Jamal is 3 months old!

Jamal is 3 months old today!
Still wearing a size 2 diaper
We moved you up to size 3-6 months clothes
You drink about 5 ounces every 3 hours
I would guess that you are around 14lbs..you won't have another doctors appointment until you are 4 months old.
Most nights you sleep 10 hours straight except for the last couple of days.
You are chewing on your hands now..I'm starting to wonder if you will be getting your first tooth soon.
You've had a taste of cream of wheat and banana pudding
You love cooing really loud..I love hearing it!
You've laughed a couple times before but today you laughed really hard after you sneezed while sitting in my lap. It was the cutest thing ever!
You sleep in your crib now.
You reach for toys on your play mat.
You still can't hold a pacifier in your mouth.
Since it's been so cold, we keep you in your warm jammies most the time.
You love bath time and always smile when I'm rinsing you off.

We love you so much!!

50 Free Holiday Cards to Bloggers

Shutterfly.com is having a promotion for bloggers! They are giving away 50 free holiday cards. I always love creating my own holiday cards. I like to take pictures of my boys myself, edit them, and then create a holiday card to send to my family. I love that it is way more personalized rather than buying Christmas cards from the store. I like the flat cards because they can be framed :)

Here are a few of my favorite holiday card designs..




This is the link to the Shutterfly holiday cards so you can browse and find your favorite card!
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards


Happy Holidays!!

New Crib

Yesterday, we bought Jamal his crib! He has been sleeping in a bassinet in our room. He never had a crib because I didn't see the point of buying one and moving it to Oklahoma if he wasn't going to be sleeping in for a while. I found this sleigh crib at Target in a cinnamon spice color that matches the dresser that is in his room. I love it and think his bedding goes great with it. I was so happy to finally get to put his crib bedding set on his bed. He slept in his crib last night and when he woke up, he didn't make a sound. He just laid their looking at his new bedding and Andre said he seems really appreciative to have his new bed :)

Lately, I've been reading Jamal lots of baby books. We also play with toys now and I'm already trying to teach him facial features. He is such a happy baby and has such a great personality. I think he will be a mama's boy! Today he started reaching out for the toys on his play mat. I can't wait till he is able to crawl around and really play.

Chunky Rolls

Oh I love'em!!

Playground

Today was such a beautiful day in the 70's so we took full advantage of it. We went to a park in Oklahoma City. Andre picked up some McDonalds and we ate and the kids played for a while.

Hello from Jamal!!

5 Year Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday was our 5 year wedding anniversary. Andre had to work until noon and when he got home I cooked him a huge brunch, sausage, bacon, eggs, and grits. He surprised me with flowers and a card. I was really surprised because he only started buying me flowers recently. Maybe he starting to become more romantic? :)

Andre found us a babysitter so that we could go out to dinner. We went to Olive Garden and on the way home, we stopped at a pool hall to play a couple games of pool.

6 1/2 years together..5 years of marriage, 3 kids, 2 deployments, and a 7 month long A School..we've been through a lot and are still going strong! I have no doubt that we will be celebrating many more years of marriage in our future. I can't wait to see what another 5 years will bring.

Train tracks

I wanted to blog about this and I'm way late on it. When we made our road trip from Florida to Oklahoma, we made many stops for gas and bathroom breaks. In the middle of the night, about 3:30am, we stopped at a gas station once we crossed the state boarder into Oklahoma. The gas station was sitting right next to a train track. The kids were asleep except for Ronde. I took him and I to the bathroom inside the gas station. When we were coming out, I heard a train coming. I told Andre that I've always wanted to put quarters on the train tracks. Andre thought I was crazy but then he said why not. We ran out to the train track and put some change on it then ran away quickly so that the train would pass. We watched the train go by and then ran back to the tracks to look for our change. Andre and I thought it was a romantic moment that we would never forget. Here are some pictures from that night.


I still have the smashed quarters in my wallet :)

Full Time College Student!!

I'm officially a full time college student! I also picked out a great daycare for the kids. Our lives are about to get really busy..thankfully I have 2 months off before I start school! ha! Not much else has been going on with us. The weather has been so cold, windy, and rainy lately so we've been in the house a lot. Jamal just started sleeping through the night. All of my kids are in bed at 8pm and Jamal wakes up for a bottle between 5-6am then goes right back to sleep until 9am. Not much else to blog about but here are some random pictures.

AJ's Birthday Party

We had AJ's birthday party at the bowling alley. Andre's friend from work brought his family. We haven't been out here long enough to have a big birthday party so the bowling alley was perfect. AJ and Ronde had their own lane while Andre, Michael, and I bowled on another lane. AJ would roll the ball down the lane, then look up at the screen to see his score. It's like he knew how to play the game already. We bowled for about 2 hours then we had cake and opened presents. I think the kids had a great time and are already fighting over the Buzz Lightyear toy..ha!

Happy 4th Birthday AJ!!!

Today, AJ turned 4 years old!!! I can't believe it. It seems like only yesterday he was a little baby. We are so proud to be your parents AJ! You are the smartest, sweetest, and most caring little boy we know. Now that you are 4 years old, many great things are in your future. We are going to be signing you up for t-ball this year and you will also start pre-k soon. I'm so excited for you that you will get to make new friends.
You still LOVE cars. You line them up on your bed and drive them around as if it were a parking lot. You absolutely love reading books and practicing writing letters, numbers, and shapes. You finally like eating and wake me up every morning begging for breakfast..ha! 3 years ago, I would have never imagined you doing that! You went from being the pickiest eater in the world to trying everything I cook for you. Every time daddy comes home from work, you ask to play games on his iphone. You are such a game junkie! Right now, you are really big into Buzz Lightyear but you still love Lightening McQueen, and Wall-E. You love love love your chocolate milk. You are not as shy as you once were. Now when we are in public, you will sing out loud with your brother and have everyone staring at us..haha! We love you so much and I know this will be one exciting year for you!!
Sorry for the picture overload but these are some of my favorite pictures of AJ when he was a baby. I wanted to document them in my blog for him to see someday...