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let’s go back…

December 16, 2014celebrations, cousins, field trip, friends, kids, well checks

oh you know, a whole month! i could break it down post by post… but i don’t know if i have the patience. it was hard enough to be away this long. so i came up with the top 10 events that can happen in just a month. it may be picture over load but that’s what i love most anyways 🙂

10. before halloween weekend we met our sweet friends out at blessington farms! i want to go back already. we could have spent all day on those slides!

9. jack attended his last cgs class. oh such great formation he received. we are sure missing these great people!

8. we went trick or treating one last time in our neighborhood. we sure missed daddy this time. we even had our pumpkin pizza. mama found out it is very hard to trick or treat and hand out candy at the house at the same time. our little referee was blowing the whistle and taking all the candy he could get.

7. sweet samuel turned the official t w o .. we celebrated with getting a birthday blessing at gramps and granny’s church and then meeting nana and papaw at the park. he was so excited they brought maudie along to play 🙂 we headed to san antonio to spend the weekend celebrating with daddy! so proud of our big boy!

6. we had our 4 year and 2 year old check up and a sad goodbye to the only doctor the boys ever knew… he was a great one 🙂

5. we said goodbye to the best first house we ever had. such wonderful memories! we moved in as a family of 2 and moved out as a family of 4 🙂 it couldn’t have been more perfect!

4. we lived in bc during our transition time thanks to gramps and granny and dana and mike for putting up with us so long. it just made pulling the band-aid off that much harder..

i also was blessed to spend a weekend retreat with the best friends a girl could ask for… it was not so silent but we had a number of excuses 🙂

3. on november 17 we closed our our new home! we feel very blessed for this smooth transition and beautiful house we can now call home!

2. luckily once we moved, it was only a week before we went back to bc to celebrate the baptism of sweet emily grace!

1. we celebrated a wonderful thanksgiving with the new sweet addition to the family!

*bonus news*

our new house is looking a little cozier with christmas decorations instead of boxes galore 🙂 i don’t have many pictures of it because around this crazy month my camera lens has taken a turn for the worse. however, i have a wonderful sister who let me borrow hers after thanksgiving… so a new post will follow soon!

until next time… promise it won’t be as long as last 🙂

xxoo

pumpkin picking

October 24, 2014dada, field trip, kids

so the days are going too fast! daddy took off a week between jobs. we were so busy! i don’t even know what with… but we sure enjoyed our time together 🙂 we took the boys to a small pumpkin patch at a near by church. they had a blast! the pumpkins there were just for them! all of their favorite characters 🙂 samuel chose his pumpkin there and jack held out to pick one out at heb. he sure knows how to shop 🙂 and well he sure does love HEB.

to my two lil pumpkins… thanks to you two, this is a new favorite time of the year…

xxoo

They’re 2 They’re 4 Let’s Celebrate!

October 24, 2014celebrations, kids

this could not have been a more perfect weekend. the weather was beautiful and the company just wonderful! we were able to spend the weekend out in bc and celebrate our baby boys!

where does the time go? i know it’s the typical question but i just have to say it. i pulled out their pictures of the last birthdays and they feel like just yesterday….

this party was the first time to have a bounce house. it was a hit! we will be seeing more of these in our future family gatherings. 🙂

the boys enjoyed having all of their favorite friends over…

they also loved their cake! 🙂 thank you so much to all who made it all the way out to celebrate our boys with us! we just found out we will be relocating as our good lord has blessed richard with a new job! we are really excited but we enjoyed the weekend with our local loved ones even more on this special weekend!

a very happy birthday party to jack anthony and samuel fulton! we love you two so much!

xxoo

another day with thomas

September 29, 2014celebrations, kids

can this be one of our traditions? i guess while you two are little 🙂 it was our second year to go spend a day out with thomas! we headed out a little later this year and grabbed some kolaches along the way. oh you boys have good taste!

it seemed like a lot longer of a drive this year or maybe samuel you are a little louder 🙂 you both fell asleep the last stretch and awoke just in time to have a picnic in the back of the car.

samuel, you were really excited to see every picture of thomas and his friends. you also loved dancing to the music… right where the speakers were. you kept asking “one more, one more.”

we did it all. we played with trains, got temporary tattoos, stamps, played in a bouncy house train, saw sir tompham hatt, watched a magic show, listen to some great music and took a picture with thomas! we did all of this knowing we probably weren’t going to actually get to ride on the train, after multiple attempts at the sold out ticket booth.

and you two were excited through it all!

and then daddy tried one more time for tickets to ride on thomas. we were smiling bigger than the kids when someone didn’t show up for their train tickets. so we all ran to the train before it left…

we had a really great day together. samuel had enough pictures so i stopped..

xxoo

celebrate 4!

