Hunter at 9 months old- Sept 2006
Blake at 9 months old- August 2009
Emily at nearly 9 months- March 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A Glimpse of 9 months old
I realize that these are not the best pictures to compare with. However, I'm just impressed that I have updated the blog more than once this week!
Hunter at 9 months old- Sept 2006
Blake at 9 months old- August 2009
Emily at nearly 9 months- March 2011
Hunter at 9 months old- Sept 2006
Blake at 9 months old- August 2009
Emily at nearly 9 months- March 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Blaker-Boo
This boy is too funny to even describe! He is at that fun age where he parrots words back at you with the funniest inflection. He is talking more and more and surprising us daily with new things that he says. He's sometimes very headstrong and willful, but overall has the most sweet heart and fun sense of humor. I love this little guy!!
9 months flies
Emily will be 9 months old this weekend. I plan to do a post on her and what she is up to then. For the time being, here's a peek at the cute face I get to see everyday... and YES, she is this happy all of the time. Remind of this when she's a surly teenager!
Growing up
Hunter is growing up way too fast for me. This is a picture of him at Rodeo Day at school. I'm so proud of him and the boy he is becoming. He is so kind and caring, he loves his brother and sister, he's funny and curious, smart and insightful, and one of the most joyful people I know. If time could stand still and I could capture him at this age forever, it would be tempting. The good thing is that I have felt this way before, and sweet stages always seem to come again... are are sweeter with age.
Take me out to the Ballgame...Tree Frog style
Blake was chomping at the bit to get out on that field and play some ball.
Sha Sha and Mimi with Blake and Emily before the big game. Wow, does it make you feel special to look into the stands and see so many people who love you there to cheer you on. It was a fun crowd!
#12 surveying the scene.
I cannot believe I have a baseball player! It's something I've looked forward to for a long time. Hunter had his first t-ball game Saturday and did great. #12 was looking good out there hitting and fielding and having a great time!
Sha Sha and Mimi with Blake and Emily before the big game. Wow, does it make you feel special to look into the stands and see so many people who love you there to cheer you on. It was a fun crowd!
#12 surveying the scene.
I cannot believe I have a baseball player! It's something I've looked forward to for a long time. Hunter had his first t-ball game Saturday and did great. #12 was looking good out there hitting and fielding and having a great time!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
This One's for Uncle Russ
I've been notified that it's been over a month since my last post. I've had every intention of updating the blog but haven't seem to have had the time to actually do it. So here goes....
The month of February was a great one. We had my birthday, a San Antonio snow (or dusting), the rodeo, lots of fun playtimes, a trip to Waco, and a trip to the lake. Hunter seems to be feeling like his old self. I am so glad about that. Blake is talking more and more and putting words into full sentences. It's like he has exploded with words and phrases and it's so fun. Emily is off and running- well crawling actually. She moves like an inch worm across the floor and is very good at getting from one place to another even though she doesn't move in the typical crawling form.
Our very impressive snow here in SA. It was enough for the kids to play and then not stick around for too long. We were happy with the little bit we got.
Emily sporting her lavender hat in Waco.
Blake styling his hair with water from the bathroom sink. This boy is ALWAYS up to something!
Giggling at his Bapa in Waco.
The Jone-hagens at the Rodeo. They had a blast! This was our 3rd year to go together.
Our 3 ready to Rodeo SA! It looks like Hunter is holding a knife to Emily's throat. Lovely.
Em and I posing before Chris and I headed out for a night at the rodeo.
Emily was absolutely perfect the entire time we were on the rodeo grounds. At one point, I peeked in the stroller and found her fast asleep. Sweet girl was rodeo'd out.
Blake could not stop giggling on his pony! He loved it.
Hunter was thrilled to ride the ponies again. He's an old pro.
This girl LOVES to swing. I mean LOVES IT!
Emily and Uncle Blake
At the lake- already dressed the part!
Our family (minus Em) on a boat ride at the lake.
Lady E at the lake
Hunter celebrated DAY 100 at school this past week with these awesome glasses.
