This girl is NINE!

Where on earth did our baby go!? EJ is 1/2 way to 18! We are in awe of her! She has such a heart for God & others. She is sheer joy! Her favorite things now are jiujitsu, reading, and school! 

My little redo!

We painted over the weekend, I love it! I am enjoying (slowly) decorating & remodeling our little farm house.  

I can not imagine a more perfect house for us.  

Some pics of the paint job!

Life with boys.....

Never know what you are going to find :)!

Cravings!

I did not blog, even once, when expecting Wynn.  It, honestly, was a very difficult time for us.  A pregnancy after a second trimester loss, with no explanation.  Also, we had just gotten Daws.  It was hard beyond belief.  I want to do better this go-round.  Bringing a person into this world is such an amazing thing!  Even if it is your sixth go at it! 
I am HUGE!  At 24 weeks, I already get asked "Are you about to pop?" and other such statements!  I am craving subway.  roasted chicken on Italian, American cheese, toasted, onions, pickles, olives, tomatoes, honey mustered, oil, and salt please!  I would eat them breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
 We are talking names, will most likely keep them under wraps until the big day.  Of course, Lindsay will know (shout out to my one commenter :)) Lindsay entertains my random, all hours of the day texts about names, she has earned it.  
I am feeling MUCH better and off my anti-nausea meds.  Enjoying feeling her move a ton!  Super excited about having a little girl. 
Josh and I were talking about my odd cravings last night, I knew I needed to record them!
Emery Jai, oatmeal pies and coke zero (in a can, hot)
Guice,green olives stuffed with garlic, Munster cheese, almonds, sliced turkey
Evergrace, Fruit dip and jelly sandwiches on Texas toast
Hollis, steak, lots of it.  drowned in Heinz 57
Wynn, bananas fried in coconut oil served with peanut butter
It is so funny, to me, that I haven't eaten any of that since!  Other than steak, but without the gross amounts of 57 poured over it! 

All done up for Christmas!

We had such a great time getting the house Christmas ready! Josh hung lights 5 days before Christmas, that is how we roll :)

I know this is controversial.....

But I did it, I painted over wood! Ha!! I painted my mantel. I had my heart set on a vintage replacement. However, as usual, my heart and budget did not line up. So, slapped some paint on tht baby! I am so enjoying making this place home! 

Wynn was a sick little guy...

Wynn had a brief overnight hospital stay. It was the first time, other than birth, that our kiddos have been hospitalized. He had the flu which lead to very minor breathing complications. He rebounded super quick! 

A shot of him in the sweet gown :)! 

Bless his heart, he doesn't look like hisself! 

Love this!

The reveal!

We decided we wanted to find out the gender before birth this time, mostly because I KNEW the baby was a girl! Girls need a lot :)! This is our 7th pregnancy & we have an awesome Girl, boy pattern going! I wonder how long the pattern will hold ;)!?!

We had our scan and the tech wrote down the gender, we did not find out. My friend wrapped up the gift for us.  We were going to unwrap Christmas morning , however we couldn't wait a second longer. She really got us with wrapping the first two things!! 

Okay, the video will not load....off to google how to do it! Lol! For real....

Assortment of phone pics!

Daws turned 3! We currently have two terrific three year olds! Good times!

Merry Christmas!! We had a wonderful time celebrating the birth of our savior!

New year!!

Lots going on, of course! When in a family of 8 is there not!?! We are looking forward to the new year, new beginnings! Our most anticipated event will be the birth of our daughter!

More to come! Happy new year!