One Last Day... As a Family of FOUR!

Last night at small group my prayer request was for today to be a very sweet day together as family of four and indeed it was A VERY SWEET DAY! The sky was blue, the sun was shining, and Joe was off from work! I got some good time with Wyatt first thing after breakfast (we ate my boys' fav--powdered donuts!) dressing up and playing fireman, then Daddy headed out to drop Wy guy off at school. Isaac and I got our normal Mommy-Isaac Wednesday together while Daddy came home and finished up some yard work! Ike and I did some laundry in between playtime, ran some errands, and ate lunch together. It was fun to get some one-on-one time with my BABY today! After Ike's nap, we picked Wyatt up from school and headed to Deanna Rose Farmstead for one last excursion as a family of four...

Our small group threw us a little baby shower last night, so we brought some leftover blue "pupcakes" with us to enjoy at the farm in honor of our "Birthday Baby" (a term Wyatt came up...He kept asking when he'd get to meet the new brother in my belly. We told him that he'd meet his new bro right after his 3rd birthday. So Wyatt started calling this new baby "the birthday baby." Wyatt was a little disappoitned the day after his birthday because he still had 3 weeks to wait for his first introduction to new lil bro).

I LOVE, love, love these boys! Tomorrow I will be a mama of THREE fellas... Just can't quite wrap my mind around this truth just yet. I'm sure reality will sink in very quickly once he arrives tomorrow morning!

My little smurf sported his Little Brother shirt today! Tomorrow he gets to be the little brother and a BIG BROTHER!!!! Farmer Joe milking the cow.

Isaac got a ride on Daddy's shoulders...

...while my Wy guy rode in the BOB. I remember his first ride in the BOB on Mother's Day 3 years ago... Look how big he is in it now! : )

Isaac loved the baby goats!

And Wyatt LOVED being a fisherman. He was so patient and caught TWO fish!

Picking out a worm...

Proudly showing it to Mommy...

Waiting, waiting, waiting for a big catch...

Mommy walked to the playground with Isaac right when Wy caught a fish. Boo. I missed it! But Wyatt told me ALL about his big catch!

Here we are heading upstairs for a much need bath before bedtime after one pretty fantastic day. Mommy got the honor of tucking both boys in bed tonight! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE these little boys? We often sing a little song, "Open, Shut them" and this was an open, shut them moment. We couldn't quite get a photo with both boys' eyes open so I got one of each...

It was a pretty perfect day as a family of four...

But we've so anxiously been awaiting your arrival, Birthday Baby! We can't wait to meet you tomorrow and are so excited to become a FAMILY of FIVE! We love you already and will love you even more completely tomorrow...

Our own Playground!

With having 3 boys in our house, we decided that a playground in the backyard would play a vital role in keeping our sanity during the warm months of the year! Someone gave us the bright idea to look for one on Craigslist. Since the Rainbow playgrounds retail for over $4500 we decided that a used one would be a much better fit for our budget! Well, we found one in good condition for a fraction of the price. Perfect, we thought! BUT it ended up being a ton of WORK! Joe, Papa and Poppy spent all Friday morning disassembling the playground from another family's yard a couple of weekends ago. Then Joe, Papa, and Wy guy began the long process of putting all of those 2x4's back together one piece at a time in our back yard...

Well, putting it all back together took a little more time than we had anticipated! And someone had a birthday party on Saturday, so the work had to come to a hault! Luckily, Papa graciously made another road trip this past weekend all the way from Iowa to help complete the project!!!!

Wyatt made sure to take some time to refuel in the middle of the morning from all of his hard work!

The guys worked from about 8am -6pm on Saturday and finally got the "Huckleberry" Playset all complete! It's PERFECT for 3 little adventerous boys and I know all of the hard work will pay off this summer. We've spent MANY hours outside the past couple of days and I know there will be so many fun memories in the years to come!

Thanks, Papa, for all of your HARD WORK and kindness to see us through this project! It meant so much to have your help every step of the way...

Toy Story on Ice!

Mimi and Poppy planned a little outing for the kiddos to Toy Story on Ice! Wyatt talked about his night with Buzz Light Year for about a month leading up to the event. He was so excited to see his favorite characters in person. Since the show started at 7pm, Isaac's bedtime, Poppy insisted to stay back with Ike so Mommy and Daddy could share in the experience with Wy guy. It was such a fun night!

Mimi let the kids pick out a souvenier from the show...

Wyatt picked a sword...

and enjoyed some cotton candy! He ate it by the mouthful as fast as he possibly could.

I had to get a picture of Daddy's face as he was watching... KEN and BARBIE! :) Priceless!

Our little man was tuckered out on the way home but kept his sword in hand!

First RIDE...

Wyatt got a super cool birthday gift from his Papa and Grandma McCulley this year... His first BIG BOY BIKE!

Grandma and Papa took Wy guy to Wal-Mart after his birthday party on Saturday afternoon to pick out a bike. He picked out a Spider Man bike! It took a couple of days to be assembled so we went back to pick it up today. It ended up being a really chilly day outside but Wyatt kept the whole fam out for over an hour watching him ride!

He's getting pretty brave already and trying some tricks on the bike! Good thing he was wearing his Spider Man helmet because he took a few falls with his crazy antics! Isaac had to have a turn honking the horn! Do you know who Wyatt was showing off for? His new neighbor friend, Addi! Addi even gave Wyatt a turn driving her jeep.

A Week of Celebration!

I think each birthday is such a special opportunity to celebrate the life we've been given, so we made it a full week of fun in honor of WYATT...

Wy guy started off his birthday celebration with a cupcake party as school last Wednesday. We had fun baking and sprinkling his treats to take in to share with his friends. Then on Saturday, buddy Asher came in to town and we spent the day together and made a trip to Kaliedoscope! On Sunday, we visited the T-Rex Dino Restaurant for dinner! This is one of Wy's favorite places on earth. We stop in anytime we're at the Legends just to look around but this time he got the full experience of dining in!

Wyatt requested I take pictures of almost every dino in the restaurant. I figured 2 would be enough for you to get the idea...

Wy guy was a little perplexed by all of the unknown strangers singing Happy Birthday to him at the table.... But he sure loved the sweet treats they brought along with the birthday chorus! On Monday (3/14), Wy's actually birthday, we surprised him with one gift... an easel! It was almost impossible to get this little Van Gogh out the door once he began his masterpiece... I was finally able to convince Wyatt to take a ride to visit Mimi and Poppy at the Leaping Lizard where he enjoyed 3 hours of jumping fun! He then picked Panera for lunch. He loves their mac-n-cheese!

He received a couple of fun packages in the mail, including a coloring card from Grandma and Papa...

along with a Mickey Mouse T-shirt straight from Disney World (Thanks Ashtyn and Daxton)!

We finished the day by making and eating some ice cream cone cupcakes together!

Saturday was the BIG CARNIVAL CELEBRATION!!!! Here's our lil man putting on his circus attire waiting for all of his guests to arrive...

Is this not the cutest clown you've ever seen?

Time for candles and birthday cake!

Looking a little introspective...

Wyatt must have eaten too many hot dogs, nachos and popcorn because he didn't even touch his cake (til later, of course!)

But Isaac sure enjoyed his share!

And forced some into cousin Alexa's mouth as well! Hope she was hungry!

Wyatt had lots of helpers opening gifts with him and trying out all of the new toys!

It was a great day and I hope it etched a fun memory into Wyatt's mind! We love you little man and are so thankful for your life!!!!!!