Another Day in NYC

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY-July 9th

2005-Same trip as yesterday, but it was the first time I'd seen the Statue of Liberty and been inside the Empire State Building!

We got to the ferry early on that morning and were the first boat out to the Statue! We toured the inside and then Paul got some amazing pictures of her!

After we left the Statue, we headed over to the Empire State Building. We stood in line after line after line! By the time we got to the top, there were so many people up there, the wind was blowing something insane making the whole building shake, I freaked out and just wanted to get down! You can see by the look on my face that this was not where I wanted to be!

This story is so funny to me because my friend Krystal just got back from NYC and had the exact opposite experience! She stood in line forever at the Statue, and the next day, got right in to the Empire State Building and LOVED it!

Pink Paradise

Paul and I are leaving tomorrow for our Pink Paradise in Acapulco! We'll be back next week, but I have a few posts that I've scheduled to pop up while we're gone! Paul David's with my parents, so any of you in that area, go by and see him! I'm sure my mom would love the help!

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY---July 8

1950-Our friend Carol was born! Carol has been a friend of my in-laws since the 80's, and I taught Kindergarten with Carol for 6 years. Carol and my mother-in-law Sarah are the reason Paul and I are together! They set Paul and I up on a blind date over 6 years ago! We will forever be indebted to Carol and Sarah...each not wanting either of us to find someone else and move! Happy Birthday, Carol!

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2005-Paul and I toured Yankee Stadium and went to a game there for the first time! It was awesome! Well, the tour wasn't so awesome because it was raining the whole time! We looked like drowned rats in all the pictures! The game was awesome though! We had gotten some tickets through someone Paul worked with, so we were on the field level! It was the best first anniversary ever!

In the Yankees Dugout! UGH, it was miserable! We went back a couple of days later, and the weather was beautiful! We're so bad; we went through the whole tour again just to redo our pictures!

In our seats at the game! We got those Yankee visors as a giveaway when we came in!

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY---July 6th


2007-We're not going back too far on this one, but boy how you forget in just a year. This was a day I thought I would remember forever, but I can already tell that the details are fuzzy!


Last year on this day, Paul David did a few things for the first time! We were at my in-laws house when he started showing off. I asked him, "How Big is Paul David?" (we had been practicing this for weeks, but he wouldn't do it on command), but this time, he raised his arms over his head! I said, "So Big!" and he smiled so big! Then, later on, he had pulled up on the sofa, and for some reason, I started singing, "Shake your booty!" and he started wiggling his little bottom and laughing! We did this over and over! Finally, the thing that we all just laughed and laughed at was Paul David's reaction to my Mother-in-Law's white socks. He would crawl over to her, and she would wiggle her feet at him. He would squeal, turn around and crawl off squealing. Then he'd come back for more! He did this forever! So cute! Of course, we have NO video of this, and he never did it again.


These pictures aren't from that day, but they show Paul David showing "So Big!"

8 months old!

10 months old!

4th of July Parade

Happy 4th of July Everyone!

From our Family:

Our little town has a cute little 4th of July Parage every year, and this year it was it was not little! It lasted at least an hour and a half! It's always so much fun though because it's mostly kids, and they all dress up and decorate so cute! We were lucky enough to get there pretty early and got a shady spot.

Sarah, Lily and Justin

Paul David and Lily
Trying to get two toddlers to look and smile is useless!

I also wanted to post a picture of Paul David last 4th of July, too! I think it's fun to see the difference from year to year! We're at the same parade, same stroller, almost the same spot!

During the Parade

Paul David just loved all the flags! He sat so well through the entire parade and just took it all in!

His First Flavor-Ice Popsicle!
We ended up with so much stuff from the parade, but the posicles and bottled water were the best!

Another ball! I think we ended up with 5 balls and one hockey puck, 3 flags, 6 bottles of water, 2 popsicles, a balloon, a pom pom, candy, peanuts from Texas Roadhouse and more!

Foster and the Fireworks

Here's cute Foster--it was his First 4th of July!
I think that little mark on his cheek was spaghetti from when Paul David kissed him!

The Fireworks!

As soon as we all started getting ready to go to the fireworks, Paul David grabbed two trains and this flag and went to the front door! He was ready, although I'm sure he didn't have a clue where we were going! He just knew he'd needed the flag all day, so chances were he'd need it tonight!

I love this picture to end the day with...Paul David's yawn says it all! We were tired, but the fireworks were so pretty! The fireworks going off by our house until midnight last night...not so much!

We May Have a Problem...

Paul David has been trying to wear women's clothes lately!

My swimsuit

My T-shirt---luckily he picked the one item of clothing I own that he also owns the match to! I was able to switch them out and he was happy! He didn't really put it on himself...he pulled it off the couch, then started whining and trying to take off his shirt. So I put it on him...for the picture.

Grammy's swimsuit!

I actually know where the swimsuit thing is coming from...we were in Wal-Mart the other day, and I was putting the swimsuits on the hanger over my head to see if they would fit. I guess he saw me doing it because he's been trying it every time he sees that swimsuit in the top picture on the floor. Just FYI, it had to be returned...it was too BIG!

Astros Game Wednesday Night

Here are our pictures from the game Wednesday night!
We had fun because Grammy, Justin, and Carol went with us!

"Whee!"

"Baseballs"

I guess there are 449 baseballs up there...it's the number of career homeruns for Jeff Bagwell. Paul David was in hog heaven with all those balls!

ON THIS DAY

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY---July 2

2003-5 years ago, I went to Disney World for the first time ever! I went with my sister, brother-in-law and a friend. We had the best time, but boy was it HOT! We were there for 4th of July, too! Huge mistake...it's like one of the busiest day ever at Disney! It was so crowded. We did go to Breakfast with Mickey one morning which was awesome! April was 5 months pregnant with Preston when we went! So cool to have been able to have such a fun time with my sister!

Astros Game-Monday

Monday afternoon, I was getting us ready to go to the Astros Game and came into the living room with my Astros T-Shirt on. Paul David went nuts---"Baseball Game, Baseball Game!" He said it over and over. He went and got a t-shirt off the table that had a baseball on it and started pulling on the one he was wearing. He knew he needed a baseball shirt on, too! I got him dressed, and he grabbed his had and glove, only it was still 30 minutes until our ride came to get us! "Patience is a virture!" By the time everyone got there to get us, he was completely beside himself. He kept going to the front door and yelling! Lesson learned: I won't be getting on an Astros Shirt until 5 minutes before we leave!

Here he is eating his way through the first half of the game! SHHH, that's the secret to getting him to be good...I feed him most of the time we're there!

He had so much fun watching the game though! He stops and claps when everyone else claps! That night he even clapped during "Deep in the Heart of Texas!" So cute!

Paw Paw with his Baseball Boy! The Astros won!

This picture is for my series, "Around Minute Maid Park!" I want to try to get pictures of Paul David with different things in the park besides our seats!

We're going again tonight, so we'll see where around Minute Maid Paul David is tonight!

Just FYI for any of you Astros Baseball fans out there...the 10 games for $20 is on sale again for the 2nd half of the season! That's a pretty good deal if you don't mind sitting in the Upper Deck with us!