Baby #4 is on the way!!!

We are very excited to announce that baby #4 is on the way!  This baby was a bit of a surprise, but we couldn't be happier to add one more little munchkin to our family!  And, this will be our last one, for sure! :)  We found out a few months ago, but waited for a few weeks to tell the girls.  We wanted to go to the doctor first and make sure the baby was ok before we told the girls. Thankfully the baby was great when we went for the ultrasound so that night we took them out to our new house and told them the exciting news!

I made this card from the baby for the girls to open.

And I put a picture of the baby on the inside.

I put the card in a gift bag so they would think it was a present. :)

Jayda got the card out and started reading it to her sisters.

WHAT????? NO WAY!!!

MOMMY'S HAVING A BABY!!!

HIP HIP HOORAY! YAY!!!!

The girls were so excited about their new baby brother or sister!

Sweet sisters hanging out on our freshly poured concrete!  Hooray for concrete!!!

After the concrete was poured they started framing the house and it went up very quickly.

The garage at the front of the house.

Looking into the living room and foyer from the kitchen.

Sweet girls in the gameroom.

Sydney and Avery in their room!

The back porch, my favorite part of the house!

Looking into the study from the utility room.

Another view of the back porch.

Last friday was "Young Writers Day".  Jayda had fun reading us the two books she made this year.  One was "All About Dachshunds" and the other "When I Got My Puppy"! :) Think she loves dogs?Haha! She did a great job on both of them! 

The girls had their first swim meet of the season last Saturday in Navasota.  I thought this was so neat how they swam the flags across the pool while the national anthem played.

Sydney was all ready to swim freestyle on Saturday!  Actually, she was ready to swim in her relay at the beginning of the meet, but one of their teammates was too upset to swim so they didn't get to do their relay.  By the time her first individual race came around she couldn't wait!  She is SO much more confident this year about swim team!  Last year she cried at the first meet and wouldn't swim, and at most of the other ones too.  I am so very proud of her!  She has been trying so hard and is swimming so well, and it's only the beginning of the season! Yay Sydney!

On the blocks at the first meet, brave girl!

Miss Jayda on the other hand was very nervous at the first swim meet.  She said her stomach was hurting most of the time and she just seemed on edge.  She swam fast and got 5th overall in freestyle, and 1st overall in backstroke!  I was SO proud of her!  Just hope that her nerves aren't as bad at the next meet.

Miss Sydney waiting to do backstroke.  She did awesome at the meet, and got 3rd place in backstroke and freestyle!

Jayda about to jump in for backstroke.

First place freestyle relay team, yay girls!

The relay team, plus Sydney and Heidi. :)  LOVE all of these sweet girls!  I'm so happy that Jayda and Sydney both have good friends on the team and that they love swimming so much.  I have such great memories from swimming on The Lakers, and I'm so glad they are making some great memories too.  I am one proud Mommy!!!