Happy Birthday James!

UCannot believe he is 6!  When I was up with Mary around  2am I thought of that morning 6 years ago when we welcomed sweet James.  We were so thrilled that somewhere we have a long video of him just sleeping that might be like 10 minutes long.  Can you tell we were excited to be parents?!

So in honor of Janes' 6th birthday, here are 6 crazy things the boys have said just this morning.

1. I asked the boys if they took the dog outside..response: "Yes, and we went potty outside too" oh dear.

2. James teasing Luke: "I'm older!"

Luke's response: "I'm taller"

3. James: "I am older then Luke and Mary. Mommy how old are you? (Insert response) wow, you are really old"

4. James saw his birthday sign when he came downstairs. It says "happy birthday James and Daddy". James says "Daddy it is NOT your birthday yet."

5. I started singing happy birthday to James when he walked into our room this morning. "You cannot sing without cake! Do I get cake for breakfast?"

6. "The best part of being 6 is now I am smarter then...anybody!"

I'm protecting her!

Pictures of Mary

I have been getting requests for more pictures if our sweet baby girl. So here are some of my favorites from our first 6 weeks.

Choices

The other day Luke gave us a choice:

1. We can have a family with 8 kids and 3 dogs. (Currently 5 kids and 2 dogs short)

Or

2. We can have 3 kids, 1 dog and 1 fish ( all we need is a fish!)

Which do you think we should choose?

Take your family to work day

Today I took the kids to visit daddy at work. It was a fun time complete with "special lunch" at McDonalds.

Luke remarked that his favorite things were the escalators and donuts. James liked seeing daddy's office and shaking everyone's hand. A food critic and diplomat on the making.

Mary slept the entire time, but was adored by everyone who walked past us. Including the sweet military professionals that gave me my visitor badge. Amazing someone so little could have do many admirers.

Ducky

Mary got her chance to wear the yellow ducky outfit....although she wore hers first at 4 weeks. Do you think she looks like her brothers?

 

 

Watch this Mary!

Big brothers adore their little sister. At the playground today I heard a lot of "watch this Mary!" I used to hear a lot of "mom, look at me!" Looks like little miss has stolen the hearts of her brothers.

In other new, James lost his first 2 teeth this past weekend. You can see it if you look closely. It was a pretty dramatic event. Thank goodness one adult tooth is poking through a little so sweet James isn't as worried.

One week old

Pictures from our first week as a family of five.

Introducing Mary Ellen

Introducing our beautiful daughter Mary Ellen.

Mary Ellen Turner
March 26
8 pounds, 10 ounces
21 inches long
Pure sweetness!

Happy Due Date

Well today is baby girl's due date. It is becoming increasingly hard to be patient and wait, we are all so excited to see her! So, we are doing our best to keep busy and not just sit around staring at my belly. My boys are keeping me company, and Grammy is helping keep them busy when I need a nap. Win win!

Daddy even got us out for a walk in the snow. Snowballs were flying everywhere as we enjoyed our last (hopefully) snowfall of the year.

Thanks for all the calls and emails! When baby girl arrives we will be sure to let you know!