Joshua's BIG Announcement!

Joshua's title will change come November 2010.....

Momma Went to Texas

At the beginning of March I was blessed with the opportunity to fly to Texas to see Johanna! Derek graciously told me to go and have fun and that he didn't mind at all keeping Joshua for the long weekend. He didn't quite know what he was getting into. Joshua ended up running a high fever all weekend and was not much fun. He ended up with an ear infection and Derek got the chance to take Joshua to the doctor twice in one weekend. I think he deserves an award for putting up with baby fussy pants. I had an absolute blast in Texas, although I was worried about my boy and missed both of my guys all weekend.

I got to Texas Friday afternoon and left Monday evening. It was so much fun to just have time to hang out with Johanna! We pretty much talked, and ate, and talked, and watched tv, and talked some more, and ate some more. One of our goals for the weekend was to sit and watch a Lifetime movie since we haven't done that since college. Saturday morning we accomplished that goal, although the movie we chose was absolutely awful. Don't worry, we watched it through to the end anyway. After our movie we went on a roommate date to Chick-fil-a like we used to do in college. It's the simple things in life! We also went and walked around Baylor where Johanna will be starting grad school this summer. (yay Jo!)

Going to see the actual Baylor bears....too bad they were sleeping in a cave and we didn't get to see them.

Then we went shopping, and Johanna bought me a cute skirt for my birthday! On Sunday we went to church, ate some Rotel, went to see an afternoon movie (what? who are we?) and stopped by Sonic for some cherry limemade goodness and FRIED PICKLES!!! I haven't stopped thinking about those fried pickles. They were so good! Our Sonic here doesn't have fried pickles.....sad day. You can feel sorry for me if you want. I guess I'll have to fly back to Texas to get some more. That sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

Us with our Rotel....yyyyuuuuuummmmmmm0000000

Sunday night we played Mario Kart on Wii. I was pretty terrible, but it was oh so fun!

On Monday we went and got pedicures!! It's been a year since I've done that. Afterwards I had to go pack up so that we could hit the road to the airport. The weekend was much too short. I can't wait to go back!

Derek and Joshua survived the weekend. Little man was still sick when I got home so I got to take the day off on Tuesday and snuggle with him at home. By Wednesday he was back to his usual bouncing off the wall self. It took him a little while to realize when I left him to go to another room that I wasn't going away for good. I have to say I enjoyed the extra mommy love! I missed Derek and Joshua like crazy, but I am so thankful for a weekend away with my bestest good friend. Love you Jo!!

Lake Weekend with Small Group

I'm still catching up. I think it's become a continual theme. I guess you'll just have to get used to it!

The last weekend of February our small group Bible study headed to Lake Gaston for the weekend. Beth and Stephan, a couple in our small group, were gracious enough to invite us. Stephan's family owns a GORGEOUS house on Lake Gaston. There was so much to do there and plenty of room for all of the families. Total we had five couples and four children. We left Friday night and rode up there with our friends Brian and Becky. Saturday consisted of eating lots of yummy food, playing, and Bible study time. We took shifts so that we could fit in some girl and guy time. The guys went outside and played disc golf for a few hours in the morning while we ladies kept the kids inside to play. After lunch all of the kids went down for a nap and the adults got some Bible study time in. Once the kids got up from their naps the guys took them outside to play while we ladies got some much needed girl time. It was so nice to actually have conversation that went beyond surface level and to really get to know each other better. We played a game called Life Stories which was kind of silly but turned out to be a really neat game. We basically had to answer questions about ourselves and then at the end we each got a chance to go around and build each other up. I think the Lord knew what we all needed that weekend. Once we had dinner and got the kids in bed we all played Mexican Train. It's a really fun dominoes game, and if you've never played it you need to! We got up Sunday morning and cleaned up the house before heading home. It was such a fun weekend and such a special time to have with our small group. Thanks for hosting us Farrell family!!

The whole group

Our cute kiddos!

All of the ladies. I love these girls!

Our handsome men!

The back of the Farrell's beautiful lake house!

Happy Birthday Grandma and YaYa

Grandma and YaYa are another year older......but we won't say which year this is! Happy birthday you two! We couldn't ask for better moms/grandmothers!!!! We love you bunches!!!

(Sorry Grandma....we have got to get a better picture of you and Joshua)

(And I had to use this picture with YaYa again b/c I think it's so cute!)

Another Year Later

One beautiful day in February we went for a walk around Lake Johnson with Greg, Nichole and Ayden. It seems this has become a tradition for us to do on one of the first warm days of the year. If you look back at this post you'll see pictures from last year and the year before. I love that our boys are so close in age and are such good friends. Joshua really loves Ayden and always wants to be where he is. I hope they stay best buddies for a long time. Enjoy a few pictures from our day at the lake.

Just Like YaYa

My mom and Granny came to visit for Valentine's Day and spent the night. He LOVED having them here. He asked for them for several days after they left. Thanks for coming YaYa and Granny!!

Joshua is obsessed with glasses. We got him a pair of sunglasses a few months ago. He loves to wear them (as seen in previous post;) ), but he discovered while YaYa was here that he could wear them on top of his head. Now when he puts them on he usually puts them on his head.

Too Cool

Man, he is so stinkin' cool I just don't know what to do!

Happy Birthday Aunt Boo Boo!!

Happy Birthday Britney!! We love you soo much!

Our Little Party Animal

Joshua sure likes to party. And that's good because he went to three birthday parties during the month of February. His best buddy Ayden turned 2 at the beginning of the month. His birthday was on a Thursday, which is when our small group meets, so we celebrated by eating brownies and ice cream. He got a train table for his birthday! The kids loved playing with it. Joshua didn't want to leave. Good thing he goes over there everyday and gets to play with the "choo choos" all the time!

I just had to add in this picture of Grace on Ayden's birthday. Isn't she a cutie? No wonder Joshua loves her!

His buddy Caleb and his girlfriend Grace also celebrated birthdays in February. Caleb had his 2nd birthday party at Bounce U. They have private rooms with all kinds of blow up bounce houses and slides! Joshua was in Heaven.

Bouncing with Zach and Ellie

The Birthday Boy, Caleb!

I think Joshua and Ayden thoroughly enjoyed the cake at Caleb's party.

We left Caleb's party and came home to nap...all three of us took naps......ahhh......bliss! When Joshua got up we went to Grace's 1st birthday party at her house. While there he helped himself to quite a few M&Ms and obsessed over the balloons tied to Grace's highchair. (He left from her house with one of those balloons, just so you know.)

Notice Joshua eyeing the balloon on the back of her highchair.

Leaving with his balloon!!

I believe the J man is now an official party animal. If any of you need someone to come to your birthday party to liven things up just let us know.

And I just have to add that he is the CUTEST party animal around!!

Tennis Pro in the Making

We've taken Joshua out to play tennis a few times in the last month or so. He absolutely loves getting out there and running around the courts with his "nennis wactet" and "nennis ball". Derek has played tennis for a long time and would totally love for Joshua to grow up playing tennis. Hopefully this crazy weather will go away soon and leave us with consistent warm weather and sunshine so that we can get out there and play some more.