Baby Sprinkle...

Last weekend my mom and sister threw me a wonderful baby "sprinkle"! It was so much fun and I got so many cute little boy things! Thanks KeeKee and Mom and to my friends and family for a wonderful day!

Adorable little favor tags from Etsy...good choice KeeKee...LOVED them!!

Great Grandma with Sophie and Ella

"Aunt" Donna with Sophie

Abbie checking out Mommy's big belly...

Levi's first John Deer tractor (thanks Aunt Donna!)

We walked in to find Abbie helping herself to somebody's half eaten piece of cake!

Abbie and Kenzie

I am truly blessed to have such amazing friends and family!

Beautiful Easter

We had a beautiful Easter this year. Amazing church service, great weather, the whole family together at our house...could not ask for much more. Here are some pics from our Easter...

I had to wake the girls up so we would have time to do all of the "Easter festivities" AND make it to church by 9!

Sophie hugging her new beaver...that is what she had asked the Easter Bunny for...

Easter Egg hunt (inside)

Ella LOVES "boy things"...this includes Spiderman and Batman-so the Easter bunny left her a Batman shirt in her basket...Mommy quickly had to make guidelines for when this shirt could be worn!

Ella's new Ni Hao hat...

The Easter Bunny left new bikes in the family room!

Abbie got a late start to the festivities-she decided to wake up about an hour after the girls...

She was quite intrigued by her slinky...look at her serious face!

Riding her new turtle...

Sneaking a few jellybeans before church...

Trying out her new bike in the kitchen...

Mommy and her 3 little Ladies...

Abbie and her BFF Kenzie

Easter Egg Hunt outside

Big Girls

Ella spotted this purple egg in the tree...notice how high it is-Sophie so sweetly told Ella she would get it for her...she tried for about 10 seconds and then realized there was no way she was getting that egg and gave up...

AND then there is Ella...she shimmied her way up the tree in like 3 seconds and grabbed the egg-she seriously is sooo strong!!!

Easter Egg hunt for the babies...

(they were hardcore...as you can tell by their faces!)

Daddy and Abbie waving goodbye to our guests (which I now realize I have NO pictures of...oops!)

Easter...part one!!!

I realized I had to break up my Easter post otherwise I would have about 50 pics in one post...a bit much! So here are some pics of the festivities leading up to Easter....the making of our Easter Bunny house and coloring eggs on Easter Eve...

Carefully constructing their Easter Bunny house...

Sophie's guilty face after sneaking a lick of frosting...

The finished project...perfect!!!

Easter Eve...coloring eggs

Ella lined up all of our baskets so the Easter Bunny would have a choice of which ones he wanted to fill-it was very cute!

Right before bedtime...the girls put their Easter Bunny house on the table for the Easter Bunny along with about 50 baby carrots! :)

Easter pics coming tomorrow!

Pregnancy...

Wow I'm waiting for somebody to nominate me for Worlds Worst Blogger...it's been over 2 weeks since my last post! I've had the best intentions but for some reason never followed through...



Anyway...I thought I would do a post about my pregnancy...I am now 25 weeks...Yay! This pregnancy has definitely been more a little harder than the rest. Now when I say that I am not at ALL complaining...nor am I trying to compare to others who truly have difficult pregnancies...I am only comparing to my other 2 pregnancies...I have been MUCH more tired and drained of energy with this one. I know it has to do with the fact that I am older and the fact that I have three little ones at home 4 and under and work full time-but I tell you I just can't shake it! I also have gained more weight (more quickly) with this pregnancy-not so happy about that-but what are you going to do?? I do worry a little though b/c it's slowly approaching ice cream season here in NY and a little shop in our village has the best peanut butter cup sundaes-I don't think they are the thing to eat if you are trying to not pudge up!



I love to hear the girls talk about their baby brother...it's so cute! Ella will often look at my belly and say, "Wow mommy you're belly is getting fatter!" I know it's out of love so I can smile! They are so excited and will often ask if it's time for the baby to come out of my belly yet...poor Abbie has no idea how her little life is going to change in 3 1/2 months-but I know she will be fine-she's such a go with the flow little girl!

We continue to struggle with the name! I tell you boy names are MUCH harder than girl names! Hopefully we will decide soon since there are a couple monogrammed items I would like to order off of Etsy.

I must say that I continue to thank God everyday for this baby! There are times I find myself doubting if I will be able to take care of 4 children (age 4 and under) while working full time but then I remember that God will not give me anything I cannot handle! I continue to pray that He will work a financial miracle in our lives so that I would be able to spend more time at home with my babies-but I know if it doesn't happen that I must still praise God for ALL things!

Wordless Wednesday...