Kindergarten Program

This Wednesday was Emma's shining moment at her kindergarten program. She was so excited and practiced her line a million times. She was afraid she'd get stage fright, but I wasn't too worried... :) Unfortunately all you can hear on the video is Reese talking away, but she did great! Way to go, Emma!

Grammie Bev and Pappaw came to show their support and, of course, her little bros!

Emma and her pals

Wild Man

Our little Lincoln has earned himself this title over the last few months. He's totally into everything and especially loves when I turn my back when the dishwasher is open... this picture was taken moments before his grimy little wet feet slipped and he about knocked himself out (nevermind the possibility of cutting off his foot on the cheese grater...)

And his big bro is in the next picture at about the same age!

It's a....

So today was the big day! At the ultrasound this morning, we found out it was a healthy baby... hold on. Even I didn't find out for a couple hours. We had the tech put this picture in an envelope and when we picked Emma up from school and went to McDonald's, she got to reveal it to us all! I envisioned laughs, smiles, joy... hmm... not exactly.

Emma burst into tears as the reality of being the big sister to THREE brothers set in. As she cried all through lunch, we reminded her how special she is to be the only girl and what a great big sister she is... and how God made this special baby and He knows just what He's doing. It'll grow on her. :)

Guess!

I don't have anything exciting to blog, but we do find out the sex of this baby next Monday... any guesses?? You've got a 50/50 chance... :)

Not-So-Merry Maids

Thank goodness for our dear friend Sara who was willing to come help clean up ground zero at our old house after our renters moved out. It's amazing what 20-something guys consider clean. Take a look for yourself and see the magic we worked. We did need a chemical rinse when we left... I'm pretty sure the swine flu was harvesting there.

I don't have after pictures for these, but wow...

Go, Team Mercury!

On our 3rd try of signing up for soccer, Emma is finally getting to try it out (it was cancelled the other times). We had no idea what she'd think of it and she hasn't exactly shown interest in sports... let's say it was highly entertaining. :) At her first practice, she was getting circled by seasoned 6 & 7 year olds who had clearly been in soccer since they were toddlers. She twirled her hair as she stood there trying to figure out what to do. At her first game, I was trying to explain to Josh that her coach had asked her to stand on the sidelines because they had too many players on her team. Nope. She was just standing there because she had no idea what to do! I think she touched the ball once when she stuck her foot into the wad of kids who were circling the ball like prey. At the end she was pleased with the mud on her new shinguards and ready to try again next week.