What a weekend!

Last Friday my cousin Brian posted on facebook that it was spring break. I jokingly responded, "great, see you in 5 hours!" That night we went to dinner with some sweet, sweet friends to celebrate Collins. While we were there I got a phone call from Brian. I still didn't believe he was here. When we got home sure enough he had come to surprise us all! We had a great weekend with him!! Addison is still asking where her Brian is! Caden said this morning that he wanted Brian to come back for his birthday party! Saturday night Brian's sister Allison and her finance Brendan also came for dinner from Chapel Hill but we didn't get any pictures of that! Thursday Brian took Caden to the ACC tournament! He won tickets earlier in the week and thought it would be a blast for Caden!! It was indeed! They went with a teacher and his son that's the same age as Caden!

When I asked Caden how the game was he said, "great, Daddy let me get a giant pretzel and a sprite!" It's the little things to this sweet boy!

Earlier on Thursday Brian took this sweet girl on a date with her Mama (Grandma)! First we met at the mall and it looks like the fun really started after I left!

But...before I left we went to gymboree! Brian put this hat on Ad and immediately she started to shout and gallop that she was a cowboy! She loved, loved, loved having time just the 3 of us! We also loved it! It's not often that she gets our undivided attention and in just a few weeks she'll be a big sister! Hard to believe!

Grandma's house

A morning at the Fire Station!

This morning I went on a fieldtrip with Caden's class to the Fire Station! We had a GREAT time! Caden got to get on the truck, hold the hose, check out where they sleep and eat!

From Caden's Camera

Caden has had the greatest time with his camera! Here are a few shoots from his camera!! There were TONS of pictures of just random things he takes pictures of while we're driving...tons of pictures of his sister among other random objects from around the house!


I'm not sure how he managed this but he figured out how to put three pictures together into one...I'm not sure he could do it again! This weekend his Grandma and Grandaddy fullfilled a dream his mommy and daddy quickly squashed and got light up shoes!

He wanted a picture of Mommy, Daddy and Collins.

A picture of just Mommy and Daddy!

Caden and Addison play this game where Caden gets behind the chair in our den and Addison drop diapers on him. They laugh really hard. Brian and I laughed really hard when Caden got behind the chair put the camera on the top of his head and started clicking as she dropped diapers on his head! I may never get the appeal of the game....but that's okay...it won't be the last time I don't understand them!

Saturday morning while Brian let me sleep in way too late they learned how to use the timer! I love these three!

Clearly, Chick-fil-a is near and dear to his heart!

There are SO many self-portraits!! I love them all!

She LOVES her brother!

Collins Update!

Addison and I went to the doctor today for a check up for Collins! Everything is going great! I wish I had a camera with me when the doctor got the heartbeat. Addison just cut her eyes at the doctor and back at my belly. My doctor and I were both laughing...that sweet girl gives people the craziest looks! Collins should be moving head down now. However, this sweet baby is sitting up with his/her head pushing on my left lung and rib. The past few days Collins has been very active! I'm trying to treasure these days as they're the last days I'll ever feel a baby moving in my belly again! The heartrate was 150 and I gained ZERO pounds!

Collins' room is just about finished! I just have a few little things to do like get the carpets cleaned in the house. I can't believe that Collins will be here in 5 or 6 weeks! I have 8 weeks till my due date but the doctor feels sure I won't make it that long! We are thankful for this gift that God is giving us!

(This is mostly for my record because I'll never remember later!)

Batter Up!

Saturday Caden had his first baseball practice! He did GREAT! His team is the mets! He'll pracrice for the whole month of March and then games start in April! He can't wait! Infact, on the way there he asked me, "Mommy, if I hit a homerun at a game will they shoot fireworks for me?" I guess his only reference point is the Greensboro Grasshoppers! If they do it for them why wouldn't Caden get them too!? Check him out! He's the one fielding the ball in the orange shirt!
I love that you can totally tell he's just impatiently taking a picture for me! He was SO ready to get over there with the rest of the kids!!

Doesn't he look so cute?

Great Wolf Lodge

This past Thursday night we headed to the Great Wolf Lodge with the Conklins! We had a GREAT time! Brandt, Caden, Addison and Highland are all so sweet to each other! We can't wait for them to be just a few miles away!! This was just before we left! Everyone was exhausted!

Caden had a great time pulling the rope to soak his Daddy!

He was happy to be on this side of the rope....I'm not sure that he would have been happy on the soaking end!

Addison was a little fish!

Caden and Addison raced down the slides!

Caden LOVED swimming around the big pool all by himself with the lifejacket! I think he'll really be swimming this year! The name of the game with him is building his confidence. If he doesn't think he can do it he won't try....wonder where he gets that from...hmmm....

Even Addison wore a lifejacket! Although it didn't last long!

The most common sentence we heard from Addison the whole time we were there was, "I want to do orange!" The first time Brian took Ad up the lifeguard looked at him and said she can't ride with you. So, they sent her down by herself! This slide was in the big kid area...but she didn't care. All the lifeguards at the bottom loved her. They would stand in the slide waiting for her to come down. They'd scoop her up even though I was standing right there and would hand her to me! Caden liked the slide but didn't love it! Infact, I think he only did it twice. However, yesterday in the car he asked me if we could go back today because he wanted to give that orange slide another try!

Thursday night we let the kids go to storytime in their jammies since it started at 8!! They loved it! (I just noticed that my belly looks HUGE in this picture! I sure am glad I can't see myself from behind!)

Before storytime Thursday night Caden and Addison got to play in an arcade for the first time ever!! They LOVED it!!! Thank goodness they have no idea what the tickets are for. The girls LOVED this ride...they rode it SEVERAL times together! Highland was so sweet to let Addison drive!

Caden loved skiball....I did too!!

Addison came up with her own technique to get a high score. Seriously, she did this on her own! What a cheater!

We can't wait for our next trip back to the Great Wolf Lodge...but it certainly can't be today sweet Caden!!!