Fall and Such

Well here are some fall pumpkin patch pics... I got a wild hair and went by myself with 3 kids and the mud! :) That was fun... :) I am so behind on blogging! I don't have any time??? I have lots more pics of Noah's bday and Halloween that are oh so fun! But...you'll have to wait on those. Sorry Mama! I will update again very soon! Enjoy! Happy Fall! Everyone needs to hug a scarecrow?
Emmie wasn't too into this

She wouldn't look at me

This... she loved....See the mud!!!!

Pumpkin Girl

"All the pumpkins love me"

He will pose anytime, anywhere

LOVED loadin up the wagons with pumpkins

Got to ride a pony :)

Look at that face :)

Here we go.....

Another ride.... in the MUD

well... isn't that just their size :)

I mean this is classic huh? LOVE IT!

He didn't want to pose next to the jack-o-lantern b/c he said,"Mom, this is cute, I don't want to be cute"..... I begged him to just give me one pic

Lil witch at our church's fall festival

Wolverine and Miss Witch riding the train

Here are my 3 youngens

Noah could care less that Gunner is crying... he was more concerned with posing with the stuffed animal! Ha

Sweet!

Here is his cupcake...proud

Here is her's

Little table top sandboxes... saved these for months... for a rainy day with 3 kids... WOW! They played for over an hour with these and hardley said a word!!!!!

Emmie's was a princess castle and Noah's was a horse ranch

Little Mermaids

This is such motivation huh?

Always has to be dramatic

We had a REAL tea party while Noah was at school with pink lemonade and pink frosted circus cookies...mmm it was fun!

The Princess

All ready to go to the deer lease with Daddy... so excited!

Love!

Emmie with our neighbors puppy

He's the Man!

Well.. it's about time to blog about the hubby again! Can I just say I am "Fallin for him" all over again! He has been AMAZING since we had Gunner and before then too... ha! :) Seriously... its so awesome how things work when there are two parents tag teamin it up! Havin another lil Orange is wonderful...but yes...it is work! I have felt so elated this past week and so happy and blessed. A huge reason for that is b/c of my awesome man! Here is a little bit of my happy.... I love my children, I love my hubby, I love our home that is full to the max now :), I love our friends who have been so awesome, I love our family..all in Tennessee but I still feel them right in my heart everyday, I love my life! I joked around on fbook that maybe this feeling is just the after baby feeling or the not yet knowing what's before me feeling..ha.... but I don't care what it is. I love it! I wanted to post at least one pic of Nate since he was my inspiration for this post and the only ones I could find that I haven't posted yet were from the zoo. Ha! This is him... my Nate! I am the luckiest woman in the world! He was totally meant for me!

Always bein funny! :)
Goob

These were from my sip and see! Thanks girls! These were soo yummy!

My new favorite!

I totally didn't not do this and it is not from the flash.. I found him like this! :) Ha!

Noah pretending to swing his bball bat

Thought he looked so adorable in his little windsuit

Love the do

She wouldn't leave crown on for pic

Texas Cowboy

My lil Texans... Gunner too! :)

miss flucy

helpin Noah build stuff with wood

trying to dance with Gunner... oh man!

Thanks Mama

Well now it's time for the real deal here in the Orange House... MeeMaw has left on a jet plane...don't know when she'll be back again... That means it's time for me to find my own way with 3 kids! I am ready to figure it out. Thanks Mama for all your help during your stay... for letting me micro manage you (ha) and for letting me be a mother. Thanks for saying something about everything I did and do... just kidding. :) I love you and appreciate every ounce of you! We miss you already and look forward to another date night in April. Ha! I hope you had fun and aren't too exhausted from all of us...ha! Bunches of hugs and kisses from your squirts and we can't wait until next time! Here's a few pics from this past week. Noah started baseball... so fun! Emmie is a cheerleader once again. Gunner is just.. well... an angel! Life is grand! :) Have a great week!

Mom's the word
Is he adorable or what?

He was so willing to pose with everyone... I think he felt famous in his uniform. Ha!

MeeMaw and her champ

MeeMaw... you spoiled her this week! Help!

