You can't make this stuff up

I took the kids to see John in North West Arkansas this week. We had fun swimming in the pool, getting to hang out with Adam, Cyndi and Jaxon, and a little shopping. Unfortunately, John got sick Friday night. Really sick. When he felt well enough to get on the road, we did. We made it about an hour before he got sick again. Outside of a gas station. He then went into the gas station, passed out, and a vending machine fell on top of him. Seriously. He is ok, just a little scraped up, which gives you all permission to laugh now. Including myself. He will come around to laughing about it soon enough.

On to much cuter subjects...here are some pictures of the kiddos this week. Noah is growing some chunky cheeks! Hope definitely has her own fashion sense with Daddy's basketball shoes and her swimsuit. She could barely pick her feet up in them!

Cinderella

Every Daddy with a little girl needs to watch this video by Steven Curtis Chapman.

We Are Back To Work!

Father's Day video 2007

Father's Day 2007

I made this video for John last Father's Day. I was not good enough to make a new one for this year...maybe next year!

Two Ladybug Friends

Our Little Ladybug found a little ladybug friend. She named her new friend "Sam."

Trip to VB

Saturday we went to wish Papa Roy a Happy Father's Day one day early. There were plans to ride a big train, and when they fell through, we decided to take Hope to Creekmore Park to ride the little train. It was a fun park and the best part was that you could ride the train for only 25 cents! I realize I didn't get any pictures of the actual train. Just pictures at the park!
















Here's Noah Red with the original RED! We think Papa Roy is pretty proud of his grandson.

Julia's (Belated) Birthday

My niece is very smart. Her birthday was in March. We all got her presents, had our own celebration, ate at Kan Pai. Then, she waits 3 months to have her birthday party. A swimming party with about a million of her friends. More presents, more cake, better weather. I am telling you, she's a smart girl. As a fellow March Birthday Girl, I can tell you, There are no swimming parties in March around here. Hope was a lot more brave tonight. We went without floaties, and she was brave enough to go under all by herself. Trust me, this is a Big Deal! She really does love the slide, but is always a little nervous until she is safe in someone's arms.

She and cousin Clara had a good time together as the big girls played with their friends. I did manage to get a picture of our Riley Kaye!

Noah at his very first Birthday Party. He got in some good quality time with his Mimi!

And lastly....have you EVER seen a scarier combination?!? Hope and pure sugar!

Hope

I wish I could remember every funny thing this child says, but I will write down a couple of things from the past week so I can remember those.

• Hope gets a little bag of Doritos from someone at the school on days she takes a nap. (She is ridiculously spoiled by the ladies that work there! It has really helped, though, because I would say she is now napping 75% of the time. Before that, I would say it was more like 10%. So I will not complain!) Back to story. Ms. Janice stopped by Hope's room to check on her and she asked Hope if she took a nap. Hope answered "Yes!" So, then they asked one of Hope's teachers if she had taken a nap, teacher said no. They asked another teacher, teacher again says no. So Hope grabs Ms. Janice's face and whispers "They just don't know I took a nap!"
• She was laying on my bed one night this week and Hope said she had a secret to tell me. she says, "I have rocks in my tummy." Being the over reactor that I am, I start to panic a tad, thinking about the rocks she had been playing with at the ball park, and wondering how in the world she could swallow rocks without me knowing. She then says "Can you feel them" She takes my hand and puts it on her ribs!

Bring Them Home

Big Dam Bridge

That's right. We went to the Big Dam Bridge tonight. To my Texas friends...go ahead and make your jokes. It really is a place. And it is really cool. We met Heather there and walked to the center and walked back. We would have made it all the way over, but Hope was on her tricycle and she was melting fast! Next time, both children will be in strollers!

Shout out to Daddy

Here's Noah's message to Daddy. It says "Cool. Just Like Daddy" I won't even add my sarcastic remark here like I am sooo tempted to do....

Noah has really started to focus on people and objects in the last week or so. He seems to really like the mobile in his bassinet.

Twinkies

I took Noah to be weighed on Tuesday. He was 8 lbs 12 oz!

On Wednesday night I gave them both a bath. Hope likes to pick out Noah's PJs. She found these blue ones and remembered that we had bought her some matching pink ones. She was so excited! Do you think she will still like to match her brother when she is about 13 years old? (Heather, I expect a comment from you here!) It was short lived, because she soon remembered that she doesn't like "feetsy weetsy" pjs because they make her hot!

Look at the love!

I love his little pouty face!

Look, I put him in his bed! Just for a picture, though! (Baby steps...)

I get by with a little help...

From my friends...and my sister!

Friday was not a good day in our house. Not at all. We are all fine and healthy, but it was just one of those days where pretty much anything that could go wrong did. The worst of which I can not even post, but let's just say I am not going to be up for mother of the year. I don't mind telling you what happened, it's just not something I want to post. We finally left for the family reunion, about 5 hours later than originally planned. It was great. Really, family reunions are not always fun things, but we have a fun family. As we headed back, I was starting to get sad about John going back to work tomorrow, and stressed about my messy house I left on Friday and all that needs to get done before he leaves in the morning. I knew we were in for a not fun night. I walked in the door, and my house was clean! It really took me a minute to process! My sister came and cleaned my house! I just love her!

Then, I went out the front door, and there was a package from one of my very best friends, April. Packages from April are ALWAYS good things. Hope knew it was a good thing, too, because April always sends her and Noah fun suprises. In the box was probably the coolest gift I have ever been given. She turned our blog into a book! It is all the entries from the few weeks leading up to Noah's birth. It is such a special gift. I just love her, too!