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Thanks for following my blog! My name is Erica, I am a wife, a mother to 3 healthy boys and 3 precious boys in heaven, a photographer, a physician recruiter, a scrapbooker, and a couponer!

I grew up next door to my husband and never would have dreamed that my soul mate was literally next door. Jake and I were married in November 2006, and I instantly became a Mom to 2 amazing boys, Zach & Alex. They taught me how to love like a Mom and how to have patience like a Mom. I always knew I wanted a big family and wanted to have another child, so our journey began....

in 2008 Jake and I went through IVF after struggling with some infertility issues, and quickly learned that we were pregnant with TRIPLETS!!!! We were excited beyond belief, but also a little scared as we were going to have Triplets and 2 teenagers!!! We accepted the challenges ahead and knew it was going to be a long hard pregnancy, but we never suspected how hard it was truly going to be. October 2008 I was admitted to the hospital with pregnancy complications and a few weeks later delivered Baby A "AJ" 18.5 weeks gestation. November 7, 2008, Baby B and Baby C made their short appearance into this world at 21.5 weeks gestation. Our 3 Angels were all Boys!! We will never understand why they were taken from us so soon, but it is not our place to know. We have trust in our faith that God had a different plan for us and our family.

We went back to our IVF doctor 6 months later to begin our 2nd round of treatment. Little did we know Gods plan was already in the works, and we found out we were PREGNANT.. all on our own!!! March 4, 2010 our miracle baby was brought into this world, and guess what... it was a BOY!! Pierce was a full term, healthy baby and a gift brought to us from his 3 Angel brothers. We know that life does not always seem fair, but we are confident that we have 3 Angels watching over us and we put all our trust in God.

Jake and I have learned to live each day to the fullest and to laugh, love, and live. We know to not take anything for granted and that family, friends, and your faith are the most important things. This blog is to continue to document our journey of life and dedicated to my loving husband, and my 6 boys. This is my life - unscripted...

January 28, 2012

Central vs. Timber Creek…

This mornings games was COLD!!! I thought it wasn’t not going to be that bad, but I was wrong! I was that parent that drug her toddler out in the cold to watch some high school soccer! What can I say? I am a true fan and parent! I thought I would bring the stroller and bundle Pierce up in a big blanket and let him watch Yo Gabba on the iPad. Well he had other plans and wanted to be on the field. I ended up wrapping a blanket up around him like a tee-pee and he played games on the iPad. Then he asked to sit in his stroller, he climbed in there, I wrapped him up in a big blanket, then draped another blanket over the stroller and let no wind or light in. He played games on the iPad for the entire second half of the game and did not make one peep or fuss at all! H was snug as a bug, and Mommy got to watch some soccer!!! WE had a tied game for a long time then in the last 10 minutes Timber Creek scored and we lost the game 0-1

Next weeks game is the start of district against our biggest rival.. Keller and the same team his best friend Clayton plays on!

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January 28, 2012

Central vs. Mansfield…

Well I have not been the greatest at documenting Zach’s soccer games, but it is still pre-season so I am not stressing too much! Because of the late games or the extreme cold weathers we have to take turns staying home with Pierce so I have only been to 3. And I am shooting with my hand held pint and shoot that I keep in my purse so the pictures are really horrible!! We will bring out the big camera once district play starts! Zach has been a Team Captain at most of the games! Love my little Charger!

Here is from our game against Mansfield we won 2-1

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January 28, 2012

Zach’s Indoor Game…

We don’t get to make it to many of Zach’s indoor games since they are on Sunday nights, but we wanted to make sure we were there for at least one of them! Zach plays indoor soccer with a bunch of this friends up at his work, Blue Sky. A few weeks ago he had a game at 7 M, and we thought Pierce would love to watch his big brother play. Well… he loved it for about 5 minutes, but with the help of Chips Ahoy and Gatorade we made it through!

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January 28, 2012

Let’s play pretend…

It is so funny that Pierce is playing with some of the toys I grew up playing with!! My Mom found them in the attic and knew Pierce would enjoy playing with them. Yes, don’t judge Pierce he is playing with my Tupperware (but if you notice he has his Matchbox cars out too, so it makes it more manly!)! He loves to play pretend already and will come pour you a drink and bring you your juice. He will also bake cakes and pizza. He has such a big heart I love watching him play! He will go in the other room and make sure that Zach and Alex have their cups too! I used to play waitress with my Grandpa and loved it! I still remember my notepad that I had to take his orders and I charged him $10 for a hamburger! Remember that was about 25 years ago, so $10 seemed a little steep. Grandpa would just laugh and “pay” his bill. I loved all my childhood memories of playing pretend. It is a little extra effort these days with all the technology you have to make yourself as a parent spend those few extra moment with your kids by turning off the TV and iPads, and it is worth every minute of it!

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Grandma - Maybe Pierce will become a great chef! I love seeing him play with your childhood toys.January 29, 2012 – 10:35 pm

January 28, 2012

C & P…

C & P.. that is what we call them! I can’t say P & C (because around our house PC is a bad word!!) These boys are going to be best friends like their Mommies! I am so blessed to have Kelli in my life! We have been friends since college and here we are raising boys together! I am so excited to watch our boys grow up as friends! Who knows, maybe they will follow in our footsteps and go away to college together an be in the same fraternity at Texas State!!! Whoa.. that is a LONG time from now! For now we will let them play in the dirt and feed each other bottles! We shot Collier’s 6 month photos and wanted to snag one of Kelli and I with our boys! We wanted to have these so the boys can one day look back and see how young they were when their friendship began. Collier and I share a very special bond, as we share the same birthday! Kelli I love you and our sweet boys!

Pierce was trying to be a big help, and give his buddy Collier some milk!

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