Answered Prayer

"No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it."
1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG

That being said, Parker finally slept through the night!  

Congratulations Baby boy!  You are a keeper!

Me llamo Hannah

This is just at typical school day that I would like to remember.  Hope you enjoy!

Hannah's class theme for the day was "Mexico"

As usual on her school days we sit down at dinner and ask her about her day.

Mommy and Daddy: "What did you learn about today at school?"

Hannah: "Look in my folder."

This is what we found

M&D: "So you learned about Mexico!  What is one thing you learned about Mexico."
H: "They wear hats."
M&D: "Do they wear big hats or small hats?"
H: "BIG HATS!"
D: "It is called a sombrero."
H: "That's what my teacher says!"
M&D: "Did you eat anything special today?"
H: "A hot dog!"
M&D: ?? "was it a tortilla, with beans in it?"
H: "yeah"
M&D: "That is a burrito"
H: "Linkon really liked the beans."
M&D: "So is Mexico North or South of where we live?"
H: ???
M&D: "Is it above us or below us?"
H: "Below."
D: "So what are your feelings on NAFTA?"

Busiest year ever!

The first two weeks of 2012 have been crazy busy for us!

I had a bridal shower on the first, a party at my house on the third, Preston and I had a wedding in Lousiana on the 7th so we made a long weekend of it and drove out Friday and came back Sunday. No pictures of that trip :(.  I spent to much time catching up on missed showers and getting pampered with room service.

On the 11th was our Church baby blessing.  We dedicated Parker.  Here are some cute picts of the family.

I love how in this one they both have open mouths.

We spent a little time relaxing, then..

Hannah was a flower girl for cousin Gordan and Ewelina's wedding.

Rehearsal was Thursday the 12th and the wedding was the 13th.

Hannah was precious and did a great job!

It was a loong start to a new year but on Saturday we still had time to get the swing down from the attic.

Now we have one super happy boy.

Hannah's love scale

Hannah was letting me know how much she loves Parker and how much she loves me and her daddy and this is the result of our discussion.

Hannah's love:

loves Daddy > Mommy

loves Daddy > Parker

loves Mommy = Parker

Parker's love:

loves Mommy > Daddy

loves Daddy = Hannah

loves Mommy > Hannah

It is nice that she figured all of this out and actually thought about it :)  It is also funny with Hannah being a Daddy's girl and Parker a Mommy's boy she pretty much got it right.

Parker is 3 Months!

Parker turned three months old on Monday!

He is getting to be such a big boy and such an amazing JOY!

He is chatty all of the time cooing and razzing.  He has the best smiles a giggles.  He loves to play on his changing table with his mirror and this is acceptable because he does not roll over yet.  Just side to front or side to back.

He found his toes last week and become ecstatic if we take off his socks or footie pajamas.  

He can hold his head up 90 degrees, he loves tummy time a lot more than Hannah did but it is still not a favorite activity (is there a baby who likes it? I would like to meet them and witness that.)

He is now wearing about 1/2 3 month clothes 1/2 6 month clothes.  I am pretty sure he started teething this month due to his sudden bouts of panic chewing and massive drooling. 

His eyes are changing a little.  They are still beautiful and clear but more of a grey like his daddy's than a blue.  He still LOVES to jump and he got a jumperoo for Christmas but I think he might need a few more inches for his feet to touch.  He started sitting in his Bumbo some this month but is very slouchy in it.  And best of all this month he had his first Christmas!  He didn't really know what was going on just that he was home a lot less than normal and he got a huge haul of toys that he will be able to play with soon enough.

Three Month Stats:

Weight: 14.5 lbs

no doctor this month so we will have to wait until next month for length.

Christmas

I am not sure when I will post about our entire Christmas but needless to say...

it was incredible!