June 23, 2011

What day is June 23, 2011??? MY DUE DATE! I'm very excited to announce that I am pregnant with baby #4! :) We are all thrilled that we will be welcoming a new baby girl or boy into our home in June!

My 1st ultrasound at 7 wks. 6 dys (Yes there is only 1 baby in my belly!)


The kids are very happy that they will have a new sibling. I have already enjoyed how much they are into this pregnancy (with my previous pregnancies they weren't really old enough to "get it"). They love to look at my belly. Wyatt will say "wow your tummy's big mommy." The sweetest thing he's done recently is last Friday we were watching a movie and he fed the baby popcorn and turkey through my belly button. It was so cute! I wish I would have videotaped it. He showers my belly with kisses but when he's all done he'll say "okay mommy cover it back up." :) Emma likes to feel how hard my belly is sometimes. Dakota isn't into touching my belly a lot yet but I know once the baby starts moving he'll enjoy feeling the kicks and watching the movements of my belly.

We will be finding out the gender of this baby (the girls want a girl and the boys want a boy). My instinct is saying girl but I also would really love to have another daughter so that could be making me think girl (I would love for Emma to experience the joys of a sister). We'll know in February if we'll be needing to buy pink or blue in baby summer clothes (I don't have any of because my other babies were winter and fall babies). I can't wait to shop for this little one! I've been good and held out on not buying any baby clothes yet because I don't really want to buy gender neutral clothing.

Here I am on Thanksgiving... 10 weeks with a little bump :) I was in my maternity pants at 8 weeks this time but with my thin figure and this being baby #4 the belly just popped right away. :) Plus the maternity pants help in me not feeling so sick (I don't like any pressure on my belly during pregnancy and my pre-maternity jeans just fit to snug.) I love my bump! :)

So far this hasn't been any easy pregnancy with A LOT of nausea all day long but in the last week it has switched to just being in the evenings (the same way with my previous pregnancies) and I have been so much more tired this time. Thankfully I have a very understanding husband and children!

I feel so blessed that God blessed us with conceiving quickly with this final pregnancy (yes this will be it for us). I have always wanted to be a mommy of 4 but David didn't always share in that vision. ;) I prayed many many prayers that God would change David's heart and God was faithful and opened my husband's heart for room for 1 more sweet baby! I can't wait and the excitement has been so much fun for all of us. :)

You can see the excitement here... this is the morning we told the kids before my 1st appt. The 2 youngest had to go with us because my bestie was sick with the flu so we had to share the news with them a little bit earlier than planned. I had the hardest time keeping the pregnancy from them so David or I didn't mind sharing the news with them. :)

Emma's holiday ballet

BOO at the zoo

This year we took the kids to Boo at the Zoo! :) David was on his hunting trip to Montana for trick-or-treat night so we only did Boo at the Zoo this year. The kids looked great! :) Wyatt was scared of the spooky display behind the signs so he wasn't thrilled to take this photo (he was crying in one of the photos.. it was cute.)

Wyatt was a blue dinosaur. I loved the tail on the back of the costume. He looked so cute! He loves dinosaurs right now but he had a hard time deciding what he wanted to be for Halloween this year.

Emma was a ballerina. My best friend Summer made her skirt. She looked beautiful! The day was very chilly and it worked out perfect for her costume that she had the brown sweater with the ballet slippers on it. She had a cute little leotard on underneath the sweater. We made Dakota's costume this year and it was a lot of fun. He wasn't sure what he wanted to be this year but he finally decided on a robot (since we told him we could make the costume). His costume was a hit!! He was getting A LOT of attention and everyone was making comments like "look at the robot" and "cool costume" and "that's the best homemade costume ever." He wasn't sure about all of the attention so he ended up taking off the head, legs, and arms of his costume. He didn't like all of the attention. He looked so cute. Cutting the eyes and mouth out of the head was his idea. The front of the robot had a t.v. on it. He even walked like a robot. I loved when he talked like a robot too. :)

David and I didn't dress up this year. I was going to but then just didn't get it all together. David just returned from Montana the night before so he wasn't up to dressing up either. We've promised the kids that we'll both dress up next year.

I took this picture of Emma as she was playing on the polar bear play area. She looks so happy and I love how I captured her "I'm having so much fun mommy big smile!" They all loved playing in this play area.

For our picture together we had to do a ballet pose of course!

Our day was almost over but I love how cute Emma and Wyatt smiled for me in this photo (well this was like the 4th photo I took). ;)

We rode the spooky Halloween train and Dakota rode with me. We had fun. We rode all the way in the back of the train while David, Emma, and Wyatt rode in the front. The differences in kids cracks me up and where they wanted to ride on the train showed there differences that day. We had fun on the spooky train! It wasn't to spooky though.

