Family Visit and Mother's Day Out!

This post is a little late, but I wanted to share some pictures of our weekend (last weekend)...

Joseph's brother and sister-in-law flew in to spend the weekend with us. We had such a great time! Last Monday was also Asa's first Mother's Day out. We both had a good day!  I never updated his 10 Month picture either.....so Enjoy!

10 Months- Aug. 28th 

Park time with Aunt "La-La"

Uncle Justin

"Mom, if your going to take my picture, at least button my shirt!"

Sliding for the first time!

He loves his Aunt "La-La"!

On September 11th, We happened to be at our Pinnacle Promenade shopping and noticed they were about to put on a presentation.  We sat outside and enjoyed the amazing weather- it was so fun!

Please stay a little longer "la-la", cause Asa loves you!!

On to the next subject....Mother's Day Out...

Why did I decide to do it?  I think it's great for him to have social skills, along with watching and learning from older kids in his class who are a little more developed. Plus, let's face it, it's nice to go run a few errands while you don't have kids. :)  So, thankfully my sis-in-law, Laura, was with me to experience his first day.... 

Outside Asa's classroom

Ok...ONE more hug and then I can leave..:(

My friend Shannon dropped off her son too, so we had to grab a picture of the brave mom's as we left our boys for four hours.

I'm happy to report that he did GREAT! He even got in a 45 min nap while he was there.  He did get a very bad cold by Wednesday, but (surprise, surprise) we've had a lot to know exactly what works to take care of it!

Have a great Weekend!!

Community Group Playdate #2

Another FUN playdate with my community group girls and their kiddos!  Asa and I are LOVING this weather and try to be outside everyday!  We went for a walk this morning and took all the kids.  It was so much fun!!  Just thought I would share a couple of pictures from our morning! 

Love these girls!

Have a great weekend, and ENJOY this weather!!

BECCA cosmetics

We have added a new cosmetic line at Glo, and we are LOVING IT!! We had our first training and mini makeup event yesterday and learned so much. Unfortunately, I was only able to be there for a short time, but I saw one beautiful makeover!

The new "Lost Weekend" Palette

So many pretty nail polish colors!

Dual Concealers and Foundation Sticks (Medium to full coverage)

I LOVED this beach tint.  It is a water-proof, smudge proof cheek and lip tint.  I saw her apply it on the cheeks, and it was very smooth and natural, and the color will stay all day!

Oh, and their brushes....are awesome!!

That's all for now!  Excited to play with it and learn more!

Playdates!

This morning, Asa invited four of his close friends over to play! :)  Ok...and I also enjoyed visiting with my friends too!  We are in the BEST community group, and have been SO blessed with great couples that Joseph and I both love to hang out with.  Five couples, including us, added little ones to the group in the past 10 months.  Asa was born late October, Tucker was in December, Tatum in February, Ellery in March, and Cooper was born in July.  It was so fun being pregnant together, and now we get to have all of our babies play together.  Some of the older ones are getting to the point where they actually "play" with each other.  Asa kindly shared his toy with tucker today, and tucker happily accepted!  Here are a few pictures of our morning:

Tucker (left), and Asa.  Only 6 weeks apart. So fun!

Tucker, Ellery, and Asa!

The Whole Gang! Starting from oldest to youngest (right to left): Asa, Tucker, Tatum, Ellery, and Cooper!

Surely, between all these pictures, there is a good one of everyone!

We are thankful for our friends and our community group!  When they are older, age wont matter and they will all play together- Even if we have to make them!

Catching up on Life...Part 2

These are just from the past few days.... I have lots more to share, but will spare you of my hundreds of videos that I take daily. These are three things he does most of the day...Laughing, Saying DaDa, and chewing on his cars!

Laughing...    Ignore my horrible FAKE laugh..but he thinks it's funny! :)

Saying "Da-Da". 

Wanting him to say Da-Da, but chewing on the car and singing instead!

And just because I left these out of my last post: 

Enjoy your weekend!

Catching Up on Life!

