2-Year pictures!!

We went to downtown Dallas 2 weeks ago and my sweet friend Michelle took some awesome pictures of our little man! He wasn't really in the picture-taking mood, but we were pleasantly surprised with the finished products!!! Here are some of the pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Welcome Mackenzie Grace!!!

We are so excited to welcome a new niece to the family!!! Mackenzie Grace was born on Friday 10/1 at 12:27 p.m. She weighed in at 8 lbs 2 oz and was 18.5" long!! She is a beauty and we are all so thrilled! Her big sisters just love her so much already...Haylie even talks to her as if she is the Mommy...it's too cute! Congrats to Elizabeth, Nick, and big sisters Sarah and Haylie!!! We love you all!!!

Precious! (Despite the AU outfit!!)

Aunt Cindy with baby Mac!

Mommy and sweet little girl #3!!

Happy Birthday Carson!

Our sweet little man turned two yesterday!! We were excited to have a party here at the house to celebrate with all his friends and most of our family! We had originally planned to have the party at the playground, but for the second year now, it has rained on his special day!! So, everyone piled into our house and we decorated cupcakes, opened presents, and the kids played like crazy! While chaotic at times...we think Carson enjoyed his day and certainly loved all his presents!!

We went to the doctor this morning for his 2-year well visit and he is right on track! He is still having anxiety about going to the doctor...but this time was better than last! He received a couple shots, but that will be the last of those until he turns 4!

Life in the Sims home has been pretty crazy lately...we're getting Carson's big boy room finished up and we hope to transition him this week...fingers crossed! He seems really excited about his choo-choo room, so we are hopeful he will enjoy sleeping in his big bed! We also changed the downstairs guest room into a play room...and boy has that made a huge difference in how clean our house is...no more toys everywhere!!! Plus, now we can turn on Carson's TV and leave the living room TV off so Mommy can study!!! Work and school are crazy right now so we just take things day by day and try to keep our heads above water! We still haven't decided on a name for our little lady, but hopefully that will happen soon!

Most of the kids decorating cupcakes!

Daddy helping Carson with presents

He finally sat down so we could sing to him!!

Our BIG boy!

It's a GIRL!

We went this past Saturday for our re-do appointment for our gender-determination sonogram! We were anxious to see if the baby would cooperate this time...and luckily SHE did! We were thrilled when the sonographer showed us the baby and was 100% sure it was a girl! We are now tackling the process of choosing a name...and what a task this is going to be! We just can't decide on one! We had a boy name picked out, and now we are even considering it for a girl name...here's a list of some of the names we like!
Camden (this was our boy name!!)
Cassidy
Kameron (we'd call her Kammie)
Lainie
Harper
We're also open to suggestions!
We've also been on the hunt for bedding for both kids. We obviously have to change the nursery over to suit a girl...but I am finding that I am much more picky about choosing her bedding than I was with Carson! We are also transitioning Carson to a big-boy bed...so I am looking for full-size bedding for him...and it's really become a crazy task! To find something affordable, good-quality, and in full-size is hard to do!

Cooperation is key!

We were SOOOO excited to go for our gender-determination sonogram this evening! We had decided to NOT find out tonight...but to wait until Friday to do a gender-reveal with our family. We planned to get everyone together for dinner that night and I was going to have cupcakes made with a special surprise inside to reveal the gender of our precious baby! So...going into this appointment, we knew that the baby needed to cooperate in order for everything to go as planned! Well..much to our disappointment, the baby was very modest and would not budge it's leg from it gender-hiding spot! ARGH!! So, needless to say, we won't be having our gender-reveal party and we have to go for a re-do appointment on the 21st. We just pray that the baby is feeling free and cooperative that day!!

Here are some of the pictures we were able to get!!

Peanut

We had our very first appointment at the OBGYN today to officially confirm that we're becoming a family of four! Yes...just a family of four is all we'll be...there's only ONE baby in there!! The visit went very well! The baby is measuring at 8.5 weeks and the heartbeat is great!! The doctor set the baby's birthdate to be January 25!

The peanut-shaped "blob" is the baby!!

This shows the heartbeat pattern and the baby on the right side

Sims, party of FOUR

Well...we found out this week that we are expecting a bundle of joy towards the end of January!! This came as a shock to us all...but a good one, nonetheless!!!

We are still wrapping our heads around becoming a family of four, but we are so overjoyed that we had to share the news with our blogging world!

We don't see the doctor until June 16, but we will keep you posted (literally!) as things progress!

Can you believe this crazy kid is going to be a big brother?!?