Chloe's Shower

The Bates girls through an absolutely beautiful shower for our sweet Chloe!! It was such a wonderful day spent talking with old friends I haven't seen in a while and hanging out with family I love! Leslie sent me all the pictures but my computer decided it only wanted to allow me to save a few of them. I'm guessing it's because she has a fancy apple...and my pc hardly works! haha Oh well, here are a few of them and I'll update the post later so I'll have the memories forever. :)

 I pinned this bow holder on pinterest a long time ago and have wanted to make it forever! Leslie read my mind and made it for a shower gift and it's PERFECT!!! It will look so wonderful in her room!!

 Notice the balloon covered ceiling. Nazi Leslie made us blow up balloons all morning! Well, I played the pregnant card and said Chloe needed the oxygen so I only helped put them up. :)

 This is Holly's mom Christy...I was soooo excited to see her!! It's been a while and I just love visiting with her! And that's Grammy on the right!

 Hostess with the mostess #3 and Pat

 That cake was DELICIOUS!!!

 All the pics of the amazing gifts Chloe got won't save, but let's just say the girl has a beautiful wardrobe already! I'm so blessed to have these people in my life! After the shower, we didn't really want to go wait in a long line to eat in Odessa but NOTHING is open in Crane on Saturdays....so we went to the big city of McCamey to eat at Benoit's. Yummy!!!

Haylea (my bestest friend in the entire world and Steven (Holly's brother.)

 Amanda and Bella...and Diana enjoying her food. :)

 Carol and Grammy! (No one is smiling because I was just randomly taking pictures since I realized I hadn't taken any!)

 Hostesses!!! Sweetest people you'll ever meet! Leslie, Karen and my mommy.

 Me and Diana! I had no clue she was coming and was SOOOOO excited she did! We got to catch up on some much needed cousin time! I'm very blessed to have gained this wonderful cousin through marriage!

This was one of the greatest weekends I've had in a long time! A whole bunch of girls and a whole lot of fun!

Where oh where did my baby go??

Levi is finally feeling better!! He's so big these days, it doesn't even seem like he's a baby anymore! Here he is helping me make mint chocolate chip cookies yesterday. :)

 His newest thing is to tell EVERYONE "hi" and "bye-bye." And by everyone...I mean anyone he sees!! And if they don't respond to him....he gets louder!! It's pretty funny. I was laughing so hard in the grocery store the other day I almost died. Hello people! Speak back to the kid!

 Yummy Pappasito's! I love half price fajita Wednesdays!

 He also thinks he's way too big for you to hold his cup for him anymore. I never worry if it's a sippy of course, but a cup with a lid and straw he can always make a mess with. Well he does NOT want you holding it for him anymore! Tonight we were cutting up his food and he just kept grabbing them and eating them like a big boy. It's so crazy how fast he's growing!

 My mom and I finally got to go fabric shopping for Chloe's bedding last week. I can never convince Trent to go with me! I can't imagine why. :) I had it all planned in my head to do a black, white, red, and tiffany blue nursery in my head. I guess you can't fight off who you truly are!! Back to the bright colors!

I went for a check up today and everything looked great. I had another sonogram because there were some things they couldn't see last time, everything checked out good as far as they could see! I start seeing the Dr. every 2 weeks now, that's so hard to believe! 3rd trimester is just around the corner (next week!)

The Bates' threw me a wonderful shower last weekend!! It was so wonderful to get to hang out with all the important women in my life! I didn't take many pics because Leslie was taking them so I'll post them when I get them. :)

House arrest

Our week has been absolutely NO fun!! Levi wasn't really acting like himself this weekend so we feared something was coming. We had no idea!! He was running a fever Sunday night so I took off monday and took him to the doc. The diagnosis was an upper respiratory infection from a virus which means no medicine. Ugh!! Well we are on day 4 of house arrest. That's right....I said 4!!! He finally isn't running a fever today but he's still miserable. I haven't been able to put him down since Sunday. I haven't exactly figured out this blogger app yet but here are a couple of pics I have on my phone, i have no clue what order theyre going to post in. We did finally force him to get a haircut this weekend so his hair looks much better! The rest are just from our miserable house arrest. :( poor baby!!

