Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Rockin in my school shoes!

Ethan started preschool this past week.  I am so proud of him.  He has been rockin school like Pete the Cat (his books are awesome!).  On Tuesday, he walked in and then started to back up but a gentle push to find his cubby hole and bag hook was all he needed.  He hung his bag up and then walked straight to the train set without saying good bye!  I wanted to run and squeeze him but I refrained.  I didn't want to mess him up.  Then on Thursday, Nana took him, she parked her car and Ethan began to protest, "I want to be dropped off."  So she backed up and pulled into the carpool lane. He hopped out and ran in!  It is so good that he wants to do that; however, it tugs at my heart because he is growing into such a little man!  We are so incredibly blessed! Here are some pics from our first day!  By the way, I did very well and did not cry.

Jack had to join in!  Ethan is so good to him!

He was so excited!!!

Summer time!

This Summer has flown by! It is already September and Ethan started preschool last week. Another post on that soon. I just wanted to update with a few pictures from the summer. We have been busy but it has been oh so fun!

Visit to the Perot museum!

Brotherly love

Posing with the dinos!

Zoo with friends!

Wendi, Jessica and Ava

The Kiddos {impossible to get them all looking at the camera!}

We did so many fun things this summer including lots of boat and lake time, cooking out with friends and family, birthday parties, and swimming!  I only have pictures of this stuff. :(  I think I should check my phone.  I am sad to see summer go but looking forward to all fall brings-cooler weather, pumpkin everything, MOPS, and the Holidays!

Happy 1/2 Birthday, Jack!

Wow. I cannot believe my little red head is 18 months old today!  Happy 1/2 birthday, Jack David!  You are such a blessing to our entire family.  You are the sweetest, happiest, and most loving 18 month old.  You wake up happy, with a smile on your face.  You LOVE to eat but you definitely know how you LIKE your food.  Just last week, you got mad at me because I cut your biscuit in half.  I don't do that anymore!  You love your brother so much, so much you like to take his toys and run.  Some days he is more patient than others.  You are trying so hard to talk to us.  You have lots of babbles but you definitely have some words you can say!  A few of your favorites are Mama, Daddy, Nana, light, back pack, Jack, bye-bye, and down.  On Mother's day, you fell down and Uncle J said, "Jack down!"  and without hesitation, you said Jack down and fell to the ground!  Now, you say it when you are done eating and want to get out of your high chair. 

My sweet boy, I look forward to watching you grow.  I love you so much.

Jack at Great Wolf Lodge, pointing to the water park!

Maybe I do want a strong willed child?!

We are still in the toddler/preschool days so I am not sure I have a strong willed child, yet.  Ethan was a very rambunctious toddler who was very busy, but I think he has a great deal of curiosity.  Jack has shown over the last few weeks that he has a temper.  He threw a major fit over the weekend, Dirk and I were kind of in shock.  We had not seen this side of him before.  He was literally throwing himself on the floor and kicking his feet.  We just let him scream in a safe environment and then he was over it as quickly as it started!  I found this article and I wanted to post it here in case we need it for reference.  It is a great article with excellent advice (in my humble opinion).  I love this: Morality is doing what's right, no matter what you're told.  Obedience is doing what you are told, no matter what's right.  So here is the article: Aha! Parenting I found it at a new blog I follow. http://www.thejoysofboys.com/

Eight Years

So Dirk and I have been married for 8 years today!  It doesn't seem possible.  It has been a great 8 years filled with lots of blessings including 2 beautiful boys!  I look forward to many more.  Happy Anniversary, Dirk!

From the mouth of a 3 year old...

Ethan says the cutest, funniest things that I think are worth writing down!  Here are a few of the most recent.

Me:  Sorry, we are out of milk.
Ethan: Ok, I will have chocolate water.

He jumps off the couch (at Nana's) onto pillows and says, "WOW. Did you see that? That was Ahh-mazing!"

Passing the donut shop. "I love donuts and donuts LOVE me!"

This happened a while ago but it's a good one.
Ethan: "Shut-up!" (Just to the air.)
Me:  "We don't say shut-up. It's not nice."
Ethan: "How about hush?  Can I say hush then?"

He squats down close to the ground close to a bug: "Hey there little buddy."

To Presley: "You are such a good boy, P!"

Hitting the iPad: "Come on iPad, work!  Ugghhh!"

