Welcome to Weems World

Sheeeeeeshhhh!!!

2009-05-24T07:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know every post I open up with how sorry I am for not posting in such a long time....well, who am I to break tradition. SORRY!!! :)

A few things have happened since I last posted.

#1-We are going to have another BABY!!!! Sometime around the beginning of the year baby #4 will be joining the fam. Troy Douglas is the name for the boy, and we haven't come up with a girl name yet-we are taking suggestions. I just started feeling icky 2 days ago-but no peuking yet, so we will see how that goes.

#2-LaLa is pretty much potty trained

#3-Luke starts big school kindergarten in the fall, needless to say he is a little bit excited

#4-Emma Grace will start 4k kindergarten in the fall-she is super excited to get to start school

#5-My brother is getting married August 8th to his girlfriend of 8 years, Andrea Tinsley. Luke is the ring bearer, and Emmy is the flower girl. They are so excited!!

Things are going great in Stevenson. I still miss my friends terribly, and get kinda bored at the house, but we love the church-and Steven loves his job. The church is really growing-and we are seeing God do great things in this small town.

Here are some pictures of the past few months-sorry again that it's been so long!!

The fam at Easter (luke and LaLa were ready for lunch-not more pictures for the love!!)

Luke and Emmy ay the church Easter Egg hunt

Luke and his cousin/best friend Gabriel at the family Easter party

The girls at the Birmingham Botanical gardens (nice fake smiles girls:)

Christmas is over-now for the spring!!!

2009-01-04T07:53:00.000-08:00

It's funny how everyone can't wait for winter to get here, and get relief from the heat-but then once the cold is here-we can't wait for the warm weather to be able to get outside!

We had a wonderful Christmas-other than the fact that we didn't get to see my family-but we will soon I'm sure.

We had Steven's huge family (appx 75) on December 13th, then went back on the 23rd for his immediate family (20). Then we drove back from Birmingham on Christmas Eve-so Santa could bring our stuff to our house:)

We usually wake the kids up on Christmas morning so we can be sure to be awake-and they can all see what Santa brought at the same time.

Here are some pictures of Christmas morning...

Please remember to keep the sale of our house in your prayers. We are open to renting now-but are still in a contract with our realtor until the end of March. It is a bit of a struggle to pay two mortgages a month...pray...

LaLa with her new play kitchen

Luke on his new razor scooter

Scary Light Saber
What else is down there???
The Christmas cookies the kids made for santa-I'm sure he enjoyed them:)
Woah-there's stuff in here too?? Luke's Christmas night Jammies
LaLa's Christmas night Jammies Emma Grace's Christmas night jammies (always the princess)

Our cool dress up stuff from Granny & Grandpa

Our sweet angel in the Christmas pageant

And Luke-the ever ready shepherd

we are here! (and have been:)

2008-11-30T08:05:00.000-08:00

Well, we have officially moved to Stevenson!

Things here are still a little crazy-and with no internet, I have not been able to post. But hopefully after our house sells we will have a little extra money for me to be able to get internet at the house!

Things are going very well, he kids are adjusting great and the dog is too!

Our house is huge-so that is nice. the kids have lots of room to run around!

Steven is really liking his job-it is just what he feels led to do right now.

I am missing my friends-but I'm sure with time I will make new friends up here...

It is Sunday school time right now-so I can't write for long-but here is a cute picture of the kids with santa.

We want visitors-so come see us!!!

We are MOVING!!!

2008-10-12T18:40:00.000-07:00

Okay-so I haven't been able to post on a lot of the details of what's been going on lately-but now I have the green light!

Steven has been looking for a new ministry job for about the last 6 months-and even with his experience and education-nothing was really happening. We were a little discouraged.

Long story short...I really felt like we should branch out of the greater Birmingham area, and see what God might have for us if we trusted... Originally Steven wanted to stay close to family-but after praying and really seeking what God wanted-he decided that we should (I think God gives wives the job of prompting...:) Well, after sending out a few resumes throughout the state of Alabama-we waited about 2 weeks. We got a call-from Stevenson, AL (just south of Chattanooga, in the mountains) Steven had a 2 hour long conversation with the Pastor-and had a really good feeling about it. The cool thing about this position (youth/associate) is that the pastor is bi-vocational-so he is only there Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings. Soooo, Steven would be the only full-time staff person during the week. Which is really good since Steven eventually wants to be a head pastor-but really has no pastoral experience. Now he will be able to get the day-to-day experience without the stress of actually being the "pastor".

So anyway, Steven had several phone interviews-and then they wanted the whole family to drive up and spend the weekend with the church family. (Which I thought was really cool that they wanted to meet all of us) We had a WONDERFUL time! The people there were so open and caring-very excited about us coming-and going out of their way to make sure we had a good time. About 2 weeks after that they wanted us to come back and look at houses, and let Steven go on a trip with the youth. Again-we had a great time! We found a house-and everything has lined up beautifully. Now we have to sell the house....it has been on the market for 2 weeks already-and not one person has come to look at it-but regardless-we are moving Nov. 1st. The church is going to pay our rent for a few months-and if it still hasn't sold-I will get some kind of side job to make ends meet. If it still hasn't sold after 6 months-we might rent it.

Once we move I will get to be a full-time stay-at-home mom again-which I am excited about. I can devote myself to my family-and helping Steven in his ministry. The youth at this church have never had a youth pastor and wife that were excited about anything-and having us there-people who want to have fun and have a dynamic youth ministry-they are pumped. I will be doing a lot of things with the youth girls-something I love to do:)

Anywho--I'm sure that was a lot of rambling-but feel free to ask any questions-I'm sure I left stuff out...Oh yeah-we have a huge house! With a guest wing! So if anyone wants to come visit-you can stay with us-yahoo!!! (And it has a pool:)

Yesterday I took the kids to the pumpkin patch here south of Birmingham, here are some pictures.

Luke on Hay-Mountain
Emma Grace on Hay Mountain
Luke wasn't scared (but Mommy was!)
Us on the Hay-Ride getting our pumpkins
Emmy on her pony-Luke on the donkey

Cowgirl
Cowboy
She had a great time!
He wanted to go faster...
Cutie-Pie

This is the tractor Cycle that Luke L-O-V-E-D. He wants one from Santa-so if anyone know where we can get one-preferrably red-lemme know. He rode the thing all over the place. It was cool-they had them placed randomly all over the campus-so anyone could ride them-Luke was sad whenever he had to get off an do any of the activities...

And then....

