He is as big as...{Spaghetti Squash}

P-man 15 month well check {a little late}

So, we've been spending lots of time in the doctor's waiting room lately getting {thankfully} well check appts crossed off the list. 

Today was Porter's turn and what can I say, the boy is just full of spunk!

We've had to wait 2 hour both times within a week and today the boys were SO good, we got Chic-Fil-A on the way home and Henry requested a picnic with their new table (thanks Memaw & Pepaw!!). 

Porter thought he was BIG stuff not confined to a high chair ;)

Today he weighed 25 pounds (50th percentile) and was 33.5" long (86th percentile). 

We love you (as Henry says...) Porter P-Man Cadwallader!

Baby Mater...

This morning we went to my 20 week u/s (a little behind at 20w6d). Baby boy is so sweet and active! We love our doctor and love how thorough he is...especially for the 20 week u/s. We started at the top of his head and worked all the way down to his toes. He measures right on track for his due date and we are so very thankful! He weighs approximately 13 ounces right now and just looks so very very sweet. :). And, HE is definitely a HE! ;)

Here are a couple pictures from our ultrasound :)

Thank you, Lord, for a healthy boy!!

{giggles}

Earlier I gave the boys a bath and in normal fashion, when they get out, I usually put lotion in the shape of a smiley face on their tummys and let them rub the lotion all over. Today was the first time they worked as a team and four hands full of lotion ran towards me with sheer giggles and I was outnumbered. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time...and we all smell really good :)

Henry's 3rd Birthday {Tractor Party}

**This post is LONG overdue**. 

It was fun to celebrate with family Henry's 3rd birthday while we were in town for the holidays. It's always so busy at the holidays but we found time to have it on Friday night! It was definitely all hands on deck! We had the party at Kit's parents house and kept it simple with pizza, chips & "tractor juice".  Papaw piped "grass" on the cupcakes and  we set them inside the fence Kit and my dad built before the party out of popsicle sticks. My mom made the cupcakes in record time since I was tied up at the car lot. Most of the tractors and decor were actually borrowed from cousin Jaxson so we didn't have to bring toys, and, Aunt Kenlyn & Aunt Amy took pictures for us. Thank you to everyone!! This day was really hectic because this was the day we bought the Expedition. It was crazy! Kit is a pretty tough negotiator and let's just say I think we walked out the door twice before they called us back in and we officially signed the papers. We got there when they first opened because Kit & my Dad had already test drove it the day before. It was a long day haggling with car salesmen so needless to say, we were extremely rushed for the party. Lesson learned :/ but it was still a fun evening once we got the party set up (a little behind schedule). 

This was also the night we revealed baby #3 was indeed a BOY! We had an ultrasound at 16 weeks and found out the gender by ourselves. The doctor put the ultrasound pic in an envelope and we enjoyed going out to dinner and finding out together outside the doctor office, just the two of us! We went back and forth whether or not to announce or just keep the secret ourselves. We decided to not do a gender reveal party but instead just surprise everyone at H's party since most of the family was together in one room. 

 "grass" cupcakes

 Opening Presents!

 The last present he opened was "from us". Inside a little boy onesie and ultrasound picture revealing baby is a BOY!

 Cousin table!!

 Blowing out his cupcakes

 To Henry, this night was a dream come true and that's all I cared about. He'd been talking about a tractor party for months and the fact we were rushed to throw the party together didn't matter to Henry. There were balloons, cupcakes & tractors. To him, it was the coolest party ever and with all the families together in one house, well, it was the ultimate bash. And that made this momma happy. that he was happy. 

The cupcake spread. I thought it turned out adorable!

 This picture cracks me up. Porter and his many faces! ;)

3 year well check

He's 3. 

Still can't believe it!

Last Friday we had his 3 year well check and have a very healthy little man on our hands!

He weighed 32 pounds and was 38.5" tall.

He falls into the 50th percentile for weight and 75th for height.

Someday we'll get his 3 year pictures taken...it's either rainy or muddy but hoping soon!

Christmas 2011

This was such a fun Christmas with our boys. Of course, Christmas morning would be the day they sleep in :)...but it was such a joy watching them go down the stairs and see presents waiting for them. Their big gift was the blue kitchen and it has kept them busy for hours! 

It was also just a perfect morning since Christmas was on Sunday and we were able to celebrate Jesus' birthday with our church family. It was a beautiful morning and we came home for soup, naps and packing to leave for Indiana :). 

I didn't take any pictures in Indiana but my sister and sister-in-law took some so I do have Henry's birthday and baby boy's reveal to add at some point :).

Christmas Eve {Fondue}.

