5 years ago today...

Five years ago today Derrek and I said " I do." It is amazing how quickly five years can pass. We have done so much together in these past five years. We got married (apr 05) and 8 months later (Dec 05) Derrek got a new job offer which moved us to Philadelphia, Pa. By Feb 06 we were both moved and living in Philly. In July of 06 we found out we were pregnant with Mason. He was born March 07. By Oct 07 Derrek got transferred back to Tx (thank goodness) and we had moved again. In July of 08 we bought our first house here in Pearland, Tx and in Feb 09 we found out we were pregnant with Samantha. We were blessed with our baby girl Sept 09 and now here we are in April 2010. Five years, 2 kids and 1 house later. Its been so amazing!! I love him even more then I did when I first married him and I hope he can say the same for me.

Derrek and I 5 years ago today!

Top detail on my dress which is hanging in my closet at this very moment

Brides Cake- I loved this cake b/c it is square and round. I had never seen that before.

Grooms Cake Table- I have to admit it looked really awesome.

First Dance

Our inspiration and amazing role models. These are my grandparents who will be celebrating a 60th thats right a 60th wedding anniversary this year. AMAZING!!!

This is my all time favorite picture from that night.

Leaving our reception .

Its been an amazing five years. I cant wait to see what the next five have in store for us.

Who is that pretty girl?

Samantha has just started liking her jumperoo lately so she gets to play in it a lot. :) She also managed to figure out that not only can she jump in this amazing contraption but her seat can turn for her to look at all the fun toys that surround her. This is how I found her the other day.

As you can see she is looking at herself in the mirror. It cracked me up b/c she continued to do this for like 5 minutes. It must have amazed her to see someone looking back at her. I imagine she was asking "Who is that pretty girl?"

Samantha and her reflection. How adorable is that I ask you?

Happy 3rd Birthday Mason Tuck LeRouax!!!

On March 29, 2007 at 3:22 am Mason Tuck LeRouax came into this world and blessed our lives forever. He weighed it at 7 pounds even and was 20.5 inches long. I am not sure if all of you know this but Mason is not a native Texan (sniff sniff). He was born in Philadelphia, PA. He is our little yankee boy. No matter where he was born though we love this child dearly and thank god for him everyday. He is one of the two lights of our life.

Newborn

1 week- This is one of my all time favorite pictures of him

1 month

2 months- Here with his Paw Paw Tuck and not wanting his paci

3 months

4 months- getting rice for the first time

5 months- Mason with his granny B

6 months- a very silly boy

7 months

8 months- no pictures please :) he got teeth at this age too

9 months- the start of the paci

10 months

11 months-and as you can see into everything. I found him hiding behind the couch haha

1 year old

2 years old

3 years old- Its amazing how much they change

Happy Birthday to my "big" baby boy!!!

Playtime together

I am very much looking forward to the day when the kids can play together. Little did I know that they already could. We (the kids and I) were outside the other day hanging out with daddy when I got the great idea to sit Samantha in the back of Mason's big dump truck. Okay so it wasn't a great idea but she was getting heavy and I needed an alternative for her for just a little while :) Anyways, I sat her in the back of the dump truck and Mason turns to me and asks "Push?" Thats right he wanted to push her. So I got up and stayed relatively close and let him push her around the playset. And there right before my eyes a 3 yr old was playing with a 6 month old.

yay!! lets ride brother!!

Lovingly looking at her brother

Hey, where did everybody go?

Fun, fun times in the backyard have just begun. We are very much looking forward to many more pictures of brother and sister playtime together.

Solid Food...well sort of

Now that Samantha is almost 6 months old (I am in shock just typing that haha) we decided that we would let her try some oatmeal. She was relatively indifferent about it. It was funny b/c when we first gave Mason a solid he knew exactly what to do when the spoon came towards him. Samantha, not so much. I had to touch the spoon to her mouth at first just to get her to open up. I am happy to say though that our girl is a quick study b/c by the end of the feeding she had figured it out. Here are some shots of her and her first food experience.

Getting ready for the big experience

Not good and not bad :)

I'm eating, whats it to ya?

All in all she did really well. I think we may just skip the oatmeal all together and start her on stage 1 foods after se officially turns 6 months. I am looking forward to seeing what she likes and dislikes :) Oh and her adorable bib is courtesy of my cousins. Isn't it cute? Check out www.thedaughtersoftexas.blogspot.com to see more of their great work.

A heart melting moment

Yesterday I was getting dressed to get ready for a birthday party and my babies were on the bed together. I could hear them talking to each other which that in itself just melts my heart. When I walked out of the restroom this is what I saw

BE STILL MY HEART!!! It was just so adorable. I LOVE these two kids so much it makes my heart ache. I love Samantha for just being here and for the new thrill that she brings to our lives. I love to watch her and see her grow and I cant wait to see the woman that she will grow into. She is going to be BEAUTIFUL!!! Mason, oh how I love my Mason. He is the most amazing big brother. Never once has he ever told us to get rid of Samantha or to take her back or to throw her away. haha!! He tolerates her so well. He can be watching a movie and she can be screaming and it doesn't phase him a bit. He loves her and kisses her and he takes care of her. No joke!! Yesterday she was fussing and he looked at Derrek and said "Go daddy go help mantha." We couldnt believe how protective he was of her. Everytime I get him out of the car first he runs around to the other side and says "Mantha's turn." He is incredible!!! I have been so blessed with such a well adjusted, patient, loving child. I cant wait to see how awesome he is going to be as he gets older.

Here are a few extra shots I took after my heart melting moment

Mason smiling and saying cheese. We are going to have to work on this a bit :)

Gorgeous!!

Kisses!!

Little Girl, Giant Bow

The other day I dressed Samantha and to my amazement and dismay she did NOT have a bow to go with her outfit. So what did I do about this you may be asking? Well HELLO I made her a bow :) So here she is in all her glory with her giant bow that I absolutely love on her b/c it is so huge.

I know I am her mother and am 100% biased but MY GOODNESS she is beautiful!!!