So, Kaitlyn ended up getting the flu at the end of October. For about a week, she was feeling pretty yucky. One morning, I decided to let the kids watch cartoons in our bed for a little while. I went in to use the restroom and when I came back, Wyatt was watching too! You can tell by the look on the girls' faces that they're not feeling too great.

So, for Halloween this year, Kaity was a witch and Abby was a "Pirate Princess". Well, that's what the name on the costume package was, but really it's just a girl pirate. This first picture, Abby is saying "Aaargh!", lol! The last Halloween picture, I am hiding behind the girls and holding up Wyatt, who is dressed up as Winnie the Pooh. We went into the town where we live and did a little trick or treating. We only went to about a dozen houses, but the girls still managed to get a ton of candy. On top of that, we didn't have a single kid show up at our door, so we are still trying to eat our Halloween candy.

The other day, I gave Kaitlyn some paper and scissors. I left the room for a few minutes to take care of Wyatt and when I came back, I find that Abby has found some scissors of her own and cut Kaity's hair. I really freaked out about it, but it really isn't as bad as I first thought. So, here is a picture for those of you who wanted to see it. In the front are her bangs that we are working on growing out, but the chunk that is missing behind that was there just a few days ago. Oh well, I will just have to do my best to hide it until it's long enough that I feel comfortable cutting it.

On Monday, we woke up to snow on the ground. It was beautiful. I took a few pictures, but they didn't turn out well. So, we loaded up in the car and went to the store to get clothes for the kids to wear out in the snow. By the time we got home, it was time for naps and we told the girls they could play in the snow when they woke up, but it started raining while they were sleeping, so it was kind of slushy. We thought it was suppose to snow again that night, so we put it off again, but when we got up on Tuesday, there wasn't even a hint of snow on the ground. Oops! I guess they'll have to wait!

Today was a beautiful day! We didn't need jackets or anything outside today. So we went out and did a little yard work today. We were probably out there raking leaves for about two hours, filled three huge bags, and we are no where near being finished! I'm learning there are some disadvantages to having a big yard.

And finally, Travis called me yesterday and said that he had seen that there was going to be a ballet in St. Joe on Saturday and he wanted to know if he could take his three girls to go watch it. I'm super excited cause I've never been to a ballet before. So, I have found a babysitter for Wyatt, and the rest of us are going out. The girls are pretty excited too......the ballet is Cinderella. Pictures of the ballet next time.......

Here's to Hoping

Since the last time I posted.......

We were attacked by ladybugs! Appearantly at this time of year, ladybugs go on a mad dash to find a good hiding place to hibernate for the winter. We looked out the window and saw huge swarms of ladybugs flying around. It was crazy! I have never seen so many ladybugs in one place before. We all had to brush off before coming in the house and yet, we are still finding ladybugs all over the house. At least it's not a mean or yucky bug!

Abigail turned three. She is very excited and there seems to have been an actual transformation in her attitude just by leaving the two's behind. Abby wanted to have her cupcakes smashed into her face, just like Kaity had. When we told her to make a wish on her candles, she closed her eyes and I was lucky enough to actually get it in the picture. She opened some presents and then we pulled out some silly string, or spider webs (as the girls call them).

And here are a few of Wyatt over the last two months.

Cheesin'

Sleeping (covering his face, just like mommy does!)

Looking so serious. Probably upset because we are eating and not sharing with him. lol

Looking very handsom

Sleeping on Daddy.

Getting kisses.

Travis ate my candy bar and was trying to frame 16 day old baby! This is how I found him. Notice the smudge of chocolate Travis put on his cheek!

Kaity wanted so badly to help feed the new baby. He was 12 days old in this picture.

Sleeping after a bath.

So, now here's to hoping I can start to do better from here on out!!

One Week and Doing Great!

On Thursday, August 6, 2009, I checked into the hospital at 8:00 a.m. Here are the last two belly pictures for this pregnancy!!

At 11:45, the doctor broke my water. Wyatt Allen Boxley joined the world at 2:15 weighing in at 9 pounds 2.5 ounces and measuring 21.5 inches. The doctors say everything looks great and we are both doing well.

This was the first time the girls got to see Wyatt.

