I have been away from the Blog World for some time now, and I thought it was about time to get back on and post a few pictures. (since pictures are what everyone wants to see anyways) We have been very busy the last two months. Building a house, working part-time and running around with three kids has been VERY time consuming. The kids are great, work is not so much, and the house is complete! Crazy times.......


This is my new niece Kennedi and her huge cousin Cole
This is one of many pictures of Reece and Cole. She asks me to take a picture of her and Cole at least two times a day.

Cole loves the Bumbo

These are random pictures, but this is my Master bathroom tub.

Half bathroom

Kitchen

Living Room

Living Room again

Future Husband and Wife!!! Reece and Walker Neufeld. Just think of what their kids will look like.

This is one of the few pictures I have of Mason. He does not like to have his picture taken!!!!

Another Reece and Cole picture

And another!

And another!!!

Me and Kennedi

Look how huge Cole looks compared to Kennedi. And to think that Cole weighed a pound less than she did when he was born.

That is it for now. We have moved into our new house, and I have a few pictures of the decorated version, so I will post those soon.

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What We've Been Up To.

It's been a while since I posted anything, so I decided that I would get on and give you all an update, and a whole bunch of pictures.

Mason and Reece are out of school for the summer, so you can imagine what it has been like around our house. I am only working part-time now, so I can spend much more time with my little "kiddie-catastrophes". Mason, as some of you may know turned four in April, and he now thinks that He rules the Roost. Reece is just as motherly as ever, to both Mason and Cole, and she tends to boss EVERYONE around. I love that little girl soooo much. And then of course, there's Cole. He is happy(most of the time) and healthy. He is three months old, and is catching up really fast. He just moved out of newborn clothes and into 0-3 months, so we are really excited about that. I have a feeling that he will be moving up to 3-6 months very soon. My guess is that he weighs close to 12lbs, which is enormous compared to his 5lbs at birth.

We haven't done just a ton of traveling yet. Cole and I went on a shopping trip to Dallas, and Mom and Dad took all of us (6 adults, 6 kids) to San Antonio last month. We went to Sea World, which was awesome, because it was during the whole Swine Flu scare, and there was nobody there. We rode all the rides and didn't even have to get off because there was no one else in line to ride. We stayed at a really cool Hotel/Spa, called the Hyatt Regency Hilltop Resort and Spa, and the kids had a blast. They had amazing pools and a lazy river. As far as for the plans for the rest of the summer, we leave for our yearly lake trip in 2 weeks, and we are going on a family vacation to Florida for a week in September with the Roberson clan. Craig and I are also going to go on a belated anniversary trip. Due to Cole being born early, we were unable to take a trip. I am hoping for Hawaii, but Craig may have other plans.

Our house is almost finished. We are hoping to move in at the end of this month. Our cabinets will be installed next week, and after that, we just need paint and flooring.

Anyways, that is all that I can think of for now. I'm sure I have missed something, but oh well, I will post again in a month or two. (haha) Here are a few pictures of the last few weeks. Cole and His big eyes.

Craig just getting home from work.

Craig picking Cole up, only to find that he had poop running out of his diaper. You can imagine his excitement.

Here they are after changing the diaper and cleaning his entire body.

Mason swimming at Lolli and Pops

Cole lounging by the pool, catching a little shade.

Reece and her sweet goggles.

Mason. Check out Kampell and Reece in the background.

Reecy in her glasses.

The flowerbeds in the front yard of our new house. We decided that we would go ahead and get the yard done, so that we wouldn't have to move into a house with just dirt for a yard.

This our front porch. There will be cedar post above the stone on the columns, and there will be cedar shutters on either side of the windows as well.

More plants.

The front of the house.

Another shot of the front. It will look so much better with the cedar shutters. There will be shutters on the two gables as well.

The back of the house.

The basement stairs. It was too dark in the actual basement to take any pictures.

Fireplace. This will be stoned using the same stone as the front of the house.

This is a view of the bar and kitchen from the living room.

This is the view from the entryway. It has cathedral ceilings all the way through the living room and breakfast nook, into the kitchen.

Those are all of the pictures I have for now. Next time I will post pics of the bedroom, basement and office. I will also show you all a picture of my sweet closet. I have an entire shoe closet inside of my closet. So cool!

More Pics

The Past Few Months in Pictures.

These are pictures of Cole while He was in the Hospital right after he was born. It is so sad to me to see the feeding tube in his nose. I'm so glad that he is better.

It has been a rough couple of days for our family. Cole had been home for 11 days, and started getting a cold, which in turn caused him to have severe apnea. His alarm started going off a lot on Saturday, and progressively worsened early Sunday morning. It was all that I could do to stimulate him to take a breath. Craig and I took him to the Childrens Emergency room, and He was admitted to the Pediatric ICU. He had a really hard day on Sunday, and was almost intubated. That means that they would have had to put a tube into his lungs to breath for him. He is on multiple medications, to help stimulate him to take a breath, but is doing much better today. Please pray that the Lord continues to heal his tiny body, so that he can come home and play with his brother ans sister. I will keep you all updated!