Oh dear!  It's been so long since I have updated, and honestly, I love having a "record" of everything, but it is a pain in the butt for me to write a simple post.  Ive been told how to upload pictures easily, but it seems to still take an hour just to get all my pictures uploaded, turned the right way, and put them in order....ugh.   But...I have a WHOLE LOT of pictures and updates coming, so this is the beginning....


Where to start....
Well, my beautiful niece, Lilly Anne came on July 8th, and I am so in love with her.  She is so sweet and cute, and I have already driven to Memphis (10 hours total of driving time each time I go), THREE times.  That's a lot of gas money.  So, here are a few pictures of Miss Lilly....  

After my sister labored naturally for 15 hours into the night, she finally got an epidural and pitocin to see if it would help progression. Lilly ended up being crooked and got stuck, so my sister had to have a c-section.  What a champ! She was AMAZING! We were up ALL night....

My mom and I with Lilly

Other than visiting Lilly, I have been busy doing weddings and keeping up with Asa.

Asa is 9.5 months old. We went for his 9 month check up a few days ago, and he is doing great.  Besides a few developmental delays, he is right on track!

Stats:
Weight: 21 lbs (55th)
Length: 28 Inches(35th)
Head: 18
He is ON THE CHARTS!!!!

Here is what he has been up to:
-He wakes up around 6:30
Eats a bowl full of Oatmeal and applesauce with cinnamon
Takes 6 oz. bottle and Goes down for a 30-45 minute nap at 8
Eats at 10:30-11 (1 jar of babyfood, and some table food- turkey, grilled cheese, fruit, ect..)
Takes 6 oz. bottle and Goes down around 11:30 and sleeps 2-3 hours
Eats dinner (same as lunch) at 4-5pm
Bath at 6
Bottle at 6:30
Bed at 7!!!  Then I sit down.:)

Although...Lately, he has been taking a 2 hr morning nap and 2 hour afternoon nap. This is NOT going to work for mother's day out in 2 weeks. He always changing his schedule just when i start planning something new..... Oh my!

-He is babbling ALL day (dada, baba, mama..., or just says ahhhhhhhhhh)
-He loves his baby Einstein and praise baby DVDs, and loves to just sit in the floor and play with his toys
-He is starting to become a little more aggressive and will go after his toys, and is even pulling with his arms to try to go get them
-He is rolling all over the place
-Can stand and take steps with you hold his hands
-He continues his physical and occupational therapy twice a week
-He still LOVES to cuddle and he gives the BEST hugs!
-Learning to use his sippy cup at lunch and dinner
-He is in size 6-12 month clothes, or 9 months, and even some 12 for the length.
-Size 3 diapers

I think that's pretty much the update on Mr. Asa.  A lot has changed in just 3 months!

Here are a few pictures (more to come soon!)

 

 Stupid I phone picture..Oh well!

Sweet cuddly boy!

Checking out our new tennis shoes!

9 Months old

9 Months old

This was his 8 month picture  (Ive got to add his 7 month also)

As for me, I'm only doing makeup appointments at glo.  It has been the biggest blessing to be able to still keep some of my work, but be at home with Asa full time.  It was a hard adjustment at first, just trying to let go of control and not try to run things from my house. However, I've been able to let go of that pretty easily. :)  My manager is unbelievable and such a perfect answer to prayer!  Glo has blossomed in every area, and I never have to worry about the decisions that she makes for our store.  What an awesome and freeing feeling.  I can't wait to share with you some of the changes that we are making to the store....all to come soon!

M.I.A

I apologize for the lack of updates. My life has been very busy lately. I am currently waiting on my niece to arrive. I've been at my sisters in memphis for 5 days, then came back to my moms in little rock for the rest of the time since she is 4 days late. We are still waiting! She will be induced Friday if nothing happens before then. I am so ready to be back home and ready for my life to continue in Fayetteville, but I'm happy to be waiting for the arrival of such a special little girl.

Asa is 8 months old now and such a little joy! I realize that I haven't updated since he was six months old. Very sad. But, I will do that soon!! Lots of things to catch up on.

Between traveling, pool days, therapy, biblestudy, grocery shopping, and just keeping up with a busy 8 month old, I don't have much time to sit an update on life, but I want too!! As soon as my neice arrives, I'll be back to normal. Sorry!!

Have a great week!