Saturday, December 31, 2011

Reflecting back on 2011

Some of our memorable moments from the year of 2011....enjoy!
Giving birth to our second son, Brooks on May 24th, 2011

Celebrating Cade's 1st birthday with a Mickey Mouse bash on April 3rd

Cade's first steps at 12 months



Celebrating in the birth of my nephew, Briggs Eli on May 31, 2011

Getting to meet Briggs for the first time and getting all of the cousins together....so sweet!!



Celebrating the birth of Gage Thomas with our best friends, Tommy & Heather on January 4th


Celebrating Danielle's 10th Birthday on August 25th

Aunt Mandie getting married


Celebrating the birth of babies with some of our closest friends....Grady (March 4th), Noah (July 20), Kenniann (September 13), and so many of our other friends from church in the birth of their children this year, all healthy and happy babies.

Brooks & Noah are best buds already :)

Grady, Gage, and Cade....are we in for trouble or what??!!...I love it!!

All the kiddos together...so crazy how much our live have changed over the years!!!


Cade getting dedicated in May 8, 2011



Brooks getting dedicated on November 13, 2011



Dani performing in her school talent show in March, she sang "You Belong to Me" by Taylor Swift

Cade's first fish spring of 2011


Cade's first LSU baseball game

Cade's first mud ride on the four wheeler November 2011


Cade's first real injury...the first of many to come between two boys I am sure!



Brooks surgery at the end of July...very minor surgery but nerve wracking for mommy!!!


Brooks first cereal in September at 4 months old


Halloween (Brooks was a pea in the pod and Cade was the honey badger)




Visiting my parents in Florida in December..on this trip the boys flew for the first time and went to the beach for the first time. (See our Florida Trip post for more great pics)

Celebrating Christmas with the boys (Brooks first Christmas and Cade's first to really care about)


Family trip to San Antonio (unfortunately we never got a group pic, so here two pics of everyone)










LSU going to the national championship (and hopefully 2012 will bring a national title)

Dad's new truck he got in November 2011



Some other memorable things that happened in 2011 that we don't have pictures to document are me getting a new job (still doing taxes but just at a different accounting firm), becoming official members of First Baptist Church of Zachary (we have really met some great friends there and have really enjoyed getting involved) and Josh passing his Professional Engineering exam (huge accomplishment!).

We have really enjoyed 2011!! It is a true joy every day to be parents of these three beautiful children. Watching them continuously learn and explore is such an enjoyable experience for me and I try to soak up and enjoy every single moment as the time is passing so quickly!!

In general we are thankful for our health, many blessings that God has given to us that we are so undeserving of. We are blessed with loving and supportive families and friends. Thank you for all that you do for us and the unending love that you show us. We look forward to 2012 with each and every one of you!!!

Brooks 2011

Brooks 2011 in summary:

Here are some pictures of me pregnant before Brooks arrived

15 weeks....

At 17 weeks we went and got an ultrasound to find out if the new baby was a boy or a girl. We went to First Glimpse in Baton Rouge. We were 3 days away from Christmas so we decided to get the ultrasound tech to seal the sex reveal in an envelope and we would all open it on Christmas morning! Those of you who know me know how impatient I am so that was the three longest days EVER!!! When we opened it this is what we saw.....


22 weeks!                                                                    23 weeks and Cade is 10 months old!


25 weeks!                                                                     26 weeks!

28 weeks!                                                                             35 weeks!



May 24, 2011


Brooks was our little surprise!! I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I would have two kids this close together but what a blessing it has been. I can't imagine life any other way!!!
Brooks birth was a scheduled c-section (because I had a c-section for Cade it was the safest option) for the morning of the 24th. We arrived at 5:30 a.m. and we checked in, got the epidural and at 8:25 a.m. Brooks made his arrival into this world!! He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and he was 21 inches long. Enjoy the pics from this amazing day!!




















Birth Announcement


1-4 weeks old











1 Month
What a good big brother!!






Month 2

Brooks had his surgery at the end of July...he handled it like a champ and did great!


Month 3


Month 4



Halloween!



Month 5

Brooks was dedicated at church on November 13th, 2011






                                                                                              



Month 6              

                                                                                    starting to sit up all by yourself!

You graduated to the big bathtub...bathtime is more fun with brother now!!

Your first Christmas....


Fun facts about Brooks:

Sleeping through the night: 3 weeks
First smile: 6 weeks
Discovered hands: 6 weeks (love to suck on your hands)
Picks up objects: 2.5 months


4 months:
-First laugh
-Rollover (now you are rolling everywhere!!)
-First baby food (pears), although you really didn't start liking it until you were 5 months

5 months:
-you love watching Cade
-laughs a lot
-reaching for everything!
-you can put your paci in your mouth on your own
-you have a very chilled out personality, easy baby!!

6 months:
-first tooth (on the bottom)
-rolling everywhere, you will roll to anything you want to get
-talking, cooing, squeling, first babble word is "dadadada"
-you are a very verbal baby
-sitting up
-scooting
-standing up on feet
-very happy baby!!
-can hold your own bottle
-reach for anything and everything in sight
-you love your brother and laugh at him all the time
-facial recognition
-favorite toy is the apple to chew on and your jumper
-favorite food is your bottle...you still aren't huge on baby food and prefer taking a bottle instead