Pink Ice Cream

It's only natural that we used ice cream to reveal our baby's gender to the kids. Knowing that it was a girl we were excited for Claire to squeal with delight when she unveiled the pink ice cream. We should have known our slow eater would be surpassed by her brothers. Preston was quick to solve the mystery and said, "Dang it's a girl." What a turkey! Of course he was just playing around. He made it out to be a competition between the boys and the girls. Claire was very happy with the outcome and we are thrilled she will have a sister. Rhett didn't know what was going on, but found the whole affair amusing. 

I felt like it was a girl the whole time, but I didn't believe the doctor at first. I didn't want to get my hopes up. David was surprised, he thought it was a boy. I could tell from his huge grin, that he was happy with the outcome anyways.

I'm sorry Mom

Rhett was being unusually quiet (that's when you know there's trouble), so I went to check on him. That's when I saw the blob of color on the floor and heard him washing his hands in the bathroom. He was trying to wash off the food coloring that stained his hands. He looked over at me with his puppy eyes and said, "I'm sorry Mom." His cuteness sure helped me cope with the mess. At least the guy only got it in one specific place. The carpet and bathroom were untouched! 

I wish I got a picture before I cleaned him up. He had a blue-green mouth.

Gaylord Texan

The Army sure has it's perks. David signed us up for one of their Marriage Retreats at the Gaylord Texan. Everything was paid for including our meals at the hotel's restaurants. We were there for two nights and three days. In the mornings we had marriage classes and the kids were babysat for us. They were fun classes and stayed positive. We love it!

 

View from our room.

Train display

The ceiling let in a lot of natural light.

We enjoyed our dinner at the Italian Restaurant with it's pretty twinkle lights.

Rhett came outside with his gun.

It is fun having a television in your room every once and awhile.

When your Dad is a Dentist

When your Dad is a Dentist he is very eager to pull out your teeth. Even when your Mom is nervously asking him to wait until the tooth is dangling by a thread.

Once Claire's tooth started to wiggle she asked her Dad for his progress report each day until he said it was ready. She was very brave when it was time to pull it out.

Christmas at Home

-We were going to find a artificial tree, but we found a fresh tree at Lowes for only $25. We took the kids along on our search. We came home and had a tree decorating party. We finished the job with hot cocoa and candy canes.

-Christmas Eve we created a nativity scene. We were very surprised Rhett kept his Joseph headpiece on. Claire was all over the baby Jesus and had a hard handing him over to Rhett. Preston was excited to 

give the gifts to the baby. We were all sad David declined the donkey position this year.

-We carried out David's family tradition and had Pizza for dinner. It is nice to not worry about cooking on such a busy night. 

-My Mom made Preston and Claire's pajamas and bought Rhett cute Santa ones. She also included slippers this year. She is great at helping us keep up one of my favorite traditions. They all looked adorable. 

-The kids got the cookies and milk out for Santa before heading to bed. They had a sleepover in Preston's room. it was Rhett's first time in their bunk.

-Christmas morning we had cinnamon rolls and eggs. Then the kids opened their stockings and presents. The big gift this year, two wheeled scooters. They deemed themselves too old for the the three wheeled ones.

-We made smores by our fireplace when Rhett was taking a nap.

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