Snow Day!

What a fun day it was last week when it snowed. We didn't think it would actually happen but it did! We are all so excited when after the church the soft white snow replaced the sleet! And even more excited when we remembered that James' dad had given us the sled that was James' when he was a little boy... off to the school we went to slide down the big hill! James and all 3 boys (yes, even Jack!) enjoyed going down. It didn't last too long though because we weren't all dressed quite warm enough. So we hurried home for some delicious hot cocoa that Mrs. Cook had given us (her own recipe) for Christmas. What a great day!

Broken Bow Trip

James and I decided that before he goes back to work (which may be next week!) we should go on a little trip. Once he starts back to work, he won't have any time off again until baby Luke arrives. Oh! I can't remember if I did a previous blog about this or not but baby #4 is a boy and will be called Luke Ryan! Our family will be complete in May!... or June. Anyway, we thought we better take advantage of all of us being home with no plans for a few days and we loaded up and headed to Lakeview Lodge in Broken Bow, OK. It was so beautiful! The weather didn't get as warm as it was forecasted to so we were under dressed. But it was fun to see all the landscape and the boys got to go hiking and learned how to skip rocks on the lake, tried their hand at making arrowheads and did some rock collecting. Our trip was cut short because Jack had a crazy reaction to something (???) Blog about that coming soon. So we can't wait to go back when it's warmer and we have more time. Scroll over the pics below to read the captions :)

Jack's Adventure's in potty training...Part 2

Jack is really getting to know his potty chair! We've had it out where he can see it and he loves to sit on it and even points to his diaper and then to his potty so he is starting to get what it's for. He also goes to sit on it everytime James says that he needs to go potty :) Soon we'll start the real potty training boot camp... I'm not looking forward to that but I am looking forward to the end results!

Jack's Adventures in Potty Training...Day 1!

Today Jack was introduced to the potty chair. He is having loads of fun lifting and closing the lid! So far he has tried to get to it once and sat on the edge and peed in the floor. I consider this a milestone! Go Jack! He is only 18 months but with a baby arriving in 5 months I'd really like to get this knocked out! We are able to do it with Nelson but Henry was 3 before it was complete!

Baby #4

So we are going to have another boy! I am actually really excited! As is the rest of our family. Of course, what boy wouldn't want another brother to play with? I always felt like this was another boy but once in a while I thought maybe I wanted a girl. But felt so much relief and excitement when we saw that it was a boy. He'll be named Luke Ryan Suggs. Isn't that cute? :) Hope you all have a merry Christmas!

Has it really been since June?!

As usual, I'm waaaaayy behind updating my blog. Sorry about that. I promise, I will try to do better!

It's been a busy few months. After all our vacationing back in May and again in June, James injured his back and has been home from work since August 1. We have SO enjoyed him being here but glad that he is finally on the mend. He had surgery on Monday, the 15th and is home recovering. The procedure he had done was a microdiscetomy by the amazing Dr. Ledlie at ETMC.

Nelson is doing great at school.. despite is inability to control his talking. Great grades as usual but bless his heart, he talks more than I do! For those that didn't know me in my youth, that is what I got in trouble for too. :) So he gets it honest!

Henry is LOVING his first year of school. He's only gotten one folder mark so far and it nearly broke his heart. He is a perfectionist if you didn't know. He is mastering every thing at school so far and is doing an amazing job reading. He did tell me that he shouldn't have to keep going because he isn't learning anything new now... that it is just "re-learning" LOL. :)

Jack is a whirlwind... constantly on the go. Emptying kitchen cabinets. Using the stepstool to clean off the kitchen counters. Sneaking into his brothers room for forbidden toys every chance he gets. His vocabulary is growing leaps and bounds although I don't quite know what all his words are yet. :) But he does say eat, up, no, shhh, mama, dada, and has his own version of bite, cup and a few other words. And lots more noise that I don't understand!

I'm doing great. Expecting baby #4 in May...or June. I'm due May 31st but you know how the Suggs kids like to arrive at least 5 days late. The morning sickness is getting less frequent and my energy level is moving back up so that's good. We are really excited about this 4th and final installment. :)

We are still doing the Dave Ramsey thing. Maybe not so strict with it as we were in the beginning ... not EVERY dollar spent is planned but we are still debt free with the exception of the house and are paying extra on it. Thank God we were turned onto this way before James got hurt at work or we'd be in a world of trouble trying to make ends meet on his reduced salary!

Well here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure. That's all for now!

Summer!!

So it's finally summer time! We've had a great one so far. Nelson was able to get out of school early for good grades and attendance thanks to the Flex Year Plan that FISD has. We left two days later to head to Kansas City via Tulsa. Lots of fun was had at the Tulsa Drillers game. In KC we got to visit with some dear friends of ours. It is so refreshing to get away and be surrounded by such good faithful friends! We also took a nice walk around the Plaza to see the fountains and spent some time at Crowne Center. What a fun place for the kids! While there we also saw the Rangers play the Royals at Kauffman stadium. It's such a great family friendly stadium.

Since we've been back home it's taken some adjusting to Nelson being here full time. I am SO glad to have him home with us! The adjustment is for Henry - he's use to getting to pretty much do what he wants when he wants but now that Nelson is here he has to take turns and wait. :) Not a fun thing in Henry's eyes. They are re-learning to play well and get along with each other though. They just finished a week of VBS. We are looking at sending them each to some type of summer camp but we haven't made up our minds yet. We need to soon though so the spaces don't all fill up!

Jack's first birthday is coming up. It's so hard to believe that it has been nearly a year since he entered this world! He has been so fun lately and has been growing and learning at an incredible rate! He really enjoys his big brothers...and when Daddy is home, Momma is chopped liver! :)

James and I are also attempting to make a couple of significant changes in our lives. There is lots of praying, talking, looking, thinking, etc., going on in the Suggs House. Hopefully we'll have news to tell on both changes soon. But no, nothing yet. :)