Our kids are so cool!

Our kids are so cool, they have to wear shades--Ha!

Pretty in pink dress

Natalie loves her new pink dress. Thanks to our dear friends, Jennifer and Scott, who gave her this precious dress. It is beautiful and it fits perfectly. Natalie has been wanting to wear dresses everyday. She is such a girly girl!

Ryan does well with tummy time!

Backyard fun and photos

The weather has been way too hot this summer. I really despise the Texas heat :-( Today was a mild day and I took the kids out in the backyard. Natalie loves to be outdoors to play with the dirt and blow bubbles. Ryan loves to watch the sky and trees. I am still trying to figure the many settings of our new camera, so I thought it would be fun snapping away pictures of the kiddos enjoying themselves.

Ryan's cute little toes!

Natalie playing at school park

We walked over to the playground by elementary school near our house so Natalie can play. We are so lucky we live close to one. This is the school Natalie and Ryan will go when they start in a few years.

She loves going back and forth on the wobbly bridge. Also, going down the winding tunnel slide was a lot of fun!

Video: Natalie thought it was funny to put dirt on the slide. She loves to play with dirt, can't you tell?!

Baths make Ryan sleepy

Baths make Ryan sleepy...Zzzz. He has passed out 3 other times! His eyes get heavy and sometimes, he will snore (Ha!). I guess the water just relaxes him...

Ryan at 9 weeks

Ryan batting on play mat

Ryan loves to play under his play mat. He is beginning to reach out for the hanging toys. He is especially fascinated with the lion. Here is a video of Ryan "talking" and batting at his toy and Natalie showing "R" is for Ryan ;-)

Ryan's 1st illness

Just one day shy of turning 8 weeks old, Ryan was sick. He had a high fever when he woke up from his afternoon nap. His temperature was 102.6F when I checked. I immediately called his pediatrician's office and she wanted to see him right away. She examined him and could not see anything externally wrong, so she recommended that we take Ryan to the ER at Children's for further testing (blood tests, bacterial infection, etc). When we arrived at Children's, they ran a few tests and everything turned out negative for anything serious. Thank God! The ER pediatrician said Ryan was probably fighting a virus.

Here are a few pictures taken with my phone...


The nurse took some blood and had to leave an I.V. catheter in his little hand, in case he had to be admitted. My poor little baby.


The nurse also gave him some baby Tylenol for the fever, and he later fell asleep in my arms.

After being at the hospital for 4 hours, we were finally discharged to go home. The very next day we brought Ryan back to his pediatrician for a follow up and to do another blood culture which came back negative. For the next 3 days, Ryan still had a high fever. We made sure he was well fed and gave him baby Tylenol every 4-6 hours to control his fever. By the end of the week, Ryan started to feel better and no more fever. We are so glad and thankful that our sweet boy is feeling better and back to good health!