The Nursery

Various Pictures

Mason

Mason William

~you already have two teeth! The bottom two in the center came in at the same time.

~you love your food! You really try to feed yourself...and if momma would let you, you probably could!

~you are already taking steps when holding on to someone's hands.

~you aren't scared of anything! You bravely let go of momma's fingers while you were standing up so that you were standing by yourself for a second!

~you are so close to crawling...the "army scoot" you do is too cute

~you have big hands like your daddy

~your smile just melts my heart--you know just when I need to see one, too!

~you are so good to sleep through the night!

~you are quite a character who is going to keep momma and daddy on their toes

~you are so protective of your big sister. You defintely don't like it when she is upset and you are always looking to see where she is.

~you love the Exersaucer--and pretty much stand by yourself in it.

~you are a such a sweet boy!

Laney

Laney Kayte

~you love to smile! Your smile just melts my heart.

~you growl at us--it's too cute! You do it to play, and it sounds like a little Ewok! It's precious.

~you give the greatest, sloppiest kisses and the best hugs in the world!

~you really love rolling over in the floor...it doesn't take long for you to get to the other side of

the room

~what a big girl you are to hold your own bottle!

~you love watching people

~I am so proud that you leave your hairbows alone (most of the time!)

~your painted toenails makes you look so grown up!

~is very close to sitting on her own!

~may have a career in the circus in her future...she makes that jumperoo go crazy! She loves it!

~you are such a sweet girl!

Trying Cereal for the First Time--August 2009

Sitting in the high chairs for the first time...not quite sure what to think...

Mason's first bite of cereal didn't go as well as I thought it would....after this, he threw the biggest walleyed fit...and then had to finish his cereal like this...

What an awesome dad Kodi is! He is so good with the kids. It makes my heart just burst when I see how much he loves all of his babies!

Laney liked her cereal!

This is cool, momma!

July 2009

Time to move into separate pack-n-plays! They slept in one pack-n-play in our bedroom until July, and then we moved to two pack-n-plays...and then moved them to their cribs August 4th.

Gus is really good with the babies! He's really protective and puts up with a lot! They love him!

The first picture I was able to get of them both smiling together! Wish Laney had a hair bow...

Their adorable 4th of July outfits Aunt D'Lyn got them! We went to mom and dad's for a cookout and then to Plainview to watch fireworks. Laney fell asleep, but Mason stood in Kodi's lap actually watching them. He would track and follow them from the ground up to the sky...it was really funny.

Boy, it's been a while...

I am so sorry that's it's been so long since I've posted! Things have been a little crazy...hehe. The transition of me going back to work has taken a little longer than I've expected. It's been smooth, but it's just taken longer to get into a routine.

The kiddos are now five months old! Where has time gone? I am going to give you the run down on each one in other posts...

Laney has developed two hemangiomas (tumors made up of blood vessels)--one on her chest and one in her left nostril. Usually, these things go away on their own anywhere from 6 months to a year of age, but they can grow very rapidly until then. We haven't been concerned about the one on her chest (although it's pretty big), but the one in her nose grew so fast that it was almost closing off that nostril. After seeing her pediatrician and a surgeon here in Lubbock, we finally ended up going to a plastic surgeon at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas who specializes in hemangiomas. We started off on a high-dose steriod regime, with the hope that it would stop the growth of the hemangiomas. Well--I am happy to report that they did better than that--they have actually shrunk! This means no surgery for Laney! We will continue on the steriods until she is six months old and then go back to the dr in Dallas in February. They should totally disappear without any sign of them being there.

Laney and Mason are doing great with Leslie! Momma had a hard time leaving them at first...and still cries on the way to work about once a week...but seeing them thrive is so worth it. They've had lots of field trips and fun outings! We are so thankful for Leslie!

Enough of all of that...on to the pictures...