Apple Orchards, 1/2 Birthday, Grandparents...the beginning of Fall!

We have been enjoying our fall...well as much as we can really. Some of you may not know but my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer on Friday September 3rd. Which really sucks if you ask me...but it's definitely a test in our walk with Christ but anyway I will post on that on another date. Today I just want to share a glimpse of some of the things that we have been enjoying...when life gives you lemons make lemonade right. We really have been trying to enjoy each moment even more lately! Here are some snapshots from our life lately!

Enjoying every moment with these favorites!

And her of course! I love how they are all holding Grammy's hand!

Celebrating Grandpa's 60th birthday!

A family picture...Tate looks so pleased!

Tate earned his Cubbies AWANA vest...which he so proudly calls his STUFFIES vest hehe!

Visiting the apple orchard!

And turning 6 months old and celebrating this baby boy's 1/2 birthday together!

This is what we have been up to! We are gonna be busy this week as we face my mom's surgery! Please join with us in praying for her healing and quick recovery!

Have a blessed week!

a snapshot...

Yes I have to say sometimes as a mommy you are just plain exhausted! That's been me this week! But then I remember they are only little once right! They will only be able to sit on my lap and laugh for a little while...so I'll take the restless nights and enjoy cat naps and snuggle while I can!

Here is a snapshot of a few of my favorite people...

Tuck helping me out at the computer!

Tate being silly and trying to get in the same basket as Tucker!

Tucker's first try at food on his 5 month birthday (which he loves)!

We celebrated Tucker's 5 month birthday! The cupcake is a little squishy but that's a 5 on there hehe!

Tate's very interesting in "what number" Tucker is! So he's putting up his 5 this month. It was quite funny because when Tucker was 3 months he loved that they were the same number. So when I was explaining that he wasn't 3 months anymore but 4 months and then 5 months it was a rough day for him haha! I guess he thought they'd be at the same number for awhile!

And last...we finally got to meet Dave! We were driving home from my Pawpaw's funeral and decided we'd try again to see if we could catch Dave. (We stopped on our way to Florida a few weeks back and missed him!) So we stopped had several of Martha's famous "free" cookies and a chocolate covered strawberry and got this picture with Dave! We were excited! Gotta love the face from Tate! This is the man who encourages us (even when Robbie breaks his hood release on his '91 Buick Regal and spends 4 hours trying to get his hood to pop so that he can refill it with oil during his routine oil changes on the cars) when Robbie says I don't care I'm going to go buy a brand new car! Then we listen to Dave and get a little reality check and we're all better! Haha! Well, on that note as I said before I'm exhausted and so now I'm heading to rest! Happy Sunday!

Big Week!

Hello all I can't believe it's been 10 weeks since I've posted! Tucker's going to be 13 weeks tomorrow, let's just say it's been busy getting used to being a mama of two, but also wonderful! Tucker is a very sweet, happy content little guy he really only cries for 3 reasons...poopy diapers, wants to eat, or wants to sleep (swaddled and in his own bed by the way haha)! Tate really loves his little brother he always wants to kiss or hug him and is always trying to find a little friend for Tucker to have! Tate loves to have Tyrone (from the backyardigans) so he feels Tuck needs a friend, in fact we kinda have to watch him because I'll go in and Tucker will have like 3 friends in his bed with him, so sweet! Anyway, Tucker turns 13 weeks...I turn 27 and Rob and I celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary! What a wonderful week! We feel very blessed with what God has blessed us with... 2 amazing boys and much more...we've learned a lot since day 1 and are so excited to see what God has in store for the rest of our journey! I thought I would leave u with a few updated pics of the boys!

Tucker having tummy time with his blankie of course! He's a blankie boy already!
Tate playing in the rain! We were all coming in the house or so I thought then I turned around to find Tate playing in the rain! So fun being 3!

I love these two! Robbie was comforting Tucker see that pout in the first pic and then it slowly turns into tears and drool awww poor guy...for the record he was tired haha!
Tuck's 1st swim!
Happy at the pool!
Relaxing...yes those are gDiapers! We have started cloth diapering and really love it actually it's a lot easier than I expected and very cost effective for us!
And of course Tate loves to swim and has done a great job with his floaties and we are hoping he learns a little more about how to swim on his own this summer! He's still a happy boy too!

Enjoy!

Introducing Tucker Drew...

Tucker Drew arrived on March 9, 2010 at 4:20 pm weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. and measuring 21 inches long. We are so blessed to now have two little boys! Tate is really loving his brother! Here are a few pics of the last 3 weeks!

Starting at the beginning this is me at 39 weeks pregnant!

We decided to go ahead and have my water broken on Tuesday March 9th since I was having great progress and was more than ready to have this little boy! Here's Robbie and I at the hospital!

This is were it gets ugly haha! We walked and walked for awhile trying to get contractions to be strong and regular this was our walking team...Robbie, my mom, my doula, Carol, and behind the camera Melissa! By the way they were all great and are the best labor team ever! Notice I am still smiling!
And then 7 1/2 hours later...lots of wonderful techniques and help from my team...he came! Here we are with our doctor who was the greatest!
Tate came and met his baby brother...he was shy at first but warmed up quickly!
We've had a lot of family and friends visit which has been wonderful! Here are Tate and Tucker with there "T" shirts!
And now he's growing....here at 1 week!



And here's his little feet!



Here he is at 2 weeks...with big brother Tate!




Another two week pic...hat is courtesy of Etsy! I love it!

And finally here are his 3 week pics...just taken today! Here's his little muscles!



Black and white...



Color...



And another...



And last one for today...





We are blessed!!!

Snow days!

Today was our first day with snow! Let me just say that for Tate that was so exciting. Of course it takes you almost as long to get dressed for the snow as it does to actually play in it. We ran and chased each other and threw snowballs he wanted to make a snowman but with only an inch of snow that doesn't work out really well. Here are some pics of T in the snow! OH yes and how could we forget his favorite toy his mower he had to try it and finally set it aside and declared it's too hard in the "now"! Haha!


OH yes and for those interested I thought I would post a pic of my updated belly! He's growing growing growing! I'm almost 27 weeks so hard to believe and so exciting!

Baby Boy #2

Today we had our ultrasound for our baby. Robbie, Tate and I all went and it was so fun to hear that we are having another baby boy! Tate looked at the ultrasound lady as if she was saying nothing new because he had already decided he was having a baby brother and guess what, he was right! The baby is measuring a little big (about a week) which was similar to Tate but everything looks great they told us. We are so excited and feel a big relief to know that the baby is healthy. So here are some pics from today!
His nose looks exactly like Tate's did in the womb!

Yes we found out about a minute into the process that it's a boy he wasn't being shy!

I love this picture of his spine, he kept moving around the whole time arching his back and chest it was quite funny.

We are so excited to meet this little one in March! Love you buddy!

P.S. Robbie is quite excited to be growing his sports teams!

The Pumpkin Patch

This past Saturday we woke up to a beautiful day so we decided to head to the pumpkin patch and were blessed to have Auntie Melissa with us. Tate had so much fun, he rode a train painted like a cow, rode a pony, hunted for the perfect pie pumpkin (he had a hard time b/c most of them were dirty and he wanted to find one without dirt on it haha) and a "big" pumpkin too. He also lead us all on a corn maze, we ate the best pork tenderloin sandwiches and homemade apple cinnamon donuts and drank some great apple cider. We had fun and were so thankful for a lovely day. Enjoy the pics!




All worn out! Those are the best activities when they just get plain tuckered out!