chillin

yup, we're just hanging out!

short vowels

somebody likes thier short vowels!

parade of flowers

so here in san antonio, they get the day off for the parade of flowers.  grana can tell you the whole story, all i know is that it involves a legit parade, floats, bands, and girls wearing VERY sparkley dresses and fancy shoes!  when the floats with the girls go by you're supposed to yell 'show me your shoes' and they lift their dresses and show them off.  pretty fun!

and even though it was pretty darn hot outside, we all managed to have a very fun time!

WINNER!

we had dinner at red robin tonight and to get graham past all the games in the front i promised him we would play the smurf claw game before we left.  i know how impossible these games are, so i didn't want to get his hopes up too much.  as i was putting the quarters into the game i proceeded to tell graham not to press the button right away, that you had to line it up and then press it.  literally right after the money was in and the claw started moving he presses the button.  i'm thinking to myself...here come the water works because he won't win.

NO!!!!

it's as if it happened in slow motion.  he moved the claw, pressed the button, the button went down, grabbed the smurf and didn't let go!!!  i was sure it would drop as it was being carried to the chute..but NO!  

DUDE WON THE CLAW GAME ON HIS VERY FIRST  TRY!!!

this mom is amazed at his luck!

all the way home all he wanted to do was call daddy and tell him he won a brainy smurf.  

we have one proud little man on our hands.

easter pops

in preparation of the easter bunny coming to grana and grandpa's house, we heard that if you planted jelly beans the night before easter that they would grow into lollipops overnight.  we didn't believe what we had heard, so we decided to test it out ourselves.

low and behold.....lollipops!  ;)

the easter bunny also brought a pretty rockin bubble gun!

happy birthday to me! 33!

the day started when grandpa and graham took mojo for a walk and graham came back with blue bonnets for me!  then we decided to head down to the zoo.  we got up close and personal with a hippos behind, and saw some other really cool animals.  on the way back, while the kiddos snoozed, grana took me to the boot store for my very first pair of real cowboy boots!  love them!!  then it was back home for dinner and a dip in the pool!

and what birthday wouldn't be complete without cake!  a carrot cake nonetheless!  yummy!

our new pup!

our pup knows how to drink!

our pup knows german obedience commands!

and our pup knows how to shake, rattle and roll!

munchkins

just hanging out, cheesing!

the starting line

we were thinking football, but maybe we have a future track star on our hands?!  he naturally has the stance!

contract!!!!

so we were able to set-up a showing this morning of the house we were holding out on.  and oh man, we're glad we waited!!!  as i mentioned before, we really liked the layout of the house down the street, but it was going to need some work.  from the pictures online, the one we were holding out on looking at had the same layout and was much more updated and needed less work.

we walked in the front door and were immediately blown away.  the hand-scrapped floors were gorgeous, new tile and carpet in the master, newer carpet upstairs, and appealing paint colors throughout the entire house.  there are minor things to do like replace faucets, etc....but those are things we can handle!

so with that being said...it was lucky our agent brought a contract with her because we are signing the dotted line for this place!

they want to close quick, so we're hoping we hear back tonight on our contract, but we'll see!  cross your fingers!

boys will be boys

well, no showing today of the one place we really want to look at...so we headed over to the clay's house so the boys could get together and play.  it was like they had never been apart for a year!  back at their old shenanigans!  not being around kids for awhile, i think graham was loving the interaction!

we took them outside for a bit too seeing as the weather was nice!

house hunting

it's been a couple weeks since we have been in texas, and graham, hannah and i are making our first car road trip together to go up to plano and see daddy.  freddie mac was gracious enough to put grady up in a one bedroom apartment for a month, so we're going to take full advantage of it and go house hunting!  let the fun times begin!

you'll notice no pictures of houses, but day one was very successful.  we found a layout of a house we liked, and there is another house up the street that is for sale with the same exact layout...just nicer and more updated.  couldn't get into see it today, so we're going to try for tomorrow or monday.

and after some successful house hunting, we decided to treat ourselves to a nice lunch/dinner.  someone at grady's work told him about 3 stacks and he went there for dinner one day.  he raved about it, so we all decided to go.  YES, it is delicious bbq!  i had brisket tacos and i can still taste them!

snugglebug

one of her favorite times of the day....and mine too!

4 weeks

how is this even possible?  slow down time!!

they apparently don't do 1 month well-visits in texas, so i won't know what your stats are, but you are definitely growing.

your eyes are still blue and your hair is still darkish

you are eating every 2 hours or so during the day, and on average at night, every 3 hours

and pretty much right after you eat you go right back to sleep.  you like to sleep a lot!

speaking of sleep, you're really only getting up once in the night to eat (thank you!)

you're wearing size 0-3 month clothes

you're in size 1 diapers

you really only cry if you're hungry, wet or tired

you DO NOT like sleeping on your back, so you have been sleeping next to my side of the bed since birth in your rocker/sleeper

you love being held and love to snuggle up close and fall asleep on my chest

your binkie is magic!  it soothes and comforts you almost immediately

you are smiling and i love seeing all of them

you think you're brother is pretty interesting and like to look at him

a boy and his dog!

again, as our routine hasn't been really set or steady for awhile...someone has been crawling into bed with me in the morning...and i'm not talking about mojo (she's there all night!)!  this morning i thought it was cute out mojo was basically spooning graham.

then he had to give her a hug in the kitchen just because.

this boy not only loves his baby sister but his four legged sister as well!

tuckered out

so today we headed over to the massive playground near grana and grampa's house.  it's pretty awesome!  graham was digging the green car, which he now says is his car.  of course it was nice and quiet when we first got there and then there must have been a school field trip to the library next door or something.  because all of a sudden there was a flood of kids and parents in red shirts.  we didn't stay too much longer after they all showed up.  it was too hard to keep an eye on graham.

well and our schedule has been anything but normal these days, and naps for graham have been somewhat of a battle.  a battle i'm not willing to fight somedays.  i know he needs them, but it always works out that when he needs to go down for a rest, hannah needs to be fed.  and 30 minutes later, he's even more uninterested in taking a nap.  

so recently, this has been happening.  he'll ask to watch a movie on the ipad and sit quietly next to me, and then he'll fall asleep.  poor kid.  he has been such a trooper through all of this.  it's got to be A LOT for a 3 year old to take in..i know it's a lot for me!  

hang in there buddy.  we'll get back to normal soon!

my little helper

wowie wow wow!  i have a little babysitter on my hands already!

cousin olivia is GREAT with babies!!  she held hannah so gently and secure that hannah sat there for a good 30 minutes i think!  she has a great big cousin to look up to that loves her very much!

miss olivia is also a GREAT helper at bath time!  she helped get the towels ready for hannah's bath, helped dry her off when it was time to wrap her up, picked out her jammers, and even helped lay them out on the counter for hannah so she wasn't left in the cold air for too long.  it was such a big help for me.  thank you olivia!!! 

i tell ya, i'm ready to sign this girl up for a mom's night out!  she's got everything covered!  ;)

family firsts

i'm so happy because this weekend uncle tim, aunt andrea, cousin olivia and cousin mason came over to grana and grampas house!  the boys immediately ran to grahams bedroom and i found them talking to each other under his avengers blanket.

aunt andrea and uncle tim took advantage of some baby hannah bonding time, while i enjoyed a little break!  

it's great being in texas and being close to family, but what really means a lot to me is having the cousins close by for graham.  i love how they're so close in age too!  they're going to have lots more fun growing up together and sharing memories.  

firsts

april FIRST (happy birthday grammie!!!)

FIRST texas tummy time

FIRST smile!!!

no foolin...this girl is growing fast!!