Noah's Egg Hunt at School

For some reason (could be that we have a new baby) Easter snuck up on us this year. We normally go to one of the city's Easter events but we missed them. So, thankfully Noah's school did an egg hunt and we didn't have to go to one. This year was the best one yet, he actually understood was the egg hunting was all about. It was so much fun to see him run to get eggs. I even had to tell him to let the girls get some of the eggs.


Noah's Penguin class lined up and ready to hunt.

Ayden, Noah, Mason and Ryan still waiting.

Look at that face! He is so excited to go get the eggs.

He so did not want to stop to let mommy get a picture.

Braden and Noah have become great friends this year.

Asher 5 months

Look at my precious little man who is growing so much. This month has had a lot of changes for Asher. He is sitting up so much better but not on his own just yet.

He is such a happy baby and loves to be with all of us. This month we started on solid food. We started first with Rice cereal but when he didn't go to the bathroom for 10 days we switched to Oatmeal. The oatmeal was a big hit and helped in the bathroom department. After doing oatmeal for a while we moved to peas.


He does a great job eating but it does get a little messy.


He loves to eat. He gets so excited and just kicks his legs.


Asher's favorite toy. Mouth open b/c he is constantly chewing on things.


This is how I found Asher one day after Noah said 'Mommy, I played with Asher.' We had a little talk about not covering up Asher's face =).


Like I said before baby brother is growing and growing. He is already up to 17 lbs. and 1.9oz. I just love going and taking these pictures each month and seeing how much he is growing.

My Big Boy Noah

No more little bed, no more diapers, and now no more passy. Noah is officially a big boy. I am just as happy as I am sad to say Noah is done with baby stuff (except sippy cups but that is b/c Brian is very worried about stains). The last big thing to give up was his pooh passy (sounds gross but it had a pic of Winnie the pooh on the outside hence pooh passy) and he finally did it. I am so proud of him because I know it was and still is hard on him. Just this morning he asked for his pooh passy =(. I know he is kind of old to just now be getting rid of it but he didn't really get attach to it until he was 2. As an infant he wouldn't take a passy but as he got older he figured out how to use it and was hooked. He mostly used it when he was tired but he would find other times to sneak it.

So, how did we convince him to give it up? Well first Brian tried the passy fairy but that would just make him very upset. Then after spending the day with Gabe and riding Gabe's bike Noah asked us for a bike. His birthday is not for awhile and we knew we would be hearing about this bike a lot. So, Brian and I had a brilliant idea! Give up pooh passy and you get a bike and Noah agreed (although I am sure he didn't really know what he was doing). When we were in Jackson I kept talking to Noah about giving up the passy and he would say "I want both. That works for me." I would gently remind him if he didn't give the passy up no bike. We got home on Thursday night and told Noah we would get the bike on Friday. So, Friday morning he was ready. We put the passy in his trash can (I think this was his ploy b/c there is nothing in his trash can) so he and daddy could go get a bike that night. Well at nap time Noah asked for his pooh passy just till Daddy got home. So sweet and cute I couldn't resist and gave it back to him. Then he finally did it! When daddy got home the passy went into the big trash can and they headed to walmart.


Noah on his first big boy bike. He loves it and has been riding it everyday since. Yes, everyday even the day it snowed. He still got on it and rode it around the block. He is actually very good at riding it which I had no idea he could do.

Noah loves this bike not just because it is a bike but because it is a motorcycle bike. Thank you uncle Chris. In the video Noah shows you how you can turn one of the handle bars and it revs just like a motorcycle.

Spring Break with the Grandparents

This year for Spring Break we headed out to Jackson MS to spend some time with the Grandparents. Noah had a great time biking with Grandpa, visiting the park, and the fire station. I had a great time doing nothing. Actually, I did get a number of blogs written so I can put them in my blog book but I will not be posting them (since some are over a year old). The first morning we were there Noah woke up about 8:15am yelling "I go biking." One of the things they do while biking is to go by the fire station. While they were there the firemen let Noah get on the truck and wear a helmet. Good times had by all.


Asher waiting to go on his first plane ride. He did great and did not cry at all. He just had a bottle and went on to sleep. Perfect!


Going biking with Grandpa wasn't the only thing Noah couldn't wait for. He couldn't wait to see Jamie. He was more than excited to finally get to hang out with her.

