As Promised ...

I promised some pictures, so here you go! :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Enjoy the pictures!

James and Colin - ready for bed!

Colin's new bouncer - He LOVES it!

I actually wasn't aiming the camera, so I am glad I got this!

One morning - we were just hanging out in our bed!

We were going to dinner for my birthday. James was wearing Geez's sunglasses.


My 26th Birthday!


Larry and I - I am not a Halo3 player, but I am a supportive wife! ;)


Colin loves the "O-Ball."

James was sick.

Colin's first time with rice cereal - he ate it ALL! (2/13)

Tummy-Time. Larry said Colin was trying to roll over, so I stopped doing the dishes and came to watch. He didn't roll over, I helped him. But he is holding his head up so well! :)

Hope you had fun! ;)

Sara (and family)

You Could Win ...

http://www.extraordinarymothers.com/2009/02/gerber-start-healthy-stay-healthy.html?showComment=1234561200000#c8099238783776763740

Lucky!

I am very lucky to have the family that I have! I am very grateful for them, and I try hard not to take advantage of them!

My birthday was nice, even though we didn't celebrate on Friday. Larry had to work, Becca & Brandon went to Dallas ... so we celebrated on Sunday (2/8). Mom & Dad gave me some good stuff ... including a hyacinth plant! Larry and the boys gave me some great picture frames. (One says FAMILY and the other says LAUGH.)

Brandon got the job he applied for ... it's in Dallas ... so he and Becca will be moving. He starts the first of March. They are still working out the whole custody issue with Hailey.

James is getting over a cold. He is VERY ready to start school - he asks me when he can go on a weekly basis. (I can enroll him this summer.) It's strange to think that one of my kids will be in Kindergarten so soon! He has decided he wants a Transformers birthday party. So, we are slowly getting ready for that. (We buy a thing or two when we go to Target.)

Colin is getting SO BIG! I gave him this cool new ball: And, he LOVES it! He can grasp it better than any of his other baby toys. When you touch Colin's cheeks, he opens his mouth SO big. I always ask him if he is going to try to bite me!!

Larry is enjoying his "new" job at SAWS. (It's really the same job he was doing as an intern, but now he gets paid more and benefits will start April 1st.) He is still working at Best Buy ... but we hope that by the end of March he will no longer be there.

I have been winning some really great things as of late. Most recently, I won $20 from Coke and $50 from FTD. (Larry used my $50 to order flowers for Valentine's day. So, I know which flowers are coming because I picked them out, but I don't know what's written on the card!!)

I will post a few new pictures of the kids sometime this week! :)

Have a great week!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all! :)

Colin had his 2 month check-up today. He weighs 21 pounds 11 ounces! He got 3 shots (5 immunizations) and 1 oral immunization. He cried, but was better after I picked him up off the table. He is cooing and smiling all the time! I like to say, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" (in different tones) and he talks and smiles after each one!

James is doing well - he is playing on his Leapster 2 all the time and getting really good at his math skills because of it! And, we are working on reading the clock. He has been able to read the numbers, but he would say, "One, two, three, four" for "12:34." It's interesting to see the progression in his skills! James is very verbal and he an enormous vocabulary! (Today at Target he said, "I want the one with the gentleman in the airplane." I was buying Cold-Eze and he wanted me to get Airborne.) He is interacting more and more with Colin, which is nice because I feel like he is starting to like him more!

I am registered for 2 classes and they start next week. I am anxious, but excited. I will have to take 2 classes in the summer and then I will student teach in the fall!

Larry is going on his annual hunting trip with (my) Dad - he leaves tomorrow and won't be back until Sunday (as long as they get drawn). It's a state sponsored (or something like that) hunt, so they have to get picked to participate.

Last weekend, we went to the Japanese Tea Gardens with Becca (sister) and Brandon (her bf). James had a blast! Colin was in the carrier and slept through most of it! It was pretty warm - almost 80 degrees - so we went to Freddy's for custard afterward.

Life is getting crazy, but it's fun! Hope all is well with all of you! :)
Sara

OH! I forgot to tell you - Larry was offered the full-time job with SAWS!! Next week they will start the background check and physical and all the other stuff that comes with it! (They just did a background check and physical in June, but they want to do it again. I think it's a waste of money, but I guess it's probably necessary.)

Have a good one!

Christmas!

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!! I know we did - we ate a lot of junk food and had a "traditional" Spaghetti and Meatball Christmas dinner! The kids got LOTS of stuff! We spent the night at Mom and Dad's and that's where Santa delivered presents!

Here are some photos (backwards!):

Grandma and Colin - she is showing him a toy that Santa brought!

