Stay-cation in San Antonio!

So my family wanted to do a family vacation this year, but we couldn't think of where to go...so finally it was suggested that everyone else just come here and we could do some fun tourist-type San Antonio stuff. Lats Wednesday my parents and sisters and brother-in-law and nephew all flew in and we began our vacation! We hung out on Thursday and did the traditional grocery shopping trip, the guys played golf, we took some family pictures...Friday we headed out to Schlitterbahn and had a blast, it's the first time I've been there that I remember and it was so much fun. Timothy was a little scared of the slides and the water, but my dad finally got him to calm down and go down a slide and then that's all he wanted to do! Charlotte LOVED the water and just wanted to crawl in it and stick her face in it...she eventually fell asleep sitting on Brandon's lap in a float while he floated around the river. On Saturday we went to my nephews t-ball game and then headed out to a park where we had planned to have the first annual Grammy/Grumpy Games, but God had other plans and a big storm headed in and we got rained out. It was pretty funny for a while when we were all huddled under the canopy tent trying to eat our hot dogs and wearing our matching shirts. So we headed back to my brother's house to dry off and eventually gave up on the weather. Sunday, we did church and lunch and then my dad had to leave for a business trip, my sister and her family went to see the Alamo, and my mom and sister and I tried to go to La Cantera, but again, we got rained out (we were in a Jeep with no top) so we had to go back home and wait it out. We all went to Incredible Pizza for dinner that night and had fun playing games and riding the race cars. Monday, everyone had to leave to go home, which is always sad...but we had so much fun, it was a great trip and hopefully we'll plan another vacation for next year...maybe some place new? Anyway, here are the pictures I got, not too many, but enough for the memories!

Nine Months Old

Whew, I can't believe it's already been a month since her last monthly post, but here we are! Crazy to think that she has been outside as a baby now as long as she was inside me while I was pregnant, so much change in such a short amount of time. She is still as happy as ever, still cutting teeth though, so we have several fussy moments and long nights, but those teeth are pretty cute. Here's what she has been up to this month...

I am nine months old now and mommy can't take me to the doctor till next month (because she made my appointment late) so I don't know how big I am, but mommy says I get heavier and heavier every day.

I am growing out of my nine month pajamas, but the twelve months clothes are still a little big on me. I still wear a size three shoe, but they're getting a little tighter. Mommy and Aunt Brittany and Grammy painted my toenails pink today though, so I must be a pretty big girl!!

I love to stand up and hold onto anything I can reach. I especially love if whatever I'm holding onto is big enough for me to chew on, I like to chew on my crib rail and the entertainment center. I like to stand up and hold onto my music table and the bookshelf.

I like my baby toys, but I especially like my brother's big boy toys, they're much noisier and much more fun! And it's ok, because he likes to play with my baby toys, so we just switch!

I am an eating machine, I eat five jars of baby food a day! I am eating some table foods now though, and hopefully once all eight of my teeth are in, I can eat more big girl food. I haven't quite figured out how to feed myself yet though, but I'm practicing! I really like goldfish crackers and teething biscuits.

Other than that, I'm the same little girl, I love to sing, especially in the car...I love my Bible class...I love my big brother and my daddy, but I love mommy best of all. I'm a sweet, happy little girl and I'm growing so big!

Where's Timothy

Timothy fell asleep yesterday during quiet time...usually he climbs up in his bed and sleeps, but not this time...can you spot him?

There he is...under his bed. He told us he was hiding from scary monsters, I always thought the monsters hid under the bed! Silly boy!

Dancing Machine

Timothy has been on a dancing kick lately. We've been watching Lilo and Stitch and at the end they play Burning Love, the Elvis song, and he goes crazy dancing to it, it's cute. So today I propped up the camera on the counter top in the kitchen and tried to capture his dancing skills on camera! It's not the best angle and I couldn't really zoom in very far, but you can still see him dancing away. He's gotten attached to that song too, and this afternoon he kept singing the "hunka hunka burnin love" line over and over again and then he told me he wanted some "hunka hunka burnin snacks", silly boy! Anyway, here's the little dancing machine!

Walk for Tyler

Tomorrow all of my family will be walking in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes in Tacoma, WA in support of my nephew, Tyler. This is the first year that I won't be there and I'm so sad that I have to miss it. We have had so much fun in the past two years, walking with all of our friends and family and working hard to raise money. So, say a prayer tomorrow for all the walkers and for especially for Tyler, he's such a sweet little boy and we love him so much and pray every day that they will find a cure for this disease so that he will be able to live a full and normal life. If you would like to donate, you can go to http://www.jdrf.org/ and search for Team Ty in Tacoma. We love you Tyler!!

Summer Pool Fun

Ok, so I know it's not technically summer yet, but the high tomorrow is supposed to be 97 so that's pretty darn close if you ask me!! It was pretty hot this past weekend so we got Timothy's pool out and he had some fun. He mostly just wanted to spray the hose and look at the "ants in the water" but he swam around a little too!

Four Months Down

Can you believe tomorrow is the first of May! Anyway, here are some pictures to finish out this month. We drove over to Houston last weekend for our friend's little girl's first birthday party, we had so much fun catching up and celebrating with baby Evann! And Timothy found his new girlfriend Elyssa, he even told me she was his favorite, too cute. And I threw in some of Charlotte standing up, since that's ALL she wants to do now! Anyway, here you go!