Birthday Party! Grandpa gave Haiden her first bike!

This is typically the look Alexis has on her face when Haiden is around!!

Haiden and her best bud Peyton

The month of July has seriously flown by. It's been full of fun and trials but we are surviving and when I look at my two beautiful kids it makes it all worth it. Haiden is getting used to having someone else around and is learning to share the attention.We have spent lots of time outside with family and friends.

Happy Birthday Haiden!

My baby celebrated her 2nd birthday yesterday! It was a bittersweet day. On one hand I love seeing how big she is getting and how much she is changing and learning everyday. On the other hand it is just a reminder how fast time flies by! Some things about Haiden: - she loves animals and is fearless when it comes to touching them or chasing after them. - She loves to sing and dance - She loves watching movies - She can count from 4-10 without any help (We are still working on 1-3!) -She weighed in at a whopping 23 lbs at her Dr. Appt. - She loves being outside and collecting rocks -She loves reading books -She loves her baby sister
We are so lucky to have such a sweet girl in our home. We are so blessed to have her around and just love her to pieces!
I tried to have the girl's pictures taken the other day, Haiden's turned out cute but Alexis did not want to cooperate and let's be honest I hated the pictures that we got of her and when it came time for the two of them together they were both spent. So here's what you get,



And as soon as i find where Haiden has hidden my camera, I will post some birthday party pics!

Oh to be a kid again!!

Yesterday at my parent's house Haiden decided she wanted to play in the water so she immediately stripped down to her birthday suit and went about her business! To avoid offending any passing traffic we talked her into putting on her Aunt Kellie's Tankini top. And well you see the result. Not so bad until she bent over!!!! Oh well, kids can get away with stuff like that.



On another noted I am terrible when it comes to picture taking with Alexis. I have oodles of pictures of Haiden as a baby but I am really slacking these days. I managed to snap a few yesterday. She is getting so big already!

Cherish the moment....

I love this picture!!! My girls are so stinking cute, however I just wish that it was this way all the time. People keep asking how we are doing and how Haiden is coping with a new face in the house. Honestly, we are doing great. I feel good, baby is healthy and although we don't sleep alot right now things are really pretty good. Haiden loves her sister, she hasn't learned quite how to say her name yet so she just calls her baby. Every once in awhile she asks to hold the baby. It lasts about 10 sec and then she is done but it's cute anyways. Haiden is having a little trouble with the fact that mom and dad's attention is split now between two kids. Even before the baby came she was clingy to me and didn't want Joe to help her with anything. Now it's even worse and she seems to cry alot. I feel bad, I don't want her to think that we don't love her anymore so I am trying really hard to be patient and give her as much attention as possible. I knew this would be hard but not sure I was really prepared. Oh the joys of parenthood!!!! It's so worth it though. I could not imagine life any other way!

And her name is.......

Alexis Michelle Cullumber!!!

Baby Girl Cullumber!!

No name yet but we are so excited that she is here. She arrived 6/16/10 at 6:31 pm. Weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs 11 oz and 20 1/2 in. long. Lots of blonde hair!! A little sooner than expected, I went for my 39 week visit and my blood pressure was high so he sent me straight up to labor and delivery to be induced. All went pretty well. Haiden is very excited and can't stop talking about baby!!! Here's some pictures for you to enjoy.

This is a picture of Haiden on the day she was born, what do you think, Sisters?

I guess I deserved that.....

So Thursday morning I was trying to clean up breakfast and get ready for work and what not. Haiden was really trying hard to get me to stop what I was doing and play with her. Her new thing to do is put all her babies to sleep, each one with their own blanket mind you and then shut all the bedroom doors. Five minutes later we have to go wake them all up and then repeat the process. It's cute but I was running late anyways and didn't have time to stop and play. (I sound like a terrible mom, I know) We recently bought her a miniature pic nic table. Since the weather has been so crappy the table is now residing in my living room. I pulled out the crayons and the coloring book and told her that she needed to sit at her table and color until mom was ready to go. What was I thinking!!! About ten minutes later I came out to check on her cause she had been pretty quiet. Quiet turns out is not always a good sound, turns out she thought it would be more fun to color everywhere else except the coloring book. Yes that's right, black crayon all over my brown walls!!! I guess I deserved that since I would not play with her but she still got in trouble. I panicked a little at first because the paint on the walls is different all together and I wasn't sure what I could do to get the crayon out. Turns out WD-40 is good for more than just door squeaks! Gotta love those kids and their creativity though!
On another note, We are down to about 5 1/2 weeks until baby girl number two arrives. We have no name yet, not even an idea really so if you have any good ones send them our way.
Joe has run off to China this week for business and took our camera so I can't post any pictures. When he gets back I will try and get some updated pictures up. In the meantime, my goal is to have Haiden potty trained before he gets back. Any suggestions?