James is looking at the Hot Wheels that Santa brought!

I am opening my Sodamaker! (I bought it through a charity thing for myself and it's really cool!!)

I won this for Larry (about a week before Christmas) and was able to keep it a secret!! Needless to say, he was VERY surprised to see a Blu-Ray player under that paper!

Colin really seemed to enjoy this flashlight!

"I don't want SOCKS, I want TOYS!"

Colin and his "loot!"

James and his "loot!"

Mom, Dad and the Grandkids (James, Colin and Hailey)

Us - Larry, Sara, James and Colin

We don't have much planned for New Year's Eve ... we will probably rent a movie and put the kids to bed at their regular bedtimes! I bought some Sparkling White Grape Juice, so I am sure we will have some of that. We will spend New Year's Day at Mom's house.

I have registered for two classes and I am trying to get into one more ... I will have to take at least one class in the summer (depending on if I can get the one I am trying to get) and then I will Student Teach in the Fall! The downfall, I have to find childcare for James and Colin. James needs to spend time with other kids, so I am good with finding something for him. But, I got to spend a LOT of time with James (and watch him learn and grow) when he was small. I will miss out on all the a lot of the new things that Colin does ...

Well, I think I am out of things to say and this is a LONG blog with all the pictures, so ... I hope you enjoyed this blog (HI Linda!!)! Have a safe and happy New Year!! :)

It's been awhile!

WOW! I didn't realize it had been so long since I had written!

Well, we are getting ready for Christmas! We put the lights out a couple of weeks ago ... thought about getting a tree, but there is no place for it so we didn't ... I have wrapped packages and everytime we go to Mom's house, we take some with us ... We donated about 12 gifts to the Angel Tree program through the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) ... and the list goes on!

Larry has been working a LOT! 40 hours a week at SAWS and 40 at Best Buy ... He is only SUPPOSED to work 25 (max) at Best Buy, but they have a new scheduling system and it doesn't allow them to put a maxium hour limit so they are trying to work that out. We are still waiting on the "official" word that he got the job he applied for at SAWS - but it looks like it's his! YAY!! :)

James is doing well - he is getting taller and eating a lot! He is a huge help with Colin - when he wants to be! He enjoys turing the swing on, snapping Colin's onesies after I change a diaper, giving Colin a binkie and laying on the floor (or bed) next to Colin to "play" with him. James is already a messy kid! His room looks like a bomb went off - Transformers and Hot Wheels all over the place! He is good about putting his dirty clothes in the laundry - but I do have to ask him to do it.

Colin is growing like a weed!! He is six weeks old (as of 12/16) and weighs 11 pounds 7.5 ounces!! He is eating every 2-3 hours during the day and every 4 over night. He has a pretty solid routine - he typically goes to bed about 9pm, wakes up to eat about 2:30am and again at 6:30am. He has almost outgrown some of his 0-3 month clothes (the Carter's still fit, but the Gerber are almost too small). He smiles a lot, is starting to talk a little, and LOVES laying on the floor (or bed) to kick and stretch. He is a complete Mama's Boy! He will go to Larry - but prefers me!! (I never had that with James, so it's nice to have it now!)

Larry and I took our Christmas photos at Target, and that went pretty well. The the following week, Mom and I took the boys to the Bass Pro Shops and took their picture(s) with Santa! I took a really good (in my opinion) picture (the last one in today's post) of Colin ... I want to take some more, but I think I need to wait until he can hold his head up a little better.

OH! And, I have had fairly good luck with my Instant Win Games and Sweepstakes lately! Among the many prizes I have won (in December alone) ... a GREAT Christmas gift for Larry ... I will post it after Christmas because I don't want Larry to know before-hand! :)

Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!

Frank with Colin's binkie!

Over Larry's shoulder - James kissing Colin - Colin sleeping!

Cute onesie, cuter baby!

Thanksgiving

Well, life is getting crazy! Larry is working 40 hours a week at SAWS and 25-40 at Best Buy. We are waiting to hear about the job Larry interviewed for at SAWS. (Hopefully, we will know by the end of the week!) James plays Transformers all the time. We are starting to give him chores and an allowance in hopes that it will help him listen better. (The chores: pick up 15 toys every night before bed and make sure the cats have food every morning.) Colin is getting so big! (He is 4 weeks old today!) He is wearing 3 month old clothes already! (James didn't wear three month clothes until he was about 4 months old.)

I am almost ready for Christmas - I only have a few more gifts to get. (Shopping at Target has been a real life-saver!) We are ready to put up Christmas decorations, but won't get to until Saturday.

Not too much else happening around here! Hope all is well with you all!