Nate's birthday celebration at home

We decided to have a mini celebration at home for Nate's birthday the day after his party. He was really excited and liked the cup cake that daddy picked out for him.  He loves when people sing him Happy Birthday.  Love this boy!

Nate's 4th Birthday Party

Nate's 4th birthday party was at Adventure Kids n Play.  I booked this place because they had a great deal. We have never been here but heard great things about it.  It has bouncy houses, sand box area and then video game area.  What could they not like about it?  They were so helpful with the party that I would highly recommend for anyone to have it there.  Nate had a great Angry Bird birthday party.
What can I say about Nate.  He has grown so much in the past year and I am so proud of him.  His speech has exploded and now we are just working on pronouncation of certain letters.  He a super sweet boy and loves to comfort others when they are upset.  He cares about everything.  He is great building things from his imagination.  Great at all his letters.  He loves LOVES Angry Birds.  He is so good at the game.  I am so proud to call him my boy.
He had his check up at the Dr and he passed his hearing and sight testing.  He is 37 pounds and 41 inches tall.

First Ultrasound for Baby #3

Our first appt to see the baby's heartbeat.  It is exciting when you finally get to see it the sack and heartbeat the first time.  Everything look perfect.  We got the due date of 12.12.12.  How cool is that?  Though we will never make it to this date since I have to have a c section it is still cool to say.  When is your baby due..12.12.12.  We talked options about the new Harmony test that is out there. That is when they take my blood and get the DNA from the baby and can get more accurate diagnosis of Down Syndrome.  I had to make an appt with Atlanta Perinatal in June for this test.  Also we are going to talk to them about getting progesterone shots.  This shot will help keep the baby in longer and hopefully not start early labor. I have been starting to feel morning sickness and extremely tired.  I hope this doesn't last long. Excited for the future with this baby!

Nate and 1st soccer (little kickers)

We decided to sign up Nate for soccer. We were really excited and we did it through the YMCA since he still was 3 years old when he started. We can only do little kickers. We picked a Saturday so Daddy could take him to the practices. We all get ready to go as a family. Get there and we couldn't find out team. Finally we found the lead director and to our amazement they changed days of practice and never called us. So we had to break it to Nate that we wouldn't play soccer that day and have to go home. Big fail. Then we made our mad calls to the YMCA and got 1/2 off of what we paid. The bad part is that they were Friday afternoons at 5:00. This time and day was not what we wanted because that means Dad couldn't go and here I am dragging Nate and having to chase after Wes and tell him he can't play ball. So I put all my feelings aside because this is what Nate wants to do...we think. So I put Wes in the daycare (which he cried the whole time) and tried to find where this little kickers practice. It is in tiny little fence in back yard with sewer drains and a big hill. Not my idea of a "soccer field". We get there (and remember we already missed the first practice due to they never called us) and they call roll and never call Nate's name. Then we got that all straight. Then he started practice and it was way over my head. I never have played soccer and he was going so fast. I was like hold on I have to sit here and teach my 3 year old because your not explaining any directions and just doing everything so FAST!!! Lets just say I spent the whole practice chasing Nate and trying to explain to him what to do because the coaches didn't assist with anything. It really wasn't for the age of 3 and it was the parents doing all the work. So I made Daddy Brad go to the next one and he was not happy either with the whole situation. Needless to say Nate never wanted to go and we didn't force it because it was the worst set up we have ever seen. We never were having games either so the whole thing was a big mess. Guess we learned as parents for our first sign up for a sport.

Easter egg hunt

After all the candy and the toys the boys went out for their Easter egg hunt. Super cute to watch them and see how much they have grown from last year. I love my boys.

Easter time

I love Easter. But my problem is that the baskets we have are way too small. I must get bigger baskets next year and just keep it smaller. I just get to excited because I only get to do this once a year. This year theme is Angry Birds. We had stuff animals, games and snacks. I threw in also Nate's favorite game at speech Break the Ice.

It was a HUGE success and the candy was awesome. They went straight for the chocolate bunnies. Happy Easter boys!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Got back from the beach and had to immediately go into Easter. We had to get the eggs colored when we got up early Saturday Morning. I had to go to the store and go buy the eggs since we have been out of town all week. We put Wes in the highchair since I didn't want the table destroyed and dye go everywhere. But I made sure he helped drop the eggs in the colors and do stickers. It was a success. Nate loved counting the eggs and all the colors. Lots of FUN.

Beach with Ma and Kristin

Spring Break I wanted to go somewhere. Beach. Boys have been asking to go for a while but the hard thing was I knew Brad couldn't go because he just started this job. So I talked Ma and Kristin to go. The weather wasn't the best but me and the boys had the best time. It was so relaxing with out having to worry about work. While I was at the beach I found out I was pregnant!!! I was so excited and Brad knew I could find out when I was there. I called him Wed April 4th with the best news. Baby #3 on the way!!!