Prayers

My cousin Charles was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia today. He starts chemotherapy in the morning. Please pray for my family. Love and hugs to you all. 

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This has been such a crazy week. It started with strep, included Henry's first trip to the er and brought scary news for my cousin Charles. The range of emotions through out this week have really been exhausting. Then there was today. It has been one of the most beautiful days. It started with positive news about Charles (well right after some scary news), then it was spent outside. From the good news, the weather, and all the laughs, hugs and cuddles I've had with my sweet family - I don't think it's possible to feel more blessed and just full of happiness than I do now. I'm so overjoyed and thankful!  I love all of my family!!  Hugs!

Enjoy some pictures of my loves and enjoy your week. 

Fishin'

We really love our neighborhood. Last weekend the big two went fishing with Kelly and Chris. 

Chris would catch 'em and Maggie would beg to hold them then she would release them by throwing them back into the water. It was so funny!  (she dressed herself in Max's clothes). 

Maggie cracks me up. One minutes she's all glitter, sparkles and princesses and then the next she's wearing Max's clothes and playing with fish and worms. 

Love that little girl. 

Max loves fishing. He was helping Maggie but she definitely drove him crazy when she messed up his tackle box. He likes it better when it's just the boys fishing. ;)

Begging to hold the fish

Throwing it back - see it flying in the air!  Please don't call PETA 

He was really annoyed I made him take a picture!

Have a great week!!  Hugs!

6 weeks old

So Maggie, Henry and I are having a lazy Friday. One of the pictures I've attached is Maggie wearing one of her tea party hats sitting with her dolls watching PBS. Henry has been napping a lot today and you can see his chubby cheeks in the picture I'm sending. He is GROWING!  He turned 6 wks old yesterday and is wearing a 3-6 month outfit today!  He is still a Momma's boy but definitely liking his dad more lately. He and I went to my office yesterday and he took an immediate liking to one of the assistances. It was crazy - I told her she'd just have to come home with us. :)

We went walking/bike riding with friends yesterday. I've included a picture. The kids had so much fun!!  What a beautiful day. We are loving this weather!  

Hope y'all are well. 

Hugs from the FIVE of us!

Henry baby is 2 months Old

Sweet Henry turned two months old yesterday. Poor Max had strep and Maggie escaped to Pine Bluff. 

Henry went for his 2 month check up and weighs 14 lbs and 9 oz. He has gained over 6 lbs since birth!  He wears 3 mth clothes but some 6 month - it all depends on the brand. 

He is sleeping in his bed at night but still wakes up to eat. I can't complain because he eats and goes right back to bed. 

We are working on napping in his bed. He likes to nap in the swing or car but his favorite napping spot is still my arms!

Maggie had her first manicure and LOVED it. She needed some mommy time and we had lots of fun!

She loved it so much she wanted to go back the next day. Maggie is a quick learn. First thing this morning she asked to go back to get her nails done and I told her it cost money and she said daddy has money. So she runs to our room and comes back to tell me he said no (he was still asleep). Then she gets the stool and says it's ok I'll just get his money and took the stool to our room to try and get his wallet. He wakes up and she explains she needs money and he gives her a coin and she promptly tells him (and pretty annoyed, I might add) that's not enough that she needs dollars. T-R-O-U-B-L-E but gave us a good chuckle to start our morning. We love our moo moo girl. She keeps us on our toes!!

Enjoy some pictures!!

He sure is in this house!!

Talk about sweet dreams. ;)

Here he is after his shots today - doesn't look too happy 

Have a great week!!  Hugs!

Maggie Moo Moo

Maggie is such a colorful little girl. She keeps us on our toes. The things that she says crack me up. She calls hand sanitizer "germ juice" and if she wants you to pause the tv she asks you to "remote" it. Today I was trying to console a fussy Henry and I asked Hebry what was wrong, Maggie, very matter-of-factly, commented, "He can't talk." Little smarty pants!!  After she got her cast when she broke her arm, I asked her if she needed some Tylenol to make her feel better and she answered no but lipstick would make her feel better!  She loves playing dress up and anything that sparkles. She loves make up and playing with any type of doll. Maggie loves playing house and is constantly asking when can she have a baby. (She wants to name the baby Max). She loves her tea party set from Sugah. She is ALL GIRL!

Maggie loves to snuggle. She loves her daddy and always wants to be in his lap. 

Maggie loves being a sister. She looks up to max and wants to do anything he is doing. He gets so annoyed when she copies him but does ok most of the time. 

She also loves Henry. She wants to love on him all time. 

She had her first real hair cut last month to try and fix the hair cut Max gave her. Her hair is still really wild and hard to tame. Poor Max and Maggie haven't had great hair as toddlers. Hopefully Maggie's hair will fill out like Max's did about this time.  Maybe henry will have better luck. ;)

She is smart little girl too. She pays lots of attention to things around her.  We started flash cards with her and even max is doing the cards with her. It's really sweet watching them do the cards together. 

Maggie is 36 lbs and I think 3 feet 3 inches tall. She is mainly wearing 4t clothes. She sleeps in Max's bottom bunk and is a great sleeper. She still takes a good nap each day.  She's trying really hard with the potty training and will go days with no accidents and then will have days with nothing but accidents. But the urologist says not to press the issue that her body can only do so much. So we are trying to be patient. 

We just love her to pieces!!

Sweet mommy Maggie reading her babies a book. 

Have a great week!!  Love and Hugs!!

Two weeks old

Our sweet little Henry turned two weeks old Thursday. He is still a very sweet baby. He really only cries when we change his diaper and if he doesn't eat immediately when he wakes up. (If he's awake he really thinks he should be eating.). I still hold him a lot - I just can't help it!!

My beautiful baby boy sleeping. 

Henry needed some follow up because the drs heard a murmur and today we had a dr appt at Children's. The cardiologists think it's a murmur that's very common in newborns and just hasn't corrected itself. They are not concerned but want to see him back in two months just to listen to his heart to make sure the murmur has corrected itself. 

He was watching the family feud with me. We love Steve Harvey. ;)

  

He's grown a little over an inch in two weeks and has passed his birth weight. He weighs 8 lbs and 13 ozs.  His bilirubin levels went higher than Max or Maggie (they got to 17) but it's finally going down. He's still a little yellow but it's a pretty yellow. He looks tan ;). 

He was taking care of his business ;)

Just a quick update of my baby boy. Have a great weekend. Henry's birth brought the hogs their first road win out (they had not won on the road in their last 70-something road games - pathetic). So here's hoping Henry can bring them good luck tomorrow!!

Sucking his thumb like his big brother

Hugs and love!