Where's the shotgun!

Well apparently my almost 4 year old daughter decided that she was going to date this past Friday. No only that, after just one date, they decided they wanted to get married (on Saturday). Wait... there's more. Apparently they also decided they were ready to be parents and they had a baby girl (also on Saturday). All within a 24 hour period. (In all honesty my daughter has had a "thing" for her friend Jacob for over a year now, so I guess I should not be surprised.)
It was so funny Mike and I attended a conference this weekend, so since we were carpooling we all used the same sitter. Our kids are all best buds anyway so it was no big deal. When we came back after the Saturday session and the sitter was telling us all this we were practically rolling on the floor laughing. Apparently they walked down the isle (sidewalk) and had the sitter help them say their vows. The baby was a plastic (naked) baby from the nursery. It was really cute. But for me at least it begged the question... "Where did they get the idea to do that?" I mean we have talked about marriage, and how mommy and daddy are married or when anniversaries come up we explain how a couple is married. But I am not really sure we ever went into the details of a wedding... although my kids have been to a couple of weddings, I thought they were to young to pay attention to what was going on... I guess not! It just goes to show children pay attention to more things than we think. So now where's that shotgun...

I just thought this was to cute to not pass on. Hope you got as much of a kick out of it as we did! Happy Monday!

Amazing

It truly amazes me how something you have spent 9 months prepping for can still manage to throw you for a loop. In just over two weeks our whole lives have changed.
Don't get me wrong change can be a great thing... I like to change things up actually... but shesh.
Maybe it's because after 4 ultra sounds we still had no idea if she was a girl or boy, or the fact that I had gotten used to my older two; who are now somewhat independent, or just the fact that we now have another person (along with all the "stuff" that you need to take care of said person)living in an already full house, but our lives have changed a lot in just over two weeks.
Erika really is a good baby... she rarely cries unless she is hungry or needs to be changed, and she seems to take most things in a stride... including being passed around, and poked and prodded by her curious brother and sister. It's also strange at how I cannot now imagine my life with out her. Two weeks and she is already such a part of our lives... Amazing how that happens. But how could you possibly resist that beautiful face.
It still amazes me (I am still in that post hormonal stage, where everything either amazes me or makes me crazy... ask me about our new president-elect to really get an idea of what makes me crazy... heh) that she has ONLY been out of the womb for for 18 days.
We are actually adjusting nicely. The kids just love to dote on Erika. They want her to grow up fast though, so she can talk and play with them. It really is cute when they get so excited about helping. Lex loves to help me pick out Erika's clothes, and Tim is just a good helper all the way around. So things are going good (so far... talk to me once she starts walking and getting into the older ones stuff... lol).
Anyway I just wanted to post some new pics. I have been having problems with a finicky camera, but managed to get it working this morning, so I snapped a bunch of pics of Erika, Tim and Lex at the park. Here are a few, but there are more of Erika at my "other" web site, so make sure to check there too!

Amazing

As I sit her and look at my already-ever-expanding-waste line, I was reminded of a time about 5 years ago when we thought we would never be able to have children. It was probably one of the lowest times in my life. But yet, God must have a great and wonderful sense of humor, as he has blessed us with two amazing children and another on the way. Parenthood has been a journey that has taken us all over the place, emotionally, physically, and mentally (and then some). What a wonderful and interesting journey it has been.
I was looking back over some of the earlier blogs on this site, and I cannot believe we have been blogging here for 2 1/2 years. It's kinda funny to go back and read some of the older posts. Some things I had forgotten, some memories came flooding back, but most were ingrained in my mind. It was like a tiny little movie camera was replaying them for me.
We still have a long way to go on this parenting journey, and maybe I am just waxing philosophical because I am pregnant, but I am soooo looking forward to the rest of this interesting journey, and adding another personality to the mix.