Sibling Love

Normal?

Well, we are settling into our new "normal" life, as a family of four. I dont really know what normal means, but we are getting through each day the best we can! I will be happy when I am able to get some more sleep, which I know will EVENTUALLY come.

Sawyer got his first "black eye", and Im not even sure how he got it! He was jumping on his bed while I was trying to change the sheets and although he was flailing around while jumping, I did not see him "bump" anything too hard, and he never cried......just all of a sudden there was a bruise on his cheek and it slowly made its way up to his eye. I am told this is typical of 3 year old boys, but I dont like seeing my baby this way!

Maybe it was Savannah who just decided to reach up and punch him in the eye? Haha, she looks much to innocent for that! :)

One Month Old

Today Savannah is one month old! Here are her newborn pictures that we took when she was 1 1/2 weeks old. Our sweet friend, Heidi Miller, came to out home to take these pictures of Savannah. She has taken lots of great pictures of Sawyer before for me. I loved how they turned out! Enjoy the pictures of my sweet girl!

Birthday Cowboy and Trip to the Coast!

Things have been extremely busy the last few weeks and I have been terrible about updating this blog! Sawyer celebrated his 3rd birthday on Saturday, July 9th. He had a Cowboy-themed birthday party! Here are a few pictures from the day. I have tons more on Facebook, but here are a few of my favorites.

Then on Tuesday, we drove down to Galveston, where Lifesong was competing at the Showstoppers Mid-America National Dance Competition. We stayed at Moody Gardens for 6 days and 5 nights. That sure was interesting with a 3 week old baby and a wild 3 year old! Luckily, we found lots of things to do to keep everyone entertained!

Sawyer loved looking in the fountains at the fish.

We definately had to take a visit to eat at the Rainforest Cafe!

Daddy took Sawyer to the Texas Flight Museum, where he got to see lots of neat airplanes!

We also took a trip to the Aquarium. Sawyer enjoyed it, but for some reason he was scared of some of the bigger tanks and would not look at the neat things swimming inside!

He did get to see a really cool octopus though!

Mommy and Sawyer went to the 4D theatre at the hotel and saw the Dora and Diego movie! We got to wear neat 3D glasses (which were too big for Sawyer, so it was difficult to keep them on him!) and we got splashed with water and wind and got real bubbles blown at us during the movie! It was pretty cool!

We did find time to go to the beach, but it was raining the day we went, so we just dipped our feet in the water. It was still fun though!

Mommy and Sawyer on the beach in Galveston

Daddy took Sawyer out onto the rocks for a better view!

Savannah did not get to get out of her stroller! I think she slept through most everything!

After the beach, we headed to The Strand, which is the downtown, historic part of Galveston. We went in several shops and Sawyer rode a dolphin, lol! Yes, he is not wearing pants. After the beach, he was all wet and wanted his pants off. So we let him ride around the stroller in his diaper with a towel over his legs and no shoes. It wasnt a big deal, but after I took this picture, I was thinking, he's not wearing any pants, lol!

At the harbor on the strand.

Our last night there, Sawyer wanted to go "dance" with some of Mommy's dance students outside. They had live music out by the pool and Sawyer is always surrounded by girls!

Sunday was the Live Broadcast of the Dance Championship Finals. Savannah wore her Lifesong onesie to cheer the girls on!

Savannah and the Junior girls.

Sawyer got to visit with Mommy's Petite girls. They LOVED him!

And he loved them! Here they are all "kissing" him! He got several red lipstick stains on his face from their bright red lipstick!

He was all smiles after those kisses!

Mommy's Petites won 2nd Place in the Finals! They were amazing!!!!! It was a great trip, but we are all exhausted and glad to be home!