Finally. The real question is: Boy or Girl??

Well I got news that I will be scheduled for an induction on Tues. Oct. 28 at 9:00 pm. Yes I said 9 pm it made the most sense to have my kids at home asleep rather than figuring out where to put them during the day. Let's face who really sleeps in the hospital anyway. Hopefully the labor will go quickly and by that I mean less than 10hrs. We are really excited to find out if this is a boy or a girl. We figured this is one really good surprise in life that is worth the wait. I will post what we have as soon as I can, I guess I can have Michel try and do it but I doubt it. Wish me luck and people keep asking me what do I think this baby is and I can honestly say I have no idea. I guess I never wanted to get my hopes up one way or another. We will post hopefully in a few days.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY MICHEL!!

Tanner, Michel, Joseph, and of course Ashlyn enjoying the slip and slide.

Michel has his game face on he really wanted to hit someone with the water balloon.

Michel trying to hit the pinata.

Michel and his cousins singing happy birthday to him again.

This picture of daddy at Fiddlesticks concentrating of the put he has to make to win the game. Love it!!

What to say when your son turns 5? Michel is such an amazing big boy I am at a loss for words. I love him more each day as he discovers new things and learns new facts. We started Michels birthday weekend out going Goofy Golfing at Fiddlesticks (Michel loves Gooofy Golf). On Sat. he had about five little friends over and they played in the backyard on the slip-n-slide and had a huge water balloon fight. After the friend party Michel had all his grandmas, grandpa, aunts, uncles and cousins over for his family party what fun he had thanks to all who made it for his special day. Here is just a few facts about Michel. Michel was born on September 14, 2003 at 9:50 p.m.. Michel got his nick name right when he was born weighing 9lbs. 5oz. and was 21 in. long. He was always a chubby baby hence the big boy nickname. Michel always topped the charts and continues to do so the drs. anticipate him to be about 6ft or taller. He did not get his height from my side it is definitely from his fathers side, even tough his daddy stands shorter than all his younger brothers at an average 5'10'' tall. Michel is an eager learner he always want to make letter books and do homework(I am sure that will all change when he actually starts kindergarten next year). His latest game is to play hide and seek with Ashlyn he will go hide and then yell "Ashlyn come find me" and she will run all through the house looking for him. Of course Michel always hides in the same spot so Ashlyn knows exactly where to look for him and he always gets mad when she finds him. Michel absolutely loves NASCAR and now has a total of 8 big nascars he stores neatly under his bed like a parking lot. He also loves Corvettes another love he got from the Lines side. Whenever there is a NASCAR Race on t.v. he will always sit and watch it with daddy and bring his cars out to race along with it. I asked Michel a few questions of what his favorite things are and this is his response:

Favorite Movie: "Cars"
Favorite Food: Spiral Macaroni and Cheese
Favorite Color: Blue and White (his favorite because Kurt Busch's nascar is this color-don't tell Grandma Lines he has that car she doesn't quit care for him)
Favorite Snack: Granola Bites
Favorite Story: "Miss Nelson is Missing"
Favorite Dinner Mommy cooks: Hotdogs
Favorite Activity: Playing memory games
Favorite Activity to do with Daddy: Wash the cars
Favorite Activity to do Mommy: go to the store and buy a toy.
Favorite Activity to do with Katelyn: Play school and make letter books
Favorite Activity to do with Ashlyn: Play hide and go seek
Favorite Cartoon: Tom and Jerry

That is just a few facts about Michel that describes him as a 5 year old. Michel is a great big brother and little brother to his two sisters. Our family has been blessed for 5 wonderful years to have Michel in our family he continues to amaze us and make us proud in the decisions he makes. We can't wait to see how this year goes and to see all he can accomplish. We love you Michel and hope you had a great birthday.

FROGS, FROGS and More FROGS!!

Looking at all the Frogs they found

Well the last few days Big Boy has taken up a new interest (of course so has Ashlyn). Any guesses? Yep with all the rain these last few days our backyard has been saturated with tons of baby frogs (at least 20 for right know). Now these frogs are the size of nickels if even that big and they are really quite cute. Michel goes out to the backyard in the morning and will just find the frogs hopping in the grass. We keep telling them they may not survive being held captive in a plastic bin but he gets so sad when we mention having to release them back into the wild. He loves these frogs and he has built quite a little fortress for them. Ashlyn has of course taken a liking to these frogs as well because as you should all know by now where ever Michel goes Ashlyn is not to far behind and at the mention of these frogs she gets all excited and runs to the backyard. Thanks to the rain for occupying my children with there new found love for frogs.

Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy and Ashlyn enjoying a popsicle after a long day of yard work.

Ashlyn all sweaty and sticky from being outside and her popsicle.

I love this picture of them when we were camping this past July, Michel went looking for bones and Ashlyn followed. Michel was able to find Ashlyn a bone she was so proud of that gross thing!!

Even though Ashlyn is a daddy's girl she still loves playing with all of Katelyn's dolls. Katleyn is so happy that she finally is getting big enough to like kinda of the same things she does.
Oh what would daddy do without Ashlyn? She is my first child who has mostly preferred to hang out with daddy then me. (No complaints) The other kids of course love their daddy but Ashlyn has a little connection with him. Once he gets home every night she will immediately go to the window and look to see if his truck is in the garage. As soon as he is in the house she runs to him and then goes to the back door thinking he is going to let her out to play with him. Ashlyn will then follow him around the house while I get dinner on the table and she will wait outside the bathroom door crying while he uses the restroom. The best part about daddy's little angel is every time he will do his yard work she will follow him around the whole backyard as he prunes the trees and mows the grass. Ashlyn is an outdoor girl she does not mind the heat and will always follow anyone who is going outside. Ashlyn also has a special relationship with her older brother Michel, she is his little shadow. Michel loves her and is always willing to play with her outside and is very protective of her. What would I do without the men in my life to keep my little Ashlyn occupied? Ashlyn is a very special little girl who's life is about to change when we have another little one in the house, I know she will be a great big sister to her new little brother or sister.

Hooray for Katelyn!!

It is no surprise that we as parents recognize Katelyn as being a loving and caring person but it is really nice when others recognize it as well. Katleyn was chosen by her teacher Mrs. Cummard to be the first Student of the Month for school year. Mrs. Cummard sent a little note on why she felt Katelyn deserved this award and I would like to brag a little bit about Katelyn and quote what she said (bear with me).

"Katelyn is a very sweet and polite student at all times. She arrives at school each day with a big smile and a wonderful attitude. She enjoys school and learning. Katelyn is already a wonderful reader. She tries her best in everything she does. It is a pleasure to have Katelyn in my class this year."

Thank you Mrs. Cummard. Katelyn adores her teacher and loves the first grade. Katelyn was called up at the assembly by the principle and was featured on the Coyotes News that morning. She was very excited to get this award, what a great way to start out the new year. Way to go Katelyn we knew you were special and we are glad when others recognize it as well. We love you keep up the good work.