Sweet Angel Girl!

Ashlyn Marie asleep again, thank goodness because then Mom could rest too.

One of the very few moments when Ashlyn has her eyes open and it is 11, almost 12 o'clock at night. Her days and nights are definitely a bit mixed up.

Oh, the first bath is never as calming and smooth as you may think it would be or as it goes on the Johnson commercials.

Sweet Angel Girl asleep again. Truly precious and innocent.

The kids are very excited to have Ashlyn home and enjoy holding her when ever they can or whenever she isn't sleeping.

Precious Moments

The Lord has certainly blessed us in such a wonderful way with another child in our family. Children are so precious and certainly the greatest gifts life could bring.

Mommy and her three munchkins!

Proud New Parents!!

Ashlyn is ready to go to her new home and there was great anticipation and excitement for her to come home.

Baby Oman is Here!!

Well the long awaited time has come and we are proud to announce the delivery of ...

BOY or GIRL?

Sweet Angel Girl - Ashlyn Marie at 9lbs. 8oz. and 21 3/4 ins

on April 28th at 11:24am

She was delivered by scheduled c-section with no complications. Both baby and mom are doing well and recovering hoping to be healthy and back to life within a few weeks.

Both Colton and Sarah are so excited for the arrival of a little sister! We can already see what fantastic siblings they will be to their new sister.

As we have more pictures and life gets back to normal I will hopefully keep the blog more up to date. We are excited to share our growing family with each of you.

The miracle of bringing another child into this world is such a great blessing and we appreciate everyone's love, support and excitement for us.

Our New Addition Already has a Birthday

So we are officially 30weeks along.

The baby is extremely active and as usual my belly just keeps growing. I have 10 weeks left but I am hoping the time goes by quickly.
I had an appointment with my doctor today and baby's heart beat sounds great. Sarah loved listening to the baby. Last time Colton got to come and he commented "I didn't know your tummy was so tall." Even the kids have priceless comments about my belly. But we all love hearing the baby's heart beat each month. I love the reassurance that the heart beat brings as if every moment of the day when my insides are being treated like a punching bag was not enough reassurance.:)

But the exciting moment in today's appointment was that we got to schedule the baby's Birthday.

We are scheduled for a repeat c-section on April 28th at 9am. It is really nice to know the exact day and time that we will be blessed with our new baby Oman. I am really looking forward to the experience. There are plenty of bummers with c-section but being able to know ahead of time the day and time is pretty cool.

So the 10 week count down begins until the great surprise is revealed.

What an Amazing Experience

We are so excited about the addition to our family. Pregnancy is going, it has been just long enough that I had forgotten all the fun pregnancy is but it is so worth every moment once you have the little miracle in your arms. What a gift from God!! But I didn't include our due date which is May 1 but we are already planning on the baby entering this beautiful world about a week or so early because the date will be scheduled. We so appreciate all the love and support of our family and friends. I don't know what we would do without all the wonderful people that fill our lives. I will continue to give updates as we get closer.
And here is also a little baby dust, sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle, for any that are wanting to bring more joy to their families. And for those who don't need any just blow that dust away.

Christmas FUN!

What is Christmas without making German Christmas cookies, yummy and fun! This is Jay's all time favorite Christmas tradition and it has been a joy to make it our family Christmas tradition as well. The kids love helping dump the in the ingredients and mix the dough. Best most of all they love cutting out the cookies.

Oh, the mess that cookies can make especially the flour.

Sarah had lots of Fun entertaining the parents during her Christmas program but the book exchange and present for Mom and Dad were her highlights.

Decorating their very own gingerbread girl and boy with all the icing and sprinkles they could imagine. To me all I see is a tummy ache but a artistic creation as well.

Colton was going for the blue pirate gingerbread boy look and of course Sarah's was a pink princess. Whatever the project or activity, Christmas is all about family time and memories and our Christmas included many moments around cookies and we all enjoy them.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving has passed and now it is time to put up Christmas decorations. By far my absolute favorite time of year and favorite decorations to have around. There is so much JOY that comes with Christmas and we love it. Colton found the Santa hat and was dressed up like Santa for days and Sarah was his Elf well a Princess Elf at least.

It was amazing weather for us Thanksgiving weekend so we made a trip...to the Park! One of our family's all time favorite outings. Sarah is following along with Colton and climbs all over the play ground sets now! She has good balance like him all though she is more cautious and hestitant, but I am OK with that.

He is our Monkey Boy and enjoys coming up with silly poses for the Kodak moment!

Lowe's Build and Grow projects are always a treat for our family. This was Sarah's first time to actually complete her own project and I must say she did quite well. She didn't hit my fingers once while hammering and hammered the nails in all the way. Of course, her favorite part was the stickers. As for Colton, he is old hat at make the projects and cruised right through. He is a great builder with very good fine motor skills, too. We all had lots of FUN!

Our little builders, aren't they CUTE!! We certainly love them!