Showing posts with label Alyssah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alyssah. Show all posts

Friday, April 29, 2016

It's been a while...

So, it's been like 9 months since I've posted anything here.  I had a baby, and I've recently gone back to work.  It's been a little crazy around here ;)

Sawyer was born August 10, 2015, and we all adore him.  The kids are so sweet with him.






It's been precious watching them love their brother.  I hope they continue to be close as they grow-up. It makes my heart swell!




Sawyer has accomplished a few milestones this month.  He is crawling now and eating like crazy!  His first 2 teeth have come in, and he has tried cheerios.  He loves them!



I hope I am back blogging again soon!  Have a great weekend!

Friday, February 21, 2014

Alyssah's 3rd birthday!

Alyssah celebrated her birthday a few days early at school with her friends! 
Helping Mommy make her cupcakes :)









Mimzy helping A blow out the candles :)

We are blessed with so many friends that love our girl!









We had a great time celebrating our little girl.  I can't believe she is 3...seems like we just brought her home.  She is becoming such a sweet little lady.  Very independent and full of questions!  She weighs 38.5 lbs and is 38 inches long.  She still likes to be cuddled and carried...which I love but my arms do not ;)  She is obsessed with all things girly...princesses, bows, jewelry, dresses, and finger nail polish.  Her favorite things are Rapunzel, Frozen, Minnie Mouse, and Tinkerbell.


Here's to my beautiful, adorable, kind-hearted, snuggly, huggable, cheerful, joyful, head-strong, loving, girly 3 year old princess!  I love you my sweet Alyssah Elaine.  What a wonderful blessing you are to me and your Daddy.  Your brother adores you as well.  You are the best surprise I've ever received :)

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Fall fashion for little girls!

We've had a taste of fall weather around here the past week, but I'm so ready for it to stay for good!  I was just browsing pinterest today and saw some precious fall outfits for my sweet Alyssah.  I love that she already wants to pick out her clothes...sometimes ;)  It's fun, but also frustrating when she won't pick out anything at all and just stands there staring at her closet.  What will I do when she's a teen?!?




I'm not sure how she will do with hats or scarves this year either.  She doesn't really like wearing things on her head except her bows.  She's got to have a bow ;)  I created a monster by sticking those on her head since her first day on earth. lol  I love it though...she's definitely a Southern belle!

Hope you are getting some fall weather wherever you are you. Happy Wednesday :)



Monday, April 8, 2013

My sweet Alyssah

I wanted to get a few of A wearing her cute Easter shirt, and she was being pretty cooperative.  She's really hard to photograph sometimes!  I really can't believe how big she looks these days...she's growing waaay too fast. 




Happy Monday!  I'm really not a fan of this day of the week, but at least it's about halfway over! ;)  Here's to an awesome week.  Blessings!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Kiddos update

My kiddos are growing SO fast!  I can hardly believe it.  I'm so blessed to be their mother.  I can't imagine having sweeter babies.  They are going to make such an impact on this world, and I cannot wait to watch it unfold.  My greatest prayer for them is to love God and do His will, take part in building His kingdom, and bring others along for the ride :)  I have been praying this over them a lot lately as they are getting older, building friendships, and being exposed to more things at school and just out in everyday life.  I know one day I won't be able to control who they are with and what they choose to spend their time doing.  I just pray that they have a strong faith and are strong in the Word.  Here are a few pictures of them lately.  I took some of them individually a while back too for their birthdays so I will share them later.  These are just some everyday snapshots, enjoy!

Mark now weighs 38 lbs, 12.8 oz and is 42 inches tall.  He is so handsome and such a charmer.  He knows how to make this Mommy feel loved.  He is a great helper with his sister too.  He always looks out for her.  He is all boy!  He loves to play ball and throw the football.  He can't wait for summer so he can go swimming.  He asks me almost everyday if it's summer yet! ;)  Bless him.
Alyssah now weighs 29 lbs, 3.2 oz and is 33.5 inches tall.  She is such a ham and knows she is the cutest thing ever.  I could just stare at her all day.  She has so many expressions.  She loves her Daddy to pieces, but still loves for me to hold her and cuddle her.  She loves to help me with laundry, which isn't always successful, but it's cute.  She helps unload the dishwasher.  She loves to have a bow in her hair and lets me fix it every morning.  I guess making her wear all those headbands and bows as a baby paid off ;)  She is such a girly girl, and I love it!
I am so thankful to have healthy, happy children.  I am overwhelmed with gratitude and thankfulness that I get to have these two in my life.  Thank you, Lord.

Friday, November 30, 2012

What a week!

We had a pretty crazy week, compared to the usual.  Alyssah has been battling a staph infection on the back of her leg, and I have been learning all I can about it b/c honestly it freaks me out!  She had what we thought was a bug bite that appeared last Tuesday, and by Thursday night/Friday morning I knew something was going on.  I was home with the kiddos Friday and we had a lazy morning putting up the tree.  Alyssah took her nap and when she woke up I knew I had to take her to the doc to get her leg looked at.  Thankfully they could take me as soon as I called and weren't very busy when we got there.  They had to drain it and she was put on antibiotics. I'll spare the nasty details ;)  They took a culture, and I delivered it to the hospital's lab.  Well, Monday I called the doc's office back b/c it was not looking better.  They did confirm she had staph, more specifically MRSA.  MRSA is the difficult to treat staph and only certain medications fight it.  Thankfully she was on a drug that was a good one against MRSA.  I took her back and they had to drain it again (insert terrible, awful screaming baby AGAIN) and they increased her meds.  It has been a looong week for us!  Her leg looks phenomenally better, praise God!  I have been cleaning like a mad lady to hopefully not spread it to Mark.  I hope we never have to deal with this again.

This is sweet baby's leg yesterday...and that is much improved!  Please pray that it continues to heal.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  We have lots of fun things planned.  I'm so thankful for my blessings :)  I have a lot!

I'll be posting Thanksgiving pictures soon.  I know I'm behind! ;)

Monday, March 26, 2012

Alyssah's 1st birthday party

I just realized I never posted about Alyssah's 1st birthday!  oops...  We had a small party at our apartment with our close friends and family to celebrate A's 1st birthday.  She loved her cake and was loved on by everyone :)  We are so very blessed to have some amazing people in our lives.  Here are some pictures of her big day!

gifts from us

pictures from the past year

door decoration

yummy treats


Brandi with the kids

birthday girl :)





Mommy and Daddy with the birthday girl!
I'll be posting about Mark's party soon.  Have a great Tuesday!