My 3-year-old

Today my boy turned 3!!!. We love him so much, he is the happiest kid, and always up for an adventure with his sister. He is so sweet, he is my best child at sharing, and loves hugs. His favorite book is Happiest Mommy Ever, because he believes he is the reason I am so happy.

I love you Lil' G.

Short-lived pets

Oh, to be 3..... Living in the south brings a culture of its own....crawdads boils are part of that. Crawdads are on sale at HEB the next few weeks. And since we have been contemplating getting lobsters for the kids to play with, well, 60 cents later we were the proud owner of 3 crawdads. They went swimming in the tub for a while, Miss L named them. Over the last 36 hours, Lil'G transferred them from tub, to a bag, to the tub, to the kitchen sink, to the bag (which by then broke), to a bowl. He loved picking them up. We had some interesting times with our church missionaries (who were over tonight for dinner) as the bowl tipped over on the counter and flailing crawdads were sent flying terrified across the kitchen. Then I feeling kinda bad for my attached children and crawdads suggested we throw them in the bayou instead of cooking them. They had undergone enough torture. Lil'G was very upset insisted we "throw them in hot bubbly water" . Which he then did by himself.

Mostly mom ate them, dad and Lil'G both had bites though. They were pretty good since I seasoned the water with cajun spices and chicken bouillon. The kids thought they would still get pinched by the lifeless things.

The past few weeks

The past few weeks have been really hard. Thank you friends for really helping me out. You know who you are. I really couldn've managed without you.

So a few events occurred ....

This little man turned 2!!!! His cake was so cute, compliments of Hello Cupcake. It had chocolate spiders, centipedes, and ants on top. This doesn't give you the best view, and of course I failed to take pictures of it before it was devoured. He thought it was great though.

This guy went to Cancun... I was so jealous. On my anniversary too. But he earned it. He celebrated without me, and presented his paper at a conference.

He brought me back this, and I knew I was loved and missed.

Other than that normal chaos as usual.

Sleeping Babes

Miss L must sleep in style...I laughed when I found her like this.



Lil' G was just to cuddly not to take a picture of. I am afraid he is getting to be much more of a toddler than a baby. But he still loves to cuddle with me. Good thing.


Today was a nice break. Gary worked 14 hour night shifts OB all last week and all day Saturday. I was about done with it all. Sunday was so nice to have him here.

A whole year....

Last May 1st, I walked into the hospital and got a beautiful baby boy. That night I just stared at him for hours and he at me without making a sound. And this May 1st I have a big dream baby. The best way to describe lil' G is meek and mild. When it is time for bed, he just looks up at me with his big eyes lets me tuck him in under his chin and waits for a kiss. No cries. He loves anything miss 'L is doing. He is an angel during my piano lessons. He only cries when there is a reason. Going from 1 to 2 was so much easier because of his disposition. I call him my bright spot. He loves to climb, took his first step two days ago, and whenever we open the back door, he makes a beeline for the garden to try to grab and eat a white strawberry or two before I catch up with him.

Happy Birthday lil' G.

Did I tell you Miss L got a Puppy?

This one's a messmaker...

Miss L just got out of this phase...guess whose graduated into it.