20 Weeks Prego Today....

Today, I am 20 weeks pregnant and loving it! Yes, I am HUGE! We call our baby "fry baby".I love fried pickles, fried chicken, fried artichokes, and yes, fried onion rings. Ummmmm... I am laughing now, but probably not so much when the baby is in my arms and resting on the stationary belly. I will probably have my work cut out for me. Ha! I don't believe I was this big with any of my other pregnancies. However, this is the forth and I think the body is programmed to pop out and get to business....Happy 20 weeks baby! We are half way there....Can't wait!

Quick Birthday Recap...

We celebrated our birthday in Gatlingburg at the Park Grill. A delicious restaurant indeed! We all, including the kids, ate fresh trout. Yummy Good!!! We then walked to an all time favorite candy store for a little treat. The girls picked out the huge suckers and Steve got a carmel apple. I on the other hand, was a tad bit full. I can only pack in so much at one time with a wiggly baby in the belly. We had a blast! Happy Birthday to me and Steve...Thank you Lord for giving us another year to celebrate each others life together. We are so thankful for life...

Celebrating Life....

We continue the fun all week long celebrating life. Each year the Lord gives to us is truly a celebration of life. Life is a miracle as we saw today in our ultra sound. Each ultra sound, I am completely amazed at the work of God. He created this beautiful life and chose me to be this precious baby's mother. That I will not take for granted but be thankful each day for His mercy and grace. I am overwhelmed with joy and excitement as I wait until the arrival of our baby. We chose today not to find out the sex of our gift. It's almost like Christmas (but way better!) you can see the presents but you do not see what is inside. We saw the baby and the health of the baby but chose not see whether the Lord gave us another daughter or a son. Twenty more weeks as Steve says, we will find out! The anticipation and excitement is so fun!!! Our sweet miracle of life is right at a pound and measuring a little bit bigger than I am in weeks.  Thank you sweet Lord for the gift of life.....

Birthday Month....

This month Steve and myself both celebrate the same birthday. All I wanted for my birthday is a big can of Dale and Thomas Popcorn that we discovered three years ago in New York City. It has to be the best popcorn you have ever put into your mouth. Of course, it came in the mail a little bit early, and we for sure were not going to let it go to waste and just sit there until our actual birthday. So, yes, we opened that can and have not stop eating it since. Man, it's good!

What to do? What to do?

When is has been super cold everyday, you become creative inside your home. It's almost as if you have no other choice. Thankfully, our children our "home bodies" and enjoy staying at home. Now that it has reached a whopping 40 degrees, we decided to venture out. When you venture out, we are careful where it is we venture out to. No playgrounds, those have germs, no restaurants with playgrounds, because again, you are faced with germs. We are very careful if you don't have to expose yourself to kiddy germs, the better! So, we went to a bookstore in Knoxville and then to Target to the dollar spot to re-supply our "reward box" and have popcorn and yummy cherry icies. The girls loved it! And at the end of the day, the girls said, "this was a fun day". It does not take much to have fun with these girls. I love it........

Artic Air...

Brrrrrrrr cold here in Tennessee! Yes, it was 14 degrees and the girls were begging to go outside and play in the freezing cold snow. So, we went out all of 45 minutes. I think that is about all our bodies could handle. Then, it was back inside to drink some delicious hot chocolate and do a little bit of school. What a great day!

Better Late...Than Never...

Okay, I am tad behind on downloading pictures to the blog. I am in the midst of catching up on a few pictures. So, here goes....Christmas recap! First we have the cuties tooties in their Christmas pajamas, then we have the girls in their sweet prairie dresses (they are huge fans of Little House on the Prairie), then, the girls loved their new American girl dolls. Christmas is always so fun and I think it just gets more fun each year as the girls get older! We are so blessed.....