Week 18

Another week of our summer vacation has flown by, and with it another birthday party. Happy Birthday to my sweet nephew Grant who turned two this past week. We had a lot of fun with everyone at his party.

The girls and I have been doing as lot of summer cleaning. With my friend Melissa we moved furniture and I steam cleaned all of my carpets. Then Shelby and I went through all of her toys and I reorganized her play room. It is like all new toys for her. She will disappear in there for hours playing. Shelby also visited the ENT again because she is suffering with ear infections still as well. She has lost one tube and the other is is on the verge of falling out, so we are just playing the waiting game. Hayden is still happy as always and we are preparing to go on our Gorman family vacation to Destin, Florida next week. The scary thing is yes, we are driving. I see our ten our trip taking at least 15-20. Good times!

Week 17

My baby turned 4 months old this week. I am amazed at how time has just flown by. Hayden had her baby well visit and she is now weighing in at 15 lbs. 4 oz. (75-90%) and is 26 inches long (95%). She is definitely a big girl. She has another ear infection, poor baby and has been put on another antibiotic. I hope she kicks it soon. She is still quite a happy girl and just smiles and talks to us so much. She is such a joy to have in our family.

We took the opportunity this past weekend to drive up to Austin and visit Grandma Sandy. It was our first longer car ride since Hayden was born and all I can say is it took us 5 hours to drive what normally only takes us 3 and a half. The weekend was a lot of fun we hung out with family, swam, and relaxed all weekend. It was what we needed.

Week 16

Why are the summers so busy? I think all of Shelby's little friends were born during the summer. We have had 2 birthday parties for 3 little kiddos. On Friday the girls and I loaded up and headed to Deer Park for Sofie and Ty Locklear's birthday party. Shelby had a good old time jumping and playing in the games. After that we joined Nana and Aunt Kelli at Incredible Pizza for dinner. The kids played once again and wore themselves out. The next day we had our neighbor Ryan's birthday party. Ansley and Callie joined us for the party and fun was had by all. Ansley and Callie then came home with us and the girls had their first slumber party with Shelby at our house. The rest of the Gorman fam came over the next day and all the kiddos played outside in the sprinkler. On Monday we were going to pick blueberries with Nana, Aunt Kelli and the boys, but the place was closed so we went and hung out in College Station for the day.

Hayden is getting really good about trying to lift her head up as if she were going to do a sit up. I have decided that she has started teething. She drools on everything and makes such a mess and everything you give her she puts straight in her mouth. We gave her toys for the first time this week and she loves them. She plays and plays.

Week 15

Happy 4th of July!!!


It was another fun crazy week here at the Gorman house. We got to spend some much needed family time. Chad was off Friday through Monday and enjoyed some much needed rest with us girls. We celebrated the Fourth of July with family, friends, fun, and good food. We spent the morning with Chad and Shelby in the neighborhood bicycle parade. They looked too cute. I decorated Chad's bike, at least what he would let me, and Shelby's bike trailer. She got dressed all patriotic with her fancy star glasses and star dress and just waved at everyone including Hayden and I as they passed by following the fire truck on the parade route. We then headed over to Uncle Josh and Ishie's house where the girls and Grant played on a water slide in the backyard most of the day. Later that night everyone headed over to watch The Woodlands fireworks display. Fun was had by all and even Hayden really enjoyed the show. This year was the first year Shelby actually sat outside of the car to watch them. She was either sitting in our laps or sitting in her chair holding Uncle Josh's hand. It was sweet. After that we headed back to Josh and Angie's where we popped a few fireworks ourselves before heading home. It was a great holiday.

Week 14

Well as if last week wasn't crazy enough for us, we had another crazy week. This week we celebrated mine and Chad's 4th wedding anniversary, Chad's birthday, and Shelby's 3rd birthday, plus another wedding. For our anniversary we attended Chad's cousin Lindsey's rehearsal dinner in Crosby. Chad was an usher in the wedding. The next day we celebrated Chad's birthday by taking him out to Olive Garden and then going home and having him help us make cupcakes for Shelby's party. What a trooper. On Saturday my sweet girl turned 3! I cannot believe how the years have flow by. She has become such a beautiful little girl. We celebrated by having a princess party at "Pump It Up". We got a room all to ourselves with four different big moonwalks in it. Fun was had by all and then off we went to rest for a little while and then head off to the wedding. Shelby had a blast at the wedding. She and her cousin Ansley danced the night away till 1 am. We were all exhausted after that and tried to recoup on Sunday by letting Shelby finally open her presents. Shelby went for her 3 year check up this week as well. She is growing and now weighs 30 lbs. and is 37 inches tall.

Hayden is growing up quickly as well. She started to lift up her head this week, like she is trying to do sit ups. She is very helpful when I go to take her clothes off and on. :)