Chick Magnet

Friday, Paul and I went with Mike, Sarah, Justin, and Sara to Schlitterbahn in Galveston. We didn't want to take Paul David since it was going to be a long day, so my friends Pam and Shelby kept him, then later our other friend Janet relieved her!
I sent my camera along and here's some pictures they took from his day!

Ooh, the girls love him! That's Shelby on the far right. I had her and Emily (2nd from the left) in Kindergarten 7 years ago! They're 13 now...oh, my!

They took him to a park to play, too! Pam and Janet both said that he was the best baby! So good and never even cried! That's our boy! He is a great kid...and so much fun! Thank you both for helping us yesterday! We really appreciate it!

Our Little Fish

Here are some pictures of Paul David swimming in June! He LOVES the water just like his favorite animal...the fish!

Paul David will swim over to Paul now and say, "Two," which means "Count one, TWO, three, and throw me in the air, Daddy!" For some reason he will only say "two" when he counts. Go figure!

These next two show Paul David without his floaties. He will jump off the second step and swim to us...underwater. Now, it's only for a sec because it's just too scary for me...but when he comes up, you can tell by the way he's holding his mouth that he was holding his breath. If he knows he's going to go under, he comes up just fine...no coughing or anything. He gets "strangled" when he accidentally goes under or someone takes him under without him being ready!

He wore these purple goggles forever that day! I was so surprised! We let him swim like this for awhile, then put the floaties on him and he's off to swim all over the pool...with me close behind!

The Zoo!

I was sitting at my computer thinking, "I haven't posted anything in awhile, but I don't have anything to blog about!" So, I just went to my pictures, and realized I had 3 different events that I haven't written about! So here are 4 new posts for you!

We started Friday at the Houston Zoo! It was hot, but we got there early! We always go see the lion first thing and try to do all the outside stuff first. Then when we get hot, we start going into the air conditioned houses. When we just get too hot or it gets too crowded, we just leave! Oh, the beauty of having a Membership...or my Mother-in-law having a membership!

I thought this picture of Paul David and Justin was too cute! Justin loves to be "in charge" of Paul David and show him things!

I wasn't sure if Paul David would like the water feature in the Children's Zoo, but he ended up LOVING to sit on this turtle! We all got a little wet to help with the heat!

We ended our trip at the Aquarium...oh, Paul David LOVES the Aquarium. "Ish, Ish, Ish" is all you hear! He just runs around pointing at them! So cute! We love going to the zoo, especially when it cools off some, and the animals are actually moving! Sarah and I count it as our exercise for the day, which helps us not care that Justin has us going from one end to the other! It's really not that big anyway!

Keep reading for more posts about this weekend and Tuesday's Astros Game!

Visit to My Parent's!

We went to my parent's house this weekend and had a great time! Here are a few of the highlights!

"Bubbles"

Paul David with Shay (or Mama, whichever you prefer!)

Visit Part 2

Here's our June Shot of the 3 Cousins!

Paul David with a wonderful dirty mouth! I did not know it was so dirty until I was looking at these pictures!

Our Little Family...someone was not too happy!

Kendall loving on her Paul David! She just loves him the whole time we're there!

We always have such a good time while we're visiting my parents! We always come back full of everyone's love! This time was extra special because we got to see our good friends, Judd, Michelle, and Sara (actually, Sara's been down here with us last week, rode home with us for the weekend, and came back with us!) We love to see them, but never seem to do it enough! We also got to see my friend Krystal and her kids! Also someone we love to see, but never enough!

Astros Game!

On Tuesday night, our friends invited us to the Astros Game! They had great seats, and it was right down the Concourse from the Squeeze Play (kid's area!) After a couple of innings, we let the boys run around awhile and took some pictures!

Paul David and Colton lounging in the Club Level!

"Put me in Coach!"

Paul David with Colton's Hat and Glove! We brought his own, but oh no, he wanted Colton's!

Two little buddies trying to keep up with one another...and get away from their Mamas!

Thanks for the fun night, Bryanna, Chris and Colton! We had so much fun!

Does This Look Comfortable?

I went in to check on Paul David, and found this:

That just couldn't be that comfortable! We moved him back, and his legs weren't even that stuck! He could have gotten them out for sure!

On This Day in Our History-Catch Up!

It's been a while since I did an On this Day in Our History. There was about a week where nothing happened that I could find that I had documented...I'm sure stuff happened though, just not newsworthy! Then, LIFE got busy and things got pushed to the side. So I'm here now to play catch up because some fun stuff happened!

