The Essie Resort!

Today we went to Jessie's new apartment to swim. We had the whole pool to ourselves! The kids played in the shallow part that is only six inches deep. We just threw in their toys and floaties and they had a blast!

Empty pool!

There are a bunch of little chairs that you can put in the pool to sun in, so we put them all in the pool to block the kids from falling in the deep end. They climbed all over them.

There is a splash pad behind the pool for the kids to play in. Anna hung back and watched but Sam jumped right in.

I know we will go again this summer. Who wants to come with us??

Story Time at the Library

I've been taking Anna and Sam to the library every week for story time. Anna LOVES it! We meet friends at the library, go to story time, and then check out books. She loves to have her books read to her, and she reads them to herself at least once a day. I love that she loves to read. I think one of her favorite things about having library books though is that Sam is not aloud to touch them! We keep the books out of his reach, but not hers. She loves telling him, "No!".

Here she is reading her books...

...And here is what happens to poor Sam when he tries to look at her library books!

Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day weekend! Mimi and Pop came for a visit so we celebrated on Saturday. Matt got a new grill, and we cooked out. Everything was delicious!

Yummy kabobs!

Mimi brought the kids a pair of monkey glasses and flamingo glasses. Here are the monkey glasses, Anna left hers at church the next day. Oops!

More Pictures From Sam's Party...

Here are some more pictures from our trip to BR for Sam's party. The first one is pretty gross so hold on to your stomachs! It is Sam's little icing, cake-covered fist after digging into his cake.

Anna served tea to her Daddy and Uncle Michael

after cake.
Aunt Jessie, Mimi, and Me

He was fussing and grabbing for the cake until everyone started to sing. He heard the music and froze, put his hand in the air, and stared at us like we were crazy! It was pretty funny!

Mom, Jess, and Allison preparing the dinner.
Noah and Anna playing in the sunroom

Birthday Boy!!

This weekend was Sam's first birthday! We went home to Baton Rouge to celebrate with family and friends. This is the awesome smash cake Sam's Nanna made for him.
Mommy and the birthday boy.

Boy, did he make a mess of that cake! He loved it! I will post more pictures of the weekend later. Today was his 12 month doctor visit. He is doing great and we are going to try to get him off of the formula (Yay!) and onto lactose free milk. If he does okay with that, she will move him to whole milk. He weighed in at 21 pounds, and he is 30 inches tall! More pics to come...

Wordless Wednesday...a day late.