Mother's Day

Yeah, I know, Mother's Day was a few weeks ago. I have been busy. With the upcoming move and many other things (along with being home with 2 kids) I am still trying to catch up. And yes, this is out of order. Hayden turned 2 months AFTER Mother's day.

We spent Mother's Day weekend in Llano since this will be our last Mother's day where we will be close to our moms to actually visit them for the weekend. It was a busy weekend.

We visited with my parents, Kyle's family and we even got to meet our new cousin, Kaylie Kristin. She is a sweetie and looks TINY next to Hayden. They are only about a month apart, but wow, he is huge next to her.

Hayden had the opportunity to meet a ton of family members! He met Pader (Kyle's grandpa), Butch and Lea (Kyle's uncle and aunt), Kim, Kody, Koda and Kaylie (Kyle's cousins). Lexus was there as well for Mother's Day, but he has met her while still at the hospital and visited with her several times since (but I didn't want to leave her out of the post!).

Somehow, I managed to get through the weekend and only snap this picture of Taryne...

I do remember the batteries going out on my camera....maybe that is why I stopped carrying it around even though I changed the batteries.

It was a nice weekend and I am glad we had the opportunity to see our moms on Mother's Day.

Until next time...Gig'em!

2 months

Our little boy is growing up before our very eyes!! He turned 2 months a few days ago. Where oh where has the time gone. (I know, I say that a lot)

He had his 2 month check up this past week and he weighs in at a whopping 14 pounds 1 ounce!!!! He is also 22 1/2 inches long now. I know he is growing but didn't realize he had more than doubled his birth weight.

I just love watching him smile at me, Kyle and Taryne! He still gets up once in the middle of the night and then again around 5-6 in the morning. Not too bad, but we are ready for him to sleep through the night.

He has been a baby that spits up a TON! We changed formula and bottles and boy has that made a difference. Before, we had trouble just getting him to burp. Now he at least burps in addition to spitting up. We received these beautiful embroidered/personalized burp cloths for Taryne and we used them, but not as much as we had anticipated. She rarely spit up and when she did it was only a little. Nothing compared to the amount with Hayden. Well...they are getting used a TON now. Poor little boy gets pretty burp cloths with pink ribbon and Taryne's name on them. We do have a few plain ones, so those are the "out in public" ones since he is a boy. A few of the pretty ones have yellow ribbon or gender neutral designs so those go with us too.

Love that smile!!

So serious...

 

Love the pouty lip...

Big boy!

Until next time...Gig'em!

Big Boy

Hayden is finally getting big enough to use his Bumbo. He LOVES it!! We love it too that we can "include" him more at dinner time and he doesn't have to lay in his bouncer or sit in the swing.

Yes, he is really growing!! I will post stats in his 2 month update.

Until next time...Gig'em!

Play Time

Taryne absolutely loves playing with Hayden. She does a lot of pretend cooking and she is always sharing her creations with us and Hayden.

We recently got a play mat for Hayden and Taryne couldn't resist laying and playing with him on the mat....

In the picture above he actually fell asleep, but he LOVES the mat!

Until next time...Gig'em!

Meeting the Grandparents

Wow! I didn't realize I was this far behind on posts. Having 2 kids at home has really cut into my blogging time!

A few weeks ago, we took a day trip to see my grandparents. We had not seen them since Christmas, so it was a great visit. And a surprise visit. We didn't tell them we were coming. They were pleasantly surprised when we drove up.

They were so excited to finally meet Hayden and see the rest of us. Taryne had so much fun watching the cows, helping my grandma snap green beans, color and check on the garden. Somehow I did not get a picture of my grandparents with Hayden. I really wanted that, but we just totally forgot about it.

It was a long day, but it was great to see them!

Until next time...Gig'em!

Woman's Best Friend

Last Friday I lost my sweet Cassie. She was pretty old, but was in pretty good health for her age. Last week she stopped eating and seemed to go from bad to worse in no time flat. We took her in to the vet and after some tests, we found out her liver was failing and there was a good chance that she had liver cancer but we could do more tests for that.

I had pets growing up, but they were the family pets. Cassie was my first true pet that was mine and I was responsible for her on my own. I potty trained her, I trained her to walk with a leash, I trained her to fetch, sit and stay. She was literally my child until Taryne and Hayden came along. She comforted me when I was sad or just needed a hug. I remember coming home and crying when Phoebe was in the hospital from her ruptured disc and we didn't think she would ever walk again and Cassie came and laid in my lap to help me feel better. It was her way of giving me a hug. She was always there at the door the minute I would get home.

I have always had this fear in the back of my mind about the day I would lose her. I guess it is the same fear anyone would have about their family and friends. It might sound silly to some since she was my pet, but I always saw her more than just a dog. I guess you can never prepare yourself completely, but I know she is happy and healthy now.

I will miss her a ton and that wagging tail and sweet face.

Until next time...Gig'em!