Baton Rouge

This past weekend we packed up the car and headed off to Baton Rouge to go visit the Harrison family. Kelly, Jacob, Drew, and Luke are such a blessing to our lives and most especially to Curtis's life as Kelly and Jacob are his Godparents. We were thrilled to be able to spend some real quality time catching up with them. The boys are absolutly awesome and were very excited to have a play buddy all weekend. Friday we got in the car around one and expected the trip to take awhile and to be full of stops. Much to our disbelief we didn't have to stop once. Curtis was AMAZING, we read books, colored, sang songs, ate snacks, and before we knew it we were there!!! He was such a trooper! We apologized to him several times for doubting that he could be such a big boy in the car for four hours! We had been postponing this trip for a few months thinking the drive would be horrible, boy were we wrong! When we got there the boys were ecstatic to see each other and played the night away. Saturday we went to the mall, went swimming, and then went out to eat at Boutins. There was live music and dancing starting at seven and the boys really cut a rug. There is a swamp behind the restaurant full of turtles, fish, and snakes. The boys loved it! When we left we told Curtis that the turtles needed to go to sleep so the whole ride home he was saying "Oh no, tuttul seepin" too cute! It was a wonderful trip and we are so amazingly blessed to have them in our lives. By the way Kelly and Jacob look absolutely AMAZING!!! They have been doing weight watchers for a few months now and both of them are back to their high school weights!!!!!

A lesson in early influences...

Curtis is learning to dress himself this week. For some reason he perfers to wear more than pair of shorts. It seams like maybe we have been spending too much time at the West Pearland Wal-Mart! His fashion sense is off to a thugish beginning!

Three years later

The past three years of my life have been by far the most amazing!! Three years ago tonight Jacob and I were nervous, giddy, and incredibly excited as we entered into the sacrament of matrimony. As we watched out wedding video tonight it helped us remember just how awesomely blessed we have been these past three years. Looking back its easy to laugh at our young looking faces getting ready to jump into the unknown together. We bought an amazing house just before we got married and laughed that we would soon actually live in the master bedroom of our house...together! We dreamed of having our first child and spent countless hours imagining what he or she would be like, look like, act like. We imagined all the places we would go and the friendships we would make along the way. What an awesome blessing to have seen these dreams come true! We have had millions of amazing memories these past few years. We have also had our share of heartaches, most especially our precious Catherine. Through it all we have grown together as a family. I have more love for Jacob this day then I could have ever imagined as I stood on the alter three years ago. I could never have imagined what joy I would fee to see our love be manifested into such a beautiful little face. How awesome is God and all of his graces!!!! Thank you Jacob for making all of our dreams come true. You are truly a spectacular man of God! Where you lead I will follow. Fully, Fruitfully, Faithfully, Forever.

Introducing Kaylee Renee Schwartz

Kristy and Dan blessed us today with another beautiful niece to adore! Kaylee was born this morning around seven after a rather scary high heart rate and emergency c-section. As soon as the doctors pulled her out her heart rate returned to normal and all else was great! Kristy and Dan are absolutely thrilled (as are all of us!). I am loving seeing Danny jump into the role of Dad, he is already looking like a pro! He has even changed his first tar diaper! We are already madly in love with her and are dying to go see her again tomorrow afternoon. Enjoy the pics!

Life as a mommy

Had to share the most hilarious moment of our week. Curtis ate some yummy sugar free jello the other night (zero point on weight watchers btw) mid bite he had a huge sneeze and jello shot from his nose and mouth onto my legs...how about that jello shot? Seriously, I had to laugh when I thought about how most other 25 year olds are spending their evenings and what came to their minds as they heard the phrase jello shot. I am such a blessed woman to be where I am at such a young age! Wish I had a picture of the moment but I was laughing too hard to think clearly. Hope you have a great weekend! Here is a picture of us playing outside today thanks Melissa for the awesome splash pad by the way!!! He loves it!!!

Curtis update

We can't believe it ourselves, our little man is almost 18 months!!! Gran Jan brought over cupcakes to celebrate the 1/2 birthday of our little man and my most favorite niece...(I can only say that for a few more weeks had to get it in there!) He is a busy little boy and keeps me on my toes at all times! We have had a ton of fun the last few weeks visiting new parks, splash pads, pools, and bouncy places. We were both tired of the same ol same ol so we decided to switch it up, lots of fun! He is really talking up a storm and has a new word practically everyday. My favorite is when he picks out a word from something either Jacob or I says and repeats it a thousand times. Yesterday it was cart, the day before it was football, last week it was thong, JK. We went to the beach last weekend to celebrate fathers day and had a wonderful time. I posted pictures on our picassa site be sure to check them out. We are so lucky to have such an awesome father and husband. Jacob is truly a spectacular man who lives and breathes for the Lord and his family. I am awesomely blessed by his love. Happy Father's Day honey!

We are getting ready for our niece Kaylee to make her arrival!! The doctors think she may be early so we are on our toes ready to go whenever we get the call! We are dying to meet our little princess!

Mom and Dad are on an Alaskan cruise this week. Yesterday they went fishing (didn't catch a thing) and saw two humpback whales along the way. It sounds like they are having an amazing time. I have to say though its pretty strange without them here!!

Here are a few pictures of our trip to the beach. Hope you are having a great day!

Minnesota Memories

As Jacob mentioned in the previous blog, we made a family trip to Minnesota last week. We of course had an amazing time seeing Grandma Dub, Uncle Jim, Clare, & Robbie. We enjoyed taking grandma out to eat at an amazing restaurant that specializes in pie (yum!). We also shared Sunday Mass and a delicious homemade lunch with Dub, its a good thing we don't live too close because man that lady can cook! No wonder Jan is a whiz in the kitchen!

We spent the rest of our seven days in St. Paul with Michael, Emily, & Anna. We always have the best of time with them. We love opportunities to spend time with them and always feel like we just pick up where we left off no matter how long its been since our last visit. Emily looks beautiful as always and seems to be surviving morning sickness with a smile. Michael is doing great in his new job and has really taken to being a father of two. Anna is of course amazing, it was great to see her little personality as pictures can only show you so much with these busy toddlers. I can still hear her little voice saying, "no, no, no" which most of the time meant yes, and "amo" (more). She is darling! We did a ton while we were there and also found some great time just to relax and enjoy one another. We went to the como zoo and theme park where the babes got to ride on cars, trains, and a merry-go-round. It is such a blessing to see their faces light up when they get to experience something new! We also took Emily's Dad's boat out on the lake for a quick fishing trip, went to the children's museum, Mall of America, lots of local parks, and just had a great time. Thanks for everything Mike and Emily, we love you so much! Tons more pictures on our Picassa site.