Fun days

Yesterday we met up with Abigail and her Mommy, Ashley at the mall. 

She gets such a kick out of the play area in the mall.

She thinks she's such a big girl.

Lainey helping Abigail decide which dress she should buy.

So she can suck on a straw when it's not in a glass...

Today Lainey and Justin accompanied me to my Doctor's appointment. My nodule and cyst returned a negative result. Then on to the fun stuff. We went to lunch with Daddy.  Later we met up with Coleton and Abigail for a swim date. Lots of swimming lately, and more to follow on Thursday with the cousins swim day; we are going to BoDi's house with Cole, Glenn, and Ethan for more pool time. She has gotten so good at swimming. I can let her go, and she treads right back up to the surface. The only danger is that she loves it so much that she takes on water because she's laughing so much! Today she tried climbing out of the pool and actually succeeded climbing into a chaise lounge.

Nosey little thing

The not so patient 

Picking her lunch...

...but having difficulty deciding on a margarita flavor.

So hungry she was eating her shirt.

Most moms tell their kids to keep their elbows off the table

Such a swimmer!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Early early early this morning, we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast with my family for Mothers Day. We went to the beach afterwards and had a really nice walk. Lainey shared her toys and her wagon with Glenn. She got a new hot pink sippy cup yesterday (we left her last one at El Chico's) and she is completely obsessed with it; even empty she won't let anyone else near it. After a long nap, we went back out and found an awesome new playground with lots of slides to climb up, tunnels to crawl through, and swings to "weeeeeeee" on.

Getting ready to go shopping. :)

Cole is not a morning person.

But Glenn is!

Lainey and her empty sippy

Still cuddling with the sippy cup

Sharing her toys

A random little girl at breakfast won this for her out of a claw machine.

Garden day

We're starting a family garden down at my parents' house. Today Da and I put in the irrigation while Justin installed the new stereo in Da's truck. Lainey supervised the work. This evening we had a great dinner with Sam, Sarah, and Glenn Bo. After such a long day of hard work and fun, we're all exhausted.

Supervisor

Asleep on the job...

Lainey's baby sitter. Hayley takes her job VERY seriously.

Such a good cousin

The new ducklings and chicken.

Look at him show off his teeth!

Sam's dinner creation. Hotdogs wrapped in bacon, wrapped in hamburger with some extra sharp cheddar of course. It was AWESOME!

Goofing off after dinner

¡¡¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!!!

Today while Daddy was at work, Lainey and I had a swim date with the girls from our play group. Lainey is such a water baby! She loves swimming already. She isn't scared of swimming under water either. After swimming, we met up with Daddy at Fiesta Azteca... just like a million other people decided to do tonight. After much deliberation, we all decided to postpone Cinco de Mayo until Seis de Mayo and eat at a Japanese steak house instead. This was a great decision as the girls were entertained throughout dinner. We said good night to our friends and our little family walked around the Avenues for a while before getting ice cream and eventually heading home. All in all, a great day! 

The princess in her chariot on the way to the pool

Water Baby

Lainey looking a little worried... "Abby, I think we're taking on water..."

I think she's looking more and more like Just

Cuteness overload! Don't you wonder how I can stand being surrounded by such beautiful people?!

Our brief interlude at a Cinco de Mayo event

The girls chilling before dinner. Abigail, Eliza, and of course, Alaina

Starfishy! I love this camera! Look at his little sucky thingies!

Mini mes

So thrilling

Yeah, this looks safe. Pretty sure I won't be getting mommy of the year  

Jess trying to catch the shrimp... she missed all 5 times!

Hanging our at the Avenues 

MMMMM Ice cream!

No more ice cream?!

With my little angel