Hester Happenings

When I started to make Naomi's two month picture I saw her one month picture...wow has she changed! This post is way late by the way! Naomi is actually almost 3 months; I'm just now getting around to posting this! When Naomi was 2 months old I went back to work and Grandma Riegel and a friend of ours (Dana) watched Naomi during the day. Everything worked out really well and we're blessed to have such wonderful people taking care of our daughter! Some quick updates at the two month mark: -She has started to really interact with people -She is still wearing newborn clothing, but is able to fit in some 0-3 outfits -She is sleeping more at night, but still getting up 2 times  -She has rolled over 2 times during tummy time (she's propped up a little) -Still sleeping in the bassinet in our room Be on the lookout for the 3 month update...since it'll only be in 1 1/2 weeks!

Jeff's dad set up a cookout in his hometown of Clarksville, VA for many relatives. We were able to go and take Naomi with us. She got to meet many family members at the cookout! We first stopped by Grandma Christmas' house. I guess we should start calling her Great-Grandma Christmas because of Naomi! It was so precious to see the two of them together! I then had to get a 4 generation family picture: This is my favorite picture of the weekend! Some Aunt Muriel time at the cookout: It was a gorgeous day to have a cookout! Some cousin time: I also got to meet some family members this day that I had never met before! Unfortunately I didn't get any more pictures from this weekend. I need to get better at taking pictures...it's just so much more difficult when you have a baby with you!  

As many of you know, Jeff and I like to have a spring project for our yard. This year we had a new addition to our family, so we got a late start on all of this. This year for mother's day Jeff gave me 2 Hydrangeas.  One is blue and the other is white with pink around the edges. I have wanted Hydrangeas for a long time, so this was a perfect gift for me! My vision was to slowly add flowers to our back yard. Last fall we seeded the backyard making the grass a bigger part of the area. We still had some "natural areas" which is where I was going to put flowers. This is what the backyard looked like: These were the best pictures I could find of the yard itself after we had it seeded. So not long after Mother's day comes my birthday. My parents surprised me with many more flowers that I wanted in the back yard! I got 3 more Hydrangeas (these are dark pink), a butterfly bush, and a Peony! We finally got to place them and plant them in the back yard: Ro...