What a Week!!

Wow...I feel like the following should be at least three separate posts. But, this past week was so full that I'm finally recovering and just now getting time to write! So bare with me as I post about all of last week at one time!!

Last week was Vacation Bible School (VBS) at our new church. This was our first experience with VBS at Trinity and I have to say, it was fantastic. I'm hopeful that in the future, I will be more involved. But, this year I just sat back and allowed Rachel to go without me. I'm really glad I did because I was able to watch her really enjoy it without feeling responsible for activities and the other kids experiences! This year's theme was Crocodile Rock and focused on Moses' journey. I loved her stories and I can tell her favorite part was singing. She was SOOOO excited to sing at the week-end performance...she wouldn't even tell us what they were going to sing because she wanted it to be a surprise! Here she is...also, Rachel with Nathan our good friend with whom she has grown up!

We also finished two major projects this past week! The play set is FINISHED! We did it! And I have to say, I'm pretty proud of Brooks and myself! We worked hard and I think it looks pretty darn good! The kids definitely approve as they have played on it several times a day since we finished it. Yeah Mommy & Daddy!!!

However, playing on the play set EVERY day means LOTS of summer-time baths!! In the winter we can get away with skipping a day...but, shewy!!! Not after playing in the Oklahoma sun...here's Eric, after playing outside, enjoying a nice clean bath!!

The second project was Eric's big-boy room. He is officially sleeping in his big-boy bed too! He has transitioned beautifully into his new bed. We really thought he would be a challenge. But, he has only gotten out once and went right back in when we told him not to get out...of course, this one time was after a three hour nap and his sister went in and woke him up. How could that NOT be confusing!?!?! Anyway, he LOVES his new room and sleeps so well in his bed that we often have to wake him up. The pictures do NOT do his cute room justice!

To top off our week, we bought the long awaited "new car." For those of you close to us, you know that we typically do NOTHING quickly! We are the most delayed-gratification kind of people around. We took two years to settle on buying a new house. The car thing has been in discussion for just as long, though we finally started looking on New Year's Eve. Once we determined what car we wanted, we spent the last six months searching for the perfect one...the one meant just for our family. It was a process and we encountered some really great salesmen and some really snaky salesmen along the way. We have tons of stories to go along with it. But, the end result is that we FINALLY have our new car - a Saturn Outlook XR. We LOVE her!! She has yet to be named, though Rachel seems to think Penny will be an appropriate name for her. We'll see! Not the best picture to do her justice, but here is "Penny" the new McMullan family roadster!

Major Ouch-ee!

So, this past week Eric got his first BIG scrap-up. He's had numerous scratches and bruises...but, this one is a doosey! He climbed on TOP of his play car and Rachel decided to start spinning him and the car flipped over onto the driveway. I saw it from a distance - in that crazy slow-motion way that you see accidents happening. My brain was willing his head not to slam into the concrete and luckily it didn't. So, I didn't think much of his scraped up arm until a few days later when it started scabbing over! Poor kid...major ouch-ee! He is SOOO proud of it now though. He tells everyone that he "fell down."

Memorial Day Weekend

Well, instead of laying out at the lake or taking in a movie or going to the pool with friends, we had a working weekend! I suppose it's the nesting part of the pregnancy taking over. Nonetheless, my SWEET husband humored me and was so productive this weekend. Brooks and Dad got the play set started...word to the wise: IF YOU DECIDED TO BUY A PLAY SET, PUT IT IN YOUR BUDGET TO HAVE THEM INSTALL IT!!! They got a great start, and then Brooks and I got about 1/2 way finished with it by Monday afternoon! Manual labor - ugh! It's not hard, just tedious! Check out this very burnt stud working so hard just for me!!!

We also got started on Eric's big-boy room. Check out these two handsome men!! I love my boys!!! Eric has finally started to be okay with some of his stuff moving into his new room. Here are some before and during pictures. After we get the bed set up, I'll give the full effect and after pictures!!

Sunday night we did manage to sneak in a quick trip to the city to have dinner with my Aunt Gloria and Bob! It was a YUMMY dinner complete with homemade ice-cream courteous of Papa. We always have a good time at G's and the kids are already asking when we can go back! I love that they love their aunt G so much!!!! Hope you all had a fun and safe weekend!! XOXO

Why I LOVE May...

I love May...it's the month Brooks and I started dating (in 2001). It's Mother's Day. It's my birthday. It's still the perfect weather to have all the windows open. It's spring...flowers are blooming and the world is coming alive. All the neighbor's start coming out of their homes and it's just a happy time of year!

I had a great Mother's Day complete with breakfast in bed! The day before we went to Andy Alligator's and celebrated Mother's Day with Brooks' mom, sister and brother - plus families! It was tons of fun and the kids had a good time too!!

