Father's Day

A day late..but we wanted to wish our sweet dads and grandpas Happy Father's Day! We sure did miss all of you! (And to our mamas and grandmas as we didn't write a blog on Mother's Day! We sure do love you all too!)

And now a tribute to my sweet husband..and the best daddy every for Noah!

Happy Father's Day Brad! We LOVE you...more than we could ever say!

Fatherhood looks good on you sweet husband of mine. The best part of our day...every day..is when you walk in the door! :) I love the way Noah recognizes you and cracks a big grin as soon as he sees you. I love the way he follows you with his eyes..wants to know where daddy is always. I love how he watches you when we're in the living room and you're in the kitchen. I love how much he loves the baths you give him. I love the way you're crazy about Noah. The way you love us both! The way you lead us both! The way I know you love us unconditionally. You are a man who I adore..and so does your baby boy! Thanks for being you!

For Father's Day we went out to lunch with some sweet friends after church. It was great! It's funny how just a few years have changed our lunches out..but how wonderful it is now! We're also going to go to a concert of a guy Brad likes (Mark Broussard) when we get back from Indiana! Auntie Shauna is going to party with Noah so Brad and I can have a date night. I'm super excited! Here's a family picture from lunch yesterday!


Hope you all had a wonderful father's day! Want to wish the sweet first time daddy's we know a happy day too! ! (We'd list you all but there's so many of them I'm afraid I'd forget!)

Have a great week!

Four Months.

Oh my goodness. Yesterday Noah turned 4 months old. It is crazy to think how fast that happened!

Four Month Stats:
17lb 2.5 oz. (90th%)
26 1/4 in. (95%)
Boy is HEAVY! :)

Our sweet boy's fourth month has been full of fun! He flew home to Indiana and back just at the very beginning of this month..and he did it like a champ! (Except for the huge ol' blowout we had on the last flight. But we didn't care because he was an amazing traveler. Slept or smiled the whole flight..how thankful I was for that)

Also this month:
He smiles ALL the time. It makes me so happy.
He has learned to suck his little thumb...does it more often now.
No longer is a big fan of sleeping on his back. He gets mad until he's onto his tummy and then breathes a sigh of relief and cashes out. I can't decide how I feel about it..since he's supposed to sleep on his back but I just check him a few times before we go to bed, and then if I happen to wake up during the night, and then first thing in the morning. So far so good.
He's moving all over the crib now. We put him on one end and he ends up on the other.
He hasn't quite mastered the giggle. He kinda has a laugh/cry giggle. It's adorable. I'm dying for him to learn that giggle though.
He loves his daddy. Smiles and follows him with his eyes whenever he hears Brad's voice.
I think he loves his mama too. He smiles at me a lot.
Sometimes we put him in his crib and he'll fuss a little bit..so I go in to put in his paci..and he just cracks a big grin.
He has discovered his lungs. Boy can he yell when he wants something.
He jabbers all day.
LOVES his exersaucer.
LOVES sucking on his hands..and his toys...and his blankets..and my hand. Pretty much anything he can get to his mouth goes in there.
He's not that interested in me reading to him, but I do it anyway. He deals with me. But I'm excited for when he loves to read like we do.
Drooling like a champ. Doctor says he's getting ready to teethe.
Loves looking at the baby in the mirror :)
Loves when someone sings to him and makes funny faces. He smiles big then.
Still an excellent eater.
Wants to be up looking around all the time.
Still rolling like crazy from his back to tummy...but just can't seem to figure out he can get back off his tummy. He has done it once or twice...but most of the time just scoots himself around.
Loves other little ones..he totally digs any little person that watches him.
Really loves bath time! Especially when Daddy does his bath..mama apparently doesn't know how to do the fun baths.
Doesn't really love lotion time after his bath..but he deals with it.

Basically we just adore him so much! These past four months have been wonderful! We're so excited to see what the next couple of months hold! It's amazing watching him grow! Oh how we love him!

Here are some pictures from our photo shoot! It's a little more difficult now because he's getting so strong and he can kick himself out of the position. Plus he's definitely more interested in chewing on the elephant. Pretty adorable though. Here they are! Plus just a few others of him.

With his daddy!
We gave up sitting him on the bed..then went to the chair..which pretty much ended up the same way. With the funny little guy eating his elephant.


Brad makes this face below ALL the time. Noah is so much like him!


He was finished with the pictures..so he attacked the elephant! Have a great week!

my biggest fear.

Ok. Honestly maybe not my biggest fear. But it would be hard to recover.

Today. I was almost that parent.

You know. The one who's kid takes a big poo in the public pool.

I had him in the pool...we were splish splashin around..and then we got out to say goodbye to our neighbor. Then about two minutes later I started to smell..something that very distinctly did not smell like chlorine.

Oh how thankful I am it happened after we got out. I mean...the swimmer diaper might have caught it I guess...because it's not like it got out of the diaper. But poo, and the pool...they just don't mix.

Found out they clean that kiddie pool three times a week though.

Good thing. That's all I'm saying.

Weekend Fun.

We have been running around like crazy people in the last couple of weeks. I mean sometimes it feels like Brad and I have to plan out three days in advance when we'll actually get to see each other. A little tough. But worth it.