2008-08-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well-it has been a long time since we have posted anything-and for that-I am to blame. Laziness-yes, bad internet connection, yes, nothing to report, maybe. So I am posting-I actually have a computer to post from-that I can upload pictures where it doesn't take 8 hours:)
Things have been busy around our house lately. Luke has started school-4K, and he loves it. It's funny watching him at school when I drop him off and pick him up. He is so different. He is quiet and calm-not that he isn't these things when he is at home-but so much more so when I see him at school. It's good though-he behaves so well while he is there-makes me a proud MaMa:) He is still Soooooo into Power Rangers-he likes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers-but he LOVES Power Rangers. He will play it by himself-or he will rope Emma Grace into playing it with him. I have even seen him playing with LaLa-pretending she is the maiden to be saved. They play so well together-We are blessed.
Emma Grace is my little princess. She loves being with Mommie. She enjoys helping me cook, and loves to dress up with make-up and fingernail polish. I love it because she is like my little doll-baby that I can dress up however I want-neato! She could have started 3K this year-but the cost of having 2 in preschool-a little much. But she will be in 4K next year-and she is so mature for her age-one year of preschool should be more than enough to prepare her for "big school" (elementary)
LaLa is still my sweet baby. She still likes being treated like a baby too. Still loves her Sassy (which should be gone by now, but I can't bring myself to take away..) But she also has such an independent streak. I guess a lot of that has to do with being the 3rd child. She has to be able to fend for herself with an older brother and sister who DO NOT treat her like a baby. They love her-but will not let her get away with anything....When Luke and Emma Grace were her age-I was already very pregnant again-so they seemed like such big kids. But she still seems like such a baby to me-but I love it-until I get pregnant again...:)
We do have another puppy. Alex is 9 months old now-pretty much full grown (which means-huge!)
One morning we woke up to a blonde puppy on our front porch. Me-knowing better-put food out because he was obviously hungry. So of course he didn't go anywhere. He stayed out there for a few days-until one Wednesday night I got home from church and Steven said "Alex kept climbing the fence to play with the puppy-so I just put him in the backyard" So-that was it. I put up signs in the neighborhood-but no one replied. So we have a new Puppy-Hurkey. Luke named him-where he got the name Hurkey from-I don't know-but I think it's cute...He is about 4 months old-the two puppies get along wonderfully-and Hurkey is great with the kids!

Please keep our family in your prayers as we seek what God would have for us..

Here are some pictures-now that I have rambled for 10 years.....

Sweet Picture of LaLa when we went to the park with MiMi and Dude in AR

The Super-Cool Spider-Man slide that Dude bought and sent to us-we love it!

Luke on his first day of school (and this haircut was NOT on purpose, Emmy had a barber-shop moment with Luke in the bathroom-Mommie had to shave his head...>(

I just thought this was funny-and Steven wouldn't want it on here...heehee

Emma Grace and Aunt Hannie

Mommie and Luke and Emmy in the Lake in AR with Granny & Grandpa

LaLa just liked playing in the sand:)

Luke-again with the Power Rangers...;)

Emma Grace at the Park in AR

Sweet LaLa after the Water-Slide

I love this Kid

Such a pretty little lady

Yikes!

In the end-they really do love each other!

My personality

2008-06-15T18:46:00.000-07:00

Here is a neat site to find out your career personality.. you can follow the link and see my results and take the test for yourself:)

View my Career Direct personality profile

Okay-so I'm a horrible blogger...

2008-06-11T22:44:00.000-07:00

Well, I noticed it has been a whole month since I have posted, and in my defense-we just got done with VBS. And for those of you who have ever directed or been involved with the directing of VBS-it is almost a 24-7 job. This weekend the family (Weems side) are having a family yard sale. After moving from our almost 2000 sq ft house in Hamilton-to our 1196 sq ft house here-we have had to downsize. So I have a TON of stuff to price and sell this Thursday and Friday. Which will be nice when I make money-but my goodness I hate pricing all this crud.
We had a super great VBS-it all went very smoothly. I have directed 4 VBS in my day-but this was the first Baptist VBS I have directed-it was great. I really love our church. People showed more support, financially and otherwise, that we could even comprehend. (Sometimes I wish people were as enthusiastic about other church programs {Outreach anyone...})
But I am glad it is over-I feel like I abandoned my family during this past month-but Steven has been a trooper-getting the kids ready for bed every night. Making sure they were at church dressed in the outfits I laid out, fed and ready to go.

The kids are growing-here are some updates.

Luke: He is really getting to be a big-boy. He wants to help, and wants to be able to do things on his own-without help. So he has been doing household chores to help Mommy. He has been very affectionate the past few months-which I love. for a few years there-he didn't want to be cuddled-but now he does. He will start 4k in August-and he is super excited. He loves Sunday School, and church in general. He goes to "Kowfield" which is the preschool version of CHildren's Church-and they have worship time in there. He comes home singing these praise and worship songs-and I know that I am biased, but this kid can sing. He can keep tempo, pitch, appropriate volume. I am very impressed with his musical ability.

Emmy: Turned 3 last Saturday!! This girl is a diva. She loves to play house. SHe loves Baby dolls, and being the Mommy. SHe always wants Luke to be "Jake" the Daddy-to which he always replies-no I wanna be Lukey. We have to keep the attitude in check with this one-which I hear is common in girls this age. She tends to put her hand on her hip and get the "sassy" face & tone, and has to be reminded that we talk sweet in our house... She likes to help Mommy cook, and loves it when she gets to cook something herself without mommy's help. SHe is very girly in the fact that she wants to be dressed up and have hair & fingernails done-but she will squish a bug with her bare fingers if you let her. She is rapidly catching up with Luke in the learning department. By next year I think they will almost be on the same page. They will only be one year apart in school.

LaLa: We are now calling Baby Lauren "LaLa" She is growing more every day. She walks and climbs and runs---fast when she has something she's not supposed to... She is just beginning to try to talk. She has been slower than the other two in this department, but I am not pushing her-she will in her own time. But she does say Mama, Dada, no-no, dog, hey, and night-night. She is very opinionated. Even though she can't say it with words-there is no question what LaLa wants at any given time. I guess being the 3rd child, she has learned to defend herself as well. she don't take no crap off a nobody:) She is a great eater-but still is little. I mean she's in the 90th percentile in the height, and 25th in the weight-so she's not actually all that little-but she still seems little, and people always think she is younger than she is. But that's okay with me-I love little ones:) She is still taking 3 naps a day-but we are trying to move to a 2 nap schedule, while synchronizing one of those with Luke & Emmy's afternoon nap. We'll let you know how that works... She is just now starting to get a little bit of hair. But WILL NOT let me put bows or anything in it. Emmy always would-Lauren, not so much.

But that's a brief overview of the kiddos-oh, almost forgot #4-Alex (the dog)

Alex: he is getting huge-but is still such a sweet boy. he loves to be inside, but being so huge and stinky-he diesn't get inside as often as he would like. But he does have a girlfriend dog next door now-a bloodhound puppy-so he is happy. He is chewing up everything the kids leave outside, including the power cord to our treadmill. I don't know how he did it without electrocuting himself... But we love him-he is the perfect family dog-and he even poops in his designated areas-yaye!!

