Chandler at 7 months

Our sweet Chandler turned seven months yesterday and we are having so much fun watching her grow and get a little personality of her own.  Here is what Chandler is up to at seven months:

*Most importantly, sleep first!  Chandler has gotten into a really good sleep pattern and is pretty predictable.  We feed her for the last time of the day between 7-7:30 and she goes down for the night. She went through a couple of weeks when I didn't have to feed her again until about 8:00 am and some mornings I was having to wake her at 8:30!  She still does that some mornings but other mornings I am getting up to feed her about 5:30-6 am for the first feeding of the day but put her right back in bed to sleep until about 8:00. Not to shabby, gotta say I am loving all of this consecutive sleep!

See that pack n play in the corner of the playroom?!  That is where our Chandler has been sleeping for the past month +.  We had family come in town and they needed to sleep in "Chandler's room" so we put her upstarts in the playroom and that is where she has been ever since!  She sleeps so good up there and seems happy and we will just keep her there until we move into the new house. 

*She is so easy to put down for naps and sleep.  During the day she still gets pretty tired after being awake for 2+ hours.  She usually gets a short nap on the go in the mornings sometime between 10-11 and then goes down for her long nap at about noon for a couple hours and one more hour nap around four in the afternoon.  When its time to put her down, all we do is put her in her crib (pack n play still...) and she will usually play for a few minutes, stick her little thumb in her mouth, turn over on her tummy and go to sleep.  Often when it is time to get her up from a nap or in the morning, she is just laying there wide awake sucking her thumb not even crying for someone to come get her!  How great is that?!  AND she always wakes up with the best disposition, so sweet and happy!

Good morning darling!
*Pic taken right after waking her up :)

*Chandler is still just the best little nurser and we are having my best breastfeeding experience yet! After Brian tried and tried, he was finally able to get her to take a full bottle just in time for us to be able to go to a friends wedding for the weekend.  Brian now gives her a bedtime bottle of breastmilk every other night so we can make sure she continues to take a bottle in case we need it!  I also noticed that she was still acting hungry and maybe a little frustrated when I feed her that time of night and I started to think she wasn't satisfied and getting enough milk because my last two feedings are kind of close together.  I started giving her an additional two ounces of pumped breastmilk from a bottle after nursing her and that seems to be doing the trick!  This also means that I am starting to spend a little extra time with my old friend the pump but I don't mind because I am not using it near as much as I had to with our Sterling girl!

*Busy girl spends most of her days on the floor practicing her skills...CRAWLING, creeping, rocking, and planking.  She no longer stays in one spot on the floor where we left her and isn't crawling far yet but definitely gets to the toy that she wants.  

*She also spends quite a bit of happy time in her jumper squealing and shrieking

*LOVES watching all the action around her, there is plenty going on over here to keep her entertained!  This month she has given us a good belly laugh when watching Brayden and when watching Mia, it is so cute.  

Spring Pictures 2015

I look at our sweet children at least once a day and wish I could just slow down time or memorize everything about them at this age.  They are just the most precious little people and are at exciting ages and stages that I really wanted to capture.  So of course I called our photographer friend Kim to see if she could help bottle up this moment in time with some Texas wildflower pictures.  To say I love these pictures would be a huge understatement and if you come over to our new house any time soon you will be seeing them up all over the house!  Love, Enjoy!!

Love B's expression here!

Seriously?!  Perfection!  Love the relationship these two share

Such a BLESSED mommy!

April 2015

Easter,  two birthdays, fiesta, soccer, opening day....what a busy month we had! Here are some of the highlights:

Sometimes I try to treat Sterling like she is such a big girl but really my girl is still such a baby! :(

But SUCH a TWO year old!  Happy one minute...

THIS the next...

Brian and PaPa took Brayden for their annual opening day baseball game in Houston to see the Astros play.  Their seats were awesome on the front row, third baseline so Brayden was really able to see.  If you look really closely you'll see that Braydens clothes are really dirty, he fell in a huge puddle of muddy water on their way through the parking lot and was covered! Such a great memory for them..

Thanks PaPa!!!!!

And the highlight is ALWAYS the cotton candy!:

Bubs catching a snooze

Brayden "helping' build our house next door

Haha!  These two are practicing their back float for swim lessons 

Brayden LOVES playing baseball in the backyard and gets anyone that comes over to get out and play with him.  This time he had poor Grandpa running like he probably hasn't run in twenty years!!!  You should have heard him "run faster Grandpa!" I think Grandpa might have been a little sore the next day!

The kids new school for next year is in Boerne so we went to check it out one day and stopped to feed the ducks along the river.  Both of our kids are such animal lovers and this kept them entertained for the longest time!  Sterling says "awwww sweet" "baby"!

Always nice to have an extra set of hands on deck!

GOOFBALL!

Fiesta parade day at tiny tots

Sweet Sterling is so ready for "big girl school".  She was so into the parade and every time we drop Brayden at school she wants to stay and play with the kids.  She keeps talking about "own school" and toys.

Brayden gives Chandler a little more attention every day.  She definitely loves the interaction with her siblings.

These bikes are fun, for ALL of us!  Thanks Oquins for your hand me downs!

Brayden is still such a snuggler, often saying "I want to snuggle you, or come lay with me" such a lover!

These two like to rough house a lot..... We are constantly having to tell Brayden to be a little more gentle with Sterling but she does enjoy it just as much as him!

 I turned 33 this month (old I know!) and had such a nice surprise!  When I got home from the gym Saturday morning I found this:

A girls dream! Brian had set up a table full of new clothes with a note saying pick something to wear to go out and celebrate your birthday tonight, so fun!

He had arranged for Aunt Christi to come watch the kids!  (thanks again!!!!)

Dinner at Bobs

And top golf with friends, such a fun surprise and great birthday!  What a sweet, sweet husband I have and how lucky I am to have someone who is so thoughtful!

 A couple days later it was my actual birthday which we spent at bigz with our family :)

How lucky am I to get to spend my days with these two sillies?!  This picture captures these two sweets and our day to day so well!