Worth the Wait!

I got my Mother's day Present this week...

The two pendants have the kids birthdate on the back too!

The raw stones are diamond (sages birthstone)
and aquamarine (Avery's birthstone)

LOVE IT!

Thank you so much Ryan.
You did good :)
I love you!

Bath time!

Listen for the "Love you" at the end from Sage to Daddy. Melts my heart!



Check out our fun unplanned day below...

Unplanned FUN

So, on days that I have NOTHING planned , all day, I get a little nervous.

Those are days that seem to last extra LONG.

Today was one of those days, and it turned out to be SO much fun.

And we never left the house!

In the morning I (by myself) swam with both kids for the first time!

Sage is so independent with his floaties! And we have shade on our pool until 11:30 I found out! Then my cousin Lisa came over with her 4 kids. Sage LOVES them all, especially Carson.

He mimics everything he does.

He wanted Payton to read him a book. (random)

After nap we all cuddled on the couch for some Barney, then played upstairs for a bit. Then I decided it was too hot outside for Avery so Sage "swam" in my bath. He loved the jets. I realized that I never have to buy bubbles again!! He was in there for an hour. Avery just sat in her Bumbo or with me. We sang, we laughed, we played...

Finally, Sage helped me make dinner for Daddy. He was so excited. I promise he wasn't too close to the stove :) and I was right there. (except when I stepped back to take a picture) :)

Taste test..They are starting to interact. Sage loves that she can "talk." We all were baby talking tonight!

Sage thought she was drooling too much and suggested we put the wash cloth on her. He was so proud of himself!Ryan was watching a soccer game on TV, and Sage went and stood JUST like him. It was SO cute! He wants to be just like Daddy in every way!

"Talking"

I seem to have a talker on my hands!

Great Buy!

We went to a birthday party a few weeks ago that had this great

inflatable bouncy house with slide.

Sage could play in it ALL BY HIMSELF!!

I left the party knowing we had to have it. So....

Mommy gets to sit and relax (well, sit and take care of Avery, but still)
BONUS-he got to tired after playing that he slept in till 8:15 the next morning!

Avery was very entertained by my cousin Lisa! Thanks!

**Another great treasure we found this weekend...fabric floaties!
They don't hurt when putting them on or off like the plastic ones.
Sage can swim with these!!!
All by himself (with us watching from very close!)
He is so independent and he loves it!

Sage and Colt finishing the night off with some milk and Shrek!

Camera App

I got a new App on my phone called camera+. I have been playing with all the different effects lately. Here are some things you can do with it...

Jean did these two:

I just changed this one to black and white

Happy Fathers Day!

We had a great family day today celebrating Fathers Day! We started at Church, then brunch at Trio, then naps for everyone, finally an afternoon in the pool and pizza!

Thank you Ryan for giving me the two best things in the world!
Him

and Her

At church (Sage refused to be in thepicture)

Fun in the pool!

Sage was so excited to give his Shrek card to Daddy

Love to my Dad too! Hope he is having fun in Cabo!

Fun at Carcar and Js

Carly and Jason (Sage calls them Carcar and J) had a swim party today and we had so much fun! They rented a snowcone machine and Sage probably had three!
I got to meet two new babies. Its crazy how Carly's friends are starting to have babies now. Aren't they still 12?!?!?

Here is Carly with Bennett and Sage!

Eating dinner with Colt and Bennett

My little Strawberry Shortcake!

They rented a big slide and the kids loved it! Sage would only go down with me, so no pictures of that, but here is a pic of one of his cousins going down. Ryan went down too!

BIG NEWS!!!!!

CARLY (my sis) IS

PREGNANT!!

AND SHE IS HAVING A

GIRL!!!

I can't wait! She is due in December. Our girls will grow up together and be the best of friends!!

It's official

we are in the toddler bath! (no more infant sling)

and we are in level 2 diapers.

Avery can hold her head up and sit in the bumbo too!

I can't believe she is growing so fast! Avery is definitely chunkier than Sage was at this age. Gotta love the rolls!!

It's also official that Sage is driving me crazy! A combination of his life being rocked by having a baby sister and just his age, but the whining will NOT stop. The fake crying and the pouting are unstopable. I put him to bed at 6:30 tonight just so I could relax. Love him, but WOW!

Astros+3!

First Astros Game for Avery!

I was there too, but somebody has to take the pictures!! :)

Check out my three other new posts below!!

Loving this..

picture

and this one

Let's not forget Sage! Here he is having SO MUCH FUN in Nana's shower with all the shower heads. It's like a car wash!

HOT!

When we are outside, we are in the water!!

Don't worry...It will be months (maybe years)

before I have a picture of me in a bathing suit :)

Jessica and I thought we could use this pool without actually having to blow up the top ring...didn't work out...but the kids still had fun running and jumping in it

Playing with our neighbors Luke and Emily. Tiffany and I take turns running around the lake while the other watches the kids play.

When Avery is outside she is usually like this...

Last Friday we had our cousins come over and my sister, Carly. The McGraws and Ryans parents, brother and sister in law, and Aunt and Uncle came too. We did some swimming first, then grilled out! So much fun!

and then Jessica had a great idea...SMORES!!

A little hot for that...here we are 100 degrees outside and we are sitting around a fire...

The kids just wanted the chocolate!!

Gotta Love Summer!