First Trip to the Museum

Today was the first time that Andrew, Alyssa & I headed to the Mayborn museum together. It was a little rough getting going at first since I was trying to handle things at the house while getting ready to go. Andrew could not be more patient as Alyssa woke up just before we left and was hungry. So I fed her. Then of course, as we loaded her into the carseat and buckled her in... she pooped. Sigh... FINALLY it was time to go!

Below is a picture of us AT the museum...notice that we don't travel so lightly anymore! For awhile, when Andrew and I went to the museum, it was just a sippy cup and my purse. Now... we have the stroller, carrier, diaper bag including bottle AND Andrew's sippy cup....

Here we made our way back to the "old timey" room where Andrew "cooked" eggs and made me pretend coffee..

Here we visited the room that shows different cultures, outfits and has cutouts to pose behind to show the kids what they would look like in various attire...

Next we headed over to one of our favorite rooms... the bubble / water room!

Here is a pic of our sleeping princess getting her zzzz's while her big brother and I hung out...

Back at home with Chic-Fil-A... David loved her hat and bow combo I put together and had to take a picture of us girls (I think she's trying to tell him to quit with the pictures...she is HUNGRY!):

Andrew's Thoughts on Marriage

As mentioned in the previous post, we attended a wedding yesterday. Recently, we jokingly discussed marriage with Andrew because a girl in his daycare class (Miriam) says he is her "boyfriend." Andrew on the other hand, is going through the phase where girls are "yucky" and boys & girls don't hang out.

After discussing Miriam and other girls that seem to adore him, he told us quite frankly that he is NOT going to get married. When we questioned him, he plainly said he was not getting married but that he planned on being a "player." As we tried not to laugh or show the surprise we felt by his response, we inquired as to what he meant by "player." Andrew very matter of factly told us, "You know... a player... like baseball, basketball...."

PHEW! Maybe there is hope I'll get him married in the future after all! :)

Our handsome boy posing next to his Daddy's Jeep.

Alyssa's First Wedding

Yesterday, we were able to attend David's cousins wedding. Bobbi-Ann chose to have her wedding at the Cedar Springs Methodist Church where all the cousins attended as children with their grandparents. It was a very sweet ceremony and we were glad to be there. Below are a few snapshots before we left for the wedding...

(note big brother's hand holding her hand...)

Andrew just needed a picture himself...

She tuckered out while I got Andrew dressed... too many pictures for her! :)

Just a Talkin'...

Dave caught these pics of Alyssa and I "talking" the other night... she just loves to chit-chat! We've been working on her favorite phrase, "I Love You!" :)

New Headband

A friend of mine explained how to make headbands for Alyssa using knee highs and flowers from Hobby Lobby... here's my first attempt...



Here is Andrew shielding her eyes... he told me she doesn't like the camera flashes! Such a big protector!! :)

Two Month Checkup

Yesterday, Alyssa had her two month checkup. I took her along with Andrew to Dr. Loden since he had a sore throat. Talk about a BUSY appointment!

Luckily, Alyssa was in a great mood and very cooperative. After a rainy and long weekend in Jefferson for Andrew, he on the other hand, was a bit hyper. But the 3 of us survived and after TWO HOURS, we accomplished this:

* Alyssa now weighs 12 lbs and is 24" long - she is 75% percentile for both height and weight.
* Her head circumference was 15.5.
* Alyssa also had her rotavirus vaccine which she drank fairly well. I don't think it really tasted like cherries as the nurse said, but she got it down nonetheless...
* 3 shots for Alyssa...she did NOT like those! But Andrew handled her shots better than I anticipated. I feared he would get upset but he did really well!
* A positive strep swab for Andrew and another round of Azithromycin for him. Hopefully this strep will clear up without needing steroids like the last bout required a few weeks ago.

All in all, it was a "good" visit. The shots knocked Alyssa out most of the day although she was quite fussy until we gave her Tylenol. She has been pretty lethargic today too which the information packlet said was a common side effect. Andrew has remained pretty hyper and I think everyone is looking forward to his return to daycare tomorrow. He's really been a trouper and such a big helper though. I think he just misses being able to run around and having fun with his friends.

I officially start back to work tomorrow :( and David is going to try and keep Alyssa home as long as he can juggle his work with her home. Aside from the cost of daycare, we want to keep her out until cold and flu season passes. And according to our doctor yesterday, RSV is running rampant so he said it was best for her to not be in a daycare setting or any congested areas such as Wal-Mart or HEB.

I think the reality of having 2 kids plus juggling work, church, life and all the other stuff is getting starting to set in. Let the juggling begin!!!

Picnic with my Andrew

Today David picked Andrew up a little early from daycare and brought him home for some "hang time" with me. Andrew wanted to have a picnic in "Uncle Jeff's" room (aka: the front living room / media room )...

I thought it would be fun to let Andrew take the reins on our picnic. We first had to fill 3 tupperware storage bowls with water to make "wishing wells" (I didn't ask... I just went with it!). Andrew then picked a blanket and a throw to place our picnic on Then we placed the wishing wells at three of the corners of our picnic blankets.

For our actual picnic, Andrew chose what we would be eating. Leave it to an almost 4 year old...we snacked on 1 string cheese stick, some Lays potato chips, marshmallows and Fruitable juice boxes (not pictured).

That was probably the best picnic I ever had...particularly because my sweet Andrew & I got to share about 30 minutes together talking and being silly together. What a perfect time!

Sweet girl...

Today, Alyssa is 7.5 weeks old. It still takes until noon for both me and her to get dressed (and that's on a GOOD day...)

I thought today we would attempt to go to HEB. We get dressed, then she has a meltdown of colicky madness. But this is the result after 30 minutes of screaming....too cute!


(And note...we didn't make it to HEB by ourselves...luckily David had to go to which was a Blessing because 5 minutes into HEB and Alyssa had a meltdown and only wanted me to hold her...the carseat wouldn't do the job for her...sigh....)

Talking with her friends...

While doing some dishes yesterday, I heard Alyssa cooing and talking away in the family room. I looked and found her visiting with her good friends, Giraffe & Ele-phant...

Such a cute sight and wonderful sounds!

Mat time

It's times like these that I'm going to miss so much when I go back to work...just hanging out with Alyssa while she plays on her mat while making silly faces and cooing noises...

7.5 weeks

Big Brother Skills

I just love this progression of pics with Andrew holding Alyssa the other night... she is just over 7 weeks old here and he is 3 years, 10 months... too precious!

Playing peek-a-boo with her!

PRECIOUS

Sleeping Angel - almost 7 weeks

Armed and Ready to Play

Remember those Nerf guns from Christmas? Well, here is the fun...not pictured is David who also was armed with a third gun... let the rubber Nerf bullet shooting begin!

Andrew is ready for battle!

He is serious about this Nerf game...

Trying to run past Daddy without getting blasted...

The guys have so much fun playing with the guns...that is one of the best things about David is his love to play and get into the games with Andrew. They really have a blast together!