Walker Spring Break

Aunt Katie and her cute boys came to visit last week for their spring break.  It was also Matt's spring break so it was pretty AWESOME!

Matt and the boys did a lot of fun things with the cousins and Aunt Katie and the Lopez'.  I spent a lot of time chilling with this cute little girl while they were running about.  Isn't she cute!

 One morning they went to the "doughnut factory"   The best part of this was later that night when Katie asked them who wants to grow up to work at a doughnut factory and Heath Houston Rhett and Ellie all raised their hands enthusiastically saying "ME!"


These cousins are all so cute!

Front- Houston, Ellie, Rhett, George
Mid- Heath, Miles
Back - James, London

 Sadly the weather wasn't the most cooperative during their visit, but we still had a blast.

Lots of giggles going on right there.

 This is their favorite spot.  : )

 One morning they went to Purina Dog farm.  The boys loved it and had so many stories to tell me when they got home.

Miles, London, James, Rhett, Heath, George, Houston

 One evening Katie treated all us ladies to pedicures! It was so much fun and felt wonderful.  I think we need to invest in one of their massage chairs. The calf massage was pretty superb as well!  What a treat!  

She's so cute! What are we ever going to do when they move?

 The girls. Sorry Hannah is so little and can't play yet Ellie.

 Aunt Katie made Hannah this adorable little dress. It's SO cute!

 On the warmest afternoon of their visit we went to the park and had a little bbq. 

The 3 Amigo's

 The grill master.

 You would never know that this little lady is 32 weeks pregnant.

A rousing game of kickball is always great!

 We had so much fun and are so glad you guys drove all the way here and spent some time with us!

My Hannah Jane

 The boys almost always refer to her as "My Hannah Jane"

Daddy has a pretty cute study buddy now.

 Hannah has been awake a bit more during the day.  We really haven't seen much of her eyes up until the last couple days.

 Her hair is starting to look pretty red to me.  We shall see what it really is like as it gets longer.

 I love how easy going she is.  She's perfectly happy to sit in her little chair and watch what is going on around her if she's clean and fed. If she's tired she'll just close her eyes and go to sleep amongst all the noise.  She has definitely been our easiest baby thus far.

Clompsters

 Our second week was just as wonderful as our first.  We've had so much help from our wonderful friends here.  We had friends bringing meals for us each night for almost 2 weeks after Hannah was born. On Pi day our friend brought us Spaghetti Pie and tasty apple pie! It was sure fun.

 

 Its actually not been as hard as I thought it would be adding a new baby in with the boys, and having  Matt away at school most of the day.  For the most part the boys play together pretty well and are eager to help out by getting diapers or wipes for me or putting Hannah's binkie back in her mouth.  Hannah has been sleeping really well at night.  She goes to sleep about 8:30 gets up to eat about midnight, goes right back to sleep and eats again at 4-5ish, then sleeps till about 9am.  I've never had a baby sleep so well this soon, but I'll take it! It's definitely made a huge difference in the zombieness of the Mommy. I've still been battling this cold, but we're not throwing up, so it's doable in my opinion. 

 Saturday, the 15th Matt took the boys fishing first thing in the morning.  They didn't catch anything, but Hannah and I caught some serious zzz's.  Later that afternoon we (when I say we, I mean the boys rode bicycles, I hung out with Hannah inside, and Matt did everything else) cleaned up the garage. It felt SO nice to have that done.  While I was pregnanat/going through baby clothes/switching out my clothes that didn't fit, it had become pretty messy.  I would ask Matt to get a box down for me that I needed, but then couldn't really put it away.  

It always amazes me how much these little ones change in these first few weeks.  It seems almost every day from morning to evening her face looks a little bit different.  Her skinny skinny little legs are starting to get a little bit chunkier too and it's so cute!













Houston continues to just LOVE Hannah.  He talks to her and about her all the time. He's always saving her from something and giving her high fives.

 He's also getting really good at spotting H's.  When we drive anywhere he always spots them on signs and can write them really well now too.  He now tries to find 3 each time he spots one, one for him, Heath, and Hannah.

 The other day we had just finished dinner and were sitting in the living room.  Houston being our slowest eater in the house was still at the table finishing up (it had been like 45 minutes since we'd started eating, so we'd all moved on)  
Having finally finished his meal, Houston came flying into the living room, threw his hands up into the air and yelled, "It's Houston Time!"   Matt and I totally lost it. It was so funny!

He and Heath love to play batman and Robbin.  Usually Heath is batman and Houston Robbin, but occasionally Heath will let Houston be the batman.  There are always a lot of smiles when that happens.

 Hannah's first real smile was for Daddy the other day. It was SO cute!  I've been getting a lot of the "I'm half asleep in a milk-coma" smiles    : )

 We had a warm day and coaxed Daddy into taking a study break to go to the park with us.  It was SO nice! We haven't played outside for a LONG time! I was trying to remember, and I could be wrong, but I think the last time it was nice enough to be outside was on Heath's birthday towards the end of January.  That's a long time to be cooped up in a house for two little boys.

 The boys brought their baseball gear and had fun playing in the dirt.  Hannah chilled in her car seat under a little blanket for most of the time.

 On Monday, the 24th, Hannah had her 2 week check up.  She was 7lbs 14oz (35th percentile)
21.5"long (95th percentile) with a head circumference of 13.75" (20th percentile)  

After checking her over and pronouncing her "strong and healthy" Dr King was talking about how he's sorry that families like us have to get out and take our newborn babies to the Dr to be checked when they're doing just fine. While he was saying this he was holding Hannah and rocking her back and forth.  After a bit he said, "You know, maybe we will have another one." (He and his wife have a little boy and girl, Heath & Houston's ages.)  It made me feel good to know that my sweet little girl made someone want to have another sweet little baby at their house.

Houston, "Mom, I'm Gru!" (from despicable me) 

The other day Heath was doing the crab walk on the floor and said, "Mom, did you know this is how clompsters walk?" (I'm guessing that's a cross between a lobster and a crab?)

 Hannah absolutely LOVES to be in water.  It is the time she is the most alert and content.  Such a cute little face.

The other night Houston had fallen asleep on the floor. While I was putting him back on his bed Heath started saying with his eyes still closed, " 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,  What comes after 5?"
 "6" 
"oh, yeah, I'm just super tired."  then he rolled over.


The next night he was talking in his sleep again, "Cracks.... are faster than cheetahs. Cracks... in the ice....are faster than cheetahs."  

(he had just watched frozen, I think he had ice on the brain.)