May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, may the rain fall soft upon your face. And until we meet again, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

life through pictures...too busy to write:(

so some highlights....

tess, papa, kat and josh came to town for a wedding weekend....we had a great dinner out at fish city grill...our babies were the life of the restaurant and did SUPER well considering we had a lengthy wait for our table of 6

we got to keep august for the day and night while they drove to possum kingdom for the wedding....it was SO much fun....she and william had a blast and I LOVED getting to play with the Diva all by myself...and most importantly - to dress her:)

we hit up another market sample sale....a few finds for william and august cleaned house....she is the perfect size for samples!

nana and aunt audrey came over to play with william and have dinner....they had been out and about baby shopping for baby cefalu....audrey got a super cute diaper bag and we enjoyed a nice relazing dinner (catered by central market of course!!!)

we have decided to put in a deck - WOO HOO....we will now have an outdoor party space and I am so excited!! pics to come when it is complete!

we celebrated rodney's 40th birthay and it was FABULOUS! Jen pulled off the ultimate surprise birthday weekend and we loved spending every minute with them....

and right after that we celebrated Easter....we had muffins and mimosas and a fabulous Egg Hunt in Tess' backyard.....the Easter Bunny even came....

We have enjoyed lots of family time in our bakcyard thanks to this gorgeous weather!!!!! William loves to be outside and so do we!

we have played and played and played and played....william continues to eat well and grow like a weed....mommy just tries to keep up with him and daddy sometimes laughs at the way we appear at the end of the day - ha!

enjoy some pics from around our world....

william at the arboretum for Dallas Blooms

william and william.....sweet friends

august saying "come on william, over here"

ready for our outing at the arboretum...too bad the parking was full and we had to come home:(


so we settled for some backyard play time


the diva


a little friendly play


william at the neighborhood petting zoo for Easter


the Easter Bunny came....


let's see what he left for William


yes! bunny ears!!!!


these are the coolest!


family pic on Easter....too bad we don't have one in our pretty clothes...


William meets the Easter bunny


posing with daddy....


I found an egg


my Nana came over too...and she brought me Bud the bunny


look at all these Easter presents

I am having so much fun right now!


I love my pool towel Tess and Papa


Mom's fabulous table for Easter


I think I am so cool....this is when he learned how to sit up in his crib....so yes it had to be lowered....he still towers above it when he stands...sigh


this was about our 5th stop past their nap time...the mall....passed out!


while drinking her bottle....


and sucking on those fingers


we gave teething biscutits a shot...big mistake...so messy and he had so many teeth already he just chewed it up and almost choked....bye bye to those


i still like to smile and giggle....


magic pop...yum yum


this is the day william found his rocking chair in his room...he loves it!


tornados in Dallas....everyone to the bathtub


what? you mean i am not supposed to dump out EVERY toy from my basket


st. patrick's day with mom and dad


and brad and william....it was so fun


because people like this are at every St. Patrick's Day parade, right?


lunch at CM afterwards


bubble machines are AWESOME


wow....


Grace wants in on the action


8 months old


feeding himself avocado


play time at Petsmart


avocado in the mesh feeder


fort time with my dad!


mom thinks i look like stevie wonder here....


doing a little laundry


and fooling around


escape....


our sweet girl....


crawfish boil at the cefalus


yum yum


chris and audrey


h family pic


sad day...putting away the play mat and bouncer


and his sweet swing...


round 2 of feeding himself avocado....get naked first!


is it almost gone?


really, no more?


well that stinks!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Your Children Want You....

So all week I have seen this article pop up on my friends Facebook pages....I have read it several times and continue to feel like I am on the OTHER side of the fence....

I love my organized pantry, I love seasonal throw pillows, I love the idea of breakfast looking like an ice cream cone, I love following my friends on Pinterest - seeing their adorable creations...I love dreaming up the next thematic birthday party and all the fun decorations I could create....I love it all....and this doesn't make me a bad person or even worse a bad mom....

I also love making my dining room table into a fort for William, letting him play finger foods with avocado where he no doubt ruined his clothes and made the biggest mess ever, I love making up songs with him that have absolutely no meaning and barely a melody....I love teaching him how to beat his hands on top of Tupperware in hopes that he will be the next drummer for someone wildly famous like Coldplay or the next Beatles!  I think I can have it both ways.....

I am moving past this article....I know I am a good mom, I know I spend amazing quality time with my child and I will continue to long for the days when I can make sandwiches look like fish and a pirate ship out of cupcakes.....and I will do it more efficiently because my pantry is organized:)  

Your Children Want You - it's worth a read....

Friday, April 13, 2012

Life....

No worries....we're still here! Been busy eating avocado,


cleaning up avocado, and chasing this dude around!



I'm wishing we were doing a little more of this....


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Sunday, March 11, 2012

enjoying life...

we've been busy enjoying life...and somewhat neglecting the blog...here's a glimpse into what we have been up to....

we enjoyed a shrove tuesday celebration at Incarnation for William's first Mardi Gras...

he was in Heaven with all the people, the band, the fun and the fellowship...my sweet sweet boy

our friend...who shall remain nameless as the Inaugural Pancake King in the parade...it was HYSTERICAL...

Orie enjoyed a boys night at a scotch tasting with Brad...the boys rule was to try the most expensive scotch at each station - not a bad rule at a scotch tasting!

Di enjoyed a fun girls night to celebrate LT's birthday....the food, wine and girly talk was fantastic!

William enjoyed a play date with his friend William at the arboretum and another with his friend Harris....he loves to play with friends...we would post a pick of his friend William but he ended his visit to the arboretum with some play time in the fountain and left with a bare belly...I can't wait for both William's to run through the fountains...such freedom and joy!

William and Harris...I love how Harris put his arm on William like "hey buddy"

we have enjoyed the joys of teething...3 on the bottom now (the third one was the WORST) and one coming in on the top...I am sure it will be a doozie too!

all smiles

his new thing to do with his teeth and bottom lip...

let me stick it out even further so you can see them

we have enjoyed a couple of house guests, Tess and Papa, when they came to town for a wedding weekend...William enjoyed soaking up some extra loving...

all glammed up for the wedding...

we have done yard work, yes yard work, our new thing since I fired our lawn guy...:/

I re stained my garage sale furniture that had seen better days - it now looks AWESOME...just waiting on some new cushions that the squirrels will not eat hopefully!

check out our yard (bypass the patch of no grass - we're working on that) and look at the green grass...that's right, we bagged the yard - no nasty mulch here! I was so excited....I couldn't believe how long I had let our yard guy RUIN our yard with all that mulch and dead leaves!

we have played with sweet Grace...and slowly but surely she is starting to love William instead of tolerate him....AHHH...makes a mama proud!

she wanted to be included in the photo shoot

my sweet girl...we just love her...can't imagine life without a dog...

we have certainly made time for some giggles...

 William thinks he is so cool as he rolls around the room...this is when I decided that he could be a pretty good gymnast...don't you think he would have a good dismount?

he is so fun


 he likes to do this A LOT...glad we clipped that frenulum to give him an even longer tongue to play with! 

but don't forget, I have a VERY serious side still:)


 and we have slowly but surely watched our son turn into a big boy who is 7 months old.....

why is it that time passes so quickly?


what have you been up to?

Monday, March 5, 2012

Happy Monday Friends




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