Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Thanksgiving



Just to catch up, I have to let everyone know that we had a great Thanksgiving.
My parents came over the weekend before turkey day to help out with the boys and keep me company. Mom was like a super hero around the house. She never lets the dirty laundry pile up and she knows how to tidy up everything. I really miss her this week.

My brother's family came over Wednesday and stayed until the weekend.

We cooked. We ate. We laughed. We shared stories.

...Well, in all fairness to Tom I have to mention this next little story that took place Wednesday night, oh, around 9pm. Keep in mind that I still have pregnancy brain.

I was in the kitchen adding all of the ingredients for a pumpkin pecan cheesecake into the mixer when I realize I read the recipe wrong. Somehow when I was writing my grocery list I only saw "(8 oz) cream cheese". I completely looked over the "4" in front of the 8 oz. So let's just say my dad was gracious enough to go down to Walgreens and pick up the 3 packages of cream cheese I was missing. Everyone in the house got a great big laugh at me because it didn't occur to me that 8 oz of cream cheese wouldn't be enough for an entire cheesecake. It gets better...

When my dad returned I went back to the mixer and the recipe and noticed that it calls for a can of pumpkin. Duh! I didn't get any pumpkin either. Back to the store my loving father went. It gets better...

So after ALL of the ingredients were mixed in, I started to pour my mix into the dish to bake it when it seemed to be overflowing...Yep, the recipe calls for a spring form pan...Didn't have one of those either. Instead of sending my poor dad to the store for a third time we laughed and I found a second dish to use and we had two PUMPKIN pecan CHEESEcakes. I make mistakes too. In mass quantities.





Clarks, We missed you!

Silas At One Month







The pictures are all from the day he turned one month old, but his stats are from today's appointment at one month and 4 days old.


Weight: 11 lbs 3 oz (80%)

Length: 22.7 in (94%)

Head Circumference: 15.5 in (97%)

That's my BIG boy! What can I say? He likes to eat. Now you know why I haven't been keeping up with the blog. I'm always nursing him. Ha!



Monday, November 21, 2011

Big Brother Little Brother

I finally managed to have both boys in their matching shirts on the same day for a picture or two. Good thing I got it done yesterday too. Silas is officially too big for his newborn clothes. I felt bad for squeezing him in this onesie one more time. He didn't fuss too much though.

Below are a couple of my favorite shots. See if you can tell what's wrong with these photos.



Hint: Yes, Tom helped Micah put his shoes on...

Sunday, November 20, 2011

3-2-1 Blast Off




Yes, one rocket is still in the tree...

Monday, November 14, 2011

Pony Ride

On Saturday Micah, Tom & Grandpa Deen went to another YMCA Father-Son/Father-Daughter event.

This time the kids had a chance to ride a pony while they spent the afternoon at a nearby ranch. Micah was excited because he got to wear his cowboy boots that his cousins Will and Henry gave him.







I sure am jealous of the fun things they are getting to do together. I suppose it's good that they are building a strong father-son bond though. I'm happy that they are happy!

Thrilled!

Y'all, I am one proud Mama!

My three-year-old has started coloring. I'm not talking about the wild scribbles on every page. I'm talking about making an effort to stay in the lines. I'm so proud!

Boy, you should have seen the look on his face when I asked him 5 times if this was his work. He had no idea I would be so thrilled!

This may not be much, but it will hang on my refrigerator for a while!



Thursday, November 10, 2011

Nine Days Old & Newborn Screen

As I'm sure you expected, we took Silas in for portraits at JCPenney last Friday.

Here are a few of the pictures.











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On Tuesday we took Silas back to the hospital for his newborn screen. While we were there I wanted to see if he was gaining enough weight. Well, I was shocked to find out he has gained almost 11 oz. in one week. He's now up to 8 lbs. 9 oz.

I can't wait to find out how much he's gained by the end of the month.