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David is doing great! He had his 4 month check up last week...shock of all shocks...HE'S HUGE! He weighs 17 1/2 pounds, eats every 2 hours but sleeps through the night which is awesome for us!! He's such a happy baby!

Saturday Morning Soccer!!

Tyler started playing soccer 3 weeks ago and is having a GREAT time! We all love watching him learn something new and come out of his shell with his teammates! Hope you all are having a great fall season so far!!

Little brother is always there for support!

Pops offers some support and coaching!

Got to have a protein bar at "half-time"

Practice, practice, practice!

This was just too cute not to share...

Random...

I survived my first 3 days back at work this past week. It was so hard to leave that first morning but I made it! David did great at Tia's house (Aunt Jenny) and with Tyler starting soccer next weekend I think this year is going to FLY by! Happy Labor Day everyone!

Tyler loves his baby brother!

Tyler loves Dr. Seuss books...he tortured Mimi (above) and Pa (below) with this book on Saturday!

Tyler is quite the helper with David!!!

My boys!!! ...and old girlKate!

He is such a happy little bug!!

Trip to East Texas

Thanks to my parents, the boys and I were able to visit my grandmother in Troup and my MaMaw and PaPaw in Jasper last week. I definitely could NOT have made the trip with out them! Tyler got to ride tractors at both places and see wild animals and David...well he got to do what he does best...chill!

Hope you all are staying cool and having a great summer!!

One Month!!

Here are the stat's for the boy at one month!

Weight - 11 pounds 6 ounces

Length 22 1/2 inches

He's doing great! Grunting like a 30 year old!

He loves his nana!!

Peanut loved his cousin Alex! My cousin (who is like a brother to me came to town this past weekend and got to hang out with us! we loved having him around...especially Tyler!)

Hallelujah and AMEN!

"Get in line Girls"...another handsome boy!!! He has the same dark blue eyes that Tyler had when he was born so I hope he keeps them too!

Hope everyone had a great July 4th!!

Random!

We are all doing good! David aka Peanut is sleeping about 3 - 4 hours at a time and seems to be very content other than when he's hungry or has a dirty diaper! Tyler is doing much better adjusting to sharing attention now and is back to talking about how he will teach him all kinds of things!

This is Michael's Dad, David

This of course is my dad Carl Wallace... So this is where Peanut's real name came from David Wallace Eden. His grandpa's seem to be very fond of him already!

This is Tyler getting ready to DIVE into the pool!

How could you not love this guy?

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!! More pictures to come!!

During the first week!!

Happy Thursday! Happy for me b/c Michael gets back from Ohio tonight! He's been gone since Sunday. My mom left today after spending a week with us so I'm on my own with Peanut today, and will be on my own with BOTH boys tomorrow.

We haven't done much but here are a few pictures of our activities this first week. A trip to Nana & Pa's for Tyler to ride the tractor and check on the livestock was by far the biggest outing. Other than a maximum of 2 errands a day, we've just hung out at home and done a BUNCH of laundry and dishes :) I forgot how much "stuff" gets dirty with a newborn.

David is doing great! He was loosing weight ( from 9 lbs 4 oz to 8 lbs 9 oz) so we had to go to the Pedi Thursday, Friday and Monday for weight checks...from Friday to Monday he gained 8 ounces so we passed that test! He sleeps for about 5 hours at a time, during the day...at night he wakes up every 3 hours to eat! He wants to hold his head up and will do it for a few seconds then crash into my arm or shoulder, then rest a few seconds and tries again. He's stubborn like his daddy!

Tyler had a rough time during the first few days but by yesterday he was doing much better. He is such a sweet heart and I know this will take time for him to adjust to. He will talk about teaching peanut about animals and tools, then smack him on the head. I think the word gentle has NO meaning for a 4 year old BOY!

I am so grateful for all my boys! The fact that Tyler is healthy and seizure free is a miracle. All my worry about David's birth being complicated like Tyler's was a waste of time, he is an amazing, healthy baby. And most of all to have a husband that is so extremely involved and loving to both the boys is another miracle.

Ok...enough of the mush!

Tyler and Pa rode both tractors until they were soaked with sweat! It was a HOT DAY!!

Typical Peanut pose...

Kristen - here is your brotherly love...a few seconds after this, Tyler got excited and literally jumped in the chair with David...scared the crap out of my mom and I....Peanut didn't even wake up!

Another Peanut original pose...arms up!

What can I say about my mom...I would be lost without her. She helped us so much this first week. She is so patient and loving with all her grandkids. She would jump on the trampoline, dig for worms in the dirt, "trim the trees" with Tyler and still get up at 1am and 5 am to feed peanut a bottle so I could sleep. Everything I know about being a good mom has come from her and the other fantastic women in my life!

That's all for now! Week 2 pics coming soon...

Hello Again!!

Well...Here are some pics of our most recent adventure. We went into Seton on Monday evening to start the process and found out I was already dilated to 3 cms...so we decided to skip the cervadil and start the other stuff (petocin?) in the morning. Sure enough at 5 am that's what they did, my doc broke my water around 7am...I told my nurse around 12 ish that I was feeling pressure...I literally thought I was have an "accident" right on the bed...So my nurse (who rocked!) checked me and said I was fully dilated and ready to go, but "laboring down" is popular now so we were going to let the contractions help get David down lower so I wouldn't have to push so much...sure enough about 20 minutes later I started pushing and 30 mins later (8 series of pushes) he was here! I will add more pictures and more updates tomorrow hopefully!! :)

This was on Monday, when we were just hangin' out being goofy!!

I couldn't have asked for a better husband! He was up everytime I moved all night long!!

*This is a moment I will remember forever! This is Michael's dad (David, retired anesthesiologist) telling me he would recommend going ahead and getting the epidural...'no sense in waiting!' Thank goodness I listened...little over 1 hour later...Peanut was here!

Apparently, I make BIG BABIES :)

Tyler meeting David for the first time! This precious moment lasted about 2 minutes...then he told me to "put him away"

Reunion Pics

Some of my very best friends from High School and I were able to FINALLY meet up this spring break. All of us have children around the same age, it was a great time for the adults and all the kiddos (8 total). Kristen was a superb hostess, her backyard made for a TON of photo ops and the perfect setting for all our boys and girls to meet. Here are a few of my pics from the day.

*Eating lunch, the kids made their own pizzas and had a great time. Ben and Tyler are shooting each other with the blasters!!

*Zach on the zip line

*Tyler on the zip line!

*Logan giving Ashton a push around the yard!

*Zach and Tyler cruisin' Ben was telling them where all the road bumps may be! (all three are 4 years old, about 6 weeks apart!)

*The group picture...from left to right, mom then kiddo goes like this,

Me & Tyler, Stephanie, Ashton (in her lap), Zach (in front of her) Kristen, Logan (in her lap), Ben (in front of her), Mary Ann, Cadence (in her lap), Hadley (also in her lap and only 8 weeks old), and Morgan.