Welcome Home Baby "L"

This is Baby "L" at 1 day old....see that nice shaped head....that comes when your baby decides not to descend until actual delivery. It made for a different delivery, but wow look at that head!!!!

Time to leave the hospital.....doesnt he just look so cute with that hat swallowing his teeny tiny head. Man I could just sit and look at him all day.

My sister and I found this awesome Moses basket at the consignment shop 2 weeks before Baby "L" decided to grace us with his presence, and I must say this was the best find we have ever come across. Baby "L" loves his little basket bed. I am going to be so sad when he grows out of this.

This is a little blurry but I just love this look. He seems so content yet so serious! The girls sat last night deciding what features he has of each person. I think he is a good mix of us all and what a sweet combination. He is a cutey!!!!

This is a perfect angel look. Again look at that head.....and what sweet contentment. I am so in love with this little guy.

A Proud Family....

Don't let this picture fool you....my Scooter Boo wouldn't be caught dead shedding a tear, but he is a proud daddy.

Little "O" loved his new baby from the moment he saw him. He even tried to share his animal crackers with him (a little scary).

I got to hold him first.....

then me.....

then me......

then me........


finally it was my turn......the last one gets to hold him longer!!!!!

A Lot of Stuff for One Little Blog

Ok, a lot of stuff has happened in the past month so try to keep up......

My Daddy had hip replacement surgery at the beginning of the month. Wow, what a trooper! He has recovered exceptionally well except for the fact that he has a crazy doctor or nurse (I'm not sure which) that keeps overdosing him on medication. Now that he has taken his pain relief and his blood thinners into his own hands he is doing magnificently. We are so proud of you Daddy!!!!

My Mom turned 60, but she doesnt look a day older than 29! I guess she must still use Oil of Olay to keep that youthful glow about her. Maybe I will be lucky enough to look that young on my 60th birthday too. The girls decided their Memaw needed a young, hip cake and not a gloomy black one. A fun cake for a fun Memaw.

My children became natives and painted themselves for the dance of "Mosquitoes Be Gone". I bought them a big sidewalk chalk set to keep them busy at my parents house. I guess it was supposed to be instructed to them that the chalk goes on the sidewalk and not each others faces. Can you guess what color the bath water was that night?

Little "O" discovered a love for the sound of hard plastic toys hitting the new hardwood floor my parents just installed throughout the downstairs. I must say they were so good about humoring this little guy and actually found some laughs in watching him roll this plastic shape sorter from room to room as if it was a rubber ball. What can I say this boy is all boy when it comes to noise and destruction. I can only guess my parents breathed a sigh of relief to hear quiet the night we packed up and came home.

And last but not least we delivered a beautiful baby boy on the 22nd of August! Baby "L" weighed in at 7lbs 13 oz and a short little 19 3/4 inches. As much pain as this little booger gave me you would have thought he was going to be a full grown football player when he was born, but he was this sweet tiny thing. He did enter the world as a little stinker ( literally he was shooting poop the whole way out). He gave everyone a lovely bath with the water before that so I guess he had things a little backwards, but thats ok I think I'll keep him. He is a cutey!!!!!

A Quick Update

Well as you can guess no baby yet! However we are currently staying with my parents so I am close to the doctors I trust in case the little booger decides to come a little early. So far all he does is give me really bad contractions in Walmart! Is this a sign that I will no longer have my enjoyable trips to my favorite store? Is he going to be a screamer on my Walmart trips? I can only pray not, because this is my one get away when I just need to escape my house. (Sad I know, but this is the only place that I can kill two birds with one stone) Anyway, back to the update......
The girls are enjoying their time with the cousins and Little "O" is being entertained completely by my parents and seems to be in love with my sister. I guess Auntie J will just have to hold my sweet boy in the delivery room so he and I feel comfortable. The thought of leaving him behind while I am in the hospital is killing me. I have always felt that way with each of my kids but this time I just feel lost without my Little "O".

