$50 Anthropologie Giveaway!

My lovely friend Lauren is having a giveaway on her blog. Check it out here if you want to enter. Her blog is super cute and she updates it all the time with awesome fashion advice and adorable stories about her husband. I hope you check it out and enter the contest. But if you don't, that just means it's better odds that I'll win! Haha!

Pedicures and New Teeth

Hello, I'm back! I really want to start updating this blog more (I know, I've said that before). My goal is to update it a few times a week (or daily?!?) with a quick picture and story about what we are doing. Mainly for my own benefit so that I don't forget all the adorable things my kids are doing. But if you want to follow along, great! So here it goes, this is our week so far...

Ramona has found a new outfit. She's big on dressing herself,

so she has worn this for the past two days...everywhere we go.

Also, she has been going through a dramatic phase. A sneak peek to her teenage years, I'm sure. Daily she's rolling her eyes and saying "Moooom, ugh, just kidding, ugh!" And fine tuning her acting skills. When a camera is out, you better believe you are going to get a million pictures of her practicing her sad, silly and happy faces.

Max has two new teeth! I now call him Shark Baby.

He bites EVERYTHING with those razor sharp teeth.

And I'm not talking about bottles, people, he is a breastfed baby. OUCH!

Ramona is a girly girl. For years she has been getting pedicures from her Nanna, Aunt Kala and myself. Now the tables have turned. I won't be wearing flip flops for awhile.

Mr. Monkey's Sleep Trouble

Me: Ramona, did you sleep good last night?

Ramona: Yes, I sleep my whole nap. So, I need to watch Dora.

Me: Ok, that sounds fair. How did Monkey sleep? Did he sleep all night?

Ramona: No

Me: He woke up?

Ramona: Yes.

Me: Why?

Ramona: Because his eyes don't close!

Christmas conversations with a 2 year old

Christmas was so much fun this year! This is the first time that Ramona understood what was going on. At least the presents part of it. I had a conversation with her that went something like this.

Me: Ramona, do you know why we have Christmas?

Ramona: Yes.

Me: Why?

Ramona: Presents.

Me: Crap, next year we need to get a nativity scene.

My parents took the kids to see Santa one day when Chris and I were busy. It turns out that Ramona is not a fan. She likes the idea of Santa...from a distance.

Ramona: I want to open my presents.

Me: We have to wait until Christmas day.

Ramona: I want to open my presents.

Me: I know, but we have to wait until Saturday. On Christmas Eve Santa will come to our house and...

Ramona: WHAT?!?

Me: (Thinking: Santa is going to come in our house...no...at night...no....down the chimney...nope...) Never mind. On Christmas Eve reindeer are going to come to our house OUTSIDE and bring you presents. Do you want to leave them food on the lawn?

Ramona: Yes!

Me: Phew! That was a close one.

Maternity Photos!

I had my good friend, Jill, take maternity photos of me awhile ago (a week before I had Max). And I am just now getting around to posting them online. They turned out great! Thanks, Jill!

My Model Children

Check out my beautiful children! My friend, Jerra, came over today and took infant photos of Max. She is SUPER talented! Check out her website if you are interested in having some photos taken in the Round Rock area.

LOVE this one!

He's so handsome.

He's Here!

Max is here! Well, actually, he arrived two weeks ago on July 15th. But I am just now getting around to posting pictures. He is adorable, of course. He was 2 1/2 weeks early and already over 8 pounds....so glad he came early! Ramona loves him and loves being a big sister. The biggest problem I've had with her is that she doesn't want to stop touching and kissing him. And she doesn't understand why he sleeps so much. One of the funniest moments I've had with her recently is that she is struggling to understand breastfeeding. She has decided that Max eats boobs. The other day, I was getting ready to feed Max and asking her if she was hungry for breakfast and she gave me the weirdest look and shook her head while doing a double take at my breast. Poor thing, I should have been more clear. "Would you like some pancakes, Ramona?" Well, I am loving every minute of being Max's mom. Turns out that infants are easy, it's the terrible twos that are super-hard!

I hate that this picture is fuzzy. If you look really close, you can see his dimples!

Sweet Boy

Big Sister is checking out the new baby.

Look how much he loves me.

8 pounds!

That's my boy!

This is the first time I held him, seconds after he came out.