Easter and the Accident

We had a wonderful Easter weekend.  I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family!

We spent the day Saturday at a crawfish boil at Ross' house with our family and Ashleigh's family.  We had a wonderful day just visiting and having a good time. 

On Sunday, we went to church and then headed to Mrs. Jo and Mr. Paul's house to spend some time with Cory's family.  Halle had a blast hiding and hunting for Easter Eggs.  That afternoon we went to my parent's house to have dinner and hunt more Easter Eggs.  I don't think Halle ever gets tired of looking for eggs!  I think she would do it all year long!

Halle posing before Church

Halle and Cole in their matching outfits!

Cole's first encounter with grass!

Halle and Zach blowing a dandelion.  She picked it and brought it to him and said "let's blow it togever"  It was so cute!

My sweet girl!

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Now for what happened the day after Easter...

Halle was playing outside with her Daddy and it was time to clean up and come inside to eat supper.  She was forgetting her jump rope on the porch and her watch on the bumper of Cory's truck.  I told her to go get them and she took off running toward Cory's truck to get her watch.  While running she tripped and fell face first into the trailer hitch.  I was horrified!  I ran to her and immediately put my hand over her face where she hit and was covered with blood.  Then Cory came over and like Superman he whisked her up, brought her inside and was cleaning the wound and telling me what he needed.  We decided to take her to the Urgent Care clinic to make sure that she didn't need stitches.  She was such a trooper through the whole ordeal.  She had stopped crying by the time we loaded up her and BabyCole into the car.  At the clinic they took her in almost immediately.  We saw the doctor, who was wonderful by the way, and he said she didn't need stitches, but would close the wound with Dermabond so that it would heal nicely.  She had to have x-rays to make sure she didn't fracture anything (and she didn't).  She called the sheilds that they put on you for x-rays "caps".  By the time we left the clinic she was acting like her normal cheery self.  She didn't want me to take any pictures of her boo boo so I had to sneak these while she was napping.

I just thank God that she is ok.  We have been taking it easy the past few days.  The doctor said she should heal in about 7-10 days.  We are supposed to be going to the New Orleans zoo this Friday.  I am hoping we still get to go.  We will just have to see how her boo boo is healing by then.

Rice Cereal...Take One!

We tried feeding BabyCole his first solid food (rice cereal) last week.  Let's just say he was not a huge fan.  He pretty much kept the same disgusted expression on his face the whole time and spit out everything.  It was probably not the best time to try since he wasn't feeling great since he had gotten 2 shots earlier in the day.  Since he wasn't interested, we let it rest for a couple days and I tried again this week.  He was not too thrilled while I was trying to feed him, but last night he did pretty good with Cory.  I told him he has the *magic daddy touch*  He still doesn't have the hang of the whole spoon thing, but is doing much better than he did opening night.

Getting Ready!

Here comes the first bite!

What is this stuff?!

I don't think I like it!

Nope, definitely don't like it!

Halle-isms

I am going to try to do a weekly post of the things Halle is saying and doing lately.  My mom keeps telling me I could write a book with the things this child says.  She is too smart for her own good sometimes!

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Halle:  Mommy, you are not my friend anymore.
Me:  Why not?
Halle:  Because you are not listening to me!

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Mommy, Chevy's throwed come up - she was trying to tell me that Chevy threw up.

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Halle's lastest phrases are "let me tell you something/I need to tell you something" and  "are you listening to me?"

M&M's

Halle's favorite candy (not that she gets a lot of it) is M&M's.  The funny thing is she will not eat her M&M's until all of the m's are facing up and then she eats them one color at a time.  OCD?  I prefer to think that she is going to be extrememly organized one day.

4 months

I can't believe that my baby boy is already 4 months old.  He had his well-baby checkup today and was 16 lbs. even and 25 inches...such a big boy!  We are going to try some rice cereal tonight.  I'll have to post later about how that goes....

He can sit unassisted for about 5 seconds.  He will be so happy once he can do this on his own.  He loves sitting up. 

He fell over right after I snapped this one.

Changes...

Earlier this week I looked out my window and saw this...

I have a new neighbor...A sweet little bird buiding a nest in my birdhouse that hangs on the back patio.  I was super-excited to see this...this house has hung empty for about 3 years and now some cute little birdies have decided to take up residence.  They picked  my yard as the perfect place to lay their eggs and hatch their young.  It is definitely starting to look like spring.

All of this made me reflect on where I was this week last spring.  I had just been told that I would not have a job the following school year at the school where I was teaching.  I was upset, but I knew that it meant there was something better out there for me.  The day after I got that news, I found out that my little family of three was going to become a family of four.  One year ago this week, I found out that BabyCole was on his way.  This news somehow made the news of not having a job not seem that important anymore.  I know that sounds crazy, but I guess something inside of me knew that this chain of events would lead me to where I am now...A happy stay at home mommy. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching and miss the kiddos at school like crazy, but this is a time in my childrens' lives that I cannot get back and my place is at home with them.  I wouldn't change a thing about the situation.  Had I not been laid off, I would not have had the opportunity to stay home.

And now here we are, one year after those 2 life-changing events and I am happier than ever!  I have a beautiful 3 year old daughter that is so energetic and loves the fact that mommy is home to play and color with her all day, and I won't have to miss any of my handsome 3 1/2 month old son's small milestones.  I love life!

Bath-Time!

BabyCole loves bath-time.  Here are a few pics I snapped the other night.