Easter photos

Here are some pictures that we took of Charlotte in her Easter dress Thursday afternoon. We went out to our church which has this beautiful cross overlooking Lake Travis and got some beautiful pictures of our precious girl!! More pics of the actual Easter weekend to come!!!

Lake Weekend!!!

Last weekend we had a wonderful, relaxing (?!?!?!) weekend at the lake! We met the Black's party of 5 Thursday night and enjoyed a long weekend of baby craziness!! Pops and Vinny joined us for part of the trip, I was so happy to see them after way too long. We sure missed Nana, she was at a sister's reunion in Florida. Poor planning on my part. Lauren and I were sure living our dream of being rocking, feeding, bathing, playing,... filthy, scatter-brained, exhausted MAMA's!!!! I had missed my other 3 sweet babies way too much, I was in heaven getting many good Owen hugs and snuggling with my peanuts all weekend long. We are all now eternally grateful for the amount of work Nana puts into taking care of meals and keeping the house from looking like a tornado came through. We were joking that we were going to have Hot Pockets for dinner but we weren't far from that!! Char did not have her best weekend... 4 new teeth (yes, that makes 16 total), diarrhea, a raw bootie and early mornings made for a sleepy, clingy Mama's girl. All jokes aside, we really truly enjoyed our time together and the kiddoes did great. Here is some proof of the fun!!

Sweet Everett - such a handsome, content baby boy!!

Charlotte is letting her cousins borrow her old FAVORITE toy!! Here she is teaching Ev how to play!

Owen got to go for his first canoe ride...

... and LOVED it!

LOTS of room to run....

Recurring theme... Charlotte clearly likes to get into small spaces...

...again...

...and again!!!

Practicing her body parts with Hannah! Where's Hannah's nose?

Where's Hannah's hand?!!

Beautiful baby girl

The babies slept...

....and slept.....

....and slept...

....and slept....

....and slept...

.... and slept!!!

Vinny and Cash Daddy catching some rays

Sittin' on the dock of the bay...

Charlotte loved Owen's Diego bike!

Curious about big cousins every move.

And still loves her little car!

Proof that it wasn't all smiles. Love this.

H&E playing in their new jungle!

Hannah Claire!! Such a pretty little girl.

I love her big round eyes.

Nap on Mommy at 10:30am?!?!! Wow, that NEVER happens!! I wasn't complaining ;)

And then staying close to Dada when she woke up.

Justin is such an awesome daddy!! So cute wearing his sweet baby and drinking that caffeine after a long night!!

Pretty girl

Sweet cousins. We tried to get all 4 for Nana but Miss Charlotte was NOT in the mood!

Look who got a big boy swing!!!



Great weekend!! Thanks again to Nana and Pops for providing our lovely retreat from the real world!! We LOVE the lakehouse!!!

Happy Birthday Tiffany & Rodney!

We celebrated Tiffany and Rodney's 40th birthday Tuesday night. They had a great party with their closest friends and family... complete with fajitas, margaritas and Drew Womack serenading us in their gorgeous backyard!! The weather was perfect and it was a wonderful time! I didn't take any pictures but wanted to blog this poem I wrote. We all wrote a verse of a poem for them and read it all together at the end of the night. It was a wonderful way to toast a wonderful couple!





"On the night that we met, I was a little afriad,
as I walked up the stairs and introductions were made.
There you both stood, a sight to be seen –
Rodney a flasher, Tiffany a cow patty queen.
Most would have run and never come back,
but something inside said “You will regret that”.
It didn’t take long, one short summer and then,
our relationship changed from babysitter to friend.
From days on Lake Austin to a night at Midnight Rodeo,
we all entered a bikini contest and you won the whole show!
From scrap trips in Scottsdale to a boat in the BVI’s,
there isn’t a doubt, our travels are always a good time.
It there's one thing I could change about our friendship today,
there would be much fewer days between our time together to play.
So my wish for you today on this your 40th birthday,
is that in your hearts youth, adventure and joy will stay.
That your eagerness to learn and courage to try new things,
will continue to bring success, that you may spread your wings.
Most of all I wish you peace, laughter and love,
and this world’s greatest blessings from the good Lord above!"

Wordless Wednesday

Fabbbbbulous Weekend

Sam and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary this weekend with an amazing day and night at Barton Creek. Thanks to Jeanne Ann and David for keeping our sweet little lady so we could get away! It was a short trip but every minute was wonderful. It is so funny how you don't really know to appreciate "me time" until you don't really have any. We laid by the pool, drank fruity drinks and ooooh-ed and awwwww-ed over the gorgeous weather and landscaping (wow, getting really old). We went to a fairytale wedding Saturday night, enjoyed a fabulous dinner outside, caught up with old friends and even cut a rug for a bit!!! Sunday morning we slept in (8:15!!!), had a delicious brunch and headed home to scoop up our peanut!! A little date time goes a long way, is so good for the soul and is definitely good for the marriage! I love my hubby dearly! We are thinking an annual weekend at Barton Creek might be the perfect anniversary gift every year! And just because I wanted to relax 100%, I did not take ANY pics!! But here are a few of the rest of the weekend... and of course the cutest part of it :).

Strut your stuff, girl....

Nana and Pops, I LOVE my wagon!!!

Finishing up the deck.... woohoo!!!

OMG!!!! Charlotte hit the jackpot!! Saturday morning was the neighborhood garage sale so we set out in the wagon and went shopping! And look what the lucky duck came home with....a BARBIE JEEP!!!! She is in heaven even though her little legs are years from reaching the pedals. She loves to pretend she is driving just like her "da da da".

As if she wasn't "mini me" enough...

Watching a movie with Daddy

Pool with a view!! Look at that deck, I am so impressed with my hubby's skills!!!

Bike Ride!!

Last weekend we took our first bike ride with Charlotte! Our friend and financial plannner, Jeff, was so sweet to give us his very gently used baby bike trailer. Charlotte loved laughing at mommy riding and Macy running beside her. Not too long after we got to the park the sky turned very dark so we rode back home! We got a little bit of rain but guess who didn't mind playing in it?!!?!

Strapped in with books and a snack!

Off they go!!

Charlotte stands on the sidewalk and waves at Sam the whole time he mows the lawn... sooooo cute.