Thankful Thursday

Yay!!!!!!!!!! It's Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!
I am very thankful this Thursday for:

1. A 3 day vacation with my husband starting tomorrow :)
2. My in-laws sending us on our trip
3. My in-laws keeping our children for us (Notice a pattern here?)
4. Friends for my kids to play with
5. The La Fiesta playground (The boys can play without getting muddy)
6. Lenna's first "song" -- Jesus loves Me
7. Jason loving his new job
8. Palmer starting to come out of the terrible 3's
9. Isaiah liking to learn
10. Every day I have with family

Have a great day!

It's a . . .

It's a BOY!!!!
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
I REALLLLY thought it was a girl. I had my whole family convinced it was a girl. So we were all surprised. Isaiah said I was just going to have to have another one so we could have a girl next time. For now, Lenna is just gonna be outnumbered.

Tomorrow is the big day!

Tommorrow we will finally know if we have a boy or a girl. I thought about being surprised this time, but I just love knowing. Next we can start working on names :) I think having another girl would be so fun, but boys are sweet too. I just pray the baby is healthy and all looks well!
Will definitely post tomorrow.

Thankful Thursday

10 Things I am thankful to God for today:

1. CC's Open House was today, and my class went well -- I have 9 wonderful students!
2. That we live in a country where we are free to worship and God.
3. That we live in a country where we are free to teach our children at home if we choose.
4. No more morning sickness:) !!!!
5. Energy -- finally!
6. I can feel the baby kicking.
7. We have our ultrasound on Monday.
8. Today is Jason's last day at his night job!!!!!!
9. My precious children.
10. Chocolate chip cookies.

We're back!!!!

I sort of unintentionally took the Summer off from my blog. I told you it was too warm to blog. Anyway, here's a short recap on what's going on with our family.

Jason got a new job as an assistant principal at Northwestern Highschool -- so Lenna will be sporting a purple and gold cheerleading outfit this Fall :)

Isaiah will be starting Classical Conversation of Fort Mill next week (our supplemental homeschooling program). I will be teaching his class!!!

Palmer gets to do a 3-K program with Classical Conversations, but will no longer be at MMO :(
He's very excited to be homeschooling with us now, though.

Jason and I will be teaching the 3 year old Sunday School class again, but this time we're teaching the 9:00 hour and only every other week. I can't wait to meet our new little ones this Sunday. Plus, Palmer will be in our class :)

And . . . Monday, we will find out if we're having a new sister or a new brother.

By the way, still no new pictures because I STILL don't have a new camera!

Empty Nest Syndrome

I have been sooooo sick for the past 2 weeks. It seems to get worse daily -- and having three ages 5 and under does not help (have I said that before?). I've definitely been having a many pity parties lately and lots of thoughts like "what were we thinking? I've really lost my mind! I'm going to die before this baby is born. ETC." Anyway, this truly is the worst morning sickness I've had.
So . . . my mom volunteered to come get Lenna today and I offered "why not take all of them?" Surprisingly, she accepted the dare and came to pick them up late this afternoon. When I came home to my empty house I was in tears (very normal for me right now.) It feels so strange here without them. I started to feel guilty for lying on the couch all day and not playing with them, for fussing, for losing my patience, etc. I really miss them.
Amazingly, however my sickness has been completely gone for about 2 hours now. It really makes me wonder. I actually cleaned the boys' room, Lenna's room and the kitchen. This is an amazing feat compared to my nonexistent housekeeping over the past week. So, I'm using the extra energy to write on my blog and ask for your prayers that I will feel good enough to get Isaiah's homeschooling finished (I only have 8 lessons left). Please, pray that I will have patience with my precious little ones and remember how amazing they are (when they are actually here, not miles away).
Here comes the nausea. I'm off!!!!

Big News!

Well . . . we're expecting Baby #4! The whole family is VERY excited. Palmer was so excited he told his Mother's Morning Out class. We were planning on keeping it a secret just a little a longer, but that's what we get for asking a 3 year old to keep such a fun secret.
At least now I can openly complain about how horrible I feel. I'm counting down the weeks until this terrible stage is over. However, I was very blessed this week to have both of my sisters-in-law keep my children for me for a few hours. Thank you Emily and Brooke :)
Well, that's about all that's going on around here right now. I'll try to post some pics soon!