Dancing Queen/King and Baby John's First Coos

TCU "Lake" Weekend. . . With a Twist

OK. . . I am going to try and summarize a crazy-fun weekend that ended on an even crazier note when half of the group got some horrible GI bug (that is still going through the group by the way). I have limited pictures because I was one of the ones hit by the evil virus. We did not even get a shot of the whole group!

Anyway, every year my TCU Chi Omega pledge sisters get together (with kids and hubbies). Usually we head out to our lakehouse but this year it was still under construction so we headed to Corinth (suburb of Denton) to stay at Anna's beautiful home on the golf course. Her house had ample room for all of us. She has the most amazing pool and backyard.

Of course it was wild with all of the kids - and for some reason Will decided to be a big stinker at various times during the weekend. Probably because we were all functioning on less than normal sleep since we were all sleeping in the same room (yes, all five of us!)

But I would not trade seeing those girls for anything. I can't believe I have known them for about 20 years (and some even longer!)

Our hosts, Anna and Sam

Daddy and Will - Will was so funny about not wanting to get into the pool!

Baby John, 8 wks

Anna bathed all the kids in her tub! So cute!

Even the adults liked watching Toy Story 2

Brian and Baker (7 months)

Samuel holding John

Whataburger!

Matt and I have been watching and then trying out recipes from America's Test Kitchen on PBS. I had never watched cooking shows before to understand the lure. . . until now. It is so fun to watch how to do a recipe and get excited about it before trying it yourself. This is from the episode "Best American Burger." Will was so excited about the burger he simply grabbed it off the table and dug in. He was not the least bit intimidated that the burger was literally the size of his head. That's my boy! Seriously, that kid can EAT. And with John closely on his heels, I can only imagine the doubling and tripling of recipes that will need to occur in the future. Here's to boys!!!

Fancy Nancy

Nanny Alva just loves to dream up fun and girlie things to do with Alivia. She found this dress at a resale shop and reconfigured it to look like Fancy Nancy. It looked adorable on Alivia!

Henry's Baptism

We had a fun, full Memorial Day weekend. One of the highlights was Henry Baumhover's baptism and birthday party. The neat thing was that my mom served as Elder for the ceremony. It was held at Covenant Presbyterian Church where Matt and I got married (as well as Jill and Brian). So it is always special to attend occasionally.

Henry looked adorable in his outfit. Mom is off to the right serving as Elder.

Grandpa and Will.

Out on the patio at Covenant Pres. Lots of fun memories on that patio.

Lifelong Friends!

Mia (aka Alice Sessi) and Mimi

Cutie Patootie (and sweaty) Will

John Peyton - 6 weeks

The time is flying by - it is hard to remember life without John Peyton in our lives now. His schedule is pretty predictable and he eats about every 3-4 hours during the day. We top him off with either a bottle or breast around 9:30 or 10 pm and then we get up around 2:30 or 3 am and then again for the day around 6:30 or 7 am. Not too bad! I think he has just started to really smile at us but I can't seem to capture it on film.

Last Day of School

This week was Alivia's last day of school with Ms. Jami. We had such a great year - it is hard to see it end. All of the kids in her class were so cute and they all got along so well. The top picture is the last day of school while the bottom picture is the first day of school. Ms. Jami was a great teacher and Alivia has said on many occasions, "I am going to miss Ms. Jami."