The Haertling Family: April 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tyler's 1st Easter

Alexander

Aunt Joyce showing me a Baby Chick on Easter

Trying to get the chick

Cousin Ethan sporting his new hat!

Play time with Alex

Look at me stand!

sitting at the kids table

looking like a big girl

Alex all smiles

Ethan all smiles

Watching the Cards game with Daddy

Play time with my baby cousins....Oh "boy"!!!!

Tyler we got to celebrate your first Easter this past weekend! What a joy it was to praise our Lord this past Sunday in church with you! He is Risen...He has Risen Indeed!!! Alleluia!!! You were so good in church...I pray you continue to love going to church and gaining love for our Savior! Going to church as a family is definitely one of the highlights of my week! We had a really busy Easter weekend with so many places to go...thankfully you handled it pretty well! I know it's not fun for you to be taken in and out of the carseat, so we tried to do that as little as possible! You looked simply adorable in your Easter dress...just sweetness! I look forward to all of the holidays we have to spend with you ahead! Everyone just oooed and awwwed over you at church! You are such a sweet little baby! We dyed Easter eggs with Daddy and Aunt Lindsay on Saturday (you slept through it all)! I know next year you will be much more involved...however, I will always want you to know that Easter is first and foremost about our Lord Jesus!

My very first Easter egg

The eggs we dyed

Uncle Braedon

Ready for my first Easter

So excited to celebrate Christ

My Easter Basket

Mommy and Me on Easter

Our family at church on Easter

Love our family of 3

Mommy with her sweet Tyler Marie

Daddy and Me

My first Easter

Aunt Lindsay

Gram and Me

Great Grandma Kania

Grandma Haertling

Baby Chicks hatching on Easter!!!

Mommy holding a chick at Great Aunt Marilyn's and Uncle Gary's

Cousin Ethan on his first Easter

12 weeks old!!!

Tyler, you were 12 weeks old on Friday, April 22nd. (Good Friday) We spent the morning together and I loved it! Daddy worked a half day..yea! We went to your Great Grandma and Grandpa Kryger's in the afternoon to visit. That evening we went to Martha and Tom's to see family that you have never met before. (Erin, Ryan and Keely) It was quite an eventful evening. We have had such rainy and stormy weather lately...Wed. we had to go in the basement at home due to tornados and then on Friday while we were at Martha and Tom's the sirens went off again! We headed down to the basement. Thankfully, there was no major damage in Nashville. However, St. Louis was hit really hard. It is so devastating to see the pictures of the homes that were completely destroyed, as well as the damage at the airport. Thankfully, we called Aunt Jessica and they were safe and had no damage! Monday was my last full day with you at home and I am so sad! Coming back to work is so much harder than I ever imagined. I knew it would be hard, but it is horrible! I miss you like crazy every minute of the day, all I do is think about you and what you're doing...are you sleeping, eating, laughing?!?! I miss singing to you and talking to you! I promise I am working to give you the best possible! I find myself mid sentence during the day and just welling up with tears! The evening with you go by way too fast and I find myself not wanting to put you down when you fall asleep. I could just hold you all night long...that's how precious my time is with you! You are the joy of my life and I love you more and more everyday! My stomach hurts when I have to leave you! I love you baby girl and I praise God for giving me you each day! You truly are the biggest blessing in my life!

12 weeks old!

Palm Sunday headed to church

Love my Daddy!

Mommy and Me

Love the ruffle butt!

Great Grandma Kryger

Cousins on Good Friday

Erin

Isabella

Our family of 3

11 weeks old!

Tyler, you were 11 weeks old on Friday, April 15th. You continue to be such a great sleeper! I've got one more whole week at home with you and I am going to enjoy every second! :-(

11 weeks old

Love seeing you sleeping so sweetly!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

9 weeks and 10 weeks old!!!

Once again I am behind. I just don't put this first, especially since during the day I just want to hold my baby girl even when she is sleeping because I know my time being a full time mommy is coming to an end way too soon! So, right now she is sleeping and I am giving up my sleeping time to get this written. Tyler is now 10 weeks old! She is still a growing girl! She is loving the weather that we've had, although it could cool off a bit...not quite ready for summer temps! She has done so well going for walks and just being outside. Her Daddy and I are in love with her more and more each day. I just sit and look at her for the longest time every single day in awe! She continues to smile more and more and babble! Saturday morning Devin and I woke up to hear her, not crying, but laughing and cooing in her crib! When I went to check on her she had rolled over and was having a great time in there! Devin leaned over to say good morning to her and she puckered out that lip and cried! We were like, I guess we disturbed her fun! She puckers out that bottom lip all the time now! It's so pitiful and cute at the same time! She likes when we sing her the itsy bitsy spider and do the motions...she loves to follow your fingers! She is constantly staring at us and really taking in our every move! I love to talk to her and see her smile! This past weekend she attended her first bridal shower, wearing the first bow I have made for her! Her Aunt Lindsay helped me make it with some ribbon I had bought, and now I can't wait for us to make her more and more! It turned out pretty good for our first attempt! I love bows and Tyler looks so adorable in them! I look forward to spending every last minute with Tyler these last two weeks that I am off! I love you more and more every single day Tyler Marie!!! You are one very special girl!