Last night, I was singing "Jesus Loves me" to him at bedtime and then said, "Ethan, Jesus does love you and so does Mommy and Daddy."  Without hesitation he says, "I know.  So does Nana, Papa, Uncle 'J', and Sammy (Uncle J's dog).  They love me too!"

I love our conversations!

Happy Easter!



He has Risen!  I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter.  We sure did.  We had a great time!  We went to our church on Saturday night.  It was packed and it was an excellent service.  After church, we had our friends, the Hammond's, over for dinner, an egg hunt, and coloring Easter eggs.  Ethan was really into it this year.  We used kool-aid to color the eggs and whisks to hold the egg in the coloring!  Thanks Pinterest!


Idea and picture found here

Coloring eggs!

On Sunday, We went to my parent's church.  It was the first service in the new sanctuary!  It was very nice.  After church, we spent the day at my parents, eating, visiting and enjoying the time with family.



Ready for church!

Oh yeah, the Easter Bunny made a stop at our house too! And we were "egged"!  Allison, DJ and Caleb came by on Friday night and egged us.  They hid 16 eggs in the front yard for the boys to find, and some of them were empty reminding us of the empty tomb!  It was super fun and a great way to talk to the boys about the Resurrection.

Easter Morning

20 questions with Ethan...

I found this great idea on Pinterest (and an easy one) just in time for Ethan's 3rd birthday.  Starting at age 3, I am going to ask the boys the same 20 questions and see how their answers change over the years.  Ethan had some great answers.

1.  What is your favorite fruit?   Vegetables
2.  What is your favorite toy?   Firetruck
3.  What is your favorite movie?  My iPad
4.  What is your favorite color?  Red...that's what little boys like
5.  What do you like to take to bed with you?  My blanket
6.  What is your favorite thing to wear?  My hat
7.  What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas...Christmas time is my favorite
8.  Who is your best friend?   Lex
9.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  Drive a monster truck or maybe I can be hulk!
10. What is your favorite TV show?  George (Curious George)
11. What is your favorite animal?  Presley, my dog
12. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Ride my bike
13. What is your favorite Breakfast?  Tacos
14. What is your favorite book?  Big book about monster trucks (he was playing with his new monster truck from Mike and Jill)
15. What is your favorite drink? Milk (To all the wonderful Hematologists I work with...I feed him lots of other foods and drinks!)
16. What is your favorite game? (Silence....I think he was tired of answering :))
17. What is your favorite snack? Gummies
18. What is your favorite Lunch? Strawberries
19. What is your favorite Dinner? Pizza
20. What is your favorite song? Firetruck

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Happy Birthday to the greatest 3 year old I know!  I hope you have an awesome Birthday!  You have brought so much joy to our family!  Ethan Daniel-Mommy and Daddy love you so much! 

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy Birthday to an amazing father and Papa!  You are such a wonderful Dad.  We are so blessed to have you and I am so thankful the boys have such a wonderful grandfather!  We love you!

To Blog or not to Blog?

So it has been a really long time.  I could come up with a million excuses for why I haven't posted but I won't.  I have decided to not worry about all the time I missed and just start fresh!  I am going to work hard to post as much as possible for MYSELF.  If someone reads it that is great, but I want to document our lives. This time goes by so fast.  So enough about that.  Let's get to it!

Jack Attack!

Since my last post, our life has completely changed!  We have a new member in the family. Jack David Williams!  He has been an amazing gift from God.  We were completely surprised and delighted all at the same time.  He was born on November 21, 2011!  Ethan is about to celebrate his 3rd birthday.  How is that even possible?  He is an amazing big brother and has blossomed into this wonderful little man.  He is so smart and talks non stop.  He has a lot to say and it is so funny!  I could talk about those two boys all day but I will post on them later. 


Jack 1 year old

Ethan Daniel

Dirk is back in school full time!  Kudos to him!  He is taking a full load, working full time to provide for his growing family and helping me with the kids!  He is amazing.  He jumps in when needed and even when he isn't.  He cooks dinner A LOT for us!  He is wonderful with the boys too. 

I am still working at Texas Oncology Pediatrics at Medical City Dallas.  I love the balance of work and home life.  I have a rewarding and challenging job taking care of children with cancer or blood disorders.  Those kids are amazing!  I am reminded daily of my blessings.  I am blessed to be able to work 4 days a week and have my wonderful mother taking care of my two babies.  It makes it easier to leave them.

Hopefully, I will blog more often but I am not going to be hard on myself if I don't!  Happy 2013!