Visits from Grandparents

I promise Andrew's parents, Grandma and Grumpy, came to visit us in June.  But we have NO pictures!  I'm so lazy with the camera...it's terrible!

My parents, CiCi and Mac, came out for the 4th of July to visit.  By the way, we finally have had company to our house on the 4th and we finally have someone that can confirm that we don't need to go anywhere to see a fireworks show.  Y'all we had beautiful shows in all directions - and not a single one was organized.

CiCi got the best laughs out of this little buddy when she started signing to him.  It was wonderful!

This was his first bath...he has grown so much!

4 months

 That smile.  He is so sweet.

 We find him like this all the time now.  He hates being on his stomach when he is awake, but loves to sleep on it.

 We also find these feet hanging out of the crib a lot!

 Reality...

Eating Cereal

Then we started rice cereal at 4 months.  He really didn't care for it much at all.  He is now taking it down like it is the best thing every.  But the first few bites were hilarious!  

We introduced carrots this weekend and he loved them!  This boy hasn't met a food he didn't like.

Rolling Over

At 3.5 months, Joel rolled from his back to his stomach while playing on his activity mat one evening.  You should have heard us cheering, ha!  Of course, he wouldn't do it while I was filming.

It's Been a While...3 Months

Surprise, surprise.  Life has gotten in the way of the blog.  The past two months have been full of all sorts of exciting changes.

3 months

A Mother's Day Baptism

My first Mother's Day also happened to be the day Joel was baptized.  What a special day, right?  

The Boys

We have avoided putting pinestraw in the back yard because Tucker thinks we put it out as a bed for him.  Within two days of the pinestraw going out, he will have already worn it down to the point that you can't tell that we did anything.  Anyway, with all the family coming to town this weekend, we decided to put it out in the back yard as well.  Tucker supervised the installation then went right to work making sure it was an adequate bed.  Why do we even try??

 This little boy and this little smile just melts my heart.  He has started smiling when I say, "hey Joel!"  It is a cure-all for me.

 I am not going to win "Mother of the Year" ever.  First I post pictures of my child failing over...and now, I am posting pictures of me placing my child on the back of our dog.  Ha!  One day in about 2 years I will regret teaching these two this trick because Tucker will come running in the room with JW on his back.

Dad said I better watch out because I am going to find JW riding a Holstein cow rather than a horse since he will assume that all horses are supposed to look like Tucker.

By the way, Tucker willingly let JW sit on his back and he did not move for over a minute while I held him there.  Gotta love that sweet Tuck man.