Our life!

Our life has been crazy lately. Between trying to work more to save for maternity leave and dealing with the heat, I am exhausted!! We have been doing a lot more inside activities to stay cool. I am always on the look out for new activities for Chase, lately we discovered Perler beads. Chase is fascinated by them.
Recently we bought back packs for the kids just because they are convenient to carry stuff to church and other places. They clung to them in the store like we had bought them a most prized possession. When we got home we could barely pry them off of the kids. Chase was crushed when we told him that he wasn't going to school. Too cute!!





Mariah turned 2 in August, and I still can't believe it. She is such the little princess. She is into all things pink, princess and Tinkerbell. She has really come into her own personality. It has been fun to start doing girly things together with her too. It is going to be interesting having two little princesses running around. We had a small family party this year and she enjoyed every minute of it!! We bought her a play kitchen, and her and Chase have been preparing all sorts of gourmet meals for Jordan and I!






In baby news, I have 9 weeks left, wahoo!!! I am ready to get this last kid out and be done with pregnancy. She is doing well and we are praying that God will continue to keep her safe for the last couple weeks. She finally has a name, Ayla Grace, and I can't wait to meet her. I am still due November 7th but we will keep everyone posted.

Summer life!

My sweet Mariah has really gotten into cooking, watching me cook and playing with my cookware. We have decided to get her a big play kitchen for her birthday, and I can't wait to give it to her. Her new favorite saying is "Happy Birthday (pause) to you."







A couple weeks ago Jordan was cutting the grass and I was greeted by a screams and running. After getting Chase to calm down, he explained to me that he was hurt by "a HUGE bat with wings and a stinger." Oh my, I had to laugh. What was actually two wasps might have seemed like a bat when they were millimeters from his eyeball!! He got stung under the eye and on his finger. Thankfully we found out that he is not allergic and there was no stinger left. It took a good week for the swelling to go down, but the fear of flying bugs is still on high alert for him.


As for prego meggo ( as I am now called), I will be 24 weeks on Sunday. Still a long way to go. We have another ultrasound on Monday to give a second look at the many concerns we have. Prayerfully everything will go well and she will be forming perfectly and both of our bodies will be running as they should!

Baby Binder #3!

Yes, Yes the news is in, we are having another girl! I am very excited because I have found a new love in little girls dresses, and I am excited about the girls sharing a room and growing up close. Jordan is excited but I know he really would have loved to hear the words BOY come out!! Chase doesn't really care, he loves babies and wants to name her Tinkerbell. Mariah is the one I am slightly worried about. She is starting to act funny when I hold other babies, but we are working through it. We are in need of prayer for our little munchkin. There seems to be some possible complications, but I am in faith stating that God has healed her already!!! I am due November 7th, so there is still a long way to go. Maybe you will even get a belly pic, but prob not!!

We love local strawberries!

For about 3 years I have been taking the kids to a local strawberry farm that's cheap and kid friendly. Every year we buy like 10 pounds of strawberries and inevitably some of them go bad. This year I figured we would go once a week. This year has been the best yet, Chase actually picked the red berries instead of squeezing the heck out of them or launching them at people! I'm serious!! The had a blast. Mariah ate most of hers, but Chase picked a bunch for us. A great way to get wonderful produce and support your local crop owners.

4 Years Old!

My baby boy turned 4 this week and I am struggling with this growing up process. He constantly reminds me that he is a big boy and that he doesn't need kisses, can buckle himself in his car seat by himself, and can walk by the shopping cart instead of riding in it. I am learning to allow more freedoms, while he is learning how to earn and maintain responsibility. Everyone has a child like themselves, and Chase is mine. We are both strong willed, perfectionists and full of energy. He is a color wheel of moods and puts enthusiasm behind everything he does. I love my boy and he will always be my baby. I savor every memory and I thank God for blessing our family with this special boy.



Chase's birthday present from us and the family. Both the kids are loving it, worth every penny!!

Zoo Fun!

Notice that the Elephant's legs are crossed, very strange!

Fun with Friends!

Summer Fun

Nothing says summer more than ice cream dripping down your kids faces, sticky tummys, and a belly filled with cold goodness. Our new nightly pastime, ice cream on the front porch. I will say it usually ends in Mariah in a diaper and Chase in his underwear running around under the porch light. I LOVE it!!!


My little sweet pea really enjoys dressing up at friends houses, so Jordan and I bought her a Cinderella outfit of her own. She twirls around like she is the most beautiful little girl in the whole world (of course she is). She puts on the whole bit: dress, necklace, earings, shoes and the purse. I love this new joy of hers, and am enjoying every minute of it.

Updated pictures

My Aunt Lolly found the most awesome train cookie cutters for Chase, and he loves them. I had to hide them for a couple of days after we got them because he just wanted to carry them around as toys.



Valentines Day cupcake faces. I got away with pink icing and strawberry cupcakes, but with Chase around I had to add sprinkles!

Baby #3

Yes yes, the news is in. I am pregnant. Things have been crazy starting in January when the doctors were unsure whether I had a miscarriage or not. Then I found out I was prego in February. Then I went to my first doctor appt to see the baby and there was no baby present. Doctors said it was a blighted ovum, where the baby never forms, which is common after a miscarriage. Two weeks later we went for another ultrasound and there it was, a baby and a heartbeat (164 bpm). Wahoo!! Then the tech noticed a subchorionic hemorrhage, basically a huge blot clot that can dissolve, stay the same or rupture at any time causing a miscarriage. Then today, I was hit with the news that i have an anti E antibody. From what I have gathered, antibodies are a part of your blood type and I am probably ee. Apparently Jordan may be eE and either Mariah or the possible miscarriage was also a carrier of the E and our blood mixed and now I have the E antibody. Now my body is showing rising levels of this antibody that can be detrimental to a baby that is not of the same E type. So, I have to have blood tests monthly to see if the levels are rising or not. So a lot to pray about, but nothing is impossible for my living God. Please keep us in your prayer, for peace and patience!