Sophie is 2 1/2 months old already and growing like a weed! At her 2 month check up she was almost 14 pounds- what a chunk! She has her mommy and daddy wrapped around her little finger and we fall in love more and more every time we see her smile.
Michael has enjoyed taking turns taking the kids hunting. Well, he hasn't taken Luke yet but his time is coming. He and Ella recently killed this buck together.
The kids participated in the CHristmas play at our church. The sunday school class that Michael and I are a part of has been putting on the Christmas play for 3 years now. We weren't able to help out this time though since we had a newborn in the house. The kid did get to be a part of it though and they were super excited!
We decorated for Christmas, well...if I'm honest...Michael decorated for Christmas. We didn't host our sunday school Christmas party this year so we kept things very simple.
We took the kids to see Santa. Ella told him she wanted a new bike, another American Girl doll and a puppy (like we need another animal!). Brett told him he wanted a BeyBlade and Luke was insistent that he didn't know what he wanted, lol! Sophie slept through most of it.
Brett with his dog Maggie
Ella with her dog Molly
Maggie and Molly are part lab/part bird-dog
Life in the country is never dull...
Sweet little Sophie stayed in the car with me to keep out of the cold. I was the creepy adult driving very slowly down the street looking like I was scouting children. I kept having to yell something out the window at Michael so people wouldn't think I was a stalker!
Luke, aka ninja, was super excited about his sword. (It's really for a pirate costume, but shhhh! we won't tell him that!) He was convinced that this was his first year Trick-or-Treating for some reason. I guess he just doesn't remember last year.
Our Super Muscle-y Superman. He was ecstatic about his Superman belt that would light up. I love how the smallest things just fascinate them! Daddy even fixed his hair to look like Clark Kent's- complete with 1 curl hanging on his forhead.
Our sweet PopStar Country Singer. I think she chose this costume because of the horse on the front and like every other 8 year old girl, she is obsessed with horses right now. I have to admit, I loved the pink cowgirl hat!
NO FEAR!
This is probably one of my favorite pictures from the day Sophie was born. I wish I could've seen my kids sweet little faces as they were looking around the corner, waiting for Daddy to announce that Sophie was here and anticipating getting to meet their new little sister.
Daddy finally let them know their baby sister has arrived!
Loved my doctor! She was amazing! Sophie was born "sunny side-up" and my doctor stayed so calm and cool even though Sophie's little heartbeat kept having a lot of 'decels' and wasn't recovering. They used the vaccuum and got her out quickly.
Holy cow! I have 4 kids now!!
I wouldn't have it any other way. I love this little bundle of joy and can't believe God blessed me with 4 wonderful and healthy kids!
Bwahahahaha!
Getting suited up in ballet shoes
Success! Ella is so proud of herself. Even Brett is there to offer a brotherly laugh-in-your-face.
My poor little Luke...he had no idea what his big sister was trying to do to him!
Our preacher is such a great guy- he ran next door to his house and grabbed his hunting waders so that I could get into the baptismal without getting my dress soaking wet. Very fashionable!
My ballerina.... every ballet piece she does on stage now just beings tears to my eyes. She is so graceful and poised and such a pleasure to watch on the stage, I can't wait to see how this group of girls does in dance competitions this year!
Ella with one of her good buddies from church/dance.
I'll just be honest, I can't remember what was going on at church when I took these pictures. That's what happens to your brain when you are pregnant with #4. Baby #3 pretty much takes your last brain cells and then #4 comes along just to make sure baby #3 did a good job cleaning you out.