Christmas Eve was so fun! We did not have a Christmas Eve service so we spent all evening talking over candlelight and the boys LOVED the fondue this year! We ate for nearly 2 hours so Porter was a little over it at the end but then we pulled out the dessert course of milk chocolate and all kinds of goodies like pound cake, bananas, strawberries, teddy grahams, marshmallows & grapes to dip and he was sold!! :)

It was an exciting evening had by all. Kit got the boys dressed for dinner and Henry came down the stairs as proud as a peacock wearing cologne! ;) It was so cute!. I pulled out the Candlewick (Thanks mom and dad!!) and we let Henry even drink from a {fancy} cup. He was thrilled and while it was only water he kept saying, "this water is delicious! Can I have some more, please?!"

After dinner we let the boys open up their Christmas PJs (from us) and then a gift from each other. Then, in true brother/sibling fashion, after the gifts were unwrapped, they promptly swapped gifts and played with each others for a while before bed ;).

20 weeks comparison (sorta)

Here is a 20 week comparison just for fun. Porter is at 19 weeks, guess I didn't take one at 20 with him! But hey, close enough ;)

b-a-n-a-n-a.

It's not nice...

I'm doing a 10 days to organized plan for our house. We had lots of Christmas stuff to put away, plus, we're about to do another bedroom shuffle again so it's a good time of the year to straighten the house back up, declutter and organize.
But, this morning, I haven't felt well so I decided to put my feet up for a few while Porter is napping. Lately, we've got lots of comments about this pregnancy. So, I wrote this little list of what is not appropriate to say to a pregnant woman. I'm sure every woman that has had a baby has their own little stories but this 3rd pregnancy sure has brought on a lot of comments.
For those of you who don't know, we did find out what we are having...God has blessed us with....A BOY!!!!!. I'm so excited to be an "all boy mom"!!! Kit & I decided to find out and switch it up this time. I'm so glad we did. We had our Doctor put the u/s picture in an envelope and when we were ready, we went out to dinner and sat in a private booth and opened the envelope. It was so sweet & something we'll never forget. I love looking to the future with all my boys, BUT, I'll be honest. I'm not so sure I'm glad we went public with what we were having. It has brought out several opinions and comments that have been beyond hurtful. We are so excited about this little life that God has blessed us with and we know that this is God's perfect plan. Sure, I would have LOVED a girl. But, I LOVE that I'm having a boy. He is NOT a disappointment and NOT a mistake. This momma bear is very protective of this little boy already. We always like to meet our boys before "officially" giving them their name so no name will be revealed until his birth! But for now, he's called "Mater" by a certain little 3 year old around our house ;).
The SWEETEST comment we've received seriously brought tears to my eyes. After hearing nothing but, "ANOTHER boy? I was so hoping it would be a girl." A sweet, sweet woman came up to me and said, "Congratulations on a boy!!! You know I had three girls and I wouldn't trade my third girl for anything!! You guys have such cute boys and I can't wait to meet him." Thank you, Miss Beth. That was so sweet!

I'm not making these up. All these have been said to me...

It's not nice....

It is not nice to compliment someone in their early months of pregnancy and say, "cause I know in the coming months, you are going to get REALLY big."

It is not nice to say, "how are you feeling?" only to lead into, "that's right, you feel the best when you are barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. That's why you keep poppin' them out!"

It is not nice to say, "do you know what you are having" and when the response is "a boy!" drop your smile while looking at the shopping cart to see two other boys and say, "well, I guess any baby will work. I suppose it doesn't HAVE to be a girl."

It is not nice to say, "it's gotta be a boy/girl because..." and name off the old wives tales like, "your butt is really big this time," or "your face is huge this time"

It is not nice to say, "I still can't believe you are having ANOTHER baby. My husband and I were just talking about how we couldn't believe you had Porter SO close to Henry and here you are AGAIN!!".

It is not nice to say, "Are you sure it's not twins?" really, really sure? I'm not convinced".

It is not nice to say, "Oh, it had BETTER be a girl for it be worth it!!!"

It is not nice to say, "Oh. ANOTHER boy. There is always next time. In fact, (enter family name) had 3 boys and THEN a girl." Seriously, this is completely inappropriate and really gets my blood boiling. Really? Does this sweet boy not count? Inappropriate. Irrelevant.

It is not nice to say, "I can't wait to hear what you name this baby, your other two boys' names are so weird. Did you say they were family names?"

It is not nice to say, "too bad it's all boys instead of all girls. Hope you really like your husband because no one will be visiting you once they are grown."

Merry Christmas!

sweet potato, sweet potato...

