It's Summer!

I'm way behind. I didn't realize how long it had been since I had posted until I started going through pictures and realized how many I have to post!!

A few weeks ago, we pulled out the pool and have been having lots of fun outside since it's been so warm. Kylie also got her first taste of a swimming pool. As expected, she loved it! I think we have two water babies on our hands.

Dinner later that night - gotta love messy face pictures

Noah feeding Kylie puffs. She loves these now and can put them in her mouth herself.

That following Saturday morning, Maddie and Mason came over to play in the water. Kylie was antisocial and slept almost the whole time, but Mason had fun anyway. :-)

Noah and Maddie had fun in the pool!

Later that day, I went to a baby shower for my friend, Alana. It was so fun to see her and lots of other old coworkers!


Playing the belly game.



Christie and Alana

Saturday was a very busy day, when I got back from the shower, we had a neighborhood picnic. It was so fun to hang out with the neighbors. There were lots of kids and Noah had a blast.

Phoenix (Kylie's friend who lives accross the street), gave Kylie a Mum Mum and she loved it! We need to get some for her. She's getting so big!

Noah and Maddie with Carlissa, a little girl from down the street. She was so sweet with the little ones and watched over them for us.

They played with Carlissa's whiteboard and his hands looked like this when they were done! :-)

Kylie eating her puffs - and happy about it!

On Thursday morning, I saw something in Noah's ear and when I pulled it out, I realized it was his tube! He got these when he was 11 months old so this one stayed in almost 2 years! I guess the other one is still in - we'll see for sure at his 3 year old appointment in July. Here's what it looked like --

Here's just some really cute pictures of the kids from Thursday afternoon...

On Friday, Megan and Ryan came over to check out the pool. Love these little girl bathing suits - guess where they came from? (where else? - Savannah!)

Noah was tired that morning and laid down for a bit - I thought it was cute seeing my kids lounging together after lots of play time! :-)

Such a big boy

Ryan is really growing up, too!!

He wasn't so sure about the water.

Friday was also our 5 year anniversary! I can't believe it's been 5 years since our wedding day. That was the first of the 3 best days of my life! It was fun to remember what we were doing at different times of the day. Waylon came home with a dozen roses and we had a nice dinner outside at the mexican restaurant - much different atmosphore than 5 years ago with two kids and eating at 6 pm! :-) I couldn't be happier about it though.

Saturday was a very special day. Waylon's dad came over and took Noah for some quality Grandaddy/Grandson time. They went to a car show together while Waylon and I took Kylie to a restauant downtown to wait for our friends Dave and Megan - who were off getting engaged!!!! Dave planned a huge scavenger hunt for Megan - at the end of which she found him with a ring! Then he brought her to lunch where a bunch of us were waiting. She was really surprised to find us all there and it was so fun to be there to celebrate with them. Congratulations Dave and Megan! We are so happy for you!

Dave with the girls

Kylie enjoyed lots of attention - she's not used to getting all of it! :-) I think she had fun being with us alone some. She got tired while we were there, so we put her down for a nap in her stroller. She's such a good baby. And yes, that's a dinner napkin for a blanket! :-)

The woman of honor with Kylie

When we got home, Noah and Grandaddy were playing outside. Noah had so much fun getting some one on one time. It made us decide that we need to have some Noah dates. We are going to make a concerted effort to each spend some alone time with him.

On Saturday night and Sunday morning, Noah and I went over to Maddie's house to take care of their cats since they were out of town. Noah was very proud and I told him he could earn money for doing it and we could go get something special for him the next day. When we got home on Sunday night, he asked where his money was but I didn't have any cash! So I pulled out my wallet and counted out the change I had in there. It was 65 cents in dimes and pennies and after I piled it all in his hand, he said, 'THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!' It was so funny. So we went to Target on Sunday morning and he picked out a helicopter from the Cars movie. He was very proud.

On Sunday evening, we met Nana, Grandaddy, Andrea, Sean and Savannah for dinner and I got this great picture...... look closely. :-)

On Monday, Waylon left for Houston for work. Grammy was here to meet us when we got home from work/school that night to help! She's been helping with the kids and cooking and doing laundry so many helpful things! Thank you so much, Grammy!! Today, she kept Kylie home and they both enjoyed some one on one time (further proving our need for one on one time with the kids). Waylon got back in town this afternoon and tonight we enjoyed a yummy dinner that Grammy made for us! Grammy is going to stay with us tomorrow and then the kids and I are going to go to the lake with her to meet Papa whlie Waylon gets some things done around here. We'll be back on Sunday though so we can still enjoy the holiday as a family.

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!