Thursday, August 27, 2009

New Toys and Bath Time

Elise would like to share photos of her new toys! She can actually press some buttons on purpose and she will spend up to 20 minutes in it! Yay! Thanks Grandma!

My new Bumbo!

She can now sit on the couch between Mommy and Daddy and she loves it!


Her bath time towel from Jody's Grandma! I think it suites her well!

















Thank you and goodnight!


Monday, July 13, 2009

We'll stick to the cartoon kind

Jody's Grandma bought a new owl for her house. Too bad I didn't get video of it because you should know that the owl makes a screeching noise and its head turns a complete 360 degrees. The picture below is before she saw it. This was after:
Good to know she doesn't scare too easily, like her Daddy. It was more like - "Uhhh, Mommy, what was that?"

Friday, July 10, 2009

How to stay at the lake the right way:

Elise and I got to spend four great days at Lake Fork. Angie's parents have a house on the lake there and it is beautiful. Mom, Dad, Elise and I (Jody had to work - boo) stayed in the apartment above the garage. It is so cute. Very relaxing with a lot of good conversation.
Brooke was awesome! It was so adorable to see her already wanting to play with Elise. She would scoot over to her every time and reach out to grab her. I can't WAIT until Elise can play with her.I didn't think I was a "put a hat on my baby" type of person, but I couldn't resist the cuteness. I call this her Lake House outfit. She didn't spend much time in the sun, but she sure did look good!Three of the the cousins! Brooke, Samantha and Elise. Samantha is already a great babysitter. Elise loved to watch her dance and listen to her sing. The constant entertainment was very much missed when we got home.It is really hard to tell how nice the view of the lake was from the back porch in this picture, but the lawn is so green and trees so pretty. Keith, Sam and Lilly are in the inflatable pool. The girls LOVED having their parents "swim" with them. I even got in once and played the role of "nice shark."This used to be a ball, but apparently got a hole in it. Sam put it on her head as she started to walk away and it made us all crack up. It's funnier in person because all those little rubber things jiggle with any movement. Elise and I can't wait to go back. Hopefully Jody gets to go next time. Oh, and I highly recommend Keith and Angie's cooking if you get the chance!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

My Birthday

I had a great birthday this year. It started at Emily and Scott's wedding and ended at Olive Garden with Elise, Jody, my Mom and Glenda. They put a hair net on your head when they sing to you and we thought Elise would want to wear it, too.......Nope.
I bet random dude in the background didn't know he would end up on my blog. :)

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Emily and Scott's Wedding

Breana's sister got married at The Vineyard on June 20Th. It was beautiful and the food was awesome! They do dinner by reservation, also. I highly recommend it.
Jody and I ended up eating at a table by ourselves in the basement. Sounds like no fun, but we made it fun and the basement looks like a wine cellar and is very romantic. This picture was by chance and I even tried to recreate it and couldn't. It suites him, no?
It was out first evening out without Elise. She even stayed the night at her Gigi's while Jody and I got a room at the hotel where the family was staying. We tried to make the most of it, but really missed her. Gigi and Elise loved it, though!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Sweetest Voice

Most of the time she really looks like she's trying to tell you something and she always bookends the conversations with huge smiles!

Monday, June 15, 2009

New Riverwalk

We have a beautiful new section to our Riverwalk in San Antonio. Jody and I decided to get out one morning (has to be morning to be bearable) and check it out. Very nice - we recommend it. We bought the Baby Bjorn the day before and have to say it works well. Elise wore long sleeves for sun protection and a big hat! We flipped the brim for pictures and took it off in shady areas. She really did look around (or to one side or the other) while we walked. She seemed pretty comfortable and, thankfully, it was a cloudy day.
The barges do go down the new section.

Artists were commissioned to create some points of interest along the way.
The water was actually pretty clear - you could see some fish!
The new lock and dam system that allows the barges to travel both sections of the river. One section is about 9 feet higher than the other.
The re-purposed bridge.
Glenda met us down there!
Can you see the water coming through his mouth?
It was pretty hot by the time we were finished, but Elise had no complaints. Maybe because we bought her the "cool mesh" Bjorn.


It was pretty, free and had some exercise mixed in (especially with a twelve pound baby hanging on you.) There are a lot of benches along the way and shade under the bridges. Way to go SA!