GiggleFest

Daddy is hilarious!

Happy Easter

Happy Spring

We have been a very busy family the last month or so. We've been packing in order to sell the house and move up to suburbia to buy a bigger house.  I'm going to miss the old green house. On the last night I put her to bed in her room mommy shed a few tears. It was a sentimental moment thinking back on all the busy nights we had with her in there. Whether I was nursing or rocking Allison, that room we painted for her will now be someone else's.

In the meantime we've been living with Grandma and PapaJohn and Mollygirl. Fun pictures of the last week below.

being silly

wet toes!

Thanks for the swing PapaJohn!

Rodeo!

The Animals from the book came to life today at the Livestock Show and Rodeo! So excited to see and hear the moooooos and oinks and baaaa's and bukbukbuks. It was a difficult time getting Allison to finally fall asleep later on but the face of pure joy was well worth the extra 30 minutes. Her sweetness was exausted!!

Daddy is a pro: beer in one hand, baby in the other....

oinkoink! a terrific radiant and humble piggy...

Looking at the chickens face to face!

eat them up - yum

Buh Bye Rodeo! ahhhh

Saturday in the park.........

We spent the first part of the beautiful sunny weekend at the Houston Arboretum/Nature Center and Memorial Park.

What did Billy Crystal used to say?? You look marvelous, dahlin'.

Watching Daddy Mow!

Mow Daddy Mow!

Outdoorsy lil girl

Now that the weather is finally nice and there is more daylight, Allison hates to be inside. In fact, whenever the dogs go out, she huffs and wails her arms up in the air and insists she go out there with them.

We play by our tree and draw with crayons as well as pick up leaves and brush them on the trunk's surface. Every now and again she'll stand up to hug her tree. She is one with nature and loves everything pertaining to the outside world. She points and talks to the squirrels while she watches them eat their nuts on the tall ash tree.

These are the moments I relish. You see everything for the first time again through the eyes of your child...