Monday, February 2, 2009

More of the Babies...

Jayden once again wearing Daddy's shirt. He brought it to me to wanting to wear it after Demetrius had been gone at school all day. Loves his daddy.

Jayden just LOVES to lay on his sister!

Pretty girl before church this past Sunday.

Is it time for exersaucers already? I put her in the twins' saucer yesterday and she loved it! She is so strong and she knew how to work all the toys. Growing up to fast!

Another bath time photo shoot of crazy hair!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Our Days




Jayden often walks around without pants but you will always find him with only one sock. He is quirky and this is just one of his hang ups. One sock at a time.
The picture of LaJuan and the kids is one of our Daycare "Stations." This is the "Home, Kitchen, etc" room. It is actually our back porch. One of LaJuan's great ideas!

Love this Picture!

We found a Church!

Just wanted to add a few pictures LaJuan took of us before church on Sunday. We visited a new church and really felt that we found the right place to spend Sunday mornings. Jayden was welcomed in the nursery and had a great time playing with the other kids. It's a small plant church (City Church) with a "Grace"-like feel to it. Lots of young couples, young children and seemingly genuine people! We stayed after and talk to people for about 45 minutes and felt right at home. I also learned about some community groups and play groups!

Sweet Journey slept right through church in the Moby Wrap. She is still a Mama's girl but I did catch her laughing and playing with her Daddy this morning!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Mourning the Loss

Several months back Jayden lost a small soccer ball in the storm drain near our house. Since then, every time we walk by the drain he says, "ball, ball, ball" and "needs" to look down into the drain just to make sure the ball hasn't magically appeared. Just recently he purposely threw another small soccer ball down there. He will even look in storm drains that are not in our neighborhood (for example he looked into a storm drain at the hospital a few weeks ago). Funny and sad. He really misses his balls (although he has 45 others).

Maybe if I look from this angle I will see it? He proceeded to lay down in the street hoping to catch a glimpse. No luck today...

Taking a break.

Chillin'

Okay, I think I have a right to post this simply because I have had the complete opposite experience with my first baby...

Journey slept just over 12 hours last night without a feeding! I'd like to also note that I was up once a night with Jayden until he was 9 months old and completely weaned. This girl just LIKES TO SLEEP! I must say, it is nothing we have done. She is super content and we are super grateful (especially since her crib is in our room).

On a funnier note...the lactation nurse at the hospital a few weeks ago told me that I should be "waking her up at night because a baby her age should not go more than 4-5 hours without a feeding." To which I responded, "that is just not gonna happen." End quote.

Radio Flyer

Jayden has learned to ride his bike ALL by himself! This morning I was pushing him along and when I stopped, he kept going. Now...we have to learn to steer. As you can see in the picture he kept getting upset when he would run into the grass.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Things that Happened this Week.

1. I found my first gray hair.
2. Jayden stayed in the church nursery without crying.
3. Demetrius and I went on a little date.
4. Journey laughed.

The Princess

I'm NOT a girl...I'm a PRINCESS!!!!

Gotta love a self-soothing baby!

Hey everyone!

Bunch of Random Pics

We went to the park yesterday and had a great time. Jayden loves the slides and will climb just about anything.

The look of determination!

Our little "organic baby" (thanks Auntie Portia)!

Having fun in his bedroom.

Wow, this kid is definitely lacking in the toy department! Please note that he is sitting (backwards) on his new potty chair...clothes on but it's a step forward nonetheless!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

3 Months Old!

We cannot believe that our little girl has turned 3 months old! I cannot begin to describe the joy she has added to our family. I love everything about her.

Sitting in my pink Bumbo chair with my special Bunny.

Thank you Auntie Julia for the most beautiful bracelet ever!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Mom's Request

My mom requested that I put a few more pictures of the kids on our blog so these were the most recent ones. Jayden has an obsession with letters lately. He can pick out the A, O, T, D and sometime the J, S and G. Hopefully his obsession will last long enough to learn the rest of the letters.
Journey getting her daily dose of albuteral via the nebulizer. She definitely doesn't love it but she puts up with it most of the time. The original mask we got was too big but our sweet neighbor gave us this cute little fish mask, which is just her size.

I took this one morning last week. They are all watching a Boz video in bed on Demetrius' Mac. Oh, and I must let everyone know that our sweet girl went 9 hours last night without waking up to eat! If she continues to sleep well through the night and seems satisfied I don't think I will start cereal until about 6 months (my mom is cringing right now at the thought of NOT giving her food ;)

Great Friends....great times!

Our good friends Matt and Morgan Spivey drove down to see us and to spend a little time away together. We had a really great time catching up and just enjoying each other's company. We also went to Universal Studios City Walk one beautiful afternoon. You basically only have to pay to park and then we walked around and ate lunch at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville.

Matt and Morgan outside of Margartitaville...they are expecting their second son in a few months!

Matt and Jayden playing on the stairs in the gift shop.

Demetrius and Matt at NBA City...they shot a few hoops and we all compared our hand sizes to the greatest basketball players ever.

Thanks for coming all the way here to visit us! We had such a great time and look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Million Dollar Advice

Just wanted to give a shout out to my good friend Morgan for suggesting that we try an electric toothbrush for Jayden. Anyone else out there have to kung-fu fight their toddler and pin them down to brush their teeth? Well, that was us until Spiderman came along. Under $10 at your local Wal-Mart. It'll change your life...and it won't take two adult to brush one little person's teeth!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Feeling Better

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we made it home on Wednesday afternoon. Journey's oxygen levels returned to the normal limits so we were able to go home and finish her recovery.  She is pretty much back to her normal sweet self again and we are super thankful.  She will get breathing treatments at home for the next week.  Other than that the Dr. said she might have some flare ups in the coming months.  

We wanted to thank everyone who prayed for her (and us).  We were really sad for her because she was so miserable.  After a few days of deep suctioning she starting crying in her sleep and throwing her arms up to protect her face.  I would basically have to wake her up out of a bad dream.  Sad.  The last day we were there she started smiling in her sleep....confirmation to me that she wasn't completely traumatized by everything.  

I was telling a few people recently  how much I adore our girl.  I just do.  She is so sweet spirited and snuggly.  I remember when we found out we were pregnant how crazy the thought of having another baby was ("unplanned").  I can't imagine not having her in our lives.  She is a huge blessing to us!