Noah Russell Curry

Ryan and I have a new nephew!!! Noah Russell was born on March 25th at 4:20 and weighed 7lbs 5oz and was 20.5 inches long. He is beautiful and absolutely perfect! Unfortunately, we could not be there for his birth, but we will get to meet him very soon, and we cannot wait. Congrats to Uncle Todd and Aunt Marci! We cannot wait to see you as mommy and daddy, I know you will be amazing parents. Noah is a lucky little man. He also has 2 cousins ready to "show him the ropes!"...And here are some pictures we've gotten of the precious little man himself! We love you sweet Noah!!!!

This vs. Last

This St. Patrick's Day looks alot different than last St. Patrick's Day!!!
The Boys Last Year:

The Boys This Year:

Braidy Last Year: (Love that teeny tooth poking through!)

Braidy This Year...what a little man who LOVES his hats!

John Last Year...looks like a youngster!

John this year....looks like a handsome young man!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!! I hope you wore your GREEN!!!

Fogo De Dallas

This past weekend we headed to Dallas for a couple different reasons. 1. Ryan's cousin, Mark, was getting married. 2. We thought Todd and Marci were going to have baby Noah on Monday so we would be there for his birth. 3. Spend time with family. 4. Celebrate Ryan's birthday one more time! We accomplished almost all of these.

We headed down Friday to be greeting by some homemade fried shrimp. (Yes, a majority about this blog/trip will be about food...) We hung out with the Curry's and enjoyed our delicious dinner. Braidy was OBSESSED with Bella and Baylee (the dogs). He wanted to be outside with them every second, and as soon as he woke up in the mornings, he'd say "arfff arfff"...and apparently, he wanted to pick Baylee's nose for him...eeeck.

Saturday we went to the wedding in Ft. Worth. It was incredible. It was at a church as was the reception. No offense to anyone who wanted or had a "church reception" but I just thought it'd be typical, cake, punch, a bunch of talking wtih family. I was wrong. It was beautiful. The colors were yellow and a red color, but the reception was all yellow. It was a "Dessert Reception" great idea! In one room they had a food station where you could fill up your "paper cone" with cheese popcorn, caramel corn or regular butter popcorn. They also had jars filled with lemon heads (YUM!) and lemon sucker stick things. Then in the other room they had glass bottles of lemonade and banana pudding in the "shot glass" that restaraunts are now serving desserts in. A few bites = perfect amount. Then in the big room they had more Desserts in the shot glasses: chocolate mousse, tiramisu, and more. They also had german chocolate cakes, chocolate mousse cakes, and even a station to make nachos. It was fancy and a great idea. I loved it!

Saturday night, Nena and Pops "braidy-sat" for us so that I could take Ryan out to Fogo De Chow for his birthday, and Todd, Marci and Dan joined us. It was fabulous. We all ate a TON and left there feeling a little sick. I know the boys especially enjoyed it and probably got their money's worth! Those boys can eat!



Sunday we had a crawfish boil before everyone left to head home. 140 lbs of crawfish later, we are feeling sick again. But, man, was it TASTY.









Marci's doctor decided not to induce on Monday =( so we did not get to be there for his birth, but the good news is, he is coming soon!!! I can't wait for my sweet little nephew to be born. I love him already!!!

We drove home early Monday morning. Let me just say that Braidy HATES riding in the car. He's never been a good traveler and as he ages, it doesn't get much better. This picture sums up the trip home =)

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DEMOTED!

A month and a half ago, my sweet husband decided to lower Braidy's crib into a toddler bed. I was a little apprehensive, but daddy assured me that after a week or so, he'd be good to go on the big boy bed. He even said he'd get up with him if he got out of bed. Unfortunately, neither of these proved to be true statements. (Don't get me wrong, if I woke him up, RYan would gladly put him back in bed, but he sleeps hard and doesn't wake up for anything.)

