First of many...

Junior's Aunt K was in town with the rest of the crew this past weekend and since she will not be able to make it back up to his 1st birthday party :( she gave Junior his present early. Aunt K will be in Peru hiking up to see Machu Picchu. Pray for her safe trip there and back.


Reading his card and learning that his present was from Aunt K...


Ripping it open...


So excited!!! His first pool...

Thank you Aunt K!!!

Family Get Together

This past weekend marked the beginning of many busy weekends to follow. We spent the whole weekend visiting with my aunts, uncles, cousins, immediate family and grandparents. I am very indecisive and this past weekend showed me which side of the family I got that from. All weekend we were changing plans left and right but we did manage to get a lot done. We played games, went rock climbing, played in the Texas heat, went swimming a couple of times and had a sleep over with my cousins. Daddy was able to sneak in a round of golf with my uncle. Junior had a blast (well, we all did) especially getting to take a bath with his new buddy (my youngest cousin). He did surprisingly well with so many people and so much action. Below are a few pictures of Junior and Daddy riding a bike and swinging on Nana and Great One's swing.

Pool FUN!!!

Daddy was out of town this weekend so Junior and I took a trip to Nana and Great One's house. We stayed there a few days playing and visiting. The best day was visiting Junior's Great-grandparents' pool. He loves going off the side of the pool and going under water. He also had a blast...

blowing bubbles...


kicking on the kickboard...


showing he could do it all by himself...


and making funny faces!

Mommy sure was glad he had such a great time swimming! :)

P.S. Hope you had a Happy Birthday Great One!!!

11 Months old and too close to a year

Birthday Party

Junior's friend had his first birthday party and it was also Junior's first birthday party to attend. Here is little J with his first birthday cake. Yum!
Of course Junior had to try out his friend's presents. It sure helped me decide what he would like for his birthday in a month. They sure don't make those red wagons like they used to. This one had two seats with belts, adult cup holders, a canopy shade and a fanny-pack cooler. What ever happened to the plain red metal ones?

Let me in!

"This is so unfair!" Daddy was finally able to get the gate up and left a disappointed Junior at the bottom of the stairs. Junior will still make attempts to get up the stairs as he shakes and pulls on the gate praying for it to open.

My little climber...

Junior still has no concept of "falling". He will climb on almost anything he can get up just to see what's going on in the world above. Of course the first time he scaled the back of the couch I searched for the camera instead of getting him down right away. Now he thinks this is a funny game!

And he's off...

Junior has been crawling and pulling up to things for over a month now but it wasn't until just a few days ago that his little legs were long enough to reach the next step and then the days of only crawling downstairs were no more. On his first try, Junior made it all the way to the top of the stairs (with Mommy close behind). The smile of accomplishment at the top said it all. He was so proud of himself!

Happy Late 4th of July

We had a very nice, relaxing 4th, celebrating our independence and praying for the soldiers overseas. Later that week we were fortunate enough to spend an afternoon with some friends talking, eating lunch and attempted a pool party with Junior's friends.

Happy to be 10 months old