Weekend with Family, 3 months & 29 months

We spent a wonderful weekend in Montgomery!

The whole family was together and it was so much fun watching Simms, Cope and Lilla interact with each other. Cope and Lilla are almost the same size! He is a big ole' boy and she is a petite little girl!


We had a fun time eating out with friends Friday night for Becca's birthday and catching up later that night with a few of my friends who were in town for Laura's baby shower. Saturday was Laura's shower and it was so much fun seeing all of the sweet gifts for Mary Handley! We also had a blast at Adeline Vaughn's 4th birthday party! Simms had so much fun on the inflatables, especially with Dr. Donny! Lilla even got in on the fun! Cope chose to sit this party out and just observe!




We celebrated Becca's birthday dinner/early Easter dinner Sunday! As usual, Mrs. Lil's food was delicious as was the cake! Mrs. Lil had all of us such fun Easter baskets and all of the kiddos some adorable clothes! She is so thoughtful and our children are very lucky!




My sweet babies will be 3 months and 29 months this week! I can't believe it! We are truly a blessed family! I love these two more than anything, and am so thankful for them and Dru!



And I finally got all of Cope's birth announcements sent out. I love how they turned out!

11 Weeks & More

May 1, 2009- Positive Pregnancy Test- So excited and thankful!

May 22, 2009- Saw your precious heartbeat for the first time- Happiness, relief and most of all gratefulness.

July 22, 2009- Found out that YOU, this baby we'd been loving and praying for for over 2 months, were our baby BOY!

December 30, 2009- Saw your beautiful, precious face and heard your sweet cry for the first time, loving you more than we ever thought possible.

March 17, 2010- 11 wonderful weeks later, we feel such joy to spend our days and nights loving you, our sweet, sweet son!

Other news around our household:

This little lady is in the beginning stages of potty training. We are letting her go at her own pace, and she's doing great! I know the famous 3 day method works, and I'm a big supporter of it and had planned on trying it, but at this point I think Simms and I both would loose our minds being cooped up for 3 full days! So we are doing it our own way and for now its working fine!


These 2 kiddos made Easter eggs today and had so much fun. Simms really concentrates hard on tasks in front of her now, and I think this comes from going to school and doing projects, etc around other children. Their eggs turned out cute. Gigi, she wanted to make sure we did the pink one for you! And I'll let you guess which one is for her Daddy. She worked on his the longest.

So Much Fun..

This Weekend We:


Wore Matching Outfits For the First Time! What fun!



Went to the Rodeo!




Played with some hats!
Daddy's hat when he was little:


A hat from Gigi's hat box! (Sorry she's standing on the top, Gigi)


Adored some precious feet!


Pitched a fit! (Or 2 or 3..whose counting anymore? ;-))


Played with daddy's old cars!



Went to a fun birthday party!

Sister and Brother

Here are some pictures from our rainy Thursday morning, trying to get Simms out of the door for school. She was very excited this morning, because she had one of her Dr. Seuss books to take with her, since it is Dr. Seuss Month at school. How is that for a run-on sentence? She wouldn't put her cracker down for the pictures of course. And check out her new haircut! I really trust my husband, letting him take Simms to her hair appointment last night without me! I had lots of birth announcements to address, and figured why not? It looks adorable and she is so proud of it! And isn't Cope's outfit precious? It was a gift when I was pregnant from Elizabeth, and of course it's one of Dru's favorites!

2 Months & 28 Months

2 months old sweet boy! You are getting so big. I can't believe 2 months have already gone by. You are sleeping 6.5-7.5 hours each night (thank you). You are still nursing and taking formula too. You are in size 1 diapers and 3 month clothes! You love listening to Praise Baby, just like your sister.
You have been smiling at us for a few weeks now, and you always smile when your sister talks to you or kisses you; you love her so much!
We also love the cooing you've begun doing. You are such a sweet cuddler and rub a piece of my hair every time I nurse you, and you are always looking up at me with those big blue eyes.

