Our baby girl is getting so big!

I can't believe that Emma is already 4 months old. We started back to school this week and it has been so hard leaving my kids after being home with them since April. Although Emma is getting so big she is still my little baby girl and it breaks my heart leaving her each day. It does make it easier that mom and dad are keeping the kids on Mondays and Fridays. And our new sitter, Mrs. Faye, is wonderful and she loves my kids as much as they love her already. Our summer was so busy and it went by way too fast, but I was very fortunate to be able to stay home with Emma for fours months. We are truly blessed with our two beautiful babies!

Happy Birthday Papaw and Joe Joe

We have lots of birthdays to celebrate at the end of July and first of August. This is great news for Brady because he loves blowing out the candles and of course eating the cake. Happy birthday Joe Joe and Papaw!!

Happy 30th Birthday Jason

Jason had a great 30th birthday. We spent the day at home with the kids and then went to Louisville to eat at Hooters and go to a Bats game. What Jason didn't know was that several of our friends were meeting us there. Some of our college friends we hadn't seen in a while were a really big surprise. It was a nice night out, and a great way to celebrate turning the big 30! Happy birthday honey!

Ky Lake 2010

We had another great trip to Ky Lake. It was super hot, but on the lake it was nice riding the boats and swimming. Of course Brady absolutely loved every minute of it. He swam in the lake and jumped off the boat all day. One of the most momentous events of the trip was giving up passy. That's right Brady finally got rid of his passy, although it wasn't really by choice. On Saturday when we were on the boat he was starting to get tired so I let him have his passy and as he was going from one boat to the other it fell out of his mouth between the boats and to the bottom of the lake. I think I was as devastated as he was, thinking about how our night was going to be without it. But my aunts took him over to the side of the boat and told him that a little baby fish was crying and really needed the passy. So he talked to the fish and told them that he was a big boy and that he would give his passy to the baby fish. I thought, oh yeah, we'll see how this works out when its time to go to bed. So that night of course he asked for it at bed time and I said, remember the baby fish has it. And he finally fell asleep without it. That was two weeks and ago and although he has asked for it several times he always says, oh yeah I gave it to the fish and that's it. He has asked me a few times to go to the store and buy him another one or begged me to please let him have one of Emma's, but he is definitely done with it. I'm glad that he finally gave it up, but it's a little sad too. Just another part of growing up and becoming a big boy!

Congrats Kelly & Justin - St. Louis Trip 2010

Well, we had another great trip to St. Louis, with an extra special event. Our annual trip to St. Louis was extra special because Justin asked Kelly to marry him.

We arrived on Friday afternoon and checked in to our hotel. Then we went to the Budweiser Museum and game 1 of Cardinals vs. Dodgers. The museum was really neat and the game was a lot of fun. The kids were great, even though it was really hot.

Saturday morning, mom, dad, Jason, Brady, Emma and I walked around downtown St. Louis and then came back for some pool time at our hotel, The Millennium. That's when Kelly and Justin joined us and shared their exciting news. Justin asked her to marry him under the arch Saturday morning, and of course she said YES!!

Saturday afternoon we had lunch at Hooters before the game and then went to game two and the Cardinals won again. We were able to see our family friend, Trevor Miller, pitch on Friday and Saturday. He is the reason we go to the games and it is so neat to actually know a major league baseball player. Especially since we are such big baseball fans. Unfortunately we didn't get to spend any time with him this trip because his family was in, but he knew we were there cheering him on and we look forward to hanging out with him our next trip.