Sibling Love

This is Mason having his usual morning "conversation" with Elizabeth this past Sunday.



The dialogue consists of Mason saying "Hey baby...whatchu doin?" in a very high pitched voice. Sometimes he throws in the occasional deep sigh before he speaks so he can sound like every other person that talks to her. Elizabeth responds by crossing her eyes - since Mason likes to get 1 inch from her face - and occasionally smiling or cooing back at him.

He really does love her so much and lets her know that frequently - I especially love when he squeezes her and tells her "I love you so much, baby!"

I sure do hope that this sibling love continues, but I won't get my hopes up. :)

My New Obsession...

I have discovered how to make picture collages using Picasa (Thanks, Jessica!) and it is sooooo addicting! It makes me need to take 1,000,000 more pictures of my kids – now!

This is my new desktop background…

Just warning you that most of my blog posts will now contain collages... :)

I'm Back...

Well, as back as any full time working mother of 2 kids under 4 can be. I hope to begin posting more frequently and sharing all of our little "funnies" on here.

Just a quick catch up...

Elizabeth Leigh joined our family on April 25 at 1:04pm. She weighed a healthy 8lbs, 6ozs and was 19.5 inches. I am happy to report that she is nursing well and is now almost 14 pounds! She is growing up so fast (faster than Mason, it seems) and is just the sweetest baby. She is already sleeping through the night and has been for a few weeks. She is so smiley and snuggly and we all love her so much.

Elizabeth at 2 months

Now that I am back to work, Mason is attending daycare full time at The Peanut Gallery in LaPorte. He loves it, although we did have a very rough beginning. We tried out another daycare first and that just didn't work out. He would cry even before we left the house and even told me that it was "dangerous" so I couldn't make him go back there! After switching to the Peanut Gallery, he cried for the first week but now gets so excited every morning when I tell him that he is going to school. That definitely makes it easier to come to work when I know he is having a good time and enjoying the play where he stays.

Mason and Ms. Michelle on Crazy Hat Day (Michelle was my partner teacher when I worked at that daycare after high school...She's been there 25 years!)

I also want to share that he is LOVING being a big brother. He loves his "baby sister" so much - maybe a little too much sometimes. There is nothing on this Earth that is more heartwarming than seeing your kids be so sweet to each other!

Kacey and I are doing well - adjusting to life with 2 kids. We are headed to College Station this weekend to visit with family and watch some 10U baseball. I'm excited because it is our first trip and hotel stay with our family of 4 so it will be fun. Plus we are taking Mason and Elizabeth to the TAMU campus to take some pictures so that will be fun too! And of course we will be buying them some Aggie attire so that we can begin the process...(insert evil laugh)!