Sunday, August 28, 2011

Louisiana Again!

After our trip to Tyler, we got back home and life got wild as Jon began his next busy tax season. To give Daddy time to work late without stressing about his girls, we packed ourselves up the next weekend and headed to good ol' Louisiana! We met up with Bee and Grammy in Lufkin and the whole way back to Monroe she slept. That was over 4 hours!!
The week was fabulous and Hensley and I both were pampered beyond words! Hensley got all the attention her Grammy could possibly give her (and more!) and mommy got time to pamper herself by napping, laying by the pool and reading a WHOLE book! I never wanted to leave!! We HAD to leave because Hensley Rae was starting to favor Grammy so much that she could care less about mommy...seriously. She knows who will spoil her rotten.

I think she was feeling the relaxation!


Taking a snooze on the back porch

                                                                 She loves to read!

Big news: We got in on Sunday night, and Monday morning she rolled over for the first time! Poor Daddy missed seeing it by a day! He was missing us pretty bad, so he was anxious to get us back on Friday and to spend a little time with his family before they headed back to Louisiana.
Bad Mommy story: On the trip back to Houston, we stopped so I could nurse and get gas and as I'm trying to get her back in her car seat, I'm telling Judy that I'm terrified of hitting her head on the roof of the car because she straightens her legs and it's impossible to get her in her seat without grazing the top of my car. So, being the genius that I am, I tilt her back a bit more and bonked her head on the dome light. Judy and I just froze waiting for that sad little cry, but she seems to have a hard little head like her Mom and wasn't fazed at all! Whew! I've been so proud of myself that I haven't hit her head in a doorway (a very common thing for new parents), but I guess I've done my own version of the doorway hit.

One of my favorite pictures EVER! Thanks Bee and Grammy for the fabulous week!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Dad's Lesson Learned #2

Mom's just do things better.....

We had a great day at church and played for most of the afternoon, so I volunteered for bath duty. I've done baths before, but it had been a few weeks and I must've been rusty cause I royally messed it up. I took me three tries to get the temperature right, I got water everywhere, I realized as I was putting soap on her washcloth that it was dripping water on her forehead, and when I got done her hair looked a homeless person. Not good....

I managed to get it wrapped up, and was putting on baby lotion but it looked a little weird. Turns out Hensley is fully protected from diaper rash on her entire lower body for the next few days. My bad.

She was pretty forgiving though, and let me off the hook in time to watch some of the Cowboy's game with me. She even got fussy when Romo threw a pick!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Off to Tyler!

The past two weeks have been nuts, so we got back and things have been wild and I'm just now getting to all of our recent events.
Jon, Hensley and I all piled in the car and drove to Aunt Mimi and Uncle Bryan's house for the weekend so we could see my dad. It was his first time seeing his grandbaby, so he flew out from Alabama so he could meet her and see Emerson again. It is crazy to think that the last time he saw Emmy she was only a few months older than Hensley! She is a walking, talking machine now!!
We had lots of family time and had a blast putting the kids together. It warms my heart that Hensley would see Emmy and smile, and Emerson kept wanting to have Hensley sit in her lap or right next to her. So cute! She liked to point out all of baby Hensley's body parts (very sweet up until she wanted to poke her in the eyeballs!) and was ready for her to move much more than the kid actually does at this stage in her life. I am so happy that our babies are so close in age and will have many play times in the future!


 She got lots of snuggles and kisses from Papa

                                      
 Having giggle time with Aunt Mimi
 Bath time with the girls! Emerson was so sweet and wanted to play so much with Hensley in the water!


 What a fabulous weekend with the family!




On a completely unrelated note, I realized that I did not post the pictures with Hensley meeting Uncle Bryan for the first time. He had the magic touch with her and she slept for over two hours on him! If he could only come over every day so my non-napper could rest up on him, that would be nice. Sorry these are painfully late being posted, but it meant so much that he took the time out of his crazy schedule to see her.


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

3 Months Old

Alright, I have a real problem getting these suckers out in time. She seems to be so much more active and I seem to get less and less done around the house. I turned on the fan in our living room and dust bunnies and dog hair started rolling around the house like tumbleweeds. That's when you know it's gotten too bad! He! He! So, in between massive house cleaning and tummy time, I am going to try and fill all of you in on her wonderful third month of life.





This is for my Uncle Kevin for all of those pictures where I threw a fit. I thought everyone could enjoy her meltdown with me!
 It actually hurts to look at her cry. She's probably getting spoiled rotten because I never let her cry!


 Everything is better when you're naked!
We won't go back to the doctor until month four, but I have weighed her at home and she is around 15 pounds and when I attempted to measure how long she is (trying to get her to hold still is like wrestling a worm) she seemed to be around 25 inches. She is so big and so long! Her car seat can be used until she is 30 inches, so I'm not completely jazzed about buying another car seat so soon, but she is growing like a weed and that is all glorious! She is now in size two diapers, and when we made that switch I held up a size one and compared it to a size two and wanted to cry! I realize I am emotional, but I cannot believe how quickly all of this is going. I want to cram her back in my belly, but then I remember my pregnancy woes of needing to potty every 3 minutes and crazy hip and back pain, and I know I am much happier seeing her little body.

Here it goes. My funny and sweet memories of month three.

My funny memory is something we do in our house called "diaper bombing". Apparently I am still a child and think that chunking dirty diapers and my poor, unsuspecting husband is the funniest thing to do. Maybe my life as a stay at home mommy is in need of some excitement, but the sound of a diaper smacking Jon is the highlight of my day. So far, I have hit him from the upstairs banister, behind doors, in bed...basically anywhere and everywhere I can. Unfortunately, my little game has caught up with me and now Jon is taking revenge on me from all of the hits I've had on him. Now the game is slightly less funny when a big man with a good arm hits his innocent, sweet and charming wife and mother of his child. Mean.

She is getting older and snuggle time is becoming less of a priority for her and it makes me sad. I catch myself holding her through naps just so I can love on her and keep her in my arms just a little while longer. I know my baby knows me because she turns when she hears my voice and gives a great big smile, but the best part of that recognition is when she touches my face. She has been so little and is doing more every day, but when she uses her hands it feels like she is a real human! My human! Since everything is going in her mouth these days, those precious little hands often come with drool, but a mama takes what she can get! I know it is stupidly sappy, but she is the best part of both Jon and I and I'm a lucky lady every day I get with her.