No Training Wheels

Briggs learned how to ride a bike without training wheels!! I can't believe it either! Cody was outside with him and unbeknowndst to me took off the training wheels on his bike and told Briggs that if he learned to ride it he would get him a spider man bike. So at 4 o clock on Sunday afternoon we headed to Walmart to purchase a spider man bike:) He does so good and looks so grown up on it. He can turn it really well he just has problems stopping, but don't worry he has a horn and will definitely let you know if you are in the way!

His spider man bike is bigger then this one and he does so good on it! I am so proud of the little guy!!

Heart Day

Since it's been soooo cold up here in the Panhandle of Texas I have been having to be VERY creative with 2 little boys cooped up in the house!! We made a trip to the Dollar Tree the other day and made these cute hearts with stickers and fuzz balls and basically whatever else the boys could glue on them. I hung them on the light fixture over the dining room table.
They were very proud of their artwork and so was their Momma:)

Hope all of you have a wonderful Valentines Day today!

Gender Party

On the day we found out what our third child was going to be, my MOL and SIL threw us a gender party. It turned out so cute and the decorations were AWESOME!!! This table had some of my favorite cravings on it: starburst, skittles and sugar cookies:)

My MOL made these cookies. Aren't they adorable?

The "P" was for Pierce our girl name.

The "C" was for Crue our boy name.

I loved the feather centerpiece! There was a picture of our family of four and the baby's sono pic.

If you didn't wear pink or blue then you could wear a pink or blue ley.

Grady wanted to wear Blue!

Briggs wanted to wear blue also.

The father:)

At the end of the party we ate cupcakes that had a BLUE center to reveal our third boy!! We are so excited to welcome Crue Burton!! We had a lot of fun at the party. Thanks Leona and Kyla!

Blessed

Tomorrow is the big day! We get to take a peek at baby #3 and make sure that he or she is healthy and to hopefully tell if it is a he or she:). I am beyond blessed with my family. I have wanted nothing more in life than to be a mom. I dreamed of the day that I would have babies of my own to rock and feed and "play house" with and now I am going to have 3!!!! God surprised us with this one but I don't think our family would have been complete at just 4. I am so lucky to have Briggs and Grady and this new little one on the way. We are going to have a gender party tomorrow night so the news won't break until tomorrow evening sometime. It is going to be hard to keep it a secret! I will, however, tell you the names we have chosen.

For a boy:

Crue Burton Crue means a part of a team or a crew and that is exactly what he will be is part of a team. Burton is my dad's middle name and also my grandpa's middle name. I can't imagine how fun 3 little boys would be! I would be a very busy momma and I would love every minute of it.

For a girl:

Pierce Leyton Pierce was my great grandad's name and it means piercing or stunning. Leyton was my sister's idea and it just flowed well. I can't imagine having a girl at all! I don't know what it would be like but I definitely would like to find out! I have always wanted a daughter so that we could share the relationship that I have with my mom, but I have come to find that you can have just a relationship with a son.

I am nervous about tomorrow and excited too! Please pray that baby will be healthy and everything will be just exactly how it is supposed to be.

Christmas Catch Up and 18 weeks

Christmas was a lot of fun this year! It is every year but the boys actually got into it this year. We made Santa Gingerbread Man cookies and I think this started a yearly tradition with the boys and I. It was so much fun and I had the easiest recipe for them. The boys really got into helping me:)

Mixing the batter.

Rolling the dough.

Cutting them out.

Placing them on a baking sheet.

And of course the funnest part DECORATING them!!!

Grady ate most of his decorations.

The Perfect Gingerbread man!

I think we left Santa about 18 cookies and this is what was left!

Christmas morning the boys woke up to their Santa gifts



A tractor for Briggs

A cool trike for Grady

We had a GREAT Christmas and were given WAY too much gifts!!











I know I have skipped a couple of weeks but we have been busy! We find out on the 21 what we are having!! I really think it is another boy! We have our names picked out too! So excited!


18 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 18 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby #3 is the size of a bell pepper

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 6 1/2 lbs. lbs.

Maternity Clothes: It just kind of depends. Most of the time I wear comfy clothes.
Gender: I'm thinking boy right now.

Movement: The baby is definitely moving and kicking!

Sleep:I am sleeping a lot better now
What I miss: Really not anything these days

Cravings: Cookies, sweet stuff
Symptoms: Tiredness, little nausea at night
Best Moment this week: Feeling movement, getting a good report at the Dr.