Overall, Feburary was a great month. We are so grateful to have spring-like weather these past couple of weeks. We've spent lots of time outside. Hunter can now successfully ride his bike without training wheels. He was a fast learner. It took him only a couple of times to figure it out. I'm so proud! Back soon! Won't let so much time pass.
The month of February was a great one. We had my birthday, a San Antonio snow (or dusting), the rodeo, lots of fun playtimes, a trip to Waco, and a trip to the lake. Hunter seems to be feeling like his old self. I am so glad about that. Blake is talking more and more and putting words into full sentences. It's like he has exploded with words and phrases and it's so fun. Emily is off and running- well crawling actually. She moves like an inch worm across the floor and is very good at getting from one place to another even though she doesn't move in the typical crawling form.
Our very impressive snow here in SA. It was enough for the kids to play and then not stick around for too long. We were happy with the little bit we got.
Emily sporting her lavender hat in Waco.
Blake styling his hair with water from the bathroom sink. This boy is ALWAYS up to something!
Giggling at his Bapa in Waco.
The Jone-hagens at the Rodeo. They had a blast! This was our 3rd year to go together.
Our 3 ready to Rodeo SA! It looks like Hunter is holding a knife to Emily's throat. Lovely.
Em and I posing before Chris and I headed out for a night at the rodeo.
Emily was absolutely perfect the entire time we were on the rodeo grounds. At one point, I peeked in the stroller and found her fast asleep. Sweet girl was rodeo'd out.
Blake could not stop giggling on his pony! He loved it.
Hunter was thrilled to ride the ponies again. He's an old pro.
This girl LOVES to swing. I mean LOVES IT!
Emily and Uncle Blake
At the lake- already dressed the part!
Our family (minus Em) on a boat ride at the lake.
Lady E at the lake
Hunter celebrated DAY 100 at school this past week with these awesome glasses.
Overall, Feburary was a great month. We are so grateful to have spring-like weather these past couple of weeks. We've spent lots of time outside. Hunter can now successfully ride his bike without training wheels. He was a fast learner. It took him only a couple of times to figure it out. I'm so proud! Back soon! Won't let so much time pass.
Friday, January 28, 2011
The Long and Short of it
IT's a party over here!
It's been a LONG week with a SHORT agenda. Rest and healing for Hunter. What has that looked like exactly? Well, he has situated himself on our living room couch, "the red couch" as he calls it, and has not left it for much time at all. This is his spot night and day. He has watched countless episodes of The Backyardagains and I am not exaggerating when I say he's watched them non-stop. Non-stop! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, rest assured knowing that it's a cute cartoon show with very catchy lyrics and songs that get in your head.
He's slept a lot, taken many baths, fought us tooth and nail each time it's time for pain medicine, has very yucky breath due to his throat healing, has eaten his share of popscicles, has been ringing a little bell I gave him- it was cute the first several days, watched only The Backyardagains at all hours of the day and night, has not left the couch except for a few occasions on the driveway to "scoot" with neighbors or play inside quietly.... It's been a long week.
Blake is really good at the scooter these days too. It's amazing to see his coordination as he scoots up and down the driveway. I caught the boys in these cute shots the other afternoon while we spent a little time in the fresh air. Pardon our unkept looks- we've had little reason to dress up this week, or brush hair for that matter!
Emily has been sleeping through the night this week which makes her mama very happy. I think it could have something to do with the fact that being home the last 7 days she has had predictable naps and a more routine schedule. It's made a difference in her nighttime sleep. This is Emmy after a bath. Pretty eyes!
It's been a LONG week with a SHORT agenda. Rest and healing for Hunter. What has that looked like exactly? Well, he has situated himself on our living room couch, "the red couch" as he calls it, and has not left it for much time at all. This is his spot night and day. He has watched countless episodes of The Backyardagains and I am not exaggerating when I say he's watched them non-stop. Non-stop! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, rest assured knowing that it's a cute cartoon show with very catchy lyrics and songs that get in your head.
