Oh My...

He wonders why I call him Ace so often...

It's really kind of scary :)

Sip & See

This past weekend we had a great time celebrating Carlos' arrival with a Sip and See shower with friends.

BFF and Aunt C headed up the event and showcased their most crafty abilities.

This was the table...Oh My did they ever out do themselves!

These were the cupcakes!

And the diaper cake...

it's now the centerpiece on my dining room table.

Every time I look at it I find something new hidden.

Everybody took turns holding the baby :)

K here has ogled Carlos for a while...

he's been trying to convince BFF that they need a new baby at their house.

Unfortunately, he's not making any progress!

It was just the best day.

It was so much fun to sit and visit with everybody.

Hubs and I feel very blessed by all of our family and friends who do such a good job loving us!

And extra special thank you goes to BFF, Aunt C, Gram and one of my "bonus moms" L for putting together the Sip and See.

You guys are awesome!

Also to BFF and her hubby for taking Bug, Ace and Ry to a Bday party after.

And...thanks to Gram and Grandpa for letting Bug and Ace spend the night so Hubs and I could go out on a much needed date for my Bday!

Thanks everybody for all of your love and support.

Wordless Wednesday...

Just Pics...

Big Love...

This post has nothing to do with the TV show.

Which, thanks to Netflix, I think is hilarious.

But, throughout the course of the day we had recently, I giggled to myself several time that it's what we looked like :)

This week BFF took some hard earned vaca time.

She and her family had a "Staycation" and invited me and the kids along to a new aquarium not too far from home.

(Hubs had to work)

So, we loaded down her minivan (because, yes, she's that cool too), with 5 kids, 2 moms and a dad

and headed out.

The day consisted of touring the huge mall, a little clearance shopping, the aquarium and dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.

Here's the gang after BFF's hubby dropped us off at the curb...

The aquarium was pretty cool!

A little crowded, but the kids didn't seem to mind at all.

Probably the neatest part was the tunnel...

There was water above, below and around both sides!

Don't they look like a big happy family :)

BFF's hubby was a trooper.

Totally just went with the flow and tolerated the extra work and hassle my kids and I brought along on his day!

Totally loving our Moby wrap.

It's a little bit tricky at first, but we're getting the hang of it, and he seems to love it!

Couldn't resist a quick foot pic.

This was another neat area where you're above the sharks...

The bright pink toes are complements of a "girl date" with Bug and BFF.

We all went glittery hot pink, just because :)

My sweet Bug...quite the character.

(The snake was choking her :)  )

and of course my monkey!

I'm so glad that we got the chance to tag along.

It's been a fun week, full of some much needed and fun time with family and friends and this was a great way to wrap it up!

We can't wait to go back and take Hubs along.

One Month...

Well, a few days late, but just for Grammy...

Our precious baby boy is 1 month old!!

(Gram blog stalks a friend of a friend who did these monthly pictures and has been insistent that I needed to do them too...I tried 2 different locations and will prob stick with the bed.)

This was actually the first time he has ever been in his bed.

I'll be real and just admit that I had to take a bunch of stuff out of it before we could get the pic.  Currently he's still sleeping in a bassinet in our bedroom because he insists that eating between the hours of 2-3 is necessary.  

(I'm totally not complaining either, I KNOW it could be a lot more frequent!)

This one is in the glider (with the ever present help of ACE).

You're also getting the standard "bored and awake, so lets nurse" face.

Also, because this seems to be the random facts post, the John Deere hat that Carlos is sporting was actually a baby shower gift of Bug's by my life long friend/brother "Coach Kraig".

If I was really on top of it I'd hunt down and scan the pics I have of Bug and Ace wearing it and go all sentimental on you, but I'm not, it's late, this post is 3 days behind and I'd probably cry.

I threw this one in, because, it's the first time I've captured this, my favorite face, on camera.

FYI, it's even cuter when you see it from above while he's snuggled in your arms.

Anywhoo, we celebrated Carlos' one month bday by catching up on blog stalking together...

This was my view.

I've been a tad worried that he's getting a little spoiled when it comes to being held...

but then I remembered that this is the last time one of my babies will turn one month old and decided we were going to soak it all in while snuggling.

So, what have we accomplished in 1 month?

Carlos has...

taken his first road trip (4th of July weekend)

visited Grammy & Grandpa's camper

been back to visit our work family, whom we LOVE

sent Hubs back to work...for a couple of weeks

been eating like a champ

weighed 11 lbs the last time we checked

is wearing size 1-2 diapers

filling out 0-3 month clothes

(we'll be lucky if they fit at 2 months)

been to the movies twice...

this is the two of us on our way into HP part 2!

He did great in the movie, only made a few noises,

and thanks to a slow weekday we were able to sit far enough away from others to nurse ad lib.

(yes, I swore I'd never be an out in public nurser...but I REALLY wanted to see that movie!)

So, the moral of this late night story is...

we're doing great!

Love this boy and can't figure out what we did without him!

Good Mornings...

We've had some slow lazy mornings around here the last couple of weeks.

There's perks to being that way...

we're getting to know our new guy more and more!

Here's one of my favorite parts...

Bug and Ace have done better with all of this than I every imagined!

So proud of them!