Summer...It's gettin Hot in Here!!!!

Well summer has begun, and who could miss it???? It is so incredibly hot and dry it is crazy!! But we are enjoying being out of school and being a family at home! It is so nice having summers off with my husband that we get to spend with our kids...if it is just hanging out at the house, going to the pool, hanging out with family, whatever we want to do!

We have had some fun, going to OKC with some of our favorite people and Keenan and I went to Santa Fe for the weekend for our anniversary! It has been so nice to get away for those few days!

Kaden is hanging out with dad any and every time he gets the chance. He has gone golfing with him and up to basketball camp! When he gets home, he doesn't want to take his shoes off until his dad does, or if Keenan takes off his shirt, Kaden takes off his! Whatever Keenan does, Kaden wants to be just like him!! He puts his shoes by Keenans in Keenans closet and wants to brush his teeth with his dad! I love watching this relationship grow every day, the relationship only a father and son can have! WE ARE SO BLESSED!!!

Kline is getting so active!! He is crawling everywhere and pulls up on everything! He will be walking, no running, very soon! He cracks us up on his sweet reactions and facial expressions to everything! He is such a sweet baby that is 1 on Monday!!!! I cannot believe it! A year ago this weekend, I had no idea what laid ahead of us in the next few days!!! We are extremely blessed with our sweet Kline!

We celebrated Kaden and Boston's 4th birthday party together just a few weeks ago and it was a superhero party! HUGE success!!! :)

Happy birthday today to my sweet nephew Boston and my cousin Brayden!! We love you two so much!

Boston is my son's best bud ever and they love (and fight) like brothers! We are so blessed by that sweet Bos Man! He has such a sweet tender heart that is full of "super" stuff! :)

Brayden lives in Phoenix now and we miss seeing him more, because he is such a goofball and we love him! He plays with Kaden so well and Kaden never stops talking about him from the time they leave Amarillo for their visit to the next time they are in town!

Well I am finishing up my summer class this coming week and I am ready for it to be over with! It has been a long month of assignments, quizzes and tests! I am about half way to getting my masters! Getting there! :) YAY! Enjoying the month of July with my family and Cheer Camp at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine...roughing it, huh! :)

Here are some pics of the past few months! Enjoy and God Bless!!!

Spring is here...and my boys are getting so big!!!

My sister took the boys pictures a few weekends ago, and I am so grateful she is here to capture all these sweet moments! My boys are getting so big! Kaden is going to be 4 on Monday and it still makes me want to cry, that my baby boy will be 4!!!! What a big boy he has become!!! He is a wonderful big brother that always makes me, his dad and Kline smile and laugh all the time. He has such a sweet spirit that is interested in everything around him! I am so lucky to be his momma and proud of the little guy he is becoming!

Kline is already 10 months old this Wednesday! He has had some ear problems but if you are around the kid, you would never know. I think that is why they get so bad and his ear drums have burst 3 times now! We just know this because of the yucky stuff coming out! We go to see an ENT May 19th so we will see what they say. He has such a sweet smile and gets so excited with his chubby legs and arms when he sees someone that he recognizes! I just love it! He is starting to army crawl with those chubby arms all over the place...and he is getting so fast!!! He can get across our living room pretty fast! He watches Kaden's EVERY move and just tries so hard to keep up with him!! This is something that I just love everyday to watch how they play and interact with each other! Kaden is so good with Kline, in helping him get certain things, helping me feed him and pretty much anything for his little brother. :)

Kline is also now eating what we eat... :) He still eats baby food sometimes, but would much rather prefer some of the burger we are eating or chicken nuggets! He is so funny! He lets US ALL know when he is ready for more! And watching him eat, putting the food in his mouth, is great! Those chubby hands are great!

We are finishing up another school year and are all so ready for summer! My sister and her family are moving back to Amarillo this summer and we cannot wait!! I am ready for my best friend to be closer (like 2 minutes away...) and our kids are going to not know what to do with themselves to be able to see each other so often!! A break from school and just those fun summer times outside or at the pool! We are ready!

Here are a few pictures of the boys! We are so extremely blessed!!!

Happy Easter!!! God is SO good!!!

Spring Break

It has been a nice few days off of work and time to spend with the family. We went to Albuquerque the first of the week to go watch as Randy got recognized at the state basketball tournament. 25 years ago his team won the state title so they recognized his team during half time of the game Saturday. So we made a mini vacation of it. We went to the dinosaur museum, kids went swimming, did some shopping and then to the zoo. It was a nice time to get away. Heather has all the pictures so I will post some when I get them. :)Other than that, we have just been hanging out and enjoying not having much to do. It would be a perfect week if I hadnt been to the doctor twice this week with each of the boys! They had strep at the beginning of the month and now are both sick again! I am asking healing over my 2 sweet boys!! The good thing is they are both acting fine and not acting sick! So that is a blessing!

This picture is our Valentines pictures and yes, I know it is a little late, but wanted to share! I just love it and think it is just precious!!

What is Emme going to do with all these boys?!? :)

Not ready to get back to work and the swing of things, BUT that means we are steps closer to summer and that makes me so excited!!!

Hope everyone has had a blessed week and if you had the time off, enjoyed that! :)

Spring is almost here!!!

As I put that as my title of this post, I laugh because oh how I wish it was here to stay! I think it is just teasing me and wont be here for good for a little bit longer...but oh how I hope it proves me wrong...

to update you on the Hooker family, we are busy and the kids are getting so big!

