It May Be a While....

I am coming up on my last month of service as a resident, EVER! :) I will be so glad when this month is over. It is a stressful exhausting month for me working an average of 80 hours a week with 30 hours stretches of call at a time. I LOVE my job and my patients, but this will not be something I miss. Needless to say I barely have time to love on my babies so I doubt I will have time to blog (unless it is during a lull in the middle of the night!). BTW...early thanks to all of my family who pitches in to help me care for the babies and even volunteer to watch the kids while I have a nap. Here are some pictures we took over the last week. They are growing up so fast. Cambell's newest thing is that she loves to be tossed up in the air (I guess she must have some of that Locker daredevil blood in her!) and she will talk and squeel to you. Matthew is so cute putting words together to make sentences like "da ball go?" for where did the ball go. He says "back back Harden" for get back Harley (the dog) when we go outside (E-ow). He runs everywhere he goes and is into everything! He occ. has to be put into time out for throwing fits or throwing balls in the house! He is such a sweet little man.

The expression on her face is so cute! What a darling little angel.

More of the Locker blood, look at those cute little hands.

Corey can't get over her beautiful eyes.

Fun!

Corey got Matthew a seat for the back of his bike. Matthew had a blast riding on it with Corey. I don't think I feel confident enough to ride with a baby on back, but Corey is great on bikes. He actually taught the bike officers last week how to ride for work.

Sweet Babies!

This weekend my mom came and gave me some much needed rest.  Corey has gone back to his usual schedule and I have had a hard time being by myself with the kids again (even though they are the most amazing and well behaved kids ever!).  My mom decided to come and spend the night with us Friday night and let me play doctor.  I cut off some skin lesions that she had!  It was a little stressful using a scapel on my mom!  :)  We had a great time.  As usual my mom seemed to work the whole time she was here, and I appreciate all she does for us.  

Also this past Tuesday I got to babysit little Jackson while his mom and dad got some much needed alone time!  We had a good time with Jackson, he is such a little miracle baby and it is just precious to watch him in action.

Miss Cambell all dressed up in her jeans, looking way to grown up.  She is the happiest little girl.  She will just talk and coo until she totally wears herself out!

Mammaw reading to the babies.  Matthew has become very interested in choo choo trains lately and that was the only page he wanted to look at.  His new word for the day is booger!  

Laundry basket filled with 100 balls!  What could be better??  Nothing.

Last Thursday we had some very intense Thunderstorms.  The hail was pounding down at this point and it was so loud inside the house, but it didn't seem to bother Matthew at all.  He was quite amazed!

Cambell and Jackson laying in the floor together.  It is amazing that this 6 week old little baby wasn't even due until later next week!  What a blessing that he is here and healthy.  It won't be long until he is bigger than Miss Cambell!

Easter 2009

Easter is an amazing time and it is truly wonderful to reflect on and to remember the sacrifice that Christ made for us, for all of us.  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16

We had a wonderful Easter in Muleshoe.  This was the first year that Matthew is old enough to hunt Easter Eggs (aka Easter Apples).  I wasn't sure how he would do, but he caught on immediately and had a great time playing with all of his cousins.  We also got to color Easter Eggs and spend time with Mammaw and Pappaw.  We also spent some time with Grandma Dawn and Grandpa Roger and Papa T and Aunt Carrie.  It was a lot of fun for the babies and for us as well!  

Cambell watching Matthew color Easter Eggs

This was SO much fun!

Matthew and Mommy getting ready to hunt Easter Eggs (inside, b/c it was so cold!)

Cousin Emma decided it would be a lot easier to hunt out of Matthew's basket!  He didn't really mind!

Matthew and his cousins Emma, Hannah, Kateland, Jordan (inside Elli and Ellie) waiting for the Easter Bunny to come!

Beauty in Everything!

This picture of Matthew is one of my new favorites!  (for those of you who wonder, the lady bug did make it out alive...I had my doubts!)  If we could all be so innocent and see the beauty in everyday things!  The other day he picked up a caterpillar (that's what we call the little buds our Mulberry tree drops...they look like caterpillars) and the expression on his face was priceless and said, "WOOOOOOOOW!"  What a blessing children are to help us remember that everything is a gift from God and we should appreciate all of the beauty that surrounds us. Here are just some fun pictures of the kids over the past week or so.  Enjoy!

Cambell is all bundled up (yes, this was just last week) for the freezing cold and snow before Corey and I left to go to San Antonio.  She is growing so fast...except for those cute little feet.

This is a picture of one of many boo boo's.  This one hurt momma and daddy too.  We had just got home from San Antonio and went to pick the kids up and visit with family for Dan's birthday (happy birthday Dan!)  and Matthew wanted to play outside.  Dan and Lydia's little puppy wanted to play too and jumped on Matthew's back and he face-planted into the concrete with a puppy on his back.  Ouch..he bled and bled.  Poor little guy.

