.the westensee family.

Monday, July 29, 2013

.happy birthday parker boy.

.i am FINALLY getting to blog about Parker's birthday. i still cannot believe my little man is ONE. holy shoot, i feel old. time to get pregnant with another.....

...did you find that joke funny? i sure did.

.we had a VERY low-key easy going birthday for parker boy. i sang him happy birthday in the morning. we had breakfast. he got his one year birthdays pictures done by the fantastic kim hedges, we went out to lunch. we came home and played in our game room. we had dinner. we went to bed.

.poor boy, his birthday was boring...THANK GOODNESS he is only 1 and he wont remember it. i went a little overboard with brooklynn's first birthday... again, thank goodness he is young and still loves me anyways.

.so truth be told, i totally SPACED kim coming over and taking pictures. so i was totally cut off guard when i answered the door not showered, no makeup, and both kids in diapers. ops! so luckily i got him cute real quick, and she fired away. he was not in THE BEST mood unfortunately, but she still captured some adorable shots that i just LOVE and cannot wait to blow up for my walls.

.lunch- i wanted to go somewhere they sing, andrew didnt. daddy won. so off we went to Chinese food, because that was the only kind of food we could agree on. we went to a Chinese buffet and let the kids go wild on whatever they wanted. it was good, but truth be told it was WAY better than i was 9 months pregnant and eating hotel food. but it was still a change and we got out.

.once the kids were down for bed, i ran to the store for a few last things and sent a few texts out to a few families we barely knew from our ward to see if they wanted to come over sunday after church for cupcakes and ice cream. yep, it was THAT exciting. luckily we had 2 families come over with their cute kids, and we sang, and parker ate the entire thing in a blink of an eye and than we all headed up to the game room for the kids to play while the adults talked. it was a blast.

.i just LOVE parker's little personality he is getting. i CANNOT stand his high pitch squeal, but his laugh and skinny run, and his tough face just is hilarious. he also has happy feet, and will show you his tongue when you ask where it is, and he LOVES to give you hugs and kisses. i adore this kid. although his birthday was very low key, it was just fun to celebrate with our family having parker boy in our lives and how blessed we are to have him in our family. we sure love him.

.singing happy birthday to parker in the morning. (dont judge the singing)

.singing happy birthday to parker in the morning part two.

.parker's "skinny run"...hilarious skinny kid.

.parker gets a slide from gpa/gma westensee.

.i LOVE this picture of parker, wish the stinkin flash wasnt on.

.we got a new carseat for b and moved parker up to brooklynn's old carseat. she LOVES it.

.umm chocolate pudding.

.after church, b was PASSED OUT.

.yummmm cupcake.

WARNING: ADORABLE pictures posted below.

.happy birthday parker boy. we cant wait to spend ANOTHER year with you.

Monday, July 15, 2013

.happy birthday parker boy.

.i still remember the day i found out i was having a little MAN. i was thrilled, but also so scared about having a BOY. it was weird calling you our little boy when we had called you our little girl for 34 weeks. even though daddy may have not acted totally excited, he totally was...just more in shock.

.the day i was going to be induced with you, i could not sleep. i think i slept for 4 hours...maybe. i was nervous for how my whole labor would go. i was nervous about leaving your sister ( she was in great hands, with grandma mcdonald). i was nervous about how your sister would act when she saw you. i was nervous about how long it would be. i was nervous about everything going well. i was nervous about not having a name...i was NERVOUS. so i got up and curled my hair. if it was going to be a LONG day of labor, at least i can look halfway good when i had you...right?

.after checking into the hospital, being started on pitocin. getting my epidural, my contractions completely stopping, and "attempting" to break my water....within a 5 hour period, i went from 3 centimeters to fully dilated feeling like i am about ready to have this baby without the doctor there. luckily dr haun did arrive to deliver you. the crazy thing was i pushed double the amount i did with your sister (okay so i pushed maybe 8 times with you total)...still only pushed for 15 minutes total. but about 10 minutes into pushing we realized you had flipped and were face up...so it was going to be a little more difficult.

.at 2:25pm our little name-less boy entered the world. you cried and cried and cried, and than you were wrapped up and was so content. your poor little head was so bruised from delivery. everyone said you looked like grandpa mcdonald. you looked like an adorable little old man. we felt so complete.

.fast forward one year later and you are SO much fun. you are still VERY much a mommy's boy. you LOVE your sister. you follow her around and laugh with her every day. you guys are best friends, and i just LOVE that. you have such a sweet personality, but also a "tough" personality. you can deal with brooklynn and hold ground for yourself.

