Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Soccer fun
Trent played soccer this year for the first time. He played on a team with 3-5 year olds and we had so much fun! We had a couple of games get rained out, and they don't make up games at this age, but it was still fun. He made a few goals throughout the season. He actually made one during his very first game, but I was out of town so I missed it! The first time I got to see him make a goal was so awesome! I was so proud!! Anyway, here's a slide show of Trent's first year of soccer.
Friday, May 22, 2009
To tide you over while I get organized...
Since our computer went down a couple of months ago, I will be attempting to post pictures from way back in March until this point in time. This may take a while, but to tide you over for a bit, here is a video from March. I truly believe this is the greatest sound in the world, especially when it's between two brothers. Drew laughs at everything Trent does, and it is just the best thing ever. Enjoy!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
I'm back!
Okay, we finally got our computer fixed! So as soon as I get time, expect a barrage of pictures and updates. I've gotten so used to not having the option to blog that I will truly have to find time to do it! Soon, readers, soon!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Slackin' (this is a looooong post!)
OMG--it has been forever and a day since I posted anything! We have been busy busy busy, and our computer is on the fritz so I have been using Aaron's work laptop to keep caught up on stuff. That also means that I am not able to upload pictures to our computer, so while I have taken tons of pictures, I can't show any of them to you! Sorry! Anyway, lots has been going on so I'll try to get ya'll caught up on what's been happening in our little world.
Since my last post, Drew has flown past his 7-month "birthday" and just a few days ago, his 8-month "birthday". I absolutely cannot believe time is flying by so quickly. I thought once I was staying home with the boys and getting to see them grow up every day, all day that things would slow down...not so! Currently, Drew is quite a crawler, but has not mastered getting up on all fours--he still does the army crawl. But he's VERY fast! Every once in a while, he will do a perfect plank pose when he's crawling along. He loves to stand up and can do that while holding on with only one hand--he's wobbly, but he stands. A lot of times when I try to sit him down on the floor, he just straightens his legs so he can stand up and I have to sort of force him to bend in the middle. He is FINALLY about to get his first tooth. It is just right there at the gum line, about to break through.
A couple of little things I have noticed in the last week are, 1.) He is starting to realize that there are strangers. He used to smile and get so excited at anyone and everyone if they gave him the time of day. Now, he'll still smile at people, but sometimes it takes him a second--like he's sizing them up, figuring out if they're okay or not. Then comes the smile. And 2.) When I'm getting him out of his carseat, he kind of knows what to do with his arms to get them out of the straps; then when they are both out of the straps, he leans his body forward so I can pick him up. I know it's such a small thing, but it's just something I've noticed. He also ADORES his big brother!!!
Speaking of his big brother, Trent has been having a great time playing soccer the last month or so. He's already had 2 games and scored a goal in his very first game! The games are really cute to watch--it's 3-5 year olds. He is also really enjoying his preschool, and I am so excited about him starting kindergarten next year in a brand new school. It is called Mossman Elementary, and it's not quite finished being built yet, but I can't wait to see it because it is going to be really nice! There's really not much else going on with Trent. He makes me laugh every day and is so sweet, especially to his brother.
Aaron has been working really hard lately. I won't bore you with the space geek details, but he really does have a cool job, and most days, he agrees with that. There are some days I think he wants to tell some people to shove it, but that's true for every red-blooded American. Not sure if I've blogged about this yet, but we are possibly pushing for Eglin AFB for his next assignment (that's in Florida). So we'll still be in hurricane central--hooray. But hey, I can't complain--the base is here! But that's still about 2 years away. I don't want to leave Texas for anything in the world, but there's really no way that the AF will let us stay in Texas and still have a good career.
As for me, a couple of weeks ago I went to San Antonio to meet up with Laura Freeman, Amanda Gevecker, and Rebecca Bowen for a girls' getaway weekend on the Riverwalk. Four moms on the Riverwalk with no husbands or kids--yeah, we had a blast. We have 6 sons among the 4 of us, so we were in desperate need of girl time! And if that were not enough girl time, I just joined a women's group at the church where Trent's preschool is. The group is called "Girlfriends" and we meet on Thursday mornings at 10am. There are several small groups that break off from our large group, and I am so excited about the one I am in. It's called Really Bad Girls of the Bible: More Lessons from Less-Than-Perfect Women. I just got the book for it today and tomorrow we are discussing Chapter 1, which is called Dead Man Talking--Medium of En Dor: Bad Moon Rising. The author has written several books about women from the Bible and relates them to fictional stories written about women and situations today. You can read more about the series here.