This week Brad had to travel for work from Tuesday to Thursday. Then when he got back into town we had plans Thursday night, I worked Friday...we passed each other for 5 minutes to kiss and say hi and for me to pick noah up, and then Brad didnt' get home until after midnight. So by yesterday I was totally needing some time with my sweet husband.

Well it was awesome! Saturday Brad, Noah, and I had an all family morning which was wonderful. We went to the Round Rock farmers market and scored some amazing Sun Gold Tomatoes, an awesome loaf of bread, and some delicious tamales. Then we headed downtown and grabbed some lunch at a local sandwich shop we had never been to. It was delicious. Then we headed to another farmers market, and then home so Brad and Noah could have some bonding time. Kat came over and went down to a crafty fair with me. It was pretty fun. Didn't spend the money on anything there..I felt most things were a little overpriced. But it was so nice.

Last night and today were spent with friends which is always wonderful. Were able to spend some time out it the Big T last night for dinner, then brunch downtown today which was maybe the most delicious brunch EVER! Tom came up for a visit this afternoon which is always fun!

I mean it was awesome! It was such a huge blessing of a weekend after a tough week of missing my husband.

Noah scored himself an exersaucer this week. Mom and Dad had given us a gift card to get him one for Easter. I had waited because I didn't want to have it sitting around when we were showing the house...ridiculous I know. They had put him in one in the nursery at church a few weeks ago and he loved it so it was time. He needed it..and I'm so glad we did it because he LOVES it! I love it too because it's fun for him! He's growing so big! Turns 4 months old on Wednesday. That's just crazy to think of!

That's all for tonight..I think I may have to run away and grab some double stuff oreo goodness before bed. So healthy.

one year ago today.

Maybe the best day ever. Or I mean...I guess wedding day and the day Noah was actually born might take the cake for that...but this was I guess the coolest feeling ever day. One year ago today...this little man here....

He was this.

All day I just kept looking at Noah. And I think whoa..that was a year ago? A year ago our life changed? We no longer were two but three? No longer could I eat lunch meat cold or all the soft cheese I wanted? No longer did I have the insane amount of energy I was used to? No longer was my body just one person..it was growing a tiny little human. No longer would I walk into rooms at the hospital fearless about what might be in that room..now I felt like I needed to scrub extra hard..be extra careful..consider that it wasn't just me I was taking care of there.

Basically..a year ago. I realized that I was responsible for another human being. Not that I wasn't responsible to Brad before that..I mean I was..but now this tiny little human was going to depend on us. It's changed me. For the better, I hope.

Also..in my previous post..I forgot to mention..Nana went home today!! She's home from rehab in her own bed with Papa there. She still has work ahead..but she's home! I can't wait to see them all in June!

Also..random note...currently I have Grey's Anatomy on in the background - yep I watch it..please don't judge me - but anyways..I see a lot of myself in Christin. Scary. I actually just heard her say "Have you met me?" (In a sarcastic way) I say that to Brad on a weekly basis. Weird.

That's it. Noah is sleeping...so this girl is just sitting on the couch. Sitting. I haven't done that in quite awhile. Have a great night!

yay summer!

So I have been dying to get in some pool time, but not really digging the idea of taking our 3 month old out in the 100+ degree heat. So last night once it cooled down a bit we took Noah for his first time. We had a great time!

Noah didn't seem to know what to think. He kept trying to kick and push off the water, it was pretty precious. I can't wait to take him more!

Some pictures:

I was a little worried when he crashed out on the walk to the pool. Wasn't too interested. But he woke up just in time for his Daddy to join us. Then he loved it.





In other news...we have had one showing so far of the house. It wasn't officially on the market until Friday night and we had the showing Saturday afternoon! Yay! Nothing since but we're hopeful that maybe later this week or this weekend we'll have a few. We believe it will sell when the time is right though..so we're waiting patiently. (Or not so patiently but we're trying)

Brad's role at work has changed a little bit..and he's really enjoying what he's doing. That's exciting for him. I am enjoying my one day a week. The whole drive there and most of the morning I just hate missing Noah. But I know it's good for us, and I really really enjoy my time there. I know I'm so blessed to have a job I love as much as I do. Sometimes I feel like I have to remind myself of that the whole time when I'm away from Noah...but I know that will get easier.

That's about it for today. Brad left this morning for three days..so it's just Noah and me holding the fort this week. We really miss Brad when he's gone..but we'll have some serious bonding time all week so we'll probably be ok. :)

Hope you have a great week!

As of tomorrow.

I'm just not sure how I feel about it.

We have been praying over this for quite some time. We've been feeling like we definitely needed to make a change..and we were both pretty certain that it was going to mean selling our house. We kinda fought it for a good year or so...but we are at peace now and just really feel this is where the Lord is leading.

But we love it here...so it's bittersweet.

We LOVE our neighbors. They said now we're officially traitors. :) Sad.

We do not like our mortgage payment.

We LOVE the house.

We do not love living far away from friends.

We LOVE what we've done to the house.

We do not love that we're leaving our very first real home..and Noah's very first home.

We LOVE the idea of living close to some of our sweet friends again. After living 5 minutes from dear friends..that has been an adjustment. And considering there are now three sweet families living out there in the Big T...its tempting.

Anyways. For now this is where we're at. Whoa. It's definitely making us trust.