As far as the house, we are still waiting for some miracle sell. Who knows, it could happen! I guess we just need that strong chain of prayer to push this along. I need to be with my husband and my kids need their daddy. Everyone who reads this little blog, please keep us in your prayers and help us to get our lives back together (literally).

God is good and He will provide our needs in His timing. I only pray His timing is soon! I miss my Scooter Boo!!!!

Mens Work!!!

Scooter recently went skeet shooting with some friends from church, and he decided it would be a good idea to clean his gun today. Little did he know that he would have some very inquisitive help. Little "O" thought this whole process was cool to say the least and he managed to completely overhaul the gun cleaning kit in the process. He cleaned the little pieces he found and daddy cleaned the big pieces. All in all it was a good mans afternoon and when it was all said and done Little "O" gave up and went to nap no doubt dreaming of his next mans adventure with his hero Big Papa!

Hey Where is All Your Hair?

Ok is it just me or did they cut the little girl right out of my "H" when they cut her hair? I think her new do is quite cute but my goodness she looks at least preteen now. She loves her new look too! I think it will take Big Papa a while to get used to it but he seems to see that she loves it and keeps his opinions to himself. I must say it is soooooooo much easier to go places without having to fight with her about brushing her hair. Somehow cutting her hair also made her look 2 feet taller. Weird!

One Down, Too Many to Go!

Finally!!!!! "F" has been waiting, and waiting, and waiting to pull a tooth like her sisters. Now that she is officially 6, she has managed to yank one out of her mouth. The pride is over the top and all of the sudden she is talking a little funny. I think it sounds cute, but I can only imagine it will get even funnier as more of those little babies wiggle their way out. I guess my baby is growing up!

Fourth of July Celebrations!

Five wet little girls in a pool.....How crazy am I? To tell you the truth it was actually very easy. Everyone could touch the bottom in the shallow end except "D" and she wore arm swimmies the whole time. I did find myself constantly counting 1-2-3-4-5 , it was worth it and we had a wonderful time just playing. The food and fireworks were pretty good too.

A little later Big Papa showed up for the festivities and of course Little "O" spent the rest of his time chilling with Daddy. Aren't they so cute in their little sun hats. My two sensitive skin men I just love them so much!!!! Watching them together makes my heart melt. That little boy loves his daddy!!!!!!!

Humh!!! Life is not fair!!! I just want to take these silly arm thingies off so I can swim too. Little does she realize that she will sink to the bottom like a sack of potatoes if she jumps in with no floaties. Sometimes you just have to make them a little mad to keep them safe. Poor "D" keep eating your spinach and you will eventually be big enough to swim free style.

Me and My Pepaw!

At the b-day party Little "O" discovered the joys of Pepaw time. He thought hanging around my dad's neck was the best trick he had learned. I was just thrilled that he was up in the air and not trying to climb the steps to the deck 100 times. Thanks Daddy for becoming Little "O"s jungle gym that night, you were a life saver. No wonder his eyes light up when you come through the door.

Happy 6th B-Day "F"!!!!

Here we are at Memaw and Pepaw's celebrating "F"'s 6th b-day. She loves her cousins so much and wanted them as here special friends at her party. This was the first year she has wanted anybody with her. "F" is quite a shy puppy when all the attention is on her. I think she handled it well though.

Of course before we could head off to Memaw and Pepaw's there was a little tradition that needed to be accomplished so we took the time to let "F" bake her cake in the comforts of our own home. All the girls really love doing this and it makes them feel so much more involved.

Ta Dah!!! One cute little "miss 6" b-day cake.

When it comes to B-day parties who needs entertainment? We have Scooter Boo! Somehow he captures the kids attention every time. I think they think he is a kid himself which makes me happy to have him as my hubby. Who needs a staunchy stiff man to walk through life with. Life is much better when you are able to laugh at it. I know that "F" was thrilled that her daddy took the stares off of her and shifted them onto his antics. Happy Birthday my shy little beauty. You are a treasure to us all and we love you sooooooo much!!!!!!