I just heard from a friend who thought my April 1st post was true.? Let me assure you that I was totally joking!? We love our children, but are not planning on any more, certainly not that close together.? Besides, I would not want to jeopardize my? babysitter.? Stacey said she would quit if we had another baby that soon.? LOL

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This is Whitney posting.

The other day I woke up and I was feeling really dizzy.  I haven’t been feeling quite myself since then, so I decided to go to the doctor today.  And, well, I’m pregnant again.

So, the new baby is due December 10th, Alice will be 4 1/2, Liam will be 2 1/2, Amelia will be 11 months and then there is baby #4.

Wow… Drew and I are in for some fun years ahead.

All I can say is happy April fools day!

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The 4th of July with the Gettings

You talkin’ to me?

Little Cinderella

DCC picnic

Bath-time fun

Messy boy

Swimming with friends

Alice’s secret hiding place

Sweet Matoes family time

Fun at “Donalds”

(A note from Mommy: We decided we need more room now that there are going to be 5 in our family, so we are getting our house ready to put on the market. Bye bye 2 bedrooms, hello more space.)

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New clothes.

My own park.

Fun with adding machine tape.

Stacey’s 30th Birthday.

Fun at Dinner.

Daddy made chocolate sauce.

My knitting “pat-rens” (any paper that has writing on it are my patterns, serious business).

We discovered that my little princess doll’s pants make a wistle and the rest look best standing up in straight lines.

Fun with packing paper.

Cyrano’s best friend.

Liam’s 1st Birthday Party.

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(A note from Mommy: OK I feel like I’ve been such a slacker since there were no posts between April and when Amelia was born! I hope to keep things a little more updated now.)

Post by Liam:

1. Alice spent the night at Gram and Poppy’s and wore chopsticks in her hair.

2. Gram, Stacey, Grandma Sue and Mommy taught knitting at MOPS.

3. I took a bath and was so cute.

4. Nanny and Grandpa Tom sent a gift basket and Alice helped open it.

5. I fell asleep in the car and we went to “sweet matoes.”

6. Alice got a towel on her head like Mommy.

7. We went to the zoo with friends.

8. I like playing with toys in the bucket.

9. I can also scoot really fast with Alice!

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10. Gram showed Alice a bracelet with animals on it.

11. I learned how to crawl up the stairs.

12. We fed some ducks on a walk with Mommy and Gram.

13. Alice was really diggin’ the end of a jar of Nutella.

14. We planted new flowers outside our house. Alice wanted to plant a peanut butter and jelly tree.

15. Mommy and Daddy went to Alice’s school for parent’s day.

15 1/2. Alice and Daddy danced with the stars!

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16. We celebrated Mother’s day in the park.

17. Alice had field day at school

18. Alice played outside in the sand and found some candy in the pantry at Gram’s house.

19. We drove a long, long way in the car and got to eat junk food. Mommy said she never would have let Alice do that when she wasn’t even 1 yet.

20. We got to see Alyssa and Alex in Kansas City and had fun playing with them.

21. Aunt Stacey came with us too and we got to hang out with her and play.

22. We went to MO and got to see Nanny and Grandpa Tom.

23. We went back to Kansas City and played some more with Alyssa and Alex.

24. We went to the children’s museum.

25. We went to the homestead farm.

26. Alice and Alyssa went swimming in a freezing cold little pool.

27. I joined in the fun.

Then we went home in the car a long, long way again. We had fun and that brings us to the end of May.

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Mommy and Daddy brought home a new baby sister for me. She isn’t much fun. She won’t wrestle with me like Alice. The other day she was lying on the floor so I thought I might share some of my toys with her.

She didn’t seem too interested in any of them so I tried to put them in her hand to show her how fun they are. She wouldn’t even hold any of them. Mommy and Daddy say I have to wait until she get older to play with her. In the meantime I will just borrow her toys when she isn’t using them.
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Before Amelia was born Mommy found some matching Jammies for all of us to wear. We all wore ours the other night and Liam and I got to hold Amelia together. These jammies are so soft, warm and toasty they are really good for snuggling in.

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Mommy and Daddy let my big brother and sister hold me today. It was so nice to snuggle with them.

I can’t wait until I am bigger and we can all play together.

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I found this really great spatula to use to eat my mac and cheese.
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A few weeks ago Liam I started taking a swim class at rec center. We are going to Disney World this summer and Mommy and Daddy want me know how to swim before we go.

There are three other kids in my class we have lots of fun playing in the water.

My swimming teacher is showing me how to float on my back and on my tummy, and how to kick in the water

Because Liam is still little he has to be in a swim class with Daddy. They get to play with toys in the water like noodles, and sometimes Liam gets to sit on a big red cow shaped raft. That looked like so much fun that I wanted to do it last week.

We only have two weeks left of class, but I sure hope we get to come back to the pool soon.

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