Happy birthday to my sweet baby boy

Noah James,
You are a year old. Time went by so quickly. I look at you and I still still a newborn baby. You have been such a blessing to our family. We are all in love with you.
You are such a happy, funny little guy. You didn't start out like that, and boy oh boy I remember the first couple if months where I thought that nothing made you happy. You cried all the time. You hated the car, you hated the swing, you hated bottles, you pretty much were unhappy in general. I felt like because you we're such a high maintenance little guy everyone was really stand offish to you. Leaving me, to be your everything. I won't lie, sometimes it is very overwhelming to be the only person who can do anything for you. But other times I kinda like it. ;) I had a really hard time adjusting to life with two kids, staying at home and having a fuss bucket of a baby. But now here we are a year later, and I am so happy. You are so funny. I love watching you learn and grow. I am so thankful that I get to be with you and your sister now.
You are wearing 18-24 month clothes.
You wear a 5.5 xw shoe ( baby Shaq)
You wear a size 4 diaper
You are still nursing like a champ, with no end in sight right now( that is another post for another day )
You can say a couple words like "momma, dada, sis, this, book, "
You can sign a couple things, but defiantly don't sign as much as Faith did.
You are a dare devil. You will climb up on anything and it scares me! I am pretty sure you will give me my first grey hair.
You are such a good eater. You love to eat meat. You will get fruits and veggies, but not as good as meat.
You are starting to walk. You took your first steps for your daddy and then it seems like everyone saw it before I did.
You still crawl more than walk,but it won't be long until you are walking full time.
You are sleeping in your own crib in your own room finally!!!!!
You sleep 12-14 hours!
You take one 2-3 hour nap during the day.
You weigh 24lbs15 oz (90%) and are 30 inches (75%)
You have nine teeth now. One of your molars just popped through. We are now waiting for five other teeth that look like they are coming any day now.
You got your first hair cut on your birthday. It looks so cute!
You have a thing for cars and trucks. You even push them around and make car noises. It is so cute.
If I ask you for a hug or a kiss, you will do it. I love your open mouth slobbery kisses.
You love wrestling with your daddy.
Your sister can make you laugh harder than anyone else can.
This year has been a tough one for us, but one of the best years because of you sweet boy.
You are my Squishy Pot Pie... I love you baby boy.....

Love, mommy

I promise one day I will be a better blogger

We have a lot of stuff going on right now. My grandma is not doing good at all and we are trying to spend as much time with her before she passes. Faith and I are having a pretty hard time dealing with this. Faith started her fall dance class, and will also be starting tball in the next few weeks. I am busy planning Noah's first birthday party, and I am doing a crappy job planning. I am just so overwhelmed with everything else that is happening.... But I will leave yall with some pictures of my super cute kiddos

11 freaking months

Say it aint so. There is no way that my sweet baby boy is 11 months old. The time has flown by, and it hurts my heart. :( Noah James, You are 11 months old. You still sleep in our bed. We are ok with that. You are actually getting better about falling asleep for your Daddy instead of just me. YAY! You still wake up a couple times a night to nurse. You are into everything. You can crawl up the stairs, and are trying to crawl on the couch. You are standing unassisted sometimes, but I honestly don't think that you will be walking before your first birthday. You wear size 18-24 month clothes. Your foot is a 5.5 extra wide. You wear a size 4 diaper. You LOVE to eat meat. I mean LOVE it! You are my free spirit. You have no fear. You weigh about 25 1/2 lbs You bite all the time and think it is so funny. You don't bite my boobs, just anything and everything else. You still only have 8 teeth, but your molars are coming in. You are really a funny little guy, and make us laugh all the time. We love you so much Noah James

10 year high school reunion

I am getting old! Ten years have passed since I graduated high school. I didn't know if I actually wanted to go to the reunion or not . Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed high school, but I moved out of Bastrop two weeks after I graduated and I haven't been back. I grew up and made new friends. I keep up with people from high school on Facebook, but it isn't the same as some of the people there that still live in Bastrop and still hang out with their high school friends all the time.
Well, I had a couple people FB me and ask me to please go, so I decided that I would go to one of the events that my class was hosting. I am really glad that I went. I had a great time and saw some old friends. Here are a couple picks that I took with my phone that night. On the way home I got pulled over for having my high beam lights on. I got away with just a warning, but I so glad that I didn't drink at all!

Summer dance performance 2012

Faith had her summer dance performance this evening. I can't believe this is her second summer in dance. She really loves dancing, and it makes my heart happy to see her dance. I only took pics with my iPhone, because Damian said they would be good enough. ( I don't think they are )

Happy 10 months baby boy

Noah James,
How on earth are you already ten months old? It feels like just yesterday we were anticipating your arrival.
You are such a blessing to our family. We are already planning your first birthday party with your PoPo.
Here is what is going on with you this month.

- you still sleep in our bed. We set up the pack n play in our room and we have been trying to get you to sleep in it, but it really is a lost cause.
-you are such a snuggler. I love it.
- you still are nursing at least twice during the night.
- you are about 24lbs and about 29inches long
- you wear size 4 diapers
- you wear 18-24 month clothes.
- you still wear a size 4xw shoe.
- you are a really good eater. STILL
- you are into everything. You even try to pick the outlet covers off!
- you crawl, pull up on everything and a couple times I have seen you stand unassisted.
- you are really starting to bond with your daddy and I love it. But I don't have to worry because you are still very much a momma's boy.
- you love to go swimming.
- you have started crawling up the stairs.

Happy birthday Emilio

Today is Emilio's second birthday. He is such a pain in the butt, but Faith is head over heals in love with this dog. And he loves our kids, and is so good with them. We are so lucky to have this sweet goofy boy