6 mo photo

Finally took his 6 month photo. We are enjoying our relaxing time at home these past few days. Just been the three of us hanging out. Its nice to have no agenda and chill. Thanksgiving was a blast. We had so much fun over our friend's house and felt so welcome. I made the corn bread pudding for dinner and everyone seemed to love it. Micah did great but needed the last two days to recover. He has been taking two hour naps. Haha
Friday we ventured out to go shopping. Went to target, old navy, the foundry and best buy. I needed (mom) jeans and found some at target and old navy.
Saturday we went to the oak point nature preserve and took a long walk. I mean I am super sore!!! It was 75 degrees So we had to take advantage of the nice weather. I don't want this weekend to end. Its been so nice being together as a family everyday.  Today was church and then met out lifegroup at a taco joint for dinner. Micah is such a good baby and loves to be out (even when it's his nap time) I will be watching my friends 18 month old on Tuesday while she goes to an OB appointment. Hopefully it won't  be too difficult. I need the practice anyways for two one day :) 

Craig and I tried to make a Brown sugar meatloaf recipe but it wasn't one of our favs. It was a first for me. Meatloaf seems like such an old tradition...I've just never been interested in it. Probably won't make it again. Not much too it. Not a big fan. If you have a recipe you think will change my mind.. I'm up for trying it though.

No word yet on the cranial doc update. Still waiting on a liaison to contact us.

Tomorrow I'm hoping for some good deals on Amazon for Christmas shopping!! 

Hope you all had a great thanksgiving!!!

Cranial appointment

Micah was happy to get photos taken of his head this morning. They told us again what we already know. Recommended he get a helmet and wear it for about 3 months. We have to wait until next week to find out if our insurance covers the costs. We feel if it is covered we will definitely do it! The only thing the therapist said was he might have jaw alignment issues and may not fit into a helmet for sports when he's older. Not a huge deal..mostly cosmetic issues. We are praying the right answers will come and we will know what to do.
Today I am thankful to snuggle with him with No helmet on. (And kiss his head all over)
Love you all and hope you have a wonderful and happy thanksgiving:)

6 month appointment

Micah is 18 pounds 12 oz and is in the 80 percentile for pretty much height, weight and head size. No surprise the doctor recommended we go see the cranial doctor to get a consultation for M's head. She said it's really not necessary but we may want to try and fix it now because it doesn't look to be changing on its own. We are going tomorrow early in the morning because we are hoping insurance will cover the costs if we need a helmet. We only have so much time before the new year and that means we would have to pay out of pocket our deductible all over again. Just pray everything goes smoothly and if we do get a helmet it can be in our time frame. I have heard they usually cost around 3 thousand dollars...so not cheap at all.

It's Christmas time in the Hooker house and that means Micah gets to wear his Christmas jambes!! We tried to take a cute picture last night before bible study but everything came out blurry. Micah moves too much to get a cute photo. I think we might try one more time!!

Last night Bible study went great. I held it at my house and we had coffee, rice krispie treats, and a fire. It was a great night. Craig had Micah in our room the whole time and I didn't hear them at all! Even though our house is not that big it worked out well.

We decided not to go to Houston for Thanksgiving this year. It sounded good at first but we decided it would be so much work to get there for only one night. Hopefully when our cousins buy a house it will be easier to accommodate all of us. We will be going over our friend's house from Lifegroup and they live a few minutes away. It will work out that we can have breakfast with them, come home for nap time and then go back for dinner. Glad we could crash their party!

Hope you all are gearing up for some good ole fashion cooking. I'm making the corn bread pudding!!

Love you all

Thinking

Ok... I know it's a Saturday and I usually don't post on the weekends but I just had to take some time out and write this down. When I take showers I always pray and think about things I would never otherwise. Does anyone else have this? It's like the one time I feel alone and can think about anything and talk to God. This might sound weird and I hope it doesn't make you uncomfortable. haha Anyways I thought of how when Craig and I think of having another baby we are frightened because Micah is such an angel and so good to us. Every time people say you need to have more babies..we laugh and say oh yeah just wait we will have the crazy one next. OK so I am thinking differently about this. I was in the shower and decided no longer will I think like a pessimist. Maybe God gave me Micah to want to have another baby. I know it takes some couples years to even think about having another baby. For me I see newborns and COULD be ready if it happens. I'm not judging any other parent out there that wanted to wait several years, because I can definitely understand waiting. I'm turning 29 this coming July and thought I can wait...but I don't have too. God has put it on my heart that I love being a mom and can have more children.  I am NOT saying that I am pregnant by ANY means. I'm just putting it out there that if God were to give us another baby soon, I would be filled with Joy!

As we put up our Christmas decorations today my house is filled with the word JOY and also with the feeling. Christmas brings me JOY and so do my boys. Micah is loving the Christmas tree and all the lights and of course the music. We were dancing together and he just giggled the whole time. How fun.

I am hosting women's bible study at my house on Monday night and could not be happier!!! I also think God has given me the gift of hosting because I love people and am happy to serve.  I am so glad our house will be ready by then. Also we are lighting up the fireplace monday night. haha it's going to be a romantic girls night!!

