Out Numbered!!!

So Amanda brought this to my attention the other day....our sweet girls are about to be out numbered!  Let me explain....Our Life Group is baby booming right now, it's crazy! 

the Luedke's have 2 girls....

Here's Hannah {1} and Madison {4} at the Pumpkin Patch

We have 2 girls....

One of my favorite pics!!  This was the day we got to bring Sam home!!! 

{Joey 2, and Sam is now 4 months}

Here's where the out numbering begins......

The Moore's just had a sweet baby boy named Isaiah Samuel

{I don't have a picture, but that boy is so cute!!!}

The Luedke's are about to have a baby boy {within 5 weeks} named Ben

{No pic of this little bean :[}

The Davis' are about to have a baby boy....no name yet :]

Here is his sweet face and hands!!!  Hi Hammer Jammer {Johnny's idea for a name}

And last but not least, the Barr's already have a sweet boy named Jacob...

Just look at that sweet grin...

and they are about to have another boy {name not determined yet}!!!!!

So you see my friends, that makes the count 4 girls and 5 boys!!!  Our sweet girls are going to be corrupted with Star Wars, bugs, mud pies and more!  I wouldn't have it any other way, and neither would God!  He has placed us all into eachother's lives for his reason and for his Glory...let the fun begin!!!  

Thank you Lord for all these sweet babies you are bringing into this world! I pray for all our friends who are preggo...may they have safe pregnancies and births!  I love them all and I know you are in control over their journeys! Thank you Jesus!!!

On another note, my sweet friend Liz is also preggo!!!  She's having a sweet baby girl and her name is Willa Christina!!!  Liz and Kevin are not in our small group so she doesn't go toward the count :]  Here's her sweet mug....

Oh Willa, I can't wait to hold you and tell you stories about me and your mommy's adventures when we were younger :]  I love you little lady and pray for you daily!!!!  Keep cookin and we will see you soon :]

Spaghetti

Joey loves spaghetti...

.....enough said!!

Women's Retreat

So this weekend I got to get away from the big city and go on a Women's retreat with my church! It was especially fun because 2 of my friends from Bible Study were there and we all invited our mommies to come with us!!

{Me, My mom Letha, Kelli, Kelli's mom Carla, Jestine and Jestine's mom Michelle!!}

Here are some more tidbits from the trip.....

We arrived at Pine Cove to this beautiful view!

This is our cabin...top floor, and we had to climb those stairs every time we needed 1 little thing :] Yikes!!!!

The cute sign on our door

I got to sing praises to the King with some great friends!!

Kelli's mom braved the Zip Line!!

We played Minute to Win it...I had to dip my nose in Vaseline then stick a cotton ball to my nose and shake the cotton balls off in another bowl...I won by the way!!!

This was my small group!!

We also had "bonfires" at night!  We played a funny game involving Ninja sounds, among others!!

The weekend was amazing!  The theme was Transforming Your Journey.  We had speakers and we learned a lot!  My take away was different from others, but I came home knowing that God needs to be a bigger priority in my life.  Him first before my to do lists, before my family, before my agenda.  If you are the praying type, and I hope you are, pray that I would be persistent in this life change.  My journey was transformed, and I can't wait till next year!!

Pumpkin Patch

Today Joey and I went to the pumpkin patch with Amanda, Madison, Hannah, Kelli, Jackie and Jacob!  It was super fun! We got to feed animals, go on a hay ride, take pictures, and we even got to go home with a little pumpkin!  Here are some pics from the day :)

 {I love the look of terror on Joey's face :]}

 After the hay ride

 Snack Time :)

 Amanda and her girls

 Kelli in all her glory :)

 Jackie and the lone boy :)

 I just love all the girls' faces in this one :)

 Sweet friends!

Pretty sure they were looking at a grasshopper!

"I found one mommy!!!" 

This was our attempt at a group shot :)

:)

And that's how our day went!!  It was so much fun, and I can't wait to go back next year!

Her Feet Touch!

So we got Sam's bouncy seat out a while ago, and she was just too little for it!  Well look are her now....1 whole foot can touch the platform :) {I just love that little leg roll toward the top of her thigh :]}

 She loves to play with the toys and the bumble bee she has a hold of was one of Joey's favorite toys!!

"what you lookin at mama??"  check out the turtle on the right.  Joey used to chew on this thing, and that's why most of the green paint is gone :] I'm guessing it's non toxic because Joey is still with us :]

Sam vs. Cereal

So tonight Joey is spending the night at my parent's house, so Johnny and I thought we would take it upon ourselves to date night it up!!  What did we do with Sam you ask??  Well, since she doesn't really talk, we just took her with us, so it was really a psuedo date, but whatever, we didn't have to pick crayons up off the floor and monitor cups filled with water, and all the other fun toddler stuff, so we will call it a date :)  We went to Gloria's which is now in Allen!!  The food was awesome, and we love their blackbean dip!!!

And their margarita's {we now know} are very strong and only $3 from 3p-6p :]  I got yummy chicken flautas, and Johnny got chicken fajitas!  It was so yummy, I am so glad they are in Allen now!!

After that we went to Best Buy and looked at cases for the iPad, and we also got this little gem...

....and with a coupon Amanda told me about, we only paid $15 for it!!!  Hurry people, it's only out of the Disney vault for so long!!!  Let me know if you want the coupon...it's only good till the 12th of October, so act quick!!

Once we got home, we decided to go ahead and get Sammy started on her oatmeal cereal...here's how it went down...

Strapped in and not quite sure what's about to go on :)

Yummo :]

There's stuff all over me !!!

Here's a painfully long video :] Feel free to watch it, feel free to not watch it!  She tried really hard!

After Sammy's cereal, I gave her a bath, fed her and now she's sleeping!  It's really weird to only have to check on one kiddo at night!  Oh well, I know Joey is having fun at her grandparent's!! Johnny's at hockey, and I just finished P90X Legs and Back workout!!  I'm ready to go to bed :)  

Hope you had a great night like us!!

4 Months :)

Sammy is officially 4 months old and doing great!  She has some allergies like her momma {even though the doc says she's too young for allergies, I know in my heart of hearts that's what it is}, but other than that, she's awesome!

We took Sam to the doctor today for her checkup and shots, and our doctor was actually sick so we had to see the Nurse Practitioner :(  We were bummed because we wanted to hear Dr Frank's take on Sam's test results being negative for Noonan's.  Oh well....here's the stats.....

Weight - 10lbs 14ozs {4th %ile, down from 16th %ile}}

Length - 23inches {11th %ile, down from 23rd %ile}

Head Circumference - 15 1/2 inches {11th %ile, same as before}

The nurse said that she wasn't worried about the drop in percentage, so I guess we won't worry about it either!  She said she could hear Sam's heart murmur and asked if we were aware of it :)  We sure are, thanks for checking!! :)  She also told us since Sammy is really good at holding her head up, we can start her on cereal!!  We are going to start her with her night time feeding and see how she handles that.  If she does OK, we will add a morning feeding.  She's growing up so fast! Who knew our little NICU baby would be right on track??

Sad fact...Sam had to get shots today :(  She got over it super quick, but just look at those sweet little legs :(

Sam is doing lots of cool things these days....here are a few....

 grabbing for things

smiling a ton

giggling

rolling from belly to back both directions

sleeping through the night

trying to hold her bottles

loves when I sing to her {she kicks and coos...my heart melts :]}

loves her sister

takes naps in her crib

I feel like there are more, I just can't remember them right now!  

Sammy, you are a complete joy to our family!  We love how you smile for no reason, and how you are so good natured!  God has truly blessed us, and I can't imagine life without you!