A Much Needed Smile

This just makes me laugh. This has become an after-bath ritual. After a wild and crazy horsie ride with daddy, they run up and down the hall from Noah's room to Mommy's bathroom. Lately, they have been laying down on the bathmat. Tonight, they were "International Super-Spies" searching for the 3 missing containers (Backyardigans). I love my boys!

Monkey Man

Yesterday, I was sitting at the computer and Noah was playing an Elmo game. From out of the bathroom I hear "uh-oh Mommy." I go into the bathroom to find Logan sitting in the sink. First reaction - take a picture. Then I took him down, he proceeded to do it again. And again. This time I took a picture of the climb. Then I told him no more and he cried.

And somehow, he hasn't figured out that he could easily climb out of the crib. Let's hope it stays that way. At least for another month?!

Quote of the Night

After Concert of Praise, we headed over to Shake's for ice cream. It has become a yearly tradition. Sitting out under the trees, there is a big tree that is good for climbing. As it got darker, I asked Noah not to climb it. Later he told Logan:

N: Logan, you can't climb the tree. It's too dangerous. Only for me.

HCBC Concert of Praise

Last night was the Concert of Praise at our church. It's the wrap up to the summer of the Great Adventure. It is a massive party. This year it was so big that they had one at our church and one on the east side in Pflugerville. They had webcams and talked to the other party live! It was an incredible night. Through all of the Backyard Bible Clubs, Summerfest, and GO Trips, over 5,000 people (adults and children) accepted Christ this summer. Also, over 10,000 people attended the Summerfests that were held around Austin. We missed Summerfest this year because we were in New Orleans. Normally, Matt is playing with the 70's band there. It was a rockin' party last night. I didn't take too many pictures because I was too busy singing, dancing, and praising! Here are a few:

Our Favorite Trumpet Player!
The kids were having a blast dancing in the aisles.

Fishing With Grandma

On Saturday, the boys and I headed up to Lake LBJ to hang out with some of my family. The boys enjoyed riding in the boat and watching the big boys ski, tube, and wake board. Of course, Logan had fun throwing the pecans into the water and trying to avoid the splashing waves. He helped Grandma reel in the fish that was already on the line. They caught two more fish. By the time I got the camera, the fish stopped biting, so I didn't get any pictures of Logan with the "fishies."

I'll have another chance next weekend. We are headed back to the Cope's house for the weekend to celebrate Logan's 2nd birthday! Can't believe he is already turning 2!

24 Weeks

At 24 weeks, I am measuring 24 weeks, which surprises me because I feel HUGE. I gained 5.5 pounds in the last 4 weeks. I blame it on New Orleans food and biengets. My blood pressure was 120/72. Baby girl's heartrate was 162. Way up from last visit, she must have been running a marathon. Maybe training for the olympics! :) I go back on September 3rd for the wonderful 28 wk glucose test. But while I sit there for the hour after drinking the yummy orange stuff, I get to have another sonogram! Yippee! We will get some more pictures of this little one. Any way to look at the right side of her face and see if she has "the" dimple?

Side Note: When you ask Logan what is in Mommy's tummy, he now says "baby sister!"

There's Something About August.......

.......That brings visits to the ER. August '05 - Round Rock ER, Noah fell on our tile step, hit his hemangioma on his cheek and split it open. August '07 - Logan's Birthday. Noah bumped into mommy while holding a bowling ball. He fell on the ball and split his chin. Seton NW ER - 5 stitches in his chin:

August 6, 2008 - The culprit: the dishwasher door. The victim: Noah's eye. My foot was involved too. We had just finished dinner, Matt left for church for Worship Team rehearsal, I was getting ready to do the dishes, and Noah and Logan were playing basketball in the living room. Noah was practicing slam dunks, and wanted to do a super duper dunk....with a running start. The plan: to start at the pantry door, run through the kitchen, around the corner into the living room, and slam dunk! On his was to the pantry door, running at full speed, rounding the corner, he caught the heel of my foot (just barely), and flew through the air, right into the open dishwasher door. I'll never forget the sound of him hitting. He immediately grabbed his face and started to cry. I could only imagine what I would find when I turned him over. The first words out of his mouth, "Mommy, you hurt me." All fear and panic set in, what to do. I carried him to the couch with a paper towel to stop the bleeding. We tried to put the spiderman icepack on it, but that wasn't working. I called Ryan, the ER doc. Do we go? Do we not. Then I tried to call Matt. Dial the cell phone. It's ringing......upstairs in our bedroom. Ugh. So I started to call anyone that I knew that would also be at the rehearsal, got ahold of Matt, and told him I was taking Noah to the ER. He didn't want to go, he only wanted to play. By the time I gathered up everything and everybody, got us all strapped into the car, and got to the ER, Matt was already there! The result: 2 stitches in his eyebrow, some superglue on the cut below his eye, and a little black and blue all around.

When he got home.

The next morning.

A big thank you to all who answered my phone calls, relayed messages, and offered to help. Thank you Jen, Elias, and Elaina for showing up at the waiting room to entertain Logan. The entire time we were in the ER room, Noah wanted to go back out and play with them. And thank you God for protecting my little boy from anything more serious. When I told Noah that I didn't mean to get in his way ("You forgot to move, mom") he said, "That's OK mom. I love you." I have one brave, strong, and super-fast, super hero.