Quick Update

Things have been really busy with me returning to work, then having Spring Break, and having lots of visitors. So I thought I would post a few pics for now and will post more tomorrow.

Let's see...I returned to work on the 9th. Everything worked out great. I was sad leaving the girls but once I got to work things just fell back into place. Leaving Haylee after she was born was really hard. This time I didn't feel as sad leaving because I knew everything would be fine and I wouldn't miss everything, but since Haylee is talking she was able to tell me "mommy no go to work",that broke my heart. I wish I could stay with her everyday! Summer will be here before we know it!

Bedtime in our house is 8:00 for our girls. Everynight we do bath and have a little play time before bed. Then I sit with Haylee and rock for 2 minutes, just long enough to discuss our day and what is going on the following day. Next, it is Madi's turn. I swaddle her up and put her in the crib and turn on her mobile. Since the 10th Madi has been sleeping through the night. She has been waking up between 6:15-7:00. We are so thankful for this.

Last Saturday when Travis got home from work we hosted a small game night. Brandon, Chris (Brandon's brother), and 2 new friends, Kayla and Michelle , came over to play cards and Cranium. We had a great time hanging out at the house with friends.

This week Kristen and Dave came to visit with the twins. It was great to meet those 2 precious girls. Haylee LOVED her cousins. She wanted to hold the girls and enjoyed loving on them. (More picture from their visit will be posted later, I forgot my camera a couple of times.)

Today we took a trip to the Houston Zoo with Aunt La La, Grandmama, cousin Briley and Kayelyn. We had a great time and the weather was PERFECT! Zoo post to come later.

(Madi was having a great time! :o) He he!)

***Upcoming posts: Zoo, grandparents/great grandparents, 2 month well check up, more twin pictures, and daddy's brithday.***

The zoo wore me out so I am off to bed!

6 weeks old and a chore for the hubby...

Yesterday Madi turned 6 weeks old! Time has flown bye! It is bittersweet with Madi turning 6 weeks. We are excited because her little personality is beginning to show. We are able to make her smile and are beginning to hear some little "coo's". On the other hand...I have to return to work on Monday. I am going to miss my girls so much! Part of me is ready to go back to school but the other part of me would LOVE to stay at home with the girls all of the time. I have been home since November 25. Haylee and I have had so much time together and I am thankful for it. We were really able to spend some quality one on one time before Madi arrived and after Madi's arrival I was able to include Haylee with Madi's needs. Tomorrow I am planning a special day for Haylee since it will be my last day home (for a week...Spring Break on the 16th).

"How many more pictures are you going to take Mom?"

-Trying to capture a smile on camera

Got one!

...and another!

OK...so I am sure you are wondering about the chore for hubby! Remember me saying that I was beginning a diet (I've lost 7 pounds so far) a couple of weeks a go? So I have been cooking every night of the week...BIG accomplishment. The other night I realized we didn't have light mayonaise for a recipe I was making. I quickly called Travis since I knew he would be home any minute and asked him if he would please stop for me. He called me from the little corner store and asked if miracle whip would be alright. I am not a mayo person so I said I guess and told him I only needed 1/4 cup. When he got home he put the miracle whip on the counter and then said "I went a little ghetto". This is what he pulled out of his pockets.

All I could do was laugh and grab my camera! Love you Trav! :o)

Well we have a busy next couple of weeks. Travis is finishing up a job and will continue to work the next couple of weekends. This weekend we will get a visit from Grandma O'Neill (my mom), Vicca, and Aunt Sarah, it will be her first time to meet Madi. Next week I will be back at work and the girls will return to Grandmama Brewer's (Travis' mom). The following week we will get to meet the twins, Addisyn and Audrey, and of course visit with Kristen and Dave. We will also get a visit from Great Grandpa and Grandma Glowacz. The last weekend of Spring Break Kelli (my college roomie) and Jeremy will be coming to visit.

In other great news Grandpa and Grandma Glowacz (my parents) sold their house and will be living less than 5 miles from us beginning this weekend. So we will be able to see them more often.

Things have been going great here in our household and we are looking forward to all of our upcoming plans and visitors!

JULY!!

I can not believe that it is already July! 6 months to Christmas, 6 months and Haylee will be 2, 6 months and we are really close to being parents of 2 little ones! We have a lot to look forward to. And of course many, many fun things in between.

July is going to be busy! This week we are heading off to the beach for the Brewer's annual 4th of July family reunion. We will be back in town next week and don't have plans. The following week Travis and I celebrate our 4th anniversary. That same week Haylee and I will be going to Atlanta to visit family.

