Baby Juliet

Above is a picture of Juliet (my niece) taken 1 week and 1 day after she was born. She is still in the NICU but doing great. All of her test results came back normal which was excellent news now they are just working on her feedings. My sister said she got the feeding tube out today but if she does not start eating more they may have to put it back in. All is all she is doing great and we are praising God and so thankful for her recovery and progress.

Anniversary Present

For an anniversary present Steven asked to go hunting last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Lucky for me Dylan was up all night while Steven was gone. Below is a picture of his kill - we are suppose to get to eat it (it is a turkey if you can not tell).

Happy Easter & Baby Juliette arrives

I know I am way behind on my blog so I am going to try and catch up for April. We had a quiet, happy Easter at home just the 3 of us. Since we expected the weather to be bad on Sunday we did an Easter egg hunt for Dylan in our front yard on Saturday and then again on Sunday. He liked finding the eggs especially since I put candy in them! Easter morning we went to church before the storm and the lights went out during mass. Crazy weather but after lunch the weather was beautiful and we were able to spend time outside with Dylan.

Steven's mom was here for Easter weekend - she came to help her siblings get her mothers house ready to put on the market. She babysat Dylan Saturday night and they did really well together.

On April 16th my sister had baby girl Juliette Pearl Anderson. My sister had a placental abruption during labor so Juliette had to be given oxygen and rushed to the NICU. It was a very stressful, emotional weekend but thanks to lots of prayers and support Juliette is improving everyday. She is still in the NICU but doing much better and breathing on her own. She is one tough, beautiful little girl. We are headed back to Austin this weekend to see her again. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind wishes for baby Juliette and our family. I will post a picture of her soon my sister said she was able to take a good one today.

Dylan is growing, talking a lot and have temper tantrums when he does not get his way. He is sleeping much better in his big boy bed than in his crib. Some nights he makes it all night by himself and others he wakes up around 4 or 5ish and Steven or I go and sleep with him. He prefers to be with me all the time now. Sometimes he does not want Steven or the nanny to hold him or play with him just me which can get exhausting. When we wakes up at night instead of crying he just says Ma, Ma. He also loves picking flowers out of the yard and bringing them in to me. I do not think we will have any left on our bushes soon - such a sweet baby boy. He is also really into Thomas trains and likes to put together and pull apart the tracks.

Steven and I will have been married for 5 years this Friday. Time is flying! That is all my April news so far. Hopefully the rest of the month will be calm and relaxing and we are praying baby Juliette gets stronger and healthier everyday. Below are some Easter egg hunt pictures of Dylan.


Dylan enjoying Easter candy


Dylan hunting Easter eggs

Potty News

This morning Dylan went potty on the potty for the first time. I think it was just a fluke but I am very excited! Hopefully this is the start to successful potty training in the months to come. I know this is a random post but I had to share my exciting news and wanted to document this.

Beach and Trains

Last week was Dylan's first week in his big boy bed and we had 5 good nights and 2 bad so I think we are making progress. On Friday we headed to Port Aransas for the weekend. The weather was a little cold and windy but we had a good, relaxing time. Dylan really enjoys the condo and the beach. He also really enjoys playing with Tyler. Tyler brought his trains and Dylan was obsessed with them. When Tyler left with his trains we had to go out and buy Dylan some. We bought him the Thomas starter set and then Monday on our way home - we met Clarice and Laura for lunch in Wharton and they gave him a Thomas engine that runs on batteries, a Thomas movie and some train tracks. That is all Dylan has played with since we got home!

Dylan is getting a few more teeth and also picked up the habit of saying "No". We think he learned this from Tyler but right now it is really cute. Another really cute thing Dylan did today that I wanted to share is that he picked a flower out in the back yard while playing with Magdalena and brought it in to me while I was working - such a sweet momma's boy!

Luckily Jessica had her camera so below are a few pics from the weekend.

Dylan on the beach

Dylan and Tyler on the beach

Dylan and Tyler in the car - can you tell a movie is on.

Big Boy Bed

Since Dylan is still not a good sleeper we decided to make a change and try out a big boy bed. On Sunday, Steven took down his crib and him and my dad (Papa Johnny) converted the crib into a double bed for Dylan. As soon as Steven started taking the crib down Dylan got out his hammer and was helping! So far he has been sleeping better and seems to really enjoy his new bed. He was very excited to show Magdalena (his nanny) this morning. Stay tuned for pictures of the finished bed - I have not taken one yet!

1st Rodeo

I guess we have been really busy because I have not updated my blog in a long time. I know we spent a cold, rainy weekend at home and then last week I had to work in the office all week since our auditor was here. Steven's mom also came for a few days and it was nice to see her. Steven has been busy planning the CCA banquet and also working his rodeo shifts. Steven and I did make it out to see Gary Allen at the rodeo which was nice. Last Friday we took Dylan to the rodeo - just the kid activities. He was all decked out in his boots, jeans and denim shirt and looked very handsome. He really enjoyed the petting zoo, his 1st pony ride and seeing the cows! I think the cows were his favorite.


Petting a cow - Dylan is not scared of them at all.


Dylan on his 1st pony ride - what a big boy!


Looking handsome petting the pigs.


Pigs.

The goats were attacking for food.

Riding on dad's shoulders.