We just returned from a fun filled weekend spent in Madison, MS. My brother and his family recently moved from Dallas to Madison. We are all so excited to have them closer! Campbell and his cousin Slates are especially excited to be closer to each other! It makes me so happy seeing how much they love and enjoy each other even at such a young age and having lived 8 hours apart for their entire lives up until now. The weekend was full of sweet laughter, singing, and all things boy. We took the boys ice skating Saturday. It was hysterical. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard at Brett and Campbell trying to ice skate. Campbell could not even stand up, his little feet were slipping right out from under him the whole time. They didn't stay on the ice too long. There was also a big slide made from ice that they went down on an intertube. It went really fast. Campbell said he didn't like ice skating because it was too slippery and the slide went too fast. I told him I was proud of him for trying it though. Maybe they were a tad too young. We let the boys watch a movie in Slates and Whitney's room while we ate dinner Saturday night. We noticed they had been quiet for a little too long. When Slates went to check on them the bedroom door was closed and Whitney's closet door was closed. They had gone in her closet, climbed on her step ladder and pulled off around 20 pairs of shoes. Campbell was walking around wearing some gold Tory Burch flats and Slates was wearing a pair of black heels. They were so proud of themselves! It was quite comical. I can only imagine what these boys will get into over the years! I was sad to leave them when the weekend was over but we will get to see them next weekend for Campbell's birthday party!
We have so much to do over the next month that I don't even know where to begin preparing! We sold our house! YAY!! The closing date is January 3. My due date is the last week of December. Brett starts his new job in Oxford in 1 week. So we must pack up our house in the next couple of weeks while I am weeks away from having a baby. Scary! I had an ultrasound at my doctor's appointment Friday 11/30 and baby looks great! He weighed in at an estimated 5 lbs 7 oz and has his head super low preparing for D-day. I feel like I am alot more uncomfortable this time than I was with Campbell. It will all be worth it though when we meet our newest family member. I can not wait to have another little guy to bring us so much joy and happiness. Campbell is going to be so great with him!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Busy busy busy
Haloween 2012
Halloween 2011
Ole Miss vs Texas 2012
There is no better word to describe our lives right now than BUSY! Not that having an almost 3 year old, working, being in graduate school, and preparing for a new baby wasn't enough. We have decided to put our house on the market and move to Oxford! Brett is starting a new job on December 10, a mere few weeks before the baby is due. We are so excited and have wanted to move to Oxford for some time now. The timing of all of this isn't ideal, but it will work out! My last day of work will be December 5, yay! That will give me a few weeks to spend with Campbell before his baby brother arrives. The only thing that is making this move hard is thinking about Campbell leaving his friends he has been in daycare with his whole life. Even at his young age he and his friends are so attached to each other. Especially Sam and Campbell. They are "best friends like Lightening McQueen and Mater" in their words. I pray Campbell will find friends like this when we move. I am worried about how he will handle all the big changes coming up in his little life. New home, new friends, new baby. That's a lot for anyone, especially a 3 year old! 3 YEAR OLD! I can't believe my baby is almost 3! Parenting is truly the greatest gift God can give someone. Although it is the hardest thing I'm sure we will ever do, it is so rewarding and worth it. We love Campbell and his brother to be more than we ever thought it was possible to love someone. Campbell is still so so excited to meet his brother. A day doesn't go by where he doesn't stop to "hug his baby brother and give him a kiss". He is going to be the best big brother! I can not wait to see what God has in store for us as a family raising these 2 boys! Campbell has been informing me lately that Daddy does everything better than Mommy and Daddy is his favorite, not Mommy. Daddy makes better squirrel noises, does a better race car, and sings better than Mommy. If he only remembered that when he wakes up in the middle of the night and only wants Mommy! Campbell loved his first time really celebrating Halloween. He and Sam both wore their t-rex costumes they wore last year. Sam and his mom came over and we went trick or treating around our house. They loved it! Next week is Thanksgiving. The time is flying by!This sweet baby will be here in less than 2 months, yikes! I hope I can handle being a mommy to 2! We are still trying to decide on a name. Veazey is the top contender at the moment. We shall see!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Let's try this again
It has now been a full 2 years since I have posted on my blog. There is no way I could update on everything that has happened in these amazing 2 years that have gone by in the blink of an eye. Campbell is growing up so fast and I am realizing how I will not be able to remember each memory how I would like to. So I am going to try again at blogging so I will have somewhere to document all these priceless moments with my family!