It's going to be busy. I have been horrible at taking pictures this week. I do not have any new ones. I will have some when we get back from the beach. Hopefully Haylee will enjoy it this year!

Happy 4th of July!

Weekly Update and Haylee's New Shirt

Ha...That's what it seems like these days, weekly update. I will get better at this again. I promise!

Since I have been keeping Briley quite a bit, she needs a place to take a nap in our house sleep for the night if she stays over. Well it works out perfect because Briley now sleeps in a Big Girl Bed at home and we just happen to have a day bed with a trundle in Haylee's room. So, we pull out the bottom trundle and let Briley sleep on it and Haylee sleeps in her crib. First of all, it is really comical hearing the coversation between the two girls before they finally fall asleep. I laid in bed listening to the monitor just laughing. It's so cute. Anyway, since Haylee adores Briley she wants to do everything she does. The other day I took Haylee upstairs and said it was time for a nap. She shook her head and walked over to the big girl bed and crawled in. I asked her if she wanted to sleep there and her reply was yes. I thought to myself...ok this is too easy. So I tucked her in and closed the door. I went downstairs with the monitor in hand. I was so impressed! She did great. A few times I could hear her jumping, singing, saying "book" and "fish". Here are a couple of pictures.

What a big girl laying in the Big Girl Bed!

This is how quiet she is...I had the monitor in my hand and didn't even know she was pulling her baskets our and dumping them. We will work on this one. :o)

Haylee takes after her mom! She will soon be doing my blog posts. :o) She loves pushing the "buts" (AKA buttons) for me.

Haylee's new bathing suit. Her Grandma O'Neill has a little obsession with bathing suits (she has one more on the way). Atleast she will have plenty for mommy and me swim lessons which start next week.



Father's Day... (we don't have too many pictures...Travis is in the middle of some extensive and painful dental work so he wasn't in the picture mood. Atleast for me to post them.)

We hope everyone had a great Father's Day! We woke up on Sunday and decided to cook daddy some breakfast.




We then went to have lunch with Travis' dad and then ended the evening at my dad's house for dinner. It was a busy day as most holidays are. We thought this was a cute picture. We were driving down the road and looked back at Hay...She's quite the thinker.

Finally, and certainly not the least important bit of news. Haylee got a new shirt! Check it out!

YES...Haylee will be a big sister in February!
Right now our due date is February 11, 2009.

A lot has been going on...

OK...The last two weeks have been really BUSY!

Two weeks ago we attended my grandparents 50th Anniversary Party. What an accomplishment and great honor. I truly admire couples who have reached this milestone. Especially in this day and age. It seems that many couples find it easier to give up when times get tough rather than work together and become stronger during those difficult times. I have two sets of grandparents who have made it to 50 years of marriage together. I have learned a lot from both of their examples. They have made great role models for mine and Travis' marriage. Here are a few pictures. (My camera batteries went dead)

Me with my grandmother.

Happy 50th Anniversary!

Haylee, me, my dad, and sister!

Me and my dad!



My sister, Kristen, has a few more pictures on her blog if you want to check them out.

The week after the anniversary was my last week of school. My district didn't get out of school until June 4th, teachers last day was the 5th. So my first full day of summer vacation began on Friday, June 6th, which was the day that my new little niece was to be born.

Kayelyn Olivia
June 6, 2008
4:17 p.m.
8 pounds 14 ounces
20 inches long

Proud New Papa



New baby girl!

New Big Sister seeing Kayelyn for the first time!

Uncle T with his daughter and neice! (What a great babysitter!)

These are the only pictures I have of little Kayelyn right now. After being born she was having a difficult time breathing on her own. She was put in the NICU about 30 minutes after delivery. She spent the night there on Friday and sometime during the night her lung collapsed. The following night both of her lungs collapsed. Yesterday morning she was life flighted to Memorial Hermann Children's Downtown. She is now in great care! She is stable and slowly improving. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. I will be sure to update as the days go on. The lungs heal themselves. It can be from 7-14 days. She is closely monitored at all times. That hospital is an unbelieveable place! We can't wait for her to get well and be able to hold that little girl!

I have been keeping both the girls. We all want things to be as normal as possible for the new big sister. So here are a couple of pics of them yesterday afternoon in the backyard.

A few others I had...This is Haylee's new favorite thing to do! She loves to help daddy water the yard (or herself).