New York Trip

WARNING!!! Lots of Pictures!!!
We had a blast in NY with Kami and James! Thanks for showing us a good time! We did lots of cool things...here are the pics to prove it!
Walking around in Cooperstown (the cutest little town ever!)

Kami and James' adorable home
Aaron and Babe Ruth
Us in the Hall
Us outside the Hall
the Birthplace of Baseball

Waiting for the train into the City
Our hotel, The Roosevelt
inside the Lobby
Grand Central Station...just a block away from our hotel
Us @ Yankee Stadium for the Yankees-Red Sox Game!
View of the field
Kami and James surprised us for our anniversary!
the new Yankee Stadium (which is bound to be a lot nicer than the old one!)
Waiting for the fireworks to start, in the rain of course!


in front of Radio City Music Hall Times Square! Brooklyn Bridge on a muggy day
Me on the Brooklyn Bridge
A view of the city (that you can't really see because of the fog)
Line for the pizza place in Brooklyn

Best Pizza Place Ever! YUMMM!! Lots of walking!!! (in the rain)
Looking out over Central Park
View of the city from Central Park More Walking!

A-Rod's residence...we noticed paparazzi outside, so Aaron asked who they were waiting on and they said, "A-Rod" ! So, we stood there for a few minutes and got tired of waiting for him, so instead we snapped a pic of his place. oh well!

the boys on the subway

We are glad to be home, though! We missed Noah! He did great, of course, with my parents. He came to the airport with my parents to pick us up , and maybe the sweetest sound I have ever heard was hearing his little voice again! It will be awhile before we leave him that long again! Aaron and I talked about our favorite parts of the trip and we really couldn't decide on one thing...we loved it all! But, we did come to the conclusion that spending time with Kami and James was the best part of it all! We miss you guys...come back HOME soon!

"I'll be back"

So, you probably won't be hearing from me until a week from now. (Not like you hear from me that often) We will be traveling to Cooperstown, NY to see Kami and James tomorrow! We are so excited and maybe a little sad to leave Noah with my parents (thank you, thank you, thank you!!!)! Yes, this is our first trip longer than a night away from Noah!

As if Kami and James company won't be enough, we will also be going to NYC for a day or maybe two. On Friday, we have tickets, thanks to James' hook-up person, to the Yankees/Red Sox game on July 4th!

I'm excited to go, but obviously not as excited as Aaron! And if that wasn't enough baseball, of course, we will be touring the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown thanks to James (he works there). As I am writing this, I am sure Aaron has already mentally checked out of work and I am frantically cleaning and packing! Speaking of... better get back to it!

Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday weekend!

Noah at 19 months and then some...

Welp, you guessed it Noah is already 19 months!!! He is changing so much, it kind of makes me sad to not have my snuggly little baby.

He is officially a walker...hardly ever crawls now! We thought this day would never come! We are so proud!

He says some new words like: guitar, poo-poo, boo-boo, french fry, and NO!

He knows what 'blow me up' means. For those oldies out there that means he will fist bump you. And if you still don't know what that means you are REALLY old...jk.

Speaking of poo- poo, he will tell you when he's going, which could be a sign that he will be an early potty trainer...eeks!!!

He no longer eats small torn up pieces of food. You can now give him a whole nugget and he will bite off of it.

He has started throwing mini tantrums. I say mini, because I have seen worse!

He is working on his colors, abc's and numbers. Doesn't really know any yet, but we are working on them!

He loves books! And he especially loves the one about the monkeys jumping on the bed. Whenever we get to the part about "Mama called the Dr. and the Dr. said..." He says No! and wags his finger.

Anyways, that is all I can think of now! We love you Noey and are loving every minute with you!!!

yep, he's already a fan

Noah dancing to the new Coldplay album.

Wonderful Weekend

We had a great time in Austin this past weekend celebrating our friends Jen and Hayden. It was fun to catch up with friends from ACU and we had a blast staying with our friends Austin, Cassie and Caleb. Thanks for opening your home to us!

Friends at the rehearsal dinner

waiting for the wedding to start

the beautiful bride and groom (my sis-in-law is taking pics in the background...so proud of her!)

me with the bride

the gorgeous place where the wedding took place

I am so sad I didn't get any pictures of Noah with his new friend, Caleb. Caleb is even more adorable in person and he has such wonderful parents! By the way, Cassie did my new layout for the blog- isn't she talented?!

We then spent Father's Day with my family! While the guys were inside watching the Open, the kids were outside playing in the water. That was their gift from us...haha :)

Madison and Noah....he is SO attached to her!

all of the cousins in the pool :)

even little rylie enjoyed the water!

the girls taking noah down the slip and slide

diaper babies are the cutest!

A little video

This and That

Come check out my room!

The Living Room

chester in his spot

mantel- will be adding to whenever I find just the right thing.

noah's toy chest

want to continue adding to our picture wall

fabric panels I did

Thought I would post some pics as we are finally finishing up some rooms in the house. I have yet to find the perfect window treatment for the living room and I am still on the lookout for "odds and ends" for Noah's room. They are both "pretty much" finished.

Randoms!

I like to use a fork now!

What am I doing?

I'm throwing my diaper away!