Long Weekend in the Port

Tom working nights + hadn't had a good visit back home since Christmas = road trip to Shreveport.

We made a pit stop at my grandparents in Dallas on the way out of town.

MG had fun showing what to do with a tissue.







Made it to the Port and stopped off at my other grandmother's. I don't have any pics :( but we did have a good visit with Grandmother Peggy.



At MiMi and Papa's
Henry always knows there are Honey Nut Cheerios waiting for him.



H and Papa watched many baseball games together




And we made several trips to feed the turtles and ducks. One night the turtles were going nuts- I've never been so scared for my kids (kinda exaggerating)... thought one was going to climb up on MG, but Papa came to the rescue. Was a funny sight.


Had lots of fun with cousins

One night we enjoyed pizza and a puppet/magic show at my family's church.


Cousins playing on Uncle Leif's moto

Played at a park with the Sherrys.

Forgot the kids' swimsuits. Luckily Liam let Henry borrow his.

But Margaret Gray had to rock her romper

Kids being silly before church

And we got a group pic in one of the nursery rooms

Henry, Madeline, Emma K, MG, Sarah Grace, and Liam

Had some fun Lagersen time swimming

Henry was pretty apprehensive about the slide at first... Unfortunately for him, I made him go down by himself a couple of times- Thank goodness his uncle took pity on him and rode with Henry.

Margaret loved it from the get go!
It wore me out!

MiMi and Sarah Grace

Sisters

Icee Break

Madeline, Liam, MG, H, and Sarah Grace



We also got together with friends.

The kids and I went to visit some friends from high school and their brand new babies. No pics :(

I got away one afternoon to meet Liz and Charlie (who were also in town) at our favorite fabric store.

And we got to celebrate our college friend, Adam's completion of his PhD.

Kristen put on quite the party for her hubby. Wish Tom could have been there too :(

Got some crummy pics...

Kids played football
Luckily Kristen's sister, Erin, had energy to play with the bunch!

And MG was cute.

It was a great trip, although I've spent all week recovering :)

Not sure if we'll get back before BeBe 3 comes. Hopefully my doc will let me go back for Thanksgiving!

A day in the life...

Started out this morning picking up my camera!!! It's fixed- hallelujah! Now I just need to spend some time figuring out how to really use it... not just setting it to "no flash" mode.

So in celebration of my reunion, I took too many pics today.

After getting some special Sonic breakfast drinks, we headed out to my doctor's appointment for my big 21 week ultrasound.

MG couldn't wait, can't you tell??

Kids did well during the sono. (Tom was working at a different hospital and was unable to join us... even though I kept thinking he was going to surprise me and just show up.ha.)

Baby is doing great! Everything looked perfect!

Stickers kept the kids entertained while I was visited with my OBGYN. Margaret had a great ol' time putting her stickers all over my arms and legs.


Kids even did well while I met with the insurance lady in the office.
It was a long morning at the doctor's office.


Got back home in time for lunch.

And some baseball before naps.

His form makes me smile :)
Other things that made me laugh while playing baseball, Henry stopped to "spit" (hasn't quite got the hang of it yet) before throwing the ball to me, just like he sees his daddy do and he tries to slide into "home plate".... after hitting the ball, Henry runs around the yard touching various trees, returns to home plate and falls to the ground.... just like he see "his friend" Josh Hamilton do.

Told you she tries to carry everything all at once!

Naptime was enjoyed by all.

"Mom, I'm trying to go to sleep here."

Snack time

MMmmm.. dry cereal.


Went to the grocery store. Had dinner.

Tom had to work late, but got home in time to play some more baseball, per Henry's request, before bedtime.

Random shot of these scary lizards that live on our trees.

Self portrait- 21 weeks

Can't (well, actually, I can) believe I wore this shirt in public.... a little small.

Sweet baby.

And to end the day, my super sweet husband just made cookies and brought them to me, along with some ice cream, while I sit on my rear on the couch watching Design Star.

Good day.

Beach Excursions

Our first getaway from the house was down the island to Fort Gaines.

MG's favorite spot was the gift shop.... didn't blame her- it was air conditioned.




Alice and Henry found a passage way and all the cousins followed them.

Little did the parents know, the aforementioned passage way had no guardrail, and we were thankful no one fell 20 feet to the bottom.

One evening we drove across Mobile Bay to meet up with Brent's mom, eat dinner, and go swimming in the bay.

Too bad a big windy storm blew through at the same time we wanted to swim.

Luckily, Brent knew of a covered pavilion at a great local park where we could enjoy our dinner while the storm blew over and went back to the bay after we ate.

Henry wasn't too excited.

Margaret loved jumping off the dock.

Kate got this great pic of Thomas, Alice, and Ella.

Sam and Addie got a good shot, too.

Love MG looking up at Tom... wish I wasn't looking off to who knows where.

Crazies.



Finally, we went to the aquarium on the island.

Best part of the aquarium was this table set up with sea animals that had been soaked in formaldehyde. Kids loved it... reminded me of sophomore year biology class.

"I NEED to hold that snake!"