And baby makes four!!!

We welcomed the fourth member to the Fortner family on May 27, 2010. Liam Asher was born at 7:05 AM and weighed 8 lbs 14 oz and was 21 inches long. He was more beautiful than we could ever have imagined! Big brother Lawson was in love just as Andy and I were. We were so excited when we got to bring him home. Life has been on fast forward since Liam was born. Now Liam is 7 weeks old and weighs a little over 12 lbs according to our scales at home. He is a pretty good sleeper...only waking to eat and get a diaper change. We stay busy around here, and I'd say we've all adjusted quite well to having another member in the family. Lawson has done very well sharing the spot light, but he still has his moments when he doesn't like sharing mommy or daddy's attention and acts out so that we will discipline him so he's got all of our attention on him. It's all to be expected. I could never have dreamed how happy I'd be being a mommy to two precious boys! I can't wait to see what the next year holds for us. Liam is starting to develop a little personality and is beginning to coo and "talk". It is so sweet seeing Lawson interact with Liam and try to teach Liam how to do things like jump off the furniture and how to say the Pledge of Allegiance. It is the best thing in the whole world seeing my two boys together! I can't wait until Liam is big enough to really play with his big brother, Lawson. Until next time...

32 weeks and a 2 1/2 year old!!!

So a lot has happened in the Fortner house since my last blog! We've gotten closer to meeting the newest member of our team, said goodbye to our best 4 legged friend, and watched as our big boy, Lawson, has matured into a little boy. We have had so many blessings over the past several months, and we look forward to so many more in the near future!
I went to the doctor last Friday, and we were able to get a 4D sonogram and see baby Liam Asher in real life mode! It was unbelievable how real he did look, and we could already see he has a lot of hair! According to the sonogram, he weighs 4 lbs and 3 oz already, and the EDD is 5/23/10. His big brother Lawson is so excited, and asks me often when we are going to the hospital to pick up Liam or "Lemmy" as he calls him.
I look forward to meeting this new baby boy, and most of all I look forward to getting to see the precious relationship my two boys will have! God is so good and continues to provide for us in ways we could never imagine! (I will post pictures soon as we are finally getting wireless at home.)
Until next time...

Lawson is 2 and the football party!

Our sweet boy turned 2 years old yesterday, and we celebrated by having him a football birthday party per his request! He has been asking about it for months when I asked him what kind of party he wanted to have. He loves balls of all sorts, but football is by far the favorite. He had a great party with many friends and family present.

Lawson never ceases to amaze us! He can say his entire alphabet and count to 10 in English and Spanish. He is so much smarter than I'd ever imagined a 2 year old to be. He is also challenging our disciplinary actions daily and is getting very aquainted with the old fashioned spank.

There is also other very exciting news in the Fortner household....we are pregnant with baby #2! Yep, we are due June 3, 2010 and are so excited! Things are soon to change.

Long time No see...

Sorry for the extreme hiatus that we have been on since our last post back in Feb! We are just getting over having the busiest summer of our lives! Andy and I had FOUR weddings that we were in this summer all of which were our best friends' so we were involved in as much of it as we could. Along with the four weddings, we are also in the midst of building our first (dream) home! We are on schedule to finish in about 2 weeks so the next time we post a blog we will probably be finished! I will post pictures ASAP. Lawson is still growing as fast as ever and still amazes us with his talents! He is a great singer, dancer, and can already speak in two languages! He is like a sponge and takes in every new piece of information possible! This is just a tidbit of an update and hopefully it will not take me 6 months to do the next post!

Mommy's little man...

Sorry, it has been a while since the last post. I hope everyone is well. We are doing great at the Fortner house! Lawson got tubes put in his ears two weeks ago, and he seems to be feeling a lot better. I am glad he has some relief from all of the ear aches he's been having. He is now 16 months old, and is just the sweetest. He is saying all kinds of words now that he can actually hear what's being said, thanks to the tubes. He says HEEEYYY (he drags out the sylable) and it is the cutest thing...he sounds just like me when he says it so you can imagine how southern that might be!! He is still climbing onto everything, but now he has figured out that jumping off of elevated surfaces feels good to his sensory system so he is scaring me A LOT! We are starting the dirt work today to begin the work on our first house so we are so happy about that. We are shooting for a deadline of October (or at least that's my deadline), but Andy thinks we might be in sooner. Either way my one resolution that I made for 2009 is looking real good....we will soon be home owners! I could use any advice that you all might have since this is my first home building project. Hope to blog sooner that last time!!

New year...new moves

Lawson is 15 months old and is the most energetic child I have ever seen! He's able to climb onto everything which keeps me moving and very nervous! He is also quiet the little dancer too. He loves spinning on one foot and singing too. I will post new pictures real soon!

Pocket full of sunshine....

Lawson is almost 13 months old, and he is doing something new and funny everyday. His latest thing is blowing a kiss, but instead of putting his hand up to his mouth and blowing the kiss he puts his hand up to his ear. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen!! He is such a little cutie. He has also started giving me "sugar" on demand, but instead of putting his lips together he just leans in with his mouth wide open and kisses. I call him my little sugar daddy!!! I will post pictures as soon as I can get him to slow down long enough to take one. Thank goodness I have a good camara that can take really fast action shots because he is not still unless he is sleeping. He definitely fills my pocket full of sunshine!!!