Easter Bunny Picture

I went to the mall on Friday. Before going, I was thinking I might get Brennan's picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Once we got there, I got sidetracked and almost forgot all about it. We were getting ready to exit on the 2nd floor when I saw the Easter Bunny below. I decided we should at least go check it out.

Obviously I've never paid that much attention to the photos with the bunny or Santa before because I had NO IDEA how much they cost. I was looking at the sign when the cashier told me that there are six packages, but each of them is $21.99. I thought that sounded completely ridiculous; especially when the quality probably wouldn't be that great.

I almost turned back around and didn't do it, but decided to go for it anyways. :)

Brennan was asleep in his stroller. I felt bad having to unbuckle him and get him out just for a silly picture that mommy wanted. One of his socks fell off when I was getting him out, so I went ahead and took the other sock off too. He stayed asleep, but was getting hungry so we had a hard time getting a picture without his hands in his mouth. Check out his toes! He spreads them apart so far and they are so long!



Well worth my $21.99 plus tax I think! ;-)

Safe Arrival

We made it to the hotel on our first road trip with Brennan! He slept the whole way. Such a good baby! I took him out of his car seat to try to wake him up to eat, but he was still sleeping!

Friday's Fab Five

I feel like such a slacker since I haven't posted anything since last Friday. I will try my best to post some new pictures soon! Brennan wore blue jeans for the first time yesterday and I didn't even get a picture!

Today, instead of five fabulous things, I thought I'd pick five things that I am currently praying for and perhaps you'd pray for them too. Here's to power in numbers!

1. Healing - Brennan has a cold. :( I hate that there isn't much you can do for a baby with a cold. We are keeping him elevated, using a humidifier, using saline drops, and trying to suck snot out of his nose. He is still being a great baby most of the time, he is just super congested. The doctor said his chest is clear, so that's a praise, but I want him to be all better soon! As a side note, he slept 7.5 hours straight Wednesday night! Such a big boy!

2. Travel mercies - We will be taking our first road trip with Brennan this week. We are going to a wedding in Great Neck, NY. Hopefully all will go well. I've already started packing Brennan's bag to make sure I have everything we could possibly need.

3. Smooth move - Josh, Amanda, and Adah are getting ready to make a cross country move. Josh will be driving and Amanda and Adah will fly. I pray everything with the movers goes well on Monday and that traveling goes great too. I absolutely can't wait until you get here! I can't wait for you to meet Brennan!

4. Baby Mason - My cousin Beth's husband's nephew (did that make sense???) has recently been diagnosed with Usher Syndrome. I have done very little reading about it, but that little boy is certainly in my prayers. Pray for his parents as they look for the best options in dealing with this new diagnosis.

5. Cancer - On Wednesday, a teacher from school came by the house to drop off a present for Brennan from another teacher. Later that afternoon, I found out that the teacher who had given the gift (Patty) has just started chemo for treatment of Hodgkins Lymphoma. Patty worked with me during math everyday, so I know her well and pray for strength for her and that the chemo kicks the cancer's butt!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Friday's Fab Five

Here's a RaNdOm assortment of blessings from this week.

1. Tomorrow is the first day of spring! I am loving this spring-like weather. I know I mentioned it last week too, but it's worth mentioning again. I'm sure it won't last forever, but I am enjoying it while it's here. I love taking walks and I love being able to hear the birds chirp when I am up for Brennan's first feeding of the day! Bring on the sunshine!

2. Brennan went to visit my classroom on Wednesday! It was so nice to surprise the kids with a visit. They were very excited! It was nice to see all my co-workers too!I also met with my principal while I was at school and I am now officially a stay-at-home-mom. She recommended that I take a year without pay instead of resigning, just to keep my options open. I submitted my official letter yesterday, so I am not going back to work next school year. I'm sure there will be days that I miss it, but I am definitely looking forward to spending my days with my little man. I feel very blessed to be able to do so.

3. Brennan is still getting spoiled. We still get several presents in the mail each week. I don't have pictures to share of them, but this week he got an outfit from Baby Gap and an outfit from Carters. He got this awesome I LOVE MOM AND DAD onesie from Target (thanks, Val!!! I like it so much I think I'll buy him another one, oh wait I already did!). He also got 3 new books. There was also a regift of an ugly black crow (thanks, Laura), but that one was for mommy and is part of a long story.

4. I love organizing stuff! Yesterday I cleaned out and reorganized Brennan's closet. It looks much better. I also went through my dresses and took out ones to donate to Goodwill. Nothing's better than a little spring cleaning! Hopefully today I can go through more of my clothes.

5. Now saving the best for last! The Dishmons will be here soon! The movers come one week from Monday to pack up their stuff in Monterey and after a visit in Texas, they will here! I cannot wait. This will probably show up on my Fab Five up until they get here! Here is where they'll be living and where Brennan and I will be spending a lot of our time!

So Big!

I thought Brennan looked extra grown up in his outfit today, so I decided we needed to have a photo shoot.

It got off to rough start after I took his binky away.


So, he got his binky back and was much more content.


I think he looks like he's in time-out in this one.


But he wasn't thinking he was in time-out, he was getting ready to spit up. Right before this picture, his binky flew out of his mouth along with a fountain of spit up. You can see that his outfit is wet now.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our little leprechaun!

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