Sweet Blessings!

Craig and I are sore from head to toe from pinching ourselves...how did we ever get so lucky on our tenth year of marriage? We have two beautiful, healthy, happy children. Thank you Jesus!!! Sorry I have been so slow on updating.

Life is finally settling down. Sweet Hatcher was quite colicky for a while but the last few weeks he has started to feel better and I think we can now kiss that pesky colic goodbye. Yeah!! From day one Hatcher has been such a wonderful sleeper and loves to sleep on his own. From time to time, especially when we are out and about he loves to cuddle and sleep in the baby bjorn but he really does rest better when sleeping on his own. Another thing that is amazing about our little man is that I always make sure when I put him down for naps or down for the night he is awake...I let him put himself to sleep and since this is his norm he has never fussed. Sometimes he squirms for a few minutes but settles right down. It's wonderful!! He was sleeping from about 8:00 at night until about 3:30 and then until around 8:00. This week he has been waking around 1:30 and again around 5:30 and still getting up a little after 8:00. He is a great eater, the boy doesn't mess around. He eats hard and fast, he wastes no time. Last week Hatcher was right at twelve pounds. He turned two months on the 5th and we go in for his first round of two month shots next Tuesday. We are anxious to see how much he has grown. Newborn clothes are a thing of the past. And Hatch seems quite long, the only pjs that seem to fit are size 3 -6 months. He has been in size one diapers for a few weeks and this is probably the last week for size one, we are moving on up to size two. The past few weeks he has been all about smiling. He is starting to talk more and more which we love! He can sit up in his bumbo chair all by himself. Such a big strong boy.

Hayes is such smart little girl. It is hard to believe that our angel turns two in twenty days! She loves to count anything and everything and can count to ten, she just sometimes skips 8 (7, 9, 9, 10)! She can find all the letters in her name. Last week we were at a restaurant and she ran up to a sign and eagerly pointed to an H and said H, Hayes. Love her! She still does so well with Hatcher and if he is crying she tries to bring him a pacifier or his blanket to help soothe him. We are still waiting on her two year molars and her bottom incisors are finally breaking through. Hayes is beginning to eat more meat, but is still mostly a vegetarian. Our little angel loves to swim. She would spend all day at the pool or playing out in the front yard if we let her. Lately Hayes has decided to sing "twinkle, twinkle, little star" but she changes the words. The other day it was "Elmo, elmo, elmo, elmo" while she was coloring in her Sesame Street coloring book!
She is still crazy about books and loves to sit in her 'thinking chair' and read. She can read brown bear, brown bear and polar bear, polar bear (by Bill Martin, Jr.) quite well. Coloring, puzzles, swimming, reading, her tricycle and chalk are her favorites at the moment.

All smiles before bath time.

Our little fish.

Isn't her pink swimsuit adorable?

She is so brave...she will jump in the water to daddy's arms and even laughs if her head goes under. It won't be long before we can get her into swimming lessons.

Mingie and Hatcher. Pop and Mingie stopped by on their way home from the lake on Memorial Day. They were so happy to see how big Hatcher had grown.

Pop and our sweet little boy!