Puffs

Recently I gave Gabriel his first bite of Puffs (kiddie food that dissolves when the baby puts it in their mouth). This is what Gabriel thought. In the background is Joshua.

Sandbox

Joshua's Mimi and Granddaddy (Royal's parents) gave him a sand box for Christmas. Well last Thursday the boys and I went and bought sand. I had my brother come over to help me set it up. The bags of sand were 50lbs each; I bought 8. Joshua loves it.

Six Months

Gabriel will be six months old on March 11. I am writing this now because I know I will forget if I wait to do it on the 11th.

Gabriel 9/11/08


One Month old




Three Months old



4 months old



5 months




Almost 6 months




I can't believe how fast the second time around has gone. My little guy is rolling all over the place and has even found that he can get places by continuously rolling. He loves his big brother. There is nothing sweeter than watching Gabriel and Joshua interacting with each other.

Both boys together. Joshua didn't what Gabriel to touch him, so I had to move him over.




Oh yeah if anyone is actually reading this drop me a line and say "HI"

First Hair Cut

I wanted to get Joshua's hair cut when he was 15 months old but Royal was the hold out. Eventually Joshua's hair grew out and he looked like a surfer. Long and blond. I had been trimming the front and back to keep it from being really long.

Last Tuesday I was going to give him a trim. Royal offered to him if I would hold him. Well Royal did more than a trim. He whacked the front super short. So I ended up taking Joshua for his first hair cut at Cool Cuts 4 Kids. He did a great job. The put him in a car chair and let him watch Elmo. The only part he didn't like was the clippers.

Please excuse the funny layout.

Everyone else did one, so I will too

2008 Year in Review

January 7th - I found out I was pregnant. This was a shock to Royal and me. We were not planning on getting pregnant any time soon.

March - Royal got a new "family friendly" car

April - We found out we were having another boy. The great name debate started and lasted for almost two months. We finally picked Gabriel Joseph.

August Joshua starts MDO and loves it.

September 11- My doctor induces me because of an approaching hurricane. We met Gabriel at 4:05 pm. He was such a tiny little guy.




September 13- Ike hits and we are without power for a week. I am trying to figure out how we are going to make it with a toddler and a two day old baby. I don't recommend this if you can avoid it.

October 31 Both boys were skeletons.



November 10 I turn 28
November 21 Royal turns 28
November 29 Joshua turns 2 (not a baby any more)



December 14 Gabriel is baptized.


December 24-25 Christmas Fun.

The things that come out of their mouths.

Joshua turned two not quite a month ago and his vocabulary has exploded. He has also become quite to mimic.


Joshua picked up this gem from his daddy on the way over to my parents' house.

First day of school

Joshua had his first day of school on Friday. He is attending the MDO program at our church. He goes from 9-2:30.

Thursday Royal asked me what time school started because he wanted to take him to his first day of school. Friday started like a normal day. I got up and fed Joshua. Then Royal's alarm goes off and he just lays in bed. Around 8:30 I remind him what today is and he flies out of bed.

We left about 20 minutes later and headed to school. When we get the school Royal carries Joshua in and I got all of his stuff: Nap mat, lunch, backpack, lovey. How much stuff does one little guy need for 5 hours? We walk to his classroom and I fully expected him to scream his head off. Nothing. Royal put him down and he ran to the other kids and toys. I talked to his teacher for a minute and we left.

For the next 5 hours I cleaned the house to pass the time and maybe induce labor. Royal came home a little after 2 to go pick the boy up. We got the report from his teacher: Great day, no crying, ate a good lunch, took a good nap.

Day one was a success, let's pray day 2 goes just as well.

39 weeks

As of today I have seven days to go. I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and I was 1cm dilated and 80% effaced. My doc informed me that he didn't think I would make it to my next appointment. This give baby boy two days to get here or else he will be proving the doctor wrong.

I am so ready to meet our little boy. I want to know who he looks like and everything. Royal just keeps telling me to be patient he will get here when the time is right. I know he is right but the waiting is just so hard.

In the Hospital

Yesterday Royal told me that his parents were at the hospital. My first thought was that his dad had another infection around his heart. He has had several since having since having heart surgery almost 5 years ago.

This time however it was his grandfather who was in the emergency room. He is in his 70's but not doing well. He was the main caregiver to Royal's grandmother and great-great aunt for a long time. The great aunt passed away a few months back but then his wife (Royal's grandmother) was dianosed with cancer. In all honesty these three people should not have be living alone. The grandpa refused to go into a home because he didn't want to lose his dogs. Well right before the great aunt passed she fell and the grandpa picked her up and they think he broke his back doing it. Since then he has been on heavy medication which has in turn messed up his stomach. They did an x-ray and his stomach is 10x bigger than normal.

I hope when I get to this age I am not so proud that I don't ask for help when I need it.

6 weeks to go.

33 weeks 2 days pregnant.

At this point I have about 6 weeks to go until baby boy will make his way into the world. I am trying to wrap my head around the idea of two kids. It makes you sit back and think how did I get here?

Once a year

Looking over this blog it seems that I seems to only do this once a year. A lot has happened since the last blog. I gave birth to my first son who is now 19 months old. I am also pregnant with my second son who will be here in September. We were a little surprised when we found out we were pregnant for the second time as we were not trying. Although we feel extememly blessed that it happened with such ease. Many people have asked us if we will have more and the answer is that I would like to but Royal is up in the air still.

Having a baby

This is such an exciting time in our lives. We will find out the sex of the baby on July 19th. I am counting down the day.

Married Life

We were married May 22, 2004 after almost 5 years of dating. We met in June of 1999 over the internet. We were 18 when we met and 23 when we got married. In Jan. of 2005 we bought our first house in Spring, TX. So far our life has been very blessed.

First Try

A little about me:
I was born and raised in Houston, TX.
I am 24 years old and have been married for a little over a year.
I will start my second year of teaching at Cook Middle School in CFISD.