Internet signal is poopy tonight-so not many pictures will upload-but here are a few This inflatable water slide has been a life-saver the past few weeks

LaLa and Alex (notice his girlfriend and what they have done to the grass on the fence:(
. "We love each other-Really"
"The lay game" at VBS-the kids love it. You try to get it on their heads without using your hands-only the bill of your hat.
Mr Kaleb-the kids love him
(Mommy & Daddy's friends Jen & Kaleb)

Mommy and Daddy at the beach

2008-05-11T16:11:00.000-07:00

This week Mommy and Daddy got to go to the beach....by themselves......for the first time in 6 years. It was super fun-but by the second day-we were missin our babies. We went to Panama City Beach-and it was great. We had really nice weather, and it was nice to be able to relax and get some solid sleep. We did however overestimate the power of spf 4, and both got a little krispy on the first day-whoops! But hopefully that will fade to tan. We had a great time with each other-but were very happy to be back in the chaos:)

Daddy havin fun at the beach

Mommy lookin burnt but having fun at the beach

Awww-how sweet!

my first cake:)!!!

2008-05-02T19:40:00.001-07:00

Okay-so I have always said that I could cook anything-but baking was another story. Well-tonight I have crossed the bridge. Here is a pic of the lemonade cake that I made. btw-this is made with marshmallow fondant-which is super easy and tasty-the kids helped and they had a great time. If you want the recipe-I will send it!!!

New 'Do

2008-04-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been saying I was gonna do it for a while-and I did it. Emmy no longer has the baby curls she was born with. She now officially has been "styled" She is so proud of it, she showed EVERYONE at church-"look at my haircut"-yaye!

What a big girl

A-Day at Auburn, and a good wireless signal:)

2008-04-02T11:38:00.000-07:00

Okay-so I haven't posted in a few days. With the cloudy weather we've been having here-it's hard to get a strong enough wireless signal to upload pictures. And a post without pictures is just boring:))
This past weekend we went to A-Day at Auburn with a couple we are good friends with, and Luke and Emmy. It was lots of fun. Great weather, good food, and the kids really behaved themselves. Couldn't have asked for more!
Here are some pictures

Okay-this has nothing to do with A-Day, but it's sweet seeing all of them eating at the table together.

Us after the game-you'll see in a moment why Luke has his head down:(

This is called a t-3. It's what the University Police get around on. The nicest poslice officer let Luke get on it and do the lights, siren, etc. Luke got to stay on it for like 5 minutes while Steven was getting autographs. Then he had to get off-needless to say-he was not a happy camper.

Here are the pictures of the super cool face tats that the kids got to wear-they both thought they were cool!

Here's Luke and his new best friend-Mr Kaleb. He followed Mr Kaleb around all day-sitting by him-having the same food as him-riding on his shoulders. He loves him. And Mr Kaleb is so sweet to him. They had a great time. Oh yeah-and that's his fiance-Ms Jennifer, Mommy's good friend.

Just a cute picture of my girlie

How do you house train kids???

2008-03-27T19:09:00.000-07:00

Okay-so my dog is better behaved than my kids are these days. Today I attempted to clean (and how is it that just when I think I have gotten all the laundry done-There are at least 2 more loads that have magically appeared in the hamper?) and in the midst of the cleaning-my kids decided to tear up some styrofoam out on the back porch and pretend it was snowing. And of course this styrofoam has static cling-so it is nearly impossible to clean. So then I had the brilliant idea of vacuuming the kids to get the styrofoam off of them. Worked like a charm-but then they thought it was so much fun-they went out and made themselves a mess again. Sigh.

Baby Lauren thinks she is a puppy now. She wants to be in the dog crate-and throws a fit when I don't let her eat puppy chow-what a mean mother I am.

She still looks so tiny. She is in the 90th percentile for height-and the 25th for weight. She just looks a lot younger than she is-but it's cute.

New House, New Dog, New Season

2008-03-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

Alrighty-

As many of you know-we got ourselves a new puppy. He is the sweetest, calmest puppy I have ever seen. Me & the kids & a friend went to the humane society to look at puppies. Luke wanted a "little puppy he could hold in his hands". Well, when they brought us out several tiny puppies, they were hyper, and crazy-and Luke changed his mind real quick about a little puppy-Emmy concurred. So I asked the lady we were working with what she recommended. She said "I would hate to give him up-but I think we have the perfect boy for you" She brought in Alex, who immediately sat down, and cocked his head and waited. When we put out our hands he came over and licked us. When we told him to sit-he sat. He licked the baby-and she laughed. It was just perfect. Turns out-Alex was brought in when he was just a few weeks old, and someone had pulled his hair out and put him in a dumpster. A huge black man found him about an hour and a half away-and drove in a thunderstorm to bring him to the shelter. The man's name was Alex. The shelter didn't think he was going to live-he was in pretty bad shape. So the head guy at the shelter took him home with him every night-and let him live with him for the last 3 months. He never went in the kennels with the other dogs-he lived under the counter with all the people who worked there. So-he is house trained, crate trained, knows commands, and is so sweet to the baby. He is a big boy-part rottweiler and part german sheppard-so he will be HUGE, but he is going to be an outside boy most of the time-so it should be good. The kids love him-and are still worried that we will be taking him back. Luke wants him to sleep in the bed with him-yeah right. Emma Grace tries to play with him-but when he gets hyper-she's done. Baby Lauren LOVES Alex. she is as sweet with him as he is with her. Considering they are technically about the same age-I am very impressed. Here are some pictures. (I know the caulk in the bathtub looks hideous-but it's on the to-do list) And this is what the house looks like now that Steven has finished painting it. I think it looks fab!

Laying outside of the bathroom waiting for the kids to get done with their bath

What a handsome boy

(Note: the white on his head & ears is where he was trying to help Daddy with the painting)

It's nice being able to bathe them all at the same time

Those are some seriously studly muscles!

She wanted to get out and play with the puppy

The new paint job

The old paint job

The camera is fixed!!

2008-03-25T14:23:00.000-07:00

Okay-so I fixed the camera-I think.

I am going to start posting pictures-and take some more when I get home tonight and put them up later tonight.

Here is a picture of us (sans Baby Lauren) at the circus in February.

Here is Emma Grace waiting to Jump Rope with the acrobats. While the guy was holding her and jumping rope, guys were flipping all around her, with thousands of people watching-cool.

Mid Jumping

More Circus-fun with Daddy

Luke man really liked it when they put the 7 motorcycles in the "cage of death" and drove them around-he said he wanted to do that when he grew up!

Christmas morning.

Luke mad at me for making them stop playing with their Christmas toys and take a dad-gum picture-what a meanie!

The first snow in the new house!

Cheese!!!!!

I think Daddy had as much fun as the kids!

What? I'm not gonna throw it at you

(of course as soon as I took the picture-he did)

Sheesh Louise!!!!!!!!!!

