Can you see that???!!!

That is sweet baby #3. I'M PREGNANT! I actually wanted to wait a few more weeks to tell-but the earth-ending nausea and radiating heartburn has made it too hard for me to hide it anymore! If you have seen me in the last few weeks and I have looked "a little" under the weather...now you know why. I have had days that I have barely left the couch-I feel so bad for Paul and my kids because I have been more than neglectful! Paul is good to just try and keep the house going-he steps in and starts the laundry,unloads the dishwasher, and gets the kids ready for bed for me. I don't know what I would do without him! I went to my first appointment on Wednesday and my doctor agreed I needed to go on Zofran(anti-nausea medication). THANK THE STARS ABOVE! It has helped so much! I still feel carsick all day long-but I can at least resume my mommy/wife duties! More importantly, we saw our little blob bouncing around and it had a strong heartbeat-which I am so thankful for! I'm about 10 weeks along and I'm due on April 3, (which is my mother's birthday!) and if I go to the 7th it will be born on my birthday! Perfect time to have a baby in my opinion! :) My kids are freaking out with excitement! They have wanted a baby at our house for a long time now and of course Allie wants a baby sister and Easton wants a "baby brudder" but they and everyone else will have to wait until April to see what we have because we are NOT finding out the sex! HAHAHA!! This is going to kill Aubrie and Krystal and I kind of love it! My mom has always talked about how amazing it used to be when they would yell out, "It's a Girl!" or "It's a Boy!" in the delivery room and I decided I want that experience. And why not? I have one of each, this is my last, and we really, really don't care what the next is, so we are going for the surprise!

I feel so blessed right now-even if I am carsick 24/7! I don't know if it's my age or my own experiences, but I know what a blessing this is. Pregnancy really is an "ordinary miracle" for everyone and I'm so thankful! I'm in love with my fabulous-four: Paul, Allie,Easton & baby#3! (Now you understand my blog name!)

First Day of School!....(sniff-sniff)

Well-they are gone! Both of them. I'm so sad right now. For starters-whoever said that sending your child to Kindergarten is the hardest is a big fat liar! The hardest is sending her to first grade! I liked Kindergarten. It's basically glorified pre-school and she still could eat lunch with me. What I don't like is first grade! WAAAA! Allie is going to be gone from me for sooooo long. I don't like this at all. I have ate lunch with that little girl for almost every day of her six years. Me and Easton are going to be so lonely around here. Easton is at his first day of pre-school right now. He was so excited to wear his backpack into that building. So many of the kids were crying for their mom's...not Easton! He just ran right in and waved good-bye. Where does time go? I'm so sad-I wish I could freeze time and keep them little forever.

Our first-grader! Check out her hill-billy teeth...we lost two in one night!

Look at her little lunchbox....waaa!! Makes me sad all over again!

Pre-schooler...

Paul always stays home the morning of the first day of school and walks with us to the school bus and then he drove Easton to school. Such a good Dad....

Ballerina Girl

So Allie started her 4th year of dance last Tuesday ....WOW! She really enjoys dancing so I have kept her in it every year since she was 3. A new ballet studio opened in town called "Classical Youth Ballet" and the owner is Michelle Jackman. I decided to enroll Allie for one year of solid ballet to help improve on her basics-ya know...point your toes, first position, bar work, etc. Anyway, she went last Tuesday and is in LOVE! The teacher is amazing! She is so sweet with the kids, but she is serious about them learning ballet. They have to wear black leotards, pink tights and pink ballets and hair MUST be in a bun. I loved it! After one day she was showing me first,second, third position and doing(or trying is more like it) leaps (grande jeté's). I'm beyond impressed! If you ask Allie she will tell you that she is going to be Odette in Swan Lake...(she says this very dramatically as she leaps around the family room!). Michelle said that if Allie works hard enough she can try out for Ballet West's Nutcracker when she is 8. We will have to see! My mother, who did ballet and even got on pointe, is OVER THE MOON. Sometimes I think Allie was supposed to be my Mom's.... I was never that lady like! :)

I love what they wear....and I LOVE the bun. Classic.

When Allie came out of class she told me that her teacher can dance like Barbie in The Nutcracker! haha! She also said that she likes this kind of dance because it's how a princess would dance. Well....if the crown fits!

Campin' with the Fam!

Sunset & Flag at our camp.....

We went for a quick weekend camp-out with my parents and BJ and Krystal and their kids.
It was a lot of fun-but too short! My kids LOVE everything about camping. They love sleeping in a tent, campfires and smores, their cousins, drinking unlimited amounts of soda, swimming-the whole thing! It was an awesome weekend for them. Mom and Krystal-here are a few pictures....since I am the ONLY one who remembers to bring the camera!! These pictures suck because I didn't take my nice camera only our point and shoot. I was so frustrated with that camera all weekend. Oh well-you will get the idea. Thanks for a fun weekend guys-my kids keep asking when we can go again, so lets get planning!

Libbie,Landi & Allie. These three are so cute together and Allie worships them! I wish Libbie went to school with Allie-but maybe they will be college roomies one day....

Is there anything cuter?......Our Lily. If she wasn't my brother's-I would steal her.
Checkin' out the tent...Allie would rather live in this tent than our house! I personally think she just likes that the four of us all sleep together in one big room....haha!
My boys! All the guys went golfing while we were there and for some reason they wouldn't let anyone under the age of 9 on the course-LAME! Easton was pretty bummed-but not as much as I was. I wanted a picture of him with his dad, grandpa and uncle golfing so bad!

