Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday...26 years old :).  Carter woke me up by showing me his new discovery of how to get himself out of bed.  Needless to say that when he started fussing this morning I was more than a little shocked to see him in his doorway instead of in bed.  He followed that up by being a complete sweetie and motioning to hold Henry.

 This was closely followed by Carter shutting himself in Henry's room (aka the playroom) and this is what I found...

He dumped the trashcan of dirty diapers into Henry's crib and put his toys in the trashcan.  Oh my goodness I love how my kids keep me on my toes!

I definitely did not think my life would be the way it is right now...but I couldn't be happier!  I'm so glad that God's plans are so much more amazing than mine.  I have an amazing husband, two wonderful kids (after being told we would have trouble ever having one), a house, a dog, and I'm a stay-at-home mom--those of you that knew me back when know what an amazing heart transformation THAT has been :).

I was reminiscing over the last 10 years of my life over at my other blog...crunchyokie.blogspot.com.  You should check it out!

Catch Up - Feb 2011

So at the end of Jan I told you we had some nice weather?  It was VERY short-lived!  Mid-Feb we got hit by the snowpocalypse :).  It was kind of nice though b/c we didn't need to go anywhere, James was off work, and we spend lots of family time together (plus I got to do some actual cooking).

This was our front porch before bed.

 Our car the next morning.

 Our poor postman trudged through this junk...this is what it looked like with me crouching down looking out the front door.

 Charlotte's house was no suited for a 70 lb dog anymore...lol.

 This was the snow hanging off our front porch roof...this was a few days after the snow.

 We finally dug out Friday (I think)...isn't he great for doing all the work!

 Carter was content to try out a Christmas gift instead of helping shovel.

 We finally got out to see Opa and Oma (James's parents) and they surprised Carter with new music!  He LOVES listening to music :)

(I have more pics on my phone, and I will upload those as soon as my phone cooperates)

Catch Up - Jan 2011

January was very much the same as December....cold! (I have more pics on my phone, and I will upload those as soon as my phone cooperates)

Carter starting calling Henry "bubba" and kissing, hugging, rubbing his back, and patting his tummy.

 We also found out that the only way he was going to eat fish sticks was with ketchup...which was a messy discovery!

Carter got better and better at signing (here he's signing more after pulling groceries off the table)....guess he was extra hungry this day.

Bath time is more fun since he learned to splash.

 And Henry still slept a lot...

At the end of the month it did warm up and give us a few good days to go to the Tulsa Zoo!  This trip was less fun for Carter b/c he didn't really care for seeing the animals, but now he loves it :)

Catch Up - December 2010

OK, finally have some pictures to share, so I'm going to back up about to December.  Man I'm bad at this...lol.  So here are pics from December.

Carter finally decided to try eating with a spoon...

But still prefers his hands (here is his fave treat, peanut butter on a rice cake).

He was still drinking from a bottle most of the time.

But finally decided that sippy cups were ok sometimes too :)

Mommy didn't realize at the time how long his hair was getting...lol.  Look at all those pretty curls!

We took a trip to KC shortly after Christmas to spend time with Adriana....this was on the way to meet some friends at Union Station.

Henry was a little left out from pictures this month...mostly b/c I always seem to forget my camera when he was playing and partly b/c he mostly just slept :).

Update on the Fam :)

I've been waiting to update until I was able to get my camera battery charged again, but I'm still losing the battle of finding the charger.  So I thought I'd just give a quick update on what's been hapening lately.

A while back we decided that we were getting way too many "your little girl is so cute" comments considering we have two boys....so we cut Carter's hair.  It looks pretty good and he did GREAT!  I thought he'd be scared of the clippers, but he let me do everything but get real close to trim around his ears.  It's growing so fast, he's probably due for another cut in about a week or so.  And, yes...I did save his hair.  I wasn't planning on it, but once I made the first swipe with the clippers and saw how much I was actually cutting, I freaked a bit :)

We also have successfully (so far) moved Carter into his "big boy" twin bed.  Sometime Saturday night it appears he crawled out of bed and tried to curl up on the floor.  We assume he crawled out b/c we didn't hear him fall (he does have a rail up that covers 1/2 the bed) but James heard him whimper a bit and when he went to check on him there he was on the floor trying to cover up with his little security blanket (about 1 ft x 1 ft).  Other than that he's done wonderfully!

Henry is starting to babble more and more and sleeps through the night now (meaning he sleeps about 8-12 hours at a time), needing only one late night feed and then only if he goes to bed before 10:00 pm.  Thank you Lord for such wonderful sleepers!  Henry does seem to be teething now, but it's not nearly as bad as I remember with Carter...another blessing!

I'll try to post some pictures from my phone later...and hopefully sometime soon I'll find the battery charger for our regular camera :)

Sick, sick, sick :(

Sickness has overtaken our house.  Ugh.  Brianah was sick Saturday night and most of the day Sunday.  That meant a fun day of playing at Oma and Opa's house for Carter, but when he got home that night he had a fever of 103.  Tylenol/Ibuprofen overnight seemed to help and then he got worse Monday morning.  Trip to the doctor's office confirmed what we feared...a virus.  Not that that is a bad thing, but it's frustrating to know it just needs to run it's course.  He is still spiking fevers, sleepy, and fussy.  But the silver lining is that today, so far, we've not had such a problem getting him to drink fluids.

Lots of cuddling time on the couch, crawling in bed with mom in the morning, and more juice than usual are all on the agenda for probably at least another day.  Here's hoping and praying he starts to feel better soon!  And that Henry stays well! :)

Happy Velentine's Day!

Today is Valentine's Day.  That hasn't meant much in our house up to this point.  James and I have never been super interested in celebrating this holiday and the boys are too young to really seem interested.  I am, however, starting to have dreams about fun projects to do with the boys this time next year.  Dreams of heart shaped pancakes (or french toast), pink bread, finger painting, and making presents for daddy.  It's times like these that I have to consciously enjoy their little baby stage of life as I know next year I'll be wishing for it again :).

Here are some pictures of the boys...

Welcome to our Family!

In an effort to keep our families update on what is happening in our lives, I am starting this blog :)

It will be a place for us to share pictures, stories, and plans with our family that isn't as close by.  I will try to update a bit more in the days and weeks to come, but I'll leave you with these pictures for now:

Getting ready to leave for Trunk-or-Treat at Calvary Baptist Church.

Carter with the pumpkin he painted.

Henry with his pumpkin, painted by his Aunt Jentry.

Mommy is saying a prayer of thanks to the Lord for reminding her to lower Carter's mattress the day before!

Bonding time!

And there's Henry!  This was about 1 1/12 months old.