Go Noah!

Noah's biggest fans!

Noah on 3rd bse... check out the stance.

In the dugout

Batter Up

Our newest family pic! :)

Posin with MeeMaw

Me and my lil angel baby

2Boys!!!!!!!!

Noah.... such a clown

We are gonna make it... really

Oh Man!

MeeMaw and the grandkiddos

This is what happens when you have another baby...

We don't usually let them do this!

Nate did this with Noah in this same shirt... and Emmie too.. it's really about the shirt and not the kids...? Weird father requests.. Ha

Does she look like a stinker?

There could be trouble.. maybe

Take my picture

I mean, Don't you want to be a kid again?

Zippity Zip Line

Here comes Noah

Wait Noah... you can't have fun yet.. Meemaw has to fix your pants first.

Ready to play

Baseball practice

A New Little Orange

BIG NEWS in the Orange House..... a NEW ADDITION! :) September 19th at 4:55pm we welcomed our 3rd little Orange... a boy.... Gunner Michael.... weighing 9 lbs. and was 21 in. Michael is after my Daddy. :) Very smooth and easy delivery...everything checked out good with Gunner and we are now home.... Home with 3 kids! :) The transition has really been smooth and we are enjoying yummy meals from friends and a very, very good baby boy! He sleeps a lot and only cries when he is hungry and ok...maybe a little when you change his diaper. It is the funniest , squealiest laugh...so we don't mind. Big Brother Noah is sooo happy and wants to hold him constantly. He wants to kiss him all over and is very proud to have a little brother. Noah is interested in the whole nursing thing. While I was nursing Gunner the other day Noah says, "Mama, can I pleeeease have a drink of your milk? I promise if you just let me have one drink, I won't bite you." So I guess things around here are a little nutty to say the least. Big Sister Emmie thinks Gunner is "her baby" and she likes to hold him as well. But when she is ready to get up she says, "Mama, get him off of me".... so things haven't changed too much with her.... I think she still rules the boys. She is straight out of tootiville lately telling Daddy and Noah to "not to talk to her".... we officially have our hands full. Ya think? :) Here is our first picture post of our hands being full and they will continue. :) I would like to end with a quote and a little story....



"You can't have your cake and eat it too!" ok so let's be honest... our little Gunner was NOT a surprise. We found out 6 weeks before he came that we were having a boy. Planny Angie was trying to have her bedding made by picking out girl/boy fabrics... and have the diaper bag ordered for girl/boy. Well, that all came back to bite me. Two crazy slip ups confirmed to me that it was a boy. I was pretty upset at first b/c we didn't want to know... but then we decided it was probably too good to be true to try to have all that kept a secret and it was time to get over it and get excited! :) We decided not to tell the story 1000 times...to just wait and blog about it and keep the sex a surprise for everyone else. Just had to be honest though..Gunner wasn't our surprise child. But he is still super SPECIAL! :) Should there be a next time.... :) We won't tell anyone and will try the surprise route again! :) So there you go! However, I did still feel it was a boy the whole time b/c I felt exactly how I did when I was pregnant with Noah. A little sick, craving meat and sandwiches the whole time. Emmie, I was really sick and craved sweets! :)

Hope everyone has a great week! Happy Fall! Love!!! She crawled up in her bed one night ready to bed.... except well... she still had her crown on. :)

The day before we had Gunner we planted some Mums for the flower pots out front

They each had their pot they helped me with :)

Happy Fall from us :)

The morning we left for induction.... we gave them a present... I know... spoiled!

Couldn't be happier

Pre Pain :)

Happy Daddy with Gunner

My doctor..She delivered Noah, Emmie Lou and Gunner

One eyed pirate

Sweet Baby

No.... I'm not a butterball

This looks just like Emmie did!

The usual Daddy/Baby pic. We have one of these with all the kiddos.

Who's your Daddy?

Sweet

Mama doesn't look so hot...but Gunner is a little swaddled up Precious!

Happy Mama trying to send out our news.

ok looks pretty easy huh... they were fighting the whole time :)

She really does think its her baby!

Me and my boys! I always said I wanted 2 sons... one for each side of me.