Keenan has started track season so he has been busy with practices and meets. Kaden starts basketball at the local YMCA next month and we are excited for that. He has also been doing gymnastics and wrestling! I love watching him have fun and learn...seeing your child learn and grow is one of the best thing ever. Knowing that my little guy that made me a mom is going to be 4 in a few short months, makes me my heart smile and ache that he is growing up so fast all in the same moment!

Kline, oh Kline, how he is the happiest, chubbiest, little guy ever! Having 8 teeth in 8 months is crazy!!! and when he cuts his teeth, boy does he show every sign or side effect in the book listed for teething! He will be crying out in the hurt cry he has and then in a split second, when his brother is in his line of sight, he smiles and starts laughing! Oh how he loves his big brother Kaden! Seeing that is the best thing I have EVER seen!!! I am so in love with my boys, I can hardly stand it. Kline is finally rolling over and sitting up so good! He is talking to us in his own little way and smiles every time he sees us!

Spring break is just around the corner and that means a week off from work and then the countdown for summer vacation is on! Keenan and I both being teachers is so wonderful especially in the summers when we both have off and can just relax and have fun together! Oh how I am looking forward to those times with my family! Playing outside with Kaden, watching Kline get so big and probably walking/running, going to the pool and sitting on my parents back porch in the long summer evenings with my family! These are the times of my life that I love and really enjoy!

I sometimes look at my life and think how crazy it is that Keenan and I will be married 5 years in May and we are so incredibly happy and in love. That we have 2 kids, an almost 4 year old and an almost 9 month old that are the light of our lives!! I have best friends that are my sister and my mom, a step dad that would do anything for me, 2 nephews and a niece that are so precious I cant hardly stand it, a brother-in-law that always makes me laugh, 3 brothers that I love unconditionally and so many more friends and family I am so blessed because of. I just keep thinking and saying, "How blessed am I?"

Oh spring and summer how I wish you will get here soon!! I am ready for flip flops and warm weather!

Happy spring to you!

Christmas!

Christmas has already come and gone and we had such a good time!!

All Kaden wanted was a kitchen from Santa and he was really excited he got it. he did ask where Santa was and why he was not there when he woke up. :) But he has really enjoyed his kitchen stuff and the little animals he got. The boy that comes out in him is he is cooking the animals.

Kline is getting so big! He just had his 6 month check up and he weighs 20 pounds 8 ounces!! He is getting so big and getting such a wonderful personality! He talks to us all the time and

just starting to attempt the rolling over! he hasn't done it yet, since he is so big I think, but getting there! He loves his jumper and can do it for hours! It is a good workout for him! :) but he loves it!

Kaden and Kline also got a huge playground from their grandpa!

Kaden loves it and wishes he could play on it each day! I keep telling him when it gets warmer he can. It is a daily conversation!

Below are pictures of my sweet boys from the past few months! They are getting big I tell ya! :)

As 2011 approaches, I am writing down some new year goals for myself. Yes, the usual, lose this baby weight, manage our money better, be a wonderful mother to our kids, there is one more that is on my heart right now... Recently a tragedy happened to a young mom that left her 2 daughters without their mom and a newborn son that never got the chance to meet his mom. The story of this lady is a true inspiration on her relationship with the Lord and her family! I think that one of the reasons this tragedy happened to this wonderful lady is to bring people closer to God and realize the amazing things He has to offer!

My goal for 2011 is to be a better Christ follower and example for my kids and family! I want to open my bible more and talk to God on a daily basis! I want to leave this earth with the inspirations Brie just left. I never knew her or her family but my heart is yearning for what she had with our Maker.

Oh wow...

It has been over 2 months since I have updated my blog...needless to say, we have been VERY busy! With having 2 little guys now and getting back to work and the swing of things, I havent had a night to not have anything to do until tonight! It has been awhile!

Kaden has been doing good, being a great big helper and loving his cousin Boston! He does great with Kline and is very protective over him at 'Coles!

Kline has been getting SO big! He was in the 94% at 8 weeks for his weight! He doubled his birth weight in 8 weeks! He is such a good, happy boy and LOVES to eat! You can tell by what he weighs now! The little guy resembles his big brother in so many ways, especially when he has a hat on! He doesnt have near to close the amount of hair Kaden had, but other than that, they look pretty similar! It is crazy!

The last weekend of summer we went to Ruidoso with my family and had such a great time! This was a family picture taken of all of us, the first since the hospital after Kline was born!

Keenan is staying busy with Westover Park football and school and then helping with Randall football. He is still loving coaching and I am so happy about that! I am back in full swing of things at Tascosa with my new classes (all Audio/Video Production) and cheerleading. I have also started working on my masters through Eastern New Mexico! So again, we are very busy between school, practices, games and me working on my masters!

Heather just took Klines 3 month pics and they are up on her website http://www.heatherladdphotography.com/ under client photos and children! :) Take a look. Look around at the rest of her pics...she is pretty talented!

I promise, I will try to be better...my lovely sister Heather always gets on to me for not updating this enough! :)

Hope all else is well with you!

June 27th...

Well on June 27th, 2010, we welcomed Mr. Kline Jackson Hooker to our family!
He came 2 weeks early and we were very suprised since my water broke. But he got here by God's grace and hands and is doing so good! I had to have a C-Section and ended up that the cord was around his neck 4 times and there was a true knot in the cord! He was a very blessed little guy and we are giving God all the glory! He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 19 inches long. He didnt have much hair but had very long fingers and toes! :)

Kaden is doing so good with him and just loves him and protects him! We are all doing good and getting used to having another little guy around the house! We are enjoying our last few weeks of summer and then we will be extremely busy with school and everything that goes with it! Here are a few pics my sister took of that special day and of my sweet boys and family! :) love to all...