An Official Statement

As most of you know through hear-say or Facebook, we are pregnant again with Lewis Baby #2!

I am about 17 weeks along and due November 5th. This has been another easy breezy pregnancy. I am so blessed in that department. I sometimes still have to remind myself of it. At this point, I am just now starting to get a preggo belly, not the "I look bloated" stage. Although I can still wear the majority of regular clothes without feeling uncomfortable, which I am sure won't be for long. Everyone tells me you start to show earlier with the 2nd pregnancy, and I am believing it. I think I started this phase around 19 weeks with Brody.

We just went to the doctor for our 3rd visit and so far I have gained one pound without being sick at all. I am sure I have gained more than that since we just drove to Florida and ate out junk food everyday. As a birthday present from my doctor we had a brief sonogram. We were actually able find out what we are having and some know, but I will wait for 2 weeks until our official sonogram to announce it here.

A Year in Pictures

Brody's birthday! Monday, March 16, 2009 at 11:09 am. This was one of the greatest days of my life thus far.

Month one

Month two

Month three

Month four

Month five

Month six

Month seven

Month eight

Month nine

Month ten

Month eleven

Month twelve

***BONUS***

Month thirteen - with his friends Teagan and Gavin

Brody is 1! 1.5 Months Later

I am going to try and help Lindsay get caught up... you would not believe how busy she is!

Brody's birthday party was great! Nana made his cake, which could not have turned out any better.



The house was packed with family and friends, and we even had some folks in from Albuquerque. It was great to have everyone there to enjoy the special day with us. Brody was very thankful for all the gifts he received. Especially the cardboard boxes!












After opening all the presents that we could keep his attention for, we moved on to cake. Believe when I tell you, HE CAN EAT MORE CAKE THAN ME, he can eat more cake than I can eat steak in one sitting. It is amazing! He probably would have eaten the entire double decker smash cake if we had let him. This should give you an idea.










He went on to have a little bit of a sugar rush which consisted of playing with his new toys and boxes he had accumulated, but surprisingly there wasn't a big crash that we were anticipating. All in all, it was a great success and we are so proud of our little 1 year old (13.5 month old) and so thankful for all of our friends and family that made it special!

Back to Blogging?

The answer to the question is YES! We hopefully and kind of, I'll explain...

Haven't had many opportunities to blog lately for a few reasons.
1) Brody doesn't take afternoon naps during the week any more. He naps for 2 to 2 1/2 hours at school during the middle of the day. We are so glad he is able to take such great naps at school. But this leaves me no time to go to the computer tucked away in one of our extra bedrooms to type and blog.
2) I am so tired!! I have to wake up so early and I am now working more full time, than part time (which is what I signed up for). I am happy to be helping the preschool in the way that I am, but at the same time it has been contributing to zapping my energy. My days are so full now, after I cook dinner and we clean up it's about time for me to start my bed time routine.
3) Any spare time or energy I can muster up, it is spent updating resumes, applications, and letters since I have made the decision to go back to teaching in the school system. I have missed it more that I ever imagined I would and I am starting to get anxious about going back (in a good way). I have been reflecting on last year and thinking of new ways to do things in my "perfect" classroom I have dreamt up in my mind. So if you know anyone, or of any openings in Collin County, please please please let me know!!!!

Now I have a good reason to blog again, and should make this process easier, thanks to my darling husband. The "kind of" part is a little tricky. We are figuring out how to use my new toy with blogger.com. We just may have to take it in and talk to one of the experts. As an early mother's day and birthday present Gabe bought me a iPad. It is very cool, like a huge iPhone!! We are just trying to figure out blogger on here. It's not as easy as you think. It was really hard for us to get the opportunity to type and we are not sure on how to upload photos on here. Anyone have one and know how to work it? We may just make an appointment at our local apple store to see if they can guide us.


Here are a few things to look forward to:
A Year in Pictures (Brody)
Brody's 1st Birthday Party
An Official Statement
Brody's Scary Sickness
I Have Been Tagged
Red Light Cameras


I am glad to be up and semi-running again. Hope you are too!