I began nurse practitioner school August 2011 and will finish December 2013. I am still working part time as well as going to school. It has been somewhat of a challenge balancing all the different roles of school, work, being a wife, a mother, and still having a little time to take care of myself. Sometimes I feel like I might drown and am not doing any of those things as well as I would like to. I guess that is part of what people call a mothers guilt. We went to Disney World this past summer, the end of April. When we got to Florida we were excited to find out we were expecting another precious baby! Disney was so much fun, especially seeing the excitement in Campbell's eyes! We met my family in Watercolor, Florida the next week. It was an amazing 2 week vacation! I went to the doctor when we returned to Memphis. Our due date was set for January 8, 2013, the same day Campbell was due! Later ultrasounds showed HIM measuring 2 weeks ahead which would give us a due date of December 25, 2012. We are so excited to be welcoming another precious baby boy into our family. Campbell can't wait to play with his "baby brother" and already talks about playing in the mud with him in his Crocs and teaching him to play golf. I am now 30 weeks pregnant, not much longer! This pregnancy is flying by. Probably because my days are spent playing football, golf, soccer and other activities with my very active 2 1/2 year old. Campbell likes to hug and kiss my tummy because he says his baby brother likes when he does that.
Campbell is the most amazing thing that has every happened to us and I can not wait to have another little boy to love as much as I do Campbell. Campbell is still loving his daycare class at Christ Methodist. His best friends are Sam, Ella Rose, and Eleanor. He and Sam share the same birthday and Sam's last name is Lowry and Campbell's middle name is Lowrey. They were destined to be friends. Campbell's diet consists of chocolate milk, mac and cheese, chicken, pizza, fruit, yogurt, peanut butter crackers, and yogurt covered pretzels. Most of the time you could really care less if you ate at all. You weigh 30 pounds and are around 3 feet tall. You are very athletic. You love playing every sport we have introduced you to. You are so smart! Some of the questions you come up with amaze me. A couple questions from this past week that come to my mind are "Who made God?" "Did God climb a ladder to put the stars there?" and "Did God go under water to put the fish in the ocean?" We began potty training on Septmber 26 and you conquered it like a champ! I am so proud of you! Your look so cute in your big boy undies too :) Although, being in underwear has given you more access to explore your private area. Little boys are intrigued by this new "toy" I have been told. You have asked me what are the "balls" in there moving around and does your tee tee live in that hole. You want to spend most of your time at home naked. Everyday when your daddy gets home from work you are waiting to wrestle with him. It is music to my soul to hear the two of you laughing and playing together. What fun it will be to have 2 little boys and 1 big boy living in my house! You are so very sensitive, I'm afraid that you get that from me. Last night when I came home from work you ran up to me so excited and proud saying "Mommy come look at the tiger I drew!! I drew a tiger!" I followed you in the living room where your art table was and asked if your tiger was on the napkin you were drawing on. You said no and pointed to the couch where you had drawn striped all along the arm of the couch with a black marker, making it your tiger. They were very straight evenly spaced stripes! I proceeded to tell you in a very calm voice that we don't draw on furniture, only on paper. You were crushed, and therefore so was I. I wanted to tell you how creative I thought you were and that I loved the tiger you drew. You cried hysterically for 15-20 minutes screaming "I want to ride my tiger I want to ride my tiger!" Once you finally calmed down and I had scrubbed the stripes off as good as I could, I told you that it was a pretty good tiger and I let you ride it. I secretly cried on the way to work this morning thinking about how excited you were to show me your tiger and I had burst your bubble. Parenting is by far the most challenging thing I have ever done, and I know the challenges we face as parents will only get harder. I wish we could keep you young and innocent where we could protect you from this world. We pray for you every day. You have completely stolen my heart and I still melt every time I hear your voice and your sweet laugh. I can not wait to see how wonderful you will be to your little brother.
