Hope's Baptism

What a wonderful weekend. All of my family (minus Pops and Aunt Kristi) and all of Beau's family and extended family came in town from all across the country to celebrate with us. We made it a mini family reunion. We had such an awesome time. Here are some pics of the baptism.

I know it is hard to see, but it is so great capture everyone who was here in this moment.

Such cute cousins! (Brooke and Erin with Hope)

Al was not at his best you could say, but still nice to have one of the family ;)

Cody is Hope's Godfather

And Carrie (one of my great friends) is Hope's Godmother

Al even got to help blow out the candle. The priest was so kind to him and tried to include him whenever he could.

The rest of the weekend was spent swimming, fishing, and running around like crazy with the cousins. If I can get pitures, I will post them bc Al was seriously cute doing all of the above mentioned activities. (Hope even got to swim for the first time... which she seemed neither here nor there about).

Happy Memorial Weekend. Thank you to all who fight for us to be able to have peace and a safe place to live and enjoy our lives.

The end of my rope

Al is currently chatting with himself in bed, and prior to this moment he was singing EI EI-OOOO...mooo mooo mooo mooo mooo mooo mooo. Under normal circumstances I might think all of this blabber was cute and endearing, however, the past three nights have been a disaster, and I have about one more straw before I might snap... :).
Al has decided that he doesnt need to go to bed until about 9 or 10pm. All would be fine (I still put him i bed at 8pm) except he screams Mommy! Mommy! or somehow shakes his bed until it is close enough to the dresser that he can turn the lamp on and play with the picture frames. Ahhh... what a little stinker! All this goes on while Hope sleeps next to him which is partly why it makes me so anxious. Last night took the cake though. We spent the night at the farm and he didnt fall asleep until 10:15. Woke up at midnight crying and cried off an on for 2 hours. I finally just stopped going in his room and let him cry it out. He then woke up at 6am and was beside himself. Probably threw 5 tantrums in the first 15 minutes he was awake. Good news is that I put him back to bed at 9:30 am and all three of us slept for 3 hours! It was awesome.
He NEEDS at least 11 hours of sleep, but I dont know how to get him to sleep. He is so tired and everything sets him off. I am hoping that this is just a phase. Please God.

I miss Beau. I havent seen him since Friday morning and that was for about 5 minutes. Tomorrow will be nice, at least we will have the morning... bc Wave is open in the evening. But, next weekend it is not open at all.. YES! (oh! I just got a text from BEau and he will be home in 45 min!! yeay)
Have a great rest of the weekend everyone.

My parents, the Empty-nesters

My baby sister graduated high school this weekend, so the babies and I flew in to see her. She will be attending TCU in the fall, which I was reluctant to support at first, but then I realized that since she will only be 20 min from my mom's house, I will get to see her every time I go home now! yeay.

Congrats Lee Lee!

Hope at 4 months

She is:

14lb 4oz (just below the 75th %tile)

26 inches (just below the 95th%tile)

Smiling, laughing, and now rolling over!

Sleepless nights and Sleepy Babies

Happy Moment...

Unhappy Moment...

So, I think Al has something wrong with him. He screamed my name for 30 min before I FINALLY went in to rock him. This didnt solve anything bc as soon as I put him back in bed he started crying again! I felt so sorry for Hope, that she had to sit through all of that that I finally just put him in our bed and he slept their the whole night. (on my stomach mind you, bc that was the only acceptable position for him)

Hope, meanwhile, slept unphased by the entire thing... amazing. Here she is waiting up for me on the nights that I work late.

I am taking both of them to the doctor tomorrow, Hope for her 4 mo check up and Al to check out his lungs... he has a horrible cough.

My Perfect Babies are together now.

We went to Cousin Emily's graduation today... Congrats Em!!
Al was an angel. He sat/moved from chair to chair, but never threw a tantrum the entire graduation! It is a miracle. Then, the icing on the cake, we went to Mosaic for brunch and he sat in the high chair almost the entire time. I couldnt have been more proud.(thia part of him must be a reflection of MY genes) I really dont know what got into him, seriously the kid hasnt sat that still in his entire life. Hope of course, was perfect and didnt cry the whole time. I am so so so blessed to have such a good natured second child! (and first child.. he is just a little more head strong at this point :))
I decided to make the move tonight. Hope and Al are now sleeping crib to crib(or pack n play), like a daycare room next to eachother. We read books together and then turned off the lights, said prayers and I laid them down. Hope cried for a little bit, but they are both sleeping now. We shall see!
I will say, I am experiencing a little saddness now that Hope is out of our room. With Al I had moved him out when he was 2 wks, but I am so used to having Hope in our room that it is weird with her crib gone. :(