Hampton Hoopla

A few weekends ago we went with David's family to a "family reunion" Hayden had a blast and was talking about it for awhile. On Friday, the men played golf and left the wives with the kids. I have to say on Friday I was stress...and not enjoying it. I am a very scheduled person and like the kids to have a routine. I don't do well with screaming and crying kids. All of the cousins went swimming and played in the sprinkler that was loud and crazy! Before that we took the kids on a long bike ride and it was hot and I was just in a bad mood! After swimming and getting Hayden dressed I waited for David to finish his game of golf and then we went to get something to eat. At dinner the kids were kids....During all of this, David's Cousin Dalvin had his kids who were so well behaved! I was in awe how well the shared and got along. They seemed to watch how wild all of the cousins were and didn't know what to say or do. I spent most of the time telling Hayden to share and be nice. That night I felt like David was gone forever and Hayden was throwing a fit because he was over tired and Ethan couldn't decided if he was hungry or tired. So I was ready to go home. Well Saturday was a different story. Oh how much fun I had! Emily and I cooked breakfast for our family, which was a different experience. The hotel had a huge water slide that Hayden had a blast going down. David joined him and it was pretty hilarious watching him. A few times David and Jason fell down the slide and it was funny seeing growing men struggle to get up the slide. After that, we enjoyed lunch and just chilled in air condition. Micah brought his Kinect Dance Video thing, you watch a person dance and copy their movies and try to score the  highest points. Hayden is actually really good at it...he beat me! He enjoyed playing that and hanging out  with all of the family. He brought a football and had a blast throwing it to Ava and playing with Micah. We  had to convince Hayden to take nap because it was going to be a long night. We were going to take pictures and then have a family dinner. Hayden was behaving a lot better and it wasn't stressful at all UNTIL...dinner. Ethan was being a trooper and fell asleep while we were eating. So we decided that we would lay him down in between our chairs so he could sleep. The kids were running around and we didn't want them to step on him, so we blocked off an area for him. David was leaning back in his chair and when he went to put his chair down Ethan moved his hand under David's chair. Ethan didn't start crying so we didn't think anything of it. David just happened to look down and see him sitting on his hand. At that point Ethan's face was all red and his hand all blueish. David picked him up and got the attention of his aunt who works in the hospital and said we needed to go to the ER. So we left and went straight there. Ethan got a few x-rays and it turned out nothing was broken. He has a bruise and it was swollen for a couples of days. Ethan didn't cry very much. Once we got to the truck he stopped and didn't cry anymore that night. So other then Ethan's first ER visit it turned out to a great get away and something we will definitely do again. I am pretty sure Ethan will enjoy it better the second time around! Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Thanks Mimi and Pop for organizing it all and allowing us to have family time with family we don't see much of. 

Stressing

I know it has been a while since my last post. It is all due to STRESS! A few weeks ago we got an offer on our house so we have been on pins and needles with everything. The house passed inspection and also met the amount needed to be appraised. While all that was being done we were looking at houses. For the past two weeks, we have looked at houses almost every day. We have looked at about 60-70 houses and that doesn't include the ones that we asked our Realtor to view without us.  HAR (the listing website in the Houston area) is on my favorites and I am constantly checking to look for new homes. The house that we are currently living in closes July 31st, so we have been trying to find a place to buy. It has been so stressful on everyone. I feel bad for Hayden because we haven't done many family stuff or even spent quality time with him because we are constantly busy with  the house stuff. Last week we put in four offers on different houses. The first one someone put in a better offer one, the second one we backed out of because of foundation issues (Thanks Uncle Doug!), and on the third and fourth one, when we went to make an offer on them they were already under contract. So we figured that it just wasn't time to buy a house that the timing was not right. At this point, we were waiting for the appraisal, so we figured it was a sign that the house wasn't going to appraise. Well we were wrong the house appraised so now we had to kick it in high gear to find something so we could have a place to live! So yesterday, we were on a massive home search. Our Realtor spend all morning narrowing down our choices to three. We weren't really in love with the three choices but they were okay. So as she was working on the paper work to make an offer she got a call about our first house. We were next on the list, so now we are officially under contract on a house. It is a house that we love! What sold us on this house was the school district well I should say the school it is a K-12 campus which there aren't many in the nation with a lot of high tech stuff. It cost the district a pretty penny to build the campus and I have a feeling it will be a good fit for Hayden, the yard (how big it is...it doesn't have much landscaping but that is an easy fix), and there is a park one block away! We also love that is is a newer home built in 2009 and bigger then what we are living in. Here are a few pictures from it.

Blink

Wow...this is the post I hate to make because it reminds me of the time that is gone. The other day I was listening to the radio and this   Kenny Chesney song came on and this is exactly how I feel. I can't believe on Monday Ethan will be six weeks old! The time has flew and it is so sad because he is changing and growing so fast. He is sleeping between 5 and 6 hours at a time during the night. He likes to have a pacifier when he is sleeping. He hates when you try to give him the pacifier instead of a bottle. He eats 4 ounces every 3 hours. He likes to sit in his bouncer. He keeps his head on the right side and looks towards the right, I am thinking he does this because his head is kinda heavy and hasn't mastered picking it up yet. He loves  to watch Hayden run around. He hates hearing the dog bark and gets scared. When Ethan was 4 weeks old I weighed him and he was 9.2. He finally got out of newborn things and I get to pull out the cute outfits. Hayden has adapted really well. Tonight we were so busy and Ethan was crying and Hayden said mom finish cooking dinner and I'll take care of Ethan. When we are in the car driving and Ethan starts moving or spits up Hayden freaks out he says mom help give me....Hayden loves being home he spends a lot of time outside playing on the deck. Summer is flying by and before I know it August will come and then it will be time for school. I can't believe my boys are growing and changing so fast.

