Tanner William Wemyss

Welcome to our sweet Tanner boy! Tanner arrived about 5 days early on October 22, 2009. I realize that I am a little late in the game to blog about this, but I'm trying to do a catch-up post and get us back to real time! Tanner is 8 weeks old today and has started to smile and grab things (especially my hair!). He is not on any schedule yet, but I am hoping to get him there in the next week or so. Momma needs more sleep!

Tanner is a much bigger baby than Austin was at this age. The boy likes to eat! He loves his big brother and always has a smile for him. Austin is enthralled with Tanner and wants to be next to him (on top of him, in his face, etc) all the time. This has presented a challenge since Austin has had cold after cold due to being in preschool this year. Poor Tanner has had a cold since his second week of life! The only consolation is that later on he will have a stellar immune system!

Enjoy Tanner's birth announcement! The picture on the announcement was taken by a local photographer, Lauren Simpson. If you are in the Sienna Plantation area, she is fabulous!

I promise I will post some current pictures in the next blog post!

A Really Overdue Post!

I have been procrastinating when it comes to updating the blog because so much has happened since I last posted!

Here is a quick synopsis of our life in the past 6 months:

1. We are expecting! I surprised Charlie with a positive pregnancy test the day before Valentine's Day (I know, I just couldn't wait!). We are due on October 27, 2009 with our second boy. No name yet - we are still debating, but hopefully we'll decide soon.

2. We have moved back to Texas! Charlie was offered a new position in Houston about a week after we found out I was pregnant. If you know me, then you know how much I love the whole moving while pregnant thing! God definitely has a sense of humor! In the midst of morning (all day) sickness and two-year old tantrums, we (okay not we, Charlie) somehow got the house ready to be put on the market and we received an offer four days later. Truly an answer to prayer!

3. We found a house in Missouri City, Texas! We love our new house! We were homeless for about six weeks when we first moved down. We alternated between my in-laws and my parent's houses. While we appreciated their generosity, it was heaven to move into our own space and start to get settled. There is still plenty that we want to do around the new house, but it is starting to feel like home. The neighborhood is great and it won't be long until we feel like we have lived here for years.

4. We vacationed in San Antonio, Texas with my family in June! It was a wonderful, relaxing vacation, even though we had just moved into our new house less than a week earlier! My parents rented a beautiful home right outside of San Antonio and we spent the days lazing by the pool and playing guitar hero. It was a lot of fun. We also went down to the RiverWalk one evening for dinner and spent a day at Sea World. Sea World was great and the kids (Austin and his cousin, Mallory) and the two pregnant ladies (myself and sister-in-law, Karson) did really well considering it was June in Texas! We even were able to have a close up, back stage encounter with Shamu, thanks to the sister of one of my brother's best friends from high school. Katie is one of Shamu's trainers, so we got the scoop on Shamu and took an awesome picture sitting right next to Shamu. Thanks so much Katie!

5. Austin attended his first Astros game! Thanks to MiMi and Pops, we headed to our first Astros game this past Saturday. Austin did really well and enjoyed the ballpark (especially, the train and the food!). He also got his first Astros shirt, hat, and ball, courtesy of his grandparents!

Well I think that covers the big things that have happened over the last few months. I promise to be better from this point on! After I upload pictures from San Antonio, I'll add some pics, but I'll leave you with the shots of Austin at the Astros game.

It's feeling balmy...

I never thought I would see the day when I would be excited about temps in the high 30's, but it's been downright balmy in CT the last few days. Of course the high 30's feel great when it's been in the upper teens and lower 20's for much of the last month. Heck, 4 days ago it was a high of 18 with the wind chill at 0 - yes it was really freaking cold!


I am about at my wit's end with the snow and unfortunately it is only the 2nd week of February which means that more snow will undoubtedly find it's way upon us. This is the most snow that I have seen in my three years in CT and I'm ready to see the grass again (last time I saw it was December I think!). I'm getting cabin fever! Okay no more complaining. At least most of the snow has melted from our driveway and I am starting to see patches of our back porch again! I can't wait for Spring!


Here are some pictures from the last few weeks:

Austin in his new robe

Austin and Noah enjoying their lunch date

Sledding!

"Aren't I cute?"

Trying to pull his lawnmower in the sled - He wasn't very successful!

Daddy and Austin

Not happy about the snow on his mittens

Kristen and Charlie at my Jr. Woman's After Holiday "Margaritaville" Party

Until next time,

Psalty, the Singing Songbook and Wednesday Silliness

I was fortunate to grow up in a Christian household listening to Christian music. Psalty, the Singing Songbook, was always a favorite of mine and my brother and sister, and I swear we knew the words to every song for albums 1-5. I started to think of Psalty, just in time for Christmas present ideas and passed that one along to my mom as an idea for Austin. It turns out there are 12 Psalty (Kid's Praise) albums now and my mom bought him all 12! I love being able to pass this music on to Austin and it's amazing that I still know the words to most of the songs!

If you need good Christian praise music for your little ones, I definitely recommend the Kid's Praise albums. It's fun, catchy music and you might just find yourself singing along!

And to make the grandparents happy - a few pictures of Austin and I being silly on a Wednesday night! (pardon the nice, red pimple under my nose - yes, I'm 32 and I still break out!!)