September 29, 2014kids

for the actual b i r t h d a y we started off with mass. it was a school mass so the children’s choir was so perfect for this celebration. it was beautiful as always. you were excited afterwards to “play with the trains” during my familia meeting. after that we headed over to daddy’s office to eat our lunch there. you were set on having lunch for your birthday at daddy’s office.

afterwards, we headed over to the mall. you and samuel got some play time while we waited to pick up your birthday cake. you had asked the night before if i could make you…

“a birthday cake with a garbage truck on it and blue and white polka dots. oh and chocolate chips!”

oh sweet boy… i don’t know if i could make it…but i could buy it 🙂 i promise a homemade cake for you and samuel’s birthday party!

it was your very first cookie cake 🙂 and there was plenty to take over to dana’s the next day.

that evening the four year old requested macaroni and cheese and a hamburger. he played with his new magna doodle and we watched the lego movie that daddy picked up on his way home. before falling asleep jack, you told me your favorite part of the day was coming home and having cake.

thank you for reminding me daily that it’s the little things that mean the most.

love you birthday boy!

xxoo

rub a dub….

August 21, 2014kids

everyone is sharing first day pictures of their kids at school. i’m just spending my day soaking up every bit of my babies as babies.

literally 🙂

xxoo

samwise

August 19, 2014kids

oh baby boy… you are a complete joy!

twenty- one months going on two very, very fast. you have mastered the “joey” just a little at gramps and granny’s house. you go forward…run into something and say “oh!” and hit it in reverse. i think you just love switching gears. 🙂 you are refusing to sit in your high chair. you demand a chair at the table and take full advantage of getting up and down. you do a great job of eating all your food though. this last week, you began really emphasizing the “ack” on jack’s name. it is beyond adorable. you love calling for him. “ja – aacck!”

other words you say in no particular order…

“bouble” – bubble guppies

“i” – sam

“daddy” “mama”

“ma-e” -maudie

“joosh” – juice

“bye” “hi”

“nini” – minion

“me me” – more

“yay!”

“cheese bur bur” – cheeseburger

“ah-men” – all done

“tee” – brush teeth

“eye” – eyes or glasses

“bu—ckkk” – bug

“oosh” – shoe

“ja -shhk” – trash

really you surprise us every day with a new word or sound 🙂 i think you surprise yourself.

you are just a tad addicted to bubble guppies. you are full of life. everything is exciting. you skip, run and jump with everything you do and your hair bounces to the beat. you can always put a smile on our face… even when we try to discipline you. we love you like crazy and are excited to see the accomplishments you make before you’re the big t w o. but for now just holding on to my little one year old 😉

love you bud.

xxoo

sweet summertime…

July 15, 2014celebrations, kids

yes, this will be a huge lump sum of photos from the past month really 🙂 from pool time to play time to a little mama get away and zoo time… we have been doing nothing but relaxing and having fun here. we had a scare of chicken pox which kept us home for the fourth of july. it turned out negative after all but we had our own fun. samuel you enjoyed the fire works! you also enjoyed running in the street. jack tried his hardest to be excited about them but ran inside and found a tv channel to watch them on.

jack and samuel you are the best of buds this summer. “you jump, i jump” is the motto you live by daily. 🙂 you two are nothing but “non stop” entertainment. i love your adventurous sides this summer!

