Carlyn

22 weeks and new hair cut pearl's first pigtails. luther said they looked "kooky" and then called her a "grumpy old troll" in this picture Pearl playing at the mcwane daddy & luther at the zoo poor spider monkeys begging for luther's snacks at the zoo the kinda trouble that happens when luther learned to get he and pearl out of there carseats. Mommy: what are yall doing!?!? Luther: going to jalisco's Pearl: mmmmmmm.....

Pearl's first egg hunt and she did great!!! luther found the most eggs

i just realized i am about to be in and out of town a whole lot in the next few weeks. so i wanted to post a little update before i lose track of several weeks. today i am 24 weeks pregnant!! i always celebrate the 24 week mark, because in the realm of heath care, it marks "viability". so if for some reason calvin was to be born now, he would have a good chance at survival. but for now, i am very very happy to have him growing in my belly and i am praying he will stay there for 3 more months. as i was wondering why in the world i am so tired this morning, i started thinking of the around the clock care and multitudes of machines that are required to keep a 24 weeker alive in the NICU. It is so amazing to me how God designed our bodies to do this complicated work with ease. well, maybe not always with ease, but with far less man power and machines. as i said, i am so tired today!! my body is definitely working overtime growing and sustaining this precious little boy....

Luther & Grandaddy with the 12 bluegill luther caught My pretty princess!! Luther holding a baby chicken snake playing at meemaws a few pics from our recent trip to see my family also check out the Luther & Pearl video link to the left for several new videos

waving :) tiny little feet 4D of foot & leg 4D of Calvin's face

we have been having a very fun month so far. it has been cold and rainy quite a bit, but we have stayed busy with lots of indoor activities. but anytime we see the sun, we run outside and play while it lasts. and, we had a great snow day yesterday. luther enjoyed playing in it. pearl and i just watched out the window. we also had a valentine's party at our house yesterday. we had all of the mommies and kids from church over. we made & decorated cookies. my floors are covered in sugar, but it was well worth all of the smiling faces. i think all of the kids had a great time. i am now 18 weeks pregnant, but i look about 30!! i'm not complaining, i love it. if you are going to be pregnant, you might as well look like you are. Praise God!!! my nausea has almost vanishes and i my energy level has not been too bad either. this pregnancy has been much easier than my other two for the most part. the kids are getting more and more excited about there little brother. i...

he finally got the courage up to touch a shark in the touch tank at the macwane for the first time!! Valentine's party decorating cooking with his friend jacob Playing in the snow with seth

at the park at valentine's party decorating her cookie sprinkles!!

luther found a canvas i had laying around and kept begging to paint on it. i finally gave in, and he painted for at least an hour. the next day he started asking again so i ended up letting him repaint the same canvas. he attention span is really increasing. he was so proud of his creation oneo mommy's creations. i made a roasted veggie and goat cheese pizza trying to recreate my fav pizza from the California pizza kitchen. sometimes food is just so pretty, you have to take picture of it :) i made french onion soup to go with our "gourmet" pizza

so, the day luther was painting, i tried letting pearl play with stickers. that only lasted a few minutes. she was begging to paint!! she wants to do whatever bubby is doing. so mommy gave in and let her little princess paint. with washable nontoxic paint of course!! see why i say non toxic. pearl trys to eat everything. i think she thought the red was ketchup at first. one of her paintings. pretty good for a 17 month old!!!

trying to get a picture before church on sunday in their sweater's from gran & grandaddy they weren't really into the photo session it was FINALLY warm enough to go the the park yesterday afternoon. it was so much fun to watch pearl explore. she is such a big girl now. Swinging. they barely fit in this swing together anymore :( merry-go-round. this was luther's favorite. he spent most of the afternoon playing we several older kids on it. it is funny how well he plays with 6 & 7 year olds. he talks so well, they have no idea he is only 3.

luther loved all of the crafts at the mcwane Christmas party pearl enjoyed coloring, she has finally learned not to eat the crayons pearl eating jello luther decorated his tiger

so i went to my 13 week ultrasound on tue where they never tell you the sex yet so i sure wasn't expecting to find out. well when the ultrasound tech finished a doctor came in and was chatting with me. she remember me from pearl and was asking how pearl was doing. she asked if i wanted her to look at the sex and i was like "YES!!!!!" i am a very impatient person. i know i already have a boy and a girl so it doesn't really matter for having to buy anything but i just love knowing and calling the baby by their name. i think it helps so much with bonding. so anyway, they have a really high definition ultrasound machine, so she was able to tell. she check several different angles and every way she said "looks like a boy." we have a picture of his little boy parts and everything. james was so proud. "of course you can already tell he is a boy, he is my son." LOL!! men are always so proud of these things. well james has had a name pick out ...

no, it is not a white Christmas, but we did have some snow a few weeks ago. luther loved it. pearl was not a big fan.