He's Home!

Cole is Home! I have A TON of pictures that I need to post, and I will do it as soon as I have a little time. Thank you all for your prayers. He is healthy and doing great. The other two however, are both running fever and coughing. They have to go see the Doctor tommorrow.

UPDATE!

Cole is still in NICU, but eating much better. He can actually finish a bottle without having to be tube fed. His Doctor is going to send him home on an apnea monitor, not because he is having a lot of apnea, but more for my piece of mind. She also said that as long as he continues to eat like he has been, he will go home sometime this week. Yay! Thank you all so much for your prayers. They are all so needed.

Introducing!!!!!!!

Michael "Cole" Roberson

Birthdate: February 23, 2009
@ 7:54pm
Weight: 5lbs 10.4oz
Length: 20.5 in

Cole is still in NICU, but doing great. He has passed all the tests that he needs to pass before we can come home, except for the fact that he hasn't figured out how to eat. He eats small amounts from the bottle, and has to be tube fed the rest. Hopefully he will pick up on it pretty quickly, being that that is all that he has to do before we can come home. He lost some weight right after birth, as all babies do, but is now back up to 5lbs 6oz. He is so sweet, and he looks exactly like Mason. Please continue to pray that he picks up on the feeding thing pretty quickly, so that he can come home. Love you all!

I will post more pictures soon, but I have to be back at the hospital at 5 for his next feeding.

Also, Happy Birthday to my sweet nephew Luke, who turned 2 today. So sorry that we can't be there to celebrate with you. We love you!

SOON!

Here are a few pictures of me in all my pregnant glory. HaHa! I have never let anyone take pictures of me while I have been pregnant, but since this is the last time I will ever be pregnant, I figured I would let it happen. Theses pictures were taken today at my Mom and Dad's house and hopefully in a week or two from this very day, I will be holding our third child.


This is my sister Aaron's daughter Kellyn.

This is my sister Sarah's daughter Kambell.

And this is me and our third child. Maybe I am having a basketball! Only one more week to go!

So, I have had a few pregnancy wows the last few weeks. It all started around 30 weeks, when I started having premature contractions. When I went to the Doctor, we found that I was dilated to a 2, so he sent me to a specialist. While there, we learned that I was having contractions every 5-7 minutes. I was placed in the hospital for a while in order to get the contractions under control, and then sent home on multiple medications. I have to see the specialist every week, and my OB every other week, which is tiring, but worth it if it means having a healthy baby Boy/Girl. I see the specialist again in the morning, and there we will do another ultrasound and non-stress test to see how the baby is reacting to the contractions, which by the way I am having more often. So, after tomorrow, he will schedule an amniocentesis, and if the baby's lungs arm mature, he is going to take me off the medications and just let the baby come, which means probably around my birthday, March 6th. I cannot wait to find out what we are having, and to meet my sweet baby!

Baby Names!

Several of you have asked what names we have picked out for our new Boy/Girl. Because we have gone with Family names for both of our kids, we are going to once again use a family name for this baby. Cole is Craig's Mom's maiden name, so if it is a boy, his name will be Ethan Cole, but he will go by Cole. And if it is a girl, her name will be Blakely Cole, but we will call her Blake. I have a thing with boy names for girls. However, I really think this is a boy, so more than likely the name is Ethan Cole. I guess we will see soon enough. If I don't stop having all of these contractions, we may see sooner than later. I am however trying my hardest to stay off my feet like the Doctor instructed me to do, but it's tough when you have two kids. I'll keep you all updated!

Yay For My Mom's Computer!

Well I was finally able to upload a few pictures of our house and our kids, thanks to my Mom's computer. They are in no particuler order, because I really have no idea how to change the order that I upload them in. Hope you all enjoy, and I am sorry that there are so many.


This is a picture of how my kids look on a daily basis. People always comment on how Reece and Mason are always so put together, with there clothes ironed and their hair fixed. This is a true representation of what goes on behind closed doors.

We love you Eric! We have worn out our #12 jerseys this year.

Our Basement

This picture should really be at the end, because it is a picture of the forms that were set for the slab that will be poured next week after the plumbing is done. This is our house without walls.

Before we broke ground.

Another before

A picture of our house from the street in front.

The basement.

Craig and the kids in the basement.

Craig's Business signs! I am so proud of my Husband. (MCR= Michael Craig Roberson)

This is Craig pretending to wash dishes in what will be our kitchen.


Stay tuned for more pictures in the next couple of weeks. Love you all!