Glass Half Full

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When your baby has decided that 5:30 am is the awesomest wake up time, you beat the crowds at Cracker Barrel on Saturday morning!  GLASS HALF FULL!

Busy making a friend - as usual!!

I'm all about seeing the bright side especially when it comes to this amazing little boy!!

Xoxo,
Gara

No More VBS for Travis!

Seriously, I dropped him off on Monday morning a little baby, and by the time I picked him up on Friday at noon, he was a kid!  During that week, he learned to stand up in his crib (7/1), sit up in his crib (7/2), sit up from crawling, and cruise on the furniture.  He also broke into a bag of chips on the floor and ate his first tortilla chip.  Slow down, son!!  We are so proud of all of your developments, but aren't quite ready to teach you to drive or send you off to college just yet!

Xoxo,
Gara

Mommy Lesson #93

No matter how dirty the diaper, do not, repeat after me, do not set it aside without completely sealing it up because in the time that it takes you to get an additional wipey (this probably being your 3rd or 4th), your son can do a complete 180 and end up with the back of his head firmly planted in a pile of poop.  While you are deciding whether to laugh or cry, poop will end up on the blanket, the lamb, and of course, the carpet.  Then even after you do your best to remove said poop from the back of your sweet angel's head, you will repeatedly throw up in your mouth as you wait the 15 minutes before you know your husband is about to arrive home so you can commence double-bathing (once to rinse out the poop, then remove kid, re-fill tub, start over).  All the while playing and wondering if your kid is getting a little nauseous from the smell too.

He's all ... I did WHAT??

You gotta be kidding me?!?!

It was so MOMMY's fault!!

Xoxo,
Gara

Let Freedom Ring!!

Happy 4th of July!!

We spent the day at church and chilling with some very special friends.  Jarrod and Brandon were state officers together 11 years ago, roommates at A&M, and groomsmen in each other's weddings.  They are BFFs for sure!  Katy (Baylor alum) and Jarrod dated while we were all in school so I've known them both for 10 years!  They have two kiddos:  Emma & Owen.  The kiddos had fun playing, and we had fun catching up.  This was the first time for the boys to meet!  It had been too long!!

Here's our best group shot:

Outtakes:

Drinkin' buddies:

Xoxo,

Gara

Play Play Play!

I'm playing with my dad...

I'm playing with my toys...

I'm playing with my "I'm not supposed to be playing with these" things...

I'm playing with my Nana and Papaw...

I'm TRYING to play with my kitty...

What a life!!

Xoxo,
Travis

Anniversary/Father's Day Weekend

Ack!!  I'm a couple weeks behind in blogging.  Now that vacation and vacation bible school are over I hope to get you caught up.  Of course during my blogging hiatus, Travis is sooo mobile and pulling up and cruising on everything and totally little mister curiousity so I might have to spend his nap time napping too!!  :)

We celebrated Brandon's first official Father's Day and our 7 year anniversary on the same weekend with lots of family and relaxation. 

We left Travis with Lovey & Pop on Saturday afternoon and Brandon and I had our first night away from Travis.  I had left him overnight once, but he was with Brandon, and Brandon has left, but Travis was always with me so this was the first time for both of us to be gone.  We pricelined a hotel in FW and got a reservation for Del Frisco's.  This was going to be my first "real" meal in seven months.  (After Travis stopped nursing at 9 months, I had been pumping and feeding him.  I slowly started introducting Nutramigen and had enough milk stored up that I was able to be done with my dairy/soy free diet.  Travis is now on 100% Nutramigen, and I have a freezer full of glorious dairy/soy free milk to donate to some colicky preemie that really needs it.)  At Del Frisco's, we ate onion rings, salad with green goddess dressing, filet mignon, creamed spinach, potatoes au gratin, bread, butter, and cheesecake.  It was awesome!  Since then, I'm sure I have gained 10 lbs. making my way back through the dairy aisle at the grocery store!  I sure am enjoying my coffee again!

Anyways, Travis was great with Lovey & Pop and the only time he cried was when we showed up the next morning.  Go figure!!  :)  It was great for Brandon and I to have some uninterrupted time, and I'm already looking forward to our next little getaway.

Pop holidng an ice cube for Travis 

Pepper came over on Sunday and brought an amazing meal (as usual).  Travis got to sample the ribs - he, too, was a big fan!!  Travis discovered Pepper's red fingernails and thought they were tasty!  As you can see, Travis hardly got any attention!

 

God has truly blessed us with the most amazing families.

Xoxo,
Gara