Catch up in 20 pictures or less

I've been a little dazed and confused between all the illnesses and the holidays, so this is one quick post to catch up the past 1.5 months before I get to the Christmas post. Enjoy!

Snuggling with my boys


Kason and Emily painted these at a birthday party...I was trying to get them to pose. This is what I got instead. :)




Happy boy...I think he loves this jumper more than Kason and Emily did combined






Tire swing at Aunt Frankie & Uncle Larry's house






Kason's Thanksgiving feast at school. He thought it was pretty cool to eat lunch with Emily. This was the first day of the never-ending sickness around here. At least that was a good day. :)


Pumpkin and turkey shaped pb&j I made for Kason's Thanksgiving feast at school


Nom-nom






Painting pasta




After tasting her paint...yuck-O!




The kids' annoying obsession: Caillou



*Pictures from the Christmas Train, a festival of lights in Alvin, Tx)

Checking it all out


Christmas Village at the Christmas Train




The kids paraded around in a train for a loooong time


Guess I went a few over with my pics. Oh well! I hope you enjoyed them!

5 Months Old

Noah turned 5 months old on his baptism day. He is still the most content and happy little guy. His sleep, unfortunately, has been a little all over the place, though. Between his 4 month shots, 3 colds, 2 ear infections, and teething, I would still say we have been lucky to get decent stretches each night, but his days of 9 or 10 hrs at a time are gone for now. We have also been forced to take him out of his swaddle permanently since he decided to roll over in it, so that doesn't help the whole sleeping situation, either.

He's been able to roll both directions since right at 4 months, but he definitely prefers to roll from his back to his belly and reach and attempt to scoot for things. Just in the past week, though, he has started really rolling all over the place. He is also REALLY trying to crawl and does this little inchworm thing all the way across the living room floor. So cute!

As we were coming home from Thanksgiving, we noticed he was cutting his first tooth - a bottom canine?! It poked all the way through with the tiniest little bit of white, but has since gone completely back under. Can't even feel it in there. He was miserable for a few days and I don't want him to go through that again, but I must admit, I'm happy it went back under. I don't want him to look like a vampire baby. :) He is now working on one of his bottom front teeth. We'll see how long it takes to actually pop through.

You talkin' to me?


Chillin' in my pink bouncy!


Where'd all my toys go?


Surprise!

Noah's Baptism in Aggieland

I am going to post a few things out of order because this is the most important of them all.

Last weekend, we traveled once again to our beloved College Station (Gig'em Ags!) to have Noah baptized at A&M UMC, a church that holds a lot of special meaning to Kyle and I. It is the first church that we would call our home together (even though I was never actually a member). Our first pastor there, Jerry Neff, drove from Tyler to officiate our wedding. It is also the church where Kason and Emily were baptized and is now the church where I was baptized. Growing up, I was raised Baptist and it was the belief that you were not to be baptized until you were able to profess your commitment to God. While in my heart, I have always been a believer and committed to live a Christian life, I was always too shy to stand up in front of the church (which, honestly, intimidated me very much) to be baptized. So, last Sunday, I was baptized alongside Noah.

We were so happy to spend some time with Kip on Saturday to discuss the baptism the following day, to catch up, and to pray together. We are so thankful that after being away from College Station for more than 6 years, that Kip and A&M UMC still have a place in our lives.

Noah being baptized


Kip & Noah







Kids snuggled up watching toonies Sunday morning

Sick, sick, sick!!!

Remember that post from last year about being a little too 'under the weather' to update the blog? Well, it's happened again...except this time, I am NOT pregnant. :) I've just been busy taking care of sick kiddos for the past SEVERAL weeks. Kason, Emily, and Noah were all verrrry sick. Within the span of 4 days, they had all been diagnosed with ear infections and Noah with RSV. We assume they all had RSV. After 2 weeks of that, it finally hit me, but whatever I had must have been something different, because poor Emily and Noah got it again. Noah and I are still recovering from the latest bout of sickness. Ugh!

What sick looks like in our house....