The babies love to be read to.  Yes, that is a lime in Matthew's hand.  He eats the peel of most fruits (which are all called apples...actually anything that is round but is not a ball is an apple to Matthew....rocks, candles, whatever!).

For the first few seconds of silence I enjoy it, then I realize that he must be into something!  This time it was Daddy's 32 ounce ice tea!

Matthew playing in the sprinkler, that was not my intention!  It was only in the upper 60's, but he doesn't care.

Sweet baby girl.  What a cute dress!  Me and Mammaw had taken the kids to get easter pictures, but had no idea how hard (impossible) it would be to get a good shot of a 3 month old and an 18 month old.  We actually gave up and left the studio without any pictures!  

San Antonio...Just the Two of Us!

Corey and I had an amazing weekend.  This is the first time we've gotten away together, just the two of us, in a long time.  (I don't count Santa Fe since we both had stomach bugs!).  Thanks so much to our wonderful families for allowing us to go.  Everyone pitched in to take care of our babies while we were gone....my mom and dad, Corey's parents, Aunt Carrie (who kept Matthew the whole weekend!), Dan and Lydia!    I think we need to try and do this more often, we came back so refreshed and reconnected.  Thanks again family!  Corey and I drove to San Antonio on Friday, we escaped the snow and ice.  That night we walked the river walk and at dinnner there.  The next day we got up and went to the Guenter House to have breakfast which was wonderful.  After that we were off to fiesta texas where we acted like kids and had a blast riding the roller-coasters and other rides.  I guess you are showing your age when you wake up the next morning and your neck is sore from the rides!  :)  Then we went shopping at an outdoor mall.  After that we went to a popular and wonderful restaurant on the river walk for a romantic evening.  We somehow got into this restaurant without reservations and even got to sit right on the river walk.  The weekend went by so fast, but we had a great time.  I think this is the first time we've been in a picture together for at least a year!!

Headed back to our room which was across the street from the Alamo.

Walking on the river walk to go have dinner.

Eating at Budro's on the river.

Playing like kids at Fiesta Texas!!

Fun in Muleshoe!

These are pictures from weekend before last.  Corey went with his friends to Ozona to go rock crawling.  They had a great time taking their jeeps up some very rugged terrain.  Corey was impressed with how well his jeep did, unfortunately Corey forgot the camera so there aren't any pictures.  Me and the babies went to Muleshoe to hang out for the weekend.  We enjoyed spending time with all of the grandparents!

Plumber's crack!

Hanging out on the floor!

Pappaw let Matthew go outside first thing in the morning...he was only in his pj's until I brought out his coat and shoes!   Matthew's word for outside is "E-ow, E-ow"

Having corn on the cob for the first time!  He looks so grown up.

Family Time

    I guess everyone is getting tired of hearing how happy I am to have Corey at home with us on the weekends and evenings for a while...but I am so thankful.  Imagine going almost 3 years with our schedule:  I get up and go to work before Corey gets up and by the time I get home he is gone.  We would see each other in the mornings of the weekend and two afternoons per week.  Then we had two babies on top if it all...needless to say it has been difficult on us (especially me) being apart that much.  Me and the babies are just so thankful for this time even though it will end in a few weeks.  This week and weekend it was just me and Corey and the kids.  We had a great time just hanging out as a family.  

   On Saturday I went to a baby shower of one of my best friends.  Page had her baby Jackson Reese on Monday, he was born early at 33 weeks and 5 days, but he did GREAT!  He needed some help breathing at first, but now he is breathing on his own and even getting to nurse 2 times per day.  He has moved out of the NICU to the "grower room," where he will be until he is able to eat by himself for the usual 8-10 feedings per day.  Page is just glowing as a mom.  She is one of those women who has always known that God wanted her to be a mommy.  She had to go through a lot to get pregnant so we are so thankful that Jackson is going to be okay.  I got to hold him on Saturday and he is just perfect.  One of my favorite things now to see is the transformation that takes place in a new daddy.  I have seen it twice with Corey and it was great to see it with my friend Jon.  

Sunday morning we went to church with our good friends Jon and Page.  We felt right at home there and will most likely continue going to this new church.  Matthew had fun playing in the nursery with the other kids.  Later we took Matthew to the science spectrum and petting zoo.  He had a blast and did not want to leave.  He loved all of the animals and was not scared of them at all.  He actually tried to climb into the pen with the camels!   

...For whatever reason this blog never posted, so it is going up a week or so late.  Jackson is now happy and healthy at home!

My handsome boys!

Trying to climb in with the animals!

Petting the baby goat while Cambell relaxes!

He wasn't the least bit scared!!