Looking Back over the last three years

It is amazing to me, and sometimes sad too, that Winter Elizabeth will be three on Sunday (3-30). The sad part comes in when I think of all the time that has passed and the things I have said to her. I know we are all human and we have our days, but wow, we really can't take back the things we say! But there have also been good time. More good than bad really. When the computer is on screen saver I look at the pictures and think of all the time that has passed and how much Winter has changed. Thinking about that has made me want to put some pictures together on here to remember the last three years. I hope y'all enjoy them!

Thomas and a Pink "Cow girl hat"

Winter got these from her GiGi and aunt Jenni for her birthday next week. I just had to share! She was so excited about the Thomas house that she wanted to sleep in it tonight. I told her she could on Friday night since we don't have school the next day. I will for sure get pictures of that! Enjoy the picutres!

What did I do???

Alright, anyone who has had a first child might agree with what I have to say here, while others might say..WOW!!! That was a lot of stuff! As we get ready for Max Mom and I started cleaning out Winter's old clothes and room today. My friend Mary is having a girl, so she's the lucky one who gets to go through all of this stuff! Anyway, all that to say...WHERE DID I GET THE MONEY AND TIME TO BUY ALL OF THESE CLOTHES??? I know some of it came from others and I was given a couple of trash bags of things, but wow!! it is amazing the amount of clothes I have. I must admit to William when he gets home later how much was bought while he was gone to Iraq. I guess shopping was what I did. Man, wish I would have realized that at the time. I probably would have stopped myself! There are 2 1/2 big black garbage bags of clothes from 12-18 months...this was the end of the time when he was gone. WOW!!!! :) All totaled, there are 7 1/2 big bags of clothes and one box of bibs, blankets, and hair stuff for girls! Mary, aren't you excited for Wednesday???

Welcome Comet!!

When Winter decided that she would poop in the potty, we told her we would get her a dog. It took us a few weeks to decide what to do and finally we went to the local Humane Society to look at what they had there. While there, we found this cute puppy. He was about 4 or so months old, and that is a guess. His card said he was a lab mix with something. (We have decided that it is mix with hound dog...he's got the bark and laziness!!) We just fell in love with this dog! This was on a Saturday. Because of their rules, we had to wait until he had been there for at least 72 hours just in case the owners came to get him. On Wednesday, we went to pick Comet up. After a couple of days frustration with using the bathroom in the floor, we have finally gotten adjusted to Comet being around. He is mostly potty trained if you pay attention to him and he's great with Winter. He will put up with her "playing" with him and "hugging" him and hasn't bitten or growled at her when she didn't deserve it. Anyway, I thought I would finally share these pictures of Winter and Comet. Isn't he a cutie???

What is it????

Well, I went to the doctor again today and have been working on not stressing about what sex the baby is. We have gone two times and the cord was between the legs so I decided that we were not going to find out what we were going to have until the baby is born. Well, I guess that did the trick! After a few minutes, the doctor was able to get some different views and let us know that it is a BOY!! I was so expecting a girl, so I'm still getting over the shock of it all. Of course he said that he isn't 100% sure until the baby is born, but he said he's only been wrong 1 out of 500 times. He said say 2 out of 1000 to make it sound better! Anyway, we are having a Max Odell...unless he comes out wiht red hair and then it will be a William #5! More later!!