90!

My Papa celebrated his 90th birthday this past Sunday. It is quite amazing! You would never guess he is 90! We celebrated earlier this month when my cousins were in town. Nana will be right behind him next year... she is turning 89 next week!

Happy Birthday Andy!

Friday, August 28th was Andy's "golden birthday". Do you know what this means? I am suprised by the people who have never heard of a "golden birthday"... for you that don't know, I will fill you in...your "golden birthday" is the day you turn the age of your birth date. For instance, Andy turned 28 on the 28th.... he's golden! We celebrated with a trip to the bowling alley with friends! Happy GOLDEN Birthday Andy! (I've always thought you were golden!)

Progress, Vol. II

The walls are up, the windows are in, and the roof will be put on this week :) We are in the process of making a final decision on the stone for the exterior. It's a slow process but still very exciting!!! Owen is also very excited. As soon as we head towards the new house he always says "go see my new house". And he is also very excited about his room. It's really cute!

Owen hard at work ;)

Progress

We officially broke ground on the house about three weeks ago and the slab was poured last week! They started the framing on Monday so it should really take shape soon! YEAH! There are lots of decisions ahead! Below are a few progress pictures... I know it's not much to look at now, but it's still really exciting!

The lot prior to any clean up

After the tree clean up...

And now... the slab.

July 4th

We had a wonderful long weekend to celebrate the 4th! We kicked it off Friday by going with John and Heather to take all the kiddos to see Ice Age. It was really cute and Owen especially loved it because there were a lot of dinosaurs in it ("ROARRRR!" - as Owen said throughtout the movie) Saturday, we took Owen to the parade in Belton, had dinner with Beau, Ashley and Peyton and then watched fireworks in Temple. Owen watched the fireworks for about 5 minutes and then proceeded to dig in the dirt. Peyton on the other hand watched them very closely but she wasn't too sure about them... she wanted as far away from them as possible... that happened to be Andy's lap so she sat with him for the whole show ;) Sunday, Andy and I took Owen to a water park at the city park in Gatesville. He loved it of course... anything outside and with water will make his day!

Owen and Peyton waiting for the fireworks...these two are a mess!

I can't get a good picture of me and Owen to save my life... this is as good as it gets.

The best seat in town!

My baby is a PRESCHOOLER!!!!

I receive weekly emails about Owen's development from a wonderful website at http://www.babycenter.com/. I have been a memeber of this site ever since I was pregnant and it's fantastic! While pregnant, I got weekly emails about my baby's growth and development and the membership has continued since I had Owen. Just after I had him I would receive emails titled, "Your 3 Week Old"... after his first birthday I was shocked with the new titles, "Your Toddler-Week 6". But most shocking of all was last week when I received my weekly email and it was titled "Your PRESCHOOLER..." WHAT?! I couldn't believe it! Is he really now considered a preschooler? He's only two! Just like that my little baby is a preschooler! I wasn't ready for that one... they should give you a warning before sending out emails like that. We survived another birthday party ;) It was extremely hot but we made it! I had rented a bouncy house but I could have skipped it b/c the kids mostly played on the slip 'n slide and in the pools I had set up... I can't blame them... I was melting myself. Owen had a blast and got a lot of great new toys along with some adorable new clothes :)

I can't believe it's been two years since he arrived! He has been such a joy and a blessing to our family. This last year has been so fun watching him learn and watching his personality bloom. I am looking forward to the coming year as he has really started talking and I know he is going to have a lot to say... although, I think I will still call him my baby... even if he is a preschooler!

Unfortunately, the only picture I got of the bouncy house was after the kids left and Andy and Scott decided to give it a try... did that thing have a height requirement?...

Scott really enjoyed the slip 'n slide after the kids left... boys will be boys ;)

A Hair Cut.. FINALLY!

We finally took Owen for his first hair cut... can you believe it! It was the day before his birthday... I never thought he would be two before we cut his hair! Despite the taxi chair and Elmo movie in front of him, he was NOT having it! I ended up holding him while he screamed

through the whole thing but luckily it didn't take long. He looks adorable with his "little boy" hair cut ;) Sorry I don't have an after picture... we had to get out of there quick!