4th Of July

So, about 3 weeks ago we had a big weekend watching fireworks and such. My camera died on me and I have become a terrible blogger. I am working on it, please forgive me. My fetus is sucking the life out of me. It takes everything I have to wake up in the morning. Okay, my pity party is over now. Here are some 4th of July pics.

Deacon being tackled, trying to run away!

"Wow!" Kids in awe of the fireworks!
Deacon charming the ladies. He has a thing for grandmothers.

I guess she was trying to help him see the show better.
Yay fireworks!!!!!

Deacon at 15 Months

Since I haven't done a "milestone" update lately, I figured I would do one now and then every 3 months for awhile. That way I will remember to do them the same months as Deacon's well-checks at the pediatrician.

Deacon turned 15 months on July 1st! He is very active-walking, running, and climbing most of the time. I have turned around twice to find him on top of the kitchen table. He has also started talking-his most common words are "banana" "mama" "dada" "la-la" and this week he has started saying (or shouting) "mmooooooore" when he wants more food. He can feed himself with a fork and can drink out of a straw. We have to include him in our Sonic happy hour budget now!

He is still a big boy-he wears a size 7 shoe and weighs 27 pounds! He is sleeping well through the night, and even puts himself to sleep now. We put him down when he's drowsy and he rarely cries-such a big boy!

He knows where his nose is and where his feet are, and will point to them if you ask. He loves to put on his shoes-and everyone else's. He also loves the bath. He lays back and puts himself almost completely underwater and laughs-like he's threatening to go under-it's so cute.......but I can only run him an inch of water since he's such a dare-devil now. He doesn't mind a face full of water at all!

The thing I love most about Deacon is that he is happy 99% of the time. Everyone is always commenting on how happy he is! He smiles and laughs most of the day. I am so thankful to have him!

-the lack of posting is due to my camera dying last week. We have been to a family reunion and had lots of fun on the 4th. I should get some pics that others took from those events and post them soon!

Trilogies

Trilogy: A group of three works related in subject or theme.

I like Trilogies. Here are a few of my favorites.

We watched Back to the Future a lot when I was a kid.

Didn't we all learn SO much about time travel in the late 80's and early 90's?

Super Mario Brothers, for the original Nintendo. I successfully beat all three by sometime in the early 90's.

Oh, how I loved seeing the Scream movies in the theater!
These are super great horror films, even for those who don't like horror!

What a nice looking group of three siblings!

Here's another pretty cool group of siblings.

My my, isn't their hair red?

My favorite trilogy of all time is.......................................................

My kids!

We are going to have THREE KIDS by the end of this year.

Lola Grace

Deacon Samuel

Baby #3....coming December 2009.

What have we been up to?

This week Lola has been in the Dallas area making the rounds to see all of her grandparents. (Or "parents" as she calls them.)



Deacon and I have been chilling out together during the day, and he and his Daddy have had a grand old time at night while I am working. I worked extra this week, and he also stayed with his great aunt and great grandmothers some. He has been such a good boy-he is so easy to take care of. We forgot how "easy" it is with just one kid.



Tonight we will meet Lola at Dean's family reunion. Hopefully I will have pictures from the weekend.

Little Man loves to use a fork! So big!

Helping take care of the flowers!

Caution!!!

This is what 2 kids can do to your house in the time span of 1 day.

My floors were swept a mere 24 hours before this photo was taken.
And they have since been swept again!

New Tattoos

Deacon told me he wanted a tattoo like Daddy's. So this morning, I took him down town and he got one! What a great mother-son bonding experience!

Actually, it came in the kids meal we had for lunch.

It's temporary.

Lola got one too. She was being too much of a goofball to be still for her picture.

Today, I learned something: Going grocery shopping close to lunch time/nap time is a BAD idea.

Feels Like Summer

It has started to feel like summer to me not only because of the heat, but because we have grilled out this week for dinner.

These are my favorite thing in the world. Besides chocolate.
The kids love their swingset and to splash in the baby pool.

And, Deacon had his first Sonic slushee.

Summer's here!