Back in May my older brother graduated from ASU!! It was the first ceremony that I went to since I was in the hospital having Jane instead of walking at my own last year. Totally worth the trade.
This is hands down my favorite picture. Jane was so tired, and the ceremony was sooo long. She was done...as the picture shows.
If Jane's outfit looks familiar it is because she wore it when she was four months old. We just had to throw on some leggings and call it good again.
This time last year I was only a few days away from holding my little Jane in my arms. I still can't believe she came a month early, but we have loved her so much. I have had so many ups and downs this first year of being a mom but I have loved her so much it has made everything worth it.
I wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to all the special ladies in my life. I have had so many great examples from my own mother to relatives and friends.
I wanted to share one of my favorite quote about mothers by Sheri Dew:
"For Satan has declared war on motherhood. He knows that those who rock the cradle have the power to rock his earthly empire. and he knows that without righteous mothers loving and leading the next generation, the kingdom of God will fail"
These are my wonderful stripes. I was a little worried about doing them because it was my first time, but everything went great. I have learned a few lessons. For example, if you are going to use a really dark blue get primer put in the paint. I had to use five coats which made it tricky to peel the tape off.
These flowers and my shower curtain inspired the whole bathroom. One day it just clicked what I wanted to do. I am starting on my downstairs bathroom, I can't wait until I can actually find time to start painting. Jane makes everything a little harder to get done. I still have to get my wood border up between the stripes and the solid, but I will probably wait to do it until we can put the border in the downstairs bathroom at the same time.
I figured I would start out with my favorite room in the house, which is Jane's. I had someone come in and paint the flowers and they could not have turned out better.
This is actually Derek's old dresser as a kid. We took off the multi-colored knobs, and rebuilt a few drawers but we love it now. That poor picture has been sitting there for months now. We will get it up someday.
This is my favorite bag ever. I got it at the baby shower and have never used it because I don't want to ruin it. I thought the flower hangers worked perfect.
I have had so much fun putting Jane's room together. I want to add stripes to it, but only if our next baby is a girl. Not pregnant, just planning.
This month has gone by so fast! Nothing super special happened just a bunch of little things to make it a great month. Our little Jane turned 11 months. She is now walking...when she feels like it, eating everything we do (goodbye nursing), and is super sassy. Just thought I would post some pictures of what we have been doing!
Due to the recent fact we just bought a rifle Derek and his siblings went out to a shooting range and had a little fun. The gun Derek is shooting is his brothers. So nice to have siblings who still have a disposable income and can buy expensive guns for us to play with.
I had to watch Jane and my cousin, but my hot sister was able to go with them and try out a few.
Our little girl finally got her first two teeth in. Still patiently awaiting the rest.
Jane eating her first powdered doughnut. I think this child eats way to much sugar for her own good. She could not get enough.
We had an awesome XBOX party for Derek's 26th birthday party. It was fun to see our old friends and show off the house we have been working so hard to put together.
Derek and Jane spending some fun Daddy-daughter time cleaning out the pool. This is one of the only ways we can contain her while she is around the water. She loves to put her feet in and kick the water everywhere. As soon as it heats up we will be in the pool all the time.
Every time we go to my Mom's house Jane spends some time with Grandpa out in the garden. He is trying with all his might to get her to like radishes. Not going great so far.
This was my crazy idea for the upstairs "kid" bathroom. It was my first time doing stripes so I was a little nervous. Derek's brother Devin was coming into town and this is his bathroom so I was on a crunch to get it done. Everything worked out great! I also have lots of paint left over so let me know if you want a few stripes in your house.
Jane playing the piano at my Mom's house. She loves playing our piano anytime she can get in that room.
We has such a wonderful Easter. Derek's family tradition is to hide the baskets and mine is to put it out on the couch. Instead of arguing about it, we decided the first person to get up got to do it their way. Surprise...I was up with Jane and won. Next year we will hide the baskets so Jane can go and find them.
Where do I even start. Derek woke up this morning at 2:30 with the most intense headache and severe pain behind his left eye. He was up for 15 minutes before he started throwing up. This occurred the rest of the night every 20 minutes or so. We got a very startled Jane out of bed and headed to the ER. My wonderful sister Megann came and got Jane while I waited with Derek. They did a CT scan and found nothing unusual. They believe that he had an infection from him sinuses. They gave him a shot of morphine and some meds to stop the throwing up. We got to my mom's house around 7:00 am. Derek went straight to bed there, and I fit in a little nap before I had to go to the doctor's because I have mastitis for the fourth time (I am so done with nursing). Thank goodness my doctor just called in a prescription. We are home now and Derek is doing better. We do have to follow up with a nuro to get an MRI, but we are not to worried. We are just hoping for a better tomorrow.
Simply loving life right now. How could we not? We have two adorable children that we cannot get enough of. Learning to live in Texas and enjoy our newest adventure.
