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BOY! Yea! I am still shocked doesn't seem real that I am really going to have a little baby boy! The party was fun and I am glad I waited just a few hours. I was so nervous and when it was time, I didn't want to cut it and face the reality. Thankfully, it was a boy and that is what we both truely wanted. this baby will definitey be our last, so we are very thankful God choose to give us a baby boy!

Here are a few pictures thats to my friend that took them for me!

A quick little update!!

Today, I had my big 18 week ultrasound where they check everything. The ultrasound tech said everything looked great and the baby was being very cooperative! Which is a first for me, the girls were not very cooperative when I had my 18 week ultrasound. Ashlee would not move around or uncross her little legs. I remember them having me get up and jump up and down and all sorts. We had to leave the ultrasound not knowing what she was...I was very sad, esp. it being my first child. We ended up going to other place and we found out there, thankfully!

Well, today we didn't find out the sex of the baby right then. We had the tech put it in the envelope and we took it straight to Rae so she could make our gender cake that I am patiently waiting to cut into in the next few hours!

My sister is having us a little gender party at a restaurant and then for dessert, we will either have pink or blue cake!

Mikel and I are pretty much convinced its another little girl. We shall find out soon........
I will post later with the results! Wish us luck!

Operation Christmas Child

Our sunday school class decided this year to participate in Operation Christmas Child! Its a great program and I was excited when I found out we were particapating as s.s class! I had previously heard about it, so was grateful we choose to do it!

If you don't know what it is, its an organization through Samaritan's Purse. You fill an empty shoe box with items for a child in need and they will deliver them to children in poverty in different countries. Very cool! If you get a chance take a look at website....http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/index/

This week I took the girls to fill the shoe box we filled! I explained to both of them what we were doing. Ashlee understood to an extent and Anna had no clue. She thought we were buying all the stuff for her...lol. It was very sweet watching Ashlee pick out what she wanted to send to the little girl. She didn't quite understand why we had to send it to her and we couldn't just take it to her...oh how I wish one day we would be able to go to a foreign country to work with children less fortunate.

Our Sunday school class had a packing party fellowship tonight. It was lots of fun! The kids got to decorate the shoe boxes before they are delivered to the drop off site. When you choose to do a shoe box, they ask for a small donation for shipping and other expenses. If you are able to do the donation online, they will send you an email and you can track where your shoe box goes! I thought that was pretty neat! So, one day we will know where are shoe box was delivered!

I enjoyed this experience and hopefully taught Ashlee a little bit about giving! I am so excited for this Christmas! I was inspired by a song named "Give this Christmas Away" by Matthew West (of course!) LOL! But it really does have a good message and it will encourage your heart to give something this Christmas instead of focusing on receiving. It has encouraged me to ask myself what I can give to others than just to my family and friends......maybe just prayers or something else, I don't know. What will you give away this Christmas?

Busy, But fun day!

Whoa, today has been a busy but fun day!

We began our day by waking up late, which was so nice! :) We had plans to meet some friends at the zoo, so we geared up and headed out to the zoo! Which I didn't gear up to well, because my girls both wanted to wear dresses, so I let them but I walked out the door with no jackets and they had short shelves. Geez, what am I thinking, its November and no jacket? We had lots of fun as always and of course I enjoyed my taco salad! They have such good ones there!

By the time we were leaving Ash was begging for Caylea and Carolina to stay the night, so I gave into her begging but we had been planning on doing it soon anyway!

The girls had lots of fun playing together!

After they were laying down watching a movie, I began my wonderful school work! As you will see in the first picture!

I am going to try to stay updated with pictures and all on what is going on in our life. Maybe tomorrow I will do a catch up on our life in the last couple of months but until then, hope you enjoy the pictures!

Hello Friends!

So...Will I ever get in the hang of blogging? I don't know, but I want too!

Just thought I would let you guys know I am still here and I read your blogs all the time! Ok, I'm too tired to type tonight....lol that's my life...always too tired.

Hopefully, tomorrow I will update on what is going on in the life of the little hoggs, Mikel and I!

Until then, GOODNIGHT!

Big News...

