Dill Pickle

I have a favorite new quote from Will. When he and his daddy come to a compromise they'll shake hands and Ben will say "deal?". To which Will follows with a "dill pickle!"

We had a nice family outing this past Memorial Day. We've decided to take advantage of the time we have left with Ben before he gets called to the academy and spend some time doing the fun things around this city before we ultimately move.

We started with a stroll on the riverwalk. We learned from a passing tour guide that these birds from the gulf comes to nest in the trees above the river.I love the "hairs" on the top of his head.

We then headed to the Rainforest Cafe. I thought Will would love it....but, not so much. He spent the entire time like this


But I guess you would too if you were two and sitting directly across from this


Jack, however, was enthralled.


We then headed to the San Antonio Botanical Garden. We even had our own "little guide".


I think the orchids were some of my favorite flowers there.


But we got some potential ideas for our yard, pending our relocation!


After an enjoyable day, what trip wouldn't be complete without admiring the local wildlife.


Isn't he cute. This little guy was on the steps leading to the garden entrance. I felt bad that we made the poor thing feel trapped, but we couldn't help but get some shots of him.
{Lauren, this should be your next "thing" to create. Couldn't you see it, using some fuzzy/hairy yarn?}

Mother's Day

I had a very nice Mother's Day today. I was able to sleep in until 9 this morning (that is a huge deal for me!) I was brought breakfast in bed. Scrambled eggs and donuts, which I had to share with Will. But hey, that's what we moms do, right?

After breakfast we headed outside where I was given a beautiful hibiscus plant. We spent the rest of the morning working in the vegetable garden. The sun was warm and a nice cool breeze was blowing. As I picked green beans, I could smell the tomato and onion plants. There is something very self gratifying about growing your own vegetables.

We finished up the morning watching Will splash in his pool while Jack snoozed in his bouncer.

It's been a wonderful day!

Firsts

It was a week of firsts this week.

Jack rolled over for the first time. Doesn't he look so proud.

And, he gave his first real chuckle. He seemed to get a kick out of the funny noises I was making!
Will got his first black eye. I'm not sure what he was doing, but I think it involved roughhousing at daycare.

We're also making advances in potty training. Apparently, although I was totally aware, he'd been going potty at daycare. One of the other boys finally started going and now he's following suit. This is one time I'm ok with giving into peer pressure. Will's started wearing pull ups during the day and he's aware of a certain candy jar filled with rewards if he goes potty at home. I thought I was the only one with a child who refused bribes. It took about a week, but he now tells me he needs to go and he'll try, but nothing yet. And with pull ups now come the pull downs along with waving "it" around while making a "sshh" sound. I think I'll let that go for fear of discouraging potty-ing.

Three Months

Jack turned three months this week. This smiley boy is thisclose to rolling over (from back to stomach). He loves to watch his big brother. His favorite time to play is 11 at night...kicking and "talking" and smiling as if to say "Aren't I cute?" Of course you are my darling, but I've got to get up in 6 hours and I'm sure we'll meet again some time between now and then!

Three months

Two Months

One Month

This is gonna be a long one...

We had a very busy Easter weekend. We went home to have Jack baptized, visited as much family as we could, and fit in a few egg hunts.

So here it is in pictures...

We started by visiting Ben's Grandma and Grandpa Lewis



Then it was on to my Mom and Dad's.



We went to Ben's parents for the evening and spent some time with his siblings. We were sorry Jon's family couldn't make it. Hope they're feeling better!



The next morning Will and his Momee made cookies. I think all Will really did was eat the cookie dough.



We then had lunch with Ben's Grandmother and Granddaddy Autry.



Jack was baptized later that evening at the Easter Vigil Mass.



The weekend wrapped up with an egg hunt Easter morning. Unfortunately the rain forced us inside to hunt eggs in the Sunday school classrooms.

Two months

Jack turned two months a couple of weeks ago. But, due to the computer trouble I was having, I'm just now able to post his pictures.

At two months Jack weighs in at 13 pounds 3 ounces and is 23 inches. And this smart boy, developmentally, is mastering some 4 month tasks such as playing with his hands, vocalizing, and bearing weight on his legs.

Computer issues

Last week my computer crashed. So, I'm dealing with a very scaled down version of Windows until my IT guy can work his magic with the recovery disc. Luckily he was able to pull all of our pictures and video from the hard drive. Whew!

I have Jack's two month pictures to post but, until everything is up and running again, they'll have to wait. He's being baptized this weekend at the Vigil Mass, so hopefully I'll be able to get those pictures up next week when the computer is fixed.