They both love to hold him, but Kaity says she is too afraid to give him kisses. lol

I'm not sure where everyone else was for this one, but it was just Wyatt and I, and he looked to cute and peaceful, I had to snap this one.

Here is Wyatt's first bath at home. As you can tell, he didn't like it very much! He looks just like Kaity did at this age!

Wyatt is a wonderful little boy who is eating well and sleeping well. He is waking up every 3-4 hours to eat at night, but goes right back to sleep when he is finished. I am so excited to have a little boy in the house and can't wait till he's up and going and keeping his sisters on their toes!

Almost there!!

Okay, so here I am. This was taken about two weeks ago, but you get the idea. I believe I am bigger now than when we took this picture, but I'm pretty bad about doing this in a timely manner. My due date is now only days away and I am way past being ready for him to make his appearance. Because of Travis' schedule, the doctor has decided to be nice and let us plan to induce on Thursday. He wants Travis to be able to be there and it is easier to have that happen if we go ahead and induce. I, of course, would just love it if he would incude TODAY! But the doctor's not on call until Thursday......so I get to wait.

The weekend after Kaitlyn's birthday, my mom, Robyn, and Travis' dad came up to celebrate. We had cake and presents and cooked hot dogs and hamburgers out on the grill. She is a bit of a picky eater, so we went with hot dogs since 9 times out of 10 she will eat them.

The birthday cake!

Travis put one of the cupcakes up to Kaity's face and told her to look really close, she smashed it in her face.....haha! She couldn't quit laughing for like, ten minutes. It was pretty funny.

And here she is blowing out the candles.......Abby helped, but we didn't get her in the picture. I don't think Kaity needed the help, but what can you do? Hopefully Abby won't mind when Kaity decides to help with the candles on her birthday!

Birthdays and Fireworks!

I'm having mixed emotions today. Kaitlyn turns 4 today. I remember when it was just the three of us, when she was so tiny. I can't believe we are only one year away from kindergarten. Oh, it makes me want to cry. I miss taking naps on the couch with her. Now, I have a hard time getting her to take a nap at all. She is such a sweet little girl who really loves making her mommy and daddy happy.
Here she is around one and a half. This was the first time I was able to pull her hair up in pig tails!
Again, around one and a half, sitting in the sink, brushing her teeth. Love it!

Last one of her at one and a half. I just love her eyes.

Now, here she is the night before turning four. So much bigger, and messier! Ice cream on her face and Kool-Aid on her shirt. They were being rewarded for being so good....I'm glad we decided to do this outside! Ignore the date posts on the rest of these. They are all wrong!

This was such a cute pic of Abby on the 4th. She just loved watching the fireworks. She sat with Miss Liz (one of the other firefighters wives) the whole time and had a blast.

Kaity fell asleep on Daddy just before the fireworks started. So cute!

We woke her up and she loved them. Seeing their faces was well worth driving an hour after the show was over.

Kaity took this one of Abby and I, hence the shadow over half of my face!

Here are the two munchkins waiting (patiently?) for the fireworks to start. Kaity can be such a ham sometimes.

So, the day before the fourth, we found this HUGE frog in our backyard. I had Travis put his hand down next to it so you could see just how big it was, and Kaity decided she had to put her hand down too. I don't think I've ever seen a frog this big before!! I think he may have been hurt, though. Travis tried to nudge him to see how far he could jump and he seemed to get mad. He puffed up really big, so we left him alone.

The girls next to the frog.

I know this is from forever ago, but I just realized I never put these on here. While I was staying at my parents house in May, we painted my dad's office. This room has been pink since we moved into it (about 16 years ago). It has been used as a bedroom for some of us, but has been an office for my dad for the last.....I don't even know how long! It's been a while. So, as an early father's day gift, we painted the room and bought some new bookcases. The girls decided they wanted to help with the painting, so we let them help with the first coat. They really had a good time.

This one is even older than the last one! We were still living in Louisiana. It was a HOT day and the girls were just dieing to play outside. I let them play for a little bit, but their faces were so red, I made them get into their undies so I could hose them off, lol. We don't have a kiddie pool, so I filled up a bucket for them to splash eachother from. Appearantly, splashing isn't enough, and before I knew it, they were climbing in the bucket! I ended up having to get another bucket so they wouldn't fight over the one.