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY-June 18th
2007-Our little friend Aiden was born!
then,
ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY- June 19th
2007-Another little friend Griffin was born
I had two friends that had babies a day apart! Fun, fun! They both turned ONE this year! Happy Birthday, Aiden and Griffin!

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY-June 20th
1996-My first trip to Alabama! I went with Krystal, Jason and Krystal's brother, Will! We stayed with their Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. What fun we had? We almost ate some really yucky Mexican food...the kind you order by number by looking at pictures hanging from the ceiling. We settled for Taco Bell if that tells you anything! Then on the 22nd, we wanted to go to the zoo-this next picture shows how that started:

Krystal made this sign and would show it to people driving by! It said, "WE ARE LOST! WHERE'S THE ZOO?" Their cousin, who lived in Birmingham, was driving...a little wildly, if I remember correctly! We finally made it to the zoo, but I don't remember anything about it! Maybe Jason, Krystal or Will can enlighten us!

The two things I do remember about this trip was: 1) when we stayed up late listening to their cousins police scanner. We were able to hear phone conversations, and one night we thought we might be eavesdropping on an affair taking place...oooh, risque! and 2) I had the best time! It was so much fun spending time with Jason and Krystal, and this was actually the first time I had spent a lot of time with Will. This was when Will and I really became good friends, and I'm so thankful for that friendship!

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY-June 22nd
1974-Paul's brother, Michael, was born! Happy Birthday, Uncle Mike!

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY-June 23rd
2000-My first trip across the border to Mexico! We went to Nuevo Loredo and saw the Mexican life on the border, and bought some quality items! It was fun, but pretty scary, too!

How Do You Like My Makeover???

As you can see, the Blog has gotten a new look! My friend Amy did this for me, and it is just too cute! All I told her was baseball and sent the picture! I think she captured us perfectly! The best part is she loaded it all there for me. I just went to it this morning, and there it was! Thanks, Amy!

If you're interested in a Blog Makeover, let me know, and I'll send you her information!

Our Vacation!

Beware: This is about 8 posts long! I've tried to minimize the words, and add just a few pictures from each event...so hard to only add a few. We went to Austin on Sunday for lunch at The Salt Lick, then went to a Round Rock Express Game Sunday night. Monday morning, we headed to San Antonio and spent most of the day at Sea World. We had a great time and really enjoyed spending this time with our Paul David. I hope you enjoy seeing our pictures and hearing about our big adventure!


First stop: The Salt Lick in Driftwood

When you get to The Salt Lick, you sign up, then you WAIT! There are always a ton of people there. Luckily, your wait is pleasurable because you have picnic tables to sit at, sometimes there's live music, and always a bunch of kids to play with! There were some kids playing football, so Daddy had to go get Paul David's out of the car before we had a football thief! They did share, but Paul David wouldn't give it back!

Our cute little family at Salt Lick.

I just realized that this shirt makes it look like I'm pregnant. I'm not! (and how disappointing that the shirt looks like that! I just bought it and loved it...I was going to go back and get the other colors...bummer!)

Daddy and son playing football!

More Salt Lick

Paul David just had a blast playing football!

Now, let's talk about the food here at The Salt Lick. We had the brisket and spare ribs...mmmm, my mouth is watering again! And the potato salad is to die for. It has their BBQ sauce in it, and it's warm. It's yummy! Oh, I made myself sick on it! It is the best BBQ, and the best atmosphere! We always have the best time when we go out there...and out there it is! It seems to take forever to get there...probably because you're starving on your way there. You shouldn't go to Salt Lick unless you're starving!

UT Campus

A trip to Austin is never complete without a trip to the UT Bookstore (Co-Op) and UT Campus!

This is the Largest Bevo in the World!

Posing with the Fountain and Tower

Here's Paul David last year...this same time...at the fountain. It just amazes me how much one little child can change in one year.

Express Game

We've been wanting to get back to Round Rock for an Express game for some time, now! This was Paul David's first trip there, and he loved it! The Stadium, Dell Diamond, is really nice and very fan friendly!

Paul David got a glove from the Express...it was a kid's giveaway. He played with that thing all night! When we walked in, he kept saying, "Baseball" over and over again. Then when we sat down, he started the "Charges," which sound like "ARGE." He doesn't miss one either! He even got a couple in while we were in the parking lot as we were leaving.

I love it when stadiums have picture opportunities like this! So cute! Our Little Slugger! I found it because it was right by the snow cone stand where you buy your ice in the snow cone shape, then pick which flavor you want and help yourself. The kids were getting ALL the flavors, all 16 of them. I stuck to Tiger's Blood and Strawberry. How clever is that? MMM, I love myself a snow cone!

Oh, yeah, the Express won! Yay, Express!