He is going to teach Gunner to do everything he does...look at that sneaky face.

A different face for each pic

See!! It's already starting!

Daddy and his boys

We could not get her to sit down. She was crazy!!

I love this one!!

He loves him so much already!

It couldn't get any better than this... Mama got her baby and her pumpkin spice latte! :) Happy! Happy! Happy!

Nate just had to take an after shower pic of me and baby.. ha... ok ok.. I guess there is a slight improvement. ha

John and Jackie...some special friends that have been there for all our kids. Noah loves John and always has something to say to him...but John was holding Gunner when Noah got there and Noah walked straight over to him and held out his arms like, "Give me my little brother" I guess this is his new overprotective big brother mode of no talking just body language. Ha!

I love this one of all the kids just waiting their turn...notice Noah has his arms out and I am sure is saying, "Mama, I want to hold the baby" in his tired, whining voice.

I should do a post just about the Blake's and how awesome they are for keeping our kiddos. Noah just had to get in the pic with them! I think there was a little spoiling while they were there but the kids couldn't have been any happier. It was so nice dropping them off Sat. morning and watching as they all stood out in front of their house waving bye and smiling so big. It made me so happy inside! :) Thank you Bra and Ki! :) Ya'll are the best!

Shara getting some G time... she is having a little girl in February for Gunner to play with :)

Here we go again with the faces

Daddy and his 3 kids

Tired Noah

He got his hospital pic made in this and now its time to go home! Yepeee

Suckin his thumb wearing the hat the volunteers at the hospital make. I got a pink one for Emmie. Noah missed out on that treat.

Thank you to everyone who came and visited us. I did not get everyone's picture and I am sorry. You are all so very special to us and we appreciate you coming and your love. I don't have pregnancy brain anymore... I have mom with 3 kids brain ...so I will do my best. :) I will try to keep the updates coming. Much love to everyone!

What a Perfect Day!

Well... here we are... 4 days until baby... soakin up the time with my family. It was a perfect day! Woke up to it pouring down rain and it still hasn't stopped! Love it! Kids played in the rain and it was soooo fun! You will see who really dug that! :) Then we decided to family it up and go to Medieval Times! Wow! So cool! I wasn't so thrilled about eating with my fingers... especially meat on the bone, in the DARK! :) No, it was fine. It was a cool experience and the kids just LOVED it! We were in the green section so we cheered for the green knight. All night the kids would shout, "Green Knight, Green Knight"... it was adorable! Emmie was so happy that she kept just reaching up and pulling my cheek down and kissing me! I was melting! Noah was taking mental notes the whole time! Hilarious! He was so into it! The King gave him and Emmie five a couple times. Noah got a glow sword and Emmie got a princess crown thing that had super long ribbons and shiny silver streamer things coming down in the back... (that I totally could have made myself! Rip off! Ha! ) She also had to have this flower that changed colors... it was a rose. It was pretty funny! The things they sell at these events are really something! We made it through the show without my water breaking! Whewww! Lots of people did move out of my way though as I barreled through the crowds.... HA! I don't think they wanted to mess with this humongo belly! :)

This will probably be it until baby... which will be Wednesday for sure...so stay tuned! :) We can't wait! September 16th.... another birthday to celebrate! :) Have a great week! This is us in the car waiting for the doors to open... Super Happy Noah! Emmie is snoozing right up until time to go in! :)
Always silly!

Us posing with some of the cast

I had to bribe him to take this... he was being shy???

The Famous Sword... will probaby be broke tomorrow!

"Look at my sword Emmie!" I mean what kind of face is that? Mr. Tough Guy! :)

Showing her his sword... She has on her princess crown thingy that she could have made herself!

Lookin at the horses before the show

Tryin to get them to both look at the camera!

I mean... it's too much to ask, isn't it?

Noah with a fake knight

The only way I could get Emmie to get with the knight :)

We are at our table waiting for the show to start

My Knights are always Shiny...even though they have no armor! :)

I think he is giving us his stamp of approval! :)

The knights came riding by throwing flowers... I knew I just had to stand up my little princess and she would get one thrown to her! Sure enough! :) I caught it and she was worried b/c Noah didn't get one! Ha!