He's slept a lot, taken many baths, fought us tooth and nail each time it's time for pain medicine, has very yucky breath due to his throat healing, has eaten his share of popscicles, has been ringing a little bell I gave him- it was cute the first several days, watched only The Backyardagains at all hours of the day and night, has not left the couch except for a few occasions on the driveway to "scoot" with neighbors or play inside quietly.... It's been a long week.
Blake is really good at the scooter these days too. It's amazing to see his coordination as he scoots up and down the driveway. I caught the boys in these cute shots the other afternoon while we spent a little time in the fresh air. Pardon our unkept looks- we've had little reason to dress up this week, or brush hair for that matter!
Emily has been sleeping through the night this week which makes her mama very happy. I think it could have something to do with the fact that being home the last 7 days she has had predictable naps and a more routine schedule. It's made a difference in her nighttime sleep. This is Emmy after a bath. Pretty eyes!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sew Fun!
So I got domestic over Christmas and Chris surprised me with a sewing/embroidery machine. I am so excited!
The clincher is that I do not know how to sew anything- at all. So, I have taken it upon myself to read up, watch some online YouTube tutorials and the instructional DVD that came with it, and have successfully threaded the machine.
A poor old t-shirt of mine was the first victim and has all sorts of stitches criss-crossing it. Today, I felt very industrious and added the embroidery piece and did Emily's name on an old, grungy shirt of Chris'. It turned out pretty good.
So, in the future, I hope to take a class to learn the basics, play around with it some more and actually make something. I think having a daughter will only encourage that! There are some "simple" things I could make for her once I get the hang of it. If any of you sew, speak up and send some advice this way. I sure could use it!!
Tonsillectomy Report
Hunter is 4 days post surgery and really doing well. He had his tonsils and adenoid removed on Friday at 1:30. For as much anxiety that I experienced the days leading up to it, when it came time for the actual procedure, I was fine and trusted the doctor completely. Hunter was very calm and never showed any fear or anxiety over what was about to happen.
(All of my hospital pics are on my iPhone so I will have to upload those later. Here is is before the Cotton Bowl)
An hour later, we were notified that surgery was over and talked to the doctor in the hall about what to expect. At that moment, the surgical nurse came through the doors and told us that he was awake and upset. That was the hardest part of the entire ordeal- watching your baby in pain and not being able to take it away. 3 doses of morphine later, he was asleep. They wheeled him upstairs to a post-surgery pediatric room. All that he had looked forward to was being wheeled around in bed and darn if everytime he moved he was too asleep to notice.
He slept most of that afternoon, woke up for some popsicles and rested the rest of the evening. I stayed that night in the hospital with him and tended to him when he needed me to. We had soup and jello with a midnight showing of cartoon Batman. We tried all flavors of popsicles- except for red because they won't let you eat anything red after a tonsillectomy. Bummer. Did you know that yellow popsicles are banana-flavored? Yuck!
Since being home, we have depended heavily on the pain meds- so grateful to have them. Have contended with fatigue, fever and just flat out feeling blah. We have served him a diet of jello, pudding, popsicles, ice-cream, milkshakes and soup. We have documented his every move and let him take as many baths and showers as he would like.
Today is the first day I have seen him show any interest in getting off of the couch. As I type, he is playing with his pirate Playmobil set at the coffeetable. Yay! A little normal is good.
We are going to take it easy this week and let him recooperate. He's fine laying low and hanging at home.
On other news...Emily is rocking on all fours. She can scoot around the floor somehow, so we are on full watch since this is the stage where everything goes in the mouth! Yikes!
Blake, my little comedian, was getting a little talking-to at a restaurant last week. We were there with friends and it was basically a ghost town except for us, but he was being a little overly silly. I pulled him aside and told him, "No more silly." He looked at me, cocked his head to the side and raised one finger and asked, "Mon more silly??" Ha! How do you resist? Of course you can have one more silly!
Oh, he will kill me for this someday, but he loves to push Emily's baby stroller around and even tried to diaper the dolls. It's too cute! And who says I don't have help over here??
A strange fog is on this picture- not sure why.
