Life these days

It's been non-stop action around here these days. Mae is loving Julia, her captive audience, and Julia seems amused by her antics.

Julia is getting bigger and smiling and laughing more and more. She weighed in at 15 lbs 6 oz at 4 months. 90th percentile. She's 24 1/4 inches long. 50th percentile. So we're doing pretty well on that front! She also started sleeping from 8-7 with a 10:30 feed before I head to bed. Life's much more manageable with this sleep schedule!

Julia also has TWO teeth. The bottom tooth broke through last weekend. Can't believe it since she's only 4 months- but it explains the near constant drooling.

She got baptized last weekend. It was a special day since it was also Jason's and my 7th anniversary. My parents and brother were here as well as Jason's mom. Here's the only picture I have now. My mom has yet to send me the ones she took. Promise she was happier at the actual event...



Here are some pics of what's been going on lately. Some are kind of old but I haven't posted hardly any of her!






























She did not want to stop to pose for this picture...which is why she looks upset. She would have stayed in the pool ALL day had we let her. This was at the beginning of the summer-- before our 35 day 100+ degree heat wave.









First day of preschool with her beloved nap mat.



Oh, we've also potty trained Mae since she started showing interest so I figured I better jump on that. She's really done well and it's nice only having one in diapers. Thought this was a pretty hilarious picture. She'll probably kill me one day for posting it...




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Can you spot the baby??

I guess this is what it's like to be the second child....


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Julia's here!

Julia Lee Dallas arrived Tuesday, March 22nd weighing 8 lbs 3 oz. She has been unbelievably sweet and so easy this far! She sleeps pretty much all the time so I know it won't be this calm for long. We're so glad she's here and are having a great time together!

Mae is doing well too and tries to give her raisins and juice and wants to hold her bottle to feed her. She sings to her and pats her saying "it's otay" whenever she cries. Hopefully that will last.





















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Workin' it!

So we asked Mae to go sit in her chair to eat her popsicle...and she immediately got in this pose and flashed a big smile at us! Adorable now but not so sure how those teenage years are going to go...



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Birthdays and Other Happenings

Mae turned 2 a couple weeks ago and, man, did she love her birthday! She was anticipating it for weeks telling everyone she met that "Mae's birthday comin' up!" I'm so glad it lived it up to all the hype...really, all she wanted was a cupcake and balloons though. Know that won't last forever. Since then she still asks us, "Mae's birthday coming up?" then quickly answers herself, "No, Mae birthday over." It's pretty funny. She's now onto Daddy's birthday "comin' up" which is still a couple months away.

Here she is on her birthday morning with her new Mickey and Daisy (we already had Minnie), and new Pinkalicious sticker book. Happy girl.

A cupcake on the night of her birthday. She kept wanting us to re-light the candles, sing Happy Birthday and blow them out. Really taking in the whole experience...

You think she likes it?

And, then it was my 30th birthday a week later! We had a little fiesta with some friends and I was even seranaded...and given a sombrero. Would have been nice to have had a couple margaritas but that was kind of frowned upon being 7 months pregnant... It was such a fun birthday though!!

Houston's lunch on my birthday...we even braved the ice and snow to make it there. Totally worth it. Not sure if Mae was just happy to be out of the house or to have french fries for lunch.

Just thought this was a cute pic. We have been in a supper club for about 4 years, I think. We started as just married couples and now there are 6 kids and 2 more on the way. We had all the kids come to the last dinner and actually got a pretty cute pic. So sweet!

As I'm sure you know, we've had quite a bit of snow and ice in Dallas lately. We were homebound for several days and thankfully had lots of new birthday toys to keep us occupied. Mae is loving her new blocks!

Lots of snuggling on snow days...with daddy...
...and Tex.

We hosted lots of tea parties with our "friends".

And playing in the snow with the Edwards and Gus. She loved it but we had to cut it short when Tex cut his foot on something running around in the snow, and Jason had to rush him to the vet to get staples in his foot. Always something! We love getting a good snow every year though....just ready for the warm temps now!

Baby Jesus did it!

So, Mae has two recent obsessions...the Baby Jesus and tunnels. This is pretty hilarious.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you have all had a wonderful day! We have had a nice time in Phoenix with the Dallases-- Mae has especially (see below on her new wheels). We are heading back home tomorrow morning.



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Hello, anyone??

If anyone is still "reading" this incredibly neglected blog, the wait is over! I almost just gave up on it because how can you catch up on 4 months...but I'm not a quitter- just procrastinator.

Here are a few highlights of what we've been up to. Mae is 22-months old now and is really so much fun. She's talking so much and literally learning something every day. It's fun to see her little personality develop!

Some funny things she's saying..."One more minute" whenever we are approaching "quitting time" on any activity she's enjoying. "See ya soon" when we say goodbye to anyone. "Where are youuuu??" with much inflection whenever Jason or I step out of sight for a moment. She counts 1,2,3,7. She says "Thank you, honey" to us now. She calls Jason's beer "Daddy's apple juice." She also thinks Santa is Jesus...keeps calling him Jesus whenever we see Santa. Pretty funny...or at least we think so.



Mae is loving trains these days! We've been making frequent trips to Barnes & Noble to play with this great train table.We've enjoyed going to the Dallas library and reading in their cozy reading nooks.

Mae also loves playing with the pillows on the big bed in her room...especially likes to pile them all into her bed.


Mae has been a big help with the leaf-raking as well....one leaf at a time...we're making some good progress.


Here's Mae as Minnie for Halloween. Jason and I were Minnie's parents- creative, right? At least we got Jason to "dress up". Unfortunately, it was hard to get Minnie to slow down with all the excitement (aka candy) so this is the best pic I have.


We spent Thanksgiving in Memphis and had a great time with all of my family. Here's Mae getting some love from Uncle Sammy and Aunt Susie.


Now, we've made it to Christmas and all the fun that is brings for a 22-month old. Mae has really enjoyed everything...from a Christmas parade in downtown Dallas, seeing Christmas lights, meeting Santa, a holiday train display...She wasn't such a fan of Christmas card picture posing though. We got a good one after about 40!

Here are some out takes....I know how she feels in this one.



Sums it up. But it was worth it, right??




Hope everyone has a great Christmas!!! Thanks for sticking around and keeping up with us! I did load the blogger app on my phone, so now I should be able to just quickly post a picture on the go. We'll see if that helps!

Summertime!

We've been busy with lots of pool time this summer. Mae has been taking swim lessons once a week since early June. She loves swimming but hasn't taken too well to the "pressure" of the structured class....it's safe to say she's "bringing up the rear" in class right now. :) She's does great with us though! Here's a video Jason took of us the other day at the pool. I just got the new iPhone and love the video feature!! Hope to be posting more and more videos on here on the future!



This is what happens on the way home from the pool almost every time...