What to do now??

Well, we have sold our house!!   I put 2 exclamation points on there, but I'm not sure how excited I really am since we don't know where the heck we are going!  Plus I am going to miss Gene and Pat, the best neighbors in the whole world, so much.  They have made our lives so much easier.  They babysit Camryn all the time and are so wonderful to our children.  I cried yesterday when I told them our house sold, b/c it is so bittersweet to leave them.  But once we decide for sure what we are gonna do I will be excited I'm sure.

Bye bye home :(

So I am excited about California!!  Wahoo, we leave tomorrow!  I cannot wait to get out there and hopefully do some relaxing.  Probably gonna be tough to do with all of this going on, but I'm gonna try to really enjoy myself.  I'm super excited about spending time with Jess.  We don't have any major plans but just being out there next to the ocean and walking around and hanging out is going to be so much fun.  It's been nice and hot out there so maybe I'll even come back with a little bit of a tan.

Bout all I got for now....I'm gonna do another post soon about the kiddos.

Ready for the weekend

Been a great week at the Waters house.  Rob and I are kinda in limbo right now on our future house plans.  We have our house for sale and have had quite a bit of interest, but we aren't sure what we'd even do if it sold!  We spent Wednesday evening driving all around Crawford County looking at property.  Who knows what's gonna happen??  Had a delicious dinner out at Friday's after driving around and then stopped by Hobby Lobby...great store!

Yesterday I worked from 1-6, ugh!  I don't like working the afternoons b/c I feel like I don't see the kids much on those days.  Got home last night and Rob grilled burgers and hot dogs.  We have eaten at home 3 out of 4 nights this week, which is huge for our family!  And tonight, I'm giving pork chops a whirl.  We shall see how that goes.

Meeting Katie for lunch at 11 and then getting my hair did!  It's needing it before Cali b/c I need to look like a surfer girl...haha. 

No big plans for the weekend really.  Probably just hanging around the house and watching the Hogs play.  Not so sure how confident I am in them, but maybe they will surprise me. 

Less than 1 week til we land in Cali!  I cannot wait to get there and spend time w/Jess and Russ...mostly Jess though :)

Our little 10 month old!

How is it possible that Camryn is 10 months old today?  I wanted to blog only about her in this one since it's a special day!   She was born on November 21, 2009 and since that day has had her daddy's heart in her hand.  She has of course had mine, too, but Rob is absolutely the best dad in the world.  He loves the boys every bit as much as her, but something about a little girl just gets to daddy's I think.  She is absolutely the sweetest, most beautiful, happiest little girl in the world.  Every day she is more and more adventurous, trying to walk and put every single thing she finds right into her mouth. 

So, here's a little about her journey to 10 months...

Day she was born...I love this picture!

I think she's gonna be Papa's girl when she's a little bigger. 

 

She's already daddy's girl. 

I am almost in tears posting these pictures because the time in the hospital when I first saw each of my children were the most amazing moments of my life.  I love the first time the nurse brings the baby back in after their bath and they smell and look so angelic.  What can I say, I'm a softie! 

This baby girl has brought so much joy to our lives.  She is always trying to do things she can't quite do yet, probably because she has 2 big brothers.  They treat this little girl like an absolute princess.  They are so good to her. 

This really makes me wish I had been blogging a whole lot longer so I'd have posted pictures of all of the kids when they were babies.  It would probably shut the blogger website down if I continued on about Camryn and all of her milestones so I won't.

She is pulling up really well, crawling like crazy and hopefully gonna take a step at any time.  Her first word was dada and now she's got momma down very well, too.  Between her, these boys and Rob, my life could not be any more fulfilling or blessed. 

One big happy family

That title is in the words of my boys.  They always say look mommy, "we're one big happy family" when we all go somewhere together.  Had a fun night last night.  Got home from work, yea that's right, I worked like 7 hours yesterday...and then took the kids outside to ride bikes.  Cash is really figuring out how to ride the big bike!  Lucas Caden has had it down for quite a while.  We rode for about 20 minutes and then came in for dinner. 

Here's a short video of Cash riding. 

