Jason, Jason, Jason

We did a little photo shot of Jason one because he is just so darn cute!  The funny thing was that I pulled out the camera to take one picture but Lydia wanted me to take more.  That's so strange coming from a girl who doesn't like to take picture.

Such a smiley baby!!

Lydia insisted that I take one of her too.  That never happens so I happily obliged.

Mother's Day

We had a really low key Mother's day this year.  With 2 kiddos you are so tired all you want to do is sleep.  Which I did get to do in the morning.  Kelvin got up with the kiddos and let me sleep in.  It was heavenly!!  I got flowers the night before and my Mother's day gift and birthday gift was some Jewelry.  I was very disappointed when it didn't arrive in time for me to wear on Mother's Day for church, but it eventually came and I love it.  I also made a cake for the family get together that turned out really cute I think.

My flowers with a homemade card from the best husband!

 

Growing Up!

It's strange to look back on photos from a month ago.  Lydia doesn't seem that much different but Jason obviously does.  He was so little(ish)!!  It makes for such bitter sweet memories because I don't know if I will ever have a baby again so I don't want him to grow up, but at the same time I can't wait for him to be more interactive and play with Lydia.  He is SOOOO sweet!  Always such a happy baby (unless he's hungry) and loves to smile and talk to everyone.  It's so much fun to get him to giggle.  I love that little guy more than words can say.

I LOVE that he sucks his thumb!!

I think he is 3 1/2 months in these pictures.  In the words of my sis in law Lisa, "He is so Yummy!"

Peek-A-Boo

Lydia has really gotten into the peek-a-boo game.  My guess is because we have been doing it to Jason and she can play along.  She also has been into dressing herself.  There are mornings where I will pull out clothes and she will promptly tell me "no" and then choose her own clothing.  This is one example.  At least she got a decent shirt with a pair of Jeans.

I just love how she wants to hold him all the time.

Teaching Jason to Play

One thing Lydia loves is playing with Jason.  Last month he was still sleeping a lot so his time awake was few and far between.  This lead to much joy on her part when he came out to play.  Mostly she loves to teach him about the play mat and how to grab the toys above him.  Even though he is too small to really grab anything, she has been having fun doing it for him. (Maybe that's the real motive behind "teaching" him how to play.)  It's good that they still adore each other.

Like Father, Like Daughter

So Lydia is SO much like her daddy that it cracks me up.  Even though she talks like me (most of the time) she is her fathers daughter.  I caught her doing this last month. (Yes, I am that far behind in my blogging.)

Cheese!!!

What mom? Daddy does it all the time.

A Night at the Bailey's!!

For the past 3 weeks, Kelvin has been working in Lufkin leaving the kids and I here in Carrollton.  They needed people there so badly that they asked him to travel there for work now before we were originally supposed to move in July.  They are paying his way including a food and hotel per diem and since he is living very frugally there, we are ending up being able to make a little extra money!  That is the only nice part about this situation we are in.  Since we were originally going to move mid July when he was transferred, we have been looking for a place in hopes to get the family to Lufkin sooner.  We have had NO luck on the internet and I had a suspicion that it was because Lufkin is out in the country and I'm sure no one does many things online these days.  So we called up the bishop and he confirmed that suspicion.  Most people put up a for rent sign on their front lawn and call it good.  Since that doesn't really help us much (Carrollton is 3 1/2 hours away) we decided that it was time for me to make a trip out there.  Kelvin's parents were kind enough to watch the little kiddos while I left on Thursday morning and we came back on Friday late afternoon.  

Now, Lufkin really feels like an out in the middle of no where town but it's not so desolate as I originally thought.  They have a Target, Walmart, even a Sam's club (thought I'm not a big fan).  So it's not so bad. Even though the entire mall is probably the size of the bottom floor of JC Penny's in Frisco, at least they have a mall.  Plus it's next to a Red Lobster which is one of my favorite restaurants.  It still has that small town feel to it and when we went out to eat Thursday night at Red Lobster, the place was practically empty at 9pm.  Not what I am used to but I can adjust.  When we went hunting for a place there weren't any parks around which then nixed living in an apartment.  Those poor kids can't be trapped inside all day everyday with no where to run around.  Lydia would go crazy and bring me along with her!  So we started to check out houses.  I must say I was shocked to see that it cost just as much to rent a house there as it does here!!!  Even the apartment we were looking at was the same price we pay in the city.  It was a bummer since you would have thought that it would have been WAY cheaper, but I guess with the banks being more strict on mortgages, more people are renting there than buying.  So you get what you get.  

We looked for what felt like forever with very little progress on Thursday night.  We did have an appointment Friday morning to look at a house and it was nice, although very outdated and probably never been upgraded since it was built in the 70's.  It needed paint, a patio, flooring, and cabinets for a start.  It would have been a lot of work, not to mention that it only held a stack washer and dryer in the house.  We would have to put ours outside on the side of the house.  They were asking a little too much for the condition the house was in.  We drove through lots of neighborhoods but found nothing.  Needless to say, we were quite discouraged.  After talking about it for a while though we decided to be thankful in the end and knew that the Lord would provide.

The next week when Kelvin went to work, one of his co-workers asked about our house hunting trip.  Kelvin told him we didn't find anything and were still looking.  The very next day he approached Kelvin with a house that his church owned that the pastor said would rent out to good people.  After assuring the pastor that Kelvin was a respectable guy the pastor agreed to talk with the church board about it.  It is in an even smaller town outside of Lufkin (dirt roads, gravel driveways, basically your average country song) on 8 acres of land.  A lot of renovation had just been done to it and the pastor who is 70 is tired of traveling there to keep up the place.  Enter a good family who needs a place to live and you've got the perfect situation.  I feel so good about this house even though I've never seen it.  We still haven't heard back from the church about whether they will rent it to us or not, but I think it will come through.  It's just now waiting to know when we can start the moving process.  I am getting a little nervous since it's been 2 weeks since Kelvin was first approached by the guy, but these things take time sometimes so I'm trying to be patient and praying A LOT that we don't have to start from square one again.

Anyway, while I was gone and the kiddos were having a good time his parents got some pictures of them.

My sweet sweet baby boy!

 She loves being outside.

Watering the plants.

Who wouldn't love this adorable face!