Arden is 4 months old!

Four months have flown by and Arden is growing so fast. We have had a crazy busy month and Arden has done a great job keeping up. Here is what Arden is up to:

• 12lbs. 7oz
• 23" long
• Lots of smiles and giggles
• She found her hands
• Arden no longer needs to be swaddled to fall asleep
• She is cooing all the time
• She can turn her head quickly from side to side and pick it up to look around
• She can splash in the bathtub
• Loves watching moving objects especially the fan
• She loves all people will let anyone hold her
• She typically sleeps from 9:30pm-7:30am

Here are some other pictures from this month...

Arden wearing my outfit that my mom had saved. Kind of cute for 29 years old!


Arden surprising Meem at her school

Hanging out with TJ

Arden broke out of her swaddle

This is how I found her on her 4 month birthday. She found that her thumb also works as a paci

 Happy 4 months Arden Leigh!



Our 5 Year Wedding Anniversary!

I can not believe that 5 years ago I married my best friend and life long love! We have had a great five years filled with countless vacations, laughs, and starting a family. I am so lucky in love.

This year, we decided to rent a boat and take a 4 hour boat ride in Lake Conroe and dock at a casual restaurant for a bite to eat. Things didn't go exactly as planned.....

The day started off great. Arden was enjoying time with her grandparents, it was a nice weather day, and we had the cooler stocked with ice cold beer. After about an hour on the boat I started feeling a little sea sick. We decided to stop and eat thinking maybe I would feel better. I was a little better but not great and decided to try again. I turned the key in the boat and it snapped in half! Dang it. We waited an hour to be rescued and after baking in the sun and still not feeling all that great, we decided to call it a date. It could have been worse. Right??

Crawfish Boil 2011

Once again we had our family and friends over Memorial Day weekend for fun in the sun and of course....some crawfish! We always have a big crowd and enjoy visiting, eating, drinking, and lots of laughs. Hank and Holly traveled from Oklahoma again to join the fun. I was so busy talking that I didn't get many pictures this year.

 

Meet Professor Frank

Can you believe that this guy will teach Financial Statement Analysis at University of Houston this summer? I am so proud of my young professor husband!

May Happenings...

May has been a busy month for us especially since I went back to work for the last two and a half weeks of school.  Here are some of the events of this month...



We hosted a couples baby shower for our friends Kelly and Chris

We went to Annalee's 2nd Birthday Party at the park







We watched the Iron Man Triathalon

My mom has flown in twice this month to watch Arden while I'm back at work and my Aunt Nancy watched her for four days as well. I am grateful to have family watch her while I had to finish out the school year. It made going back to work a breeze!

Arden is 3 months!

What a big girl! Here are Arden's stats at 3 months:

• 10 lbs. 12 oz.
• 22" long
• Sleeps solid from 9:30pm-7:30am (sometimes even longer)
• Eats 7-8 oz. four times a day
• Lots of smiling, laughing,  and cooing

Here are all of her favorite things....

• Watching the moving mobile on her activity center
• Hanging her head upside down
• Her laughing duck
• Mobile in her crib
• Watching the fan
• Watching the trees blow
• Tummy kisses
• Air blowing in her face
• Musical frog attached to her car seat

I am enjoying every moment with her. She is such a good baby and I love her to death!

Mother's Day

This Sunday was my first Mother's Day. I was beaming all day but Mother's Day was not just about me. It was also a day that I celebrated the other important moms in my life (my mom, Ann, Mema, Meem, and Jane).

I hope that Arden feels the same way about me as I do my mom. We have such an unbelievably strong bond...always have. She is my best friend and someone that I have always looked up to and still do. We have been through a lot together...good times and bad, and I know that I'll always have the support and love when I need her. She is the "perfect" mom for me and couldn't lover her any more than I already do. Happy Mother's Day mom!!

Here is how I spent the day:
I woke up and sipped on some coffee, read a magazine, and spent time talking to Ryan. Arden was still asleep at 8:00am and we woke her up! Ryan was so sweet and took care of my most dreaded chore...bottle cleaning!

Ryan gave me a card from Arden with some sweet little messages with directions to open each of the three gifts.

• Message #1: "Mommy, when I'm a big girl in a few months and you take me to daycare, I want your car to be clean so other kids will like me". So funny!
• Gift #1: A book of vouchers to get my car cleaned inside and out! Love it!!

• Message #2: "I also want to make sure you have enough gas to make it back to pick me up!!"
• Gift #2: Gas card. I have been complaining about gas prices being almost $4.00 a gallon :(

• Message #3: "I also want you to know when to come get me because I'm going to miss you!! I hid your gift under my crib so go grab it. Hope you like it mommy!"
• Gift #3: A absolutely gorgeous Cartier Watch! What an unbelievable gift that I'll always cherish. Every day when I wear it I'll look down and remember my first Mother's Day and how special Ryan always makes me feel. *Note: I have never asked for such a gift. This was ALL Ryan. He picked it out and surprised me on his own.

After we got ready, we headed to League City for the first time since Arden was born. Ryan's parents had their annual Mother's Day pool party. It was so much fun spending the day with family on such a pretty day. Arden got to meet Ann's family for the first time.

Arden's grandpa heated the pool to 90 degrees so it would be comfortable for Arden to swim for her first time. He is the best! She liked swimming okay as long as she was in the shade. That girl does not like for the sun to be in her eyes. Ha! We plan on getting Arden in her grandparents pool a lot more this summer.

After all the food, drinks, sun, and visiting we could take, we headed home to relax for the evening. What a great day!

(I left my camara at Ryan's parents house, so I'll add the pictures later)