The Englerts: First sentence, anniversary, and other March randomness!

"Be careful, sister, you'll fall down and bump your head!"

This sentence, I will always remember.

Brookelynn was on the bed with us and Kaleb was too, and I think he was telling her to be careful not to fall down off the bed.

Although K has been saying long phrases for a while, he hasn't quite said his first sentence til this week that Justin or I could tell. But wow, today, for some reason, I realized that he has just recently become quite verbal.

It's cute that this was the first sentence, too - "Be careful," has become a common phrase around our house because we have a two year old boy and a one year old girl - and Mr. K can get a bit rambunctious!

I am in awe of my little man right now, because he is not just two, but two and a half, and...showing it! :)

Very recently he will tell me not just one thing, but a story. It's so cute.

Coloring a pic for Nana

He is getting so big!
I guess as a momma I am so busy I don't take the time to stop and realize how fast he and Brookey are growing.

I just don't, because I don't have the time.

But today was one of those rare moments when I stopped.

We had a dear friend over and she hasn't seen him in a few months and reminded me, as well, of how big he is getting. It's crazy!

Well, didn't get too many photos this last month because we've just been busy. But I plan to change that soon, and take some actual good photos on the CAMERA! We have been in the process of switching the babies rooms (Kaleb to the office and Brookelynn to Kaleb's old room) and what a process it is!

But, all that said, it's been so FUN to decorate two rooms - a boy's and a girl's. I feel like the decorating of Brookelynn's has been long awaited (since she's been in ours for so long!).

But it is SO cute and I will post pics when I get it finished. Of course, I went pink. It is BRIGHT pink and I LOVE it! And I think she appreciates it too because every once in a while during the day when she's in there with me, I see her glance around and just look at all the pretty things. :) LOVE the frilliness!!! And she's done pretty well with the adjustment - seems to like it just fine and go to sleep just fine. :) Makes me happy!

Kaleb's is cute too, but not quite there yet, either. I just decided to make things easier and keep his monkey/jungle theme and use the brown in the office. There are brown and blue stripes that the people painted before who lived here and they are pretty cute with the monkey/jungle theme. We transferred the monkeys from his old room into his new room and now we are in the process of getting a new desk and moving the old one out of there. I think when it is done, it'll be a cute little boys room. It's already getting there. The first night was a hard one for him though, because he didn't know what was going on, and my mommy's heart was so sad for him! I tried my best to explain to him though what was happening and that he was going to have a really, really fun room very soon with lots of jungle animals and stuff. Since then, he's done really well with the transition and goes to sleep just fine in there. :) We have also transferred a bunch of his stuff into his room so I think he feels it is his. He doesn't even want his diaper changed anywhere else now but in there.

In other news, we had our FIFTH anniversary!! Yes, I said fifth. I cannot believe how the time has flown by. So...Justin spoiled me and took me to San Antonio (neither of us had been before...well, Justin had when he was too little to remember) and I let go of the reins a little and let my mom take care of the kids for the weekend. Wow was that hard! Until then, I had not let Brookelynn stay overnight with anyone, nor had we ever left the kids alone together with someone else for more than a few hours at a time. So THAT was hard! Harder than I expected....I was SO sad that I cried dropping them off and called like every few hours...almost the entire trip. Yes, I am the pathetic mom who cannot leave her kids with someone else, no matter how amazing (my mom is pretty amazing), for more than an hour. Lol.

But - we did have a good time. We did the Riverwalk, saw the Alamo, had dinner on the river. It was pretty crazy the last day though since it was Saint Patrick's and they were having a parade. We WERE the parade because we took a riverboat tour that day and literally followed directly behind the parade. We joke about it because we got the hour riverboat tour and everyone else had to have the thirty minute one!

The sights were interesting that day - girls with green hair, stockings and colored faces, people throwing beads and candy at us, and lots of yelling in general, and TONS and tons of people, It was very crowded!

But, our hotel was the most awesome part. I would definitely recommend the Drury Hotel to anyone who stays in San Antonio. Our hotel room was amazing, and the view was spectacular.

On the terrace


The view looking directly down from our terrace

More of the view

Inside our room

The jacuzzi! Next to it is the window...with a view

We were on the 14th floor so we did have quite the view.

But anyway, there was a free meal for breakfast and dinner served downstairs, and wonderful customer service. And...I will stop now. It is a very cool hotel though!

Here are just a few other random photos from the trip.

So, yes, I did survive without the kids and it was quite a nice little getaway, and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking to have some quality time with their significant other. Just make sure that if you're not big into crowds not to go on Saint Patrick's Day! :)

I was looking at the calendar just the other day and could not believe that we are in April. Are we seriously in April? I am just in awe of time these days, but...I guess it's because I have a one year old and a two year old taking it up! :)

I was also realizing that Brookey is going to be turning SIXTEEN months this month. 16!! And...guess who is not walking yet? Oh well. It's okay, I am so okay with that. She has started standing though, like on her own, and she loves to make a game of it. She'll stand up and then stay there for a second or two, then sit down again and laugh hysterically like it's the funniest thing on earth. I think that may be the route she takes! She likes to walk sometimes with me holding her hands, but most of the time prefers to try things herself. So...we shall see how she decides to take her first steps. She just loves to watch her brother and crawl after him all the time! Wait til she realizes that walking and running are so much faster!

They are getting fun to watch together. They laugh at each other all the time and how precious it is. I love to watch them.

Of course, they get in their tiffs more often than not, but they are usually short lived. There is still much correcting but that's to be expected. Kaleb has started this thing where he needs a drink every time he's upset - it's kind of cute yet weird and Justin and I were like, "Is that okay?"
But every time he gets into trouble now, he asks for his drink (his sippy cup). I think it has turned into his lovey and comfort.

On another completely different note, please pray for my grandpa. He has been going downhill recently, but the last few days was put into the hospital because he was (sorry if this is TMI but it's the truth) vomiting fecal matter.

The doctors are ruling out a bunch of things but right now they know he has a large aneurism and is bleeding internally and they have told my mom he might not come out of this alive.

I am praying about whether to go spend some time with him as I am not sure if these are his last days on earth or not.

This is a bit emotional (as I know you understand) and he has been such an inspiration to me in my life and it's hard. One part of me wants to go see him so badly because I love him so much, yet another part of me is not sure if I can stand to see him that way. I just want to remember the happy, healthy, wonderful Christian man I have always known.

Aside from my earthly father, who was also a good influence, my grandfather was the other single most important man in my life. He was always SO kind and loving and STRONG at the same time, and showed me who Christ is in SO many ways. Anyway, I could go on and on about him but I just need prayer about what to do. Thanks!!

That's it for the month. Think I covered it all. I'll leave you with a few pics I did take!