Sweetest Six Months

What a sweetie! Hatcher still has such an inviting personality. He loves mommy and daddy but he is absolutely head-over-heels for Hayes. He positively lights up when he sees his big sister. It is such an awesome sight to behold! We go for his six-month check up Thursday. He is growing...maybe to be contributed to his wonderful nursing abilities and love of solid food as well! We love you Hatcher man!

I could cuddle with this little cuddle bug all day long. Wait a minute...I do, I do! On our way to the gym, so far he loves it there too!

Not the best pic (notice Hayes is helping brother sit up!) but love the cute little outfit. Daddy says that boys don't wear outfits... :)

Somebody is getting sleepy. But still handsome!

Enjoying some outdoor time watching sister blow bubbles, use chalk and drive her red sports coupe. Go Pokes, notice my game day flag in the background! We beat A&M that night.

All smiles shopping like a big boy at HEB. Next time we will have to get Hatcher a balloon too. I'm sure Hayes won't mind, she will gladly take his sucker!

27 and 27

So hard to believe that on September 27th sweet baby Hayes turned 27 months. It seems like only yesterday we heard that sweet little heartbeat for the first time and kept praying that we could hold our little angel in our arms. What a blessed answer to prayers she was and continues to be day by day. She has brought so much joy to our lives. Enjoy a few minutes of that joy. We love you Hayes Lauren!!

I had to splice video so it would fit...

Our cup runneth over!!

Fall is in the Air!

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous! A bit chilly in the mornings and warming up to the low to mid eighties by afternoon. Perfect weather to hit the road to Devine, Texas and the Devine Acres Farm. There were so many wonderful things for Hayes to enjoy and we so enjoyed watching her! They had animals, fishing, playground, marshmallow roasting, hay ride, duck races, yummy food, mazes and much more. It was well worth the hour drive south. Fall is definitely in the air in San Antonio and we love it! Happy Fall y'all!

Hatcher a little sleepy on the hayride.

Those slides were SUPER FAST! Good thing there was a prince charming to catch sweet baby Hayes.

Hayes loved holding her "fishy" as she called them.

But oh no..."hands dirty" our go getter loves to play hard but hates to get her hands dirty. Quite a funny combination!

Adorable two year old!

Love, love, love these two fishin' buddies!

Lazy Sunday

Sundays just might be our favorite family day of the week...morning at church, lunch at home with an afternoon of naps, football and errands. We love Sundays!! Hatcher is almost too big for his baby bathtub (his size is already a little too big!!) in the next week or two he will graduate to the big kid bathtub upstairs with Hayes, as soon as he is sitting unsupported, it won't be long! I snapped these pictures tonight and had to share. What a kissable little boy, I love this little man. My sweet Hatcher Man!

Even though he usually has a serious face for pictures this is more in tune with his personality. He smiles, laughs and talks a lot! Very social and very flirtatious. Sweetheart!

Just look at those big, beautiful eyes. Beware - they melt hearts!

Hatcher's favorite part of bath time just might be sucking his thumb through the washcloth. The boy does love his thumb. But he is all boy - if you don't give him a washcloth to play with he just might find something else to play with... :) I could probably use this tidbit of information for blackmail when he is older. I learned very early that boys and girls are different from day one! But I don't even remember how I ever survived without him. Thank God for little boys and little girls, we are so blessed!

Sea World Saturday

Daddy got back into town Friday afternoon and to celebrate we went to Sea World this morning. We took Hayes' swimsuit and swim shoes so she could play in the Shamu splash area. To our surprise the splash area was closed along with all of the kid areas. They are leveling that area and turning it into Sesame Street's Bay of Play. We can't wait to check it out this spring! We went to see Shamu which is always a hit, ate lunch and finished our adventure with the sea lions. We love living so close that we can go for a few hours and still make it home in time for an air conditioned nap...boy was it hot today!

Finishing off our day with brownie sundaes while we Skype Mingie.

Hayes had to show Mingie her new silly hat...our angel LOVES hats!!

We hope you all had a restful Saturday. We love you all!

Hatcher Landon

Our sweet Hatcher is truly amazing! He is so easy going and still only gets fussy when he is tired and down right mad if he is tired and over stimulated. He goes with the flow and is getting better about taking naps when we are out and about since we have been running errands like crazy with Hayes in school two days a week. Every two hours or so I offer a meal and there are times that he isn't hungry. He is growing up, fast!

Some other memorable milestones our handsome Hatcher has obtained:

• On August 26th, the first day Hayes was in school, Hatcher decided to roll from back to front making his rollability complete. He hasn't stopped rolling since!
• He is very good about getting up and staying up on all fours and is now rocking back and forth before ducking his head to try and get his silly left thumb in his mouth.
• We have been practicing sitting up and he can now sit for quite a long time before crashing.
• The last week of August Hatcher started eating solids and we are now up to two meals of solids a day, he isn't really up in time for breakfast! So far Hatcher is an excellent eater and he loves sitting at the table with us in his big boy high chair. We have officially retired the Bumbo. We are anxious to see how much he weighs at his six month visit!
• He absolutely loves to put his feet in his mouth. Maybe more so than his thumb. He much prefers tummy time but he will stay on his back if he puts his toes in his mouth. Too cute!
• Hatcher loves to make noises with his mouth and tongue and enjoys sticking his tongue out.
• He is very ticklish and bath time is always fun because he gets extra squirmy!
• The exersaucer is his favorite toy, he loves to jump up and down. He jumps more in the exersaucer than he does in the jumper!

Ready for his next meal.

All dressed up and ready to impress the ladies! We had a fun lunch date with Marla, my MOPS mentor mom from last year.

This was earlier this week. He is even stronger now!

What a super strong sweetheart!! We love our handsome Hatcher!!

Week of Firsts

A few weeks ago the kids and I joined a nearby gym that has a child care center. Hayes loves going to the gym, there are so many fun things for her to do. Hatcher has done very well. The longest I have left him is one hour and he goes more often than Hayes since we usually go while she is in school. This past week we had our first MOPS meeting of the year and our sweet little man had the ladies wrapped around his finger in the nursery. They all gushed over him and gave him kisses when I picked him up. He made it from 9:00 until 11:15 before he was hungry. Hatcher has done so well and I am so proud of him!

This past Thursday Hayes' school had an Open House and Tori came over to watch both kiddos for a few hours. They both did great and Craig and I have decided we will have to call on Tori again for an actual date night. What is date night? We have forgotten!

Saturday Samantha had a birthday party at Pump It Up. Hayes had an outstanding time, we will let the videos speak for themselves. We love our energetic, fearless little girl!

Wow!!

Don't you just love the dismount?!

All that exercise makes a girl thirsty!

And hungry for pizza, pepperoni her favorite!