2008-03-14T07:51:00.000-07:00

Okay-I know I am in the doghouse for not having posted in -almost literally-forever.
But to my defense-our digital camera has been broken and I haven't been able to upload pictures. Hopefully I will be able to get a new camera this weekend. I am going to look anyway.
A little update on what we've been doing the past 4 months.
Lauren will turn 1 this Sunday-the year has flown by. She is walking now, and only takes a bottle at night. She is normal size-but looks younger than she is. People are always suprised when I tell them she is almost 1. But it does make it look cute when you see her walking around-like a little tiny doll baby.
Emma Grace is doing good. She is still the dominant child. But she is everybody's favorite. She is so affectionate, which also translates to passionate, which is not always a good thing:) She is learning how to write her name, as she wants to do everything her big brother does. She is very smart, and loves playing outside.
Luke is still a great big brother. He is big enough now that he helps with Baby Lauren. He really likes doing "manly" things with his Daddy. He really likes school, and loves writing his letters. He is still obsessed with Power Rangers and Transformers. It's pretty cute seeing him do his power ranger moves in front of the tv-very intimidating!
Steven is still doing good. He is still working at the Church Communications company . He is the Sr. High/College Director, as well as the Evangelism/Outreach Director at our church right now. It's a lot on his plate-but he really enjoys that kinda stuff.
I am still the Children's Director at church-and I still love it. Right now is an exciting time in our church's life-there are a lot of things happening-and good things! Our church is Cedar Grove, the church where Steven's Parents have gone for the last 15 years, where Steven did his Youth Internship, and the Church where we got married. We love it!
Well, as SOON as I get a new camera I will post new pictures.

It's that time of year

2007-12-14T08:05:00.000-08:00

Well, things are very busy around here-with Christmas programs, parades, and me starting my job at the church-we have been going every day.

Here are some new pictures-warning-there are 3 months worth-so beware! :)

we had Pawpaws 60th birthday party-it was a blast

Baby Lauren can sit up all by herself and play-she has just started crawling as of last night
This is our first attempt at braiding the night before to get the wavy look for church-
not quite perfected yet:)

Emma Grace's scary face-we love it

Luke and Emma Grace being silly-what you cant really tell is that Emma Grace is squeezing the stuffing out of Luke-so he's making a squeezed out face

At our photo shoot in the fall-Luke, as all 4 year old boys do, loves bathroom humor-you can tell what he's doing-gross!

Baby Lauren got some of PawPaw's birthday cake

Mmmmmmhhhhhhh!

Our Christmas Card pic-not perfect-but close enough!!

Emma Grace wearing Mommy's glasses

Pretty Princess

Emma Grace's hair all pretty for church

Fall Fest pics

2007-11-01T08:39:00.000-07:00

Well, we made it thru another halloween unscathed-well, we do have some residual face paint from last night-but other than that.......

We had a great time-we went to Steven's work for a luncheon where everyone-even the grown ups were dressed up, then we came home and took a big nap-then we got re-dressed & make-uped and left for the fall festival at church-we stayed there a few hours-winning candy-dancing & jumping on the inflatables-then we left for MawMaw & PawPaw's where we met up with a few of our cousins and went trick-or treating for the first time-it was super fun!! The weather was PERFECT, and the kids really enjoyed themselves!

Here are some pictures from last night-if you can't tell-Luke-of course-was a power ranger, Emma Grace was Tinker bell(we lost her wings somewhere in the preceeding weeks), and Baby Lauren was a Bumble Bee-she actually did really good with not messing with her costume!

We're so happy it's fall and we can wear our cool winter stuff!

We're so happy we'll even hug each other-madness!

Beautiful Tinkerbell

See my pretty makeup like Mommy

The whole Trick or Treating Gang

Mid trick-or-treating

I know, I know-I am a terrible mother-but she seemed so sad without any candy of her own

And look how happy she is now!
We're half way done

All done, and back to MawMaw's to sort candy

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!

2007-10-26T16:59:00.000-07:00

Okay-I know it has been a really long time again since I posted last, but it takes about an hour to upload photos with this new internet we have, and when you have 3 kids running around all the time-rarely do I have the time-but I will try to do better:)
Things around here have been great. It's finally gotten cold here, which I love-it makes me feel a little at home ( I grew up in Seattle). The kids seem to like it too, they have loved putting on their gloves & coats to go play outside. Luke, of course, has power ranger gloves-silliness!Grandpa & Granny (my dad & stepmom) came a few weeks ago, and we had a great time. I, unfortunately, did not use the camera as much as I should have-and have no pictures of the kids with their grandparents. Granny did take some pictures-so when I get a copy, I will post them.We are still having a GREAT time in our new house, and I still don't have pictures to put up-but I promise I will soon. We love having our own space again-and a yard to play in-it's fantabulous!! We definately feel at home here-it's a perfect first home for us-and by first home, I mean the first home that we can say is ours-not the church's.

Here are some new pics-Enjoy!

We went to the city park by where Steven works-it's fabulous! We try to go have a picnic with Daddy at least once a month. If you can see behind Luke-the caterpillar is a set of money bars/ladder type thing that you climb on-Luke climbed the whole thing by himself-people at the park were impressed by my mighty 4 year old!

Queen of the Jungle Gym

Daddy helping Emma Grace on the Monkey Bars

Emma Grace looking like a big girl with her headband on.

Picture of the kids with their outfits Granny & Grandpa gave them (Halloween)

2007-10-09T13:08:00.000-07:00

Emma Grace and her buddy Evan at Luke's birthday party

Oh my goodness----Luke is OBSESSED with power rangers!

Emma Grace is excited for Daddy to get home

Baby Lauren after eating prunes!

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday (Emma Grace now has a full body rash from the hay:(

okay, I KNOW it's been forever!!! Just gimme a minute!!

2007-10-09T12:45:00.000-07:00

Okay-we are finally settled enough that I have found my camera cords to download pictures.
We are LOVING the new house. I have been working non-stop since we moved in-changing rooms around, painting things outside, changing the deck, unpacking, doing crafty type things...etc.
The kids are loving the house too. They got all their old toys out of storage, which they were pumped about, as well as getting new beds (well, Luke got his old bed back) But Emma Grace and Lauren both got new beds. Emma Grace moved out of the crib into a full-sized bed, which she and Lauren will share when Lauren gets bigger. And Baby Lauren moved out of the bassinet (which she was WAY too big for), into her big girl crib-and all these changes without a hitch. Everybody slept thru the night right away, and have ever since. Praise God!!!
Emma Grace has also made a huge leap into big-girldom...She is officially, all the way, potty trained!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wOOOHoooo!!! Now we're down to just 1 in diapers-mucho bettero!
We now have cruddy internet service, so please be patient as I figure it out, returning e-mails later than normal, not uploading as many pictures, etc...
I have not taken any new pictures of the house yet, but I will Friday night-when I plan on having EVERYTHING finished(except the deck, which I have to wait several months to paint because the wood is treated and I have to wait for it to dry out or the paint will peel).So I will post new house pics after that.
Okay-so for some reason I cannot upload pictures-but I will keep trying, but I am gonna post this for now.

2 more days............well, sorta

2007-09-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

Well, we close on the new house in 2 days-excited, just a little:)

However, much to our dismay-we cannot move in until Monday:(

In the contract-the old owner has 72 hours after closing to move out. She told us a month ago that she would be out long before then-so we would be able to move right on in-well, when we got there to do the final walk-thru yesterday, lo and behold there was about half of her stuff still in there:( So she won't be all moved out until Sunday afternoon. Now, all of this after we have rented the u-haul, lined up people to help us move, set up cable, power, water, gas, etc...

