The Birthday

Yesterday we celebrated E's 1st Birthday party. It was a very hot and humid August day, but was absolutely wonderful. Her cake time was probably the messiest I have ever seen on a 1 year old. We really expected her to be more dainty, but she dove right in. B says she must be Mommy's girl too because she went for all of the frosting and then threw the cake on the ground. That's my girl! She walked away with some amazing gifts from books, to toys to a whole new fall wardrobe. She has an army of wonderful friends and family who love her very much. One of these days I hope she is as thankful for them as I am.

Birthday Princess

Going for a swim

You can tell little sis is thrilled about the party

Look at me, I'm 1!!! Friend Josie cruising along
The cake

Hmmm, looks good

Big brother and cousins wondering where their cake is

Enough of this cake stuff...give me more frosting!

The game!

I survived Texas Stadium in August! I'm happy to report that I was away from Iz for 5 hours....and am here to type about it. not only did my boobs not explode, but Iz took an entire six ounces from a bottle. Up until now she has not been interested in artificial nipples at all, but she has even let people put a paci in her mouth in emergency situations.

My cousin Amy and I actually had a good time at the Cowgirls game. Besides having to park in Denton and walk to Irving and the fact that it was 100 degrees in the shade and we were soaking wet the whole time...it wasn't too bad. I spent most of the night watching Peyton Manning through the binoculars. He has a great bod...and Tony Romo isn't so bad either.

Admit me, I'm crazy!

Yesterday I decided I needed to get out of the house sans kiddos for awhile. Where did I go you may ask? To the mall? To get a massage? Nope. I decided that, even though I am not technically cleared to work out, that I would go to an aerobics class. And not just any aerobics class...a step/lift combo. We did 30 minutes of aerobics followed by 30 minutes of weights. Let's just say I can hardly walk today. My whole body hurts, badly.

And if that wasn't enough, my cousin Amy (in from CA) has an extra ticket to the Cowboys/Colts game tonight. Guess who was volunteered to go???? Yep, you guessed it. ME! Crazy. Don't ya think?

The Baptism

Our beautiful daughter was baptized Isabel Claire on Sunday, August 5th. It was a very beautiful service. Friends and family were there and Emma got her Birthday blessing. Our friends Ted, Donna and Blair sang a beautiful anthem and Sally joined with them on a variation of beloved hymn "Shall We Gather at the River". I really can't explain the wonderful day and do it justice, so you will have to settle for pictures.

Everyone. Parents, Godparents, siblings cousins and priest.

We tried to get a pic of the 5 us, but J bolted and E would not look at the camera.
Can we get this party started??? I'm sleepy.The cake. Courtesy of Aunt Dana and Tracy's cakes.
Isabel in her gown.

The blanket was a gift from Godparents Dana and Jason.

It says: "Isabel Claire was baptized on August 5th 2007 at

the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation.

'May He give His angels charge over you to guide you in all you ways'.

Psalm 91"

Godparents Dana and Jason
Big Sis
Fr. David with sweet baby
Mommy, Daddy, Fr. David and Godparents D & J and Brent and Candi.

A little bit of insanity

If you can remember, the last time I posted something I mentioned E being "cranky". Well, the poor girl had reasons. She woke up Thursday with a runny nose and fever. I called the Dr. to ask what I could give her for the nose and they wanted to see her to rule out an ear infection. Her ears and throat were clear and she was diagnosed with a cold. Her Dr had samples of the "good" Pedia Care when they were still putting Pseudaphed in the medicine. She gave me a huge supply of this "illegal" stuff. It seems to work well and doesn't make her wired or jittery. The problem is that Iz can't have any and she got the stuffy nose Thursday night. I was up every 30 minutes Friday night to suction her nose out. She hasn't had a fever yet and seems to be sleeping well otherwise.
Speaking of sleep: I hope I don't jinx this...but we seemed to have turned a corner in the sleep world. The last 4 nights Iz has gone anywhere from 4-5 hours without waking or needing to eat and it usually happens within the same time frame (between 10-3). For those of you without children, sleeping from 10-4 is considered to be "through the night" so we are almost there. Hallelujah!
And today...right now...they are both down for a nap...at the same time! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, August has arrived!

Know what that means??? School starts this month!!!! YAY!

Not much time to post today. E has been really cranky the last few days and today she woke up with a low grade fever and runny nose. I hope it's nothing more than a minor cold, although I am concerned since she has been tugging on her ears.

This weekend (and the following one too) are really big for our family and I have a lot to do. Isabel is being baptised on Sunday and we will have a small luncheon after at my parent's house. The following weekend I have family coming in from California and E's big 1st Bday party. I was planning on making the cake for E's party, but I may just have to resign myself to store-bought splendor with the two cranky kiddos. I would hate to not finish the cake and feel like a horrible mom. So, at some point this week I need to order two cakes. One for Iz and one for E. What a crazy schedule. August is nuts in our family. My niece and nephew also celebrate B-days, E has her 12 month check-up, I have my post-partum checkup and J starts school and soccer. Whew! I am exhausted just thinking about this month.

Enough about the craziness. Wouldn't you love to sleep this soundly???