here’s to one more month of summer adventures! i hear there are a lot more in store!! 🙂

xxoo

bonjour

June 17, 2014dada, kids

it has been a while. what a crazy week we had. the week before father’s day weekend daddy left for training in france. jack, you couldn’t believe it. the night we found out, daddy broke the news to you that he was going to be gone for a week in france. you asked where it was and then quietly said …”i didn’t know you worked with pope francis…” so the whole week we missed daddy, you would ask.. when daddy was coming home from being at pope francis. 🙂

oh boy was it a long week. we had no problem staying busy. it was also the week that we had doctors appointments and i had training at the end of the week as well! we improvised alot! thank goodness for family! thank you to nana and papaw for staying a night and day. thank you also to gramps for keeping the boys through the unexpected crazy weekend.

samuel, we saw your eye doctor at the beginning of the week. she was as thrilled as we were! you aren’t quite where she wants you but she decided she needs to give you a little more time! she couldn’t say enough how great of an improvement you have made in just these 3 short months. she also let us know you are “calendar perfect” for their eye associate calendar. 🙂 we will see her in september for another follow up. st. lucy pray for us!

jack, you have been a hoot these last few weeks. we had a lot of time to chit chat, just me and you. i realized i need to start writing down all the funny things you are saying. just like daddy working for pope francis, this week you found a little figurine of the statue of liberty, a past student of mine had given me. you asked if you could have it, i said sure! it has now moved to samuel’s dresser. you let me know ” i asked her to pray that sam be a good listener the next day.” oh my.

i don’t know if those prayers are working because well, brother samuel has a mind and temper of his own lately…

he finally mastered the “joey’s” a little bit this weekend with gramps. he may need longer legs and a few more lessons though…

so happy daddy is home now and we are spoiling him all week! he was greatly missed!

xxoo

jack anthony

June 2, 2014kids

the other day i realized we are about at the 1/2 marker. our big boy is 3 1/2 years old. i think it’s time we do a little update just for him. oh jack, where do we even start? you keep our conversations going all day! usually with question after question 🙂 you love everything thomas the train and anything about cars. because of our recent cut back on channels, you have discovered the old tom and jerry episodes. you love watching that with daddy every evening before bed. you get to giggling so hard its pretty contagious.

{you haven’t noticed yet, but you no longer get to watch paw patrol or bubble guppies… i may have to pull that up on the computer when you do.}

you love going to our library. you are not a fan of library time but you love going to find new books and cds. you will climb up and check them out all on your own. you especially love your elephant and piggie books. these are so much fun to read to you boys. sam just screams and giggles when you do. it’s quite entertaining.

i feel like you have been talking non stop since your first birthday. sometimes you ask so many questions i’ll tell you to just talk to samuel for a minute. 🙂 surprisingly you really do. you love telling him what we are doing or where we are going. if you are not chasing each other, i can usually find you both on your bed reading books. you guys definitely have something special. we couldn’t ask for a better big brother for samuel.

you always want him to enjoy the moment with you.

today you couldn’t wait to play in the sprinkler with him!

he follows every move you make. if you do something he is right behind you waiting his turn.

you think your tennis shoes are faster than the other shoes you have. today we let maudie run with us and you couldn’t believe how fast she was.

“maudie is faster than my shoes daddy!!”

you love to sing and dance. when you hear a song, you always ask what the song is called and whose song it is. ” oh mama this is your song!” you have been calling daddy “love” or “richard” alot lately. it’s always out of the blue or when you are shouting for him and it always makes us laugh.

you still close our night prayers for us and ask us what we are thankful for. you usually have so many things that you are thankful for and we just let you keep going because well, we do have so much to be thankful for! it’s one of my favorite times of the day to hear all you remember from our day.

you love, love your cousins and you love hearing stories about them. you are still the pickiest eater in the house. your favorite foods are chicken nuggets, hamburgers, french fries, corndogs and tacos. today we surprised you and went to eat at your favorite burger place. you were so excited and reminded us “we haven’t been here in a lot of days… can we come back tomorrow?” jack anthony we love your excitement for each day! we love your love for samuel and for us. i still love when you come in the room in the morning and just want to lay with me for a bit. you are still a huge cuddler and i am so thankful for that because when you aren’t running around like a little rambunctious boy you can be, i usually get you right by my side 🙂 the times we find it difficult to parent you are the times i realize why God chose us to be your parents. you can really challenge us to stay strong! we love you like crazy little man. i can’t wait to answer all your questions tomorrow 🙂

xxoo

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