Mother's Day Weekend with Nana

We were so lucky that my dad's mother was able to be here from Florida this weekend. We were able to spend some time with her each of the 3 days she was here, including a really lovely Mother's Day brunch on Sunday. The weather couldn't have been more lovely. We only wish Nana could have stayed longer! Here are a few pictures from the weekend:


I'm not sure why, but I really like this pic.




Playing in the hose at Grammy and Poppy's.


She got really wet, so off went the clothes!








Nana and Julianna


Mother's Day Pic - Grammy, Mommy, Juianna, Nana. Not the best, but it was hard to get a good one of all 4 of us.

Daddy's the BIG 3-0!

Ryan's 30th birthday came and went on Sunday without much ado. He had to work and then we spent a very quiet evening at home. We did go out to Grandmama and Granddaddy's beautiful new house on Saturday to celebrate Ryan's b-day with Uncle Richard and Aunt Alina who came in from Raliegh. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST HUSBAND AND DADDY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!! WE LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Here are a few pictures from Saturday, Sunday, and a couple from today.



Riding on a tractor that Uncle Richard and Daddy rode on 30 years ago!




WOW, these drawers actually open!!!






Helping daddy unwrap his presents.

Redneck Sandbox

Julianna so loved the "sandbox" (Really just a bucket barely large enough to sit in) at Grammy and Poppy's house that we decided that Ryan would build her a permanent one in the yard. But because Ryan has a few projects that take precedence, such as getting his WONDERFUL annual vegetable garden in, we knew it would be while before he could get to it. Well anyone who knows Ryan knows that he would just about do anything to make his little girl smile. So he went out this morning before 6:30 am (his day off) and started clearing an area in our yard that is a bit hidden and gets afternoon shade. He then dug a shallow hole for an old kiddie pool that we used to fill for the dogs in the summer. He filled it with a few bags of play sand from Lowes. He even found that the base of our old Dog igloo that had pretty much never been set foot in by any of our dogs fit as a lid (in an effort to keep it from being used as a litter box by every cat within a square mile) perfectly. He pretty much had her sandbox ready for her by the time she was finished with her breakfast. She loved it and played in it several times today. Ryan still intends to make her a permanent one some time in the near future, but for now this one will do quite nicely I think.

Also in keeping with the redneck theme, I took J outside in only a shirt and diaper to play in the sandbox this evening after already going though 2 pairs of pants today. I eventually put some (non-matching, old) p.j. pants on her which Ryan said looked more redneck than no pants at all. Hee.








Julianna LOVES to kick the ball around the yard. Are those not the skinniest little legs that you have ever seen not on an amphibian?

Wordless Wednesday

Rainy Day

Today it pretty much rained from sunup 'til sundown. We did have a few minutes respite and you better believe we took advantage of those precious few minutes that we were able to be outside. This morning I was feeling a bit like a caged animal, so I packed J up and we went over to the indoor play area at the mall (affectionately known as Baby Thunderdome). We had a pretty good time though Julianna didn't last quite as long as she usually does. I was thrilled just to get out of the house. Then this afternoon during a rain intermission, we went out and splashed in the puddles.




I just wanted to post this picture because she looks SO tiny.














Since she was already soaking wet I figured why not let her play with the hose!

Just Pics

A few cute pics from the past couple of days:

More Pigtail Pics

Julianna has just been the biggest hit the last couple of days in her pigtails. I don't even know how many people said how adorable, beautiful, cute, etc. she was today at Wal-Mart. She is a MESS of the highest order - but we wouldn't have it any other way!




Can you tell Julianna adores her Grammy?


Outside in her pj's.





This is the second post this evening and the third in the past 2 days, so be sure to see the following couple posts if you missed them!