9 Month school pic

Here is my little man's school picture. Next month we will be going to get his 1 year pictures taken by Robin Winkels, which I am sooo excited about! I'm thankful that we were able to get these though!

I know, I'm bad!

I have been so bad at updating this thing, but hopefully I can get back on track. Crawford has been changing so much lately that it's hard to keep up with him! He's almost 10 1/2 months which is crazy, and what's even crazier is that we're planning his first birthday party. I think we're going to be having it at my parent's in Marble Falls. If you're reading this, you're invited! He has been "walking" pusing his walker, and this video is a couple weeks old. I'm trying to get a new one because he is doing so much better, but he hasn't been feeling great so hopefully soon!


His favorite thing is his "truck" (or that's what we call it). I think he loves how fast it can go, which I'm sure will be trouble for us in the very near future. He loves the freedom too. In the video he comes and get a puff from me, which we call a "power puff" because it gives POWER to keep going!! Here is the video!



At the end of March I had a conference in Ft. Worth and got to see lots of friends. We went and saw the Millers in Weatherford, which was awesome because we hadn't got to meet little Italee. Here are a couple pics of Crawford and his future wife.




Now for any of you that don't know Melissa Miller she is probably one of the MOST creative, talented people I have EVER met. If you couldn't tell by the outfit Italee was wearing! Here are just ONE pair of shoes that she has made for her little girl. I wish I had an ounce of her creativity!!


After we saw the Millers we went to meet up with the Cobbs and Bisettis. I didn't do a good job of taking pictures while we were there, but I did get a cute one of Crawford (shocker!). He LOVES straws, which I'm assuming he got from Nathan, because he does the same thing. He was looking at Brittany in this one. So funny!

Before I was a mom...

I got this as an email and thought it was too good not to share! Try NOT to cry!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.


Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom

Easter, or lack there of...

Well our first Easter with bubby wasn't quite what we had expected/planned it to be. We were supposed to go to West with the whole family to celebrate and have a big egg hunt, but Crawford started running a fever Saturday afternoon and it just got worse! But before that happened we were invited by a girl I work with to the Steiner Ranch annual Easter egg hunt. Not that any of this really meant anything to Crawford but, I'm so glad we went since we didn't get to go on Sunday.

Since he's not walking yet, we helped!


Checking out this thing mom keeps calling a basket!

Park

So we have been to the park a few times in the last month and here are a couple pics. I do have to let you know in advance, that the hat Crawford is wearing lasted about 2 seconds (long enough for me to take a pic)!


This is 2 seconds later!


It was so beautiful so we were at the Lakeway park and it was so nice since the water is up too! We decided to take two cars so that the dogs could go as well. They were super excited because they don't get to do this much anymore. As you can tell from this picture, Crawford will put anything in his mouth. I assume he's thinking "hmm what is this?"


"I think I'll just put this in my mouth, maybe Dad and Mom won't notice!"


"Shoot! Dad saw! Where'd it go?"


Me and my bubby!! :)


Kind of a family pic :)