This is definitely a hard stage. I look ginormous in my regular clothes but small in maternity wear. I broke out a maternity top and it's that awkward, "is she pregnant or did she just eat a lot for Thanksgiving?" stage.  :). Been feeling flutters for a couple weeks now, just waiting for them to get stronger where Kit and the boys can feel them too :).

wordless wednesday

Henry talking baby names & Porter shows some moves

The video of Henry is probably 3 weeks old. I just forgot to put it up. Obviously, he was being over the top silly. Kit brought home a pizza after both of us having a crazy day so he was very excited and the silliness continued into the name suggestions ;)
Porter has got the beat, I tell ya! He's a hoot and if there is ANY music playing, you will be sure to find him dancing. He's put on better performances but this is one I caught :)

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Henry's 3rd Birthday Post {A little late}

So, I wasn't even planning on posting this yet...still playing catch up with the house and tomorrow we are having friends over to play but Kit is up working late so I thought I'd join him on the couch. Thankfully, I seem to have finally gained that 2nd trimester energy and am not falling asleep by 8 every night!

We enjoyed making Henry's birthday special. Although we are having a little party with family during Christmas, we wanted to make his actual birthday a lot of fun too!

I had seen an idea where you fill your child's room with balloons while they are sleeping so they wake up to balloons on their birthday. So sweet! Well, Thursday evening before his birthday, I put the boys to bed and spent some {a lot} of time blowing up balloons. Kit was at church doing sound for the Christmas play rehearsal so he got home in time to help me finish the last few up. I think there were 25. How fun, right? Well, right before Kit got home one balloon popped....it seriously was so much louder than what balloons normally sound like. And, it was just on the floor, nothing around it. Thinking that was odd, I mentioned it to Kit and we just shrugged it off. The 'old folks' that we are, totally fell asleep on the couch that night talking through our day...I know, so sad! ha! Then, at 11:30, we woke up to a loud...BOOM!!!! another balloon pops, for no reason. We laughed so hard and decided not to put them in Henry's room because two in one night was a little weird. THANK GOODNESS we didn't because two more went off in the middle of the night and one early morning. I have no idea what was up with these balloons. ha! We noticed too that it was only the blue and green ones. Odd?!

So needless to say, we just surprised Henry with throwing balloons in his room when we went to get him in the morning. SO glad we didn't put them in there...can you imagine the sheer terror he would have felt with a gun shot sound in his room? Oh goodness.

Getting ready to surprise him!

Unsure of what is going on

warming up to the idea :)

Then sweet P woke up. How about that bed head?

When we came downstairs, H said he didn't feel good and just laid around for a bit. Still not sure what was up but we let him open up presents. Here he is opening up P's present to him...a clock :) Henry is always obsessed with time. "What time is it?" Is it 1:30p (nap time) or 8:30 (bed time) or 8:00 (Get up time). So, we are hoping the clock will help him :).

And then he got to open THE BIG ONE. The one present he's been asking about and talking about for months.  All he says he wants is a combine. He's become obsessed with them since he got to see them up close and personal in front of my parents house when we visited in October. He was beyond excited when we opened it up! :)

 He perked up and we all got dressed and ready to head to Bass Pro Shop. A favorite among the boys :). The fish were a big hit (I need to get pics off my phone!!) and a good time was had by all!

After Bass Pro Shop, H said he wanted Pizza. We couldn't find much in the area except a small, small restaurant called The Red Brick Oven. The owner went above and beyond for us as we were his only customers nearly the whole time. It was a little awkward,  but the pizza really was delicious and he even made up some yummy breadsticks that were not on the menu since that's all Henry said he wanted. 

And, we did go to the carwash as our last "fun" thing of the day! ;). That's all Henry had said he wanted. A combine and go to the carwash...for months. So, we made it happen! And hey, got a clean vehicle out of it too! haha :). This was Porter's first time at the carwash and he wasn't so sure about it! 

Our evening was a little crazy busy with Kit needing to be at church for the program and we also had a Christmas party. Long story short, I kept the babysitter and decided I need to get Christmas shopping done. I was not wanting to attend a Christmas party by myself! ha!

We enjoyed FaceTime with my sister and her family and as you can tell from the previous post, Henry got a camera. Thanks, Warrix Family! :)

I need to do another post with cake pictures and bass pro shop but I'm about to crash. My bed is calling...night! :)

Henry The Photographer

I am working on Henry's birthday post but I wanted to get these up for the Warrix Family. Last night via FaceTime they got to watch him unwrap their present from them and it is Henry's own little camera. Oh my! He was SO excited.  In less than 24 hours, he has taken more than 150 pictures!! ha! Here are some favorites (or recognizable) pictures. They were more than enough of our floors, ceiling and couches! ha :)

Thank you Warrix Family, he LOVES it!!! :)

I think you guys created a monster and now I'm hearing everything I tell him. "No, momma, your real smile." "Say CHEESE!" "stop moving, momma!" "No, no...look straight at me" "Where are your eyes, momma?!"

LOL

But I will say, this afternoon he volunteered for me to take a picture of him and looked straight at the camera and smiled. Maybe he's getting it!!! :)

the size of a turnip.