Thursday, January 29, 2009

10 sweet months

Well it has been 10 months today that we welcomed our sweet muffin into our home. She is really such a joy!! For us and for her big brother. She is such a girl!! I mean really, I never knew little girls could be so dramatic so early but this one is! So very different then Henry. And oh my goodness, the littlest booboo and she is sent into a fury of tears! Henry could have a concussion and you'd never know it.
We have four teeth completely in and four more on their way. She is getting them so fast now! Still no crawling!! And let me tell you, I can not wait until she decides to get on the ball. Because.. she is sooo frustrated all the time. She hates not being able to move around and follow her brother!! It makes her sooo crabby!! So let's hope this month will bring some mobility. By this time Henry was already cruising, and by 11 months he was walking. I'm so not use to this!!
As you can see she spends a lot of time smiling and being very happy! Her personality is so very different then Henry's though. Henry was always happy, and friendly, and basically nothing really bothered him. Well she is much more reserved. It takes her longer to warm up to people, she is picky with her smiles, and somewhat moody:) (a true girl I know) It is so fun to see the difference in their personalities. It makes me wonder what this third baby will be like:)

Her brother really loves her to death. And she does too, most the time:) Such a ham for the camera!! Always
She takes eating very seriously. It one of her favorite pass times:) This is what she thought of our dinner of black beans, rice and smoked sausage. She loved it!!


And she really thought she should be able to take this bite...


She loves her daddy!



Loves playing with her toys, until she get tired of that one position and then gets mad as fire in the next second!







We love you princess!! And are so glad God has entrusted you in our lives, you have added a new dimension to this home that was never there before!! I love you:)

And on a new note, I had my 18 week Dr. apt Monday and everything looks great!! I am only up 1 lb so far and that is music to my ears!! And I am measuring right on and the babies heartbeat is good and strong!! Next up, ultrasound!! Yay!!!! It is scheduled for Feb. 17th, at 1pm:) And if you don't already know we have decided not to find out the gender! I know I know this is a HUGE step for both of us. I mean up till now I have said that there was no way that I could ever do this:) But we really feel strongly all of a sudden that this is what we want to do. Since we have a boy and girl, and don't "need" anything, this would be the perfect time. I mean we plan on more babies but really nothing in this life is promised. We are sooo blessed to have two healthy babies! God may not have another baby in mind for us. So this is the best time if ever to be surprised!! We can't wait!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Winter Wonderland

Well we got hit, and it was big:) I guess this winter storm turned into all that they were predicting. We laughed before that because they were predicting all this snow and such that it meant we were only going to get a dusting.Wow, yeah we were wrong. So we have been inside enjoying some great family time today. We were outside for a little while, because of course all Henry has been talking about it the snow outside.:) He loves it!
Here are our ice sickles on our ice sickles:) yes, we still have not taken down our outside lights yet:)

Our back yard it pretty when there isn't silly dog tracks all through it! Look at our poor baby river Birch tree. It is the little one in the "fence", both trunks were bent all the way down to the ground.



Ice encased bush out back.


lol what can we say... again. Maybe we are rednecks.... but we have our Christmas tree out in the middle of our deck. One day I went crazy taking down all the Christmas stuff. And once I get started watch out! Well I wanted it all out, so I promptly moved our real tree right out the back door:) It is still very green and Kyle has yet to dispose of it! But it was just beautiful in the snow!!



Poor poor tree. This evergreen grows right next to our front door. It is a really big part of the outside of our house, I really hope it holds up:(



So excited to be outside in the snow. He had to wear his daddy's hat because his was frozen in the car. :) I think it's mighty cute!


















This is our street, you can't tell but there are broken trees all over the place!


Henry helping scrape the driveway


He liked cleaning off the bushes too...


It's been fun and we are so excited to still have power!! I'm so sorry for those of you who don't and I am praying ya'll get it very soon!!!












Thursday, January 22, 2009

27 wonderful years........

That's about all I can think about today is how very very blessed I have been with the 27 years I have had on this earth. What a life I have!! I look around and am truly amazed at His handy work and fingerprints the Lord has left on me. They always say it's the easiest to see God's work in hindsight. I see it in the present but boy do I see it looking back over my life. The way he cradled me in his hands even when I had no idea, even when I didn't deserve it. The provisions that he created to make mistakes absolute miracles and blessing. Only the Lord could do that. And I am so thankful that He is my shepherd. That I am His and that I am the only Jennifer Lee Armour that he has ever made. Yesterday in my Bible study at church, it is on Psalm 23, we are leaning about peace. The whole study is trading panic for peace in your life. But in the very first line the entire theme is that peace is a person not a state of mind. Peace is found in Jesus Christ not in what in happening in your life at the moment. And I have to tell you that I have never been more happy for Christ to be there, to be my peace, than yesterday when thinking about that. Because our lives are so unpredictable. Who knows what we will face, what heart-breaks, what sorrows. But to know, in the midst of it all , my peace is not controlled by those things, but by my maker, who loves me more than I can ever imagine. Yes, my life is good. My life is WONDERFUL.