Brody's 1st BirthDAY

The day of Brody's birthday we started like every normal day. Get up, get dressed

(but in our Birthday Boy shirt compliments of LeAnna), and off to "school" we go. His morning was just his regular routine. But when we (Brody and I) got home, Daddy was already home and waiting to spend the afternoon with us! What a nice surprise for the birthday boy! A few weeks before Brody's birthday I was trying to decide on something special we could do for him on this special day. I was thinking along the lines of Chuck E Cheese, but thought he would be a little to little to enjoy it. A friend at work had told me about a place in Frisco that is fairly similar to Chuck E Cheese but has a better section for kids his age. It is called Wiggly Play Center which is based off of the show The Wiggles. I was really looking forward to this for Brody. I knew he was going to have fun and especially playing in the ball pit I knew they were going to have! Well, we were not impressed! There were kids EVERYWHERE! Yes, I know that is to be expected especially since Brody's birthday falls during Spring Break. But where were the parents??? There were 6 - 8 year olds in the infant room. Maybe they need some extra staff to help regulate if the parents aren't. There was a group of about 4 "big" kids who were trampling over Brody and another little boy trying to go down the only slide they could go down. At one point the other mom got on to those kids to watch out for the smaller boys. Maybe I am being a little over protective and I know when I was a youngster I am sure I did the same thing. Being on this side of it really opened my eyes to always keep a watchful eye. I do think Brody had fun, he just still might have been a little to little for the Wiggly Play Center too. Maybe next year! Oh yeah, and no ball pit either!

Mommy helping me go down the slide, while Daddy is at the bottom to catch me!

Riding a mechanical horse. This was pretty fun! You can't tell by his face, but he did like this!

Enjoying my first Jamba Juice on the way home! He LOVED it and knew exactly how to use the straw!

We were thankful to be able to spend the afternoon with our birthday boy, even if it didn't go quite as I had it planned in my imagination. It was good to spend a beautiful afternoon together as a family.

12 Month Stats:

Weight: 21 lbs. 1 oz (23 %tile)

Height: 28 3/4 inches (18 %tile)

1 Year Well Check

We had Brody's 1 year well check the day before his birthday and all is well. He cleared all of our doctor's one year milestones and our pedi gave us a tip for something to work on for his 15 month well check, pointing. We are starting to demonstrate pointing and I really think he is already starting to catch on (since I am so late in posting this). He got two stinky shots and cried a little bit, but he is still a champ when it comes to those nasty needles.

He weighs 21 lbs and 1 oz (23%tile)

He is 28 3/4" tall (18%)

The percentages definitely increased from the last visit, and glad he is healthy and growing! Brody is looking more and more like a big boy. Now that he is one, we are officially parents of a toddler! Eeek! :)

Gavin Turns One!

Our dear friends Brooke and Steve celebrated the first birthday for their first born, Gavin, on March 5th. They hosted a small get together with lots of their family and a few friends the next weekend at their home. Brooke made the cakes and they were delicious!! We were lucky to share Gavin's first birthday party with the Long family and what a great afternoon it was! Gavin sure racked up in the toys and clothes departments!! He is such a precious little boy with a fantastic personality and who loves to dance!! Here are a few pictures from the party.

Brooke and the Birthday Boy

Amber and Teagan

Let's open some presents

Cake Time!!

These boys are going to be T-R-O-U-B-L-E when they get older

Our Little Ball Player

You are all witness to the baseball prodigy that is Brody Journey Lewis...

Step 1: Place the ball on the tee

Step 2: Square up with the tee

Step 3: Keep your eye on the ball and swing

Step 4: Look good doing steps 1 through 3

Step 5: Smile for the camera

Birthday Traditions

Mr. Man's 1st birthday is just around the corner!! YIKES! I do not feel ready for a 1 year old, but anyway, that is beside the point. I am looking to start a annual birthday tradition, but I am not sure which idea I want to implement.

Have you heard of a good one? Do you have an idea you use yourself?

I would love to hear some of your ideas!!

A Spring Afternoon

Last weekend was the first gorgeous Spring afternoon. Brody has always loved being outside and last Saturday he was able to spend lots of time out doors, well in the backyard to be a little more specific. He enjoyed walking around and throwing Rocky's red ball. I am really glad that the weather is finally getting nice enough to be able to spend time outside. Just wish these temps would last forever!

We also spent some of the day with my mom, sister and grandpa.

Bounce House FUN!

A couple weekends ago we spent the better part of a day in Arlington to celebrate our niece (and Brody's cousin), Bella's 4th birthday. At her party, there was something there that Brody has not seen or experienced...A BOUNCE HOUSE! When all the (big) kiddos were inside, we snuck out to put Brody in the house so he could enjoy it with out getting trampled. He LOVED it. He mostly crawled around and wasn't quite sure what to do, but at one point he was trying to make it bounce with his hands! Too cute.

HAPPY (BELATED) 4th BIRTHDAY MISS BELLA!