She never stops......

Wordless Wednesday...

THANK YOU!!

I am so thankful for my husband,who served a year in the Persian Gulf, and 2 brother in laws who served 2 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan!! I am thankful to have them home!! Thank you all for you sacrifices so that we may have a better life!

Our little Souvenir...

Looks like we have ourselves a permanent souvenir from our visit down to see Jacob in Mississippi! I must say that we were shocked when we found out we were going to have another baby but not surprised! We are sooo excited!! We honestly knew it could happened but really didn't think it would. We tried so long for LA before we finally got pregnant with her we figured the same thing would happen this time...But we were wrong! I had noticed that my sense of smell was off the charts and was starting to get really tired and I thought to myself...(Self you better take a test just to make sure your not pregnant because you have a Christmas party to go to next weekend and you will be having a few cocktails)..So Emily and I went to Wal-Mart to do some shopping after LA went to bed and I had mentioned it to her on the way. She was soo excited and I told her "Emily I really doubt I am but I want to make sure" and she kept saying "Erin you are soo pregnant" and I kept telling her no!! LOL!! We came back to my parents house and I snuck in the bathroom with the test. I didn't want my Mom to know what I was doing because I didn't want to get any hoped up! So I peed away on the little stick and it came back negative right away but the instructions said to wait 3 minutes for the result.. So I waited and then looked back down and the minus sign had turned into a plus sign.. I about fell off the toilet...LOL!! When I came out Emily looked at me and started crying and my Mom asked what was wrong.. And I said "uummm Looks like we have a little souvenir from Mississippi!" Then she stared crying while I still stood in shock!! HAHAHA!! We had decided to just tell family until LA got her pictures taken the next week!! Next step was to tell Jacob...

It was so hard when I found out because Jacob was underway and the only communication we had was email. I couldn't wait for another week when I talked to him to tell him. He had been on me about emailing him pictures of me and LA so I sent him this email:

Hey babe I'm so glad that you got your email to work finally!! We have had a really good weekend.. Friday night stayed home as I have been working endlessly on LA's stocking.. Sat. we went out to dinner and then took all the kiddos to look at Christmas Lights.. WE took them to Van Buren to watch the house with the music and LA was in Heaven..She loved it.. I'm waiting on Emily to send me the pictures so I can email them to you..I do have one picture for you that LA and I took tonight.. It's kindda neat..Let me know what you think!?!


Yes that's right.. Look's like LA and I brought home a permanent souvenir from our visit to Mississippi!! Congrats DADDY!! I haven't told anyone yet except Mom and sisters.. God I wish I could call you and talk to you!! I'm still in shock!! LOL!! I'm REALLY in shock!! HAHAHA!! I hope this makes your day!! I love you soo much and can't wait to talk to you!! Kisses from LA,Me, and Baby B!!
Love you lots!!

To which he replied:

R U Kiddin me did you just take that yesterday. Well better sooner than later. I'm in shock but I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Yes it definitely made my day can't wait to tell everyone. I wrote ma and pa an e-mail I told them you were gonna try and get over there sometime this week they will be so happy. Love you and miss you both tell everyone hi. I'll try and call you if I get a chance love you both. daddy

Lily Ann's early Christmas Present...

Yes... Mommy and Daddy couldn't wait until Christmas so LA got her present early this year... This is the most expensive Christmas present she will ever get..LOL!! We are sooo excited and it has been hard keeping our mouths shut for the past week!! I will share the story in the next post!!