Hopefully, we'll have our computer up and running again soon so I can keep caught up on my blogging!
Since my last post, Drew has flown past his 7-month "birthday" and just a few days ago, his 8-month "birthday". I absolutely cannot believe time is flying by so quickly. I thought once I was staying home with the boys and getting to see them grow up every day, all day that things would slow down...not so! Currently, Drew is quite a crawler, but has not mastered getting up on all fours--he still does the army crawl. But he's VERY fast! Every once in a while, he will do a perfect plank pose when he's crawling along. He loves to stand up and can do that while holding on with only one hand--he's wobbly, but he stands. A lot of times when I try to sit him down on the floor, he just straightens his legs so he can stand up and I have to sort of force him to bend in the middle. He is FINALLY about to get his first tooth. It is just right there at the gum line, about to break through.
A couple of little things I have noticed in the last week are, 1.) He is starting to realize that there are strangers. He used to smile and get so excited at anyone and everyone if they gave him the time of day. Now, he'll still smile at people, but sometimes it takes him a second--like he's sizing them up, figuring out if they're okay or not. Then comes the smile. And 2.) When I'm getting him out of his carseat, he kind of knows what to do with his arms to get them out of the straps; then when they are both out of the straps, he leans his body forward so I can pick him up. I know it's such a small thing, but it's just something I've noticed. He also ADORES his big brother!!!
Speaking of his big brother, Trent has been having a great time playing soccer the last month or so. He's already had 2 games and scored a goal in his very first game! The games are really cute to watch--it's 3-5 year olds. He is also really enjoying his preschool, and I am so excited about him starting kindergarten next year in a brand new school. It is called Mossman Elementary, and it's not quite finished being built yet, but I can't wait to see it because it is going to be really nice! There's really not much else going on with Trent. He makes me laugh every day and is so sweet, especially to his brother.
Aaron has been working really hard lately. I won't bore you with the space geek details, but he really does have a cool job, and most days, he agrees with that. There are some days I think he wants to tell some people to shove it, but that's true for every red-blooded American. Not sure if I've blogged about this yet, but we are possibly pushing for Eglin AFB for his next assignment (that's in Florida). So we'll still be in hurricane central--hooray. But hey, I can't complain--the base is here! But that's still about 2 years away. I don't want to leave Texas for anything in the world, but there's really no way that the AF will let us stay in Texas and still have a good career.
As for me, a couple of weeks ago I went to San Antonio to meet up with Laura Freeman, Amanda Gevecker, and Rebecca Bowen for a girls' getaway weekend on the Riverwalk. Four moms on the Riverwalk with no husbands or kids--yeah, we had a blast. We have 6 sons among the 4 of us, so we were in desperate need of girl time! And if that were not enough girl time, I just joined a women's group at the church where Trent's preschool is. The group is called "Girlfriends" and we meet on Thursday mornings at 10am. There are several small groups that break off from our large group, and I am so excited about the one I am in. It's called Really Bad Girls of the Bible: More Lessons from Less-Than-Perfect Women. I just got the book for it today and tomorrow we are discussing Chapter 1, which is called Dead Man Talking--Medium of En Dor: Bad Moon Rising. The author has written several books about women from the Bible and relates them to fictional stories written about women and situations today. You can read more about the series here.
Hopefully, we'll have our computer up and running again soon so I can keep caught up on my blogging!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Beautiful weather
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here this week, so we have been spending a lot of time outside. I took some pics of me and the boys on Wednesday afternoon in our backyard. Unfortunately, there's not much to do in our backyard because we don't have a swing set yet, BUT have no fear! We just got our tax refund, we are planning on stimulating the economy with it, and that is one thing we are going to buy. Anyway, Trent played a little soccer and ran around while Drew played under his tent. By the way, Drew has been sitting up for long periods of time for about a week or 2 now, and he is getting close to crawling. He scoots around on his belly a lot and manages to get where he wants to go. Guess I need to get on that babyproofing! It's been so long since we've had to worry about that! On to the pictures...
