I Think This is Goodbye :(

Well, folks (really it's just Jody, Melissa and Melanie) I think I'm letting go of the blog. It does make me sad, but I already feel the weight lifting. I will keep y'all on the email list and see you on Facebook. Maybe one day I will be back, but it's goodbye for now.

Swing ya later!

Picture Anxiety

Managing the pictures I take as become a big burden for me. There is so much I want to do with them that it takes a lot of time and effort. I want to email them to friends and family, put them on my blog, put them on Facebook, and print hard copies for traditional photo albums. It's too much and I don't know what to cut out. I always feel behind.

Not all of my family is on Facebook, so I still want to email them (and I email more than I would put on Facebook or my blog.) The blog lets me put in some back story on the photos. Facebook allows all of the friends I don't normally talk to to see them. I want to print them because there is nothing more fun than flipping through an album years later, especially for Elise.

It seems like this is just too much and I should be playing with Elise instead of doing all this. Something has to go......I just don't know what.

Very First Steps!

I actually got her very first steps on "tape!" You can only see her from the chest up, but you can tell she's walking. The camera pans off because I'm in a bit of shock, but I wanted to share it. I started filming to get her "meowing" at the cats. Watch right after she stands up, then throws the babydoll down. This was on June 27Th, almost 15 months old.

June and Such

Just a few pictures from June..... Elise had discovered drawing is fun :)

And Papa found out she's really good with a straw.

We got to go to the zoo with her cousins.

And rode the train for the first time.

She really didn't get the sight-seeing part of it, but it had been YEARS for me, so I enjoyed it!

The Coast!

Turns out Elise likes the water! It just needs to be warm enough. She stayed in the condo pool until Mommy and Daddy were ready to get out.

Pruney feet! They were soooo cute in person.

She loved sitting on the beach, too! She played in the wet sand and liked the waves.

Beach beauty!
Hee hee! The souvenir shops.

Happy Memorial Day!

Thanks, Mom and Dad, for the weekend.

The River!

On May 18Th our little girl stood completely on her own! She did it several times that day, and hasn't since! It was on the day we headed down to the river to celebrate Laurie's 55Th birthday.

Jaimee, Jake, Danny and Jody Silly time with Laurie
She preferred the float on land, instead of the cold river.

We had a great time - Thank you Mima and Papa!

Houston Trip

Our niece, Samantha had her First Communion at the end of April. We weren't able to take photographs during the Mass, so I just ended up with a couple of photos of Elise at the end.She's leaning against the pole, but it was so cute to see her standing.

We had breakfast the Friday before Mother's Day with my Grandmother at the Egg & I. Really good food.

In order to spend Mother's Day all together, we met up in Houston where our cousin's, Marion, son was being Baptized. Trevor is his Godfather. As soon I we got into our hotel room we noticed the owl on the lamp! How nice of them to make us feel at home!

Mother's Day Brunch. Some Grandma love.All of the grandchildren, together, in one place!

We also visited cousin Dana and her new little Sully.

The three of us can't be serious for too long. Bruenn is ready for summer days and Texas weather.

Ready for a First Swim!Our cousin Darcy visited us at the hotel. We got to see all our Houston family!

Bruenn's very first dip!

Elise's very first dip!

She didn't like it much, but I guess it was a little cold. Thank you to Trevor for the hotel hook-up, we had a blast!