Sunday, July 18, 2010

Goodbye Bayou Country


This is my last post before we leave Southern Louisiana. We are powering down the Mac tomorrow in preparation for the movers. You're probably wondering why in the world my kids are standing in front of a very large cow. Well, this is a well-known landmark in Mandeville. We pass by it 95% of the time we go anywhere. Almost every time we pass by, one of my boys will yell "Big Cow". So, in honor of remembering the "big cow" we had to pose for a picture.
Living in Southern Louisiana has certainly been an experience. Let's see, just to name a few, we have added a third boy to our family, experienced Mardi Gras to its fullest, lived here while the Saints won their first Superbowl, crossed over the longest bridge in the world (for S this was a daily experience), been on a hurricane evacuation (that's an experience all in itself), and eaten LOTS of GREAT food! Not to mention all the new ways to spell words using the letter X. We have met several great people, whom we are pleased to call friends. I will dearly miss my friend Molly, who I believe is my long lost twin, we are that much alike.
So, goodbye Mandeville - hello DC. New adventures await us. Check back for posts from our new home in a week or so.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Movin', Movin', Movin'

By the title of this post, I bet you're thinking it's all about us getting ready to move. Well, it's not! Check out the video. It says it all!


T also has some moves of his own. Is this the next Elvis? Or maybe Kiss? HA! (you gotta watch the mouth to get that one!)

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Bowling Boys

Today we went bowling with some friends. It was the first time the boys have ever bowled (at least in person and not on the Wii). They had a blast! We had a great time with our buds, Connor and Grant. These are two friends we have had since our first month in Mandeville. We will definitely miss them.
Connor and W watching and waiting for their turn.
W throwing the ball down
T's turn. (I took this one with my phone therefore bad quality)
Waiting for the ball to come back. This picture cracks me up!
Our goofy boys! Great friends!
And the final score.....they did really well. Grant ended up with score in the 70s and T with score in the 60s. Not bad for little kids (of course the bumpers helped!!)

Monday, July 5, 2010

Fourth with Friends

Fourth of July was rather quite around here. We had our good friends, Molly and George and their kids, over for dessert and some firework fun. S, being the pyro-technician that he is, was the fave with all the kiddos. S and the boys had bought a few fun fireworks the day before and the boys patiently waited all day for the show to begin. With his bag of tricks and the neighbors high flying fireworks, we had quite the show. We are really going to miss our friends the Lampards!!

W and I made a flag cake. I've wanted to do one of these every year and just never have. I thought W would like to make one and he was very proud of his flag.
Sparkler fun
W lovin on the girls - here he's giving a ride to his neighbor friend, Lilly
MacDaddy W with girlfriend Julia
T chasing his buddy, Mason around the yard
Happy 4th of July everyone!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

8 Months

I know I say this every month, but I can't believe how fast time is passing by with boy #3! Here's what C is up to these days (and it's a lot)
  • You have two teeth! You got your first tooth while at Nanny and PawPaw's house without mommy. Can you see it?
  • You can hold your own bottle
  • You are blabbing multiple syllables like dada, blahblah, and ayeyaya
  • You are on your way to being mobile - scooting around where you want to go. I've decided maybe to just keep you pinned up in things like jumpies and exersaucer so this won't happen. ha!
  • You are such a happy baby!
Nanny - this one's for you!

Movin' On Up

It's been a few weeks since I posted. Most of you reading this blog know why. We've been a little busy. We are moving to DC at the end of this month. After W's birthday, we found out we had a contract on our house. That was also the week we had scheduled to house hunt without the kids. God's timing was perfect! While on our trip, the inspection was done on our house and we pretty much knew it was a done deal with the sell. This allowed us to go forward with the process for our new townhouse. So relieved we have a place to call home once we get there. We are really excited about the move. Most know I wasn't too fond of southern LA and it's climate. But I think S and I agree we will DEFINITELY miss the food down here! We just wish DC wasn't so far away from family. Move over Obama...here come the Jones'! HA!