Trent took the next 2
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Drew 6 months
Drew turned 6 months yesterday. We had his doctor's appointment yesterday also, and here are his stats...
Weight: 19 lbs. --75th percentile
Length: 26 inches--50th percentile
Head: 41cm--50th percentile
Here is the 6 month chair pic...
Today, I took him to Portrait Innovations to have his first professional pictures done (I know, I am a little behind! I did have his and Trent's picture taken together with Santa, but this was his first time solo!) He did sooooooo good. He smiled literally the entire time. He was fascinated with all the lights and photography equipment. I only planned to get the $9.95 package that gives you more pictures than you could ever possibly want...but I went a little crazy and ended up spending a little more than that, and now I may have to start passing out pictures to strangers on the street because I have about 85 million pictures! Oops! :) What I love about Portrait Innovations is that you get to take your pictures with you the day you have them done. I got a CD with my order, and I chose just one of each pose and made a slide show. There were about 3 times this many that I had to choose from! Anyway, here they are!
Does he not have red hair?! I'm so excited--I just hope it stays that way!
Weight: 19 lbs. --75th percentile
Length: 26 inches--50th percentile
Head: 41cm--50th percentile
Here is the 6 month chair pic...
Today, I took him to Portrait Innovations to have his first professional pictures done (I know, I am a little behind! I did have his and Trent's picture taken together with Santa, but this was his first time solo!) He did sooooooo good. He smiled literally the entire time. He was fascinated with all the lights and photography equipment. I only planned to get the $9.95 package that gives you more pictures than you could ever possibly want...but I went a little crazy and ended up spending a little more than that, and now I may have to start passing out pictures to strangers on the street because I have about 85 million pictures! Oops! :) What I love about Portrait Innovations is that you get to take your pictures with you the day you have them done. I got a CD with my order, and I chose just one of each pose and made a slide show. There were about 3 times this many that I had to choose from! Anyway, here they are!
Does he not have red hair?! I'm so excited--I just hope it stays that way!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Drew
Okay, I've been so bad about posting monthly pictures of Drew. I've taken the pictures, I just haven't had time to blog lately! Here is Drew at 4 months (in November)...
And here he is at 5 months...
Baby boy can kind of sit up unassisted. He'll sit up for about 30 seconds to a minute by himself. But if he's excited about something, forget it because this boy kicks his legs like crazy when he's excited, and he'll fall right over! He is eating rice cereal every day and loves it. Pretty soon, we'll start him on fruits and veggies. He's ready for it.
He's pretty much on a good schedule with his naps, and he still sleeps through the night. There have been a few times he has woken up in the middle of the night and he'll fuss for a bit, but I can tell it's not because he's hungry, so if I just leave him alone, he goes back to sleep on his own. He's such a good baby. I have been trying to hit the gym really hard lately, so he goes to the Kid's Klub while I'm working out and they just LOVE him there because he never cries, and of course he's a chubby, happy baby...who doesn't love a chubby, happy baby?
Coming (very) soon...6 month pictures!! Can't believe it's already been 6 months!
And here he is at 5 months...
Baby boy can kind of sit up unassisted. He'll sit up for about 30 seconds to a minute by himself. But if he's excited about something, forget it because this boy kicks his legs like crazy when he's excited, and he'll fall right over! He is eating rice cereal every day and loves it. Pretty soon, we'll start him on fruits and veggies. He's ready for it.
He's pretty much on a good schedule with his naps, and he still sleeps through the night. There have been a few times he has woken up in the middle of the night and he'll fuss for a bit, but I can tell it's not because he's hungry, so if I just leave him alone, he goes back to sleep on his own. He's such a good baby. I have been trying to hit the gym really hard lately, so he goes to the Kid's Klub while I'm working out and they just LOVE him there because he never cries, and of course he's a chubby, happy baby...who doesn't love a chubby, happy baby?
Coming (very) soon...6 month pictures!! Can't believe it's already been 6 months!
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