going to the chapel and we're gonna get married....

Uncle Curt & Aunt Shelley!!!

These two *finally* got married...yes finally! They've been dating forever and so in love! I'm so glad I can finally call her a sister! The wedding was absolutely beautiful and beyond perfect. Shelley was the most beautiful bride and Curt was pretty handsome himself.

Of course...I think the most handsome guy there was the ring bearer...


He was too cute! During the rehearsal, he totally hammed it up and loved walking down the isle with Anna & Audrey. But...then the actual wedding day came. Anna & Audrey, my five year old twin cousins were the flower girls. They were asking me how they were going to throw the flowers out of their buckets if they need to hold Michael's hand. So, I told them to not worry about Michael and just throw their flowers. So they did. Then it was Michael's turn. Daddy sat him down at the back of the church and Michael just sat in the middle of the isle. Daddy picked him up and he sat back down. Oh dear. So I step out from my place in line as a bridesmaid so he could see me. He stood up and started walking, checking out everyone, grinning and totally digging being the center of all attention! He finally made it up to me and we waited for Aunt Shelley. He kept talking during the ceremony and I tried to keep him quiet. He saw daddy and yelled out 'daddy', so I sat him down and he walked straight to his daddy and had some snacks! Being ring bearer makes a boy thirsty and hungry! :)

here are a few more pictures from the weekend....

miss anna & audrey

watching the slideshow dvd that i made...

i do love me some dances with this boy!

my cousin greg and his sweet daughter paisleigh

cousins....audrey, michael, anna, jett, pax & kai

dancing machine!!

mr. and mrs.

how low can you go??

it's an aggie thing...and i was the lucky one in the middle! :)

i finally got to dance with the groom...

what!?!? you mean i can't go to cabo with you!?!?!

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Bills!!!

18 months...

a year and a half....

Wow, how time flies. This boy is full of personality and life! He is constantly making us laugh and wonder what in the world did we do to get so lucky!


well, hello mr. brown bear...long time no see...

He *loves* balls. Everything is 'ba-ba'...baseball, football, basketball.


He knows how to put on a show for everyone too! Here he is 'jumping'! He jumps like his momma....so high the camera can't even get all that air! :)
He is finally getting used to Daycare. Daddy is taking him, so he does much better. He likes playing and as far as I know, he eats and sleeps good there.

He is trying to repeat everything we say, but 'daddy' is the all time favorite!

His 18 month check up was today. He weighs in at 24 pounds and is 33 inches in height. She said he looks like a healthy, growing boy! We are blessed!!

first day of school...

guy friends

I'm just remembering that I haven't told you about Michael's fun couple of days last week. It started off on Monday, August 2nd. One of my dear friends (and little DZ sister) came to see us and to swim with Michael. She has two little boys, Rett & Colt. They are precious!! They just recently moved closer to us, so we are way excited to get together more often. They got here about 10:30 that morning, played a little bit here, then we went to Grandma & Granddaddy's pool. They all enjoyed swimming and Rebecca & I enjoyed catching up. By the time we got around to taking a picture of just the boys, they were all so tired and ready for their naps! I can't wait to get together with them again and let them all play some more!



The next day, Wednesday, August 3rd, Michael & I headed to Lubbock to meet up with my college roommate, Amanda. She also has two little boys, Reese & Cooper. We met them at Chucky Cheese's. It was Michael's first time there. There really isn't a lot for him to do there, but he enjoyed trying to throw the footballs and basketballs! (of course!) We didn't get a group picture of them, but I did get a few of Michael with my phone. It was great to see them again...these boys grow up too fast! :)

first day of 'school'

We were so blessed to have Anna last year keep Michael. He loved her and she loved him. Anna had some family things come up and we decided that Michael needed to be around other kids too. So, he had his first day of 'school' today. I don't have to go back to school full time until Monday, but I thought he better have a little bit to get used to it before it's a full time thing. So today, he did a 1/2 day and tomorrow he will do a full day.

It's so hard to explain how I feel about it. I want him to be around other kids. I want him to experience things that he wouldn't get being the only kid. I want him to learn things that I can't teach him. But....

I hate it. I hate that he has to go to daycare. I hate that I can't be with him. I hate that he won't get to eat my meals. I hate that he won't get to take a nap in his own bed. I hate that he won't get a good nap. I hate that he will probably get sick for the first time soon. I hate that I have to wake him up in the mornings. I hate that I don't know the teachers. I hate that I don't know if they are sweet to him. I hate that he will be around kids that I don't know. I hate trying to be positive and not tear up in front of him. I hate that when I picked him up today, he was crying and looked like he had been crying.

I'm sick of everyone saying "it'll be fine...he'll be fine." "Quit worrying about it." That's the most stupid thing someone can say to a mother.

He'll be fine.