well, i have been a terrible blogger...yikes...i will be shocked if my tiny following is still even coming around here anymore....i hope you're still out there!
we have been busy bees.....i don't think i gave you a glimpse of may, june or july....woops! well....you're only going to get a brief glimpse through pictures and a little commentary...i just don't have the time right now for THAT much recap!
Fun is what describes our life lately...we are loving each minute with William and the crazy way he keeps us smiling and laughing (as if we didn't do that enough already). Busy is also what describes our life lately....busy with life, family, friends, work, planning a 1st birthday party (now don't hate on us just because I love to party plan!!!), people coming to visit, going places to visit, you name it! All in all...we are still living, laughing and loving our crazy world....come visit us....we have been a very busy hotel lately!
my birthday in florida...what fun...i am one lucky girl!
birthday night out!
the four night owls....thanks tess and papa for babysitting!
kat and josh at the rangers game
it was so fun....the suite was pretty nice too!!!
ethan's first major league baseball game....and in a suite....he was a big fan of the air conditioned room - ha! if he only knew how you really watch a baseball game!
matching shirts....so cool
my sweet ethan....
tess and papa....thanks for the tickets dad...it was awesome!
my mother's day gift wrap - not bad orie!
and it wrapped up something super sweet.....
william's 9 month photo shoot....quite entertaining is our sweet boy!
hey mom and dad....do you see me?
i bet i can make you laugh...
visiting mike the tiger in baton rouge
my first trip to the Chimes with jarrod and kimberly
finally...at the beach....wahooooo
i think i kind of like hanging out with these other small people
william and orie on the beach.....
my beach bum...in every way
william and papa gazing at the ocean
william and mama....he crawled and crawled and crawled and crawled and then crawled some more....all over the place!
he liked the shower for memorial day weekend....
family pic
h family pic....
tess and papa with their loves
hey august....
i love the beach!
hanging with august
william and di swimming in the pool
just hanging out
playing in the sand with august
part of the crew for memorial day weekend in perdido...it was wild!
a little more sand crawling
the cousins....so sweet to each other
the kids....can you believe it?
andrew and warren come to visit...thanks for fixing my toy guys!
william and di on mother's day
jen and rod came for the weekend....tim mcgraw for these adults....
and a little babysitting for di and orie
nothing like playing in the dirt for the afternoon
a good bath with my cousins should clean me right up!
make your own boboli pizza night
swimming at baby bearacuda class....so fun! we did everything the teacher told us and william had a blast!
father's day...i think this was the best moment ever!
10 month photo shoot....he does not want to sit in the chair anymore....
probably because he is moving around ALL OVER THE PLACE
he loves his lion toy
pushes it all day long, all over the house...until he gets stuck and then comes his fit!
william and william l.w.....it's fun to play with friends!
patti and amy come to visit....yippee!
and my aunt kay kay.....she always smiles at me!
playing with frannie and sawyer in shreveport
and carie and charlie
they had so much fun...
this looks like t.r.o.u.b.l.e.
sawyer and william playing....
and charlie chillaxin
william would like to have some snack with the big boys!
william loves getting to see katie and annie...they look different from grace
hanging out with nana and grumpus
tess and papa keep the babies for a girls night out
william and di at the lake for the 4th of july weekend
he loved crawling all around the grass at the lake....
and playing in the baby pools
with uncle rod at mr. ron's fireworks party
playing with august and sweet mary helen
mr. blue eyes
he LOVED the parachute, the big kids and the parachute games...he thinks he is SO BIG
trying to figure out all the fun!
laughing with tess before the fireworks....
hanging with tess during the fireworks....very different facial expression!!!
just hanging with my papa
papa asked me if he ever sits still....nope
my first barge ride
puffs....the magical treat (bribe) of the moment
this lake looks pretty cool
uh oh....cooper was driving
and now they're letting william drive...this is bad
first time in lake bistineau..so fun!
with uncle josh and august....
all the bambinos on the white thing
all that swimming makes a baby tired
cooking in the kitchen....so fun!
all this for me to play with....wow!
we got to play with charlie several times while we were in shreveport....
so fun....look at his gorgeous curls - from his mama with board straight hair!
august and william had so much fun playing each day!
hey, what's cooper doing in my stroller?
aunt jen kidnapped the babies for an afternoon of secrets....we think she gave them icees and chocolate
playing in norton art gallery's gardens with august
a nice relaxing 4th of july by the pool with papa
this is what our back yard-right off the back door looked like before....
and after....WE LOVE IT!
william loves his light sabre his daddy let him play with....
chihuly at the arboretum....AMAZING
learning how to eat cantaloupe with dad
sliding down the big slide
some birthday night out fun in destin.....aren't we cute
orie and diana on our birthday night out
really cool twinkle lights
what mom....didn't you want me to take all these folded clothes out of the crate?
i love swimming with cooper!
hanging with my friend collier in the vbs nursery
a little night time fun at til midnight at the nasher....
william wearing some "man clothes" and pushing his lawn mower...he looks so big boy here
taking my lion and elephant back to the zoo
coldplay concert (my birthday present)....it was AWESOME
our special glow bracelets
i was so excited!
look at all the lights....
each bracelet had a certain color and would glow in rhythm with certain songs...it was spectacular
COLDPLAY
having a martini in shreveport....
hanging out with grandma and grandpa
finally, i learned how to drink milk from a cup! yeah for shreveport mini boot camps!
spa day and dinner out with tess, jen and kat...it was a great christmas present from our boys!
came across these pics from when i was little....i was dying over how much it looks like william, the facial expressions, mannerisms, everything.....
why the boy shoes and boy overalls mom and dad?
love this...
totally william...
100% william
no doubt about it william
me with poppy....just cause he's so awesome
this one cracks me up because i think ethan makes the face jen is making, william looks just like that and i even think august sometimes has that crooked smile like kat is making....
di and orie at the rangers game!
so that's life in a nutshell....with a lot of cracks and blanks that i will fill in if you ask.....yes, there are way more pictures of our adventures in florida, around texas, home for 2 weeks in shreveport and all the in between with friends....we have had so much fun! what have you done with your summer?