So now it looks like Steven and me-muscle woman, will be moving all by our lonesomes on Monday:)So, if you have nothing to do this monday-and want to help-give us a call:)

On a much lighter note-Luke turned 4 yesterday-woohoo!!!

Granny and Grandpa sent birthday presents, and it was like a SpiderMan Christmas. He got just about everything SpiderMan you could think of. He also got some Spidy stuff from Mommy & Daddy & MawMaw & PawPaw. He was way pumped about it.

We will have his birthday party on September 30th, so we can have the party at the new house after everything has settled down a bit:) I will post pics after that!

Here are some pics of the new house-sorta hard to tell what's going on in some of them, and it's not our stuff in there-but you'll get the idea!

View from when you first walk in the front door

View of back yard from the carport

View of the den "Auburn Room" from the kitchen

View of the kitchen from the Auburn room

Our one lonely bathroom:)

Living room again from other angle

View of dining room from the Auburn Room

My Mailbox-I just think it's cute

View from Dining Room to back door

Back Deck

Luke Man with his cool new Spider Man light-up shoes

I made cupcakes for Luke's class at school-Emma Grace thought it was funny to put icing on her nose:)

Fantabulous!!!

2007-08-24T12:01:00.000-07:00

No comment-just thought it was cute:)

Well, we will close on the new house in 14 days-I am a little excited about it (sarcasm noted)

Things are going well around here-busy at church and getting ready to move.

Luke is loving school-as we knew he would. His Aunt Barbara (great aunt) who is the assistand director at his preschool, told us the other day that as the were having an assembly they get different children to come up on the stage and hold the flags, bibles, etc...Well, she was trying to think of different ways to pick children to come up on stage, so she asked if anyone had a birthday coming up-and no one raised their hands, she asked if anyone had just had a birthday-no one raised their hands, after several questions with no one raising their hands-Luke shot his hand up, and when called upon shouted "I'm a Christian"-well, needless to say he got to come on stage and hold the Bible that day:)

We do need(want) a few things for the new house-if ya'll have any of these items that you want to donate to the poor-man-weems fund-let me know:)

-Microwave (black)

-Electric stove/Oven (black)

-outdoor furniture

-Blue or Pea Green vase or something like that

-brown area rug

-purple or pink area rug (girl's room)

-chandelier

-end tables

-book shelves (big for steven's books)

That's it:)

Here's some new pics of kiddos

My big girl-she really likes the walker (while watching baby einstein of course!)

He thinks he's too big to take naps-ha!

This is Luke and Erika-they sleep like this from about 6:30-8 every morning (these pictures may bring in money down the road (blackmail:)

My little Leeder (we are moving into the Leeds school district{where steven went to school} so we are prepping her to be a cheerleeder-green and white are the colors)

First Day of School

2007-08-06T07:28:00.000-07:00

Here are the pics from the first day of school. People keep asking me if I am sad about it, but I guess since I know I still have babies at home with me, I'm not. It's exciting to get to see him be so excited about it-he's getting to be a big boy. Every new step in life he takes is exciting-sorta like taking his first steps. When I went to drop he & Erika (cousin) off, they got out of the car, grabbed each other's hand, and walked in together-it was perfect!

Here are some pics from this morning.

He refused to smile for the camera

Luke and Erika-ready to go

Of course Emma Grace needed her picture taken too!

Spidey Boy & Little MaMa

2007-08-05T15:54:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day Lukey is a baby (preschool starts tomorrow!)-so MawMaw & PawPaw got the kids some presents-here are the pics-fantabulous, I know:)

Lukey in his sweet new spider man outfit ( I will have to fight him to make him take it off for school in the morning)

Emma Grace holding her new baby doll-and showing us her cool spidey moves, cause she has to be like bubba!

And a couple weeks ago we had the WHOLE family picture made-and here it is! It went amazingly smooth-considering there were 10 kids!

winds of change...........

2007-07-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

Well, a lot has been going on around here lately, we move into the new house in 41 days- we are very excited. Steven starts his new job tomorrow, he is ready to get going with that. God has really provided for us, just what we needed.

We will be joining Cedar Grove this Sunday, and I am the new "point person" for the children's ministry (meaning I organize everything), and Steven is the new college director-so we are excited about that too! We never had our kids dedicated at any of the other churches-so we will be having all 3 of them dedicated sometime this next month--fun!

Here are some new pics of the kids--

Luke after not having his daily nap

Emma Grace "helping" with Baby Lauren

See-she really did help!

look at how beautiful I am!

Two pretty girls!

Getting clean after a hard day of playing

Big girl

Pretty red jammies

I know it looks like he's ready to go somewhere-but this is how he gets ready for bed-usually he has his shoes on and backpack too!

Emma Grace doing a no-no on the bed

New pics

2007-07-13T07:07:00.000-07:00

Here are some new pics of the kids-however silly they may be:)

You don't have to say it-I already know

At least they're HIS underwear

See how long she's getting!

They've been up to something

But they love each other in the end

2007-07-08T19:58:00.000-07:00

Okay-here is the picture of our new house. Okay, okay- I know it looks ugly on the outside-but a new coat of paint on the house and deck-and it will be darling. The inside is WAY cute, and the yard is to die for! It is a 3 bedroom one bath (double vanity), with a living room, dining room, kitchen, laundry room, and den(Auburn room:). It has a huge covered deck that runs the length of the house in the backyard, 3 huge pecan trees with perfect branches for a tire swing, and a cute little garden for me to try my green thumb out:)

After much prayer and consideration-Steven and I decided to go way cheaper with our house budget-so we would not be "house poor", and we found this darling little house (actually not that little-1700 Sq Ft). God knew just what we needed right now for our family. Anyway- I will post new pics after we paint it-it will look much different.

We will close on it September 7th, and move in that day-so the countdown is on-57 days!!!

should this be the one??!!!

2007-07-04T15:10:00.000-07:00

As I wrote in my last post-we are getting very close to purchasing our first home-however, the one we love may be in jeopardy:(
It was a "flip" house, and it will be another week before they have finished with the inside and some upkeep things on the yard. Then for a full week after they get through, they will be accepting offers on the house, and they think they will be getting several. Since this house is so fabulous, and priced so very well for what you get, we are worried that there will be a lot of offers. We have a relatively low ceiling that we can hit with how much we can afford, so if it comes to a bidding war-we fear that we will lose:(
We LOVE the house, and it would be perfect for us right now-so we are praying that these people will accept our offer (4000 above list), think we are a cute couple and that we deserve it, and that we can get the house. So if you think about us-keep that in your prayers-that they would choose us for the house:)
If we can't get that house, here is houseing option #2,
Not as big-but brand spankin' new.

(The other #2 option from the last post was already bought:) )

new house??

2007-06-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

Well, it looks like Steven has got him a new job. And that means-WE CAN BUY A HOUSE!!!!

Here are some pics of the one we love, and hopefully will be buying soon:)

It has 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and a bonus room-as well as all the standards-kitchen-dining-living-etc...

Plus a HUGE yard for dog, swingset, trampoline, etc.

