Saturday, May 23, 2009

A Day in the Life of LT ~ Park ~ May 20 2009

I had trouble picking a favorite shot for the first one but this is pretty adorable.

Arriving at the park...I love this stroller now that I have the hang of it. The only beef I have is the sun shade comes off sometimes. when you open and close it.




Cheerios!!!




Cheerios are one of the best forms of entertainment.



They LOVE them.

Nick really doesn't like when I "do" Luke's hair...but I think it's cute. :)





Luke loves watching his sissy girl.





what's YOURS is MINE!

This is one of my favorite faces of his.




Finger licking good. lol


Are you serious? No way?

Good Cheerios....

Would you like one??

What's in there anyhow?

...and you thought I was going to feed you. (she often takes it back upsetting him, notice it's still in her hand.)




Hey...I wanted that one!



Luke protesting a little here.


Soooo big....




Sippy break.

The grass is always greener...





Brothers......sigh




She giggles at this book.....especially the "puppy dog and the kitty cat"

Notice they switch sippy cups to make sure they aren't missing anything





She loves the wind in her hair.

...and again.



Luke...what are you doing with that...it's mine.

Luke spitting raspberries......he's such a boy! (notice Taylor's expression)





Love this expression.


Loving the piggie tails. They are so "Taylor"

Hey......she's MY mommy.

Taylor often will sit up against him like this.

I wanted that Cheerio. :(

Hey, I'm talking to you!

It's like she's flaunting it.


Love the reflection in his eyes in this shot.

Not happy about him stealing again.

He loves looking up....at trees, sky and birds.


Notice her pushing her butt into him..........this is NOT by accident.









Taylor loves her new shoes. So much that they look yummy and she tries to chew on them...well she does chew on them and she got caught.

She REALLY wanted to chew on them and NO wasn't what she wanted to hear.

Love the lip.

She tries again...to see if her fit worked.

Really mad now....shaking the shoe in her hand. lol
(me trying not to laugh)

But it's so yummy looking....

I HATE this dumb shoe!

Sooo not fair.



Waterworks and all...

Luke grabs her other shoe.......what's the big deal with these shoes?




Luke still loving the sky


All better.

Cheerios work wonders.




Striking a pose.


I wonder if the tree wants a sip?


One more walk around before heading home.



Luke was pulling her hair and she was looking back at him. Wonder if she'll ride roller coasters like this? When the stroller is moving her legs kick......course.....do they EVER stop kicking?




Tired babies


..........Some shots before we left for the park............


Hello? Is Taylor there?? I love when she plays this game. So cute.


...she even talks...

It's for you Mommy.




My Cheeseballer.


They like looking out the window.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Birthday Party at the Park

I wasn't exactly excited at first about having a birthday party. I think I just had things in mind of what I'd imagined and then with Nick losing his job...it just put me in a "not so excited, sorta pouty" mood. lol. After Nick's mom asked me about when/if I was having something it kinda made me commit to a date. I still messed around about it not knowing what to do or how to pay for it. It ended up working out better than I imagined. Nick's parents offered to supply the meat (hamburgers and hot dogs) and that took a HUGE pressure off. Then I felt I could go ahead and rent the park. My parents supplied baked beans, macaroni salad and a veggie tray. Nick's parents brought lemonade and water and we got the cake, chips, soda, ice, paper stuff. We had it on the 16th, ten days after their actual birthday because I put it off so long. :) We had a great time though. I didn't take much time to take pictures and Nick and I didn't get to partake in much of the food but that's how it goes and it was all worth it. We have such great family, church family and friends. It was actually really hard for Nick and I to figure out a list. Our goal was 50 and 58 people came including babies. LOTS of babies. I really wish in hind sight that we would have gotten all the babies together for a pic. Luke and Taylor are gonna have lots of kids to play with their age which will be fun. There was supposed to be storms that day and it was beautiful and held off for us. Thanks to everyone who came! Nick and I were talking and we think if we could get people to not have to worry about gifts, it would be awesome to do this every year...if we could financially. We wouldn't want people to feel that they'd have to buy the babies something or that our parents would have to supply food...we just LOVE having everyone together and for us it's awesome to celebrate how God has blessed us.

One way we saved money was by not mailing invitations. Now as a graphic designer it KILLS me to miss out on an opportunity to design and print invitations. Errr....but Nick convinced me that we could email an invite and post it as an event on Facebook and that would be just fine. I reluctantly agreed. :( Here's the invite. Quick and Simple.


Small group girls...Heidi, Brandi and Jones

Dad, brother Mick with Luke and friend Carrie with Taylor


Dad, Mick and Luke again

Aunt Connie and Taylor


Some Pathway people...Nancy, Sandy, Dave, Shelby, Shane and Teresa

Carrie and Taylor


Nicole and baby Jacob, Jeremy in the background, Jeremy in the foreground lol and Teresa

Brandi, Callie, Jones and Luke

Cousin Amy and little Liam. :)

Uncle Tim, brother-in-law Tony and little Jayden

sister-in-law Elena, father-in-law Tom and Aunt Kathy


Aunt Connie, Mariah and Uncle Jim

Heidi and Luke tired from party lol

Random Pictures

Loves her Daddy!

Hugging Bunny


Cracks me up when she sleeps like this.


Hugging Lambie


Hair pulling......a favorite pass time for both these days.


cell phones

Hugs

Taylor texting. lol





into EVERYTHING!


She hands me everything. Nice girl... :) (sometimes she takes it back though lol)


My view from the kitchen.

Trying on his new swim gear. lol