Hanging out on A's "big gorr" (big girl) bed watching daddy hang curtain rods.

My grandmother confirmed the fact this morning that T's cheeks do not look this big in person! I guess it's right the camera adds 10 pounds! :) She's absolutely precious. You can tell she's her daddy's daughter in this one last photo!

Eep! It's been a while! With a move, a baby, a (too short) visit from MIL and her "friend" (wink, wink) and lots of other changes, I'm finally getting around to updating the 5 of you that read my blog! :) Needless to say, we have been quite busy.

Summer session at school starts on Monday for hubby. That will be a change of pace. We're in married student housing on campus. It's very small and cramped cozy, but little different from that which we are accustomed.

Both of our girls are growing like weeds!

T is already up to 12lbs at her 2 month checkup. She's already able to blow raspberries (mimicking me) and she's coo-ing and goo-ing up a storm. She doesn't like to be hot, much like her big sister was at this age, and she loathes gas. Unfortunately with the family she comes from, I can't see the gas going away any time soon...she's going to have to learn to embrace that one. T has also been sleeping like a champ! She has gone 12 hour stretches a few nights already. If she keeps that up she'll be ready to go into her crib in the same room as big sis.

A is loving being a big sister. Though I'm pretty sure she thinks the baby is just my play thing that cries every now and then. We try to give her special attention such as daddy taking her to a movie (her first) at the theater. 3D even! Her vocabulary increases everyday. A is just about fully potty trained. We still wear overnight diapers in her (new) big girl bed! We thought that transition would be rough, but it has gone exceptionally well. She only gets out of bed every-once-in-a-while. Really, she lays there and screeches until one of us comes to get her in the morning.

I'm doing my best to keep up with all that's going on around me. I'm really loving being close to family again. I think I need to tone it down a bit with the budget being busted every month up here! :) Trying to down size and we've already had one yard sale, two weekends in a row! (That's hard work, thanks sis for all your help!)

God has continued to be faithful! Every time I begin to worry about health care, finances, etc He shows just how much he cares and provides everything we need at just the right time! (Not my time, of course, but the right time.)


I'll leave you with a moment that A and I shared just a couple of days ago.

I was changing Teeny's diaper and Big sis comes to me after having played in her room solo for a few minutes.

A: "You not spank me mom, you not." Me: "No, I'm not going to, baby. (Wondering why she would bring that up) Why? What did you do?" A: "We not frow fings, mommy." Could you be referring to the rule we have about not throwing things down the stairs? Why is that wooden dowel that was once in your hand now on the middle of the stairs? She's a handful!

And the moment I get on here to update, blogger is being silly and won't let me upload pics! bah! I'll get some up here as soon as I can!

It's a....

GIRL!

Teegan Hawley

Born April 24, 2010 at 10:09 pm

8 lbs 6 oz 21 in

Welcome to the world precious child!

Easter Sunday

Ain't she cute?!

The hubs didn't get in until the day after Easter, so it was just the two three of us in this shot. Actually, I guess the third didn't make it into the picture either. :)

Notice of Eviction

I, the landlord (mommy) am issuing 30 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant (baby) will have 30 days in which he or she can either gather belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which, he or she will be physically removed from the property.

Tenant is being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the house were also made!

Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which, the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.

After 30 days from this day, non-compliance with the notice will result in his or her immediate removal at my discretion.

**My sister posted this not too long before my precious nephew was born and I thought it was comical and appropriate! :) She ultimately gave credit to Baby Center.**

Irish Princess

Finally! I remembered to dress my child in the appropriate outfit (sent faithfully by my mother-in-law) for the holiday! Sometimes I dress her in it a couple of days afterward and snap a few pics. I'm posting this tonight simply to prove to myself that I did it!

Unfortunately, it's not the pair of pants that she sent as she wore 3 pair of green pants today.

Today was an off day for Little Bit wanting to use the potty.

She also received a crown that said "Irish Princess." Yesterday when she put it on she danced around the house chanting "I'm the king, I'm the king." This morning when she got up she asked, "Where's my king?" I told her it was upstairs and she went in search of it. I heard her coming down the stairs shortly after. (She's insistent about going down the stairs like a big girl now.) She got to the last stair where the railing runs out and took a little tumble. Her heart broke in two as she realized and exclaimed "I broke it!" (She made me want to shed a tear.) When I finally got her calmed down by telling her I may be able to fix it, she told me that she'd hurt her hand, but not until her "king" was taken care of.

I did the best I could, but forgot to add the "king" in with the pictures I took this after noon. Hey, I did good to get her in the clothes and get a picture taken and get said pictures posted to here so quickly...what more do you expect of me?!

"Cheese!"

"fly copper"

We went with dad to do his check ride. Mainly because nearby is the only Chili's in the state...well....there might be one other, but this was a perfect opportunity. We went and did a little shopping whilst he was flying and then came back just in time for him to land and give Little Bit some time in the cockpit. Then hit Chili's and soon headed for home.



There is a small airplane that sits next to the helicopter in the hangar. She asked if she could fly it and my mom told her that it was broken. To which she replied, "I fix it." I asked her how she was going to tackle that, and she said, "You help me?" Umm...nope, sorry kiddo!

"Ride copper?!"

Mimi and Half Pint watching Botz land in front of the hangar.



Not sure just where this face came from. Who am I kidding?! She's my child.

sink time

Half Pint's latest obsession is the sink. I turn it on as low as it will go and she stands there and fills up measuring cups and spoons and "washes dishes."

I told her to say, "cheese" for daddy. I didn't know there was a "p" in cheese, but this pic makes it look like she found one in there.

This has given me great motivation to keep the kitchen sink empty as she gets up there without my knowledge and plays in the dirty dishes. Eep!

cheesing for daddy

I took this with my cell and sent it to my hubby. For some reason he was unable to see the picture on his phone, so now you all get to enjoy it! :)

what I've been hearing lately

"You're enormous!"

"When are you due?"

"You're getting so big."

"Let me guess...you've only got a couple of days left."

"How much longer?"

"You're huge!"

"I bet you're ready to be done."

I really don't think that I'm that big. I also didn't think I walked around looking as miserable as people's comments make me seem.

Hhumph....gotta love the third trimester...