.you dont talk or sign as much as your sister did. i didnt ever teach you signing because as much as i like it, it took a while for brooklynn to start SAYING the word while she signed, instead of just signing it. so i never taught you. you dont need your paci nearly as much as brooklynn. we would have a rough day or two but thats it with you, if i took your paci away. but i have gotten better and left it in your bed for only naps and bedtime and your completely fine with that.

.your built JUST like your dad. tall and skinny. your almost as tall as your sister! you sleep like your mama. you LOVE your sleep. you take one LONG 2.5 hour nap during the day and sleep a solid 12-13 hours at night. mama LOVES you for that. if you wake up in the middle of the night THERE IS A REASON.

.your such a sweet boy who loves to give hugs and kisses. i cant even picture our family without you. we sure are happy you picked our family. i sure love being your mommy and love the special spirit you bring into our home.

.happy birthday parker boy. we love you.

.birthday post coming soon.

Friday, July 5, 2013

.thanks mom. texas 2013.

.after being at my parents house for 2.5 weeks, my mom still agreed to come to texas for a week. when it came time to drop her off, i did NOT want to, and neither did brooklynn.

.we had a blast when my mom was here, okay, well sorta.

.so my poor hubby called me about a week before we were suppose to come home and told me our ac was out. that poor boy dealt with 90+ heat INSIDE our house, not including how hot it was outside. poor guy. he finally got someone to come out, and worked from home on friday (we were coming in tuesday). the ac guy said it was a certain part and blah blah blah it would be fixed at earliest wednesday, but possibly not until thursday or friday. i about died. of course it was HOT those day and my mom and i just ran errands to enjoy air conditioning and stick around for the ac guy to come.

.long story short when i called to see where we were with the part and getting it installed, it sounded as if they hadnt even tried yet. i was MAD. i texted my awesome real estate agent and she contacted me and said she talk to "amanda" and amanda" was high up in the company we were doing all this through...and she was mad. so she ordered for it to be done ASAP or we were to be put up in a hotel that evening. well, guess who booked a hotel? she said we had up to $200 towards a room and guess who booked a NICE embassy suite hotel? me.

.anyways. next day day ac guy comes, we feel cold air, and so the following day (friday) mom and i decided since we didnt have to wait around for anyone, we were going to take the kids to seaworld, especially since mom has never been there. so off we went to a few shows and came home to meet andrew. when i walked through the door andrew gave me the look like your going to be mad....ac out again. for real people?? we live in texas, you would think you know how to fix something that you do ALL THE TIME here in texas.

.so we had a hot weekend, we went to seaworld again, and mom watched the kids while andrew and i went on a date. it was SO much fun. we just got smoothies at mcdonalds (we had a buy1get1) and than went to dicks sporting goods to look at scout stuff for his campout. we ended up looking at baseball stuff when i said, "lets go to the batting cages" next thing i know, we are looking up places and headed to the batting cages. oh.my.word. SO fun. i have never played softball or baseball before (pe does not count in my book) and so it was quite a sight. but we had tons of fun. we hit a total of 208 balls. 104 a piece. andrew hit all the way up to 70 mph and so did i...however i made "contact with 2/16, and when i say contact, i meant a knick. lol.

.the remainder of the week mom and i went shopping, ran errands went down to the alamo and the riverwalk, laughed, laughed some more, joked, and spent time with the kids. monday night andrew watched the kids and mom and i headed to seaworld for 3-4 hours. we went on roller coasters (my mom HATES roller coasters) and came home feeling sick. it was so much fun. my mom watched the kids the last night and andrew and i went to seaworld and did more rollercoaster rides, and rides that soak you (mom and i tried, but it was closed) and than went to dinner at YUM Thai. it was delicious. i LOVE thai food.

.when it came time to drop mom off, mom said, "now, we arent going to talk about it because than i will loose it. its hard because i know the next time we see each other is a LONG time" brooklynn cried the whole way home after dropping off grandma. she would repeatedly say, "me airplane grandma too?" it was adorable. i did get teary eyed when we had to drive away. my mom rocks and i sure am thankful for her spending so much time with us.

.my mom is amazing. she seems to always be there for us. i am so thankful i can call her mom, and my kids can call her grandma. it seems we have grown even closer since i got married and had kids. we talk AT LEAST once a week, if not more. she is such an example to me. one of these days we dont live 33 hours away from each other.

.thanks mom. we love you. and cant wait to see you again.

VIDEOS:

.tasha-batting cages-35mph.

.andrew batting cages-50mph.

.tasha batting cages-50mph.

.andrew-batting cages-70mph.