I know most of you already have houses, and it's no big deal-but this will be our first house that we have bought, and I am way excited about it after having to live with Steven's parents for 4 months. It will be wonderful to have a place to call our own.

View from the front of the house

View from the side-you can see how big the yard is!

View from other side of the house-garage, etc

House option #2 is House #1 doesn't work out:)

Emma Grace is 2!!!

2007-06-17T16:44:00.000-07:00

Well, this past weekend we had Emmy's birthday party-it was loads of fun!

Here are some pics of it-

ps-it looks like we fed Baby Lauren a ton of icing, but MawMaw just got a bunch of pics with it on her face:)

The Birthday girl!

Luke-Man wearing Emmy's new birthday sunglasses-manly!

Birthday girl & her Mommy

Princess Olivia (cousin)

Baby Lauren is lovin her Aunt Mitsi & Aunt Kathy

Gimme more of that stuff!!

They all decorated their own cakes

Guilty

The culprits caught in the act:)

Eatin that nummy birthday cake

More cousins

fishin', swimmin', & tractorin"

2007-06-07T11:57:00.001-07:00

Well, it's 2 pm and it has already been a fun-filled day.

First of all-anyone reading this, pray for our Daddy-he has a ruptured disc in his lower back and will have to have surgery. He has an appointment this afternoon with the surgeon, we will know more after that. This morning, Mommy got us up early, and we ate breakfast & got dressed. Then we went to Dude's friend's house who has all the cool stuff. We went swimming first, then rode the tractor (Luke, NOT Emma Grace), then we went and fished for some monster catfish. Luke helped to catch one, and Mommy caught a big one herself-it was lots of fun.

Here are the pics

Dude throwing Emma Grace in the air-she would look totally freaked out, then

she would say "Again!"

This is F_U_N!

I'm tryin' Mommy!

The catfish was literally as big as he was!

Mommy with her first catfish

Mommy & Dude's catfish *those are size 13 shoes!*

Mimi & Dude's!

2007-06-06T07:47:00.001-07:00

This past week we have been in AR visiting Mommy's family. We have had lots of fun. First, we did such a great job driving the whole 7 hours to get here-our best time ever, and Baby Lauren's first time!

After we got here, we got to go to the lake and ride on a real boat, it was very exciting! We got to fish (Luke caught 6) and swim and see ducks & turtles. Then on Sunday we got to go to Mommy's home church-Marrable Hill Chapel. It was lots of fun. Mommy got to see a lot of old friends, and we made some new friends in Nursery. This Saturday we get to go see them all again because we get to go to Victory (church camp) for the day and have LOTS of fun. We will get to ride horses & swim & everything!

Tomorrow we will get to go fishing for catfish, swim in a pool & ride a

tractor-very exciting.
Here are a bunch of new pics, we will post more tomorrow:)

are we there yet?

I am one cool dude on the way to the lake

at the gas station-ready to rock!

okay, maybe not that ready:)

Luke fished, Emma Grace ate cheetos:)

The first of Luke's 6 monstrous fish

Luke man driving the boat

Emma Grace's turn

cruisin...

Baby Lauren had about all she could handle

Mommy & Baby Lauren after we're all done

Baby Lauren in the captain's chair

Emma Grace & Dude swimming in the Lake

What in the world?

I'm not doing anything, what?
(Luke took this pic)

Botanical Gardens & fat girl

2007-05-22T16:13:00.000-07:00

Well, today we went on an adventure to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens-what fun! It was super hot, but Mommy brought extra clothes so kiddos could play in the water to cool down before we left.

Daddy is still looking for a new job, so please keep him in your prayers-we have applied several places-some we never thought about before-so maybe God is leading us in a new direction:)?

Here are new pics of Baby Lauren & our trip to the gardens

Big Baby muscles

No Baby, look at ME!

Luke Man-lookin' cool

Artsy Fartsy pic of kids in fountain

More kids in fountain-not so artsy fartsy

Ear piercings, smiles & mosquito bites

2007-05-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

Here are a few new pics from today. Yesterday Mommy & the kids went to the Galleria with one of Mommy's old college friends & her 3 kids, it was actually a fun experience. While we were there we went to a little shop for girls called "Libby Lu's, and got Emma Grace's ears pierced. She cried for about 15 seconds, bu

t then with the promise of an ice cream cone, she was fine. Luke got a mosquito bite on the back of his ear last night at Daddy's softball game, so he looks like 1/2 of a dumbo today-funny.

Baby Lauren has really gotten into smiling the past few days, finally caught some on camera

See my pretty ears

My ear is huge, I don't care:)

Big smiles for Mommy

See how big I am

new pics

2007-05-14T13:37:00.000-07:00

Well, this last weekend was busy. Saturday for lunch Steven's whole family came over and we grilled hamburgers & hot dogs, in celebration of mother's day. later that afternoon, I got my toes done in preparation for the nights events. That night was Steven's 10 year reunion. Very exciting, well not really, but it was a night we could dress up and be without children for several hours.

Sunday we went to church and after the kids got their nap I took them to swim for a couple hours. Emma Grace is a natural swimmer. She had her little arm floaties on and that was it. She and Luke took turns diving off the diving board into the deep end and then swimming the length of the pool to me.

Lauren has started the "I'm not happy unless my Mommy is holding me" phase. Lots of fun for everyone.

Here are some new pics from this weekend

Wait a minute....Where's Mommy?

Baby Lauren & Cousin Erika

Emma Grace is getting ready too:)

Mommy & Daddy dressed & ready to go

Full Length shot

Our busy weekend:)

2007-05-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

Well, this past weekend Mommy & the kids ventured back to visit our friends in Hamilton. We got there Saturday afternoon and stayed til Sunday night. We stayed with our beloved Grammy & PopPop, who treated us like we were their children while we lived there, we miss them:(

We got to go play with our friends the Serena's, who have a 3 year old son Bryson-who is Lukey's bestest friend. Bryson's mommy Marla is one of Mommy's very good friends.

Sunday night was an event called "Hamilton Idol". Much like American Idol, featuring a Randy, Paula & Simon. However-the talent leaves something to be desired. It is all parody and lipsyncing (spelling?). This year I chose to portray Michael Jackson and perform "Billie Jean"-dancing & all. Hideous-yes, Hilarious-yes. As great as I was, the winner was even better. She dressed up in full outfit as Dolly Parton, and actually sang 9 to 5. It was hilarious. Shout out to Rebekah Wiginton-You deserved it!

Here are some pics of the weekend

Luke and Bryson on the tractor

Sexy-yes?

You have to click to enlarge to fully appreciate this one

My wig kept falling off while dancing

Pop Pop & Emma Grace in the pool

Luke jumping in the pool

Grammy holding Baby Lauren

Coming to Hamilton

2007-05-02T19:38:00.000-07:00

Well, this weekend will be busy as Mommie is venturing back to Hamilton by herself with all 3 kids in tow. We are driving up Saturday around noon, and coming home Sunday night after Hamilton Idol (think American Idol only funny and with untalented people:) in which I will be performing an excellent rendition of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson-pictures are sure to follow. Here are some new pics, hope you enjoy!