Hope this brightens your day. I love you all and praying for everyone.

Professional photos

Look at these sweet babies!!! They are all so cute together. I remember when Hannah and Zeke were just little babes. I feel like they grew up so fast. It's crazy how time flies these days. Micah is turning 6 months on Sunday!! Can you believe it? It's his half birthday and only 6 months until he's 1. Yikes. I am loving this stage of life where he can sit up but still can't go anywhere. I don't mind if he stays still for awhile. HA It's easier on me. 

We are going to put up our Christmas decorations on Saturday. I mean Thanksgiving is so close and I would love to get everything up and pretty before we get overloaded with food and feel lazy. LOL We are trying to make our way out to Houston to visit my cousins for Thanksgiving. They had a little boy named Arden about 2 months after Micah. It would be fun to be with another couple with a little guy the same age. It's about a 4 hour drive (I know right??) but I think M will do fine. He enjoys being in the carseat at this time because he still can't crawl. I think once he figures out he can move on his own, the car seat and driving won't be as much fun anymore. Does anyone else feel like Thanksgiving came way too fast? For being a stay at home mom or SAHM as they say I would think it would feel like time goes by slow...but quite the contrary. I am so excited to spend family time together with Micah even though he doesn't understand anything. Family time like Christmas and Thanksgiving just have different meanings to me now. Of course I wish we could be with everyone back at home and celebrate, but we will have to make it the best we can here at our home. 

Not going to lie and am LOVING this fireplace. I never thought it would make Thanksgiving and Christmas so exciting but it's like better than TV. haha Micah loves to watch the fire too... : )

I better get some cleaning and shower done before he wakes up!

Love you all

Cart rider

Micah finally tried to sit in the cart like a big boy and did pretty good. I strapped him in at first and he tried to rock back and forth and was pretty upset that he couldn't go as far as he wanted. So I turned him sideways and he was very happy.

We had a rough couple of nights this week. I think he is teething because he was waking up every hour one night and would not stay asleep. Last night we gave home Tylenol and let him sleep with a light blankie and he slept allllll night. Hmmm. Not sure if it was the Tylenol or the blanket but it worked. Of course I had to get up at 1 am and 4 to go check on him. Needless to say I feel 100 percent better and Micah is a very happy boy this morning.

We hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!!!

Where am I?

This morning I woke up to a light dusting of white snow on the ground and I couldn't believe my eyes. Where am I? Texas? Snow? This might sound crazy but it made me so happy to see it. I say that because this coming weekend it's supposed to get up to 70 degrees. I have enjoyed the bitter cold this last week because it reminds me of home without feeling like I might have the worst winter ever. I know it won't get bad here and if it does it won't last too long. I'm actually pretty surprised the schools are still open today.

This weekend was a lot of fun. On Saturday we went out to breakfast at the Original Pancake house and it was super packed, but since we have the best baby in the world we waited about 20 mins for a table. M fell asleep in the car after breakfast and we headed to a new clothing place for big and tall men called the Foundry. This is kind of ironic because Craig just worked at a place called The Foundry the last 8 months. We had a blast looking for new clothes for Craig. Let me tell you about his new look. We call him the sexual lumberjack now. HAHA He got some Khaki Jeans which we call Jaki's and some nice sweaters that have a zipper at the top to show off a collared shirt or undershirt. The Jaki's are pretty tight and he also got a pair of dark jeans. Now I have known Craig for awhile and never seen him wear this type of clothes. He definitely looks like a grown man. Maybe it's because he's 30 now? I will try and sneak a picture of him sometime. I am so lucky to have a sexy lumberjack man!! LOL The funny thing was when we got home he started actually cutting up some wood in the backyard and I yelled out to him that he is just supposed to look like a lumberjack.. not act like one!! Long story short...I'm glad we finally found a store he can shop at and it's not the Buckle.


Look at this little man sitting up all by himself!! He just loves it. Every now and then he'll lean too forward or fall to the side. Overall he is doing awesome. I'll take it. He's never going to crawl just sit up and then walk. It's fine with me.

M went to LifeGroup with us last night and he just loved sitting on our lap listening to everyone talk. Giving smiles to anyone who would look at him. The nursery worker told Craig when he picked him up after church that we should have at least 12 more babies just like him. 12? That's an odd number. But yes I get her point.

We are still trying to figure out his sleep pattern. Last night he was exhausted and I put him down in his crib with a full belly, changed diaper, paci, and he was screaming like something was terribly wrong. This has happened before, but not for a long time. We decided to let him cry for about 15 minutes and after that I couldn't take it anymore. I went in his room and I have never seen him so distraught before. His eyes were filled with real tears and he seemed so scared. I held him tight and rocked him to sleep. FIRST TIME EVER rocking him to sleep. It was well worth it. I almost cried because I felt so sad as he was trying to catch his breath on my shoulder. Goodness.  I never want to see him like that again...but I'm afraid it might be the start of a long journey. He's still waking up once a night around 4 a.m. for a feeding. hmmm... Oh well. He's my first and I am trying my best to get him on a schedule but I'm not going to focus too much on it. He is still a great napper in his crib or on my chest.

Love you all!! Have a great Monday !!!