Two Weeks Worth of Happiness and Sadness

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter!  My family has been mourning the loss of a dear uncle this past Friday.  Mourning and rejoicing.  Mourning because we are going to miss him terribly and rejoicing because he got to spend Easter with Jesus!  How amazing will it be one day to spend Easter in Heaven!  Please keep his family in your prayers; my aunt and cousin Amy. 

I don't have many words to say....  Just pictures. A lot of pictures!

A Two Year Old's Mouth

The past few weeks, we have been noticing how Anna Claire's vocabulary has expanded.  She says things that makes us do a double take sometimes.  For instance...  She is fascinated with moles for some odd reason.  She loves pointing them out, no matter who you are.  She likes one on Michael's neck in particular.  She'll say, " You gotta mold right there."  (Yes I meant to spell "mold." )  Michael will say, " Do you have a mole?"  She then pulls up her shirt and says, "No, I gotta a nipple."  Dear Lord, what will I do with my child? 

She also has an awesome memory that can be a bad thing sometimes.  For instance... She loves gum.  I am going to blame that one on Michael.  :)  We let her try it a couple of times and she swallows it.  We stopped giving to her after that.  When she asks for it, we say that we're out.  She always comes back with, " You went to the store to get gum?"  Yea, we're gonna have to come up with something better. 

We are going to the beach the first week in May and we are so excited!  Anna Claire has been talking nonstop about it.  " We goin to the beach.  Gonna see dolphins.  Gonna ride a boat."  I think she is going to have a blast this year!  I am really excited about taking Paxton too.  I was pregnant last year when we went.  We are staying in a house this year instead of a condo.  I think we'll have more room. 

We had a great weekend!  Friday, Michael grilled turkey burgers and vegetable kabobs.  It was yummy!  His parents came by for a visit and we went to bed early!  Great Friday night and I mean that seriously!  :) 

Saturday morning, my parents came and picked up AC and Pax around 8:30.  I loaded up and ran to Dollar Tree and Wal-Mart to do some grocery shopping and finish up Easter basket happies.  I needed to pot some plants that the kids planted at daycare too.  Dollar Tree had the perfect little pots that I got to plant them.  We'll see if they sprout something.  I do not have a green thumb.  I am trying though :) .  When Michael got off work that afternoon, we met some friends at P.F. Changs.  It was so good!  My favorite restaurant.  We went by Smoothie King instead of Maggie Moos on the way home.  Yay us for being healthy!  We ended our date night by watching "Let Me In."  NOT good.  Don't waste your time.  It was a great night though!!!

Sunday, I woke up sick.  I guess it was my turn to get a cold.  I stayed in bed until after ten.  I missed church :(  We were talking about the 7 Principles to a Priceless Marriage and I missed the last principle.  I started feeling a little better after I stirred around a little.  When Michael got home we went to Brookhaven to eat lunch and pick the babies up.  My sister moved in her new house last week so we went up and looked at it.  She has it fixed up soo cute!  We are just so proud for her!  We got home late that afternoon.  The kids ate waffles and apple sauce and watched Robin Hood.  Yep, it was a good weekend! 

Look at my baby!!!! He is killing his mama!  Growing way too fast!

Please remember my friend Michelle and her husband Jerry in your prayers.  Jerry's father passed away last week.  They are expecting their first baby in June, and I just can't imagine having to loose a parent during this time. 







Monday!

Just thought I would share some pictures from this weekend!

My 8 month old looks NOTHING like he did as a newborn.  When Paxton was born, he was dark complected with dark hair.  He looked like me when I was a baby.  I thought I was getting a child that looked like me!  I think God was teasing me because Paxton is now light complected and has blondish hair.  Oh well, maybe third time is a charm! 

Happy Wednesday!

It is raining!  Yay!  The trees are green again instead of nasty yellow!  Everyone in my house is getting over this allergy mess. 

I was watching Anna Claire play the other day, and I just got sad all of a sudden.  She is growing up so fast and its scary!  The way she is starting to talk is so grown.  I picked her up from daycare yesterday and her teacher told me that she had been acting up that morning.  I am the parent who wants to know when my kids are bad so I ask everyday.  She told me that she wouldn't listen to any of her teachers.  When we were eating supper that night, I asked her about it.  I said, "Anna Claire, did you act ugly at daycare today?"  She looked at me and said, "Probably so" and went back to eating.  :)  I love it.  Its something new everyday with her! 

My Paxton is getting big too!  8 months old!  Jeez, before you know it he'll be making crazy comments like his sister!  He is such a sweetheart!  I can't wait to get my hands on him in the afternoons.  I smother him with kisses!  Michael says he is a mama's boy.  "Probably So."  :) 



Terrible picture quality!
  Its just so much easier to snap quick pictures with my phone
instead of trying to locate my camera.


I hope everyone has a GREAT rest of the week!  I hear its gonna be nice weather this weekend!

Yay! Thank you Jesus!

Michael just got back from the doctor with my little trouble maker.  He has Spring Allergies AND the stomach virus.  We are giving him Singular ( not sure if that is spelled right ) and lots of liquid.  :)  I am happy. 

Michael brought him by the PD on his way home from the doctor's office. 

Here We Go Again!

Happy Monday!  We had a good weekend! It was sunny and the perfect temperature! 

Paxton had his first experience with allergies this past week though.  He woke up Monday morning with green goo all in his eyes ( gross I know ).  I let it go for a couple of days thinking it was an excessive amount of sleep haha!  When it didn't get better, the doctor suggested that we give him some allergy eye drops.  Sure, no problem!  How hard can it be to give an 8 month old eye drops?!?  You would have thought we were killing him.  It was terrible.  After a few times fighting with him, I called the Dr office back and they told me we could give him Zertec for children.  We started him on that Friday.  His eyes have cleared up, but now he is throwing up and is very congested.  SOOO.... as of right this minute, I am waiting on the doctor office to call me back again.  We need Paxton to get well!  Please pray this is a quick fix that doesn't involve us giving him Steriods and lots of breathing treatments. 

On a happier note:

Spring Fever

Happy Monday!!!!!!!