New Orleans

For Memorial Day weekend we decided to go to New Orleans.  It had been pouring rain in Texas for weeks so we watched the weather closely and decided to go at the last minute when it looked clear. The kids did great on the road trip especially when we let them pick out 1 thing at the gas station in the middle of the drive :)  We got there around 8pm, checked into our hotel, searched for food and ended up eating at our hotel since everywhere was crazy.  Saturday morning I had tickets for us to go on a swamp tour.

I thought Frisco was humid, but Louisiana is about 20 times worse.

So nice to get away for a few days especially since this was right in the middle of my morning sickness, yuck.

We learned so many fun things about alligators.  We saw a lot on our tour and the guide would throw them a marshmallow which they apparently love.

Towards the end of the tour they passed around a baby alligator with its mouth taped shut for everyone to hold.  Alex didn't want anything to do with it and Cole was mad that Al was trying to help him.

Cole wouldn't stop crying so when everyone was done I took him to the front and let him have his very own turn.  He proceeded to try and take the tape off the alligators mouth, yikes!!

After our gator tour we had lunch at a trendy sandwich place, walked around the Lafayette cemetery

and drove around the lower 9th ward where Hurricane Katrina hit the worst.  A lot of the homes were still boarded up or a lot of the lots were just empty with overgrown grass, really sad.

We had beignets from the famous Cafe Du Monde, yum.  3 months later and Cole and Alex still say remember when we had beignets in New Orleans.

We walked around the French Quarter and strolled down Bourbon Street around 5pm and got some crazies from the balcony to throw Alex and Cole some beads, they loved it.

 Alex at breakfast Sunday morning.

 A pink poodle, totally normal right.

My pictures end here because at dinner that night Cole was playing with my phone and set a passcode, what!!  How does a 2 year old even do that.  When we got home we plugged my phone into my laptop to transfer all my pictures before we reset the phone.   Al said we should just try to guess his code before we wipe your phone.  Turns out it was 8888, oh cole!!   

May

I don't think I've ever been this behind on blogging. We've been so busy the last few months, but here is to catching up or at least trying. Cole all cozy in his sleeping bag watching a movie.

A field trip to the pet store to see the animals.  

Saturday morning donut run with Dad.  I always thought LA had so many little donut places, but Texas does too!!

Mothers Day!!  We woke up to tornado sirens around 7:30am and all sat in the bathroom for a bit, scary.  

My Subway pregnancy obsession with Cole came back in the first trimester with this baby and we went a lot.  Cole loves everything on his sandwich so he's easy to please, but Alex is the picky one so we get him pizza subs like Al.

Alex's preschool pony picture, so cute!!

Frozen yogurt at the last station with my 2 favorite boys.

Alex got new dinosaur sheets that he was so proud of.

Cole being a goof ball at Target.

Alexs preschool program which was hilarious.  The kid on his left is the troublemaker and Alex laughed at everything he did.

By the end his hair was like this and Bressens mom came up and apologized to me, haha.

We love popsicles

My friend Lauren invited us to Hawaiian Falls one morning to be on the news and they give each kid 4 free tickets to the waterpark, score!!

Swim season and this cute boy looks adorable in his Euro swimsuit.  He kept calling it underwear :)

Cole is my sidekick at my Dentist appointments, haha.  He just hangs out on my lap or sits on his iPad, so grown up.  I'm convinced he's a 20 year old in a 2 year old body.

3rd Times a Charm

I found out I was pregnant around 5 weeks.  I took a test while Al was out of town and totally peed on the stick with the lid still on and didn't realize I did it wrong until a week later when I took another test, hahah.   I took the second one when Al was home and he didn't believe I was pregnant since we just started trying on our trip around the world, but sure enough I was right.   When we went to Utah is when all the nausea kicked in......ugh it's crazy how you think you remember what it was like, but then it happens and you really don't remember.   I'm almost 15 weeks and still so sick especially at night.  Around 7 weeks the Dr put me on Diclegis which is a sleeping pill mixed with vitamin B6 but it helps with my nausea, it doesn't get rid of it, but definitely helps.   From about 5-8 weeks were so hard....I could barely open the fridge without gagging, my house air freshener made me sick, gum and toothpaste taste horrible, water is awful to drink, my mouth always tastes gross, my skin is so broke out and Alex asks me everyday why it looks like that, I'm gaining weight at rapid speed and I'm already wearing maternity clothes.  Every time I throw up which has been less and less Cole and Alex ask if I'm ok and run in to watch me puke, oh man.  Cole started rubbing my back the other day.  I would say at about 17 weeks I started finally feeling better, but my skin is still really broke out.
We didn't tell Cole and Alex until I was ready to announce it just because we knew Alex would be so excited and tell everyone.  Around 10 weeks and told them we had something to tell them.  They were asking the funniest questions like can we cut your tummy open with a  knife, how does the baby eat, I want a sister, is it dark in there.  So many questions :)  Here I am at 10 weeks.....I'm 18 now and so far behind on blogging.

Sodapalooza

Sodapalooza is here again!! Racetrac sells these cups for $8 with a bunch of free coupons and you can walk in anytime until August and get a soda or slurpee.  We are going to miss out on July since we are going to Utah, but I think we have definitely got our moneys worth!!

As I remember this was a long week and Al was in Chicago, Texas, and maybe Jersey that week for all kinds of stuff.  He sent us 1 picture at the neuro surgeon convention.

Alex's adorable preschool class had a Mothers Day breakfast for us and gave us those cute little plants with a picture of them.

Then they read these out loud and we were supposed to guess who it was.  I'm not sure where he came up with Donald Duck and football being my favorite TV show, haha.

Cole my cuddle bug.  He is the cuddliest little guy ever, he wants to cuddle at nap time and bedtime and sometimes he will show up at our bed in the middle of our night and say will you snuggle me.

I took both of the boys to the dentist.  Alex always has a hard time with it for some reason so I tried to coach him before about what they were going to do and I would take him to get a donut afterwards if he listened o the Dentist and didn't cry.  They asked me if Alex would let them take x rays and I knew that was out of the question and the minute he sat down on the table started hysterically crying. Cole just sat there and looked at him and got up on the table and did everything the Dentist asked including have a conversation with him, funny kid.

It's always a bummer when one listens and one doesn't so then neither of them got donuts and Alex cried about that too.  

Hamming it up with his new Sunglasses from the Dentist.

Every time we go to Costco now we can't stop without eating at the end and of course Alex wants the pizza and Cole wants the hot dog and they are bigger than both of them.

Scary storms were happening in Texas and it seriously rained for a month straight.   I'm still scared to death everytime we get a big storm especially since so many homes by us have burned down from lighting, yikes.

Top Golf

Story time at the library and Curious George made a special appearance.

Alex's adorable preschool picture.....can't believe he will be going to Kindergarten in a year, makes me sad that I won't get to spend all day with him anymore.

Warm afternoon at the park and Cole got to sit on our friends little motorcycle, good thing he could't figure out how to start it.

We took the boys to Top Golf on a Saturday morning and got them lemonade, chips and salsa, and had breakfast.  They were in heaven.  Alex keeps telling me he wants to take Golf and piano lessons, but I think the golf part might have something to do with Top Golf....haha

Silly faces

Trying to hide my baby bump, but it wasn't working and now that dress is too small to wear.

We took a detour and walked through the new enormous Nebraska Furniture Mart owned by Warren Buffet.  I've never seen anything like it.

Al took this picture and explained guy peeing etiquette and how you only pull your pants down in the front and not down to your ankles.

Waiting for me to get done with a Senior photo shoot in Grapevine.