Monday, January 19, 2009

snow day

Today I woke up to a beautiful white yard. On most days I would have loved to have it out there, it is sooo pretty. But today I had breakfast plans with a dear dear friend I don't get to see as much as I'd like and then a play date with friends, one of which I haven't seen since she had her new baby, who is 3 months old! So I was a little bummed. But after I got over that:) Kyle came right back in the door because he got called off work so that was fun. And we have just had a fun day around the house toghers. It turned out pretty great! Here are some misc. pictures from the last week.

Lily always looks a little perturbed when Henry is overly loving:) I love this picture, and these jammies!

Lily enjoying her dinner

So I'm a little weird. I really hate foods that are slimy or soggy when they aren't meant to be that way. It truly grosses me out!! So that means no soaking cookies in milk! YUCK!! Kyle says I'm nuts (I know I am)lol I mean if it's an Oreo, I can dip it really fast and eat it immediately and I like that but there is no way I can let it get all soggy. Kyle said he is going to make sure Henry doesn't end up weird like me, So these are some cute pictures of Kyle teaching Henry the art of dipping your cookies in milk. It is a nightly tradition now:)







I was trying to get Henry to smile at me, this was the best I got, lol. I think Kyle was about to spit his milk out because Henry was being so funny.




And today Henry got to go outside with his daddy and play in the snow. Last year we got a HUGE snow but he was still to little to really understand. This year was totally different! He was so excited to get out there and they played in it for a long time. Kyle had to run out and get him some boots and long johns so that he could play without getting cold and wet. The boots were so funny,








he can't wait!









these long johns were so funny! He looks like such a little man in them!















Friday, January 16, 2009

Little Bible Thumper...:)


My sweet baby boy. This is his daddy's Bible. He was gently thumbing through it and then got himself up on the couch and continued to "read" through it for about five min. He is just amazing!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

sickies up-date!

So Henry is finally feeling pretty good again. Now it's just to get him to eat and get his strength back!! He's still a little puny from not eating for three - four day's strait but thank goodness the vomiting has stopped!! But, poor Lily vomited this morning and also has a little diarrhea
so we will see what this brings. How much I pray this isn't a three day ordeal like Henry's was. I think my washer and dryer have had it though:)

Saturday, January 10, 2009

my sicky

I think the picture says it all. Poor Henry he has been sick since last night and it doesn't look like it is going to go away soon. He has a stomach virus and the poor guy has been vomiting or umm.... (the other end) the whole night last night and today. Kyle and I have done probably around 5-8 loads of laundry and he has had about 5-8 baths,showers, spray offs in the sink. We have had to wash his hair in the sink twice. Because of all the problems in his diaper he has a TERRIBLE diaper rash. Changing his diapers are bad enough but the bath just makes is unbearable for him. So the last two times he threw up we it was just on his clothes and in his hair. So over the sink he went.
I hope he feels better very soon. I hate to see him feeling so bad! His temp. is about 100.8 on average so not super height, but high enough to know his little body is fighting something in there. He has watched videos all day today. On any other day he would be so pumped (well he wouldn't get to watch that much TV on any other day but he's sick:) but he just lays there. We have watched The Veggie Tale Jonah movie three times, Nemo three times and Lady and the Tramp. He also took a 4 1/2 hour nap. I guess there will be no church for us tomorrow. I just hope he can start to feel better ! Everyone pray, thanks:)

Thursday, January 8, 2009

It's late...

and I'm pretty sure I felt the baby tonight:) It's a week earlier than with Lily but I'd know that sensation anywhere. That's fun!

And I just have to say how much I love my two year old. I love both of them so much, but he is just so much fun!!! I really love this age right now. He is so full of wonder and hilarious. How blessed I am to get to be his mommy!!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Big steps

I am so excited about Henry's big boy room!! We are preparing to move him to his big boy bed and we are redoing his room. I decided I was not liking the nursery thing anymore. He sure doesn't look like a little baby anymore and I think if he's going to be sleeping in a big boy bed a big boy room is in order. I LOVE doing big kid bedrooms. Nursery's are fun enough, but I think these are even more fun! All the family went in for his new bedding and this is the bedding. He only has a twin bed so imagine cutting this in half and that is about what it will look like. We are thinking about painting the room a light red maybe, or blue. Haven't decided yet. We just received the bedding tonight at 7pm (wow those guys work late!) so I want to set it up and see what we think. But I am so excited about redecorating, (I always am) and him moving into his new room soon!! Big steps for my little boy!!

