happy 5 months

Happy 5 month birthday Michael Lance!




Michael is getting so big way too fast! He is so much fun to be around. He is still talking up a storm (he gets that from his daddy), laughing and giggling, rolling over and just being his cute little self. He has started squealing when he's talking. Here he is singing along with Three Doors Down. :)


We really think he's trying to start teething. If anything gets near his reach, he's going to get it and it will go straight to his mouth. He hasn't really been fussy, but he is chewing on everything! And he's really started getting his thumb in his mouth. I have tried the pacifier a thousand times and he spits it out every time. He will chew on anything, but the second you put the paci in his mouth, out it goes. He's not really sucking on his thumb, just chewing on it. His pediatrician said his gums are a little swollen and that he is definitely in the beginning stages of teething.


Michael is turning and twisting all over the place when he's laying down. He likes his tummy more now and can make a full turn on his belly. He will reach for his toys on the floor and pull them to his mouth. When he's on his back, he will roll to his side a lot. He even does this to sleep. He has rolled from his back to tummy...but just a few times.


He can sorta sit up on his own if you prop him up like a little bulldog! :) He grunts and groans the whole time he's trying. It's hard on a big belly! Daddy has even started letting him stand on his own a little.



His nap times are so much better now. He's pretty much put himself on a good 3 naps a day schedule. He will wake up anywhere between 7 and 8:00 in the morning. We'll play for a while, eat, get dressed then play some more. He'll be up for about an hour to an hour and a half before he starts getting sleepy again. I'll rock him for just a minute, then lay him in bed with his bear blanket and he'll take a good morning nap. He'll wake up and be ready to play and eat again. He starts to get sleepy again around lunch and this time he'll take about a 2 hour nap! Sometimes he'll wake up and if I just let him whine a little bit, he'll go right back to sleep. We'll play for a while in the afternoon, go swimming or run errands and then he's ready for another nap. This one usually isn't long, but that's ok because Daddy is usually getting off of work by then.



We haven't started him on any cereal or food yet. We went to the doctor yesterday and she said we could start! He weighed in at 16 lbs. 4 oz and measured 26 inches tall! She said he looked really good. He was talking and squealing for her. He got his 4 month shots too. He wasn't so happy about that. Poor guy. After getting a little snack to ease the pain, he was much better. I think we'll do cereal tonight, so pictures of that coming soon!

He has stayed with Anna a few times now and he seems to really like her. Momma is so not looking forward to leaving the little guy full time, but it'll be good for him to get to know someone else. Ok, enough about that, I'm going to start crying again if we talk too much about it.


One more video...he was so excited to get to go to Juice & Pa's house...


Happy 5 month birthday baby boy!!! We love you more than you'll ever know!

out there

We are back out in the world. Too many people were having trouble having 'permissions' to read about Michael. So we'll try it this way for a while and then maybe try going private again later on.

We had a fun day yesterday. I got to meet up with some friends that I used to teach with. It was wonderful to see them again...I just hate that I only get to see them once a year. Michael was so excited to meet them.


Don't let this cute little face fool you...this boy DOES NOT like to shop!!!

happy birthday pa

Today is Pa's 51st birthday! He is at the lake with Juice this weekend and we are sad we can't see him on his birthday. Hope ya'll are having a super fun time!




I love you Pa!!!!

weekend rundown....long stories!

Wow, we had a busy weekend. It all started last week.

Wednesday, Michael stayed with Anna. She is the lady that will come stay with him while I go back to work. This was their first time to hang out. I was so nervous about leaving him with someone other than family. I had to run some errands in Hobbs to get ready for the weekend, so I thought it would be the perfect time to have her come over. She was wonderful! Derek came by while she was here and they were just getting ready to have a snack. He said Michael was super happy. Then he came home early from work to mow the grass and she had him outside walking around. Derek said Michael was loving it! When I got home, he was taking a great nap in his bed. I think he liked her. She's going to start coming a little more so it's not a huge shock to him when school starts. And just to let you know, I did cry on the way to Hobbs and I was so lonely! It was so weird. I've left him before to run errands over there, but this was different. I'm so thankful to have found someone to come here and that I know will love him and have fun with him.

