Adam & Roxi shooting the basketball

Roxi was a natural at basketball!! We gave Adam a basketball goal for his birthday that "grows" with him. He loves it, and I think Roxi did too! They had a good time breaking it in and making sure it was up to play standards!!!

My big boy is 3 years and my little girl is 3 months...

This past Friday (the 22nd) was Adam's 3rd birthday. As I've done on his other 2 birthdays, I took this one off as well to spend with him and just help celebrate the day that he came into this world. All the memories of that day came back to me, just as if it was only weeks or even days ago. At different times during the day I could remember precisely what I was doing, or how close I was to seeing my first born child for the very first time. Nothing comes closer to assisting God personally than bringing a child into this world. You truly hold a miracle when the doctor lays a child in your arms that you've carried, nurtured, and prayed for. So even though I am thankful everyday for Adam, I spent "his" day thinking back and reflecting on these past 3 years and all the challenges and accomplishments both he has made, and I have made as his mom. Not only is he learning things everyday, but both he and Hannah teach ME everyday. They teach me patience, love beyond measure, worry beyond measure, empathy, and to NEVER take any second with them forgranted. Even though he is just 3 little years old, those 3 little years have flown by! I look at him all the time and see subtle changes in him. I hope one change that never takes place is his joy, the laughter in his heart and his love for others. I pray that he always loves Jesus the way that he does now, and always stands up for hisself and for others when needed.

That is my reflection on my precious Adam, and now to tell you about what all we did for his birthday!
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To start his day, we took Hannah to daycare and then he and I took off to the peds office to get him treated for Poison Oak!! Yes, of all things to deal with on his birthday, was a bad case of Poison oak. The dr. said that she does not usually see a reaction that bad in kids his age, so she put him on a liquid prednisone, and it has done the trick in him! (He is much better now!)

After the dr. appt., we took off to the mall to get him some new church shoes and a good pair of "play" shoes from Stride Rite. We found some that he and I both liked, so we headed on to Chuck E Cheese!!



Nana met us over there and had lunch with us. We stayed for @ 2 1/2 hours and I think we were ALL wore out! I took Adam home for a nap, and once he woke up we were back out the door again for him to have his hair cut. He had a very busy birthday!!

Saturday I spent the day getting the house clean and ready, and I took Hannah to go get Adam's cake. Adam and daddy went to Fun Fair out at the church, which worked out well for me to run the errands for his party.



Sunday, we went to church and came home to get ready for his party! There was lots of food to be prepared and finishing touches needed in the house and decorating needed to be done. 2pm got here quick and his friends started arriving. Adam got so many fun and cool presents, and he had a blast seeing everyone and running crazy!!! THe time flew by and his party was over. He is still enjoying all his gifts and wants to come home everyday to play with his new toys!!



Hannah turned 3 months old the day of the party. She got lots of loving from all the girls that came, so she didn't want for anything. She even had a present brought for her. I need to take her soon and have her weighed. She will get her next checkup and shots for her 4 month checkup next month. I dread that appointment already!! She will not be happy with her mommy!!!

Thanks for reading this far, keeping up with our family!

Hannah's video - my dancing queen... well sort of!

Hannah is getting over her first stomach virus...

My poor baby girl woke up Father's day morning and only took a couple ounces of her formula. That was after sleeping all night long. I knew then something wasn't right. Well about 5 minutes later I found out what! She started vomiting, and that kept up until late in the afternoon. I called the on call doctor and he told me to stop giving her the formula and switch her to only Pedialyte until she was keeping that down. He also told me to expect diarrhea to follow. This morning I started her on a soy formula per the doctors advice, and about an hour later the diarrhea set in!! I'm hoping and PRAYING that the phase 2 of this virus stays as long as the vomiting and we are done with it. It breaks my heart to see either of them sick, but especially when they are babies. I never could stand seeing Adam sick when he was a baby, and it's no easier now. I'm hoping that tomorrow is a better day for her.

Adam is dealing with poison oak on his face and neck. He went out in the woods with his papaw and daddy over the weekend, so sometime during those trips, he was exposed to it. I hope he's not like me and is very allergic to it! I'm worried already though, because it's starting to spread.

My oldest "baby" will be turning 3 years old this Friday!!! That's hard for me to believe. I love him more each and every day and I'm so proud of him. He is all boy, but he has a heart the size of Texas. I'm going to spend the day with him Friday and do what he wants to do. We're going to have a fun, fun time! His party is this coming Sunday, and he wanted SPONGEBOB as his theme. I wasn't thrilled with that, but it's his party, and I did let him decide. He's excited about it.

I took Hannah to have her 3 month pictures made yesterday. She had some that turned out really well. I can't wait for them to come back. I'm going to try and take the both of them to have pictures made, but I don't think I'll get one done that tops the one below!

Please keep my mother in law in your prayers. She found out a couple weeks back that she has an aggressive form of inflammatory breast cancer. She will meet with the oncologist on Monday the 25th. Also, my uncle found out that he has esophageal cancer. So much sickness going on in the family right now!!

daycare picture -6/12

I just love this picture!!! There is so much love in his eyes for his baby sister!! I hope it always stays that way!

first rose.......

This rose bush was given to me by my friend, Creslyn when Hannah was born. I've been anxiously awaiting the first rose to bloom, and this is it!!! I'm hoping that I can keep the rose bush alive for many years. It would be neat to tell Hannah the story behind it one day!!!