Papa's Birthday

Last week we celebrated my dad's birthday. We went to Kickback Jacks and had dinner and had a wonderful time together. We are so thankful and blessed to have him as an amazing father and Papa! Hoping for many more years together!:) I found these shirts at Old Navy for the kids, which I LOVE! Although my kids didn't cooperate very well, the pictures are still cute! They love their Papa and Nana so much! They can't wait until they can live closer to them one day!

Chloe-Almost 8 months old

On April 3rd Chloe will be 8 months old. I am not sure how busy I will be then, so the update is coming now!:) Chloe is doing great. She is sleeping so very well. She has such a sweet personality. She never cries except for when she is sleepy or hungry. Words cannot express how truly blessed we really are. She just smiles at everyone when they see her and she is trying her hardest to talk. She is still babbling and saying "DADA". I think she is really trying to say other things, but they just won't come out. She got her first tooth sometime last week, so that's pretty cool. She likes to eat most any kind of baby food, especially if it is sweet (must take after me). She LOVES to snack on puffs and mum-mums! A couple of weeks ago she learned how to sit up on her own, so she loves playing with toys in front of her now. I must say that she has nothing to do with laying down now! (unless of course she is sleepy) She is on a very good schedule is just really seems to be doing great! She has finally made her way into 3-6 months clothes, although I think it will be short lived because she is growing quickly these days. Here are some cute pictures of our special little girl. I will keep you posted on her weight and growing chart when we have another doctor's appointment!:)

Kids!

Here are a few photos of the kids over the past month. Nothing new is going on, but you are always requesting some picture updates, so here ya go! There will be more of Chloe coming later in another post!:)

All things come to an end!

Well the 2011-2012 Volleyball Season is officially over. We had our athletic banquet a couple of weeks ago. I feared that I would be sad and have a hard time speaking, but thanks to the good Lord above, everything went great. I think the girls were very encouraged and appreciative of all their awards. I am so proud of how they represented Pitt County and the state of North Carolina. I will always and forever remember this team as long as I live. Thank you Lord for this small blessing that taught so many lessons!

Random pictures at Nana and Papa's!

It doesn't take toys to have fun at Papa and Nana's! Just a simple basket did it this time! Sweet memories though!:)

Dakota's Bday-Part two!

As most of you know, I lost my camera! Well, guess what......MAMA to the rescue! It has been found! So hear are the rest of the pictures from Dakota's birthday:)

Chloe at 7 months old!

Chloe continues to be a very happy baby. It is not often at all that she even cries. She goes to bed around 10:00 and sleeps all night long (praise the good Lord). Chloe wakes up around 7 or 8 and she loves to talk in her crib. She is also eating very well. She loves her bottle and she loves most any food (didn't like the green beans of course). We have started trying some of the seconds foods. She loves puffs now and mum-mums are her favorite thing EVER! She also can drink a little juice mixed with water now and she loves that. She is constantly babbling about something and the most exciting news is that on Feb. 21st she said her first words "DADA". It was so exciting and JJ even got it on video. I will have to load that another time. She doesn't say it on command, but she does say it every once in a while. Chloe really loves to chew on things now and she especially loves to be with her mommy. She runs errands with mommy all the time and just rides in her stroller and stares at mommy. She plays on the play mat much better than she used to also. She is loving those toys so much. The exersaucer is one of her favorite things to play in also. She is truly a miracle blessing from above and we are so thankful. I can't wait to see what she does in the next month. She may conquer sitting up on her own next!:) I guess we will see!:) This is little bit holding her own bottle:)

Here we have fancy Miss. Priss!

Here we have Chloe sleeping on her belly in the bouncer. It looks so uncomfortable, but she loves it!

Here Chloe is at her first Softball game and it was FREEZING!!! GO JAGS!!!!

Last two cute pictures of Chloe showing of her personality and then just one proud mom!:)

Chloe's Six Month Statistics!

I promised I would get the numbers from Chloe's 6 month check-up. It went really well and the doctor said that she is perfect and very healthy. I was a little upset that she hadn't gained any weight, but the doctor was not concerned at all. I was very thankful for that! Hopefully now that her acid reflux is improving, she will gain a little more weight and not spit up quite as much! We do appreciate everyone's prayers concerning that. She is just one happy baby as you will see in the pictures below at her doctor's visit! Six and Half Months Old: Weight: 13 lbs 11 oz (7th percentile) Height 24 (7th percentile) Head circumference: 16 and half (29%)

Sweet Kids!

These are just a few of cute pictures of the kids in the last month or so. Love them!:) Dakota enjoys his pasta!

This one of my favorite pictures that I just love so much! So sweet!:)

Movie night is every Friday night and my kids look forward to it every week! They're loving this movie!:)

Dakota turns two!

We were blessed with another wonderful birthday with our sweet Dakota! Another wonderful reminder of how we should be thankful for a healthy child. We pampered him at breakfast and as you can tell he is a very happy birthday boy!

We then were off to school and work. We decided to take a half day of work and pamper our little boy some more. We had some gift certificates to Marbles Museum, so we took off to Raleigh for an afternoon of fun. Dakota and Sadie of course had a complete blast!:) After Marbles we decided to meet Papa, Nana, Aunt Manda, Uncle Thomas, and Savannah at Logan's to eat! It was fun and there was even entertainment there with someone making balloon toys! The kids enjoyed themselves and loved the Mickey Mouse cupcakes. We also had a birthday party for Dakota, which was a blast, but I have not pictures to show for it. It appears that my camera is GONE (which I am so saddened by) and all the pictures from the party were on that camera. If for some odd reason it ever shows up again, I will be sure to load them right up. As for Dakota's development. We did take him to the doctor and he is right at the 50% on most things. His head of course was on the 75%. He is starting to talk more and has begun saying sentences. He loves to play with Sadie more than anything in the world, which does get on her nerves at times. He is also getting his molars in. He has all of them completely in except for one. We have had a tough time disciplining him lately because he is throwing temper tantrums and that kind of thing. Hopefully its only for a limited time. He really is sweet boy who loves to cuddle and just sit in your lap. He continues to love to play with cars and he also loves any stuffed animal. He is still sucking his fingers (which we hope to break very soon). He sleeps with them and in the other arm in usually ernie or goofy or cliffy. He uses some piece of them to stroke his face to sleep. We are not quite sure where is got that from. We are blessed to have a healthy two year old we wouldn't change it for anything! Happy Birthday, Dakota!