After dinner we headed over to Ben Geren park to play.  There playground area is fantastic.  Boys had a great time and were not ready to leave but it was getting dark so we had to. 

Bath, books and bedtime after the park. 

We got up this morning to 3 beautiful smiling faces.  Cash really wanted to go outside and swing so we all got up and played outside early this morning before Rob went to work.  Did a little swinging and a little bit of zip lining!  These kids are so much fun and so playful!  Even Camryn got in on the fun in the swing. 

Climbing the tree

The shade makes the picture look silly but she is smiling really big!  A beautiful day the good Lord has given us to play and enjoy family!

Another Monday

Another wonderful weekend behind us and it's Monday again...ugh!

So Camryn obviously read my blog and saw how I bragged about her sleeping all night Thursday and decided to mess with me.  That girl had a rough Friday night!  She literally screamed for like 2 hours Friday and was inconsolable!  I'm still not sure what was wrong with her, but she is just great now.  Probably teething....or having a bad dream.  Either way, it was rough!  But our little princess is her usual happy self now after her 3 hour nap yesterday!  I can't say anything though, b/c Rob got up with her yesterday morning, and I slept in til 10:00.  Yikes! 

On Saturdays, it seems like all we do anymore is fish!  It's so much fun watching the boys (and Rob) fish!  It is very exciting seeing them catch something and reel it in.  Saturday was really hot!  I was roasting out there at the pond so I decided to jump in the pool.  Of course I had to do the Will Ferrell famous 'cannonball' into the pool.  Lucas Caden was already in, and he loved it. 

After we swam, we headed over to El Celaya to eat.  We were gonna go to the park Saturday but ended up swimming for way longer than we had planned.  Maybe we will go tonight...I love the park!  The kids always have the best time playing.  Sunday we just hung out at home and cleaned.  What fun!  Yea right.  I am getting so excited for Cali!  Only like 11 days til we leave!  As much as I don't enjoy flying I cannot wait to get out there and spend some time with Jess!

Gonna be a busy week around our house.

A Full Night's Sleep!!

Yea that's right, Camryn actually slept all night last night.  First time ever!  She slept from about 9:30 til 6:00.  Awesome!  Ok, so back to the middle of the week.

Nothing too much has been going on around the Waters house.  Wednesday I had a closing which was super exciting!  Then me, Rob and Camryn went to El Celaya for a 'celebration' dinner.  As if we needed a reason to eat there.  It was fantastic.  After dinner we went to Braum's for ice cream, which I did not need!  I had already eaten a sopapilla!

Thursday I had to work at the office til 1.  Then I headed over to see Sarah and her precious little 1 week old baby girl Adeline.  What a little doll!  I didn't take my phone or camera so unfortunately I don't have a picture of her.  But, Sarah is gonna be one amazing mommy.  She was so in love with that baby girl.  I told Rob I had 'baby fever' and he told me I better take and aspirin for that.  Haha!!  I thought that was pretty clever of him.  After visiting with them, we went to pick the kids up from daycare. 

Last night, we played around here.  I'm telling you what, we live in the best neighbourhood.  It's so great to be able to just sit on the curb and watch the boys ride bikes and their Jeep.  Gene and Pat came out and visited, too and of course, Gene had to get in some Camryn time.  He loves that baby!  They are our kids 'adopted' grandparents and the best neighbors!  Then, around bedtime Camryn got really sleepy so I put her in her bed and didn't hear from her til 6 o'clock this morning, when Rob got up and headed to OKC for the horse sale. 

It has been a good (but boring) Friday, other than Rob being gone.  Got up this morning and had another closing...thank you Jessica and Jeremy!  And after that I went and got my license made since I've still not found my purse.  Guess it's gone forever...ugh!  Headed home and dad brought lunch over for the kids and mom (she babysat during the closing).  Kids took a nap and here we are at 5 o'clock, trying to decide on dinner.  It's been a fantastic week!!  Only 2 weeks til we leave for California!  I cannot wait!!!!

Someone buy this house!

