better late than never...

Okay, so I never got around to making an easter post but I figured better to do it now than not at all. We went to my parents house after church and the kids all had a blast! Poppy has this huge pile of dirt and it kept all the grandkids (except Bryce, of course) entertained for hours. They would still be playing in it now if we had left them there! Nothing like digging in the dirt in your new Easter dress and brand new white dress shoes! Which I still haven't got cleaned, by the way.

1 week old

I can't believe that that it has already been a week. Time goes too fast! Eisley is a great baby and is very content most of the time. I guess she really doesn't have a choice being the fourth child! It does seem like every night when Brent & I are ready to go to bed, she decides to stay awake for a little while! I've watched more HGTV this past week than in my whole life combined. They just don't make quality TV anymore. Which left me with HGTV or old reruns, which I have seen plenty of this past week also!
I am so thankful to God for our 4 healthy children. I have heard of 2 little girls today needing alot of prayer and a miracle that only God can perform. These situations always put life in perspective and make us thankful for all we have, including sleepless nights and messy houses!

Eisley Noelle

She's here!!! Eisley was born Saturday, March 29th, at 6:27 am. She weighed 8 lbs and 3 oz and was 18 3/4 inches long. That makes her the biggest and shortest of all our babies. We think that she is absolutely beautiful and are so proud to have another daughter. I was telling Brent last night that I cannot imagine how our family could be any more perfect than it is right now. You can see more pictures on Brent's website at http://www.babbcreative.com/eisley/ or if you click on "Eisley Noelle" above her picture it will take you to the website.

Keep checking back for new pictures!

our rainy tuesday

For those of you who don't know, we are on spring break this week! I am so glad that my kids are young enough that they are not expecting to go somewhere and do lots of things for their week off, because mommy is to big and pregnant for all that! They actually want to stay home all the time! So that is pretty much what we have done. Tuesday it rained ALL DAY LONG. Since we were not able to go outside to play, we stayed in our pajamas all day, played games and made Easter cookies. I think that the kids did a great job making them (with just a little help from mommy). 

Siblings Class

I took Ashtyn and Josiah on Saturday to a class at the hospital for big brothers and sisters. They were really excited to go. They learned a lot of new things about babies. They were able to practice changing diapers, putting hats on the babies and they even learned how to swaddle them up in blankets. Of course, Josiah did not want a baby doll, so he just watched that part. Then they made "Happy Birthday" cards for their new baby. Josiah made a blue card and Ashtyn made a pink one. We finished off with a tour of the hospital and snacks!

SNOW!!!

I can't believe how much snow we got on Thursday! We had the largest, most beautiful snowflakes that I have ever seen. Some of them were at least 2 inches wide! The kids had so much fun, okay Brent and I did too, playing outside! By the time it had finished snowing, in some places, the snow was up to the boys knees! I would guess that we got at least 6-8 inches! We decided to order pizza so we could spend the whole evening playing together! The poor pizza man, but don't worry we gave him a good tip :)

Once the pizza finally came, Brent built us a fire and we ate pizza and had movie night in front of the fireplace. Can it get any better than that?

My Baby Boy is 3!

It is hard for me to believe that Isaiah is 3 years old! That seemed so much bigger when Ashtyn and Josiah turned 3. I am sure that I expected a lot more from them at that age than I do Isaiah. I guess that is just part of being the "baby" of the family. I wonder how that will change when the new baby gets here?

Isaiah had a hard time making up his mind what kind of birthday party that he wanted to have. We have been talking about it since Christmas and one day he will say a train party, the next Cars the movie party and the next, Doodlebop party. Well he had narrowed it down to a Doodlebop/Train party. I told Brent that he could have fun making up doodlebop/train party invitations!

But when it finally came time we ended up with...
Diego cupcakes and Thomas the Train napkins for his school,
and a family bowling party with Mickey Mouse napkins and cake.
(he really wanted a Cars the movie cake, but the cookie cake place didn't make them)
Of course we can't leave out the Superman wrapping paper!

Why not, right? After all you only turn 3 once!

Here are a few pics from the special occasion, by the way if you have never been bowling with a 3 year old it is quite an experience. (I would bring a chair!)