The craziest thing just happened. Scott and I were sitting in the back yard, relaIxing, as we watched Beckett pick nerds off of the gound (judge us if you will). We noticed that the normal bird chirping increased and was getting louder. Then all of a sudden there was a HUGE flock of birds that ran into the side of our house, we looked up and there was a hawk, the flock of birds was chasing the hawk. It was crazy, seriously like 25 birds chasing 1 big bird. After they flew back into the trees, still making a rucus, Scott looks up and notices that the little bird nest that sat in the elbow of our gutter was missing. I went and looked and it seems as if the hawk came for the nest on purpose. I saw the little nest; immediately, I looked for the little eggs and I saw one. It was horrible. I got sick. Just as Scott was coming over to look at everything I saw another broken egg. That egg was worse than the one before. I am so sad for our little mama and papa bird that guarded that nest day in and day out. I am amazed that so many birds attacked the hawk the was vandalizing the neighborhood.

HONEY WE'RE HOME!!!!!

We have officially made it back to St. Louis. I have a ton to post but we don't have internet yet, (I borrowed my mom's laptop and my sister's internet) they are coming out on Wednesday to install the cable line and internet so maybe I'll do something then.

LESS THAN 2 DAYS?!?!?

Scott said that he is going to pick up the moving the truck tomorrow at noon and if everything goes according to plans we will be on our way within 48 hours of that.

Okay, I know that the majority of people could care less but I wanted to document this. On the 15th of this month it will be 4 months since I gave birth and I can officially fit into my skinny jeans!!!! YAY!!!

That being said Scott & I are starting a new work-out regimen. Maybe you've heard of it...P90X. We just received the package a few days ago and we are really excited to see how it works. It will be interesting to see if both of us can get what we want out of it.

READY FOR SCHOOL... ALREADY?!?!?

Nona bought Beckett a back pack, which he loves. It has Lightning McQueen on the front. The other day he brought me his tie and his back pack and requested that I put them on him. Once I did he looked at me and said "BUS??"
Where did he get that from? Who told him that once you put your back pack on that you get on a bus? Well, I don't want any of that, he is already growing up too quickly. I told him no and that he had to stay with me.
He sat there for a moment and then said "PLANE??"
Again I answered with no. To which he said "I want NONA!"
"But I want you"
BIKE???
He really wants to get out on his own. How do I make it stop?

One more toy that Beckett is trying to reclaim now that Monroe is big enough to use it.

Does love at first sight really exist?

C is for COOKIE

B is for Beckett

And A is for An Absolute Addiction which resluts in An Angelic face covered in CHOCOLATE

April 7th - Check-Up

We took monroe to her dr appt today. She weighed 13lbs 10oz. And she had to get 3 shots.

Beckett was such a cute big brother. He pulled the stool over to the table and monitored the nurses every action. After all was said and done he looked at me to confirm that Monroe indeed, had an owie. He then leaned over and kissed both of her little legs, where all the band-aids laid. On the way out he grabbed a little sticker and put it on her cheek.

OWIE!!!!!

We decided to go to IKEA on the way home from the airport. The day wouldn't be complete without Beckett hurting himself. He was sitting on some lawn furniture and fell off...I don't know but what I do know is that it is the story of his life. He is 100% BOY.I LOVE the look on his face.

Monroe's 1st Bathing Suit

Mommy & Monroe

Monroe is starting to stand (with assistance). She can hold all of her own weight now she just needs to work on her balance

I can't believe how quickly she is growing. Less than 4 months ago she was in my belly trying desperately to push through my side.

Interesting...

When Beckett was in the NICU he loved his binky. He would suck on it so hard that you could hear him from across the room. The nurses would all say that he was going to suck the tip right off. That all changed once they let him eat. After that he refused to take a binky. I mean he would give it a chance, take 2 sucks and then when nothing came out he would spit it out. I tried. I wanted him to have something to calm him but there was nothing I could do to make that rubber nipple attractive to him.

Apparently, all I needed to do was to have a baby and tell Beckett that the binky belonged to her. He LOVES her binkies.

Isn't this proof enough???

Truth be told Monroe really isn't a binky baby either. I suppose the up side is that I won't have to ween her unless we have another baby ....

which is not in the plans for a while.

Random Pictures

Monroe 1st Plane Ride

I found myself walking around our house Sunday night taking inventory of all the things that I didn't get finished and how the next time I walked into the house it would be with my husband, 2 children and my in-laws. I felt like everything that I did accomplish was mitigated by the fact that there were so many loose ends still dangling. Oh how I wished I had another day. I called Scott and told him that I felt like I needed to stay an extra day and he said that that would be fine, but when I called Southwest, it was going to be too expensive to switch tickets, so I conceeded to coming home bright and early Monday morning. I had no other reasonable choice...I stayed up too late...4:45am trying to get the house ready to leave. I didn't want to go to sleep but I figured an hour was better than nothing. I should have stayed awake. I ended up over sleeping and I woke up at 7. I was already supposed to be at my mom's house, to pick up the kids and should have been getting ready to leave for the airport. It was a pretty big ordeal. At first I just called Scott and told him that I was going to miss my flight, and then I called SW one more time. They would let me fly standby, but they could not guarantee me a seat on the plane without charging me A TON. The idea of sitting in the airport for hours with 2 kids did not seem appealling, fortunately, Michelle had spent the night so she took me to the airport while my mom got my kiddos ready and met me there. Thank you Mom & Michelle. I couldn't have done without either of you.

