Shannon's First Haircut

This past week, Shannon had his first haircut.  We went to a kid-friendly place in Katy after swim lessons, and Shannon did great.  By great, I mean NOT A SINGLE TEAR!!  He sat in the taxi-cab-shaped chair and ate animal crackers the whole time.  He ducked a little bit when the stylist used clippers and winced when she wet his hair with water, but that was it!  It's almost too uneventful to post about, except that it's such a big milestone in his little life!   Ahh...the joys of a laid-back second-born!

Before picture:

During:

After (still eating animal crackers!):

Big brother who came along for moral support (and needed a haircut of his own!):



Twas the Night Before His Third Birthday

And visions of being three danced in his head!

Happy Easter

The Past Six Weeks

Although the blog has been silent these past several weeks, our lives have been far from quiet.  Here are some of the highlights to fill in some of the gaps from my last series of posts:

• In our biggest news, as most of you already know, Brian has become self-employed!  He formed a construction and remodeling company last summer and had been working on jobs on the side since then, but a couple of large projects came his way this spring, which made it more feasible for him to turn it into full-time employment.  So, after much prayer, he left his job with Linbeck in the middle of March.  His website for his company is www.243builders.com.  Feel free to pass his name along to anyone you know who wants to remodel their existing home or build a new one!

• I filled in for my BSF class's teaching leader for two weeks in March.  Although I've done a handful of lectures before, this was my first time to do two in a row.  It took all of my free-time for several weeks, but I was thankful to have the opportunity to see God's provision in stretching my time and giving me all that I needed to prepare efficiently.  I gave lectures on Jacob/Esau's birthright trade and Jacob's deception of Issac to receive the blessing. 

• Shannon started :Mommy & Me" swimming lessons at the beginning of March.  His lesson is at the same time as Landry's, so all three of us are in the pool at the same time.  So far, Shannon loves playing in the water and even likes jumping from the step into my arms.  He's less of a fan of floating on his back, and he still cries when he has his one-on-one time with the instructor. Similar to Landry, this has been one of my favorite "mom" moments with him.  I have such a good time watching him enjoy the water. 

Sandwiched in between, there has been a rip to the rodeo, trip to the zoo, and lots of trips to Chick-fil-a!  Because that's how we roll around here.

Our Swimming Pool

Shannon's been in a long stretch of being fascinated with the toilet.  I try to keep the bathroom door closed during the day, but, there are times when I forget.

And, I'm quickly reminded that I need to do better at remembering when I find this:

Thankful for hot cycles on the washing machine and a back-up puppy!

Sounds Like Whining

To be filed away in the category of "things that are funny now but will be even funnier years from now":

The other day, Landry was walking around with a set of colored pencils in the waistband of his pants.  While, in theory, this may seem harmless, because, as anyone who has been around Landry for more than five minutes knows, his walks soon turn into runs.  I pictured him running and falling and impaling himself on the pencils....So, I told him "no" to carrying the pencils in his pants.

Landry's response:  "Mommy, when you say 'no' it sounds like whining.  I'm going to need you to stop your whining." 

We are so in trouble when he's a teenager!

Happy Valentine's Day...

from my two favorite little Valentines!