I am a Chocolatier!

"So, Joanna, what do you do?"
"I am a Stay-at-home Mom and also a Chocolatier."
Doesn't that sound cool?

I became a Chocolatier with Dove Chocolate Discoveries this week and am SO excited to get my chocolate and supplies in the mail.

To see what I will be doing check out my website:
www.dovechocolateathome.com/joanna

An Update

Andrew is now 3 months old! I have enjoyed this past month as Andrew has started sleeping through the night (hooray!), and become more of a happy social baby boy. His face lights up and he gives me the biggest smile when I go in and see him in the morning. He loves snuggling with me and he loves the attention of his big sister Hannah. No doctor visit or shots this month, but at 4 months he will go back again to the doctor.
In case some of you blog readers don't have facebook or haven't caught the latest pics I posted. My brother, Wade, has earned job of Chick-fil-A cow! He came to visit and we took pictures. Enjoy!

Me and Andrew and Wade. I mean, the cow.

All four of us. (notice on Hannah is hanging onto me for dear life, like I am going to let this "random cow" get her or somthing...)

Hannah enjoyed Uncle Wade much better after he took off the suit. She still was leery of this giant cow head sitting on our living room floor.

And here is my sweet baby boy. I just love his cute little face and smile! Oh and those big blue eyes that make my heart melt! And he's a Gator fan!! (but not that he really has a choice)

Funny Video

Here is a funny video of my day...

Click HERE!!

Enjoy!!

PS for fun count how many times I say "Hannah, be careful!" and leave it as a comment... ha ha

Florida vs Arkansas Game

We were unable to seel some extra Florida vs Arkansas football tickets we had purchased. Long story shorter Josh and I decided on Thursday that Hannah, Drew, and I would go to the game with Josh, Wade, Matt, and Brad (who were already going)... whew! It was a whirlwind as we prepared to leave packing bags etc and headed out late Friday night. We traveled through the night and got to Arkansas 6:30am Saturday morning. It rained on and off before the game but the actual game was nice weather and no rain! Both kids did well but were ready to crash at halftime. After Josh and I made the hike back to the van I put the kids to sleep in their carseats and drove around until the game was over. The ride back was pretty uneventful as they slept almost the whole time because they were so tired. We made it back safely and Hannah and Drew can now say they have been to a college football game. Here are some pictures to prove it...
Here I am with the sleepy Andrew.

Here is "Uncle" Brad with Hannah. Hannah is wearing her cute pink Gator windbreaker outfit Uncle Steven and Aunt Laura bought her for Christmas last year. Somehow this is the only picture I got of Hannah the whole trip. Thankfully she played with "Unlce" Matt, "Uncle" Brad, and Uncle Wade most of the time, but since she was with them and I had my hands full with Drew I wasn't taking pictures!

Josh with all the baby gear... notice you can see the sky is clearing up!

Sleepy little boy.

The stadium.

Sunday Outing

Sunday Josh's work sponsored a family fun day at Joe Huber's Family Farm and Resturant. It was perfect fall weather with a cool breeze and nice and warm in the sunshine. Here is our family by the big pile of pumpkins. You could go on a hayride to a pumpkin patch and get your own, or for slightly less fun you could just pick one from the huge wagon of pumpkins.
Poor Andrew was SO tired and even though I got him out of his carseat he still didn't want to wake up for a picture. =)

Here is our family sitting on a bench by the lake. We got to launch apples and corn husks. Hannah was scared of the noise. Hannah is holding a laffy taffy that she won at the"duck pond" game.

Trying to pick a small pumpkin.

Hannah doesn't seem interested in pumpkins when I hold her.

This is the only picture we have of Wade (he came with us) here I was trying to get Drew out of his carseat for the taking of the top picture.

11 Weeks Old!

Andrew is 11 weeks old this week and such a joy! He now sits happily in his bouncy seat in the kitchen while I clean or prepare meals. Then, when I lean down and say "hi" to him he gives me such a big smile and coos and aahs. I LOVE IT!

He has also started sleeping 12 hours through the night!!!!!! Amazing! He now sleeps in his crib upstairs with Hannah and when he wakes up in the morning he happily lays there sucking his little thumb until I come get him. Here is a picture of my cubby little man...

Here is Hannah eating her peanut butter sandwhich for dinner. (She really just loves the PB!)

And I finally captured a great smile on camera! Yeah!

Promised Pictures

Here are our pictures in no paticular order...
When I took Drew for his two month checkup the doctor told me I could start feeding him rice cereal two times a day to help him get more full and drink a little less formula (7oz a feeding!!).
Here is a cute picture of Drew with rice cereal all over his face. He is a good eater. Don't ask me why, but for some reason he was not wearing a bib this feeding.

I was able to capture a smile today. I know it is a little off center, but if he sees me with the camera in hand he will NOT smile. =)

Here is another cute expression...

Another cute smile from the other day.

Here is Grandma with Hannah and Andrew. We loved having her visit and wish she could have stayed longer!

Hannah wearing her new cute outfit and shoes from Grandma and Grandpa. We were fixing to run to the store and Grandma snapped this cute photo.

Hannah with Daddy's hat on and talking on Grandma's cell phone. SO CUTE!

I also got my hair cut while Josh's mom was here. She took this picture of me while we were eating at Red Robin (which we just got and now love!)

2 Months

I took Drew for his two month checkup this week and he weighed 14 pounds 4 ounces!! I couldn't believe how big my little man had grown. He was 50 percentile for height and 95 percentile for weight! The poor little guy also got six shots in his legs. The good news is he can go in the nursery on Sunday and I can sit through sunday school and the church service without worrying about a fussy baby.

Josh's Mom came for a visit this week too. We enjoyed having her visit and were sad to see her go back home this morning.

Pictures to come!

Ike Pictures

Here is the fallen limb in our backyard. The tree on our squashed fence. (not really our fence, our neighbors)
It is almost flattened to the ground.
It took Josh quite awhile to cut up all the logs and branches. At first I thought we had the most damage on our street, but others had their houses hit and we are still the only house on our street with power. We are blessed! And the seminary has cancelled classes for all week so we are enjoying the extra time with him.

Ike

Winds up to 60 miles an hour hit yesterday. Power went out during our church service and when we were on our way home we could really tell the wind was picking up. When we arrived home there was a HUGE limb and many small branches down. The huge limb hit the chain-link fence between our house and our new neighbors. While we were looking at the damage in the backyard, Hannah almost blew away!
Today I tried to take Andrew to his doctor appointment, but the office was closed so he didn't get weighed or get his shots. =( I'll have to try and call later on this week to reschedule.
When I got back home Josh, Hannah, and I worked in the yard removing the branches and the huge limb. (while Andrew slept safely inside) Thankfully it is like 65 degrees outside and there is a slight breeze. It was great for doing yardwork.
Another HUGE BLESSING is that we have power (electricity)! We are the only house on our street. I believe half of the city is without power and the news report is saying it will take 10-14 days to restore power. Once again, we are SO BLESSED to have power!!
Schools have been closed today and tomorrow and hopefully Seminary will be closed to so we have have Josh at home.
More updates and pictures of the storm soon...