Pics of my babies - thanks Cassie!

A friend of mine came over with her cool new camera and took these cute photos of my babies! They are both growing so fast!

Anna Faith - 6 weeks, Matthew - 2 years and 6 weeks

3 posts in one day - this one is for Anna Faith...

The other 2 new posts are below and dedicated just to Matthew, so I figured I better do an Anna update as well...

Daddy's girl! 19 days old! She has already changed SO much!





A little play time on my mat...



My sister sent this picture to me. Its me as a baby. She thinks Anna Faith looks just like me. What do you think?!? I cant decide!!!



Anna Faith at 1 week old. Sweet sleeping baby. Love her big cheeks!

On Matthew's Actual Birthday...

As most of you know, Anna Faith was born ON her brothers birthday! The moment I found out I was pregnant with her, I said, "she can have any day but April 13! Thats Matthews day!" Well, thank goodness, God knew better, because now, I think it is sweet and perfect that they share their big days! So here is a little catch up on Matthews 2nd birthday! Check out the party pics in the post below for some Chuck E Cheese action...

HAPPY 2nd Birthday Baby Boy! We love you more than anything in this world. You are an angel and a gift straight from Heaven!

Here, Matthew is pulling up his shirt telling me baby sister is about to come out of his tummy! I told him, I promise you baby, she is coming out of Mommy's tummy...AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! HA!


This is Matthew's "coy" face...he does it ALL the time now when is being shy or flirty! So cute! He is making this face here because everyone in the room...nurses, friends, everyone was singing him "Happy Birthday" - you can see the cupcake in Daddy's hand!



Happy Birthday Matthew Josiah! Can we all please ignore that I am so swollen, when I smile, you cannot see my eyes!! WHOA! So, here is the proof for his whole life...a cupcake in the labor and delivery room for his 2nd birthday! Unforgettable for Brian and I for sure! So funny!



Okay, so I am SO thankful for my precious friend Amanda! She came and got Matthew when my water broke and then she and her family took him to the park for pizza and cupcakes to celebrate his birthday. She waited until I had gotten my epidural to bring him to the hospital so I could sing to my baby boy! Oh I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the Miller Family - especially on this day! They made my baby boys day a special one just for him! What precious friends!



A 2 year old Matthew update...

- Matthew LOVES "Appa Juice"
- Matthew LOVES his new "sissy"
- Matthew still loves balls...baseballs, soccer balls, footballs, etc...
Everytime we pass a baseball field, he says, "Mommy, Baseball hat, baseball glove, baseball bat, play Mommy, play"
- This morning, while he was playing with his baseball bat, I told him, "Daddy played football and Mommy played tennis, which one do you wanna play? He stopped, really thought and said, "baseball Mommy" The boy LOVES everything baseball!
- Matthew LOVES to tell stories...he will go on and on and we only understand about half of it, but half is usually enough to understand he is talking about what we did yesterday or whatever. Its very cute.
- Matthew is shy all of the sudden...he giggles and makes this shy little face when he sees new people. So funny! The funny part is he isnt really shy at all, he is just flirting and being silly!
- When Matthew hits, he spanks his own bottom and says, "time out" - its hard not to laugh.
- Matthew is very active, still! He falls and rolls and takes some tumbles that I am CONVINCED will end in stitches. Instead, he stands up and keeps going like NOTHING happened.
- Matthew loves to read, "Thomas books", "Elmo books", "The Bible", "Tractor Book", etc...he just LOVES to read period.
- Matthew has the "fake cry" down pat! He can turn it on and off...ugh! Not so cute!
- Matthew calls me "Mom" all of the sudden - ummmm - can we please take it back to "Mommy". I mean he is only 2! Is this suppose to happen so soon!?!?
- Matthew LOVES his "friends" and often does "roll call" naming them all and saying he wants to play!
- Matthews favorite word is still "no" - again, not so cute.
- Matthew loves to take baths and when they are over, Daddy wraps him in a towel and Matthew says, "Burrito Baby. Mommy take a bite". Obviously, we have told him that for a long time every time we wrap him up, and now, he says it, and giggles so hard asking for me to take a bite of "Burrito Baby".
- Matthew is starting to ask to go pee pee and poo poo on the potty. Mommy is not really ready to take this on right now with a 2 week old...so for now, we will just let the diapers stay! :-) Although we did buy our first pack of big boy underwear! His 2 year old little body in a pair of "tidy whities" is the cutest thing you have ever seen. You just wanna pinch that little butt!

There is much more, but thats a pretty big update. If anyone has made it all the way to the bottom and read all of this, you are awesome!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet baby boy! We love you!

I love me some Chuck E Cheese!

Happy Birthday Baby boy! Chuck E Cheese was a hit for your 2nd birthday party!

The party was a week before his actual birthday...I figured since I was 9 months pregnant, we could fudge a little..and can I say, thank the Lord for Chuck E Cheese! I never thought I would say that in my life, but there it is! They did EVERYTHING! All you do is show up with your birthday boy, and pay the bill! WHOO HOO! It was great being that I was sitting 99% of the time because I was having such major contractions!

Matthew had SO much fun that I could not get a single pic of him looking at the camera! A good sign that fun was had by all I think!