Rachel and Daddy on the Bumper Boats!

And here is Halle being silly in the middle of the circle chair!!

Rachel and her Aunt Lee-Lee (Brooks' sister). And then Eric and GranDon below!

And my birthday was special. I enjoyed having the whole weekend to be with my family. Even if the stomach flu did strike me and Brooks!! Oh well!!!

And no! I am NOT 35...nor am I 52 (if you count all the candles)! Rachel and Eric decorated this cake for me with the help of Papa! It's a job well done, even if they did get the age a bit too high!!! :)

Such a BIG helper for such a BAD mommy!!

So, the other day, Mommy was on the phone with a friend working on some Zumba stuff. The conversation was not long, but just long enough for this to happen...as it happens, every day around noon Eric has his daily poop. I know it's coming, he knows it coming. Usually, it's before lunch, this day it was after. So, again, I was on the phone when Eric told me "poo." So, I told him to get his diaper and I'd change him. I then got caught up in the conversation and didn't even notice when Rachel was walking through the living room on several occasions. First, carrying the bag of diapers. Second, carrying a single diaper and third carrying the baby powder. They were actually playing outside...so, I really didn't register what was going on. UNTIL...I looked out my window and saw this:

Yep, my BIG helper was changing Eric's diaper as he patiently lay on the trampoline. Notice in the above paragraph, I never mentioned wipees?! There's a reason...there were none in this scenario!! Rachel couldn't find them so instead she used a clean diaper to help wipe up the messes!! It really was priceless and so darn cute to see him wanting her help and her eagerness to be the big sister!!!

So, bad mommy quickly gets off the phone and takes over. Then I go inside after cleaning up poopy-man and wash up only to turn around and realize I forgot the powder. Well, they didn't forget it. Every toy on the back patio was covered! Including the slide!! All I can say is, at least they smelled really good! :)

Home on The Range!

On Saturday, Dad, Brooks and I took the kids down to Lawton to enjoy the Buffalo Range. For work, Dad and I had a fish fry to attend...so, we decided to make a day of it. The only bad part was that the day was cold, rainy and did I mention, cold? Yes, hats and gloves cold! Poor Eric -we grabbed the wrong hat, so this is Eric in his infant hat that my grandmother made him!! What a cutie!

Even the buffalo decided it was too cold to roam around. So, the closest we got to a buffalo was in the museum! The kids didn't seem to notice and had a great time. Rachel LOVES to climb and kept telling us how "amazing" she was because she can climb mountains now!

Eric was enthralled with the button that made a turkey sound. He made that gobble noise about twenty times!! And, Papa definitely had a good time teaching the kids about all the animals!

Over all, it was a fun time...but next time, we'll plan it for a weekend were we can have our picnic outside, rather than inside the car!!!

It's A.............

Welcome to the family:

BABY BOY MCMULLAN!!!

What a blessing! We, yes all four of us, went in for the ultrasound this morning. What a an experience. While in the waiting room, Rachel kept turning to me saying, "when will it be our turn? I want to see the baby!" Though, she was quite disappointed when she found out it was another brother. So much so, that one nurse actually knew what it was before we told her because of Rachel's expression and folded arms! However, I have already made it a point to explain to Rachel how lucky we are because now Rachel and Mommy are the only two girls - which means we get to do everything girly, just the two of us. So, she promptly asked me if she could pretend that I was a sister. Sweet girl...

We've never found out the gender of our babies, so this was a new, albeit strange, experience. Usually, when we find out, we get to take the baby home...not just his pictures!!! So, I'm actually a little sad that I still have to wait another four months to hold ________. We can already tell that he and Eric look different. Their personalities are already different, too. This little guy is content to just lay around and not do too much. But, he would fight back when the sonographer would bounce my belly to get him to move. Literally, he would punch up at her pushing on him. Quite funny! Other than that, he seems a bit more like Rachel in that he moves only when he needs to, but he doesn't wrestle around 24-7 like Eric! From what I can see, everything looks good. I saw all four chambers of the heart so that is encouraging. Otherwise, Laura, you'll have to tell me what you see from these pictures...you're my expert!

Baby Boy was measuring only four days younger than my due date, so looks like the due date will remain the same. Unfortunately, my doctor is not in the office of Friday's, so we could not schedule the c-section today. BUT...if all goes as planned, looks like we'll get to deliver him on 09-09-09! I'll confirm that next week at our doctor appointment!

So, here he is! Check out our son. Our sweet blessing! The very first shot was of him with his legs wide open showing off his male parts. He wanted there to be no mistake that he was boy. I'll spare him the embarrassment and not post that one. But, here is a great profile and straight on face shot! So, say hi to our new baby boy! We can't wait to meet him!!!