Well, we had a good showing on the house Friday but I don't guess he's gonna buy because here we are on Tuesday and no offer...that kinda stinks, b/c I'm afraid the house we want to buy is gonna be off the market soon.  So, apparently we will be staying here for a while longer.  Anyway, whatever, I love it here.  We have the best neighbours anywhere! 

This weekend was so much fun and so playful.  Saturday morning we got up and went to breakfast with mom and dad at Lewis' Family Restaurant.  Wowza, were the pancakes delicious!!  Yum yum.  Then we came home and played around the house and then headed over to a park to play.  Fun stuff.

Lucas Caden on the playground

Cash and Camryn swinging at the park

  After the park, we went to the West End Park to ride the Ferris Wheel....awesome!  It's only $1 to ride and I bet we went around 15 times.  So great!  Then, as usual, it was time for some El Celaya...yummy!!  Met mom and dad over there for dinner.  After dinner we came home and played outside, riding bikes and Cash drove his jeep around.  I love family times like that. 

Sunday morning we all went to church which was terrific.  I love when we can all go to church together. 

Ready for church

Me and LC ready for church

Handsome men ready for church

After church, once again, we headed to Mulberry for some fishing and lunch!  We had a picnic outdoors on the deck...fantastic!  And then we got all of our stuff together to fish and of course it got windy and we weren't able to catch much.  But after our attempt at fishing, we ate apple pie and ice cream!  Ahh, good food!  And then that evening the wind died down and we caught a ton of fish. 



And Sunday night Camryn slept the best she has in a long time.  It was glorious!  She only woke up once for just a sec and then back to sleep. 

Oh and the best part of my Monday morning was when I got back from property tour and booked our trip to California!  Yay!!!  I can't begin to express my excitement!!  Looking forward to a great week...I have 2 closings this week!  Yahoo!!!

What to do on a Friday night??

No plans on a Friday evening resulted in a family trip to Mulberry for dinner, fishing, and swimming.

Fishing started out like this...

And this...

And even this...

And finally resulted in this!

Yes he is holding fish...probably about a 3 ounce perch.  Nothing else biting last night.  He threw the line out and reeled it in all by himself.  Papa took it off the hook and Lucas Caden threw it back in.  Great times!

Good Days

Just got baby Camryn to sleep for the night...or at least for the next few hours, since my 9 month old little angel still does not sleep all night.  Her mommy likes sleeping a lot more than she does I guess.  It's been a great couple of days around here.  Last night mom and dad came over and Rob grilled out chicken kabobs and asparagus wrapped with bacon.  It was fantastic!  They hung out for most of the night and Rob and I went toy shopping for the kids.  As if they need one single thing! 

Today was rather busy!  Got up early and Rob took all 3 kiddos to their daycare and I cleaned this house up.  I hosted an open house for Realtors but I think the weather kept people away.  Hopefully it was the weather and not the house...or even worse, the Realtor!!  I am gonna try another one in a couple weeks.  I went and picked the kids up and we took the boys to Katie for their haircuts.  Ahhh, she is so great!  Seriously, the best hair dresser...Katie Harrison at Salon Fusion!  After haircuts, we came home and had family dinner b/c that's something that is so important to me...us eating together every night. 

After dinner we played and messed around and then I had a tennis match at 7.  Rob brought the kids over and they played in the daycare over there and my wonderful husband cheered me on.  We won, too!!  Yippee!!  Got home and played for a minute and had story time with the kids and got them all in bed.  Now I gotta get so sleep and attempt to be on time for work in the morning.  Ugh!!  Gonna have to get up early to do so b/c of school traffic so we shall see. 

Rob and the kiddos...Can you just hear Cash saying "Cheeeeeeeese?"  What a silly boy
She has the best big brothers.

Cash showing Camryn how to use her new toy

Daddy and Camryn

                          Me and Jess on Labor Day...ready for that girl to be closer to home!

 Rob and me on Labor Day at mom and dad's...probably could've take a better picture, but it's the only one I've got. 


Bedtime for me...good night!

