Summer Fun

We've had a lot of fun thus far this summer. Here are some recent pics :)

This pic is a crack up. Too bad it was taken on my camera phone :(

Nicole, Shane, Cadence, Brielle and Abigail left the hot state of Tx for a few weeks to visit in Ca. We met them for a fun day at the beach:

Thomas loves "pretty shoes." Dressing up for swimming lessons:

The kids w/ Maycee and Natalee playing hospital.

Playing in the backyard on their new "motor bikes" as they call them. Shad bought these things for Christmas last year and we decided not to give the things to them, so he's been dying to pull htem out. So the girls got them as early bday presents.
I'm in love with this picture

Crazy kids.

This pic was actually taken upside down as she zoomed by me on her swing whatchamacallit.

T and his "Bo" Happy Birthday, Grandma!

The Toon clan got my girls tap shoes for their birthdays. They love them!

18 months old

Thomas has officially had his half-birthday! He's 18 months old. The last few months have brought several changes in him. He has a temper, he expresses his anger, he moves more. Some things are the same, he smiles a lot, is very friendly and outgoing and he remains a constant chatterbox.

Thomas loves Wow Wow Wubzy, Elmo and Thomas the Train. He loves to play outside and loves his dog. He says everything you can think of, is trying to sing the ABCs (he gets to E) and knows what the number 2 is- pretty cool. Someone asked him how many eyes a baby had and he thought for a minute and said "TWO!" I think that's about the only number concept he has, but he has it down! The boy amazes me with what he knows, what he remembers, and what he says. This age is great- so full of exploration and emotions and kisses and hugs too. He's learning that his voice carries, that we listen, that his feelings count. It's really neat when you think about all that's going on at this age. Fun fun!

He still doesn't like to eat much. He likes goldfish and cereal and sometimes macaroni and cheese and pizza. He's about 22lbs, still wearing 12-18 mos shorts- in fact he's wearing the same shorts he wore last year- so some 6-12mo size.

He's a great boy. People either say how sweet he is or what a little devil he is. I think he's a little bit of both. He knows what he wants and as long as everything goes his way, he's happy as pie. Even with his little temper though, he loves his mamma :)

Kingsburg

Another year has passed. Our favorite vacation of the year is over :( We had a good time camping in Central Ca at the Ca state shoot. We took the kids to the Sequoias, which were pretty amazing. Emmy swore the trees were fake.Shad took off Emmy's training wheels and wouldn't give them back. She fought us at first, but a day later, she was riding her bike (and whistling at the same time). If you know Emmy, you know what a big deal this is. Emmy is the most cautious kid. She was afraid to ride her bike with training wheels at times. So I'm super proud of her.

Emmy still hasn't lost a tooth yet, but look here, her adult tooth is coming in. I thought this was really weird and cuase to see a dentist, but when we got to Kingsburg, we saw that another little girl Emmy's age had the same thing going on (she ended up losing her tooth up there).

Callie in a little ice chest. She's still so little.

Emmy lou, happy about riding her bike:

Emmy trying to teach Callan how to ride a bike

Thomas pouting about something.

Thomas grabbed the camera and told me to take a picture, here it is!

The girls with Delaney, a buddy they see around the country at various shoots. They play so well together (thank God). Mean boy face: