The Cat is Out of the Bag!!!

Tonya and her family are in town and we have been enjoying a lot of family time just hanging out at my parents house.  The kids have enjoyed running around outside and playing on the Wii non stop.  All of us girls have enjoyed shopping online and catching up while sitting around talking.

Today we were all sitting around my parents table and Angela got to joking around with Kallaway about him not being a baby anymore.  She kept saying, "tell Mommy and Daddy that they need to have another baby because you aren't a baby anymore."  At some point I apparently had a guilty look on my face and my sister Angela guessed that I was pregnant.  Oops...I never had a good poker face!

We weren't planning on telling anyone until I was a little further along; however, I went ahead and confessed.  Once Chris got home from golfing we went ahead and told our kids that they were going to be blessed with a baby brother or sister.  Kallaway says he wants one of each!!  Here is a video of us telling our kids.....

I knew I was pregnant almost immediately.  I could just tell...call it a mother's intuition I guess.  I took a test the day before my period should have come.  You can see the second line...very faintly!!  I was ecstatic.  I immediately went and shared the good news with Chris, but he wasn't fully convinced with the faint line.  He was being cautiously optimistic!

So....I did what any woman would do to prove herself......

I took a test that clearly spelled it out for my sweet hubby!!  We are so excited about bringing another child into our family!  We are due July 17, 2013 and we can't wait to meet our newest bundle of joy!!  I have been feeling well...just extremely EXHAUSTED!!

Thanksgiving 2012

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of family, turkey and lots of food.  We had Thanksgiving at Brandon and Angela's house.  We had a wonderful time enjoying everyones company and ate way too much food.  We even managed to watch some football...imagine that.  The only thing we were missing was Tonya and her family.  Luckily they are coming into town this weekend and we will get to hang out with them some as well.

Our sweet little Pilgrim showing off his sticker turkey...he might have had some help! :)

Kallaway LOVES to help in he kitchen.  We were at my parents house last night helping my mom cook for Thanksgiving and Kallaway had to help.  He helped my mom ice the Italian Cream Cheese Cake.  He was sooooo proud that he was getting to help and he did an AWESOME job!!

Focusing very intently!

Mommy got busted taking his picture!

He definitely wasn't the fastest, but he did a great job!

Mini Vacays

Today I am thankful for mini vacations.  I know this sounds silly, but we are going out of town today for the weekend and I am so thankful that we have the ability to travel and take our children to fun places.  I know how blessed Chris and I are and I don't take that for granted at all.  We haven't been out of town in a long time and it is so refreshing to just getaway sometimes.

We are headed to Dallas to hang out with some of our friends.  We are taking our kids to the ICE exhibit at the Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine.  This years theme is Merry Madagascar.  It looks like it will be very bright, detailed, cute and COLD!

Last year we all went to the ICE exhibit together and Kallaway managed to get lost in the Gaylord Texan for about three or four minutes.  That was a frightening moment that I am certainly praying does not repeat itself! 

Blessed

Today I am thankful for my wonderful parents.  They have been married for almost 49 years.  They have been wonderful role models for my sisters and I.  My dad is extremely hard working, honest, humble, faithful and unbelievably loving.  He has always shown each of us girls what to look for in a husband and father.  My mom is the most amazing mother anyone could ask for.  She is fun, beautiful, hard working, giving, faithful and will drop anything she has going on to help one of us girls.  My parents have seriously shown us what a successful and loving marriage is all about and for that I am eternally grateful for their love and guidance.

 Our entire family is so blessed to have these two amazing people!

FAITH

Today I am thankful for answered and unanswered prayers.  I know those two contradict each other, but it speaks so true to my heart.  Many times in our lives we pray for specific things and when those prayers are not answered we sometimes question why.  However, I have learned as I have gotten older that all unanswered prayers were because He had something greater in store for me.

It all boils down to one thing and that is FAITH.  I truly believe that as long as you have faith in God that He will help you weather any storm that you face.

Today has been a wonderful day....and I am eternally grateful for an answered prayer!!  His timing is always best!!

Happy Birthday, Honey!

Today I am thankful for my wonderful husband.  He is an amazing man.  He is one of the most loving, caring, responsible, hard working, fun, energetic, life of the party, good looking, honest and loyal men I have ever met in my life.  He will do anything to make sure that our kids are taken care of and that they have everything they want.  Which includes saying "yes" to almost all of their demands!  Ok, so I am somewhat kidding!  He spoils us ALL rotten.  Today is his 34th birthday!!

Happy 34th Birthday, Babe!!  I love you to the moon and back!  I can't wait to grow old with you!

Kallaway helping Daddy open his present!

Daddy's very own iPad!!!

35

Today I am thankful for another year of life.  Today was my 35th Birthday!  I am so blessed and so lucky to be surrounded by so many loving and caring people.  All day long I kept getting emails from Facebook because of people posting to my wall and telling me Happy Birthday.  Over 100 people wished me Happy Birthday, they sure know how to make a girl feel special.

Tonight we cooked pork loin sandwiches for my birthday dinner.  Chris surprised me with some cookie cake slices from the Cookie Co.  I loooove cookie cakes.  He knows me well!  My wonderful husband and kiddos got me a pair of Coach sunglasses.  I absolutely love them!  My husband and kids are pretty great too! :)