Luke after uncle TyTy gave the kids a whole bag of cotton candy-Thanks alot TyTy

Baby Lauren after church Sunday morning-getting bigger everyday

Mommy looking fat, but I thought this was a funny picture of baby Lauren

Emma Grace being sweet to Baby Lauren laying on the floor

Uncle TyTy with Luke and aforementioned cotton candy

Emma Grace holding baby Lauren

Mommy & Baby Lauren at the Park

Emma Grace

Lukey

Luke and his beloved new Superman lunchbag-he can't wait till he's big enough to go to school and use this thing-till then he carries around everything he wods in it-you can see it bulging:)

It's just another day here at MawMaw's......

2007-04-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

Well, we haven't really been doing anything exciting around here, but here are some new pics anyway:) If you remember us, please pray that Steven would find where God wants him-SOON!!!!!

Luke doing his silly dance

Emma Grace looking inconspicuous after stealing Luke's Pez dispenser

Baby Lauren sleeping-not real exciting, but you can see how chubby she's starting to look.

These are three of our girl cousins-they stay here a lot of the time too:)
Olivia-5, Savannah-8, and Erika-4

New pics of baby lauren

2007-04-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

Here are some new pics of baby lauren.

See how chubby my cheeks are now!

Here's a picture of my monkey toes-the pediatrician says that I will be a tall girl.

Here's me wide awake, at 11 o'clock at night when I should be sleeping!

Here's me staring at my Daddy. I've started smiling a little now, I will try to smile for the camera as soon as I can~

A little of everything

2007-04-12T12:42:00.000-07:00

Here are new pics, no rhyme or reason to them-just random:)

Emma Grace showing all of us her muscles-impressive!

Baby Lauren asleep on my baby's daddy

This is how Baby Lauren gets calmed down when mommy can't nurse at that exact moment-PawPaw walks the halls with her propped up on his shoulder just like this-sweet.

This is a pic of some of the cousins listening to the Easter Story as read by MawMaw.

Emma Grace proving to us that she REALLY IS IN THE TERRIBLE TWOS!!!!

My first bath!

2007-04-12T11:29:00.001-07:00

Well, Baby Lauren's umbilical cord FINALLY fell off, after holding onto it for 25 days. But a cute belly button it did make. Here are some pics of the first real bath. (It's in the sink because our baby bathtub doesn't fit on MawMaw & PawPaw's sink)

Am I supposed to like this?

Wait a Minute.....

Yeah, I think I liked that!

jammies, favorite spots & pretty girls

2007-04-06T18:28:00.000-07:00

Today was uneventful, but here are some new pics.

Emma Grace looking pretty in her new dress she got from Granny (Cheryl Morgan)

Emma Grace again looking pretty in her cherry jammies. We're trying to grow her bangs out so they're plastered to the side of her head with hairspray trying to train them to stay that way, that's why her hair is so Chris Farley in the "Down by the River" skit.

Luke looking cool in his Incredibles jammies-his favorite

Baby Lauren in her new favorite spot, the mini swing. Gives Mommy time to get things done & spend some time with Bubba & Sissy.

Professional pics

2007-04-04T13:53:00.000-07:00

Well, today we took the kids for professional pictures. Mommy & MawMaw got up this morning and took the kids and Erika to get Easter pictures. Here they are.

Aren't we precious?

is Baby Lauren okay?-Emma Grace

Peaceful sweet baby

More pics for mimi

2007-04-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

Okay,

Just a few more pics today, since MiMi wanted to see her with her eyes open, and I finally got some pictures today

.
Why am I not eating right now?

Don't I look like my big brother?

Emma Grace being silly

Weems girls, aren't we cute?

First Church Experience for Baby Lauren

2007-04-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

Well, today was our first church experience with baby Lauren, and without Daddy to help. Not so bad-except that Baby Lauren has gotten used to nursing all the time, so asking her to go any amount of time awake without wating while being quiet was a little much to ask. Soooo, Mommy was in and out of the service a lot. Since we haven't found a home church yet, Daddy went to a big church in Birmingham that he had always wanted to check out, and since Mommy didn't want to drag 3 kids into a church we had never been to before, She took the opportunity to go to church with Aunt Kathy & Uncle Jim. It worked out really good because we got to go to lunch at Guadalajara (mexican restaurant) afterward, Daddy's favorite. Luke & Emma Grace got to go to Sunday School, and they enjoyed themselves. Luke got to go in Erika's class, and Aunt Kathy was Emma Grace's teacher today. Mommy took some pictures of us when we got home, of course Baby Lauren is sleeping again, but at least you can see a little how her face is filling out.

Also, Luke, Daddy & PawPaw went to the Thomas & Friends carnival this past Friday. There is a railroad museum and once a year Thomas & His Friends come to town. They get to ride Thomas, meet all the characters & ride rides, etc... all revolving around Thomas. They had a great time.

When are we gonna ride already?

Look at how cool I am!

See my pretty smile?

Wake up for a picture? You've got to be kidding me!

Hurry up already!

I just think it's funny to see people scramble to figure out what's wrong with me!

tractors, trucks, & bein a little skeered

2007-03-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm about ready to go insane being around the house all day without getting out, but the kids love it. Today PawPaw rode Luke & Erika (cousin) around in the tractor trailer. Emma Grace is scared to ride because it is so loud-so she and Daddy watched from the back of Daddy's truck, much better. Lauren woke up this morning at 5am and decided it was time to be awake-WIDE AWAKE, much to Mommy's dismay. So now she has been sleeping all day while Mommy has to do chores and can't get a nap-Cripes!!!

Here are new pics from today.

PawPaw riding the kids

Emma Grace & Daddy-Safe & Secure in the back of the truck

Checkin' it out-from a safe distance, while holding Daddy

All Done, back to the fenced in back yard-Awww Man!

Baby Lauren making a pouty face-sleeping the day away!

10 days old!

2007-03-26T11:34:00.000-07:00

Well, we made it to 10 days old without Emma Grace trying to carry the baby outside to play in the sand, we consider this a victory! Here is baby Lauren taking a big nap in her bassinet. She has been sleeping so well the past few nights, only waking up once to eat-Yaye Lauren!!!

Emma Grace looking fabulous modeling the new Spring Line

Emma Grace showing us how she can love the baby "GENTLY!!!"

Luke being his normal self

Getting clean after a hard day of playing outside. When we lived in Hamilton the kids would get a bath every other day-here they have to get one AT LEAST once a day, lots of fun playing in the dirt!

things around here!

2007-03-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

Well, things are beginning to slow down a bit here. Baby Lauren is up every 2-3 hours at night to eat, but she is sleeping in-between so we are too. Luke and Emma Grace still love her and aare very loving with her (notice I didn't say gentle!) Luke is very soft with her and knows what is okay and what isn't. Emma Grace on the other hand is a little "Lenny" (mice & men reference) with her, but still sweet nontheless.

