Beautiful

It's celebration Sunday this weekend at the Village, which means they'll be doing baptisms and celebrating new babies. Caroline is among them, so I thought I'd share the picture(s) of her we'll be sharing so that everyone can see and celebrate her sweet little life.

3 Years Old

On June 10 we celebrated Barrett's 3rd Birthday!! Can't believe he's already three, but we did some super fun celebrating on his birthday and afterward. Here he is opening presents first thing in the morning on Friday.

Licking the batter for his birthday cake. Red velvet - tasted delicious, but looks disgusting in the pictures. He looks like a vampire.
The finished product.

On the morning of his birthday, we were able to visit the Coppell fire station and tour (read: climb all over) the fire trucks. Barrett was in heaven. He was so excited and the fire fighters were loving him.

On Saturday we had a little party for family, our home group, and a few of Barrett's closest friends. Fun with the pinata. Hitting something with a stick to produce candy - I can't imagine anything more perfect for Barrett.

And Barrett's favorite gift from his day... an Iron Man helmet from his Uncle Ryan. It. is. awesome.

Happy Birthday little man!!

May

Aside from a nasty fall by Barrett (see Passport to Life's "Superhero Injury" for details), this month has been full of good times and adorable children. Just thought I'd post a few pictures to keep everybody up to date. First, little Caroline...

Happy Mother's Day to me!Ha, I love this pictures. Happy Birthday, Daddy!! This is the best one we got. Hilarious.
Her two month shot. She really isn't much for posing.
And Barrett... I LOVE these pictures of him at the park. So handsome.
and Clark Kent. He's wearing his Daily Planet press pass that his Grandma Wood made him. So fun - you're so creative, Grandma, we love it!

Sleep Well, Dallas. Your Streets are Safe...

For the first two months of 2011, Barrett was obsessed with Rocky (as in The Italian Stallion). I can only imagine that his Rocky phase was to get him in shape for his true calling - a superhero. Most of Barrett's waking hours (and now sleeping hours thanks to Superman pj's) are spent as either Clark Kent, Superman, Batman, Peter Parker, Spiderman, Wolverine, the Incredible Hulk or any villain of the aforementioned heroes. Underneath his clothes, he usually has a Superman S, the Bat symbol or the Spiderman emblem painted on his chest. His preferred mode of transportation is flying - meaning I am to carry him horizontally while his arms are outstretched and I sing various theme songs.

Lately, Caroline made her first trip to Pottsboro to spend time with Angie's family and we had a visit from my mom.

Caroline is now 6 weeks old. In some ways it's been an incredibly fast six weeks and in other ways, incredibly slow. I don't know how Angie is able to handle the constant noise all day long. Anyway, isn't she pretty...

Back home

Just thought I'd post a few more pictures of Caroline and Barrett from our first few weeks as a family of 4.

Barrett's a big fan of his little sister. He gets a little too excited at times, but overall, he's been amazingly sweet and gentle with her. The first time I put her in the play gym, he insisted on getting in with her to show her around.
Hugs.

In other BIG news - Barrett's potty trained!!! Here he is dancing with joy over his newest achievement in his big boy undies. I was probably a little crazy to try to potty train him with a 2 week old at home, but he seemed ready, and Spring Break seemed like the perfect opportunity. Definitely nice to have only 1 in diapers at a time.

This is from our first family walk. Barrett's wearing his new Cars shirt and hat that he got from Grandma Wood - thanks Grandma!! He LOVES them. He's actually napping in the hat as I type this.

Baby Caroline

Baby Caroline was born last Tuesday, March 1 at 1:31 pm. She looks SO much like her big brother Barrett did when he was born. Here are a few pictures of our time at the hospital. More pictures of homecoming and early days at home to come...

Barrett was so excited to meet his sister. He's been incredibly sweet with her, and thankfully he's still excited about having her around.

So much love for my precious babies.

Getting Ready for Caroline

A quick and long overdue blog post. Caroline Maureen Wood is scheduled to arrive in 3 1/2 weeks. I keep putting off a blog post about her nursery because it isn't completely finished yet. We're waiting on a project that my mom is working on to go over the crib, and I have some odds and ends to finish up as well, but here's a quick glance at what we've gotten ready so far.

Also, our amazing home group girls threw me a surprise baby shower last weekend. I was VERY surprised, and totally blown away by how sweet and thoughtful my friends are. Love these girls.

I'll try to get a better belly shot before Caroline comes - it's a little hard to tell in this picture, but trust me, I'm nice and huge.