And here is the other reason...

This little guy is the other reason I am so busy! I love him to death - especially his new little smiles that I can't seem to catch on camera! I'll keep trying, though! I have a million pictures (you know me - I'm not kidding!) and I wish I had time to post more, but when it is the choice between a nap and blogging, guess what I choose? Here are a couple of my favorites!
Yeah, this was taken when Nathan was exactly a month old - and he really didn't want to rest his little head in Daddy's hand. At least we got a couple cute pictures before he freaked out and peed all over everything! Gotta love it!

Lydia just loves Nathan and wants to help with him all the time. She will go and put his binky back in his mouth, put ALL of her blankets on him, give him her dolls to "play" with, and today she even took the bottle from me while I was feeding him, and said "Me do it," and then proceeded to feed him! She is getting so big so fast! On the days that I have had enough sleep, I sure love these kids! (yeah, I love them always, but that is when I will actually admit it.)

Daddy arranged this one - I thought it was so cute of them laying there and playing, I just had to take a picture!

So busy!

Well, it has been forever since I have posted last, and here is one of the reasons why:

The hole for our house was dug the middle of June!

It was neat to see the process of building a house. I can't believe how much is involved - and I didn't even see half of it!

The foundation and framing went really quickly! We had fun coming up to the house every evening to see what they had done!
The roof and windows quickly followed!

Right now they are working on the stone and stucco, and they just finished up the sheetrock and are now doing the texture on the walls!

These are our amazing views out the back and front windows!

Overall it has really been a stressful experience - I don't know if I would ever want to build again. I can't believe all of the decisions we have had to make - and I am such an indecisive person! I can't wait to see it all done and to be able to move in! We are hoping they will be finished mid-October.

Lydia's Antics...

So, I know it isn't the easiest thing in the world to have a little brother come home with Mommy and Daddy from the hospital and take all the attention off you, but Lydia is handling it fairly well. She really likes to "help" mommy with baby brother, but also has some jealous streaks and does a lot for attention. I guess she has always been a pretty silly girl, though.

Lydia trying to fit in her dolly stroller - a little too big! I love that she loves her dolly and takes care of it as I am taking care of Nathan. She has a bottle so she can feed her dolly & changes her "poopy" diapers (wasting quite a few of the wipes, but what can you do?). She has to take dolly everywhere with us, too. Lydia drug her ducky and every other stuffed animal she has (they are under ducky) inside her ball pit for a big party! One example of Lydia "helping" with Nathan. She likes to bring stuff to him in his crib - this time she shared her grapes and sippy cup! I have also come to find him mercilessly unwrapped from his blanket, and then another time with all his burp cloths piled on his head. Don't you love Lydia's 80's do? No, I don't have as much time to do her hair & she often looks like a rugrat! This time her style was from pigtails after the nap & a clip to get it out of her face!Lydia's favorite time now is when mommy is feeding Nathan. She can reach WAY too high now, and likes to get into EVERYTHING! This time she came to me looking at her hand with quite a bit of concern. I didn't see my makeup base smeared all over her hands and face until I got closer. Yup - Good skin match, I guess.

Lydia LOVES to dance with Daddy! I have tried several times to get it on video, and she usually stops dancing and comes running to see the camera. I lucked out this time - she was having so much fun! She loves to watch "So You Think You Can Dance" and tries to do their moves - it is so funny! As soon as Daddy comes home, she tries to drag him in the family room to dance! And I am so glad Brent is such a good sport - he is so cute with Lydia and is such a good Daddy!

Our own little ant bully!

Pretty girl!

Daddy, Lydia & Nathan
What a good big sister!

Our handsome little guy!

Lydia loves her little brother - a little too much!

So sweet!

I had to laugh at this picture - it looks like Nathan is saying, "Ok mom, get me outa here! I'm done!"

Lydia is excited to be able to tell her little buddy secrets!

Lovin' her brother a bit much!
Ok mom, now I'm bored!

Nathan's First Bath

Lydia wanted to help give Nathan his first bath - she was so cute!

Nathan loved having his hair washed! Look at all that curly hair!

Brent's employee, Derrick, and his wife Ashley, gave us this cute hooded towel for Nathan!
I am loving all of his thick hair! I hope it doesn't all fall out like Lydia's did! All these curls just make me want to put gel and a bow in his hair, but I don't think daddy would like that!

Daddy loves his little guy!

He has a name!

Ok, so we finally decided on a name for our cute little boy (sorry it took so long to post - kindof been busy! Our little guy's name is Nathan Brent Wall!

It was a long and hard decision because it has already been used in Brent's family, but it is the only boy name we have both ever liked! I went through 3 baby name books and the internet, and made a whole page of names for Brent to look over. He crossed out every one! So when we were leaving the hospital and had to fill out the Birth Certificate worksheet, we decided it was the one because we couldn't come up with anything else! We sure love our little guy!

Nathan spent the first couple days at home in the cute little bili-light suitcase! Same as Lydia had to do. We are just hoping that he doesn't have to spend any more time in there!

Lydia just loves her little brother and wants to be wherever he is!

Lydia is so cute with Nathan and always wants to hug, kiss, and hold him!
Daddy loves his little guy!

Holding hands!