Fun Filled Family Weekend....

What a weekend we had!!! I love fall.... there are so many things to do!!

This was the last week for the pumpkin patches so of course we had to go again! This was our 3rd trip.. and the 1st time it didn't rain!!
I love my family and I love when wender is able to be with us when we do fun things!


Nickolas & I started the weekend at Coastal Ceramics doing pottery together




We later attended Chiago's 3rd birthday party! Lucas loves parties..and blowing out the candles!

SUNDAY_OCT-25

Having lunch at Los Arcos... sitting outside enjoying the day..
Nickolas wanted to sleep!~ As usuall

West Farm Corn Maze-

daddy helping Lucas bounce!!


Lucas was "saving" daddy..since he was "lost" in the maze :) The Hay ride!~


Carolina Fun Flyers



What a beautiful way to end a great weekend with my wonderful family!~

Boone Hall pumpkin patch

Today we went to Boone Hall pumpkin patch in Mount Pleasant!~
We had so much fun...would've been better if it wasn't raining! The 2nd pumpkin patch we have been to this year and it rained both times!! Didn't stop us from having fun though! We rode the hay ride...when it started raining....
The huge slide was a blast.... baby Nickolas slept the entire time ..of course!!

Nickolas is 8 weeks!~ (considering it's 12:30 am as i am blogging)
I still can't beleive God has blessed us with another wonderful boy..
He sure enough is here though!! To comemorate his 8 weeks I've added some pictures in order as they were taken! I tried to get one from each week to see how he's changing.I looked at him today and just really noticed he is filling out so nicely and is getting nice and chunky!! He's still in some of his newborn clothes and some 0-3months fit.
WOw ! what a timeline!!!
(his 1st week is missing..along with all the delivery pictures.Mom took them and i have yet to upload them) I will come back and blog about the delivery and 1st week once i get them!
Week 2

Week 6 Week 7 7 weeks-6days

Brotherly Love....

Psalm 127:3 "Lo,Children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward"

Last night-Oct.19.. Nickolas woke up crying...about 4 am..which is much longer than he usually sleeps.I put him to bed at 8pm. with the bath.bottle.bed routine..this is much earlier than with Lucas but he is already into the routine and by 7 I can tell his is tired. He is up around 12-1 am and again around 2-3 and again around 5-6 and we are up at 7 for the day! Not much sleep for me!
I made a bottle and headed to his bedroom to go in and get him and find..
Lucas asleep in the crib...with him ! Nickolas isn't able to hold the pacifier in his mouth after he falls asleep but by the time I grabbed the camera and got back to snap the pictures. ( the flash made the light..i didn't have the bedroom light on)
the paci was back in his mouth!!
Lucas-though he is zonked out- was putting the paci in his mouth when he cried!
Is it horrible I was so thankfull for the extra sleep!

I know I say this all the time but Lucas is such a great big brother!
I have been so blessed with him not only for having such great characteristics....he's a wonderful son and little boy!
I feel so blessed to have both of my baby boys! God knew them before I did and he knows my love for them! I am so thankful to God for giving me such wonderful children!

Sunday Oct.18 heading to church.. Lucas joking with daddy..like always!!!

Today was fire safety day at school! Lucas was super excited about seeing the truck and wanted to wear his fire hat from the firetruck museum.! They kids went inside the truck and listened to the firmen talk about fire safety! Since Nickolas and I were already there helping we decided to stay the entire day.
For weeks I have wondered what this bit of "scribble" is on Lucas class papers.always on the back always looks identical,....
today i found out!


It's his name!!!!
He thought it was so funny saying " that's me mommy!!!~"

Fall...............

It's fall ~!

What better way to enjoy the fall than a Corn maze?!
Today we planned a day at the West farm corn maze with some of the girls from Charleston Mommies.....
It was tons of fun.....It would have been better if it wasn't cold and raining!!
Where else does fall feel like winter than south carolina!

We still decorated pumpkins ...the kids favorite part..looked at the animals...rode the hay ride..all under an umbrella!

