Arriving in June 2012 . . .

. . . McBride baby #4!!!

We are all very excited to announce that we will be adding a new member to our family in June. We hope to discover next month whether we will be blessed with four handsome boys or if we will get to start buying pink clothes for a beautiful baby girl! After having three boys, I am not sure if I know where to find baby girl clothes!

Last week, Toby revealed the exciting news to Matthew and Peter while I was staying in the hospital with William (more on that in a later post). Below are their responses:

Matthew: "How did that happen?!"
Toby: "The same way it happened three times before."

Peter: "I will get the baby name book!"

Later in the evening Matthew and Peter informed Toby that they were sure the baby is going to be another boy because that is all we have. So, they decided that they would be wasting their time looking for girl names. Instead, they came up with the names "John Wayne McBride" and "Jesse James McBride." We will have to discuss baby names further. I am not sure that Mommy agrees with those choices!

Since a blog post must have pictures, below are some recent pictures of the boys with their horses:

Matthew and Friendly ~ 9

Peter and Angel ~ 7

William and Chigger ~ 1

Poor Pacco ~ We have an extra horse and need a rider!

Two Hunters and a Duck

This year Matthew and Peter decided that they wanted to be hunters for Halloween. Although not very original, this made costume shopping very easy, as we simply ordered their outfits from the Cabela's catalog. Another perk to the costumes is that Matthew and Peter also used the clothes to go hunting on multiple occassions! William's costume was a more traditional costume from Costco. I was very impressed with the quality and selection of the Halloween costumes for infants and toddlers at our local Costco. I purchased the duck costume for William and sewed a large green "O" on the center of the chest, so he became an Oregon Duck. It actually turned out very cute!

Prior to Halloween, Peter informed us that he instead of greeting people with the traditional "Trick or Treat" when they opened the door, he was going to say "Give us the candy or the duck dies!" We thought it was quite creative, but thankfully he did not use that greeting. 

Trick or Treat

Such a good big brother!

William stole Matthew's candy and bucket!

Try to catch me!

Our sweet Oregon Duck.