PROUD MOMMY

It's been a little crazy around here, I haven't been able to get on the computer for awhile, but things are going pretty good around here. My mom and Nathan have been here this week helping me out which has been so nice since I had a bad couple of days and couldn't really get around normally.

As always Nate has been such a good little Daddy helping me out with what he can, mostly playing with Brystal and keeping her busy so I could rest and take care of Boston.

Brystal has been doing surprisingly very well so far with Boston. She loves to hold him. This is the first time she held him when we got home. She has had a few little outbursts of jealousy, but this was expected. I'd say she is doing 50 times better than I ever imagined.

Here is the man of the hour. He has been such a cute little baby. He just thinks he has to be eating every time his eyes are open. Just like his Daddy.

Brystal loves to give him kisses.

Here is the little dude just after a bath, doesn't he just look so dapper?

I have a good feeling these guys will make a great team someday. Brystal is so good to be so soft and gentle to him. All those weeks of training her to "don't poke eyes" have paid off. She is good to touch everything but the eyes.

Getting a little sleepy.

Grandma was here for a week and we loved it. She was so helpful to play with the babies and help me around the house. I got lots of rest and a clean house and lots of good tips. We were really sad to see her go. I've got one more week with Nate home then... I'm on my own.

BOSTON NATHAN BENNETT

He's finally here!!! After being a week over, he was making me so miserable waiting for him, so I was induced this morning at 5 a.m. August 20, 2009. What a great birthday! As soon as they broke my water for me around 9 things went really fast from there, and he was born at 10:55 a.m. Holy cow, it went by so fast and so easy. I got an epidural and was only really uncomfortable for a little less than an hour or so.

Little Boston weighed in at a big 8 pounds 6 ounces and 21 and a half inches long. Over 2 pounds more than Brystal!! I guess that's what happens when they get a little overcooked. He has been such a good little baby though.


I can't really tell who he looks like. He is different than Brystal, but still looks alot like the both of us. I just can't tell. He is just his own little person.

He has some pretty cute hair.

This picture makes him look pretty big. We aren't sure how Brystal feels about him yet, she came by once today and checked him out, but didn't really seem too interested, she was more into the new doll we got her. I'll keep you all posted on that, I"m a little nervous about it.

The funny story is that my brother Dusty and his wife who were due next week went into the hospital this morning and had their little baby boy today too! So we both found out we were pregnant on the same day, and now we had them together on the same day. Isn't that crazy?!! We are really enjoying him right now and look forward to adjusting to 2 kids now. Wish us luck.

WHAT DOES A PREGNANT GIRL SEE

This is the view from my eyes every day. I am so big, I am wondering what my feet look like since I rarely get to see them. Things here are just dragging along. I am now in my last week of pregnancy, and it is so hot here in Houston, so I stay inside most of the time. I am finding it very hard to move around, especially keeping up with a toddler. I'm pretty much exhausted.

Things are looking good for me though, my last Dr's appointment on Monday they said I was fully effaced and dilated to a 3 so hopefully labor will come soon and will be quick. I hope. For the most part everything is ready to go. It's a little harder getting prepared this time cause once I clean something or get something out for the baby, it's messed up again in 5 minutes. But I think it will all work out. So we are expecting something to happen any day now. We will definitely keep you all posted!

BRYSTAL'S FRIENDS

Brystal has many friends here. She is quite the likable girl. Here she is with a few of them. This is Samari, and Poppy.

Here is her friend Izzy, She is a year and half older than her, but they get along and play together really well.

Here is her friend Nita from Mexico City that is visiting her Grandma that lives across the street from us. She will be here the whole summer, they are about a month apart, and they play so well, it will be really sad when Nita goes back to Mexico.

MY BABY IS ALL GROWN UP

Brystal's hair is getting so long and curly. I don't know where these curls are coming from because they aren't from me. She is getting so pretty and grown up now. I can't believe how much she has changed. She will seem even bigger when the baby gets here. We have been teaching Brystal about the baby, and how to hold her baby dolls and how to be soft with them and DON'T POKE THE EYES. She pretty much has no clue what is about to happen, but I'm sure there will be some jealousy issues at the first but I hope that she'll adjust quickly and be a good big sister. She is 21 months old now and she is full of life and curiosity. She is starting to talk up a storm now. When she does something by herself she'll say "I did it!!"
She has learned how to work the remote controls for the tv and we often find her flipping through channels and turning off and on the tv. She has also figured out the computer and I'll find her clicking away on the mouse.
She LOVES shoes and I find her putting on my shoes everyday and walking around the house, and they aren't just any shoes they are my high heels. I must say she is pretty good at them.
She doesn't like vegetables, I'm still trying to figure that one out, but I am trying.
She LOVES popcicles, the otter pop kind, she begs and begs for them everyday.
Many times I will find her sitting at the piano playing songs and singing her heart out.
She knows alot of primary songs and all the actions and loves to sing them.
She is learning to help us say prayers.
And she loves to snuggle with us.
I could go on and on about her, she is changing so fast. I don't want to miss a thing. But this is just a brief update for you all, oh and while I was typing this I realized I left her alone too long, and found her dumping out all the salt and pepper from the salt and pepper shakers. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

WHITE TRASH THURSDAYS

This is one of those crazy frantic moments that a mom doesn't know what to do but just laugh. Nate was mowing the lawn so I got Brystal in her swimsuit and let her play in the baby pool while I fixed dinner. Well I don't usually put swim diapers on her to just swim in the baby pool cause she usually only swims for just a little while anyways so it's a waste. I went out to check on her and it appears she's got poop all over in her swimsuit. Oh no...what do I do. I'm trying to think. Ok, so I go and take off her swim suit with poop dripping all over in it, and it's so gross, it's getting everywhere, so I run to the front yard to turn on the hose so I could just hose everything off. When I come back out to the backyard, here is what I see.

Brystal is following Nate all over the backyard while he mows, naked. And probably with poop stuck to her bum. Oh man, I don't know what else to do except grab the camera. I managed to get her hosed off and brought her inside before things got to crazy.

Hopefully the neighbors didn't see anything. We really aren't white trash.