My first Mothers Day!

My very first mothers day was a wonderful day! I spent the whole day with my two favorite boys! We had a day full of family BBQ's and bike rides. My mothers day gift was given to me early- I love my bike cart! I take Daws everywhere in it! But Sunday morning my great husband gave me a beautiful card, Dawson let his mommy sleep in and greeted me with a smile!
Being a mother has changed my life and it is really hard sometimes... But that little miracle makes my heart smile everyday. What an amazing gift Heavenly Father blessed me with and he's just the most adorable lil man. I have a very blessed life and my husband works very hard to be a great provider and husband and lets me be a stay at home mommy- something that has been a dream of mine forever.
All in all mothers day was a great success!

Feeding Lady :-)

Tonight we took Daws out to meet Lady and feed her. He wasn't to thrilled about her... But she loved him! Mostly because we had carrots :-) it will be cute when he gets older and can feed her himself.

It's been to long!

Well thanks to my awesome cousin for motivating me to get on it- I am back! I have been such a slacker- the last time I posted I was prego and now he's 9 months!! It is so crazy how time flies and passes you by without you knowing! I need to start sharing Dawsons adventures! We have a lot of fun!
Today we went biking up at a place called warm river. It was uphill and a bumpy dirt trail and HOT --but we did it! Daws was do good till the end of the ride when he got tired so I unbuckled him and he snuggled up! It was great exercise and a lot of fun for us both! Thank goodness for the pull cart! We love our new toy!

Being crafty!

I saw something similar to this at Porters Craft and Frame and decided to make a decoration for Dawson's room. It turned out really cute and wasn't to hard to make!



First you'll need bocks of wood and wood letters, as many as what your wanting it to say.

this is before. (couldn't get it to rotate)

i got football scrapbook paper traced and cut out the letters and glued it. then hot glued thr letters to my painted blocks.  I found some ribbon and got some random buttons and decorated the letters. You can use anything to decorate.

here is an example.

Here's the finished product!

Like father like son

I just had to share this picture! This is a baby picture of Tadd......

AND... This is a picture of Dawson!  Wow what a match!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE

Announcing Dawson Darin Atchley!!!

Dawson Darin Atchley

Wednesday August 3, 2011 Dawson was born at 11:49 a.m. I was scheduled to be induced at 5 a.m that morning- Tadd and I got there a little early and by 4:30 a.m they started the pit. by 5:30 the contractions started and got worse really fast! at 6:30 I couldn't take it any more and asked for the epidural. By that time the contractions were 20 and 30 seconds apart! It took till 7 a.m to get the epidural in but after that it was so much better!!!! Dawson was born at 11:49 a.m. It was so hard but he is so perfect and we love him so much!!

Dad was pretty tired to! Poor guy had to sleep on that char that pulled out into a very uncomfortable bed! Tadd is a great dad and Dawson and I are very lucky to have him!!

He is already being trained by dad to be a cowboys fan!!!

Getting closer-----!!!!!

We got a 3D ultrasound and the little dude wouldn't hold still-- started out with both hands over his face then after shaking my belly around, he moved one then some more shaking and finally got his face! Only for a second and then those hands were right back on that cute face! Guess he gets his picture phobia from me!! We think he has uncle Chris's (my little brother) nose!

Then the only other body part we could get was his little baby foot. (He's an active boy already!) And yup-- he's got his daddy's feet! If you look close, his second toe is slightly longer than his big toe.  I don't have toes like that and Tadd does! It's so cool getting a head start on seeing the traits he already has! (He does have a pinkie toe-- again he was just a wiggle worm)

Room is finished and ready for it's new move in! He's definitely got all the things he needs!

And here is the "grab and go" corner-- Tadd and I are all ready to meet our little guy!

3 weeks to go! Hopefully sooner!!!