Life

A certain little man will let you take his picture if you let him wear his Captain America costume and promise him "nemalade" (lemonade) when he is done! 

These pictures actually made me cry! We found out last week on my 34th birthday that our little caboose is another little man! It was a very exciting birthday present! That will be 4 little men in this Turley family. I love my little men and these pictures make me so excited to have another one! I have been thinking so much about him the last few days... What will he look like? We already have three... how will he look different and be his own little person! What will his personality be like? Will he be laid back and chill like McKay? Or a little more driven and intense like Carter and Cannon? As we were coming home from our ultra sound I started to cry! James asked me if I was ok.... I think he thought I had lost it a little bit! We were actually a little nervous that they were going to tell us it was a girl and relieved and excited when they told us it was a boy! So, I wasn't disappointed that it wasn't a girl... I started to bawl when I realized that I was going to have to send 4 boys on missions! Four mission! Four mission calls! Four times to the MTC! Eight years of having a son gone! I lost it! Seriously I did! And then I started to cry harder when I realized the faith that the Lord had in me to raise such strong men. I was a little intimidated and humbled. James had to drive around for a bit while I composed myself! I didn't want my Mom to panic when we went home and saw me a wreck! We went and bought blue balloons to hang outside and blue cupcakes for the boys. The boys were really excited. Carter had been praying everyday for months that it would be a boy!

Life has been busy... My Mom came to stay with us for a long weekend. She wanted to be here for my birthday and for the ultrasound. It is always so wonderful to have her here. I love it as much as the boys do. 

Baseball has officially taken over our lives! With James coaching McKay and Carter we have baseball 6 days a week! I love it! I grew up in a baseball family and I love that we are a baseball family! McKay is doing awesome. He has been practicing and working so hard and it is showing. On top of the time that James spends with him I spend about an hour a day playing catch and hot box with him. This is when I am very grateful for all of the time that my Dad spent with me when I was younger playing catch! He was determined to have a daughter who could throw a baseball! I laugh as I hear all of the things that my Dad used to say to me when we played catch now coming out of my mouth as I play catch with McKay! Carter is playing machine pitch this year and loves it! I think he was most excited about getting a full uniform! And Cannon has the bug as much as the other boys... He walks around with a mitt on his hand all day long begging someone to play catch with him! As the neighbors know, once you start playing with him he won't let you stop! He even fell asleep the other night holding onto his mitt! 

Carter and I still do school almost everyday and he is very proud of the fact that he is now reading! He loves math and is always asking for math work. I'm a little nervous for him to start kindergarten next year that he will be bored out of his mind! 

Life just continues to go by... On top of everything else James does he is being super husband and filling in for all that I don't feel up to doing. I am starting to have more good days than bad and hope that that continues! I can now leave the house without feeling like I am going to throw-up or being drugged on a daily basis! so, now we just anxiously await to meet this little man!