Our life as told by my iPhone

Since my last post, Shawn went fishing at Matagorda Bay, the kids and I went to visit family in College Station, AND Max got sick with croup. And as I write this, from my iPhone, I have my two babies laying on me with fever. Looks like we'll have a weekend at home.

McD's is always a crowd pleaser

After a hot run in College Station

Nursing a sick little, ahem, I mean big boy! ;)

Happy Birthday to me, 30 Again!

It's never too early to be a princess

She loves her books, this is her favorite lately

Ready to roll

Loving her baby

Momma is 32!

So it was my turn to get a little spoiled. Since Maddie and I share a birthday week we kind of had a joint celebration. Some of my best friends went out to dinner at City Centre in Houston. I enjoyed a few cocktails and great conversation.

On my actual birthday I had to take my car to the dealership( I procrastinated for about a month)👀. Thankfully Laura and her daughter Olivia came to pick us up and took us to lunch. We went back to City Centre again and ate at Cyclone Anaya. We even did a little shopping, with hyper kids in tow. That evening Shawn surprised me with flowers. Then we had a great dinner at Luby's. It was my choice really! The kids ate, there were minimal issues, and they sang to me. Great day, I feel blessed.

Night out with the ladies

My lunch surprise!

my beautiful flowers

Kids loaded up in Laura's car

My rough & tumble, hand, foot & mouth duo!

The first 2 weeks of July have been crazy at the Terral household. We started off building my dream porch. I didn't realize what a big project it would be nor how much rain we would get. On the mommy homefront it made it hard to take care of the kids since the backyard wasn't safe with lumber, nails and tools. Never mind the noise from nail guns, hammers, saws, etc. Then the rain came, which slowed the project down and made my backyard a swamp! On top of this my kids picked up hand, foot & mouth. I noticed it first on Maddie, then her brother. Max got it worse than Maddie and their skin is just about cleared up. So we were cooped up in the house last week and ready to get out this week!

Sick Maddie just wanted Mommy

Week 1 of porch construction

Shawn finishing up the decking

New games for the kids

The Terral Two Rock Band!

Some flooding in our neighborhood

Our flooded porch and my little helpers

Cheese!

Someone had their first big fall off the bed. She landed and scratched her nose. :(

but it's not slowing her down!

Maddie is 24 months

Maddie at one month

Maddie at 24 months

So my sweet girl turned two. Her big day was soured by the fact that she and Max got hand foot & mouth disease. Don't be alarmed, apparently its a quite common virus in kids. They have red sores around their mouth, hands and feet. This on top of some teething has made my sweet baby girl whiny, dramatic and sad. :( But I want to focus on how much she has grown and what an awesome little girl she is!

First of all she is big!! She weighs 31 lbs (91%) and she is 36.5 inches long (98%). As always Dr. Nguyen was impressed with her growth. She wears 2t and 7.5 shoe size. She is bigger than just about every other 2 year old. She has always been a great eater, but she has become more picky. She does love strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, bananas, broccoli, green beans and carrots. Of course she loves Chick Fil A, ice cream and candy. And she is not allergic to peanuts or has never had a bad reaction to it. (Getting Max re-tested at 4) I have been a bad mom and usually give in to sweets, but that's about to stop. These kids are running all over me!! She's always been a pretty good sleeper, but she's had some difficulty in the last week. I think she is getting to that point where she doesn't want to miss out on fun after she goes to bed.

And boy do these kids have fun! Max and Maddie are great playmates, they are usually rough with each other, but they make up quickly. They play pretend, Maddie likes to be the princess and Max is either the king or the dragon. Funny kids. Maddie loves to sing still. Her favorites are twinkle, twinkle little star, ABCs, ring around the Rosey, Elmo's World, maybe a little LMFAO and and anything from the movie Rio. She is really physical. She loves to run, jump, climb and explore. She loves to talk, alot of the time I hear her jabbering while she plays. I love how she say "Matts" for Max(and he calls her "Mayi"). She loves to say "I don't like it" or yucky while scrunching her nose if she doesn't like something. Prime example from tonight. "I don't like it night night." Great! She counts to 10, knows some colors and works the iPad better than most adults. She's such a sweet girl and loves to snuggle. She is still really attached to her pacifier. I'm a little worried and anxious about her starting MDO in the Fall, but I know she'll love it and will learn so much. I cannot believe 2 years have passed since she came into this world and we couldn't be happier. Love you Mayi!!

Sad Maddie

She was super excited!!

She wanted to eat all the sprinkles, kept calling them chocolate chips :)

Yes, she did!

A visit from Maritza

So we were lucky enough to spend some time with Maritza during and after her work trip to Austin. I had a quick sister weekend with her, which was relaxing and fun. Then when her conference was over my mom, the kids and I picked her up. We were on the car for most of the day, and the kids did surprisingly well. We went to goodwill(gotta thrift shop in Austin), whole foods and lunch at Hula Hut. After that we headed to my moms fit a few days.
I am happy to say that the next day we took Mom to get an iPhone. Welcome to the 21st century!! It was a big change for her but I hope she has fun with it and we can communicate and share even more. Of course after some shopping we hit up a favorite restaurant of ours, Blue Baker. I was so impressed that Max ate most if his food, unfortunately Maddie just wanted Cheetos. Oh well! That night we went over to hang out with Lisa and Isabel and the kids had a blast as always. Who knew balls were so much fun. That night my brother came to town. It was nice to have all the family under the same roof again. We of course saw my sweet cousin Elizabeth send Angela too. Too much fun to write about!!

Austin fun

L.O.V.E.

Loved having her back for a week

Whoa!

Fun in the Sun!

Max & Maddie at the Fairfield splashpad with friends

Swinging at the park in College Station

 They loved the water fountain!

 Mommy & Max day at the pool

 After my attempt to take the kids for a jog in the double stroller, we all needed to cool down. Not sure if were are allowed to get in the fountain, but we did. :)

 Nightly routine! Grandpa set up the hoses for each one to have one. My grass has never been this green!

 A cold treat!

 My beautiful bloom

 Edited with Instagram

 Father's Day at the pool

 Another sweet treat - Cold Stone Creamery!

Needless to say we are staying busy and having a fun summe so far!

Part 1 of Summer Birthdays

A few days after we got home from our Bahamas trip we headed to College Station to celebrate Isabel's 4th birthday. The kids had a blast playing with water guns, balls, eating hot dogs and cake. 

 The next day we got to celebrate Shawn's birthday with his favorite, a cookie cake. Max picked out the design! As always Shawn wanted a low key day so we relaxed at home and had the Rutherford's over for cake. The kids enjoyed playing outside after we cake.