Nine Month Cutie

All is well on the homefront these days! We went to Austin last weekend to celebrate the wedding of our friends Michael and Kasey. They got married at Michael's aunt's house on Lake Travis. The ceremony was beautiful but man was it HOT! They are in Belize on their honeymoon...oh to be them! We stayed with our friends the Robinettes who live in Barton Creek. As always, they were wonderful hosts and it was great to visit with them. CB had an allergy attack and we think it was from being around the lake so she wasn't happy most of the time. Two sleepless nights did me in! But there is not much time to recover as we are heading to Wichita Falls this weekend for my friend Natalie's wedding. I am a bridesmaid and Randy is singing! My mom is coming along to help us out so maybe CB will do better this weekend. We are enjoying every minute with our little angel. She is patty-caking, conducting the orchestra, scooting on her tummy and talking non-stop. She fakes me out on the crawling though...she'll get in the crawl stance and then belly flop! I have a hunch that she does it to make me laugh and it does! It's been a long, hot summer. I am ready for fall, cool weather, leaves and football!

Our friends Michael and Kasey got married in Austin

Hanging with Dad and trying to stay cool!

CB got to meet Caroline - FINALLY!

Mom and Dad think I am pretty cute!

This is a hat from Aunt Linda!

My precious friend Chele

This is CB playing with cutie Reagan "Punkie" Robinette!

This was her first time to swing! It was nice and cool outside and she loved it!

I couldn't resist this face! The days of sitting in the Bumbo on the table are numbered!

Summer Break

Clara Beth is nearing nine months so it's time for an update! We had two weeks together and Mommy is really sad today. Getting back to the grind was not easy, but we managed. She is back at Ms. Jodi's and I am sipping on coffee to try and wake up. The beginning of our vacation started out pretty rough! I ended up in the ER on July 4th with severe stomach pain. After some poking, proding, a sonogram and a long two hour test we are still not sure what caused the pain. It's very likely it was my gallbladder but I have to repeat the long test in two weeks just to help clarify. Fortunately the pain is gone so we got to have a little fun while I was off work. Here are just a few highlights...

We had lunch with precious friends Joel and Susan Williams

Mommy's favorite fish face!

We are working on crawling!

CB got her first taste of a fast car! Although we only sat in the driver's seat!

Swimming with Foster and Ms. Stephanie!

Playing with Pecca and Campbell!

This is CB's first trip to the Mesquite Rodeo! She has been twice now!