BREAKING NEWS...

Sorry to disturb your regular Saturday morning routine but... HUNTER WOKE UP DRY!!!!

Last night Hunter really wanted to wear big boy underwear to bed.  He has been wearing pull ups at night because he is just learning and Momma is already getting up with Maggie and didn't really want to get up to change sheets.  Anyway... we caved last night and let him try underwear and HE DID IT!!!  We are super excited!  YAY HUNTER!!!!

Back to regular scheduled Saturdays...

Maggie is afraid of...

Ben got on to me for not blogging about our trip home... So here it goes.

We were planning on going home (from Houston) on Saturday so we could be at our church on Sunday. We thought it would be perfect.  We left at 6:30 and thought the kids would sleep most of the way home.  Well Hunter fell right to sleep and Maggie was happy for a little while.  We stopped at my favorite place for some coffee on our way out of town...

Why don't we have one in Abilene?!?!??

By the time I got back in the car Maggie was crying.  So I thought I would go ahead and feed her and change her diaper since we had stopped.  Finally we got back on the road.  

Then Maggie started screaming.  I felt so bad!  She had NEVER cried like that before.  So I got back in the back and tried to comfort her.  Poor little girl!  So we stopped again!  This time Hunter woke up and was hungry.  Then he needed to go to the potty and we couldn't find his shoes... needless to say we were at that gas station for a while. 

Finally we looked down at the clock only to see it was 9:00.  We had been on the road for 2 1/2 hours and had only gone 62 miles!!!!!  At this rate we would be back in Abilene around 5 AM!!  So we decided the responsible thing would be to go back to Nana and Grumpy's and try it again in the morning.    We figured out Maggie is afraid of...

The dark.  We should have known.  Hunter was scared of the dark too! 

Sunday morning we left Houston around 11 and made it home just fine!  We were super sad we missed church, but we got to spend one more night with Nana and Grumpy.  :)

The End :)  (Now Ben will be excited I told the story of the way home.)

Maggie and Nie Nie =) (I was going to post this pic in the last post but somehow didn't... so here it is!)

Are we there yet...

We went to Houston on Wednesday last week to see family.  Hunter was super excited to go to his Nana and Grumpy's house!  We were supposed to leave on Tuesday, but since we got a lot of snow we decided it would be safer if we left on Wednesday morning.  What did Hunter do during that 6 hour car ride you might ask...

Yep!  That's his potty!  Don't worry I cleaned it before we left! :)

We had a really great time.  Thursday we went to Nana school and watched her class sing some Texas songs for the preschool program.  Hunter was clapping and singing along.  On Friday we went to Nie-Nie's school and got to see her new school and meet her students.  We really enjoyed seeing what she gets to do everyday.  (She works with autistic kids.)   Wow!  I don't know how she does it everyday.  Then on Saturday we went to the park.  Hunter LOVED the park and I think everyone else did too! 

Hunter LOVES to play soccer or "kick".  Look at that air! 

Here he is with his Nana. 

I love his picture.  Hunter also falls a lot... on purpose.  It's like part of the kick game.

Maggie in her Fozzy the bear jacket watching her Bubba.  

He could have played kick ALL day, but we finally talked him into a little swing time. 

And Maggie too! :)  

She liked sitting in the swing.  

On to the bugs...

They had these bugs that you could ride.  Hunter didn't like the lady bug much, but he loved the grasshopper.  

And finally on the playground...

Mag Pie on the slide

We really had a great time in Houston.  It was a long car ride, but worth the trip!  Thank you Nana, Grumpy and Nie-Nie.  Hope to see you all again soon! Love you!!!

SnOw DaY!!!!

This morning we woke up to this...

It Snowed... again!  This is the 6th snow we have seen this winter.  It was so pretty and perfect!  

All the schools were closed so Hunter did not have school either. 

I LOVED hanging out all day with my Hunter-man and my lil Mag Pie! 

We started out the morning with a little Potato Head...

They almost fit! =)

Then we watched a little...

And waited for Maggie to fall asleep.  Then it was...

Snow time!!!

Building our snowman!  Hunter made sure our snowman had feet too! 

Here he is finished... hunter kept eating the robin eggs we were using as a smile!

Ben figured out you could use snow like chalk! :)

Look at that snow ball! 

Maggie came out to play, too! 

Even Kiddo made it out... for a second! 

We even had a little potty break! 

We had a great day!  Thank you Lord for the snow!!!! 

 Are you sure we still live in Texas?!?!?!

Maggie Rose

My Sweet Maggie is 4 months old today!!!

October 23rd, 2009

at the hospital :)

1 month old... looking at Daddy

2 months sitting with Aunt Kelly Rose

3 months at the Zoo 

4 months playing in the backyard

Thank you Lord for blessing us with this precious little girl!  We love her so much!  Please help us to be the Mommy and Daddy you want us to be for her! 

My little Love bug! 

Welcome to Babyland!

This is what I get to do 2 days a week!

Yes... It's BabyLand here at the our house!  I get to keep sweet little Logan 2 days a week.  He is such a sweet little guy!  Logan is Julie and Tony's little 3 months old.  He is super cute... as you can see! :)  I am so blessed to be able to play with Logan, Maggie and Hunter!  

He smiles all the time!  So sweet! :)

Hunter will tell you, "Tony picked up Wogan in fire truck".  He doesn't talk to Tony much when he comes to pick up Logan, but talks about him the rest of the day! 

Aren't they cute!!  This morning Logan and Maggie were talking up a storm under their play gyms.  It was so cute.  Maggie was just watching him.  I don't know... I think Maggie has 2 boyfriends... Don't tell Daddy! :)

The Day of Love...

Valentine's Day! 

I know I'm a week late, but I thought I would tell you all about our Valentine's Day this year.  It started out super!  We decided to go to the late service at church and just enjoy a lazy Sunday morning.  I had saved Hunter and Maggie's cards from the grandparents to open that morning.  Ben and i also had a sucker for both of them, a color changing car for Hunter, and a rattle for Maggie.  Hunter loved the car!  He thought it was awesome!  We spent much of the day at the bathroom sink making it change colors. :)  Maggie liked her stuff, too... well we think she did. :) We laughed as they opened their cards because Honey and Nana think a lot alike.  In fact Honey got Hunter the Pooh card in the picture and Nana got Maggie that very same Pooh card!  So sweet!! 

We were having such a great morning until we started getting ready for church.  Then it happened... something Ben and I knew would happen one day, but were both secretly hoping the other person would have to deal with it. Yes... we had a poopie situation. YUCK!!!  I will spare you the details, but I do have to say the Lord really helped me out.  I did not get sick.  I did not get upset.  I handled the situation patiently and lovingly.  It really was God who helped me stay calm and cool.  I know that might sound crazy, but normally I would have gotten mad and might have hurt Hunter's potty training.  Anyway... we ended up missing church... again. :(  We were upset about that but we did get to...

 

cuddle and nap with sweet Maggie and...

wrap up in a blanket and snuggle with Daddy on the couch.

God is so good!  He knew we needed a little love time with Hunter and Maggie.  We are so thankful for our kids.  We love them so much!  Being with them made this Valentine's Day the absolute best by far... even with the poop. :)

Later that night we took some pictures of Maggie in the bath.  Here is a good one! :)

Doesn't it look professional??  Way to go Ben!!!  

And I'll end this post with my Hunter man.  I Love this kid!  Happy Love day!!