He Did It!!!

He Pooooped on the potty!!!!

Oh, what a proud day in a mother's life!! After spending two days shacked up in my house refusing to put a diaper on the kid, he finally did it...at the pool, so I didn't get a picture or trust me, I'd have a picture of the specimen! And he finally got his "poo poo present" that has been sitting on top of our fridge for a month! Yipeeeeee!!!!

Four Months!

My beautiful baby Olivia is four months old today! I have loved every second of this month! She is all smiles and spit up! And she rolled over this month which has been fun! She is such an easy going baby and we absolutely adore her!

A Little Livy

I've been bad about taking pictures of Livy lately but don't you worry, I'll take plenty on Thursday for her four month "birhtday" and post lots!

Here are a couple shots from the pool. She feel asleep in my arms sitting on the edge of the pool and I laid her down to see if she would stay sleep on her back (she's never slept on her back a day in her life) and she did! And then I changed her diaper and she STILL stayed asleep!

And the last pic is the only other one I have of her lately. Her bow is from cutieties.com if anyone is looking for cute, cheap bows!

What the HAIL?

So here in Texas we get some pretty ODD weather. Today it was a scorcher. Like the kind of day when you have sweat in places that shouldn't sweat. There were big gray clouds in the sky, it was going to rain for sure but what did we hear instead? HAIL. Balls of ice all over the place and then the rain came and then the wind and then I thought, Oh great, did I miss a hurricane warning? After 20 minutes of a very loud and intense thunder storm It's nice and quiet again. Weird! Here is some documentation...





Poor Johnny boy is so scared of loud noises. Here he is by my side right now trying to finish his nap with his hands over his ears. He'll probably be sleeping in my room for the rest of his life after this storm!

Farewell Fiesta

As many of you may know, my very best friend and very best cousin Sheree is moving to Dallas. Our very good friend Jamie is also moving-to NYC (with four kids!) so I put away my Kleenex box and decided to throw a "Farewell Fiesta" for our recipe group! It was a total blast. TONS of great food, GREAT friends and hilarious conversation!


I will miss you both! Love you!


Josie, Tamara, Sheree and I. We supply 1/2 the little boy population to Katy, Texas!


Sheree and Marci. Long time friends! Sheree, feel free to steal all these pics and post them on your blog!


BFF


Jamie is what I have always called a TRUE know-it-all. She doesn't just act like she knows everything, she really does. You can ask her about pretty much anything and she'll give you a very accurate and scientific explanation! Here she is doing what she does best...


The food was seriously A-mazing! I made Cafe Rio pork and salad, there were two salsas, queso, guac, bean dip, taquitos, rice, beans, shrimp enchiladas, beef enchiladas, mint ice cream cake and chocolate pie. Mmmmmmmmmmm!


Amy, Kristin, and Jamie #2


We had 17 people so I pulled in my living room couch and everyone fit comfortably!


Here's the greatest group of girls you will every find!

Happy Father's Day!

I am so grateful to have a day to celebrate fathers! Johnny and I woke up this morning and made breakfast for daddy-waffles, sausage, eggs and peaches. We played all day, went to church, and had John's dad and sister over for dinner. The perfect day.

Just want to give a shout out to all the fathers in my life:

John, it has been such an incredible experience to watch you become and grow as a father. You are an adorable daddy to our children, I love you so much!

Dad, I love you for your endless examples of service and hard work. You are the greatest grandpa ever to my kiddos!

Grandpa Toolson, I have always loved being around you and your funny sense of humor! You are a man of great wisdom. Thank you for being such an incredible father to my dad and patriarch to our Toolson family!

Grandpa Baker, I love you so much! I love your hugs and your laughs and your whistles and your Wranglers and your boots! Thank you for adoring me even when I didn't deserve it!

Swimming Lessons

For the past two weeks Johnny boy has been taking swimming lessons at the Houston Swim Club, a big in-door pool that does nothing but swimming lessons year round. It's a great place! The people are so friendly, the instructors are kind and very patient and it's pretty decently priced. Anyway, Johnny has done very well and I'm so proud of the little guy. He is terrified of the water and getting his face wet and in just the two weeks he has gone, he'll get his face wet, go under and float on his back. Here are some pics for daddy and papa!


He's always a little hesitant to get in


The first day he did this I about peed my pants I was laughing so hard. He's supposed to kick to the other side but he just sat there and tried to balance and thought he was going to tip over and die and he couldn't do anything about it. Mean momma! He's getting better at it now. At least he doesn't scream his head off anymore!



And this is Johnny bawling once again because he had to swim to Ms. Kayla (the teacher) without her holding his fingers. But he did it!!