Dallas World Aquarium

On sunday we headed out for our daddy day redo...we LOVE the aquarium and I think even H liked it :) he did love the waterfall and the bright fish :)

Clara Lucia is here!

While on my whirlwind stop in Houston I was uplifted by little Miss Clara Lucia.. shes has one of those names that are so fun to say!!! :) Shes adorable.. and tiny compared to Dex's ole big head!!! So dainty and tiny.. anyway momma and daddy looked ready to go home when I was leaving on Tuesday! and hopefully that came a few hours later!:)

Here are a few pics of CL she certainly liked the camera! :)

Family Time

Well Hendrix and I made the long haul to Houston.. YAY Houston! (hmmm can you say HUMIDITY!) We came down to spend some time with family, unfortunately my uncle passed away earlier this month. He was a huge family man, and his memorial service drew lots of family to Houston, I was working so we arrived yesterday so we could say a quick hello to Hendrixs' new Great Grandparents! and also to visit Marie and tiny little Clara Lucia! I will be sure to get more pics.. but hers a few of new grandmama Valerie with a somewhat calm Hendrix :)

watch this space..

Well watch the photography space.. but I will sure let you know here when its done!!

I have decided to go ahead and launch another site to push the babies and maternity pics (more importantly the announcements) I will be offering my services.. obviously.. and also design services so if you send me your baby pics I will work on them and try to make you a unique announcement. This follows the comments and feedback I have gotten regarding our announcements!

Heres the logo.. I have to thank Kent and Hendrix.. they both inspired (or chose) it! :)

More swimmin'

He looks like he doesnt care.. but he does!! You should have seen him when the camera went off.. HA.. (he didnt do much then either!) but hey it keeps me happy making memories! :)




Well do I have a water baby!!! :) He got a new bathing suit today (because I didnt know we would be swimming) with a cute little wet shirt.. it was a little big, but H loved it! He hung out just looking around and wowing the ladies at Mimis pool for about 45 mins! We kept him in the shade but he just soaked it all in! I think we have another water baby to play with all his cousins! :)

The First Swim!!!

So Hendrix and his little buddy.. (HA buddy if you count those whom steal your paci!! ;) )sorry,. Hendrix and Mason went for a swim yesterday and it was a little chilly.. he didnt really get those shorts too wet.. but he definately didnt mind it! It was the cutest thing.. Mason was all into it!

Dont they look cute in their matching "suits" LOL my goodness these kids are going to match.. well.. til they can tell.. MOM stop dressing us the same!! LOL

hehe arent they cute!!!

I caught him!!!

yup he was smiling :)

Motivation

So it seems... after going through old pics, that it wasnt too long ago that I looked OK! I never ever thought I was skinny by any means, but looking back man I would give anything to get back down to my wedding weight.. granted I was only that weight for about 10 mins.. but I know I can do it again! After going through a bunch of pictures I have come across these.. I am hoping they will motivate me! Heck heres the most recent pic of me to compare.. UGH

Granted I know I had a baby 6 weeks ago.. but most of this came before him.. so as soon as I am cleared on thursday I am hoping to kick start it all :)

All of these were about 3-4 years ago...

This one I just like...


After going through this post the next thing I see is that smile in the post below.. MAN its worth it!!! :)

Is that a SMILE!

I still cant TOTALLY tell.. but this resembled a laugh! :)

It just gets better! :)

Its started to sink in all this motherhood stuff.. its going pretty good I think :) he loves his sleep.. I have said that before right?? We had another night last night of sleeping from 11.30-6.30am I like this schedule! He did scream and cause me my first OH MY GOD WHATS WRONG WITH HIM meltdown.. :( turns out it was gas, but it must have hurt bad.. the poor thing was screaming, turning red, and his cry was so painful :( Anyway, Daddy rocked him and got some toots out and he went to sleep :) til 6.30!! Hes asleep again now, and I have figured this is when I get things done :)

Before he went to sleep he was smiling and actually laughing! I cant wait til this happens all the time.. and I hope it does.. I hope hes not a miserable baby! It seems to have taken him ages to smile :( I hope that doesnt mean we are miserable! He really only does it in the morning and when hes going to sleep, but he does it ALOT now when hes going to sleep.. so we will see! :)

He likes tummy time best on his boppy.. :)

see thats almost a smile! ;)

and he LOVES his bug pacis!!! :)

Sittin and ALMOST smilin!