This mama is tired and ready for some sleep. To be continued... I promise!
Your first day of potty training!
I began nurse practitioner school August 2011 and will finish December 2013. I am still working part time as well as going to school. It has been somewhat of a challenge balancing all the different roles of school, work, being a wife, a mother, and still having a little time to take care of myself. Sometimes I feel like I might drown and am not doing any of those things as well as I would like to. I guess that is part of what people call a mothers guilt. We went to Disney World this past summer, the end of April. When we got to Florida we were excited to find out we were expecting another precious baby! Disney was so much fun, especially seeing the excitement in Campbell's eyes! We met my family in Watercolor, Florida the next week. It was an amazing 2 week vacation! I went to the doctor when we returned to Memphis. Our due date was set for January 8, 2013, the same day Campbell was due! Later ultrasounds showed HIM measuring 2 weeks ahead which would give us a due date of December 25, 2012. We are so excited to be welcoming another precious baby boy into our family. Campbell can't wait to play with his "baby brother" and already talks about playing in the mud with him in his Crocs and teaching him to play golf. I am now 30 weeks pregnant, not much longer! This pregnancy is flying by. Probably because my days are spent playing football, golf, soccer and other activities with my very active 2 1/2 year old. Campbell likes to hug and kiss my tummy because he says his baby brother likes when he does that.
Campbell is the most amazing thing that has every happened to us and I can not wait to have another little boy to love as much as I do Campbell. Campbell is still loving his daycare class at Christ Methodist. His best friends are Sam, Ella Rose, and Eleanor. He and Sam share the same birthday and Sam's last name is Lowry and Campbell's middle name is Lowrey. They were destined to be friends. Campbell's diet consists of chocolate milk, mac and cheese, chicken, pizza, fruit, yogurt, peanut butter crackers, and yogurt covered pretzels. Most of the time you could really care less if you ate at all. You weigh 30 pounds and are around 3 feet tall. You are very athletic. You love playing every sport we have introduced you to. You are so smart! Some of the questions you come up with amaze me. A couple questions from this past week that come to my mind are "Who made God?" "Did God climb a ladder to put the stars there?" and "Did God go under water to put the fish in the ocean?" We began potty training on Septmber 26 and you conquered it like a champ! I am so proud of you! Your look so cute in your big boy undies too :) Although, being in underwear has given you more access to explore your private area. Little boys are intrigued by this new "toy" I have been told. You have asked me what are the "balls" in there moving around and does your tee tee live in that hole. You want to spend most of your time at home naked. Everyday when your daddy gets home from work you are waiting to wrestle with him. It is music to my soul to hear the two of you laughing and playing together. What fun it will be to have 2 little boys and 1 big boy living in my house! You are so very sensitive, I'm afraid that you get that from me. Last night when I came home from work you ran up to me so excited and proud saying "Mommy come look at the tiger I drew!! I drew a tiger!" I followed you in the living room where your art table was and asked if your tiger was on the napkin you were drawing on. You said no and pointed to the couch where you had drawn striped all along the arm of the couch with a black marker, making it your tiger. They were very straight evenly spaced stripes! I proceeded to tell you in a very calm voice that we don't draw on furniture, only on paper. You were crushed, and therefore so was I. I wanted to tell you how creative I thought you were and that I loved the tiger you drew. You cried hysterically for 15-20 minutes screaming "I want to ride my tiger I want to ride my tiger!" Once you finally calmed down and I had scrubbed the stripes off as good as I could, I told you that it was a pretty good tiger and I let you ride it. I secretly cried on the way to work this morning thinking about how excited you were to show me your tiger and I had burst your bubble. Parenting is by far the most challenging thing I have ever done, and I know the challenges we face as parents will only get harder. I wish we could keep you young and innocent where we could protect you from this world. We pray for you every day. You have completely stolen my heart and I still melt every time I hear your voice and your sweet laugh. I can not wait to see how wonderful you will be to your little brother.
This mama is tired and ready for some sleep. To be continued... I promise!
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