Hi!
As most of you know, we are expecting our 3rd child in April of next year. It came by bit of a surprise, but we are excited about it! Its going to be hard, but I guess I will learn just like all the other mother's of 3 do. We are hoping for a boy, but I will be fine with another little girl. Poor daddy though, if he gets stuck with 3 girls. LOL. So that's the biggest news going on in our family right now!

Ashlee is going to Pre-K and I think she likes it. She fights me in the morning and tells me its boring, but I think that's only because she is not a morning person and doesn't want to be messed with when I'm trying to get her around. When I pick her up from school she is happy and says she had a good day, so who knows. On Fridays, they do "Friday cooking" and "show & tell" so she likes going to school on Fridays.
We just kicked off our fall ball season of softball last week. This league is a whole different story. Its actually softball with ALL girls! No parents go out on the field and they actually throw the ball to make outs. So, Ash isn't quite used to this yet, but she is learning and its a good thing she is on this team and this league because she is progressing and it seems as we are actually playing "ball". They even have parent score keepers. LOL

Anna, well not much is going on with her. She is talking more and more everyday. She thinks she has to do everything Ash does. She thinks she is just as big as Ash as well. Ash does it, so does Anna. I love my little girls!

Mikel and I are trying to prepare our house to sell. With us expecting another child, there really is no way we can stay in this 2 bedroom house anymore. 2 bedrooms and 3 children doesn't work very well. Its cluttered enough with just us 4, try adding another one. NO WAY. So, I am excited to move to Edmond finally! We live 90% of our life in Edmond, so this will help out so much. We just pray we can find something we can afford.

These last few weeks my heart has been heavy about missing my mom. I wanted so bad to be able to call her to tell her I'm pregnant, but I can't. Her birthday would have been tomorrow, I want to tell her Happy Birthday, but I cant. She was there with me during every moment when I gave birth to my 2 children, this birth she will not be there to help me through the labor and pain. I could go on and on... its not easy living life without a mom when your only 25 and trying to raise a family. anyways, pray for me.

Last weekend, Mikel and I got the opportunity to go to Dallas for the weekend without our kids. It was a nice time and I enjoyed spending time with my husband. Although, the Sooners lost, it was still a fun weekend.

Ok, that's enough rambling for now. I sure wish I had more time to blog. I feel like our life right now is so busy and by the end of the evening I am worn out and ready for bed.

Happy Weekend!
Whitnee

End of Summer has come...

Hi guys!
Its time for my once a month blog. LOL! I really want to try to blog more. I just need to put the time and effort into blogging! Well summer is pretty over, its been a good one! busy busy every weekend. I believe we had at least one event every weekend which kept us very busy. We spent some time at the lake, twin lakes, and many many birthday parties.

Ashlee begins K-4/Pre-k this coming Monday. She goes to meet her teacher on Friday and she is very excited about going to school! I can't believe I have a school age child already. We have been trying to get prepared for school to start by getting school supplies, school clothes, haircut, and etc.
Well, the haircut did not turn out exactly how I wanted it to turn out. We went in for just a trim, maybe 1 to 2 inches off and left with 4 to 5 inches off and it was a total mess. I had to call the manager and request a different stylist to fix Ash's hair. So, today we went in and the new stylist got her fixed up but another inch had to come off. It looks cute, but I wasn't prepared for Ash to have short hair :( OH well, I guess it will eventually grow back. By the way, I went to a very well known cute little child boutique to get it trying to avoid this very occurrence.

Along with school starting, we are also starting a new season of softball tball. I don't really know the difference, but I think her team will be mostly girls this season. Anyhow, we are very excited to start a new season. It just adds to our busy schedule!

As far as Anna goes, she is as ornery as ever. She is talking more and more each day. She loves her babies and plays babies constantly. Not much else going on with her.

Mikel and I just recently made a BIG commitment. We are now doing the youth at our church. We were previously teaching the High school Sunday school, but now we are doing it all. High school and JV both and for every services. We are excited about this opportunity God had gave us. We are looking forward to what God is going to do in our youth.

I am going to post a few pictures of my girls that I took last week!
Hope to blog again soon!