Thanks to the stress of the morning I was moving slower than normal, not just physically but mentally. It didn't even occur to me until we were sitting on the plane that this was Monroe's 1st plane ride. And this was Beckett's 1st plane ride as a non-lap child. And this was my first plane ride with 2 children all to myself. I have always been very lucky when it comes to flying, yes Beckett was always good but the real blessing is that I have always sat by amazingly helpful and understanding people. This flight followed suit. I sat by a woman named Sand, she is a grandmother from O'Fallon, MO and she was travelling to Detroit for business. Within 1 minute of sitting down she had open arms and was helping me juggle my 2 kiddos. I know that most people wouldn't have just handed their child over to a complete stranger, but I couldn't do it by myself. Monroe did great. The only little hiccup was take-off and landing. I just nursed her and that was fine. I think the harder onoe to handle was Beckett.

Like I said earlier, this was Beckett's first flight as a non-lap child. I bring this up again because it had such a significant impact on our flight. He did not want to wear his seatbelt. He wanted to be held. But apparently once you reach the age of 2 you lose those luxuries. And the flight attendant would not let me forget it. I cinched B's seatbelt but he would find a way to slide down so that the seatbelt was laying across his belly then he would cry that he was uncomfortable, well after about 15 minutes he figured out how to take off his seatbelt. And everytime he would do that the stewardess would come over and say, "he needs to be in a seatbelt, the captain still has the fasten seatbelt sign on." REALLY. 3 months ago he could sit on my lap for an entire flight and now he can't be held for 1 minute. Everything got a little better once the seat belt was turned off, he sat on Sandy's lap and looked out of the window then she let him play with her Nintendo DS. Between Sandy and my mom's homemade peanut butter cookies Beckett was relatively good. That is until the fasten seatbelt lilght was flicked back on. It was as if he knew he was restricted (and he wasn't having any of that) I just wanted to hold him but I couldn't, he sat there and SCREAMED. It was horrible. Fortunately, Sandy was there and she held Monroe while I tended to Beckett and attempted to hold him while he was strapped in. I was very grateful that it was only an hour flight.

Beckett & his PB Cookies

Yay for us for making it through our first flight together.

Our family has been SICK!! Not just a little under the weather, we were violently ill. It all started with Beckett. That day that I took Monroe to the doctor to check her ears was when it started. Beckett started with the runs. I felt so bad for him. It was to the point that he wouldn't let us change his diaper. He would scream and cry and try everything in his power to not let us touch him. I wanted to cry and did multiple times. One night I just laid in his bed and held him because he was in so much pain. I had to change his diaper 4 times in 30 minutes. I don't know how it happens but my children have the ability to rip my heart right out of my chest. I get to the point where I would do anything to make them feel better. It makes me want to cry just thinking about it. I love my children. It's so crazy to think that I have children, multiple, two. I don't feel like I am old enough to have two children. I don't know what I would do without them or their dad.

Back to the point of the post. My mom came and picked Monroe, Beckett and myself up and took us back down to St. Louis so that we could give Scott a little break from the duties of fatherhood (when we are at home he is always there to help me. And he always puts us first, which is a great thing except during the weeks preceeding his last set of finals in his law school career AND we want this to be the last set of finals that he has to study for). We figured there would be plenty to do at the house to get ready to move in. We arrived in STL and went straight over to the house, where we were greeted by my dad and 2 brothers. It was such a nice time, I cannot wait to live closer, we ate dinner, my mom washed all of my pots and pans that she got me for Christmas and we sat in lawn chairs in the front room and talked. It was dark outside so I couldn't really see outside but out of the blue I noticed a hint of color. All of the plants in our front yard had bloomed it was BEAUTIFUL!!!! Perhaps the thing that made them the most beautiful was that I didn't have to do anything and that they are all mine. I hope they come up every year.

It is no secret Ihave a black thumb. I hope they survive me.

No trip to G-City is ever complete without a visit to Mr. Twist. They have the BEST sherbert known to man.

I didn't take pictures of all of the things that I got done but the biggest accomplishment was pulling up the carpet and unveiling the beautiful wood floors that had been laying covered for 50+ years. Michelle and I pulled up tack board and staples till the early morning hours.

When I grow up I want to be just like my dad.

Scott came home for lunch one day and when Beckett saw him he ran to his room and got his tie out and insisted that we put it on him. He loves his daddy so much.

When did our precious little boy get a mind of his own???

Monroe 3 months....I'm a little behind on posting...This picture was actually taken April 16th

Monroe is getting so big and is turning into such a little lady. It is safe to say that she is entering my absolute favorite stage. I love when babies start to recognize you, and laugh , and smile, and goo and gaa. She is holding her head up so well.

And she can sit up with only a little support.

I love this little girl!!!