Baby Oakley

Today was our ultrasound

it was so exciting

Reagan has been so sure it was a girl

so we all thought it was a girl

except Owen

he really wanted a brother

Well the ultrasonographer kept us waiting for a long time

he was about 30 minutes behind

then he proceeded to check EVERYTHING

but the gender

which is good

I want to be sure to have a healthy baby

everything was in its place

Brain, check

Heart, check

Bladder, check

kidneys, check

stomach, check

spine, check

cord insertion, check

everything looked great

then he asked what my mothers intuition said

I looked up at the screen and I said

"Well now it says its a boy"

as we are looking at the boy part on the screen

Bailey let out a little squeal

The ultrasonographer said that he is very well endowed

um, duh

Christmas morning was so much fun!

Santa hides all the presents

but they are all unmarked

First the kids run around to collect the presents

then they have to open their stocking

to find out which wrapping paper is theirs

It is such a fun tradition!

I didn't get pictures of them hunting the presents

but I got some good ones of them opening them up!

Bruce even got surprised this year

He talked about wanting a GPS all summer

He says that it will make finding yard sales so much easier

well Santa was able to find a good deal on one for him

Christmas Eve

Every Christmas Eve

we allow the kids to open one present from me and Bruce

(which is always new jammies)

they also exchange names

so they also get to open

the present their person gave them

This year Reagan gave to Bailey

she got chapstick and shower gels

Owen gave to Morgan

She got the same stuff as Bailey

just different smelling

Morgan gave to Owen

she got him some "Cars" cars

he already had Lightening so she got him some friends

And Bailey gave to Reagan

She got her a Glodoodle

which is so cool!

Morgan's school concert

For Christmas all the second graders put on a concert

they did it for a little girl who goes to the school

but is really sick with cancer right now

she has to be in the hospital for Christmas

The second graders thought that they could put on a concert for her

so she would know that they miss her

and that they are thinking of her

The concert turned out really good!

Proof

This picture is proof

that even though Morgan drives Bailey crazy

and even though Morgan thinks Bailey is bossy

and they don't always get along

they still love each other very much.

Bailey's choir concert winter 2009

Bailey had her winter choir concert in December

We got there plenty early

because seats fill up fast

and we wanted to be sure to be on the front

so I took the younger three to run around in the

Bulldog Zone

before the concert started

to get the wiggles out

it worked and they sat very good through the whole thing

It hits me everytime I see her

how fast she is growing up

and how beautiful she is

They had so many fun Christmas songs

and some that make you remember what Christmas is really about

I was teary eyed in more than one song,

it turned out spectacular!

Much more snow

Well we got a little more than a skiff the second time around

we got dumped on!

I had Owen go into the middle of the yard so I could take a picture of how deep it was

It reached past his knee

and you know that there is snow underneath him too!

The older girls were at school

but Owen and Reagan sure had fun playing in the fresh powder!

Reagan loved helping Bruce shovel the sidewalks
while Owen was trying to find the worlds largest snowball!

They sure had fun

but now I think we are ready for spring...

First snow

Our first taste of snow this season
It was a little more than a skiff
but the kids had fun anyways!

I don't know who taught Morgan and Owen
how to do snow angles
but they both did them on thier tummys
not just that but Owen was doing on right in the middle of the road!
Good thing we live on a street that is not busy at all!

The kids enjoyed the snow

but I am sure they will be ready for green grass soon!

Halloween

We had so much fun trick-or-treating!

We had a bit of a rough start. Bailey was having a pre-teen moment, so emotional! She was crying because I wouldn't let her wear the black shoes that matched her costume because they were 2 sizes to small. Instead I had her wear her white school shoes. mean mom. But as you will see, and what I tried to point out to Bailey, is none of the kids' shoes 'matched' their costume. She survived and even had fun despite her non-costume matching shoes. I am glad she doesn't have these moments very often!

Bailey as a Bumblebee

Thanks Cami for the idea and help!

Morgan was a rockstar
NOT Hannah Montana!

When you asked Owen what he was

he would start humming the theme to Indiana Jones
and whip around his arm as if he had a whip in his hand

And Reagan was a Witch

the cutest witch in the world might I add!

We came home with too much candy

tired feet (Bailey was glad she didn't wear the too small shoes)

and much too late!

Good thing it's only once a year!