25 week update

Our computer is still acting up so phone pics will have to do for now! I'm 25 weeks now...15 more weeks to go! I'm feeling pretty good still. I've noticed a difference in how tired I am at the end of the day already though. Today it dawned on me that when I was 25 weeks with Levi, it was summer and I was at home taking naps every day! No wonder I don't remember feeling so tired so early! Baby girl is growing and moving so much these days. I love to feel her sweet little kicks and flips. We have another sonogram scheduled at our next appt to check some things they couldn't see last time. I can't wait to see her again! I thought maybe the second pregnancy wouldn't be as exciting....not true at all! We can't wait to meet this newest member of our family!

Home town visit!

Wow I've been terrible about updating lately! The weather has been pretty nice here so we've been out doing things, plus our computer decided to go haywire so I've been making sure all of our pictures and videos are backed up just in case!

Here are just a few snapshots of our every day life. This little boy brings us such JOY! He is really gaining a lot of personality and keeps us laughing at all times!

 These cups keep him really occupied while I cook! He'll go get them out of the pantry, sit down and stack and unstack over and over. Sweet thing!

 This is one of our new favorite things to do. I saw it on Pinterest and of course you can get like 15 glow sticks for a dollar at Target! It's really hard to get a picture of though, we turn the lights all the way off but the flash on the camera makes it look like they're on.

 We flew to Midland a couple of weeks ago for a visit to our beloved Batesies. I haven't seen any of them since August and that is TOOOOOOO long! Here's Gage in his sweet outdoor stroll gear. :)

 It was kind of cold and rainy, but when we got a chance we took them for a quick stroll in the wagon.

 I'll spare you from all 97 Cheeto pictures I took. It was HILARIOUS! Levi hadn't ever had Cheetos before but Gage shared with him. He quickly figured out how much he loved them! Also....excuse the terrible hair. I am definitely aware that he needs a hair cut but he acts like you're trying to murder him when you cut his hair so I'm putting it off.

 Precious grin and beautiful blue eyes!!

 "Hey man, you said you let me have some so I'm taking them ALL!"

 Let me tell ya bout my best friend :)

 Sunday it was pretty chilly, but sunny! We decided we'd use the West Texas wind to fly a kite! Then we remembered how much we hate West Texas wind!

 Crazy kite flew into the shed!

 "Here man! I'll push you!"

 Then it was off to the park! Levi has recently really gotten into the park! We take him after school to our neighborhood park if it's nice and he loves to slide! He looks so big, he can scoot himself down all by himself, climb up the stairs to get to the top (with us behind him of course!) I'm still in awe of how fast they change!

 Race time!!!

 Gage was fascinated with the rocks! It was hilarious....he was diving and swimming in them!

 You can see such differences in their personalities already! Gage is a daredevil in the making. He is not afraid to do anything! I swear he would have just walked into that pond if we'd let him. Levi, on the other hand is very cautious with almost everything he does.

 Love these two! I can't wait to see them grow up together!

We had such a great and relaxing time. I know Crane is a teeny tiny town with nothing in it....but it's still home and I still love to visit. Eat some delicious mexican food of course and chill with my other family. They're not blood....but they're most definitely FAMILY!

15 months!!!

It's so hard to believe our sweet little blessing is already 15 months old. Every day brings new challenges and even more smiles than the last! And wow...it's even more hard to believe that there will be 2 tiny faces in our house in just a few short months!

We went to the doctor Friday afternoon for his 15 month checkup and everything looked great! It feels like we've been to our pediatrician's office a million times in the last couple of months, really just 3 between his 12 month visit and now. That's a lot for our normally very healthy boy! He's extremely long for his age and pretty normal for his weight. 

Levi has started saying "gone gone!" and turning his palms up in the air. It is one of the cutest things I've evern seen and makes my heart smile every time!! He's also started shaking his head yes when you ask him questions he understands. As much as I don't want him to get any bigger, I do look forward to the day when he can communicate better! He has definitely started throwing some fits! We joke that there's actually some parenting involved now, but it's true.

These pictures are from some church friends house. Their twin boys were turning 4!! Complete with a zip line, trampoline, basketball court, train rides and an amazing breakfast buffet! It was a great party and this family does SO much to bless other people lives, we were thrilled to help them celebrate.

 Get some berries from Daddy.

 These are from the photographer at the party. What a cool idea! He even had a portrait backdrop set up in their house and they emailed them to us!

 The photographer was totally in love with Tifanie! I mean...who could blame him!!

Uncle Brent and Tifanie came down for the weekend and we had a blast! We just chilled most of the day on  Saturday and then went to the horse races that night. Levi did pretty well considering the races don't start until 7. We weren't able to stay for that many of them, but it was a fun time!