These pictures are of Baby Lauren freshly bathed in her favorite vibrating seat, Emma Grace riding big brother's 4 wheeler, what a big girl! And Luke-man, let's just say he's practicing for being a grown man-hilarious!

Baby Lauren's Here!

2007-03-18T17:38:00.000-07:00

Well, she's here!

Friday afternoon, Lauren Elizabeth Weems made her way into this world.

She was 7 lbs, 3 oz & 20.5 inches long. She had a very pink/olive complexion from the get-go. She is a fiesty eater & great pooper. Other than that she sleeps. She has the hairline of a 50 yearold man, let's just say she'll be wearing some bows till that changes. Here are some pics of her, I will post more as we take them.

8 more days?!?!?!?!

2007-03-08T15:06:00.000-08:00

Okay, had a doctor's appt today and I am 3-4 cm dialated, still 80% effaced, and measuring at 40 weeks, which means that the baby will be, from the doctor's prediction, 8-8.5 lbs, and she is long. SOOOOOOO, any day now, and the doctor cancelled my next thursday appt, since it really wouldn't matter what happens next thursday, I will be induced Friday regardless (unless I go into labor before then) which at this point is pretty likely.

Here is a picture of my hugely hideous belly today, for those of you not married or no children-pretty good birth control looking at all these stretch marks! ha

Also, a fabulous pic of Emma Grace with her freshly brushed teeth she loves to show off:)

once again!

2007-03-06T13:16:00.000-08:00

Okay, I forgot. When I went to the doctor last Thursday, I was already 80% effaced and 2 cm dialated, so if I don't have the baby before then, she will definately induce me on the 16th. And on a much grosser note, I lost my mucus plug yesterday, so any time now!!!

more pics

2007-03-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

peace and quiet!

2007-03-06T13:00:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of the kids, thought they were cute sleeping after a fun filled morning of playing outside. Here also are some pictures of our farewell supper at HUMC. It was really sad, but nice to know how much we were loved. I look hideous and swollen, but I am 9 months pregnant and had been crying a good portion of the day. Steven has an interview at a church next monday night, so keep him in your prayers!

14 more days!!!!!

2007-03-01T15:41:00.001-08:00

Okay, exactly 2 weeks from tomorrow I should be delivering baby Lauren. I get "checked" (you women know what I'm talking about, you men don't want to!) tomorrow to see how far dialated I am so far. If I can get to 3-4 centimeters by the morning of the 15th, then she will induce me on the 16th. I will be exactly 38 weeks by then, and I was already 4 centimeters when I was that far along with Emma Grace. So I will be eating lots of spicy foods, walking, stretching, etc. until then. Don't have any real recent pics, but here are some newer ones anyways.

Baby Lauren & Santa

2006-12-05T09:09:00.000-08:00

Forgot to post pictures of Baby Lauren. This ultrasound picture is of just her face, with her arm covering 1/2 of it. Also, we went and saw Santa last night. Luke was way into it, Emma Grace not so much.

new pictures

2006-12-05T08:50:00.000-08:00

Okay, so it's been a while since I posted. Things are in full Christmas swing here. Hopefully we will be moving back to Birmingham in the next few months, exciting but a little scary.

I am now 24 weeks, this picture is of me at 23 weeks-woah, big. We also have a doggie that comes to our house every day-he's not ours but we feed him and gave him a little bed outside. We named him Chewy-the kids love him and he loves them.

Baby Lauren

2006-11-01T11:22:00.000-08:00

Hey, it's a girl. I swore up and down that it was gonna be a boy, but suprise suprise! Emma Grace will have a playmate, only 21 months between the two girls. She will be Lauren Elizabeth. Will post pictures later.

2006-10-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of the Auburn game.

New pictures, finally!!

2006-10-24T09:25:00.000-07:00

Here's the fam after the Auburn game against Tulane last Saturday. we had a great time, but at this pount we were all tired and ready to go home.

Here are Steven & me at 16 1/2 weeks of pregnancy. It takes forever to download pictures, so I will just be adding 1-2 new pictures each post, but I've got about 15 new pictures to show from our trip to Auburn University last weekend, cute. Morning sickness is over, wahooooo!

2006-09-10T15:10:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of me & my friend Marla at her baby shower-2 preggos together. These are pictures of the kids at Auburn's A-Day back in April, but they are cute so I posted them.
Feeling a little better today, maybe it will last. Started on some new no-peuk medicine, but it makes me feel all drugged up, so I may have to change again.

still a sick-o

2006-09-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

Hey,
Well, no pictures to post today, but I will tomorrow. We've been in Birmingham letting Steven's Mom take care of me while I was sick-let's just say it was so nice there I hated to have to come home. Kids are getting better-thankfully, but Steven had gotten a touch of it-oh well.

Will update more tomorrow, hopefully I will feel better soon. I am 12 1/2 weeks so I should be done any time now.
Later Taters

woah sick!

2006-08-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I had to go to the hospital Friday because I was so sick, couldn't stop peuking for a full 24 hours-gross! Pulled it together enough fro Luke's Birthday Party #1, we will have #2 in B'Ham next weekend. He had a good time, lots of presents & cupcakes. It wasn't everything I wanted it to be, but he didn't know the difference. Today we all have colds-Luke, fever-Emma Grace, snot face-Mom, sore throat. So hopefully in a few days we will be over it...hopefully. Here are some pictures of the birthday party.

Big, Fat & Proud

2006-08-22T12:34:00.001-07:00

Here are some new preggo pictures. I know that I look like a cow, but hey-3rd baby, the body goes quick. Feel better today, as long as I'm constantly eating-ha!

2006-08-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

Well.....
The past few days have not been too chipper in the Weems' household. Mommie has been peuking for 6 days straight, and is losing weight at an amazing rate....boohoo.
Mawmaw is coming to pick Luke and Emma Grace up on Monday morning to take them back to Birmingham with her so they can have some human interaction, poor babies.
I'm 10 weeks pregnant now, and with the other two babies I was done being sick by about 15 weeks, so hopefully only 5 more weeks to go!!!
Here's some cute pictures of the kids when from when we were in AR last-Emma Grace looking cute, and Luke catching his first fish with Granny-what a big boy!

2006-08-16T18:34:00.000-07:00

hi mimi

2006-08-16T17:27:00.000-07:00

Hey All,
Here's the first belly pic, luke likes to be "soft" to my belly. Sweet big brother.
I'm not throwing up as long as I'm eating-so look forward to me gaining about 700 pounds with this one-HAHA

2006-08-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

okay, I'll figure it out eventually

Weems World

2006-08-15T13:55:00.000-07:00

Today, sick.....so not much to write, but here are some pictures. Hope they work, still figuring this thing out. By the way, we picked out names-Jacob Michael or Lauren Elizabeth, cute huh?!?!

Us at A-Day

2006-08-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

2006-08-13T16:32:00.000-07:00

Well, I took the cue from a friend, and created a blog for us. We are the Weems. There's Steven, 27, Abbey, 26, Luke, 3, Emma Grace, 1, and baby #3 coming in March of '07. We'll start posting pictures soon, so everybody can keep updated without having to download pictures that take forever. Love ya