hammock this weekend. We had such a good time. We did some landscaping, played outside and grilled out some burgers and hotdogs! Sweet (almost) summertime!:D

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  I can't beleive this baby girl will be seven months old this month!! This picture may just be my favorite ever!

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Well that about wraps it up!!  :) xo

Bebes and bump update

Easter picture 2015

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   This past weekend Jess and I took the kiddos to the park for a picnic and some playtime. It was gorgeous weather out and we just couldn't get enough of it! Elise really enjoyed the swing!;) that baby loves to move!! I feel like she'll be crawling in no time. She is always rolling to her tummy and is trying get up on her knees! Gotta keep up with her big bro you know!

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  I can't believe this boy is 2&1/2!! Wow time flies. James especially loves going to the park. He loves the slide, swings and chasing squirrels! 

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Our park has all these little bridges and creeks. James loves running across the bridges as fast as he can and is always trying to get as close to the water as possible without actually standing in it! Mom almost had a heart attack every time!;)

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  Sunday I had a big craving for funnel cake. I had pinned a simple recipe for them awhile back so I thought I'd give it a try. Wow, they were good!  But of course after the first bite or two the oil and smell (weird I know) turned my tummy so jess and james had to help me out and eat the rest!;) this pregnacy the sickness part has seemed to hang on longer than with my other two?:/

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  This isn't the most recent bump picture. We were about 14&1/2 weeks. I am now 16+ weeks. My little Irish twins though! Ugh I can't wait to see them together!! I bet they'll be best of buds!! I think my favorite part of this pic is james trying to make the grand escape out the door!;)

How far along: 16+ weeks

How much weight gained: 5 lbs (plus still had a couple extra pounds from Elise. YIKES!)

Belly button on or out: In

Maternity clothes: Yep

Baby gender: should find out the 28th. I'm guessing boy.

Looking forward to: seeing baby on the ultrasound  

Miss anything: my old clothes:( but ESP my energy. It's gone and nowhere to be found this pregnancy. It's all I can do to make it to naptime! 

 Well I think that's all for now! Happy hump day!!

SURPRISE having to do with the number 3

Jess and I got some rather unexpected news about 7 or so weeks ago. We found out that we are expecting our THIRD baby this coming September, the 28th to be exact. It definitely through me off my game for awhile. I think I didn't actually beleive it until we went to the dr last week for an ultrasound. There it was, an itty bitty bean baby with a beating heart and everything. My heart mealted and I think I can say now that I am getting excited!! 

Having babies 11&1/2 months apart will probably have it's challenges but more than that I think it wil be a bigger blessing than I even can realize. I'm just excited that when the time comes for homeschooling, I can just through Elise and this one in the same grade. Two birds with one stone,right!:D thankfully my morning sickness is starting to let up some so I can feel "Alive" again.:) I so can't wait for spring so we can get out of the house!:)

   In other big news this sweet girl is almost 5 MONTHS OLD! Wow time flies! She just melts my heart. 

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.Annelise started eating a little bit of fruit this past month and LOVES it. She seems like she'll be an eater! I tried rice at first and it backed her up really bad. (I vaguly remember that with James too!:( ) so no more of that icky stuff for awhile. 

.she has started rolling from tummy to back. Once from back to tummy. Makes me wonder if I'll have an early crawler? 

.she has discovered her hands and feet and likes to watch them!:)

   She is just the sweetest and we love her to pieces! 

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Even though she does LOVE to cry!!;)

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And I'll leave with this sweet pic of each of my babies around the same age.(10 weeks, annelise was 8) top is James, left is Elise and right is new baby!:)