I'm an Aunt!

I"m back! My last post pretty much explained what's new with me, but I'll still fill you in on the details. We got a call Tuesday night around 2 am informing us that my sister-in-law Abby had gone into labor a couple hours before. It was a short 2:45 hr drive to Katy, TX (suburb of Houston), but it was not short enough for us to get there before Micah was born. Abby's labor was only 5 1/2 hours long!!! She did an awesome job during labor and managed with no epidural. 

Nate and Abby are the proud parents of Micah Jesse Ezell. Micah weighed 7lb 2oz and has lots of hair! 

Baby Micah

My nephew's a-coming! We're off to H-town to welcome him!

Yeah, I'm Hip

So, I thought I'd do another post composed of discoveries I've made as of late. Well, it's actually only one discovery - facebook!  Anyone heard of it? Check it out - you just might be surprised, as I was, at how many people use it. Why, it must be in the hundreds by now!

Can You Feel the Love?

     

      

   

9 Months Old

Our sweet boy is now 9 months old! I know that the following details will be less than interesting to most of y'all, but I'm going to blog it anyways for my benefit. We mommies seem convinced that we will be tested on this kind information down the road.

 

- He weighed in today at 19lb 8oz (40th percentile). I didn't catch his height but it put him in the 60th percentile. Lastly, his head is still reigning in the 95th percentile. :-)

- He crawled a couple of weeks ago, but I think I over did it when I showered him with praise. He now seems to think his job is done in the crawling department and has not shown much motivation to really pick up speed. 

- He's really starting to become attached to whatever object he's holding. He can throw quite a fuss if you try to remove whatever happens to be in his clenched little fist. 

- He still turns up his nose at solids.

- His sister really makes him giggle (a fact of which she is really proud)

- He seems to remember familiar faces and studies (with a very serious look) all the new faces he comes in contact with. 

We just enjoy him more and more every day!

Name That Cloud

We were driving in the car this morning and Elena was looking at the altocumulus clouds (What? You can't identify your clouds? Okay, so I cheated and looked it up). She suddently shouts out, "Look mommy, BUBBLES!"

Ah... the mind of a 2 yr old.

North Carolina

We're back from the beautiful coast of North Carolina! We spent a week there with my parents and sister visiting my Nana and simultaneously staying at the beach. This was Elena's third time to make the trip, but the first time for her to really looove playing in the sand and water. The trip was full of firsts for Evan - first airplane ride, first time in the sand, and most importantly his first time to meet my Nana! 

On the boardwalk looking at Peppertree Inn (the condo where we stayed).

On the boardwalk looking towards the beach.

Stylin' in their shades.

Evan and my Nana

Eatin' sand - it's a baby thing.

We attended a 4th of July party hosted by some relatives.

Swinging on the playground at the condo.

We of course took more pictures which are now posted on our online photo album.