Gender Reveal!!

Since the day I told my kids we were going to have another baby Cohen has wanted to have a gender reveal party.  We really did not want to find out what we were having.  We did this with Bryce and it by far was the most fun.  We love a good surprise and there isn't one any better than a baby.  However, we have quite a bit of planning to do before this baby, mainly our bedroom situation.  Someone will be sharing for a while and knowing would help us prepare for that.  My best friend, LeAnne, was also all on board for doing the party and so we did!  My doctor gave me the envelope at one of my appointments and I passed that along to LeAnne.  She handled the rest and then we got to have a lot of our family and friends over for the big reveal.  We wanted everyone to wear their guess color.  LeAnne had big balloons for us to pop.  One for the kids and one for Kelly and me.  Bryce hates noise so he was not in on the popping, he stood off to the side covering his ears.  Once the time came it was pretty fun and I know the girls loved it.  In the end we popped the balloons to find out we would be getting another sweet GIRL.  I had Cohen over the moon excited and Bryce not so much.  He actually cried to me and told me he was now "mad at God."  Having one of each made it a lot easier on us because we did not care either way.  We were celebrating that everything looked healthy!    Now Bryce will always be my #1 boy and he doesn't have to share his things.  That's what we told him.  And I have to say he is one special boy and I wouldn't ever want to compare another to him because we all know every child is different!  So now we are preparing for all the cute girl things that are so so fun.   And a huge thanks to everyone who came to party with us!  It was so much fun and it wouldn't have been near as fun without all our close friends and family to party with us.  After all it does take a village and we will definitely be relying on our village now!   We can't wait to meet this sweet girl in just a few short months!

our boy guesses

our girl guesses...small group of right guessers too

This was too funny and broke your heart all at once.  But as soon as the big boys came to get him he was good!

Denny went all out on his attire...he was pretty sure it was a girl and he was right!

Daddy Daughter Dance!

This year was the 3rd year in a row that our school has had their Daddy/Daughter dance.  The girls absolutely love this and look forward to it!  I was so sad this was Cohen's last one!  Since she loves to dance she is the most excited every year.  She really gets into dressing up.  Kate will get into it a little bit but overall she doesn't care too much.  They both looked so cute in their dresses!  Kelly is one lucky daddy to have these 2!  I am so thankful that Poplar Springs Baptist Church puts so much in to this night and making it so special for all the girls at the elementary school.  I know everyone has such a fun time!  I'm always glad when the school posts pictures to their Facebook page so us mamas can see a little of what went on!

Cohen turns 11!

A tad late on Cohen's birthday post!  Our oldest baby turned 11 and I can't even believe it.  I feel like she is just changing so much every day and just growing up so fast.  The fact that middle school is right around the corner just blows my mind and makes me want to cry.  Our little girl is just growing up, but we couldn't be more proud of who she is.  Cohen is so smart, funny, and so talented.  She makes us very proud!  Don't get me wrong though, she is 11 and she has that little pre-teen sass that can make us lose our minds too.  She has always been strong willed and is her own worst critic.  I know a lot of that will work to her favor as she grows but may not always be the best for her and her mama!!   I do love her with all I have though and I know God has big things planned for this girl.  She is going to go far and I pray she keeps herself focused in the right direction and know that she can do anything she puts her mind too.  I also pray she keeps God first in her life and knows that His plan for her is by far greater than anything else.

Last picture with my 10 year old!

We celebrated Cohen's birthday in February.  Her actual day fell during the week so of course she was at school, but her Daddy and I made sure we went to eat lunch with her and took pizza for her and a few of her sweet friends.  If you have to go to school on your birthday you at least can make it as fun as possible!  We enjoyed our lunch entertainment with these girls too!

At the end of the day I came back to celebrate one more time with Cohen's class.  I tried not to think that this would be the last time I would get to celebrate her birthday at school.  That's one of the hardest things about 5th grade because you know this is it for the fun stuff we parents get to do with them at school.

That night Cohen got to celebrate with Bebe's cheesecake...her favorite!  

For Cohen's birthday party she wanted to do what she did last year which was take a few friends to Rush in Athens and then eat at Barbarito's afterwards.  We were working around Kate's basketball schedule and winter break too but we got it in and they had a blast.  Rush is always a fun place for them.  They love the dodgeball!  And who doesn't love Barbarito's...clearly its a favorite in our house!

We came back to our house for cake.  I loved her birthday cake and thought it turned out so cute!  Dill's did her cake and they did a great job!

 It was a special day for her, both her actual birthday and on the day of her party.  I'm so thankful for her sweet friends and I hope these friendships keep going on into middle school!

At 11 here's a little of what Miss Cohen is into:

• Her iPod!  We still haven't given in to cell phone and I want to prolong that as long as I can. But she loves to be on her iPod texting, watching YouTube, Tik Tok, and other games!
• Baton-she is still twirling away and loves the sport!  I'm so proud to say she is officially a middle school majorette!  She had try-outs just a few weeks ago and she is ready to twirl this fall.  She is also in the middle of her competition season and we are busy with that.
• She's definitely our dramatic child! (both good and bad)
• She loves to hang out and go places with friends.  She is always having friends over to our house or going to a friends' house.  She's our little socialite!

She is going to be a great big sister again to this new baby and she is so glad to be getting a sister.  I'm counting on her to be a big help!  I know she's going to be a little mama for sure!

 

One thing she got for her birthday was her 2nd hold pierced.  This happened over her winter break which was right after her party.   Savannah came along with us and ended up having hers pierced too!  These 2 were able to be support for each other!

Coco had already got to celebrate a little early with Grannie, Papa, Aunt Vicki, and Aunt Danette.  She loves all the birthday celebrations she can have for sure!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COCO!  WE LOVE YOU SO!