A New Year

I'm pretty sure I lost any and all interest in posting pictures from Christmas. I know it's kind of sad, but let's face it I just don't want to. We had a great December filled with a lot of fun activities and new memories and most of them were captured on camera thanks to the new digital camera we bought as a Christmas gift!

David is definitely the photographer of the family and it has been a gift a long time coming for my hubby to get a great digital camera and start shooting his family. He picked it out and it is like an old hobby has come alive again. It's been a lot of fun. Needless to say I have plenty of photos to choose from, but you know like I said I just don't want to. I feel like Christmas has come and gone and I'm on to new things...like getting this baby out of me.

I have eight more weeks, so I shouldn't be that motivated but you know I always count on my babes to pop out two weeks early! So, in light of my countdown, I find myself busy setting things up already around the house. I have lists in my head, lists on my iphone, lists on the computer of things that need to be done, need to be purchased, etc. I think I'll find plenty to do to fill these next two months. Better yet, maybe I should focus on finding a name for this baby. I might need the pressure of seeing her to make a decesion.

The pictures above are from a family trip to The Santa Rosa Plateau. I must say...hubby done good once again. Love you babe!

Handsome Hubby

Aren't they handsome??? David performed his first wedding ceremony this weekend. It was a wonderful occasion and so fun to see him delight in one of the fun duties he has as a pastor. He did an amazing job! I was so proud and wished that it wasn't an occasion where only invited guests could here him...I guess I'll just have to orchestrate some sort of family wedding for him to officiate then you all can come.

Halloween 2009

Maybe we'll be caught up to Christmas by December 25??? Below are some pics and I'm still working on the funny videos of the most excited trick-or-treater of our house...Miss Lila Pie! I think she loved the process most while the big kids enjoyed the candy for weeks later! Wyatt was loved showing his muscles as Spiderman. Addie adored her pink Minnie Mouse costume and Lila was Little Red Riding Hood. Even our ever so non-verbal third child loved her costume so much that now she'll find it amongst all the costumes and say, "Re, Ri, Ra." Not exactly close, but she's trying.

Wyatt James

Wyatt is now 5. We barely celebrated his birthday in August because I was feeling so sick. i thought about a belated birthday party, but you know by the time I was feeling better it was a few weeks away from Addie's 3rd birthday so nothing ever happened. The sweet little guy may be our biggest party goer and he got no party! My family really helped out and ended up coming to our house to celebrate on the day of, but he also had a few individual celebrations with my aunt and my sister and her husband. I think he didn't mind because he felt like he had about two private parties with special alone time to celebrate. As it turns out, I can't find one picture from his fifth birthday! I am now pretty certain that my parents must have been taking pictures on their camera so I just passed, but I'm crossing my fingers until I locate some!

Only one week later, Wyatt started kindergarten. (pictures above are from the first day of school...and no I didn't send him with a stained shirt...just water!) We are sending him to a charter school that meets two full days a week and I home school the other three days of the week. It is going really well and Wyatt absolutely adores his teacher Mrs. Garrett and loves school. He is a young kindergartner, so we really are using this year as a trial to see how well he does academically and socially and we'll decide in the spring what we'll do next year. We do like to the home school 3 days a week, away 2 days a week program but I am strongly considering my options with #4 on the way. I know my limits and this may be one of them! So far, Wyatt is probably most excited about his math program and the calendar, but he is doing really well with his letters and reading short books too! Each day is full of adventure and I'm hoping it continues to go smoothly.

What an Easter Egg Hunt Teaches

So my glasses have been missing for at least a month. I last saw them on my desk. I need to wear them everyday, but I don't which is why I didn't immediately get annoyed by the loss of them. I figured they would turn up and looked in all the nooks in crannies over the last month. I opened every glass case in our house finding pairs we never knew we had. David now has about three back up pairs! Lately my annoyance level has increased because well I pretty much can't see very well. So I decided I was going to have to buy some new glasses. This morning I went on one last hunt and thought since I last saw them on my desk, I'd look there again...on, in, under, etc. I ended up finding them under my desk tangled up in the power cords from the computer. When Wyatt saw my excitement, he said, "oh, I put those there." I asked why he hid my glasses and he said, "It was easter, so I hid them!"
Alas...I can see again!

f.y.i.

...should you be requesting his presence for this Saturday, Wyatt has informed me he will be busy building a tower for his friend Hampton.

Addie's First Sleepover

Last night Addie went on her first sleepover to Memaw and Papa's house. My sister picked her up on her way home from work and Addie will be staying for two nights. We somehow orchestrated the whole adventure to be Wyatt's "idea" so he wouldn't be upset, but he still ended up in tears when she departed. Cute...you'd think he was going to miss his sister. Ah, yes it would have been cute if he was in fact missing her. He really was just devastated that it wasn't his turn for a sleepover. Anyway, she seems to be having a great time and Wyatt has enjoyed his alone time with mom and dad. I've enjoyed being one kid fewer for the day so I could get a few things done like Lila's birthday party invitation which will feature this scrumptious little love! It's amazing I actually got a picture with two fewer hands in the reaching!

Love that boy!

Memory Lane

Well since I've apparently been on a blogging freeze, I figured it was about time to post pictures from let's say...Christmas!!! Hard to believe, but yes I am that behind! So I'll spare any words and let you get a glimpse of the kiddos from over the last few months. Can you believe my baby is almost one??? CRAZY!!! A few of my favorites are of the older kids up to no good! Wyatt and Addie emptied my couch cushions in order to "play in the clouds". I love the series at the end of the many faces of Wyatt James. They are so him. Never in the middle...always one extreme or the other! I love that boy. Addie has taken to dragon slaying with her brother's sword. She's convinced that most dinosaurs just want to have tea parties with her though. And Lila is just interested in whatever anyone else is. She loves playing on the furniture "pirate ships" with Addie and Wyatt. One of the pics is from the kids having room time. I always have a little potty in the room in case of emergencies and I came in to find that Wyatt and Addie had been "potty training" baby Lila. She is so content with whatever we want her to do! The pie baby is even taking a few steps at a time!

The Christmas Photo Session

Christmas is my favorite season. I look so forward to getting the tree, decorating, baking, parties, and even sending Christmas cards. However, this year it seemed to have snuck up on me! It was already December and I hadn't even tried to get one picture. I'd love to have the whole family, but that was way too complicated! These are from my first and let's just say last attempt to get a picture and I think we have a winner. The cards went out Monday, so most of you should have received it or will be getting it soon. Merry Christmas!