Noah was also very excited to see his uncle Chris and the motorcycle. One day while Noah was waiting on Grandpa to get ready he went out to the garage to wait. Grandma went to the garage to check on Noah and he was sitting on uncle Chris's motorcycle. Yep! Climbed up there all by himself, he is so ready to be big. Anyways, I love this picture of the two of them in Chris's helmets.

Another thing we did while we were there was to visit the children's museum.

Sweet baby Asher hanging with uncle Chris and Jamie.

I think this is the best picture ever. Look at Asher just smiling at uncle Chris. Chris had him just laughing and laughing.

The funniest part happened right after this picture. Asher all of the sudden had a very serious look on his face and we realized he had a dirty diaper. So, I laid him on the floor to change him with Chris and Jamie sitting on the couch. As I was changing him he went some more and both Chris and Jamie had to leave the room. I even heard Chris gagging! Then, Jamie got brave and came back in and Asher went some more. Jamie left the room saying "Oh no, he is going again." I was laughing so hard at how grossed out they were (and that Asher just kept on going right in front of them) that I had tears rolling down my face.

Daddy You Rock

Last weekend Brian participated in the Dallas Rock-n-Roll 1/2 Marathon. We are so proud of him to run 13.2 miles in only 1 hour and 52 minutes and 23 seconds. Wow! Brian always works so hard to get ready for the race and we are glad to go and support him.


Daddy running with Dr. Ryan. I was glad he had a friend to run with and they actually ran together. Brian said it helped having someone to talk with every once and a while.


Noah checking out Daddy's and Dr. Ryan's medals.


The family out to support Daddy.


We finally got to meet Jill, Dr. Ryan's girlfriend, and Noah's new found love. She was such a big help to me with the kiddos. There were a lot of people there and I don't think I could of done it by myself.

The day before Brian took the boys with him while he picked up his race packet. They came home with the cutest shirts. Asher got this one that said 'My Daddy Rocks' and Noah's said 'Rock'. Too cute!

The official runners post race. Dr. Ryan, Amanda, and Brian they were sore, tired, but glad they did it.

Asher at 3 months

I can hardly believe that Asher is already 3 months old. He is such a good baby. Asher already sleeps most of the night which is a wonderful thing. He is beginning to sit up with help but his neck is still real weak. After a few minutes of sitting up he can't hold his neck up. He is a very happy baby. Asher is smiling and loves to smile at me, Brian, and Noah. He is also starting to "talk" to us. Noah loves to get him to coo or "talk" to us.

Asher is also a very healthy baby. He is weighing 14 lbs. He has grown out of most of his 0-3 months clothes and is getting almost too long for his 3-6 month clothes.

We are just so thankful that he is in our lives. I can not imagine life with out him.

34 weeks to 37 weeks

I know, I know I am so far behind but I have a good excuse. I NEED SLEEP! At 34 weeks I finally got off of bed rest but what that meant was that I was more exhausted than ever. Once I was off of bed rest I was on my own so basically when ever Noah slept, I slept.

My nurse took this picture of Noah finding Asher's heartbeat. I had a great home health care nurse (she was a little interesting at times) overall she was great. She did a great job involving Noah. She was the one who suggested that he find his little brother's heartbeat.


At 34 weeks Dr. E stopped doing sonograms. So, I was going to the doctor once a week but not getting a whole lot of info except that things were going normal. I did have a few exciting things that happened to me at weeks 36 and 37. At 36 weeks I got my last 17p shot which was awesome to have no more pain for at least a little while. Then at 37 weeks I got to turn off my medicine and take out my pump. So, for just a few days I get to experience a normal pregnancy with no medicine to take and no needles to change.



Noah and I at the Fort Worth Miniature Train Station. I was finally off of bed rest and so excited to actually get to take Noah some where myself.


This is my 37 week picture. This was taken before I went to the hospital to get my cerclage removed. I have already taken my medicine out and thought that as soon as my cerclage was taken out I would have Asher in a matter of hours. Oh, but that was not the case. Dr. E took the cerclage out with no problem and then nothing happened. Nothing at all! Everyone had come in town because we all thought for sure that I would have him but that did not happen. That night we all went to Grapevine Mills Mall and I walked the whole mall. Still, nothing happened! Thursday came and went and still nothing happened. I could not believe I was 37 weeks and 2 days and still no baby. I was beginning to wonder why I had been on bed rest for 10 weeks.


Noah telling baby brother come on out we are ready to meet you.