Nickolas was not happy with the cold weather...he is so cold blooded~!
But it was a fun...memorable day afterall.....










Lucas & Cami in 2008 Lucas & Cami in 2009
Both at the same table at West Farm Corn maze

Nickolas-6weeks at the pumpkin patch! Melinda riding the hay ride with Lucas & Cami

Wow!~ How fast things change..I have been taking a picture every sunday at or before church service so I can really see how Nickolas grows!
Life is moving by so fast..everyday I feel like I need to slow down a bit more and just soak up the wonderful memories we are making!
Nickolas is changing so much..Wendsday he will be 6 weeks. I can't beleive he's already over a month old! He's such a good mild-tempered baby. HE will lay around on his play mat or just on a blanket for 30minutes to an hour at a time! He's already putting himself to sleep.something Lucas didn't do till he was over 10 months old! It's wonderful to be able to just lay him in his crib and walk out knowing he will go to sleep alone! What a valuable thing for him to be able to do already.

Lucas is starting to talk so much. I have been waiting for him to really start talking in sentences and paragraphs. He was a late talker and just this week he has started using people's names often.
He talks about people by name when they're not around... and he's so cute when he talks to me!

I cleaned his room this week while he napped.(another rare occasion) when he woke he said.
"mommy let me show you my room... my room cleaned itself all by itself!"
he was so excited and had the biggest smile ever!!!!
Hard lesson to learn his bedroom will not clean itself!

When he wants to "help" nickolas he says "mommy i got this"
he will give him his binky or a toy..
and say " mommy he's happy now leave him there"

I tell him this also when I want him to leave Nickolas for alone time!!!

I am falling in Love with my baby boys more each day!

I am so inlove with my 2 wonderful little boys. Lucas is such a great brother and loves to help with baby Nickolas. If Nickolas starts to fuss Lucas runs over saying. "ok ok Nick i'm here now"
and gives him his binky-pacifier- it's the sweetest!!! Lucas loves to "share" with Nickolas and says
" mommy let's share this with nick" about everything from his food to playdough!!
When Nickolas is on his playmat or in his crib looking at his mobile Lucas will say " mommy can Nick share that with me?":
I love it and I simply can not imagine life any other way!
I feel so blessed with the life I have. Today was a great day, we got so much done...
now we can enjoy the rest of the week!

Nickolas is such a good baby He's starting to stay up more during the day..which is awesome because he's fun and rarely cries! HE loves his playmat..but he will also lay on a blanket and stare around and coo....
He found his voice this week on Tuesday-(9-29-09) night while i was getting him ready for bed.It was the sweetest thing ever and made me thank God I was there just then!
He also loves doing tummy-time....though we only do it for a minute or two..
He's drinking about 1-2 ounces every 2 ish hours....which is fine unless it's 2 and 4 am!! :))
Last night was great. he slept 4 hours a stretch..so he only woke me to eat 2 times!
Looks like this baby boy is starting off different than Lucas!!Since lucas hated tummy time..or any time he wasn;t being held!!!
He drank 4 ounces every 4 hours for 10 months!!!

I am also a "different" kind of mom" as a good friend put it!!!
I think I have already started doing some things different...like

Nickolas is already in his crib!
This week has been great since i am finally able to get some routine to night time.
Baths start at 7. lucas first then i get Nickolas a bath,bottle,bed by 8.. then a book and puzzle for Lucas and bed!!
It's a bit easier when i have some time to myself and to get in bed earlier!!!

First day of preschool

Lucas started preschool on Sept.1,,, yes the day before I gave birth to Nickolas!!

Plus I was over a week OVERDUE!! Talk about emotional!!

Lucas had a great first day!!

My first blog entry...

Life has gotten busy since we had our 2nd baby boy.Nickolas Carlos.

Lucas will be 3 Nov.1.
He's in pre-school now... and doing great!!!

Nickolas was born Sept.2 so he's 4 weeks right now! He's such a good baby!!

I am so excited to be doing this blog and keeping up with the day to day memories we are making!