It has brought tears to my eyes several times because I am so overcome with my love for you. You are an incredibly laid back and easy baby.
We love you so very much and thank the Lord for your precious life.

Oh Simms! 28 months already? You are definitely growing up into a feisty, sweet, strong-willed, loving little girl. So many traits that seem to be so different, but that's what makes you YOU, and we love you for that.

We have had a rough month discipline-wise, which has left us praying lots for patience and wisdom. You have such a great, clear vocabulary. You love to "read" books to us and show us the pictures like a little teacher. You still love going to school 2 mornings a week, and you may start going 3 soon.

You clasp your hands together so tightly and sing "God our Father" during the blessing. You love your brother and are always deeply concerned about whether he needs a blanket, a bottle, a paci etc. You love your daddy more than anyone, and it is so obvious and special. Of course how could you not? He is an incredible daddy to you. You are my little shadow and I LOVE that.

You play with your babies and tea set daily, and call your tea set your tea party, and say to me, "Mommy, let's make a tea party." You burp, feed, swaddle and rock your babies but you love getting dirty outside too. We love you so much and are so thankful that we get to call you our little girl.

Cope's Visit to the Pediatrician

Before the traumatic shots.

After the shots, dressed and ready to GO!


Cope had his 2 month appointment today with our pediatrician. The visit went great except for the shots, of course. The nurse even said he was the best 2 month old she had ever examined. Now I am sure she tells that to everyone, but it still made me smile. The vaccines were rough on me and Cope. His cry was so pitiful, but I think what made it worse was him poking out his precious lip! The BEST part of the visit was finding out that Cope doesn't have to see the urologist in Atlanta after all! The doctor there said his hydronephrosis was so minimal that he didn't need to be seen again-ever! The kidney was within the measurements of "healed". The Lord heard our prayers and we are so thankful! Here are Cope's stats. Another post is coming soon on what Cope is up to at 2 months, and what Simms is up to at 28 months!

Cope's 2 month stats:

Height- 21 3/4in.
Weight- 12lbs. 3oz.
Head- 15 3/4

Florida Family

We just returned from 5 days of visiting Dru's family that lives in Florida. We wanted to introduce Cope to them, and of course we love going to visit down there. We left on Thursday night and it took us about 7 hours. Luckily we had Dru's mom with us, so there were plenty of hands to help with the two kiddos. They did great though, and mostly slept the whole way down. OF COURSE, we get there and Simms begins running a fever that got up to 103.5 at its highest. Completely scary. We took her to a doctor there, who thought it was just a viral thing that needed to run its course, but it really hit her hard and she was pitiful. I think most of Dru's cousins who heard her while we administered medicine to her four times a day, will probably never have kids. She was determined not to take any of it, and it usually took 3 of us to get it all in. Other than that, our trip was great. We had such a blast with Dru's family. They are so much fun and have treated me like one of them since day one of meeting them almost 10 years ago! (Now that's crazy that it has been that long.) Of course we ate and ate. I've said before Dru's mom and aunts are great cooks, and we ate wonderful food the entire trip. Dru's sweet Aunt Katherine had diapers, formula, milk, juice, wipes all waiting for us when we got there. And it was wonderful seeing Dru's grandfather, Pah. We are so glad we were able to introduce him to Cope. We can't wait to go back. Oh, and of course Simms woke up fever free on the day we left. She and Cope turned 28 months and 2 months while we were away. A post on that will be up soon.

Dru and all of his cousins. I couldn't help thinking about how much we all miss Goosie when I took this picture.

Pah with his first great-grandson.

3 Generations.

Sweet little girl was so sick.

Dru's aunts covered Cope up with this blanket and sent the picture to Dru's dad. They are HUGE Gator fans. It does, however, look as if Cope is sticking his tongue out at the Gator. Ha!