6 week catch up...



I have set a new record for the longest time I have gone without blogging and posting pictures. I am thankful for my phone and the not-so-great quality pictures that remind me of some of the fun things we did the last 6 weeks. So her goes my catch up post...

 

At the end of July, I did my second wedding in two weeks in Burleson. I finished editing the 1st one pretty quickly...still working on the second. We enjoyed the end of our summer with fun play dates and trips to the Orange place as Mason calls it. Did I mention we found out Mason and Micah will have another sibiling which means mommy was on the couch sick for six weeks. Micah had to go back to the hospital and have another surgery, Mason and Micah danced with Elvis, Mason told me tonight he wants to name the baby Larry, we painted a firetruck, and took a fun family vacation to South Padre, and both started Mother's day out at the church.

 

Mason's new thing is science. He asks to do a science project every day. 

One of a kind...

They both enjoy their stories... Micah has learned to try to stall going to bed by asking for more storied or food...

Contagious smile...

 

A favorite to spell words...and yes, he does this all by himself. He always spells five words because he has 5 vowels.

Painting a firetruck at the pottery place... there is not another like it!

 

Micah's favorite toys...balls, tools, and blocks.

Mommy and Micah date to Panera Bread...the first of many.

We let her have some spaghetti which she loves even though she is not supposed to have anything red. 

One tired little boy after a mommy day at the beach.

Mason took this picture in the doctor's office...future photographer? We went to the doctor 4 times the week Micah ended up in the hospital.

Sweet girl after surgery... 

 

We were both struggling...we would lay on "my bed" and watch tv and eat saltine crackers.

She did great in the hospital despite the circumstances...praying we don't have to do this again!



 

Mason sharing his ice cream with Micah. Hard to take her to the ice cream place and tell her she can't have it. Luckly they have some lactose free ice cream which happens to be Mason's favorite...pineapple. 

 I had a birthday...not very eventful because I felt so bad.

Fun celebration with family for my Uncle James's 60th birthday. Micah danced for over an hour as Elvis played.

 Mason dancing like Elvis...

 Micah and her GiGi...great picture!

 My non-napper on the way to the beach..

 This one wakes up so early he always takes a nap...

 

Strong girl...

After school treat...

 Grape slush....

Decided to take Micah to get her first haircut after preschool one day. 

 Pretty girl...

Beach...

I am going to catch up the last 6 weeks but couldn't wait to post some pictures of our pretty girl on the beach. I need to be cleaning bathrooms, but they will still be waiting when I am done.

Mason wanted some daddy time, so I took Micah to the beach and just had the best time. She loved the seagulls and tried to chase them. This was such a fun mommy and Micah time! One of those times I will remember when she is graduating from high school, and think "It was just yesterday you were one and chasing seagulls on the beach!"

 We see this expression all the time!

 Love the little footprints in this one...

 She was done. Said " bye bye" and started walking towards our hotel.

Movie Night....

Friday Night Movie Night is a favorite at our house. While we don't get to do it every Friday, we try to do it often. This Friday, Craig went hunting, so the kids and I had a movie night. We watched Mason's current favorite movie...Alvin and The Chipmunks Chipwrecked. There is lots of music so lots of dancing going on in our house. Micah dances everytime she hears music. It brings a smile to my face everytime!

This boy ALWAYS wants to wear is pajamas. Every time he is getting ready before we go somewhere, he says, " I get to put my pajamas back on when I get home, right?" He loves to be at home, and has learned if he is in his pajamas he can't go anywhere.

 Caught in the act of dancing. She moved her hips side to side...

 She is getting ready for bed, and is telling the movie "I love you!"...:-)

15 months...

Micah is 15 months, and I have to say her favorite thing is shoes. Really...shoes! All shoes, not just her own. She grabs her shoes of choice (which always match), and brings them to me to put on. When they fall off, she brings them back, sits down, and wants me to put the on again. Her favorite is Mason's running shoes which are at least 5 sizes too big!

I haven't taken her to her checkup. Every time I go to the doctor, it seems like I am there for the next week. I have enjoyed not having to go the last couple of weeks! She is still pretty limited on food, as she can't anything with milk protein or any food that is red. Yet, despite the allergies, she is such a great eater. I am pretty sure she out eats Mason daily. Her favorites include applesauce, peanut butter crackers, edemame, and bananas.

Micah...
-  loves to read stories. Brings you a book and backs up to sit in your lap so you will read it to her.
-  says dada, ball, rub rub (all the lotion she needs for her skin) , and nana (banana)
- enjoys all kinds of balls and will go make a basket when you ask her to:-)
- will dance anytime she hears music
- will walk up and give her brother kisses
- bath time is one of her favorites...probably because her alone time since we shouldn't bathe them together to help prevent staph infections
-is not a big fan of the swimming pool
- in a size 4 diaper
- gives the best kisses!

 Wearing Mason's shoes...

4th of July,,,

I loved having a holiday in the middle of the week... I am sure people who had to get up and go to work the next day would disagree, but we had a fun family day.  We took Mason to the firework stand to get a couple of fireworks, and I think daddy was just as excited as he was. 

We had a great dinner with Cross family, followed by fireworks in the driveway, and then to Boerne for the fireworks show.  Both kids stayed up until 11 by the time we got home and got them to bed, but it was worth it. Mason said the big fireworks were his favorite part of the day!

Mason and one of his best buddies,Weston.

 Craig set off a ton of blackcats and I thought this little girl would be scared. I was wrong...she was clapping!

 Roman Candles...a favorite for Mason and Weston.

Awesome Sunday...

Today was an awesome day! Sunday School and church where we were early  probably for the first time EVER. Everyone cooperated this morning... no Sunday morning melt down or argument probably because we weren't running late like most Sundays.

Lunch,  3 hour naps for the kids, and a two hour nap for mommy which was so refreshing. (I was going to just lay down for a couple of minutes.) A quick trip to HEB for mommy and Micah, while the boys stayed home and played Cut the Rope on the tablet.

Breakfast tacos for dinner and a movie night...Alvin and The Chipmunks Chipwrecked. 2nd movie night in a row...same movie:-) with popcorn of coarse. Watching our two dance to the music was so precious. Micah went to bed, but Mason, mommy, and daddy had a dance party in our house when it was over. Lots of laughs! Mason said, "All this dancing makes me tired!"

I was messing around with settings on my camera and got a couple of neat pictures. I showed this one to Mason and he said, "That's not me. I don't see my blue eyes."

 I was definitely messing around with settings on this one. Still liked the uniqueness of it...

 She always walks towards me and wants to touch the camera or try to put the lens cap on.

 On of her favorite things to do...climb the stairs...

 She looks to see if the gate is up, if not, she takes off up the stairs as fast as she can...