Yesterday I am sure I saw my little boy smile at me.. TWICE! but hes still figurin that out.. but today i thought hmm I wonder if that seat thing will work yet, being as hes so big.. so we just had fun watching him look around, he looked like he was thinking.. hmm this is a different view.. I was laughing so hard, he looks all big in that seat!!! and he almost thought that was funny too! :)

Excuse his baby acne! poor little thing.. he will be over that soon :) Doesnt he look like hes smiling in that first pic!! :)

Oh and we do have other clothes.. I guess we just like this one! It seems to have been in a lot of pics lately! :)

Thats it.. its over!!!!

NO MORE eating like I am PG, not that I have since I had Little H, but I have still been allowing myself things that I wouldnt normally, and while people say dont be hard on yourself, you need the energy etc.. I am lucky enough to have a sweet sweet baby that loves his sleep as much as his mummy and daddy do! So I really am not feeling TOOO sleep deprived.. so I dont need to fill that gap with energy food.

I have become dangerously dependant on coffee in the AM, starbucks at anytime, and naps with Hendrix in the afternoon (given the chance). But it makes for a happy mummy :)

So yesterday marked my first full time day on the South Beach diet again ( no waiting til Monday for me!) LOL I did well all day, I dont think Kent liked the chicken breast and veggies though.. LOL

I have 50 pounds to go! It seems like sooo much, I cant believe I let that happen, but halfish is still baby weight and then I have that 10 pounds a year you gain from being married! I am hoping by Decemeber I am back to my wedding weight :)

My BIG boy!

Hendrix' 1 month appt was today.. and as I figured hes gaining just fine! :)

He is now 10 pounds 3 oz (still not as big as his daddy when he was born) he's growing WAAAY too fast!!! hes 22 inches.. and so 50-75 percentile for height and weight!

They are watching is right eye, as it wasnt responding to the light they way the doc would have liked.. but he was VERY tired when we got there and his eyes get lazy when hes tired.. he said it should correct itself by 4 months.. but he is going to watch it at each visit. He had one shot, which he DIDNT like at all! but we stuck a bottle in his mouth and he was fine! :)

Hes starting to look dark too, and his eyes look like they are turning brown :)

Oh and hes starting to really enjoy bath time! ;)

Back to Work!

So tomorrow marks my back to work :( I am a little sad, but I am also excited in that I really only leave the house to work once a week, and its on a day when I know H will be with his daddy. Kent even said that his brother may be here, and they want to take him to a music store! Also its his one month birthday tomorrow.. and while Kent just argued that it his anniversary not his birthday, he also agreed there maybe a chance that its reason for a new transformer toy! MEN!

While I did do one wedding the week after he was born, I swear that must have been committed under major adrenaline, as I remember the first few weeks I was full of energy (well as close as you can imagine) and only the last 2 have lost that a little... (the meds maybe! ;)

The strangest part about this new little human in my life, is that my house stays cleaner (for now) and "most" of the time my work is done. I guess, one, he sleeps so well in his crib (most of the time) so I get everything I need done in the morning, and two, it makes me less crazy if everything is done. This could be my downfall later, but for now its getting done! :)

So tomorrow I will go armed with my super strength ibruprofen, and my camera (and my SIL) and pray that it all goes to plan! :)

Wish me luck! :)

4 Weeks and flying!

A Little Boy

If you have a little boy
All your very own,
Then you have enough and more
To make a happy home.




4 Weeks today! Time really flies.

Its so nice to see him growing and changing, getting more hair, making more faces. But as each week goes by I realise how fast they change, and how quickly they grow, it makes me sad, but at the same time it makes me excited to see what will happen next, as I know there is SO much changing to come!

I am starting to also feel that amazing love, I cant help but kiss him and hug him, and there are even times I encourage him to wake so I can stare at him (this is normally if theres nothing else to do, LOL)

Happy 4 week birthday little one!

Hehehe This is his.. I am busy working on something face! :)

He ate my chips!!!

Yesterday while out running around we stopped at Wendys to get lunch. My mum was in the back with Hendrix and she kept joking that he had eaten half her burger.. so when we stopped and I went to get him out.. i looked at him and though.. Did she kiss on him with ketchup on her mouth.. and then realised she had put little dabs of ketchup on his nose, cheek and the edge of his mouth, just to add to it he spat up a little while i was trying to figure out what was going on.. He looked so funny I looked up and Mum was just standing outside the car laughing! " I said he stole my chips" I cracked up and the poor little guy was oblivious and fast asleep! :)

Videos..

I still cant get Tinypic to post my videos.. so heres one that I uploaded today :)

http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=5xh62jp

http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=6gvuucm

Sticking out our tongues!

I read yesterday that at this age if you do certain things babies will eventually copy you.. so last night we were all sitting on the couch and Kent and I took turns to stick our tongues out as he stared at each of us.. I swear the child must think we are crazy.. he looked from me to Kent and back and probably thought who ARE these people! but eventually and much to our excitement he started sticking his tongue out! Of course he stopped when I took the camera out..

