Grandma's Visit

The past two weeks have been wonderful! My mom came in to visit and Danelle has been getting lots of lovin'! I've been able to sleep in like crazy, and get all the unpacking done with! Lane got to go hot air ballooning in Sante Fe (pictures to come) and we also got to get away on a little mini vacation. We went downtown and did some of the sights- one of which included the largest bat colony in North America... fascinating I know! If your curious click here... Other than that, it's been lots of eating out, several trips to our neighborhood pool, movies (Batman), concerts in the park, shopping, and playing with Danelle! Thanks for all the help Mom!!! Now were off to Utah for the next two weeks!!!

Chatter-Box

Before and After...

I'll have to check with my pediatrician, but I'm thinking Popsicles aren't on the baby food lists quite yet... Lane.

Do you think she has a little bit of energy?

Confessions of a Mommy Blogger

So my sister recommended this book for me after I started telling her about all the guilt I was feeling about recently not being able to nurse anymore (just dried up) even though I had envisioned going to a full year. So yesterday being a rainy day- I sat around in PJ's all day and read it. I know, I only have one child to take care of but I could totally relate to what was said in this book. It also made me think of how much I love blogging, but I also need to remind myself to keep everyone else's blogs in perspective. Of course we're going to all rave about the wonderful things going on- no one likes a pessimistic blogger. However it can be really easy to compare ourselves to others who we think have it all together. Now I may not be ready to post pics of me rolling out of bed, or what my house looks like at this very moment, but it just feels good to stop and think for a moment and say- you know what we're all imperfect moms, but we're trying our best.
Truth be told, some days she's in her diaper all day. No hair bow, no bath, no cute outfit or accessories. But then those are the days that I get moments like this video clip... So here's to being a mom!!!!

San Antonio Day Trip

Tuesday we decided to head down to check out San Antonio since it's only an hour away. We went to this place called The River Walk that was really neat and is a pretty popular place to see. There are tons of shops and restaurants along a couple miles of river and we even got to take a boat tour. We decided to wait and do The Alamo next time when it's not so hot!
Nice belly shot huh! She's got abs of steel!
She loved watching the ducks in the river!

I Looked Out the Window and What Did I See...

... construction workers cooking with microwaves on our lawn. 3 microwaves I might add, as if 1 or 2 is simply not enough! They are building the house right next door to us. I'm so excited about all this going on during the next few months!!!! p.s. i'm the new primary music leader in church...

"But Mom, the dog ate them..."

Sure Danelle. Just because your an only child (for now) doesn't mean you can blame your missing toys on "the dog". Or wait a second... did our dog just poop a red and white stripped fish!? Yes as a matter of fact he did. 1 down, 9 more missing finger puppets to go. This folks is why I do not let the dog stay in the house, 90 degrees or not... The dog can't be trusted... Apparently when I let him in the house for a few minutes while our sprinklers were being installed Monday, they disappeared. I'm thinkin' we'll just get some more at our IKEA. (These were the famous puppets from the previous laughing post... ) Such a terrible way for a puppet to go. But honestly whose dog eats 10 puppets!?!

It's her world... we're just living in it

Man this girl has us wrapped around her little finger! But when you look as cute as her, how can you not! Lane loves to get her going with her cute laugh- she loves to squeal. I'm a little nervous about what the next couple of years hold for us....
ps. How do parents live without Netflix!? We just joined up (finally) and it has become our new "date night" .

House Tour-per requests!

Alot of people were asking for house pictures so here they are! Sorry no furniture but if I do any cool decorating i'll be sure to post it! Here's the floor plan to give you an idea... Come and see it in person! We're anxious for visitors!

master bedroom
master bathroom
upstairs living room
looking from down the stairs
when you walk up the stairs- the "game room"
guest room- come and stay in it! it even has it's own window in the closet- weird huh!!!
game room
upstairs laundry room
The kitchen work desk- where our computer goes, pantry is to the left.
Kitchen area (bench/bay window is just to the right, but you can't really see it...)


The Backyard- they are putting in the spinklers this week!
This is looking in when you first walk thru the front door (office/dinning room is on the left)
Dinning room, but Lane is going to put french doors in to make it into his office

Sits like a Champ!

Another huge milestone! Wow they come fast!!! It's so weird to see her sitting- it's like she's a totally different baby!

Independence Day in Texas

This July 4th we decided we should "go big or go home". We went to the big firework/symphony show downtown. There were so many people but it was a lot of fun. We met up with a bunch of my old roommates family (Jill's from SLC) and hung out on the grass listening to music until the show started. The fireworks shot off over the river that runs through downtown and was set to the symphony music. I took video of the fireworks not because I'm a "video nazi" that films EVERYTHING, but because if you look close you'll see how the fireworks reflected off a nearby building- it was pretty neat. Oh and Danelle's reaction to the show was nice too! As for Danelle, she loved the fireworks. She didn't love staying up so late (cranky)- which is a good thing, but once she got over the loudness of the music and fireworks, she sat back and enjoyed the show!

Our Missouri Trip

We had so much fun visiting Lane's family in Missouri! It was so relaxing and perfect that we were able to break up our long drive from Pennsylvania to Texas. I didn't get pictures of everything but we did go to the Bluegrass Festival, kayaking/floating on the river, showing off our cute Danelle and mostly relaxing and eating good food!!!
Aunt Michelle and Cousin Katie

She was sooooo tired by the end of the day, she never sleeps when it's loud but this time she did even with all the music going!
Our friends from Pennsylvania that we got to hang out with! We miss you guys!
Lane frosting the best homemade cinnamon rolls that Grandma makes!