If my Dad is around, Easton is always within two feet of him....it has always been this way.


Watermelon Eatin'-YUM!

Look at their faces-they thought this was hilarious-goofballs! By the way, why is Watermelon one the hardest stains to get out of clothes?! It's mostly water!! If you have good tips-let me know.

Grandpa dunking Landi and Libbie. It was so nice to swim at night! That is my favorite and there was this HUGE full moon. So pretty! I was dying that I didn't have my real camera....

Roasting marshmallows...isn't that why you go camping? The S'mores and the campfire conversation? I love a big campfire!

My husband had this BRILLIANT idea to get the kids glow sticks for the night-time. That way the tent wouldn't be so dark for them. It was like a cheap night-light and besides that, it provided quite a bit of entertainment since he brought enough for all the kids. They last for 12 hours after you activate them. I'm telling ya...it was genius!

I just realized that I don't have one picture of my mom or Krystal-WHAT!? Oops-I get too busy taking pictures of the kids-they are more fun to look at anyway! haha!

AAHHHH.....now that's more like it!

Your reading my first post since going PRIVATE!! Hoo-ray! I've always been somewhat(okay-ALOT) concerned with who is looking at my children and family and I don't know if you ever noticed or not, but I never said our last name(White), where we live(Perry), etc....and I recently put a map on my blog along with a counter and HOLY COW!!! I don't have that many friends! I was getting so many hits a day-it was crazy-and scary! It feels wonderful to know exactly who will be looking! So welcome back to my blog!-Feel free to check the happenings at the "White House" whenever you'd like! :)

The other morning I was laying in bed before my kids woke up when I heard this teeny-tiny voice singing, "I love to see the temple." I crept out of my room and stood next to Easton's door and listened to him sing the whole song about twice. I ran out and got my camera and asked him if he would sing on camera-of course he agreed! So, here is the video of him singing. Listen to how he says, "holy speeeer-it!" It's moments like this that I could have 10 kids, but then at breakfast, he spills his milk and bites his sister and I'm back to researching "vasectomy" on Google. ;) kidding!
I consider myself abundantly blessed that Allie & Easton are mine. They are our whole world.

Make sure to stop my music or you won't be able to hear him...

"Big-Boy" Pre-School Pictures

Easton starts Pre-School this year and he is SO excited. For two years now, he has had to watch his sister go to school and finally he gets to have a back-pack and go to school himself! He asks me everyday when school starts and he has been wearing his brown-and-white camo back-pack all around the house. For me, I am so sad that he is going to school! He has been my little buddy and even though he will only go for two days a week...I will miss him while he is gone! Why do they grow up so fast? I don't like it at all-it's stupid! :( Anyway, Paul has been in Virginia for a week for work and we get pretty lonely around here! Paul is the person in our family that is always planning the fun stuff for us to do. He is always wanting to go and do and when he goes away....we get bored-fast! But one thing I decided to do while he was gone(besides spend his money!) is work on school pictures for my kids. I decided to do my own, and why not? I hate the ones that they send home from school and I always leave KiddieKandids so frustrated because they don't get the picture I want. Just ask my mom-she won't go with me to KiddieKandids ever again. Last time, I basically told the girl to sit down and let me take the pictures! My mother was so embarrassed. haha..

So I did Easton's pre-school pictures first. Can you believe how old he looks? I love how these turned out though-some of them captured his personality perfectly. I only had about 20 minutes of his time before he was "done" doing pictures. He is kind of a poser though-he always asks what kind of face he should have. He says, "serious face mamma? Or happy face?" I love all his faces....

I'm going to do Allie's later this week....she has brown cowboy boots that she is going to wear-SO CUTE!

Gettin' Buggy with it!

So here are more photos of bugs, and before you think I'm completely boring for taking pictures of insects-let me explain why it's like "Bug's Life" on here! I'm entering a photo contest where the photos have to be of landscape or nature, and since I like macro photos, I have stuck to taking pictures of bugs and flowers. I do like taking pictures of nature-way more than of humans! I take hundreds of pictures of my kids though-they don't "bug" me because they know how to pose. That's what happens when you grow up with a camera in your face!
I headed out to my Mom and Dad's house this morning-because they are never in short supply of bugs-right Aub?! I was in picture taking heaven! I could have done it for hours-but Allie & Easton were done after about an hour. Oh well-I still have time before I have to turn a picture in. Here are some of my favorites from today.....

Does your grandpa have a tractor??:)

Ladybug,Ladybug, fly away home

GO BEES! :)
I LOVE butterflies

So here is a funny/weird story! This dragonfly followed me everywhere-not joking! And it was like it was posing for me-because it would shake it's wings and then just stare at the camera. If I moved location, it would fly over to me. I took so many pictures of it because it just sat there. At one point, I held out one finger and it flew onto it! I almost broke out in song like I was in some Disney movie! Then I started to get nervous(I'm superstitious) wondering if this dragonfly was trying to give me some cosmic message? Don't laugh!-have you ever been followed by a dragonfly? Didn't think so! Maybe it thought I was a relative-some mean boys in grade school use to call me bug-eyes! haha! Anyway. ..here is my winged friend.

Bug-eyed!

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