Yay the next thing is smiling!

Jillian .. meet Hendrix!

She was impressed let me tell you.. although she smiles at pretty much everything..

I cant say the same for Tom, he and Hendrix had a staring competition! I bet Hendrix won! ;)

No more poopin in your shoes!

Hes been repremanded and told he is not allowed to poop in ANY shoes ... at least until college! ;)

hehehe look at those tiny shoes... this blowout came about an hour after the dr said.."Have you had any great blowouts yet.. you know where they go up their back".. hmm now we have except it went straight for his feet!

And you are???

I get this stare from him regularly now.. like he;s figuring it all out.. well actually more like.. he knows.. and hes smarter than you! :) We have had a few days of relaxation.. and hes done great.. napping, feeding and cooing.. and then at night he still sleeps... He has some baby acne right now :( but hes still cute as a button! :)

My Little Boy, My Mothers day

"Don't wait to make your son a great man - make him a great boy”

So heres what I would consider out Mothers day picture.. it WAS only a few days before! :)

Happy Mothers day!

And heres a pic of Kent! LOL I actually didnt get ANY pics with my little one yesterday.. OH well.. there was a lot going on! Hendrix spent the day with family, first surrounded by ALL the mommies.. and then his cousins babysit (the pictures of which are at http://www.thisisyourlifelk.blogspot.com/) He slept really well last night.. after his evening melt down! Today he has spent some calm time awake and has slept alot! So I hope he still sleeps tonight!

My first Mothers day was great.. a bit of a whirlwind as it seems we didnt stop all day! I got a beautiful locket from my DH! he even added his own touch.. it says SDS instead of SJS (just because I use that more now) and he didnt like the way Monograms were laid out so he had them do it this way (in most your last initial is in the middle) :) Its gorgeous and I love it.. I just have to print teeny tiny pics to go in it now!

So.. what DOES he do!

I was taking pictures for Amy of him sportin his Texas colors! and Hunter wanted in on the action.. its so funny, if you put the baby on the floor Hunter brings him toys.. I guess he wants to know what it is he does, if its not play with him! Hes the only one in the house that cant play tug!

So he diverted his attention to Cash.. and they tugged their way around the house!

While I am in a posting frenzy .. this is the sling that April had made for us.. he actually likes it.. and it makes it much easier to carry him around!

His fathers son!

Remind you of anyone??? (look at his hand!)

There is so much more of Kent in this child than anyone would have imagined! Firstly it looks like he will have blonde hair.. oh well.. and he could possible have his dads steely blue eyes.. he has his ears, HEAD!!! chin, and he also has his tempremant.. we have noticed that when there are lots of people he will either put himself to sleep or he will cry and when you lay him in his cool, quiet crib he will stop and go to sleep.. so it seems no one could deny Kent of this child! :) I did say all along that I hoped he was like Kent, I knew then he would be laid back and calm.

Although his new thing last night was refusing to go to sleep.. Kent also does that! :)

Hendrix first Dr appointment!

Today was Hendrix' first trip to the dr. I must say he did real well.. what with the nakedness and the prodding poor thing!!!

I was very shocked! he stats are great and apparently the Dr said we are great parents, and whatever we are doing, keep doing it! We felt very proud!

SO when he was born at 7lb 12oz, left the hospital at 7lb 7oz and today weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 5OZ!!! I was under the impression he was just supposed to gain his birthweight back.. so we know we are feeding him enough.. and before you panic that he is going to be a chub hes also gained 2.5 inches!!!! he was 18.5 at birth and 21 inches today.. whoaa... we MAY have some Gates genes down here!!!

Apart from that he had his second PKU test and only cried a little (I had a bottle in his mouth) :)

I also ventured out on my own when we got home .. so that I could get some stuff done that Kent had no interest in!! I had no problems and its all feeling so much better now.. and I am only taking 2 ibruprofen a day.. ( large doses mind you! ).

Tommorrow Nana Dane comes.. so we will have more fun guests at our house! I know hes excited as he took forever to get to sleep tonight.. :) he was pooped when we got home!

Double Trouble!

They really are going to be trouble together when they are old enough to walk!!! LOL

More nice pics from today.. we really took adavantage of 2 photographers in a room.. cute babies, and make up! :)

OK I lied!

So heres some pics.. I got dressed up AGAIN.. and Gavin and April came over to do some pics of us all... we actually got some nice ones.. THanks to all the black I was wearing.. and then the touching up! LOL

Heres a taste I need a nap!!

Image by Gavin, touched up and edited by me! ;)