(All of my hospital pics are on my iPhone so I will have to upload those later. Here is is before the Cotton Bowl)
An hour later, we were notified that surgery was over and talked to the doctor in the hall about what to expect. At that moment, the surgical nurse came through the doors and told us that he was awake and upset. That was the hardest part of the entire ordeal- watching your baby in pain and not being able to take it away. 3 doses of morphine later, he was asleep. They wheeled him upstairs to a post-surgery pediatric room. All that he had looked forward to was being wheeled around in bed and darn if everytime he moved he was too asleep to notice.
He slept most of that afternoon, woke up for some popsicles and rested the rest of the evening. I stayed that night in the hospital with him and tended to him when he needed me to. We had soup and jello with a midnight showing of cartoon Batman. We tried all flavors of popsicles- except for red because they won't let you eat anything red after a tonsillectomy. Bummer. Did you know that yellow popsicles are banana-flavored? Yuck!
Since being home, we have depended heavily on the pain meds- so grateful to have them. Have contended with fatigue, fever and just flat out feeling blah. We have served him a diet of jello, pudding, popsicles, ice-cream, milkshakes and soup. We have documented his every move and let him take as many baths and showers as he would like.
Today is the first day I have seen him show any interest in getting off of the couch. As I type, he is playing with his pirate Playmobil set at the coffeetable. Yay! A little normal is good.
We are going to take it easy this week and let him recooperate. He's fine laying low and hanging at home.
On other news...Emily is rocking on all fours. She can scoot around the floor somehow, so we are on full watch since this is the stage where everything goes in the mouth! Yikes!
Blake, my little comedian, was getting a little talking-to at a restaurant last week. We were there with friends and it was basically a ghost town except for us, but he was being a little overly silly. I pulled him aside and told him, "No more silly." He looked at me, cocked his head to the side and raised one finger and asked, "Mon more silly??" Ha! How do you resist? Of course you can have one more silly!
Oh, he will kill me for this someday, but he loves to push Emily's baby stroller around and even tried to diaper the dolls. It's too cute! And who says I don't have help over here??
A strange fog is on this picture- not sure why.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Happy Half Birthday Emily!!
Emily is 6 months old... as of January 2nd. It's hard to believe half a year ago she was born. That day seems like yesterday!
At 6 months old, the little lady is quite busy. Not only does her schedule include following her 2 big brothers around doing whatever they are up to, she seems to want to move herself. From a young age, Emily has been wanting to pull up and not be cradled like a baby. She loved to be carried facing out and up. That remains true today. She is starting to sit up unassisted- although we are close by because she will topple over quickly. She loves toys and reaches for anything close enough to grab. She is also putting any and everything into her mouth. Thus, another challenge and reminder that all those little Legos and tiny pieces that came with Christmas presents need to be kept out of reach. Especially as she begins to crawl.
Dr. Fitch seems to think she has extremely loose joints and won't crawl or walk on the soon side of things. Of course, the same was said of Hunter and he crawled at 8 months and was walking by a year. So I guess we will see.
She weighs 14 lbs 3 oz at 6 months so she is still a bitty baby. The boys were 17 lbs (Hunter) and 16 lbs 5 oz (Blake) at this point. Amazing that they all grow at their own pace.
Rice cereal is not her favorite and we got permission to move on to bigger and better. So tonight, sweet potatoes are on the menu. I think she will be pleased.
Emily just jumped up to size 2 diapers. Of course, since that move, we have had more "blowouts" than I care to mention. All I can say is, I owe my sister big time!
Clothing wise, she wears 3-6 month clothes and some 9 month pieces. Dressing her only gets more fun. Someday, I will have to post her in my favorite outfits. She looks best in blues and purples- they really bring out her blue eyes.
Sleeping is better. She is making it through the night without a feeding now, so that is great. We are having so much fun in this stage and loving having Emily as a part of the family. She is the sweetest little sister and we are crazy about her.
A comparison of the 3 at 6 months old:
HUNTER:
BLAKE:
EMILY:
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