for my sister

and everyone else i know who knows spanish. this is one of the things that babyhead is learning.

walk this way

ok, well, that earlier post... i spoke too soon.

fatty mcnatty walked today for the first time!

as a comparison, her big sister wasn't even crawling at 11 months... so WOW...

3rd year of record

i need to post a picture, but we had our first ripe tomato a few days ago. but i don't know that i could count it because it was a tiny tiny tiny tomato. anyway, rob brought in tomatoes (yes, plural, as in more than 1!!) last night that are almost ripe. so we are right on schedule.

happy 11 months fatty mcnatty!

ok, so maybe it was a few days ago, but still, 5 days late isn't too bad, right? i can't believe that you are almost a year old. that is the craziest thing! you make me so proud everyday, and make me laugh and smile. both you and your sister.

what have you been up to? well, i think you have decided that you will never walk. you crawl faster then i ever knew a baby could crawl, and you will cruise along furniture, and you will stand on your own, but you just don't see the need to walk. especially since your sister will bring you whatever you want.

you are babbling a lot, but no real clear words. you do say the mama and dada sometimes, and you say bye, and wave and blow kisses, but most of your sounds are just awesome baby sounds. awesome happy fat baby sounds. your voice might just be the cutest thing i have heard in a long time.

our biggest thing is that you are fully weaned. i started a few weeks ago by cutting out the bottles at school; you were just getting a sippy cup. then i stopped nursing you at lunch. then i cut the morning. then one day last week, i just tried to put you down without nursing you and you did alright. then next night, and pretty much every night since then, you have protested, but i think that is due to just not wanting to go to bed, and not to the nursing. (at least that is what i am telling myself). i didn't set a date, i just knew that within a week or two i would stop, and that night it just happened. i knew if i set a date, i would be so sad the night before knowing that it was our last session. so i decided to wing it. i think you are ok with it. i miss the closeness, and i think you might too, but i also know that you were getting only that closeness from it at this point. and honestly, as much as i love you and your sister, i needed to CUT THE CORD...

you are drinking whole milk now as well. you were a little leery at first but now chug it like a pro. much better then babyhead did, so that makes me happy. your poop sure did change, but i think you are ok. no reaction.

we are leaving for our anniversary trip/rob's dads birthday trip in a few weeks and you will be with your sister at rob's aunts house. without me. for 4 WHOLE DAYS. wonder who will cry first....

ok, well, here is to 1 more month of babyhood. i love you fatty mcnatty!

Bluebonnets

our friend who is a professional photographer took these photos of the girls. and of course i am completely biased, but i cannot believe just how great babyhead does with the camera. she just knows how to pose and hold herself. none of these photos were staged/posed!

who me? yeah, i'm pretty....

peek-a-boo

this girl attracts ladybugs like you wouldn't believe. it's good luck you know. and instead of a scarecrow in the garden, we're just going to hang her up there this summer.

seriously serious with a smile

cutie patootie

"i'm not gonna pick them....."

"oops..."

sister love

a rare smile caught on film (or on pixels?)

this is my favorite one. and i bet my mom wants a copy to continue her collection of "family photos taken from the back"

as my brother said "git off my lawn, punk!"

this just makes me smile, because i hear her laugh every time i look at it

i will admit again that i know i am biased, but that is the most beautiful girl in the world.

a day in the life of unemployment

when i am not running, or looking for a job, i like to take the dogs to the park behind our house. it is like 500 acres, and the dogs love it. i also like to run in to. but this was a dog day.

easter dresses and diamond rings

first the diamonds...

so the saturday before easter, (yes i am aware it has been that long since i updated) we went to gruene, tx. rob's brother derrik, had planned a surprise proposal to his long time girlfriend leigh. he staged this show at gruene hall, with a band he knows and pulled it off without a hitch. or i suppose with a hitch, since she said yes and they are getting hitched.

funny enough, the whole thing was captured on youtube. and by someone they didn't know. just by someone who happened to be there that day. you can see it here. (turn your sound down, it's kind of loud!) it is a long video, the jam session is good and worth watching, but the proposal (all 15 seconds or less that it took) is in the middle of the video. still make me get goose bumps! :) CONGRATS y'all!!

derrik before the proposal. i love this picture because it captures his emotion perfectly

it makes me so mad that it is blurry, but it is still the idea of the picture...

leigh, afterward

the newly engaged couple. notice all the women checking out the rock!

ANYWAY

on to the easter dresses. as you know, our sitter and my friend brooke, makes the girls clothes, as does her mom. (example here) well, brooke went above and beyond, making the girls their dresses. and since we had no plans for easter, we had them wear the dresses for saturday's festivities instead.

daddy, babyhead and fatty mcnatty. fatty mcnatty loved the live music. she was rocking out.

fatty mcnatty standing in her dress.

babyhead "picking" the flowers - yes she did rip the whole thing out