Enough for Two?

When I was pregnant with Ethan I often wondered if I could love another baby as much as I love Hayden. Hayden is my first born and he taught me how big your heart can grow. Before having kids David was my love and it is a different kind of love you have for a spouse then you have for kids. I struggled a lot and kept telling myself it would be easy to have a bond with Ethan and I could love him the same amount as Hayden. When I talked to people about this all that they told me was it is a different kind of love. What does that exactly mean, isn't love, love, no matter what? Well a few weeks went by after Ethan was born and I started to understand what that meant. I love Ethan for different reason than I love Hayden. I love Ethan because he is that cute baby stage, where he goes along with everything and doesn't have any cares. I love him because he is such a good baby...he rarely cries and when he does it is an easy fix. I love him because he has given me the chance to raise and teach him, I love him because he is part of me. Each and every day I look at him and say wow we created this little guy. I love Hayden because we can play and read. I love Hayden because he starts laughing for no reason and then I join him, I love Hayden because he is so independent, I love Hayden because he is a great big brother, I love Hayden because he has a kind heart (the other day we were siting in the car talking and he gave me a kiss and I said I love you and he said I will always love you)! These boys are the apple of my eye and I would do anything for them. We are blessed to have two great boys that have changed us in so many ways!

Growing Pains

How I hate to see each Monday come and ago (a few weeks ago I was counting them down but now I want them to stop) because that means Ethan is a week older and it is hard to bare. He changes and grows so fast that it is hard to capture everything. We took him to his 2 week check up and he is doing great. In 10 days he gained a pound and 7 ounces. He is an eater. He drinks about 3 to 4 ounces every 2 to 3 hours! It seems he likes to get up every 2 hours at night! I am not a fan of that...but I do like the quiet time with him. Last night he did pretty good, ate at 10, then at 2, and once more at 5:30. He likes his pacifier for a few minutes but when he realizes that it is not milk, he doesn't find it funny. Yesterday, was the first time I heard him really cry. He was turning red and would go awhile before taking a breath. He was very mad! I was trying to make him wait to the 2 hour mark before giving him another bottle. When he wants to eat he will make grunting sounds or stir around in his crib. I can tell his a true Hunter, he snores...yes, really loudly and he has a double chin! He has the skinniest long legs and a fat belly. He is still wearing newborn diapers and clothes. I did try on some 0-3 months clothes and the shirt fit him like a dress and the shorts you could put both legs in and would still be too big. I find it so funny how different Hayden and Ethan are. Hayden wore newborn for about 2 weeks and that was a stretch. Ethan will probably be in them for a good month or so! Ethan is starting to get curly hair, which I love! In case your wondering here is picture of them when they were both first born...Can you tell who is who?

Most of y'all have seen this picture (Sara e-mailed it to me...I didn't realize the similarities between them)!

Hayden on the left...Ethan on the right, what I love the most both have a receding hair line, priceless!

Okay now a video of him for those that haven't gotten a chance to see him!

And a few pictures

Now What?

As time goes by and I see the kids growing, I wonder what does the future hold for us? As a parent you want the best and try to decided what the best really is...so I began a such for a new school for the kids. At Hayden's old school, he learned so much but he has out grown it. He has been in the same class for two years and if we kept him there it would be three. So David and I decided we needed to do something different..really we wanted to prepare him for Kinder. He is a pretty smart kid...he know the letters and most of the sounds (except u, i, and x), he can count to 50, identify numbers 1-20, put sounds together to make words, and has begun adding (David and him work on this in the bath...they will add toys together). David and my schedule is kinda hectic...I have to be at work early and he goes in late so finding something that would work with both of our schedules was the hardest thing. I really wanted the boys to go to the same school but I struggled with finding a decent Pre-K program that also took infants and wasn't like a daycare. David wanted Hayden to start a private school. I finally found one that would work. I spent a good month or two months reading reviews and doing a lot of internet searches. The school we picked out is about 5 blocks from my job, which is good and bad (I love the fact that I can be there in a flash if I needed to, but hate the fact that is I have a late meeting the boys would have to stay late, before David would pick up Hayden when I had to work late). The school is at a church and they have a private Kinder and Pre-K program, both which use ABEKA curriculum and tie a lot of what the school district does into a lesson. I really love the fact that they have bible time everyday! I am excited about the things Hayden will learn. Hayden has a love for books and can't wait until he can really read and gets to teach himself all the things he wants to know! In Ethan class there is only 5 babies and 2 teachers. I love the small class sizes. We will be going to visit the new school in the next week or so, because Hayden hasn't seen it and it follows the school schedule so it will be closed for the summer. I hope Hayden will be just as excited as I am.

Picture Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to take pictures of the boys..so yesterday I manged to do so! It was fun and I am thinking we will do it more often. I really need to get individual ones of them but maybe next week!?! Hayden cooperated really well and just kinda held his spot and waited on Ethan. He wasn't working so well with us...I had to stop and feed him. That is the reason there is a pacifier, I wanted him to wait until we were done but he didn't! The feet one Hayden was supposed to make a heart with his hand but it didn't turn out like that...it is still cute though. Hayden did really good on the ones he had to hold Ethan. I was a little leery about him holding him because he would forget and struggle a bit, but overall it all worked out. When I was writing out the sign Hayden kept on saying mom that isn't me that's not my name...what does it say? He was excited once he figured out what it said. My favorite one...the one of them laying down and Ethan is smiling. I think it is going in our bed room!