4th of July is on it's way!

We get really excited about 4th of July around here.....especially this little man:

because he knows when mommy starts getting the decorations out

that his birthday is on the way!!!

He is the reason daddy missed the Peachtree Road Race that he's run in for 17 years in a row...

He is the one that caused us to take back roads to Piedmont Hospital in the early morning....

He is our little "Firecracker" that made his arrival on the 4th of July!

He thinks this is his very own "birthday flag" and points it out whenever he sees one!

And he is turning 3 on Saturday! Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful 4th!

Fathers Day 2009

Prov. 20:7, "The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him."

We hope everyone enjoyed their Fathers Day! As you can see by the pictures, we really love our 'Daddy"!!!! We had a great day celebrating him. The kids and I made him a book complete with all their handprints and pictures and interviews with each child asking them special things about their daddy. At the end of the book, I answered the same questions the kids answered - it turned out really cute. We also gave him a pair of these.

We saw one of our favorite speakers at church - and all the kids wore "Fathers Day" type shirts.

How cute is baby girls shirt? I got it from here. Thanks TB!

Today would have been my own father's 67th birthday - it's so unfortunate that we lost him 21 years ago. I can't wait to be reunited with him again!

So thankful for the man I married and that we have this day to celebrate and count our blessings.......Hope everyone's dad is as wonderful as ours!

P.S. Can you tell I've been playing around with my blog?

My girl.......

Change has been brought to this house! I would almost go so far as to say it's "rocked" this house but that sounds so harsh and the reality of it is that this change is so pleasant! It has made our house "softer" and "sweeter" - the change I'm referring to is this:

Baby girl brings so much joy to this house...a house that didn't know it could USE any more joy! Me personally being the "baby" of the family, I now truly know what that entails! I witness it everyday! She's loved from her head to her toes (literally!), kissed on thousands of times a day, greeted immediately while still in her bed from two big brothers bursting at the seams to see her awake!

Everything she puts on is so "girly" that we all just "ooohhhh and ahhhhhh" over it! Even her brothers say "you look so pretty!" (I wish you could hear the actual tone in their voices) Her closet is adorned with smocked dresses, bubbles and monogrammed shirts in colors of pink, hot pink, pastel pink - in other words, we can't get enough of pink around here!

No one can go to bed for the night without giving baby girl a kiss - sometimes I even think it's the boys way of stalling their bedtimes but right when they get that special kiss, they go right on to bed!

She lights up when her daddy enters the room and I can immediately tell that everything during his day was just erased from that special smile and the smile he returns is like nothing I've ever seen on him. It's an expression that's special and unique only for her. Those are the moments I fall in love with him over and over again! (But that's another blog!!!)

During pregnancy I always said I would've been fine having a third boy and I do still truly believe that! There is definitely something so special about three boys but I'm so glad that God knew what this family needed and gave us this precious baby girl.

Busy Busy Summertime!

Summer is in full swing and we have been busy every day doing something fun! I haven't had my camera with me as much as I've liked but here's a little of what we've been doing...

GA Aquarium with friends!!!

Watching Beluga whales in amazement....

just giddy over all the fish!

little man was in awe of it all.....

Then finished off the day with lunch at my favorite place!!!

We've had lots of outside visitors.....

We found this one in our trashcan and he'd eaten the entire bag

of chips from Moe's we'd thrown away!

The boys loved this little turtle and he just crawled all over our deck!


Our sweet family of baby birds unfortunately aren't pictured here

but who needs National Geographic?

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF POOL TIME!!!!

little man was FEARLESS last year and all of sudden this year he's "scared"

This was the first time we put baby girl in her bathing suit - we were all so excited!

This one is going to be our little heartbreaker I'm afraid! He's got that charm!

Numero Uno is growing up so fast!!!!

Daddy with baby girl her first time in the pool! She loved it!

Hope everyone is having a great summer!!!!!