An Update

Joshua hit the two month mark this week and wow is he growing. He has grown about four inches and is putting on about two pounds per month. He’s doing great and big sister Sara has gotten used to his presence and is over the fact that she got a brother instead of a sister. She tells her teachers at church that “we’re going to keep him.” Phew – I guess that I didn’t know that there was a question.

We had a good time tonight with Joshua as he was just as happy as could be. He was smiling constantly and really responds – he even responded to his name tonight. He kicks and moves like crazy when I tickle him and I’m sure will be laughing here shortly. He is also pretty good on his tummy and can stand on his own if he is being balanced.

Sara will be turning three at the beginning of August and is looking forward to go back to school. We will be taking her to Sea World soon to celebrate her birthday. She doesn’t know about it yet, but she’ll have a great time. Darn television commercials, though. That’s where she learned about it. It’s not just Sea World though any commercial for Six Flags, Fiesta Texas, or any water park is followed by “I wanna do that”. I guess that she got her way on this one.

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The Official Announcement

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Joshua’s First Album

Check out Joshua’s first photo album!

Joshua’s First Album

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Meet Joshua

Meet our new baby boy, Joshua. Born at 9:40 this morning – 8 lbs, 19 3/4″

My baby boy

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Her Easter Dress

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The Perfect Name

OH MY GOODNESS. Something just happened here at my office that is just too spectacular not to write about immediately. So – we have a new temp coming on next week to work in another department (more on that later). The true awesomeness of this situation is the individual’s name. It is a name that just screams all sorts of thoughts to me, but the primary is Professional Wrestler!

Everybody, our new temp is – eh hemm – Nic Justiss (name slightly changed to protect the innocent)

Is that not too perfect?! I’m spinning now just thinking about it. Oh the possibilities – what should I expect on his first day (please let there be knee high, shiny, lace up boots involved)

I know – maybe it’s not nice to call attention to this guy’s totally awesome name, but such a glorious moniker should not go unmentioned. Would it help if I said what he’ll be doing? He is a Paralegal! Nic Justiss the Paralegal. I hear that he is excellent at his job, but I’m sure that he would be just as awesome as a professional minor league not acting tri-county area wrestler!

As a side note – this post about the above naming bad-assery could have also been written for a super hero (maybe I should go buy a cape for Monday)

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Bluebonnet Time

Left Behind

(Not Quite) Laying In The Bluebonnets

My Mommy's Baby

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36 Weeks and Counting…

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36 Weeks and Counting

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I Love Them

Conversation with my child today:

Sara, you need to take a nap in the car before we get there or you’ll have to take a nap there.

I don’t want to nap!

And stop eating your boogers.

BUT I LOVE THEM!

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So – Aimee is almost to the 34 week mark! It’s exciting, but geez – having a toddler running around already definitely makes it different. Maybe it’s that we just have a better idea about what is important now…and that the list you get from Babies R Us when registering is pretty much crap. Really – those of you that are parents know that 80% of that stuff has no relevance. We’re looking forward to this new one – it is quite a mover and overall this has been a much different pregnancy for Aimee. We’ve got our boy and girl names picked out, and hopefully they’ll fit the child upon birth and we won’t have to come up with new ones!

Wish us luck as we continue to prepare. I’ve still got to paint the nursery which we recently had re-textured top to bottom. 50 years of old paint, wallpaper, and more paint kind of makes it difficult for new paint to stick, and re-texturing was the answer. Aimee has most of the clothes organized, but not knowing the gender makes planning some of that stuff difficult. But c’mon – we’re realists…all the baby really needs is yellow, green, and white onesies, burp cloths, and diapers for the first few months anyway.

On to the other child – Sara is great and is currently doing very well with her potty training. She knows what to do, it’s just a matter of reminding her to go do it. We recently took Sara on her very first picnic as spring was arriving. Her mommy recently went through boxes of her old toys as we were preparing a garage sale to help purge our junk and found many of her old books and toys. One of them is a Mickey Mouse picnic story that Sara loves! As soon as she understood what it was talking about she began asking to go on a picnic. As soon as the weather turned we were able to take her, and she loved it. We will have to do it again soon.

Picnic at the Pond

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