"Green Knight, Green Knight"

These are just some cool pics of the show...

This is the king... talking to the princess...

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Ate it UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the water splashing up on him

I mean... I was crazy to think he wouldn't get COMPLETELY WET! :)

Building a dam

He would have done this all day if we would have supplied him with the goods.

A little upset b/c Noah splashed and got her dress wet....

Happy Rain Day!

Who needs this spiderman umbrella?

Modeling her new rain boots

This is how little boys play in the rain

And... this is how little girls play in the rain

This was the other day... He dressed himself! Camo shorts, Camo undies, 2 longsleeve Camo shirts (I made him take one off), Thick black soccer socks with Camo rainboots and let's not forget his "30/30 with a scope" strapped to him so we can hunt

"This is serious stuff, Mom!"

Let's ROCK! It's September!!! :)

WELL...Whooo Hoooo! September is finally here! Now get cool outside already! Noah started school and loves it! He has another year of preschool b/c he is Nov. 1st bday. He goes two days a week and loves his teachers. The first day- all he talked about was the tire swing and Hayden's bday swirl cookies! :) Ha! Emmie ran down the sidewalk his first day and screamed, "Miss you Noah"... it was sweet!

The list is getting checked off for baby to do's. Nesting has begun and my freezer now has 14 meals frozen for after baby. Just need to get the carpets cleaned next week and we are ready, set, GO! I am 37 weeks ... and.... today they officially got me on the schedule for the 16th.. 6 am for induction! That would be 10 days early... ok I'll take it! :) Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day... with no laboring...just chillaxin! :) However... I wouldn't mind chillaxin in the hospital but we will just try to be patient! :) A little park swingin

Little Miss!

Noah at school... Nate kept telling him to look up and smile and Noah said, "Daddy, I gotta look at this coloring!" Serious about his work already! :)

Proud of his new spiderman lunchbox

He looks so big!

Ready for school!

Say cheese

"The Tire Swing at the park is NOT as high as the one at school, Mama! I need it HIGH!"

Sunny day

The official 9 mths pic! Yes, I know this dress makes me look huge. I got told at church that I looked like I had TWO basketballs in there and that I was HUGE! This would be by a woman that HAS been here before. SOME PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :/

This would be painting at the Orange's at 9 am in the mornin!

We need to work on not mixing it all together! :)

A Meal That'll Make Ya Wanna Smack Your Mama!

That's right folks.... lick your lips! All the way from Tennessee... Nonna and Papa's Garden.... Fresh Okra, Homegrown Tomatoes, Fresh Cucumbers! MMM, MMM, MMM! I happen to add some FRIED porkchops and SWEET, SWEET fried corn to the meal. Oh and not to forget the juicy, sweet watermelon and smack them lips...SWEET TEA! No one will get up from the table hungry!

Hope everyone is doin great! We are hangin on! Almost 9 mths pregnant and just decided to put on the apron and fry some stuff up! Thanks so much Nonna and Papa for those yummy delights! Not too many pics this post. The meal was my inspiration for updating the blog! Ha! We have just been busy and trying to get through the rest of this hot summer and a watermelon belly! Kids are great and growin! Noah starts preschool next week and baseball in a few. Both Noah and Emmie are super excited about the baby coming. It still looks like Sept. 16th for an induction unless I go before. Baby is head down now so let's just hope it stays that way! :) We are excited to see family soon with our newest addition and look forward to FALL! Have a great rest of the summer and try not to be jealous I got country vegetables flown to us all the way from Tennessee! I stuffed myself! It was sooooooooooo goood!
Here is a close up to make your mouth water! :)

Me and My Ladies

My Favorite Little Lady of ALL!!! She is wearing my shoes and I MUST say.... wearing them well! :)

Loves her Mama!

Noah has to touch the baby! He is soo excited!

Look at those smiles! Love them kiddos!

Is this darlin or what?

Just a little chillin on their porch

Still chillin

Haaaayyyy!

" Mama, It's so hot out here!"

My Little Man :)