tRicK oR TreAt

The girls had SO much fun this year dressing up for Halloween and this was the first year we went trick-or-treating. Let me tell you, they had a blast! Saige was so bold and after she got the hang of it, she would go up and knock on doors all by herself. She was motivated more by the idea of filling her bag up with something than she was the candy. She loves to put things in bags, it's pretty funny. And when we were all done, she told us that she needed to go give all her candy "to all the kids because they didn't have any!" Ha!

Saige - the Fairy Princess

Dora and a Fairy Princess

Pure Joy!

Rrrr, Reed the monster!

The whole clan

Chuck Liddell a.k.a. Patrick

Daddy wanted a ride too

They were really moving him here! It was hilarious!

pumpkin patch 2009

I decided to take the kids to get pictures taken at a local pumpkin patch this year. I had told a friend before that I never wanted to do it because I didn't want to add another tradition to make me feel guilty if we didn't do it one year. Well I couldn't resist... and in reality we went for the girls - they had so much fun picking out a pumpkin. And to me the ironic thing is that I went through all the trouble of getting them all dressed up with a 5 week old in tow! Last year would have been much easier! :) Anyways, the girls had a blast and here is proof...

A REALLY Late Post

My 30th birthday was over 5 months ago and I have been meaning to post some pictures from the glorious event but life happens and things get forgotten. I mean it's not like I had a baby or anything! :) Turning 30 was pretty fun actually and I think that people take you more seriously when you say you are 30 instead of twenty-something. I was celebrated by friends and family on several occasions and felt very loved! Here are pictures from Bill's Cafe - enjoy!

Patrick and I

Me and the folks

Laura and Charlton

Scott and Blossom

Jeff, Leah and Sadie

kids playing in the sandbox

Kris and Jamie

Aimee and Meeka

Terri, Mike and Isaac

Evan, Jenn and Cadence

Aaron, Jenny and Sophia

The Wimberly Men

Jeff and Dianna

Lee Ann and Trey

Kathy and Dirk

Laura, Jenn, Cadence and Me

picture update

Just thought I would share some new pictures of Reed. He is doing great! So far, he is a very content baby and if he cries he has a reason so calming him down is pretty easy to figure out. Right at one week he started sleeping for 3 hour chunks as opposed to the 2 hours he was sleeping before. That was wearing me out! But I feel so much better now with just that little bit of extra sleep. He loves the swing and being swaddled, so far shaping up to be more like Saige in that regard.

He found his thumb! But only that one time... :) We'll see!

The girls... They seem to be adjusting pretty well. The first few days were a bit emotional and they were each acting out in their own way but they seem to be doing better. I think it helps that they have each other, because they play so well together and get pretty creative as the pictures below will show! :)

And dress up silliness continues!

He's Here!

We are happy to announce the arrival of

Reed Owen Wimberly

Born September 18, 2009 at 12:18 pm

8 lbs even; 20.5" long

full head of dirty blonde hair

dark blue eyes

Well, Reed is almost a week old now and I promise to post more pictures later, but this is all I was up for today. He is doing well - eating, sleeping and pooping like a pro. I am recovering slower than I thought I would, but each time is different I suppose. The girls are great with him and constantly want to hug and kiss him. Patrick is so helpful and there is no way I could do this without him. Having a son is definitely different and we are so thankful that the Lord blessed us with Reed. Let the adventure begin!

Baby Boy at 36 weeks

In case you don't know my history, we induced Meadow 11 days early because I had trouble with Saige and the doctor wanted to avoid that by hopefully delivering a smaller baby. Well this is a new doctor and she decided that she wanted me to have an ultrasound done in order to see how big the baby was before she decided to induce or not. Ultrasounds apparently aren't that accurate in determining the weight but the tech said that doctors use the percentile to guage the size. Well baby boy is in the 85th percentile! Which apparently is not huge (really?), but in my case may be too big for my frame.
Today I was scheduled to see my doctor to discuss the ultrasound, etc. but she ended up delivering twins and was at the hospital almost all morning. BTW, apparently one of the twins was born vaginally and the other was delivered via C-section. Don't you just feel for that poor mother having to go through both??? Anyways, since that happened I ended up seeing another doctor in the group, which was fine, but she couldn't tell me anything definitive. So alas, I wait, like every other pregnant mom before me. My next appt is in a week and hopefully I will know more then. The good news is that I am thinning out a bit, so maybe baby boy will make his debut at 38 weeks naturally. Wouldn't that be awesome??! :)

Profile shot: if you can tell, it looks like he is about to suck his thumb

Same profile but with his hand across his face. I am curious to see if he sucks his thumb like Meadow because this is how she always looked in the ultrasound pictures!

A Good Time Was Had By All

Saige's Princess Party was a success! And I learned something about myself in the process. I LOVE to plan a party. I love to make the invitations, decorate, make the cake, think up games, etc. What I DON'T LIKE is being the party coordinator. This was the first year that I had games for the little ones and it didn't go that smoothly. I am just not gifted in working with children amongst chaos. I didn't really get to enjoy the first half of the party because I was too concerned with the details. I plan on asking someone next year to be the game host while I enjoy my daughter in all her birthday glory. Live and learn. I suppose. But besides that, it was fun. Saige turning 3 made for a great birthday because she was really excited when all her friends showed up, she was excited about her princess decorations and loved the castle cake. She talked about playing games and eating cake for the next several days. And my personal favorite questions occurred each morning for 3 days, "Mommy, am I still 3? How old am I going to be at my next birthday? When is my next party? Can we dance again next time?" The freeze dance was definitely the best part for the little ones. :)
Well, here are LOTS of pictures from the party... I had a hard time choosing.

Saige's Princess Castle Cake

Princess Saige and her very pregnant Mommy

Noni and Meadow

The Party Room a.k.a. the new room that Patrick just built

Sweet Sisters

Cousin Steven

Saige and Aimee

Saige and her friend Emma

Saige and Asher - check out his t-shirt!

Cinderelly Saige trying on her sparkle shoes

I LOVE this picture - doesn't she look like an angel?

Blowing out the candles

I had to let her cut the cake because I couldn't bring myself to do it after all that work!

Let them eat cake

The Royal Family

My how you've grown!

Dear Saige,
Your Daddy and I are so proud of our big, three year old. Normally, I would say I can't believe that you are already three, but the truth is, I can. You have grown into being three so seamlessly because you have always seemed so grown up to us. You will always be our baby, our first born, but something about being three suits you. Your comprehension astounds us, to the point where I probably expect more out of you than I should. You want to do things by yourself now, like get in your car seat and buckle it, walk around in the grocery store because you say that carts are for babies, and go potty like big girls. Your imagination is exploding and I LOVE it. You like to play dress up, dance, play games and play pretend with your baby dolls. You are getting really good at coloring and staying between the lines. I also really enjoy seeing you play on your own, because you come up with the funniest things. You make us laugh, because you can be so silly sometimes, especially when you dance and sing. And you are so social, you love to play with your friends. You tend to take charge and tell them what to do, and we are working on that. But in general, you are so sweet and polite. You always thank people for things, even when not prompted and that makes us so proud. We are looking forward to the coming year and all that you are going to learn. May God bless you, Saige, with a heart for Him. We love you.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Pictures from Easter

Well I have had these pictures for awhile now, but I sort of forgot about them... These are from the Easter egg hunt at Mimi and Popo's house that was actually done on Mother's Day because we couldn't all get together sooner. Oh, and Mimi, I have a CD for you! There are a lot - enjoy!

(almost) wordless wednesday

Don't you just love when your kids won't cooperate!