So, I was running errands to get ready for this weekend. This is THE weekend. Seminole Golf Tournament. So what...a little golf tournament??? Yeah, 13...count 'em....13 boys (I mean men) come this weekend to Seminole. So what??? They come to Seminole to stay at our house! 13!!! Have you ever been around 14 (counting Derek) men that come in from the golf course sweating and stinky??? It's an experience that I think everyone should have to go through! They are all super nice guys, but they like to have a few adult frosty beverages while they are sweaty and stinky. We don't have 13 beds. They sleep everywhere...couches, chairs, tile floor...and did I mention that they sweat on the golf course!?! :)

Luckily, Michael & I got to spend Thursday night with Grandma & Granddaddy. I just knew that they wouldn't be quiet enough for a 4 month old to get a good nights sleep. This was Michael's first time to spend the night at Grandma & Granddaddy's house. He loved it. He got to take a fun bath with Grandma and then got to wake up and hang out with Granddaddy.




Friday, Michael & I met Juice at the airport in Lubbock. We flew to Houston for Quade & Brittney's wedding. Quade is a childhood friend of mine and his mom and Juice are best friends. Michael did so good on the plane to Houston. He slept most of the way. I don't think his ears bothered him at all.

This was Michael's first hotel stay. I didn't know that you could request cribs. Worked perfect! Don't worry, we took our own sheet for it.

He even got to watch golf so he would know what daddy was talking about when we got home.

The place we stayed was super fun. It was a resort & spa type of place. It had it's own access to Lake Conroe, it's own water park and it's own putt-putt golf. We got to enjoy the water park on Saturday before the wedding. Michael and I loved the lazy river. He just chilled out with me.


Friday night was rehearsal. We got to go to it because my mom took pictures. Well, funny story (not haha funny). Our rental car was a piece of work. It lacked anything automatic (like we had to roll down the windows old style). And it was about as big as this computer screen. (But it got us around Houston, so for that we loved it!) Michael's seat in the back made him sit almost straight up, so when he would fall asleep in the car his poor head would hang down. On the way to rehearsal, I got out at one intersection to get in the back with him to hold his head up. When we got to the rehearsal, I couldn't find my regular glasses. I just had my sunglasses. I immediately had a panic attack because I knew what had happened. I had the glasses in the case in my lap in the car. When I got out at that intersection, they fell out and I didn't realize it. I went back to that intersection and found them on the side of the road. Yeah, smashed, run over a million times, broken. I didn't say a cuss word, no not me. Luckily, the lenses weren't broken, just the frames. I had to go all rehearsal and rehearsal dinner without seeing though. Saturday morning, we headed straight to Wal-Mart and thank the Lord they had frames that my lenses would fit into. (The glasses weren't the only thing broken....I haven't got the 'real' story on how the stain-glass window fell at our house, breaking my mother's day frame.)


The wedding was absolutely beautiful. Michael decided he wanted to be the wedding singer, so we spent most of the wedding looking in the side door. He was singing some beautiful songs though. And he loved everyone at the reception. He was such a flirt all weekend long. He would talk, smile & laugh to everyone. It was really cute.

Ready for the wedding...

Noni is Quade's mom...Michael does love his Noni. (This was taken at the end of the reception...waaaaay past his bedtime.)

With the bride and groom...Quade & Brittney Furr


I mean seriously....this is the cutest thing ever!!!


We flew home on Sunday. Michael was so ready to see his daddy. Daddy and the rest of the 13 guys were still at the golf course finishing up the tournament. We decided to go surprise daddy and watch his last 2 holes.


Daddy & his partner, Josh...


We had a great, busy weekend. Michael took three 2-2 1/2 hour naps on Monday. Poor guy was super tired. Congratulations to Quade & Brittney and we'll see all the guys next year! :)

one year ago

One year ago on this very weekend, I took a look at a plus sign. After getting minus signs for a very long year before that, finally a plus sign. I didn't believe it. I drank like 10 glasses of water to try it again. This time, a different test. This time it said 'pregnant'. Still I didn't believe it. I drank some more water. Another test said 'pregnant'. Could it be??? After five different kinds of tests...I believed!!! Oh how we had prayed for this to happen for a whole year! It was so surreal. It was so cool. It was so unbelievable. It was so exciting!

One year ago I saw this

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Today I see this


The most beautiful thing my eyes have ever seen!
I love you Michael Lance!!!