It is March 9th and Adina will be 2 on the 14th. My niece Allison's birthday is on the 15th so we are trying to prepare for a birthday party and find Allison her gift this week. We are planning a birthday party on the 16th after church mostly just a BBQ with our church family. It should be lots of fun. There will be cake, ice cream and a games for the little ones! Hopefully when the Hayden and Jaymie come at the end of the month we will be able to go to San Antonio to the Zoo and maybe Sea World. I have not been to Sea World in a long long time so that should be fun for them! Both the girls love animals so it should be fun! I am getting bigger then I expected with this little boy. I am huge and only getting bigger! hehehe!! I love to read my friends blogs about their children, it is so much fun! Mary you have the neatest entries! You should be a writer!

I am going to add a section for prayer requests for those of you who read this and pray for us. It is something I would love to know about those I keep up with as well!

March 2008

Well it has been some time since I have been on here. I have been pretty busy around here lately, between me being sick (morning sickness) the girls having the flu and ananiah having Adenoid surgery we have all been in some form of recovery for over a month or so now. I am much better, the girls still have the snots but other then that we are all doing well! John has been deployed to the border for a few weeks now and won't be back until the 15th of Mar. or after then? Who knows with the Army!!! They are flying and He loves that so I am happy for him! I somehow manage to get allot of stuff done while he is gone? I guess because i focus on things I have been putting off when I do not have to worry or take care of all his stuff! Husbands!! I miss him terribly when he is gone and am quite jumpy! I have never been one to sleep well while he is away! HEHEHE Last night we had a terrible wind storm and it knocked the my yard swing over on the patio in the back and scared me to death I had to find the pistol and sneak over to the door to see what all the noise was. It was late and no one should have been in our back yard. I had the phone in one had and John's 45 in the other. The girls slept right through all the noise? Well Ananiah's surgery went well, she went in to out patient surgery on the 21st. She was supposed to be on liquid diet until that evening but the child was so hungry she ate everything she could get her hands on when we left the hospital. She had three Popsicles, a fried egg, pudding cups, tons of juice, and something else I can not remember. She eats well normally and had not gotten to eat that morning before the surgery. I was a wreak as you can imagine. My baby girl going into surgery was scary!!! She was only there for four hours, in the operating room for less then 20 mins and only under the meds. for less then an hour. She acted like nothing was wrong and we never saw her cry a bit. The nurses praised her for how good she was, one said she had good lungs, I guess she fussed some when she first woke up. The nurses were so sweet and they thought my girl was so good.
This month is going to go by fast, we have so much planned for this month. John is supposed to be back mid march then we have Hayden and Jamie's spring break. Plus our Adina will be two on the 15th. and Easter is early this year. We have our cottage prayer meetings this month as well. We are busy busy as always. I am 23 weeks along now and the baby is a boy. We found out in Feb. and are truly excited. The name we are thinking about is Isaiah Joseph McBride. John really likes it. I am not completely sold on it. He is showing a little small right now but I have no doubt that he will be a little one by looking at my two other midgets!! They are small for their ages as well but they make up for it in personality.
Ananiah is going to be four in May so we are going to start pre-k soon. I am a little nervous about homeschooling her but she is a bright smart little one and I know she will learn quickly! I am more worried about how well I will be able to keep up with her! LOL She is already trying to learn time and money on her own. She knows her letters, numbers, colors, and shapes she loves to draw and colors well inside the lines now. She loves to do her workbooks, and dot to dot pages. She can write most of her letters we are working on writing her numbers now.
Adina is working on potty training now and her coloring and alphabet now. She is talking so much, she started that early around nine months and can talk as much as Ananiah. She is soo stubborn too. She makes me laugh so much, she pushes every boundary and rule. She is still a baby when she is tired then she wants me to hold and rock her. She is a trouble maker with her sister. She loves to torment her and pick at her. She is such a stinker. She is going to be my jokster. Adina is very interesting in animals, she loves horses the most. I think that is just something in our blood! I plan to try to get both girls into horseback riding lessons as early as I can. They both love to learn about animals.
Things here are always crazy and I try to keep up with this thing but please forgive me for not writing and updating this as much as I wanted to!

Happy New Year to everyone! We had a wonderful vacation. We first traveled to see our son, He is getting so big. Hayden will be 12 this year. He got all kinds of stuff for Christmas, way too much!!! Our Girls just love their bubba and follow him everywhere when we are there. As I write this they are playing a song for their bubba on the Piano. Hayden got drums for Christmas this year and Ananiah is begging for some now! They all three love music. Hayden plays the trombone in band at school so hopefully he will be well rounded in instruments. While we were in Little Rock we got to Visit with Jayme our niece. She is doing well in school and is working on getting her driving permit. After we left there we headed to South Carolina to be at my moms for Christmas. We had a very long drive and my wonderful husband drove all 17 hours but maybe one. We got to my mommas on the morning of the 24th around 9:00 am then got ready to go to church. Church was nice the whole family went. We spent almost two weeks with my family, seeing those we have not seen in some time. It was allot of fun. WE then went to Tennessee and saw Jason, Susan, Dillon, and the new baby Logan in Nashville. Then we went on to Clarksville to see Grandpa and Mary. Then to Aunt Frans house to see her and the kids. After traipsing across half of America we are tired but happy bunch! The Girls enjoyed seeing everyone, they are so loving and full of life! We are happy to be home and trying to get back onto some sort of schedule! We are praying for all our Friends and Family to have a wonderful year!

Christmas is Coming!!

Well hello all, I hope everyone is preparing for Christmas and the happy smiles it will bring. I have not updated in a while so I thought while the kids are playing outside in the sixty degree weather I would post an update. I have so enjoyed reading everyones blogs. I love to keep up with everyone but have little time to chat on the phone or email anymore. I am now starting to show and the morning sickness is not as bad as it was. I have seen the doctor and she gave me phenagrin to help me keep foods down. I have gained back a few pounds I lost in the beginning and John has lost quite a few pounds. I am not getting to do all my Christmas baking this year due to his insistence on no sweets around to help him and my lack of desire to do much of anything right now. I am keeping up with the house work, (yeah right I never did that before two children and morning sickness.) HEHE I am working on getting better though. We had all the teens and little ones over yesterday to decorate Christmas Cookies for the Church. It was fun, allot of work and messy. WE all had a great time. There are four or five dozen Christmas cookies laying around here with way too much Icing on them! They will be gone tonight after the teens Christmas program. Anyhow the children are great, Adina is very in to everything, and wants to help with everything. Ananiah is way to smart for her own good and moody too. Adina does not really play with toys, she messes with a few things but mostly likes things she is not supposed to play with. Ananiah is creative and loves to play games on the computer and draw and color. She is our informer, she likes to give a play by play for us on all Adina is into. John is here most days for only a short time. He is always going, but mostly to work or the Church. Once we get the Church finished I will not know what to do with him. We always try to eat dinner together and manage bedtime together. He is a wonderful PAPA and the girls jump for joy when he comes home for even a second. We are all doing well. WE will be traveling to South Carolina in a few days for Christmas with my family. We will stop in to see Hayden for a few days and visit him on our way home as well. WE have so many people we want to go see this year, it will be hard to fit it all in. The girls are really looking forward to seeing Nana, Grandpa, and their cousins. WE are all excited about the family time on the trip. Well I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. Remember Jesus is the reason for the season.