July 2013 - B.W. (before Watervale)

So we've made it to the July pictures, and it's only the first week of August, so I'm feeling pretty good about myself. :)

I wish I had more, but these are the few pictures I snapped of our small group 4th of July get together (minus Melissa and Jonathon because it was J's birthday!)  We invaded my parents' house since they were out of town and just enjoyed the unusually mild Texas heat for July, went swimming, and ate the most Americana food possible - burgers, hot dogs, brauts, corn on the cob, beans, watermelon, potato chips, pasta salad, and two types of homemade ice cream. :)  We had a blast and enjoyed getting to hang out with our dear friends.

 Everyone watching the Rangers and eating ice cream

 Little Courtney enjoying some chocolate cherry ice cream.

 Daddy and P.

 Do you see the chaos of toys on the floor?  Between the three kids, we had out every toy my parents have in the house. :)  (p.s. - pregnant bellies make good tables.)

 

Sweet Kinley holding three train cars...and if you look closely enough, she has some evidence of some vanilla ice cream on her face. :)

The rest of the pictures are just random happenings during the month of July through the lens of my iPhone.

 P has been thoroughly enjoying climbing on beds and burying himself in the pillows....and not just at home.  Anyone's bed is fair game.

 My sweet friend Katie invited us to go and check out the kids' area of the Perot Museum.  We happened to run into some of our favorite friends there. :)

 P really enjoyed himself...here he is filling in all the empty spaces with flowers.

 I came across this random idea on Pinterest, and one of our therapists had told me that fine motor skills were tied to speech development (I guess some of the same areas of the brain are used), so we tried it.  P did a really good job...and ate more Cheerios than he put on. :)

 One overcast day we went to the spray ground by Aunt KiKi's house...it was like the spray ground apocalypse.  At one point we were the only people out there.  Totally bizzarro...but really fun!

 We've been doing LOTS of swimming.  Here's a shot of P's after-swimming hair.  Pretty spiffy, no?

This picture is also associated with swimming...he was so exhausted after playing at the pool with some friends that he more or less collapsed on the floor while we were making lunch.  That's some kind of tired.

May 2013 in pictures

Just to keep things interesting, I just looked back through my phone and found pictures from May that I never posted...so you know, here they are...after the June pictures...at the end of July, because that's how we roll.

 Fun in the bath.

 This is a super old pic (like from February), but just in case I never posted this on the blog, I had to share!  These are two of P's buddies from Square 1.  I love these babies' mamas and love that we all had toe heads! :)

Back to May...here is P reading "by myself."  He likes to take a book, go just far away enough that I can't touch him, and will look back at me from time to time while reading a book of his choosing.

 Helping me clean the cat hair off the couches!

This is from Easter weekend at the ranch (which, I suppose, was at the end of March and not May...this post is out of control).
P sees that daddy is sleeping...

 And when daddy sleeps, P eats as many chips as he wants. :)

 Love this picture Cousin Whit took of the ranch.

 Mom and Dad. :)
 

My precious grandparents.  I love the way my grandma is looking at my grandpa. :)

 Drumming on the couch.

 Rocking the headband in the car...

 ...and while drinking water.

 This sweet boy has the most sensitive skin.  Here is a horrible hive that he got from some hair stuff used when he got his haircut.  Needless to say, we won't be using that product again. :(

 This was my loot from my Mother's Day goody bag from Whole Foods.  It was a crazy awesome surprise.

 P enjoying some strawberries at Whole Foods.

 Reading a favorite book - The Cow Who Clucked.

 Running around the trees in the park.

 Rockin' some sunglasses.

 3 school buses...at 1 time!!?!?  Life is good.

 

Which month's random pictures are next? :)  Stay tuned...

June 2013 in pictures

Due to my blogging delinquency, we are once again going back in time to look at months past, but alas, it is what it is.  Here's the month of June told through a totally random assortment of pictures.

 I checked out the new Pearl Cup coffee shop by my house one Saturday afternoon while P napped and enjoyed a latte and a good book.

 P fell asleep on a morning run after waking up too early.

 Got together with some friends for a cookout.  Here's P with his buddy Jay playing with stickers.

J's been making some real progress in the backyard this summer.  Here's a before and after of the bed right outside of our back door.  Our trumpet vine has yet to bloom (boo), but everything has been growing because J installed drip irrigation.  Go figure, if things get watered every day, they grow!  Seriously...drip irrigation has changed our life.  I highly recommend it.

 5 minutes before this picture was taken, P was fully clothed.  He proceeded to ask me to remove his shoes, then his shirt, and then his pants. :)  Happy summer.

 We were able to go and say hello to our neighborhood cows several times this month.

 Sweet sister had two baby showers during the month of June!

 The doves that live in my grandparents' courtyard laid their second set of eggs for the summer in my grandma's hanging basket.  Here are the two babies. :)

 While shopping for tri gear with dad, P figured out the age-old childhood game of "disappear inside the racks of hanging clothes in the store."

 I got new running shoes...the uglier they are, they faster you go, right? :)

 Mom and dad went to Italy to celebrate their 60th birthdays this year.  P enjoyed being able to chat with them via FaceTime.  Technology is pretty cool.

 P had a blast at our dear friends' little girl's 3rd birthday party.

 Elephant + sprinklers = so fun!

 Playing with the bubble machine after lunch.

 After his haircut we walked down to J.D.'s Chippery, and my little boy who doesn't like sweets asked for a "cookie bite." :)  There may be some evidence of his cookie bite of choice on his lower lip.

 On my flight to San Francisco, I had to watch the NBA Finals Game 7 like this...on the laptop of the guy who sat in the row in front of me.  Since I couldn't listen to the game, I also followed along by watching the ticker on the bottom of the screen while having my TV tuned to ESPN2.

 Got off the plane just in time to watch my beloved Spurs lose to the Heat. :(

 After a number of trips to Braums where sweet P didn't get anything while Mommy and Daddy did (it's not our fault - the kid really doesn't have a strong desire for sweets!), we got him his own little cup of vanilla yogurt.  He enjoyed a few bites and then was "all done!"  Not to worry...I helped him finish it. :)

 P went for his first ride in the car grocery cart.  He loved it.  I got a hardcore arm and core workout.  Those things are NOT easy to steer!

 P enjoyed a popsicle. :)

 At small group we had a sno cone party. :)  Yum!

 P wanted his water table to be a swimming pool.

P has gotten back into enjoying the game of turning the lights on and off.  He'll come up to you and say, "Hold you."  At first you think he's wanting to snuggle you, but you soon realize that he's only using you as a means to an end - you're taller than him, and he needs your height to help him reach the light switch.  At GiGi and Gramps', P found another solution...bypass the middle-man and take matters into your own hands.

 J and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary with a dinner out to Nicola's at the shops at Legacy thanks to a giftcard from his parents as a congrats for completing his Ironman.

The End. :)