Mother's Day

We had a really nice mother's day. My sister graduated from Texas State with her Masters Degree on Saturday, so we spent the weekend in San Marcos and Austin. I couldn't find my camera during the ceremony, so I took pictures with my sister's camera. (It was burried in the diaper bag.)

Because of a super busy night Saturday (visiting friends and their kids), Jules slept in Sunday morning... until 8:15am! Jeff and I woke up and looked at each other and then at the sleeping girl. He told me Happy Mother's Day and then, when Jules woke up 10 minutes later, he got her up and helped her give me a really nice jewelry bag. I was very surprised. He is quite good at keeping secrets!

Here's a picture of Jules and me Sunday evening after we got home.







And here is a picture of the beautiful necklace that came in the gift bag!

baby doll

Jules loves her new baby doll and stroller that her friend Kenyon gave her for her birthday.
She pushes it around the house with and without the doll!



After this, and while I was starting this blog, she decided that she should also be able to sit in it! Imagine her surprise when it rolled from underneath her. Lucky for her, her tush is already close to the ground.

Love the kisses

If you can't tell, Jules is giving the mirror Jules a kiss. She is so much fun lately! She'll blow you kisses and whether air kisses or face to face, she now says "Mmmm... wah!"
The other day, while shopping, we kept giving each other kisses. She just kept getting louder and louder. So much so, that while in the meat department, somebody commented on hearing us in the freezer section... Oops!



I tried to get pictures of her blowing me a kiss. She's just too quick for my camera. Instead, here is a post kiss pic.



And now that my bathtub faucet is mostly repaired, she can take baths in the big tub. She loves to play with her bath toys. Just a great excuse for a naked baby picture!

Graduation Gift?

Disclaimer: Meredith, if you ever read this, wait until after Saturday to read this post!

I'm having a hard time deciding what to get my sister for her graduation. (Master's Degree in School Psychology)

One choice that I know she'll enjoy is money.
I also thought about getting her a bracelet or a multicolored pearl necklace. She already has quite a bit of jewelry, so I'm not sure that jewelry would mean much.
Money doesn't mean much either. I just know she'll put it toward her trip to Hawaii this summer.











Suggestions?
I've got to decide soon. I'm running out of shopping time.

More pictures

Jeff was quick! Here are a few of my favorites from the day:

Patiently waiting for the ticket booth to open at 3:30. We got there at 3pm!

Lana wanted to climb the "big tree"!
Amazingly, she let them paint her face.
Lana was trying to hold Jules' hand. Jules was having none of it and really wanted to go back the way we came.

What's the name of the Borden cow? Bessie?


There was a lot of dancing going on today.

Mayfest

I realized this morning that it's already May. Time flies! I haven't been to Mayfest probably since I was 10 or 12. So I decided this was the year to give it a shot.
Erin and I have been throwing the idea around of a Thursday afternoon play date since it's my day off during the week. So I asked her if she wanted to join me and Jules for an afternoon to see what trouble we could get into at Mayfest.


Here are a couple of pictures that I sent to Jeff on my phone.


There are some really cute pictures on my camera. Hopefully, Jeff can help me find the cord when he gets home so that I can download (upload?) those.





Jules even let them paint a "flower" on her cheek. It looks more like a sun with purple rays... but whatever works! You could tell she thought she was such a big girl!

behind the scenes

I got to see all of the pictures - good and temper fit - today. It's so funny to see them! Jeff is so amazingly calm when she throws fits. She was super tired and it was our fault for not ensuring that she took a nap that day. But here's a great example of the poor frustrated baby!


And here's a great picture of Jeff deciding if it's worth it or not to wake her up after she fell asleep on the way to the bluebonnets. Of course, I eventually made that decision for him.