Sunday, January 4, 2009

2009

You know I really can't wait to see what this year has in store. I was thinking about this in our Sunday school class today. I think back over 2008 and all the things that happened that were not on our to do list. But it was a blessed year full of blessing only the Lord could place in our lives. And situations that made us stronger believers and people. I know things will happen. Heck they already have and just that almost stole my joy right before Christmas. But when this news came to us I learned a lot about what a different person that I need to be. I did NOT let is steal my joy and it really opened my eyes to the long road I have ahead of me, to learn to lean completely on the Lord and not my own understanding. So there are lots I'd like to see happen this year. I should make a list. But most of all I need to fill up with Jesus. Fill up with his word, have solitude with just Him so that I can really commune with Him, and build my relationship with Him. Because I have a feeling that the stronger and closer my personal relationship is the easier it will be to give it all to Him and stop panicking and worrying over things that I truly have no control over (nor do I REALLY want that control)

So here we come 2009, and I feel very positive about it!! No matter what lie ahead I do know that I want to praise the Lord when things are good and lean on him and praise his name when things aren't. We sand "blessed be your name" today in church and I can't think of a more appropriate song for how I'm feeling.
Blessed Be Your NameIn the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flowBlessed be Your name
Blessed Be Your nameWhen I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wildernessBlessed Be Your name
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, LordStill I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be Your nameWhen the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your nameOn the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, LordStill I will say
Blessed be the name of the LordBlessed be Your nameBlessed be the name of the LordBlessed be Your glorious name

Friday, January 2, 2009

Baby #3 update and cute pics

I decided it might be time to do a baby #3 update. Well I had my second apt. last Monday. I am 14 weeks 3 days and doing great! The heartbeat was strong and fast, in the 150's. (I know ya'll are all thinking girl, but Kyle is still insisting it is a boy with a fast heartbeat) I measured just perfect. And the most crazy thing was that I had lost 3lbs since I was 8 weeks! I have NEVER lost weight in a pregnancy before. But I've also never had two babies at home either. It was weird! But all is well. We have been throwing around the idea of not finding out the gender, we will see. But if we could make it through the ultra sound, it would be such a fun surprise!
Here are some cute pics of the kiddos before bed tonight. I put Lily in Henry's chair while I got his pj's on him. She was so cute and happy. The last few pics she has her fingers in her mouth and the blanky pulled up by her face. That is her sleepy sign. Henry looks HUGE compared to her in that chair. I mean he is a big boy anyway, but man she makes him look so big!!









She looks pretty disgusted that he intruded on her space.











Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy two years sweet boy!

Henry
Today (Dec. 31st) two years ago our lives changed forever. We could have never ever prepared for the challenges, joy, love and change that we were getting ready to experience. You were our first, handmade, gift from the Lord. And boy did he bless us! We couldn't believe it when we saw you for the first time, and every single day we can't believe how much joy you bring to our lives. I really can't believe you are two!! These past two years have just flown by. It just seems like yesterday that you were my baby. Just a little baby boy needing me all the time. Now you are so grown up. You will always be my baby, but you are such a big boy these days. You love and insist on doing most thing by yourself. You are so independent! You keep me on my toes and are never at a loss for energy. You have so much energy!!! I love to hear you talk. The things you say are so funny! Everyday is an adventure with you. Your daddy and I feel so lucky to be your mama and daddy. We love you sweet boy and pray that you will know our love and even more than that you will know how much Christ loves you and follow the amazing plan we know he has for your life!
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Our day was so much fun! Henry woke up and I made him pancakes, that is his favorite! We played all morning and then around lunch time I started to make his cake and daddy took him to McDonald's for a yummy happy meal. Then when he got up from his nap all our family came over and we celebrated the day we all were introduced to this amazing little guy. We ate corn beef and cabbage and black eyed peas and corn bread. It was yummy! And then we sang happy birthday and ate his Finding Nemo cake. It was my first cartoon cake and I was pleased with how it turned out! He had fun playing with the few toys he got and some books. We didn't get him many toys because boy. after Christmas who needs many more toys? But everyone pitched in and we ordered his big boy bedding for his new big boy room! It will be so cute. I can't wait to do it. We will probably be moving him in Feb. to his new bed. That will be an adventure all it own:)
I can't believe I have a two year old now!! Crazy.
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Things about Henry as a two year old
*he insist on doing things all by himself or helping me.
*he now puts himself to bed. lol after reading his books and praying he takes his blanky and kisses everyone in the room "night" and then walks into his room and tries to climb into his crib. I never thought I'd see that day!
*he talks all the time! some of his favorite phrases are "oh man" "i don't know" "watch nemo" "mama" "I do it" and so many more.
*he LOVES music and dancing. really he is obsessed
*he eats everything EXCEPT veggies. Really, he won't touch the stuff!
*he loves his little sister, even when he gets a surge of testosterone and wants to bulldoze her he still loves her;)

Here are some fun pics of the day!









It's so funny because he much have re lit and blown out his candles about a hundred times. Last year he was so afraid of the candle now he is obsessed with blowing out candles and flames.