There was smoke everywhere giving the eerie feeling as we crossed this bridge. David and the kids were just walking out of the spooky smoke!

This is Wyatt's first self portrait! He always sees me taking self portraits with David and I take them with the kids. He wanted to try on. I love this photo and he looks very cute!


The afternoon at the zoo was fun but cold and windy. We did see a few animals but I enjoyed watching my kids all dressed up plus looking so cute too. They had fun going to the different stations getting candy but at the end of the day Dakota was a bit sad because it just wasn't the same as going from house to house. I have some extra candy to buy to make up for the lack of it at the zoo and next year we'll be sure to go to the traditional trick-or-treat. I agree that is a lot more fun! :)

The love of my oldest son :)

Dakota likes to take shower's in mommy and daddy's bathroom. Today after he was done and as I was getting the other 2 ready for bed I walked into the bathroom and this is what I found written on the mirror.



David has been gone on an elk hunting trip out west since last Tuesday night so this sweet little message just made my night. Dakota told me he ran out of room to write "you" and he asked me "mommy is that how you spell love?" He is so sweet and thoughtful. I'm blessed to have such a loving son! :)

Yesterday he was sick and stayed home from school (I'm thankful it was just a 24 hour bug as I hate to see my children in pain and that's what he was in yesterday) but last night he lost another tooth. :) He wiggled that tooth until it finally came out (we had tried the tie a string around it and slam the door the night before but we couldn't get that trick to work). The tooth fairy visited last night and left him $1.00. :) His top middle tooth is loose right now too so by Christmas he may be able to sing "All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth!" :) I love his changing toothless grin! :)

My sweet little guy

Wyatt and I were having fun just the other day taking self pictures of him and I together (he loves when I hold the camera back and take a shot of the two of us and I love it too because he puts his little arm around me giving me a big squeeze). I got this shot of him (I only got half of my face so I cropped that out) and I just love how his eyes are just so bright plus that cute little smile. Just a simple picture of my littlest guy... my 3 year old. :)

The Pumpkin Patch :)

One of my favorite family traditions is going to the pumpkin patch. This year was a blast! The weather was just the right amount of chilly and the pumpkins were plentiful for the choosing! :) The kids were into me taking there pictures which made me so happy (even Dakota who is not usually a fan of many photos... he get's that from his daddy). We had a lot of fun walking all the way down the pumpkin patch and finding our perfect pumpkins. I love making fall memories with my family and seeing the smiles on my kids faces at the pumpkin patch was priceless! :)

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY WYATT!! :)

Today is my silly little man Wyatt's 3rd birthday! :) We started out the day by making some yummy cinnamon oatmeal muffins. He helped me by cracking the egg and stirring the yummy mixture together. He enjoyed his big muffin and even got to blow out 3 candles before he devoured the muffin (as you can see he devoured it in his normal silly ways).

David has to work at the firehouse today but I have some fun plans for Wyatt. He wants to play at the park, go get a balloon, and we are going to dinner at Bob Evans (which he keeps calling just Evans). I'm looking forward to a fun day with my little guy. He's going to have a Diego party this weekend. He'll get to enjoy a fun birthday week!! :) Oh and we started the morning off talking in his bed while I held him and rubbed his back (can I tell you how much I still LOVE that he'll cuddle with me, lay on my chest, and let me rub his back). Dakota and Emma came into his room and we admired the dark clouds in the sky (it was still dark out). We enjoyed just chatting together before he was ready to get started on his birthday day.

One of the most special parts of his birthday is he also shares the day with my beloved Grandma Fite... he calls her GG. A major plus to having an induction is we were able to plan it out so he was born on her special day! Happy birthday Grandma!! Love you bunches! :)

3 things that I love about this little guy..
1. His silly personality and his ability to keep us all laughing (he makes some of the funniest faces)
2. He's so affectionate and loving (I love when he rubs my back, gives me a shoulder massage, but my favorite is when he holds my face in-between his little hands and gives me a kiss)
3. His creativity and love of learning... he loves to cook with me, color, play with Play-Doh (his favorite), make creations out of dirt, read books, and do his lessons. He's a joy and I love to see the things he creates and how proud he is to show those things to David and I. He loves to learn and I enjoy watching him learn new things everyday.

I have to mention his other favorite thing is Diego!! More of Diego in the next post..... :) Happy 3rd birthday Wyatt!! :) I love you so much and you bring such joy into my life!!