kids

 

and happy as can be.

could you seriously get any cuter?  i think not.

at five months you love to smile a very gummy smile.

you are “cooing” up a storm when you are happy and you are happy when someone is always nearby.

samuel you have quite the personality.   it is a very sweet smiley boy who  l o v e s  to be held.  if we put you down there are instant tears.   you are attached to me and well, i’m a little attached to you.  i’m working really hard on having you sleep in your own room this month.   okay it has only been 1 night so far.   we are trying night 2  as i am typing right now.

you are waking up a few times still in the night but you go right back to sleep.  you love to sleep in but jack usually comes to give you kisses and “ugs” to wake you up.  you have new spots to hang out in, in the house, like a high chair and bumbo seat.   it will be exciting to see how soon you try to sit up, you are still a little wobbly. 🙂   you are starting to reach for more toys to your side which tells me rolling may be in the near future for you.  you try to grab anything in reach including your brother.  he just laughs and says “hey what sam doodin?”

your smiles make every day better and better.   every month that is going by i am in disbelief.   you are a growing little guy and life with you is about to get pretty busy as you start to make new moves and try new things!   we love you little buddy!!

here’s to another amazing month!

xxoo

 

we love  our state of  t e x a s

and her beautiful bluebonnets!

my boys,  i’m sorry you might not have annual pictures with santa clause or the easter bunny, or even pumpkin patches . . .

but bluebonnets, i have decided, should be an annual picture event.

so a few sundays ago, daddy and i took you two for a mini family trip out to eat a bbq lunch and check out the blue bonnets along the way.

yes the bluebonnets were worth the drive 🙂

we may even be back again for a bluebell trip.

if not we will see them again next year!

xxoo

earlier this week jack and i had a date together to the rodeo!   this time he really enjoyed it!

he had a little more freedom to run around with a few of his cousins!

dana had called me a while back to ask if we would want to join them and a few homeschooling friends for their “field trip” 🙂

 

i couldn’t resist taking a few pictures the animals.  the way they can look at you always makes me laugh.

jack i think this is the first time you had ever been so hands on with animals.  you loved every bit of it.

we spent most of our day in the center checking out the exhibits.  you are about to get an overload of pictures, but this is only about 1/4 of what was actually on our camera.   yes. you guessed it.  i was the crazy camera lady again.  i was so happy to capture your pure excitement over the the animals.  you really loved the bunnies and the baby chicks.

 

 

i really just wanted  o n e  picture with you…

but after multiple attempts, this is the best we got.   one day i’ll get one,  one day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 love these guys!  we owe them big for chasing after you jack and carrying you around. 🙂

 

also thank you to dana, for capturing this beauty.  ha!  i couldn’t stop laughing at him.   i even had to try to sneak in for a picture with him.

  he obviously had more important things to do.

 

 before we left we ran upstairs to look for erika’s photography they had displayed!   so proud 🙂

 

 and of course, the rodeo isn’t complete without an actual pony ride.  jack you were a pro!  you even gave me a “yeehaw!”

you fell asleep on our ride home but of course you were wide awake when we got to the house.  we were both so excited to see sam!

he stayed at home and played with granny { thank you granny!!  i wish i could have gotten a picture of you two!! }

 

i hope we can take both of you little cowboys next year!

it sure was a great time!

xxoo

 

 

 

his cousins…

especially joey.  this last saturday we went to his last basketball game.  jack wanted to sit with joey and the team but luckily joshua had m&m’s to distract him.

gramps was a little concerned about your jacket 🙂  i told him it was a gift and we sure would appreciate some maroon colors for your closet too!

i think even sam is happy to have some boys to hang out with!

i think joshua is going to start some sports this summer too!  so we will be sure to go out and cheer him on!   it wont be long before your sports seasons will start!

xxoo