Tate is Six

Tate turned six on April 22nd. I know - I'm way behind schedule! I picked up McDonalds for lunch and took it to school to eat with him. That evening we went to Chuck E Cheese. We celebrated again on Sunday with burgers, cake and ice cream.
Tate is such a good kid. He is doing really well in school and is becoming such a good reader. He is playing t-ball again and almost enjoying it this year. The treats at the end are still his favorite thing. He is totally into Star Wars the Clone Wars right now and his second obsession is Legos, which John really enjoys too. I love my sweet boy and cannot believe he is six - makes me feel old!

Opening presents before school



When we left for school this is what we saw in our yard. Tate's good buddy Jackson Manning had left him a surprise! Tate was soooo excited.

Chuck E. Cheese = Lots of fun - Nasty Pizza!

Star Wars cake of course!

3 Cute Kiddos = Busy Mom!

Has it really been five weeks since I last posted!? I really can't believe it. Joslyn is eight weeks today! HOLY COW!!! She is such a good baby. She has slept through the night six times - I know I'm spoiled. Twice I put her to bed at 10PM and had to wake her up at 7AM so we could get out the door to take Tate to school. What a good girl. The boys are loving her and are so sweet with her. Here are some cute pics of all my kiddos from the last few weeks.

Joslyn likes to be wrapped like a burrito still, but in this pic she managed to wiggle and kick enough to almost pull her jammies off with the blanket.

My son is so creative!

Doesn't every little girl need a dolly, even if it's just to suck on?

My sweet angel girl.


Do you think we can pull them up any higher?

Loving on his little sis.

How do you take your nap?

My Little Princess

So I'm sure you're all going to get tired of me bragging on my little princess, but I just can't help it. I am so happy to finally have a little doll to dress up and make pretty. I can't believe she is already three weeks. Ashley took her pics again, and as always did a fabulous job. Please agree with me that she is the cutest thing on the planet!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Here is the first of I'm sure many photo shoots of our BEAUTIFUL little girl. My fabulous friend and photographer Ashley did an amazing job - but I must say - John and I did a heck of a job making such a cute kid!!!
P.S. - the caption on the last pic was by Ashley and I thought it was too hilarious not to post!









I'm pretty sure if there was a caption from Joslyn for this next one (which has been edited!), it would read-
"DUDE! I'M NAKED! Stop with the pictures!!!"

It's a GIRL!

Believe it or not, we had a girl!!! Joslyn Sidney McDowell was born on Friday, February 27 at 11:06AM. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Dad's first response was, "Oh My Goodness! It's a girl! Didn't I tell you it was a girl!" Mom's first response was tears, silence, tears, disbelief, tears, shock, and then some more tears! We are so excited to have a little girl. Mom and baby are doing great!

Where's Jack

John went to check on the boys before we went to bed and Jack was not in his bed. He looked on the floor next to the bed, up in Tate's bed, all around the room but he was nowhere to be found. He had me come check it out for myself. I looked in all the same places. Before I started to panic John told me to look under the desk (it's on the side of their bunkbed). Jack had crawled under the desk and all the way under the bed and was out cold with his blanket wrapped around his head (his preferred way of sleeping). John pulled him out and put him back in bed, but not without Jack trying to crawl further under. What a crazy kid!

Is it too Late to Post Christmas? - Too Bad!!

I've been putting off posting Christmas because I wanted to get other pictures from my mom, and I never took pics of the boys new bunk beds, and I felt like I had to put captions on all of the pics, blah, blah, blah - anyhow none of that is going to happen, so I'm just posting what I have. You can add your own captions as you see fit - but just know that the pic of Tate in the plaid shorts, striped shirt and Santa hat was his idea. He told me he was an elf, and I did not let him go out of the house like that. We did have a wonderful Christmas! There now it's posted - I can move on!