Army of 4

......so little time! This week we are traveling to Alabama for Thanksgiving! WHOOHOO!! We get to travel with a 2 & 1/2 year old and a 1 month old, this should be interesting! LOL!! I'm sure it will go fine....says the Daddy! I have so much to do to get ready for this trip! Packing (this time for 2 kids!), laundry, cleaning, dishes, etc. etc. etc. Not to mention that some kid at church got Jeremiah sick last night! Question....why do parents bring their children to church coughing (like the croupy sound!) and their nose running uncontrollably?? WHY?? I ask! Do they think..'maybe no one else will catch this.' Or do they just not care that it might, just might infect another child?! Responsibility people!! That's all I ask!

Ok, now that my ranting is over! hahaha! It's time to get back to work!

One quick story! Jeremiah is a funny kid, and here's why. Last night he felt the need to take EVERY toy out of his toy box, and I mean EVERY toy! Here's the scenario, He finds a toy and says, "Mommy, I got a phone!! I talk to Opa! Hello Opa! Ok, bye!" and then throws it over his shoulder! "Mommy! I got Luigi!" (For those of you who may not know, Luigi is a character in the movie 'Cars') "Mommy! I got a Zebra!" "Mommy! I got Superman!" "Mommy! I got a ball!" Thus, throwing ALL the toys in the middle of the living room! It's hilarious to watch because he gets so excited over a small toy he hasn't seen in literally months! He only plays with the toy for 1/2 a second and then throws it behind him and keeps going. So, now, a project I have given myself on top of trying to get ready for the Alabama trip is to go through the toys and try to get rid of some that way it can be filled back up again at Christmas! LOL!! Off to toy sorting I go!

Well for those of you who don't know, Rachel Ann Bates joined our family on October 21st. She is beautiful and I can't stop looking at her. The Lord has blessed our family in so many ways! It's a short post, but I need to nap while both children are! And that doesn't happen often! :) Here are a couple of pics for you to enjoy!

Here we are the new Army of 4!

My Cuties! Jeremiah was a giarraffe and Rachel was a Panthers cheerleader for Halloween! (Daddy actaully got the Panthers outfit! It was hard, him being a Colts fan and all!!!)

Let me just start off by saying that I know it's been a while since I've written anything on here! Too much going on around here! So, I apologize to the few of you who actually read my blog!

Jeremiah has started WEE School and he LOVES it and so do I!! What Mom donesn't enjoy a few moments to clear her head with out hearing "Mommy, Mommy, MOMMY!!!!" and having to check every 5 seconds to see what he might be tearing up or getting into! I'm so glad that he is there, he really enjoys it! He was sick this past week with a cold and missed Tuesday and he cried and all he talked about was wanting to go to 'cool' (as he calls it)! It's comforting to know that he really enjoys going to school. He's even made a little buddy, whom he talks about just about every time I pick him up from school!

The real news is that only a couple of weeks left of this pregnancy!! It feels like FOR-EV-ER that I've been pregnant!! I'm not sure I like being pregnant what feels like all year! We are all ready for this baby girl to come into our arms! Jeremiah asked me one day and was actually looking around the house saying"Mommy, Where's baby sister?" How cute! I'm sure he'll learn soon where she is and why she's taking up so much of Mommy's time! :):) We put the infant seat in the car just in case we need it soon and now when Jeremiah gets in he says, "Baby Sister goes in there!" I think he's ready for his sister too!! We will try to post some pics once we get things settled after Baby Girl comes home, but just bear with us! Hopefully I won't be so slack and wait another 4 months before something gets posted on here!

I know it's been a while, so here's a little bit about what's been going on around here. This is for the 2 of you who actually read my pathetic little blog............IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!! That's right we are having a baby girl! The first granddaughter on both sides of our families! Think she'll be spoiled rotten? :) Now I get to go pick out cute little dresses and hairbows, etc! How fun! Oh, and I know the next question is going to be 'what is the name?'. Well.......you'll just have to wait till October to find out! We haven't quite decided on one yet, and even if we have, it's a secret!! :):)

Rich's company is AWESOME!! He loves it! And one thing that is great about it is that they get CHEAP tickets to things, and I mean CHEAP! We got Zoo tickets, SUPER CHEAP!! It was only $6 for all of us to get in!!!! (Not to mention he came home one day with tickets to the Discovery Place!! Whoohoo!) So needless to say, on Saturday we went to the Zoo in Columbia, SC! It was so stinking hot, but we all had a GREAT time! There was plenty of shade and we drank water like it was going out of style! Jeremiah had so much fun seeing all the animals in real life that we tell him about and that he sees in books! The Elephants, Giraffes, Turtles and Fishes were his favorite! We could have spent the whole day in the Aquarium! Of course he came out with a prize to remember his first Zoo trip! Here are some pictures! Enjoy!

I've added a poll to see what people think we are going to have. Boy or Girl? We have our ultrasound in a few weeks and I thought it would be fun to see what people think that we might have! Now, you only have a 50/50 chance, so pick wisely! Haha! :) We will let you know what the baby is once we have the ultrasound! And whomever guess right will get a huge pat on the back!

Well, this week starts the second week that Rich has been at his job! He loves it and they love him too!! They are very impressed with his speed on AutoCAD! Rich leaves early in the morning and comes home around 5:30-6. It's not too bad, other than the fact that I have no car!!!! Until the end of this month when Rich can go down to Alabama to get his Jeep. Therefore, I'm trying to find things to do with my very energetic almost 2 year old, with out pulling out my hair all day! So, if anyone has any ideas of what to do at home, I'd love to hear them! I can't wait till our neighborhood pool opens, we will be down there quite frequently this summer! It's amazing how something as little as having a car can impact your day to day life! As of now I am truly a Stay-At-Home Mom, and I mean stay at home!