Funny Memories...

Tee hee hee. I came across these photos while looking for some others and just laughed.  Hope you enjoy them too.

Grandma Pat celebrating her birthday years ago.  Looking good!  I love the hat.  Too bad we didn't get to keep it.

The direction from the photographer was "make funny faces."  I love the end result.  We took this in October while staying at Heather's lakehouse.  Liam was sleeping, finally.  It was a rough weekend for the poor little guy.  Thanks to Julia for rocking him for 2 hours and GG for singing him a song.

Brotherly Love

Splish Splash at the waterpark with Community Group girls. The water was super cold and it was a breezy 74 degrees.  There was a lot of teeth chattering going on!
Look what Gramma did to us.  I swore I would never put my kids in the same stuff, but Jude loves it.  What's a Mommy to do?
Ma followed suit with matching basketball uniforms.  Again, Jude loves it. Can you feel the love here?  These boys are so smitten with one another and I am smitten with them. I love, love, love my boys. Is it just me, or do their feet look enormously out of proportion here?  They are HUGE!

Happy Birthday Liam!

Liam's birthday was a total blast.  The cupcake didn't go over so well at first.  I think he thought it was a toy. Then once he got a taste is was all over - a face plant right into the cupcake, eat your way out kind of bliss!  Following was a quick scrub down in the kitchen sink.  

I thought I would do a little first year of life run down... Liam has 6 teeth, can crawl, pull himself up to a standing position, say "Mama", "Dada", "Bubba" for brother, "nigh nigh" for night night, "moah" for more and "ball."  Ball these days pretty much means anything that is round from grapes to lights to actual balls, including Bakugan balls much to my dismay.

The best thing is that he and his brother love each other VERY much.  Yesterday we spent that latter portion of the afternoon playing in Liam's room laughing, hugging, reading and lots of other stuff.  He and Jude just look at each other and laugh.  They make faces at one another all the time and Jude just dotes on his baby.  I am the most blessed woman in the world.

Sing A Long

Last Thursday was Jude's last day of school for the Spring Semester.  The 3 year old classes put on a Singalong for the parents, so Pop and Ma came to see the show.  Jude didn't know they were coming so instead of singing with all the other kids he was talking to Pop and Ma and Liam.  "Are you coming to my house after this?"  "Liam is staring at me!" "Why is everyone looking at me?" "Look at Liam and Pop and Ma." "Mommy, are Pop and Ma coming to my house for a long time?" Seriously kiddo?  Sing, would ya?!

This is Jude and his teacher Ms. Cathy.  I love her and she loves Jude and Liam.  I am praying we get in her class for Summer School.
This is Ms. Sheridan.  She has tried and tried to nurture Jude's craft skills and desire for the arts this year but all he wants to do is play super heroes with Jackson and Mitchell.
This is Jackson!  Can you feel the love?
Jude and Eva are on the far left.  They both did more talking than singing.  Shannon and I were cracking up!
Now that's just good stuff right there.  Warms my heart!  My Dad, Pop, is the only guy other than Daddy that can pick Liam up without him crying!  There's a bond there.  

Memorial Day Weekend Update

No need to adjust your screen, the cake only looks like it's on fire.  Adam turned the big 34 on the 20th so we needed a LOT of candles. Karen and Jude baked a cake and The Fishes drove down from Iowa for a surprise visit. He had no clue - we really got him this time. 
Liam and Doola had breakfast together every morning while Adam and I slept in.  I guess I kind of got a birthday gift too huh? Liam was so sweet, every time he looked at Julia he got a huge smile on his face and sucked in air in while making funny noises and causing himself to choke! So stinkin' cute!
We played a little baseball in the backyard.  Ok, Dave, Jude and Julia played while Adam took photos and Anna and I chilled with Liam.  It was a beautiful day and very relaxing. Too bad we can't see Aunt Anna face here - she is so beautiful (inside and out.)
The bad guys always seem to attack while Pappa Dude is here.  Therefore, he and Jude are forced to fight crime.  Jude kicked Daddy aka "Shimber B. Tingers" right in the throat.  I think we watched a little too much Kung Fu Panda!
Julia shot this one of the boys having fun in the tub. I love that they make each other laugh so hard.  But I love even more that if I need to kill an hour during the day, I can stick them in the tub and they think it's the best thing ever. Thank the Lord for little blessings.

We had so much fun while The Fishes were here; we were all sad to see them go. Come back soon you guys!

Texas Rangers

Daddy and Jude went to the ball game with Atwood and Jamesy.  The boys got home around 11:00.  The game was delayed due to rain, but they hung in there as long as they could to see a little of the game.  It's reported that they saw a triple and something else, but I can't remember.  I must confess I don't like baseball unless it is in Boston watching the Sox.  However, Josh Hamilton and the Rangers actually winning some may change all of that. Check out these photos and their seats...WOW!

http://www.fishfotography.com/TX/

Oops

Rule number one when trying to manage a blog for preservation and family updating - ALWAYS bring your camera with you.  When I started this blog I thought I would surely do that, but wouldn't you know, yesterday Liam swam in a pool for the first time and I had no camera on hand.  Neither did Gramma.  Darn it!  He loved the water so much, he could have cared less about my being there.  We put him in a little floaty thing and he just walked all around the kiddie pool.  Jude pushed him around for a while and he loved that too.  I just kicked back and enjoyed the beautiful weather.  Ah the joys of having two boys that can entertain one another! 

We have decided to make swimming at Gramma's a weekly ritual; so next week I will remember to bring my camera!!!  Stay tuned for photos.