Yikes. Oh, yikes.

At the beginning of October we discovered we were expecting another baby, due June 4th.  ANOTHER baby, you say? That's insanity, you say?  Yes, indeed it is. Here are the (snarky, but honest) answers to all the questions that you are hopefully too scared to ask the hormonal pregnant lady.  Good decision.

Were you "trying"?
Are you nuts?  Who would willfully add another child to the chaos which is my life?  Which begs the next obvious question....

Don't you know what causes that by now?
No, can you please explain that to me?

Were you trying for a girl?
Refer to the first question, but no.  I'm fully expecting this baby to be a boy.  I don't think the odds are in our favor!  Plus, I think I'd get lost in the "pink aisle" at the store.  Of course, a girl would be a welcome surprise.  But I kinda like my boys, and adding a girl adds a whole different family dynamic.
On a side note, I've had a few people ask me if we "tried" for twins.  What does that even mean? 

Are you worried it's twins again?
Absolutely!  So far we've only seen one baby in there, but we were surprised at our second ultrasound with the twins (they only saw one baby at our first early ultrasound), so anything can happen.  And God has a funny sense of humor, obviously, so I could totally see that happening.  At least I'm a professional by now, right?

Won't you be moving right when you're oh-so-pregnant?
Yes, can you please come help out?  Bring your pick-up and strong muscles, 'cause we have a lot of crap ;)
Once again proving God has a sense of humor, we literally found out the day after we signed closing papers on the property we're going to build our house on.  

Anything else?
Admittedly my first thought when I saw those two pink lines, was, OH. MY. GOSH.  What the heck am I gonna do with FIVE kids, much less five under six!  Do we need to get a bigger vehicle?  Where will this person sleep? And, so much for my nice, even numbered family.  The logistics are a bit much for me to wrap my mind around.
But then, thankful Tara kicked in.  I reminded myself of those many nights I spent crying in my pillow begging God for just ONE baby, and now I'll have FIVE!  How dare I complain/whine/doubt that!
Right now I'm trying to look at this as a HUGE blessing from the Lord. He must think I can handle this, and that I'll do a good job.  Phew! At least someone believes in me!  Plus, one baby'll be a piece o' cake after twins, right?  In the meantime, I'd appreciate your prayers for a healthy pregnancy, and for this lady to not feel too overwhelmed in the meantime.  I can't wait to meet you, newest Baby Cozzens!

This is Tiernan's version of me and my boys.  Notice the baby in my tummy...

This is what everyone will see when they ask how I feel about another baby....

And this is what I feel like inside...

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone, nine days late!  Here are some pictures of my least favorite holiday.  It was a little more fun this year because Tiernan was totally into it. I just have a hard time shelling out bucks for a costume they wear for a few hours, to celebrate what?  Satan?  I need to research Halloween because I am kind of a grinch about it.   

We had been telling the boys since like June about going to the pumpkin patch.  Finally we set a date and they asked EVERY. SINGLE. DAY until then about going.  Of course that day it decided to be a torrential downpour so the patch was a muddy mucky mess.  Tiernan insisted upon pulling a wagon and we could barely walk.  It was actually pretty impressive!  I was impressed that nobody including me did a face plant and we would have to immediately go home for a bath.  

Poor babies are always trapped because we can't handle them running in two directions 

(especially in the mud!) 

Both big boys sat in the race car, but Cameron was not into getting his picture taken

 The babies were excited to get out of the wagon and sit on the rocking horse.  It was so cold though, and we could only stay a few minutes.

 Here is the obligatory picture of the kids in their costumes.  Notice how happy Zane is about his costume...

In the spirit of being real, here is the first picture we got-both babies were screaming, Cameron was trying to hide, and I think Tiernan was frustrated with his mask.  You notice in the above picture he had it off.

They are getting so big!  Pay no attention to the blinds that have been completely destroyed by them playing when they're supposed to be sleeping.

How did he fall asleep like this?