train take-over

i walked into the basement to find this masterpiece...

eli worked SO hard to create this thomas land for he and his brothers to enjoy. it's even more massive than it appears here, but the camera didn't do it justice! good times :)

the joys of boys

too busy playing outside at mawmaw & pawpaw's house to go inside and go! i would say he's almost completely potty trained though...yippee!!

caleb's turn

jerry took caleb this time to the colts preseason game & they had a blast!! he definitely enjoyed his special time with daddy :) of course, pictures of caleb would not be the same if he didn't make all of his goofy faces!!

preK

caleb had his first day of preK this week!! he's excited because he's in the green group...his favorite color!!!
i think his baby brother is in for a shock when caleb goes all 3 days next week. as soon as i got home from taking caleb to school, abram asked, "can we go pick up eli & caleb now? i miss them." he truly does miss his best buddies when they're at school! after we picked caleb up from school, abram said, "so, caleb. how was your day?" precious! i love my boys :)

big brothers again!

just wanted to capture the boys' reaction to the baby news on camera...we showed them the ultrasound pictures and asked eli to tell caleb what it said..."baby". then eli immediately asked, "is it gonna be a girl?!" ha-ha!! not so sure about that, but we'll find out in a few months! we've been blessed with healthy, happy babies and i'll be okay with one more of that, thanks :)

positive!!

pink line+ blue line= baby!
yep, you read it right! baby #4 is on the way. i've been anxiously awaiting my appointment today to announce the exciting news! so, to catch you up...
on july 25th i saw the magical 2 lines on the test and nonchalantly told jerry "well, it looks like hcg is present". we were somewhat reserved with our emotions, but still very excited. the last 3 1/2 weeks have been spent anticipating my first OB appointment where i got to see the flashing light...baby's heartbeat!!! my dates were a little off, but baby #4 was ready to show off that strong little heart even at 7 weeks/2 days! i've been feeling okay, just the usual pregnancy stuff. i knew something was up last month when i starting craving iced tea. in fact, i don't even want diet coke most of the time, which if you know me at all, you know that i'm one of the biggest diet coke drinkers around! the summertime cherries have been a favorite...i could eat the whole carton if they weren't so much work to eat. so to sum it up (and i'll only do this after my appointments to spare you from weekly details!)

baby's status: heartrate=140, cute lil embryo due april 5th

mommy's status: nauseous, excited!!
cravings: whatever sounds good at the moment...it seriously changes that quick :)
dislikes: fluids, MANY of the smells at work (hospital), sweets

award

it's always surprising to me when people i don't even know make comments on my blog. i mean, to think someone who doesn't know me or my family actually has an interest in my life is kind of crazy. but it does makes me love the blog world even more...getting to know complete strangers all over the world! well, i was very excited to receive a blog award from a reader who found me through the blog hop. thank you SO much, miss HeatherOz, for thinking my blog is fabulous!! i will be sure to pass along this award very soon!