Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Today would have been my grandpa's 81st birthday. I'm so happy he's in a better place but boy do I miss him. No worries though Grandpa, Granny is spending your money and enjoying it, just like you would have wanted her to!

Balloon Fest 2009

Today we went to the Plano Balloon Festival and met up with others who have had babies within a few weeks of Astoria. It was a beautiful day (just a tad humid) to be outside watching balloons. We even discovered today that Megan (Madi's mom) and I were in the same hospital delivering a day apart by the same doctor. Small world it is around here. I can't wait to get together again!

All the boys

Just arriving

Beautiful Baby

Family Picture

Mommy's Girl

Beautiful Face

Sometimes a Daddy's Girl

The end of a beautiful day.

Cats and Ducks

What do they have in common? ASTORIA! Okay, anyway. We're going to be a cat for Halloween, a scrawny cat but a cute one none-the-less. I got out the duck bathtub tonight after I saw Megan, Madison's mom, have hers out (ours isn't the cute pink one like Maddy's but it does quack). She liked sitting in it while it wasn't in the tub, better than in the tub. I think because she kept sliding down the side of it when it was wet. So maybe we'll just use it dry for awhile.



Our really cute outfit..pants are a little short but we're still stylin'.






The picture on the bottom is Olivia, my niece. She's now 16 months but this was her at 5 months (Astoria's age now, we'll be 6 months almost 7 when Halloween gets here). Guess you could say we'll have a scrawny cat and had a plump cat. Haha kind of like Lilly and Isabelle are here in our house :)

Supporting the Home Team!

So OU isn't off to such a great start but none-the-less we are supporting the team! This outfit was actually bought by Aunt Paula!

Retiring the Onezie

Memorial Day 2009

4th of July 2009

Labor Day 2009

How much we have grown! Astoria turned 5 months old this weekend and even though it's a newborn onezie we can still fit in it. This will be the last holiday we can wear it however as we've almost outgrown it's length. This weekend was a good one, Nana and Pops came for a visit. Astoria had no problem going to Nana and loved to look at Pops (getting close to him was a different story). They were both amazed how much she has grown and developed a personality all her own. She 'talked' up a storm all weekend and had good nights (aka we slept all the way through). I'm thinking she's around 13lbs now. She's started eating a bowl of oatmeal mixed with either applesauce, sweet potatoes, or avocados before bed each night. Bedtime has changed to around 7:30pm and she's been getting up around 6:15am. She's still drooling up a storm but there aren't any signs of teeth just yet. She also loves to roll over and over and over. Funny thing is, she only rolls one way which turns out to be pretty unfortunate because she often finds herself up against a wall and can't go the other way to free herself. She's become a wonderful baby who loves to smile at any stranger (just like her daddy) and loves being outside (just like her momma). We are (knock on wood) officially past the colicky stage of babyhood!!

How Things Change

Tonight we went out to dinner with friends. I often think about how we have the BEST friends in the entire world. Tonight it was fun to see just how much has changed since we all became friends. For the most part we all started out without children. Now the conversations revolve our our children, the seating arrangements now include a children's table, and how even the men are now talking about being spit up on.


We also had the first 'get together' with Astoria's future husband, Nathanial, who was born just a month after Astoria. Stephanie, Nathanial's mom, and I decided they would be wed just about the time we found out she was going to have a little boy. As Sara mentioned...at least we know that we'll already love the in laws!


A couple of pictures of them 'together'. The first picture cracks me up because it looks like she's checking him out, haha!


I guess you could say the first 'date' went well!

She will call her Mommy...

Taken from a friend's FB post. It made me tear up very quickly due to the grandparents Astoria will never meet in life. I like to think she met them as she was asking God these questions.

Once upon a time, there was a child ready to be born.
So one day she asked God:
"They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?
"So God replied, "Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

"But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't have to do anything else but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy."
God stated, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy."

"And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don't know the language that men talk?"
God replied, " Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"
God said, "your angel will place your hands together and teach you how to pray."

"I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?"
God stated, "Your angel will defend you, even if it means risking its life."

"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."God stated, "Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked softly:

"Oh God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."
God answered, "Your angel's name is of no importance; you will call your angel Mommy."