Holiday Weekend

So it's Tuesday morning which means that the long weekend is over.  We certainly enjoyed the 3 days off which included lots of family time.  Saturday we took the kiddos and headed over to Sallisaw to ride Mo.  Cash had to wear his cowboy hat and boots of course.  Camryn even hopped on for a minute but was pretty quick to dive off into Daddy's arms. Lucas Caden slept too long and almost missed getting to ride, but finally woke up in time to take a short ride.  

Saturday evening, Rob and I actually went out!  We met our friends Shane and Crystal Laster at Hardscrabble for dinner and then went out to MoJo's to listen to music.  Had a great time getting out and doing something with other adults, although I was thinking about the kids and wondering what they were doing the entire night.

Sunday we did not do much of anything.  Jess came down so we went to Mulberry and pretty much sat around doing nothing all day at mom and dad's. I felt pretty useless that evening!  Jered and I hit some tennis balls late Sunday afternoon and then he went with me, Rob and Camryn to dinner at Friday's.  Now that was delish! 

Monday was a terrific day!  Got up and got back after my working out.  I had taken like a month off for some stupid reason.  Just being lazy I guess.  So I worked out yesterday morning and then we all got ready and went back to mom and dad's.  Dad grilled burgers and hot dogs and mom fixed potato salad.  We had a picnic, but it was so windy!  So then, for the grand finale we all got in the pool, which was absolutely freezing, and played 3 games of volleyball!  What a blast!!  It was so much fun.  The cold doesn't seem to bother Lucas Caden because after we were done playing he wanted to swim.  That water was ICE COLD!  But he and Rob swam around for a little bit. 

Got home last night and Camryn decided she didn't want to sleep...probably because she took a 3 hour nap on my mom's lap!  So I was pretty much up all night.  Ahh well, I can handle it I guess.  Playing tennis tonight, working tomorrow, open house Thursday and working Friday!  Busy busy week. 

Life is wonderful!

Fun times?

So it's been a crazy few days!  Since Jess and Russ have arrived it has been wild.  These boys feel like they have to show out for them I guess b/c they have been soooo active!!   Jess and Russell even babysitted yesterday for about an hour so I could drop my stuff off at the Growing Kids Sale.  I think it was the longest hour of their lives :)  Then they all swam last night and the boys showed them all of their swimming tricks. 

Camryn has been her sweet self and has been sleeping so well.  I've decided she was hungry at night so we've been feeding her at like 9 to get her to sleep better. She is also Russell's girl!  Jess will hold her and she's like, ok, whatever, but when Russ has her she loves it.  I keep thinking she's gonna take her first step anytime. 

No big plans for the weekend, but Jess and Russell are heading up to Bentonville for a wedding and gonna be there pretty much the whole weekend.  We are looking forward to a long weekend of family time!  Hoping to get in some pool volleyball this weekend because it's probably gonna be cooling off too much to get in very soon. 

Oh I almost forgot, Lucas Caden did the cutest thing this morning.  He was riding his Tow Mater and decided to hook it up to Camryn's little baby size car.  So he did and was pulling her around an it was so awesome!  She just giggled and loved it.  It ended in a collision between her head and the floor but she didn't care.  So great! 

Jess is here!!

Not a whole lot going on in the Waters house right now except Jess finally made it!!  She is on her way over here right now actually.  Jered and Dad picked her up last night around 10 from the NWA airport.  Camryn finally decided to sleep really good last night so we are feeling great this morning.   Monday night she didn't sleep much so she and I decided to go buy groceries about 6 a.m. since we were up anyway. 

Yesterday was a great day!  We went to the mall and met Rob for lunch and the boys played for a while at the 'mall playground.'  It was so much fun and Kate and Lila were there so that made it even better.  We ate Geno's and Blazen Burrito and then all had cookies!!   Yum.  Came home and me and the kids took a wonderful nap!  It was so needed after that lack of sleep from the night before.  Then we headed to Mulberry and had dinner and the boys and Rob swam.  Me, mom, and Camryn went to see Mamaw and she was actually knitting Camryn a hat...so sweet :)

Got home last night around 9, slept great and now just waiting for Aunt Jess to come over!!

My sweet babies

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Isn't he a doll!

Rob and the boys throwing rocks

Daddy and his baby girl

Me and the boys from the deck