D-Day is Finally Here

Well, we have been missing from the blogging world for a while, oh since Thanksgiving! Sorry!! I have been quite busy with the holidays, family, and this forever long pregnancy. The pregnancy has been interesting to say the least. After one visit to ER, 3 different hospital stays (for a total of 6 nights), 12 bags of blood, and a million visits to the OB and Hematologist, I am past ready to get these little precious boys out!!!! At 35 weeks, the day has finally come. Blake and Cooper's birthday is going to be February 23, 2011 (unless they decide to come earlier). Thank you to each of you who have prayed for us over these last months. Please continue to pray for our journey ahead. It is going to be fun but also challenging. We are super excited to meet these guys and add them to our family. I guess with a family of six there will never be a dull moment. :) We look forward to seeing what all God has in store for our family.

Hopefully, I will find the time to post pics soon of our new addition!

Thankful

Wow, we have so much to be thankful for! Yesterday, our good friends came over and the kids made "thankful necklaces" (thanks for the idea Deb)! It is so fun to see their little minds work and to hear what they are thankful for. We heard things like: Parents, babies in mommy's belly (my two friends are pregnant as well), siblings, pets, Jesus, snacks, princesses, houses, grandparents, etc. What a blessing these friends are to us!!!!! Cant believe we got them all smiling in one picture! :)
Our family is very thankful this holiday season for what God has blessed us with! Two healthy boys!!!!!!!! This pregnancy has NOT been easy but I still feel so blessed to be carrying two babies and I know God will help me through the remainder of my weeks and after they come. Thanks to all my family and friends who have been their for me in the last few months, even in the complaining (which I do a lot). Please continue to pray for us as we continue in this journey!

My sweet friend, Ashley, made cupcakes the day we found out it was boys. My parents happen to be in town, so to find out what the sexes were, they got to bite into the cupcakes! It was so fun to see their reaction and the reactions of my precious friends that came. My mom and dad will have 8 grandsons and 2 granddaughters and Patrick's parents will have 4 grandsons and only one granddaughter (princess Madelyn). Crazy the amount of BOYS!!!!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Happy Halloween

My little Belle and fireman had a fun Halloween. By the end of last night, they were pooped (and so was mommy and daddy)! The weekend was busy but loads of fun! We hope you had a great one too!
M and B with their good friend, Campbell (he lives next door). He is a precious little boy and Madelyn and Brooks have really enjoyed getting to play with him more and more.
This is taken at our Church's fall festival. This picture is the before picture of Brooks on the little pirate ship ride.
This is the after (or should I say during) picture! He was crying and not a happy camper during the ride. He just ran on with his sister and a friend and must not known what he was getting on. I felt so bad for him.
Two gorgeous princesses!!!!
After our event at church, we went around to 10 or so houses in our neighborhood! The kids had a blast doing that. We came home with way too much candy!
Madelyn had no clue what to think of this guy in the mask. She kinda just stood back and let him put candy in her bag.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday, we went to the Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch in Clanton with some friends. The kids had a ball as usual.
M and B love Quinn!!!
Thought this was super cute even if they are not looking at the camera. Love the hair blowing in the wind.
This is the whole group on the hayride heading to the pumpkin patch.
"Mommy, I found our pumpkin! I cant wait to show daddy!" Brooks
Sweet Madelyn posing! Next year will be bitter sweet because she will be in "big" school and want be able to go to things like this in the middle of the week.

Happy 3rd Birthday Brooks!!!

Brooks had a great firetruck party this past Tuesday afternoon with his friends! The rain held off and the firetruck showed up (they didn't have any calls while here). Thank you so much to all his little friends who came to his party. Brooks had a BLAST!!! Sorry I posted a MILLION pics, they were all so cute. Maybe I should have done a slide show.






He was not sure what to think of the firetruck at first!

The three of us in the fam (well the 5 of us including twins), excluding Madelyn, she would not come out of house to see the firetruck. Also, we are missing several of our friends in pictures, they must have been in the house as well. :)

Our kids are.......

DOUBLING!!!!!! That's right, we are having twins!!!! We are super excited but it still all seems like a dream. :) I am 13 weeks, due March 30th. So they may be February babies. Madelyn and Brooks are excited as well. Please pray all goes well and that they will be healthy. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." Jeremiah 1:5

Beach

Better late than never, right? Anyway, a month ago, we went to the beach with our little family. It was a BLAST!!! Weather was not so great but we had fun just hanging out and enjoying time together. The kids were at a great age this year to enjoy everything. We rode go-carts, went swimming a ton, played in the sand, and went to see the big shark in front of the Bass Pro Shop. Brooks loves sharks right now so he loved seeing that.




Brooks and Madelyn both love to be thrown up in the air in the pool! So glad a friend suggested for me to buy these puddle jumpers for the pool. The kids like to wear them and they have a ton of confidence with them on.




We were walking on the beach one afternoon and I looked up to see this! Of course, too sweet to not take a picture! :)

Ready, Set, Go!!!! It sure does break the bank to do stuff like this but the kids love it (so I guess it is worth it)!
They were proud of their little fort!