Lately

Picture of Hailee getting ready for tap and ballet classes.


There are so many things I wish that I had more time in my day to jot down on this blog to share with everyone. Hailee is getting such a little personality. It's amazing that we have entire conversations and she speaks in complete sentences, it absolutely blows my mind to see how she has grown. She LOVES her little brother and loves to help take care of him and play with him. Last night, we were eating dinner and Nathan had cooked (thank you babe) and she told him, while we were eating at the table, "Mmmm Dad, this is good! Thanks for making dinner Dad."





Last weekend, I had left one of my towels outside of the shower on the floor. Many of you that know me well know that I like cleanliness, a little (okay, a lot) OCD about it. Well, apparantley, I have rubbed off on my daughter a little too much. She found the towel on the floor, brought it to me and said (with this look on her face) "Mom, is this your towel on the floor?" I said, "yes Hailee, it is. I was leaving it there for people to step on when we get out of the shower." She says to me, "Mom, I need you to put it away, I'm really tired of picking up after you, okay?" In that moment, I wanted to laugh but I kinda had this puzzled look on my face also, wondering where did that come from? Then, a feeling of pride, knowing it probably came from me. Ha!





Last night, we were reading books in her bed and saying our prayers together. She asked if I had to go to work in the morning. I told her that I did. She said, "Okay, thanks for going Mommy so that we can eat." Goodness, she is just too cute! She is just the most lovable and likeable little girl who is growing rapidly before my eyes and I am so proud to call her mine.

Halloween

Last night, we took the kids out to trick-or-treat around our neighborhood, to my in-laws, and my parents. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and, all in all, we had a great time with the kids and being together. I LOVE weekends when we have "no plans" and can just spend our couple of days together doing whatever we feel like, being together, playing, and resting.














I love this picture!



















In case your wondering, she's a butterfly.

Look at those cheeks

I tried to get a pic of them together, this is the only one that looked somewhat like they loved each other. This was at Gran and Pa's house.

Passed out from all the sugar, only kidding. I took this pic when we made it home and wondered, "how in the world is that comfortable?"

Me and The Miss

Happy 1st Birthday Little Man!

October 14, 2008 - 8:03am
Jackson Dyer Hamilton
8 pds. 3 ounces






















Jackson Dyer Hamilton
October 14, 2009


Today, my little man turned 1, wow! The days go by fast! I can remember the morning that Nathan and I drove to the hospital one year ago today, it was rainy and dreary much like today. We had to be there at 5:00am to prep for Jackson's birth, he was born via cesarean section. I remember feeling much more nervous for this birth than I did for Hailee's, which was odd. I don't know if it was because I knew what to expect (therefore, brought the nerves) or if it was not being sure in my capabilities of being a mother of two. I was anxious for Hailee and how our relationship may change having another baby in the house, I was not looking forward to no sleep and more nursing, ha! I remember the surgery like it was yesterday and how sick I got afterwards. I remember that I didn't get to physically hold him until almost 12 hours after he was born because he was not strong enough to come off of his oxygen. I remember praying A LOT those three days in the hospital for the health of my new baby boy...thank you God for my little miracle.


Oh,how I love this little guy! All of the sleepless nights, early mornings, ear infections, and spit up is nothing but "little things" when I think about his bright smile, blue eyes, giggly laugh, and how he loves his sissy, mommy and daddy. He is such a blessing in our family and I am proud to have him as my son.


Nathan and I both took off of work today to spend this special day with him. I captured some snap shots of our day together. We love you Jackson, Happy Birthday buddy!





















Birthday flag in our front yard for little J's 1st BD

Jackson playing with his birthday firetruck from Mommy and Daddy in sister's room..shhh, don't tell her he was in there!

Look at that shirt, "My 1st BIRTHDAY"




He's trying to walk, he wants to so badly!




























Handy Manny cupcakes from Marmie and Hailee

He loved those cupcakes!

Here he is in his bath, I love that smile!

Happy Birthday Jackson!

New Pics

Tractor ride with Papa...Oh, how they love him!

Hanging out, watching the game.

Hailee at tap and ballet, so sweet! I love this little girl.

I took this picture of Jackson in the car with Nathan's phone at a random time and I think it is one of the funniest expressions ever captured on his face. Doesn't he look like trouble here? Ha!

Anniversary Trip to Jamaica

Last week, Nathan and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary in Negril, Jamaica. It was wonderful to get away for a whole week and spend time together, just the two of us. We got some much needed rest, we played hard and laughed a lot! We missed our babies a ton but we knew they were in great hands! We spent time reminiscing over the past 5 years and all that we have experienced together. We have been blessed with two amazing children, a new home, new careers that we both enjoy so much, new friendships, loss of family, Nathan's diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes, new found love for cycling together, the list goes on and on. A lot has taken place in this short period of time. I can 100% say that I love Nathan more today than the day that I married him and he is home to me.

Hailee and Jackson, aka Marmie, made us a "Welcome Home from Jamaica Mommy and Daddy" sign when they picked us up at the airport. It was 10:30pm and Hailee was so excited to see us, she didn't even realize how late it was. Jackson woke up among all the commotion, as you can probably tell, ha!

Yesterday morning, Hailee woke up on schedule at 6:30am. After a 1:00am wake up with Jackson suffering from some tooth pain and, myself battling some insomnia lately, I was looking forward to a restful and "slow" morning before having to be at the church with Hailee that afternoon to get dressed and have pictures taken for April and David's wedding. However, that was not at all how the morning turned out to be...relaxing. Around 10:30am, Hailee started to complain that her head hurt, she had a temp of 102! As bad as I felt for my little girl, I did not want to have to call my sister-in-law on her wedding day to tell her that her flower girl was "calling in sick" to the wedding! So, immediatley the Motrin and Tylenol started. I thought after her nap, she'll feel better, I was wrong. She woke up and seemed to be worse than the morning. After a long and rushed morning, I am proud to say that Hailee made it to the wedding and even followed through as the flower girl. She did beautifully, she was so sick but so excited and didn't want to miss out on it. She had been looking forward to wearing her dress and throwing the flowers for weeks now. She was such a little trooper. I kept telling her that she didn't have to do it if she felt bad, but she would just shake her head and tell me, "I wanna do it Mommy." Hailee loves weddings and everything that goes along with it. A few months ago she found a DVD that had Nathan and I's wedding on it, she LOVES to watch it, so much that Nathan and I are growing very weary of it, ha! She always talks about her wedding dress and flowers and dancing to songs. She was so happy to be in April and David's wedding and I know she will be glad she did it when she sees these pictures.

April looked gorgeous and the wedding was so sweet. Welcome to the family David, Hailee and Jackson are excited to have you as an uncle!

Beautiful bride and her flower girl

Daddy and daughter

Dad giving Jackson a taste of a chocolate strawberry,

I don't think he's so sure about it...

My little girl

I'm pretty sure she got bored on stage, but she did so great!

I love this picture and I took it, shocker!