Collins Lea

I left you on your back!!!

His first skid mark

Tonight we went to the park for a walk and Caden managed to do what all boys like to do! He made a skid mark on the pavement. Honestly, I don't think he even knows how he did it! Brian wasn't with us so of course we had to have photo evidence!!

She's hiding from me.

This is her favorite place to hide....typically with a bag of candy!!

Morning kisses for Collins.

Guess who?

Guess who weighs 9.5 pounds? What a big girl!!

Are you skinny yet?

Today I started the couch to 5k program and made the huge mistake of trying to run with the jogger. That thing is heavy. Along the way my iPhone would prompt me to run or walk. After the first time I ran Addison asked my why I was running. I informed her that mommy had to if she wanted to get skinny again. (no, I shouldn't encourage ideas on body imagine to my girls and I should have told her so I could be healthy but let's face it....I've got a closet full of clothes that are mocking me right now!). Anyways, after the next prompt to run addsion looks back and says, "are you skinny yet?". If only it were that easy!!

Don't tell my husband because he might have a heart attack but I also mowed the front yard this morning. It's the 2nd time ever in our marriage of 8.5 years that I've mowed. My sister was right though it's great exercise!!!

What did Collins and Addison do? They sat under the tree in the shade and watched of course!


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One Lucky Mommy!!

I'm one lucky mommy! Today has been wonderful! The kids suprised me with sweet gifts! I'm thankful for them and their Daddy!

I love this sweet boy! He's certainly my cautious child. However, he's getting braver in his old age! He's an awesome baseball player...you should see him hit those homeruns! I'm proud of him when he takes care of his girls! That's what he calls me, Addison and Collins! I can't believe he'll be in kindergarten next year! When I was pregnant with Collins I was sure I was having a boy!! I thought that this spunky girl was certain to be an only girl! I love how much she loves Collins! I was really worried that she would be sad about sharing the girl time with her daddy but she has been very gracious! I love that she lives life to the fullest and shows no fear! I love that she is my most compastionate child and takes care of her brother and sister!

My sweet baby! I can't wait to see how her personality shows up in the coming days!! She is a sweet baby though and certainly loves to be held! I can't believe how big she's gotten already...and I'm in wonder of the mommies that have babies bigger than she is now at her gigantic weight of 7 and a half pounds!

We got pictures done a few weeks ago and I thought you might like to see some of the outtakes! I had this great idea of taking pictures of Collins naked...in the grass. As you can see I'm the only one that thought they would be precious! oh well...

Amy caught a sweet baby smile! I'm looking forward to her real smiles!

This sweet girl thought that it was sweet to take pictures in the green, green grass!

I love this one!!

I get asked all the time how 3 is going. My answer is often, "we're done!" Brian and I have always said we wanted three children. However, over the past year or so we prayed a lot about having four. God has given us a peace about Collins being our last...and I'm thankful for that! So, how is three really? It's wonderful, exhausting, exhilerating, adventureous, fullfilling and exhausting (oh, I already mentioned that one?)! I can't imagine life without Collins in it! She is the perfect final piece to our sweet family. I'm thankful for Caden, Addison and Collins. We prayed that God would grow our family as he saw fit and he has granted us what we asked of him! Each of our children are different and special. They all love deeply but differently and that's perfect!

Grandaddy and Collins

Look who's five weeks old today!!

How did that happen

All of the sudden her legs have gotten so long. She looks soooo big!!