Answer for Tara!

No, I wasn't pregnant before you left. I found out in October that we were having #4. Dakota was only 9 months old at the time and what a shock it was. Needless to say, I will have my hands full. I thought they were full with just TC and AJ but low and behold!

My induction date is set for the 17th not the 7th. My body is ready to have the baby now but mentally I just don't know if I am ready. You would think that having 8 brothers and 30 something nieces and nephews would have prepared me for this but I just can't take that many kids talking or screaming at me at the same time. Maybe Jaxon will be a very quiet child. Do I have that kind of luck?

I asked Steve how he would feel if I painted our bedroom purple. He told me that he would feel like less of a man. So I decided to use it as my accent color instead.

My sewing machine has really seen a workout! Yes, I made my curtains, bedskirt, and pillows. Don't expect too much more from me though. My next project is to finish painting the stairwell - Scary!



Maybe I will let Steve choose the color to paint our bedroom walls. I think he deserves it.

Getting closer, but not close enough!

Here is my son that I never take pictures of. He is at school all day and by the time he gets home and does his homework, he runs outside to play and then I don't see him again until dinnertime. He is a busy kid. I have already pulled two ticks out of his hair and summer hasn't even officially begun. I will have to keep him sprayed down with Off. I guess the woods look too inviting. TC's last day of first grade is on Wednesday. How exciting! We will have to plan some fun stuff for the summer. Besides giving him a baby brother.






I thought this was too cute of Dakota. Her favorite things to do right now are digging through the trash, wearing everyones yucky shoes on her hands, and pulling everything out of every drawer. Oh, did I mention that she loves being outside. She likes to walk around and does not want you to limit her to any certain part of the yard. How far could she really go?




My doctor has set a date for induction on June 17th. In order for me to have an epidural, I would have to be off of my blood thinner. We don't want any surprises and I am game for having the baby early. I feel like I am going to pop at any moment.


Dakota's great-aunt made her a beautiful blue dress and so I thought I would post her picture in it so that Aunt Maryetta can see how cute she is in it. She did such a great job.













This picture of AJ is so cute because he was so proud of himself for swimming into the deep end. Maybe by the end of the summer he won't even need the floats! I love to see him get so excited when he accomplishes something that is so big to him.