Sittin' Pretty

Here are some pictures of Julia that dad took a couple weeks ago when she was in her pretty little pink dress.  She is such a beautiful little girl (Do all mom's think that?)  One of these days, we might actually be able to have on a pretty dress without a drool-soaked bib, but for now this is the best we're gonna get!  

John Mayer Concert

Keith and I went to see John Mayer last month.  We were on the fifth row, directly in the center.  Despite the fact that it was 108 degrees outside, we had a great time.  The show was fabulous.  John is such an incredible guitar player. We took about 500 pictures, most of which turned out very blurry and out of focus.  My sister told me I should have used a different setting on my camera, but these are still pretty good pictures for a couple of amateurs. 

Dude looks like a lady . . .

My cousin, Amanda, and her 2 year old daughter, Aubrey, stayed with us for a week while Ms. Mattie was on vacation to help us out with Julia.  Aubrey is so precious and we had so much fun while she was at our house.  Aubrey loves shoes - all shoes - anyone's shoes.  One evening she found my closet full of high heels and had a ball playing dress up.  Jordan couldn't stand missing out on the fun, so he joined in on the action and pranced around in his own pair of high heels.  I'm ashamed to admit this, but he can walk better in heels than I can! He is going to hate me for posting these, but as you will see below, there is no denying that he willingly posed for these pictures!  Enjoy . . . 

First Day of School

Just wanted to share a few pictures from the kids' first day of school - August 25th.  

Jordan is about as excited to start back to school as he looks in this picture!

Okay, that's a much more convincing smile!

. . . and one more for good measure.

Just one last drink of my bottle before we leave.

I'm all ready for my first day at Ms. Mattie's!

She said "Mama"

Well, she finally did it . . . she said "Mama"!! She started saying "Dada" on Mother's day (oh, the irony of it). But, on Friday night, she said "Mama" for the first time! Oh, I have been waiting for that moment for 9 months! Yay Julia!

Portraits 5/31/2008

I know it's several months late, but I wanted to post the portraits we had taken back in May. Jordan is so photogenic - he looks great in every picture. Julia, on the other hand, sees the flash and gets starry eyed.

Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus

My mom and I took the kids to the circus a couple weeks ago and we had so much fun. Before the show, they let the kids go down onto the floor and meet the clowns and try on costumes and such. Jordan had lots of fun trying on the costumes - he is a little drama king! Julia was just in awe of all the lights and music and activity going on around her. She loved watching the elephants and was just as entertained by the little kids sitting behind us. They had little toys with flashing lights and she spent most of the show turned around looking behind us!



Waiting for Act II



I'm so cute in my clown hat! (Please don't look at Mommy's multiple chins!)




Ladies and Gentlemen . . .




Mommy, What's wrong with her nose?