Birthday celebrations for JAE

Two weekends ago we got to celebrate JAE's first birthday. JAE's mom, J and I met when she was pregnant with her first daughter and I was pregnant with my second son. Many years later and 2 more (almost 3) babies were added to the group. It's been such a pleasure to watch these babies grow over the years. My mom came to the party with me, she is the best partner in crime I tell you. I don't know what I would do without her.

J did an amazing job with the decoration and the details of the party, she is a DiY enthusiast for sure. Look at the room and all that pink, loved it and so did Jbird

The food table

The black board with all the detaisl

The balloon and the cake, my boys took home half those balloons

And those cupcakes looked and tasted amazing

Funny story, we asked J's mom to take a picture  of us and her fingers were on the lens so we got this gem. Thankfully I always review my pics before I move on :)

We got this awesome redo, we couldn't stop cracking up because the mom wanted to ensure perfection with this shot and was taking her time, good times I tell you

My mom was so excited to meet J's mom, African moms are so family oriented

I managed to get a picture of the blogging mamas before the craziness. I am so happy to have met these ladies

My boys were in their element at this place, running around everywhere

There were into this basketball game

Check out my baby Bean in action over here

JAE, the birthday girl

And then there were bubbles

My boys love bubbles I mean who doesn't

The were catching the bubbles and loving it and I love that you can see my mom with her big smile in the background

Bubble joy of course

My boys are so easily entertained :)

After the bubbles, they were back on the carpet for some more games

My boys found a way to entertain themselves by jumping, they are crazy jumpers

Look at them in action, the picture is blurry but the action is definitely there :)

Oh Tman my little overachiever :)

And before we left, I managed to get a picture with my sweet boys

And with my mommy too, love this woman so much and I am so happy that we live close to each other and can spend a lot of time together.

After all the fun of running around it was time for some food

The boys loved their pizza and cake

We had so much fun celebrating JAE's first birthday. Though the boys didn't interact with the birthday girl much, they sure took advantage of all the play time available at this venue.

A baby update - Month 6

Wasn't I just doing a month 5 update like yesterday, ok, maybe that was more like a month ago :). I am amazed at how fast things are going now, the first few months seemed to drag on forever but these last months have been flying by and I love it. Here we are knee deep into month 6 with about 3 months left until the arrival of our sweet girl. Hello third trimester, I am so happy to be here.

We've hit the viability mark this month, woop woop. This is by far one of my favorite milestones in pregnancy. Knowing that my baby has a chance of survival just makes me giddy with excitement everyday. I hope she stays in there for at least another 12 weeks but how exciting that she would have a fighting change if she were to be born now. God is good.

This has also been my favorite month of this pregnancy so far because I have been feeling good the entire month. I still have aches and pain but that is just expected with pregnancy. The nausea has completely subsided, I have a lot more energy, and I am crossing tons of stuff of our to-do list before baby.

I have to share with you my latest finds. You know I am obsessed with matching, I know it's not for everyone but I just love it. Well, I found some awesome sites where I was able to buy super affordable matching outfits for my kids. I am so excited and I can't even hide it ;).

I present to you my babies first matching outfit :). Baby girl is going to fit right in with our crew.

And how cute are these matching shirts for me and my mini-me :). I know, I am allowing you to call me crazy because I definitely lost my mind and I really like it.

I didn't stop there, I have always wanted to do mommy and me matching and thought it would look ridiculous with the boys well it definitely won't with a girl :). I found the cutest shirts, dresses and matching shoes and I couldn't resist but buying them. I know we won't wear them for a while yet but are these cute or what?

Matching dresses for me and my mini. I am sure we'll grow this collection over the years

Matching shirts that say the cutest things :)

Matching shoes what up, next Easter we will look fly in these

I couldn't wait to share my awesome finds with you guys. Baby girl doesn't have a single functional outfit but she has a matching shoe and dress collection :). I can't stop and I definitely won't stop. You guys I am having a daughter, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

23 weeks with baby #4

 24 weeks with baby #4

25 weeks with baby #4, I forgot to take a pic with the craziness of Easter Sunday but at least I have this family pic :)

26 weeks with baby #4

27 weeks with baby #4

I have my glucose test this week, crossing my fingers that I don't have gestational diabetes. I didn't have it with any of my other pregnancies so I don't expect to have it this time around. We've decided on a babymoon destination, we are going to Chicago for a few days, yay. So happy that everything is going well with this pregnancy and baby girl is growing on target. Month 7, here we come.

A day out at the carnival

Last weekend we went took the boys to a local carnival. The weather has been warming up around here and we are finally getting out of that Winter rut. I hate going out when it's cold, I wish I lived somewhere warmer, I would be out everyday :). Anyway, we took advantage of the nice weather to take the boys out for some fun. Not having to wear jackets when we leave the house is definitely a plus when taking these rugrats out of the house.

As soon as we got there, I got a family picture of course :). I so love this crew of mine

Hubby took the big boys on most of the rides

The boys were so excited about all the rides

There were a few rides where no adult could go and I was proud of my Tman and Jbird for doing their thing

Check them out flying away over here

This ride was a hit so we came back to it a few more times

Bean and I just hung out on the sidelines cheering the big boys on.

My boys with their super big lollilop, love this so much

Me and my 3 sons, can't believe we are adding a daughter to this madness

After the rides we went for the games. Hubby found one that he liked that was all about smashing bottles. It was hilarious :)

He figured he should try a game that the boys could do too and found this game about putting a ring on a bottle

Tman was too busy with his lollilop to care but Jbird got really into it

Jbird was actually pretty good

Then Bean decided to join in on the action

Hubby helped him throw a few and totally made his day :)

We managed to get another family picture on the way out :)

Carnival day was such a fun day. We were only out for a few hours but the boys are still raving about it today. We might have to take them again next weekend if the weather cooperates of course. Doing all the fun stuff we can while I still have the energy to go out with the crew. Have you been to a carnival lately? You should check them out, they are a lot of fun and the activities are really appropriate for young children.

My hubby ran a half marathon

My brother and hubby were obsessed with running a few years ago. These guys were just running for fun I tell you. When my brother suggested doing a marathon with hubby, I totally encouraged the idea and we bought tickets for the rock and roll marathon. Little did I know this will make hubby obsessed about running even more.

Well a few weeks ago, the race came and hubby definitely did awesome. Unfortunately, my brother hurt his foot months ago and had to bow out of the race. Hubby downgraded from a full marathon to a half marathon.

We all planned to go and support hubby but so many unfortunate situation happened and I was left at home with all 3 kids. It just wasn't feasible to go anymore. I was so happy to see the pictures from the race particularly because we weren't there to cheer him on. I had to get all of them :)

How amazing does my hubby look showing off his medal :), I know, I am totally biased. He said he knew I would get the pictures so he made sure to smile for at least one of them :)

 They also had awesome shots of him during the race, loving his great form during the run.

Crossing the finish line like a boss, I love this shot

When hubby got home, he showed his medal to the boys and they were so excited. It's a pretty nice medal :). So of course the paparazzi that I am took a picture of each kid with the medal. I just love how my kids personalities can be seen through these pictures.

Tman the big boy that understands posing

Jbird the other big boy that was just not phased by my photoshoot

Bean the baby who is always goofing around

I mean, look at that beautiful medal, I would be excited too :)

Now hubby is challenging me to run a half marathon with him next Fall. I heard these things get addictive. I am not much of a runner but I am seriously considering doing it with him next year. We'll see. Good job to my hubby on his half marathon and here is to many more in the future.