The nightly routine went from easy to very hard. Braidy would get up time and time again, peek his little head out, smile, and after we'd tell him to go to bed, he'd go back in his room...only to sneak out and very quietly come into our room, again, with a big, proud smile on his face. Other times he would cry and lay his head by his door and watch us from underneath the door. Other times, I would go in there to "check" on him and he'd be playing with his toys, unplugging his sound machine, or rocking himself in the rocker. Besides the "before bed" routine, every night/morning he'd come into our room around 4 or 5 and either finish the night in between mommy and daddy or mommy would curl up and sleep with Braidy in his itty bitty bed.

SO, moral of the story, Braidy is not quite ready for the big boy bed. He's been demoted back into the crib, but he seems happy (after the first night of screaming) and he even slept through the night last night! Hallelujia. I felt like I had a newborn again there for a while.

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Uncle Mike Comes to Lubbock

My Uncle Mike is working in Odessa/Midland for a couple months so he got to come visit us last weekend. We had such a fun time with him, and I'm positive the boys are ready for him to come again. Ryan and Uncle Mike went to the Tech/UT basketball game (he BLEEDS burnt orange and white....eck...but we love him anyways)! Uncle Mike was such a good sport and played whatever they wanted to play. They went to the park, played in the sandbox, jumped on the trampoline, played swords, etc. Braidy called Uncle Mike "Poppa" (he was a little confused...Poppa is my dad, Uncle Mike's brother, and they definitely resemble each other) so Poppa might have gotten "credit" for coming this weekend! haha. It should be interesting to see what Braidy does when Poppa AND Uncle Mike are in the same place at Crockett's party...then he'll be REALLY confused! Thanks Uncle Mike for coming and spending time with us and loving on our boys! We love you and can't wait for you to come back again!

S is for Slacker

Many people have nonchalantly mentioned how the blog has been neglected as of late. I have been SUCH a slacker and I'm disappointed in myself. This will be a "catch-all", but I will pick up the slack starting today! I know what the deal is: usually, naptime meant a chance to blog/clean/etc, but these past couple of weeks I've been using that time to clean and do invitations, etc. Poor little blog got neglected. Oh, but I'm back. Ok. Now, where to start?

The weekend before Valentine's, Nena and Pops came to visit for a few days. We hadn't seen them since Thanksgiving...that's a long time without seeing your grandbabies. So they came, we had a great visit. They jumped on the trampoline, took Braidy and John to Chuck-E-Cheeze, went to a movie, went to John's school, and just had some good 'ol "Nena and Pops time". We sure were happy to get to see them!!!





Crockett and Jess came the week before Valentine's. Crockett and Braidy are to the point where they have SO much fun playing together. They will just chase and chase each other. Crockett will tackle Braidy to the floor. They will wrestle and laugh. Yes, 11 month olds and 19 month olds wrestle. Boys. LuLu brought Valentine cupcakes for them and they were in heaven. Crockett went to town and loved it. It was good practice for his big first birthday next month!





Valentine's Day. Ryan and I didn't do much for each other (except cards..oh, and I got some GIRL SCOUT COOKIES...i'll take thin mints over roses anyday!) My husband knows how to make me happy...chocolate! I made dinner, Braidy made his "own" dinner, and that was about it! I tried to make my mother-in-law's famous Shrimp Fettucini. I think she'd be proud. It wasn't quite as good as her's...but it was YUMMY!! I am pretty sure Ryan and Braidy loved it too, because between the 3 of us, we finished off the small pan of it that I made. Braidy and I made chocolate covered strawberries that were DELICIOUS. (except Braidy took all the chocolate off...)



On Tuesday morning, the children's staff from eLife went to the C3 Kids Conference at Fellowship Church in Grapevine. It was a fun 2 days away. We ate a ton, learned alot, and had some great fellowship together. I am so lucky to get work with the greatest staff on the planet. On Wednesday before we left, the WHOLE staff came into town (not just children's) and we went to Main Event to bowl, play games, and play laser tag. So fun. We had a great time. After dinner the girls came back to Lubbock, while the rest of the staff stayed for C3. I sure missed my boys at home, but I'm pretty sure they enjoyed some daddy-only time!!! Here are some pictures of the fun we had!




That should catch us all up for the time being. More tomorrow!