Sunday, May 27, 2012

ellie's pool party

Yesterday we celebrated Miss Ellie Grace's 8th birthday with swimming, fajitas, and lots of family fun time!!
We love hanging out at the LeBlanc's house!

Their backyard is so fun!
After me and P-Man swam, we watched Daddy play some water volleyball.
Look at the concentration. 
Matt is so good with all the kids.  I can't wait until Pearson is in there splashing around with them!
Pearson loves his Aunt Jenn and Grammy!
While we were hanging out, I gave Pearson a snack trap full of Cheerios and Baby Goldfish.  
Every time he picked out a goldfish, he would eat it.  Every time he picked out a Cheerio he would put it in his reject pile on the cushion next to him. 
Silly boy!!

Bryan made THE BEST fajitas for dinner, but we had to go home early to put Pearson to bed so we missed out on the birthday cake.  
We loved getting to spend part of our three day weekend with our family.

**Thanks to my SIL, Nicole.  I stole a few of her pictures!!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

perfect start

Pearson and I are excited to have Matt home for a three day weekend!!
 We didn't do anything special last night, but it was a perfect start to our weekend.  We grilled out steaks, got half price shakes at Sonic and watched the Rangers!!
This morning I went to a baby shower for one of my friends.  Matt watched Pearson so I could enjoy a the morning with friends!! We are heading over to Matt's sister's house this evening for some swimming, fajitas, and celebrating Ellie's birthday!!
Hope you enjoy your long weekend!!

Friday, May 25, 2012

playin' & dancin'

Pearson loves to explore during the day.  I can't usually get him to sit and play with his toys during the day because he would rather crawl all over the place and open every cabinet and pull out everything out of drawers.  When Matt is home at night, after dinnertime and bathtime he always plays perfectly with his toys......of course, right??  Matt thinks I have it easy during the day, but I assure him that he never sits still during the day.  
Today after his nap he was playing so well with his toys so I snapped a few pictures of him in his element!!
He always sits with his feet crossed.  So funny!

He loves playing with the remotes.  What boy doesn't??
I have no idea what he is doing here, but it makes me laugh. 
I even caught him doing a little dancing while we were watching Ellen. 
Of course as soon as I got my camera out he wasn't dancing as much.  I got a few moves on camera though.  

happy birthday oma!

Today was Oma's birthday!!  We celebrated with the family over lunch at On the Border!! Yum!!

I love you Oma!!
 Happy Birthday!!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

baby bounce

Today I met my friend Denise and the little one she nannies at Northpark for Baby Bounce.

Pearson loved all the rattles, egg shakers, scarfs and puzzles they had for the babies to play with while we waited!
Silly Holland kept sticking the whole egg in her mouth!!
After Baby Bounce we headed to the food court to grab some lunch.  
Love my little lunch buddy!!
While we were eating lunch Holland had a MAJOR blowout. Ha! Pearson and I hung together for a while, while Denise got Holland all cleaned up.

Denise didn't have an extra outfit for her so we loaned her Pearson's onesie.  You can't see it, but there is a football on it!!
I'm so thankful that I can hang out with Denise during the day.  She's my "Stay at Home Nanny" friend!!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

here's the scoop....

A few weeks ago a few girls from my ABF hosted a baby shower for Anna and Baby Westin.  There will definitely not be any shortage of boys in our class!!
And I am so proud to be the mama of one of those sweet boys!!
Pearson was the only boy at the shower, but he didn't seem to mind because he got lots of special attention from all the girls.  However, he won't be tagging along at the next baby shower I go to because he is into everything!!
Love all these sweet gals!!
Thanks to Alicia and Carissa for letting me steal a few pictures since my camera was dead at the shower. 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

kisses for mommy

Pearson's new trick is giving Mommy kisses.  I think it is just too cute!!
I'm still working with him on saying Mama, but he just won't say it.  Although now when I say, "Can you say Mama?" He gives me kisses.  I'll gladly take the kisses until he can say Mama!!

Monday, May 21, 2012

meal planning monday

Monday: Dinner @ The Havard's

Tuesday: Birthday Leftovers @ My Parents

Wednesday: Beef Tostadas, Beans, & Homemade Hot Sauce

Thursday: Shrimp Alfredo with Veggies & Garlic Toast

Friday: Steaks, Baked Potatoes, Corn, & Veggies

Saturday Brunch: Matt: On his own Katy: Julie's Baby Shower

Saturday Dinner: Ellie's Birthday

Sunday Lunch: Last Sunday Lunch

Sunday Dinner: Pizza

Saturday, May 19, 2012

nonnie's 80th birthday

Today we celebrated Nonnie's 80th birthday.

Before I get to all the party stuff, I just have to thank my husband for all the help he was this weekend.  I caught a stomach bug on Thursday night, so he stayed home from work and took care of Pearson all day long on Friday.  I was finally feeling better this morning but I had to help out with the party so Matt chased Pearson around all morning then left the party early to take him home for a nap.  So thankful for my sweet husband!!
 Today was Nonnie's actual birthday so we had a great time celebrating it with all of our family. 
 Nonnie is the youngest of 10 kids.  She and my Great Aunt Eva are the only ones still living so the party was mainly all of Nonnie's nieces and nephews and their family, plus all of my Mom's immediate family. 
{Nonnie, Mom & Dad}
{Nonnie and her kiddos, Uncle Richard, Mom & Uncle Lawrence}
{Walter, Nonnie, Uncle Lawrence & Aunt Phyllis}
{Uncle Richard, Nonnie & Jo}
{Ryan, Ashley, Nonnie, Carson & Olivia}
{Drew & Nonnie}
My Uncle Lawrence smoked some delicious brisket and Mom and Nonnie did all the extras....roles baked beans, cole slaw, chips, potato salad, deviled eggs, veggies, & pickles. They really out did themselves. 
Everything was so delicious.
Pearson enjoyed his lunch with Matt & Pops in the high chair that me and my brothers grew up using at Nonnie's house when we were little!!
 Pearson always loves getting a chance to play with his sweet cousin, Olivia. 
 Sweet cousins!!
 My favorite part of the party was when Mom and I gave her the "Birthday Book" we had worked on all week. 
 We got all of her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids to write down memories they had of Nonnie.
 We put them all in a snapfish book and added pictures from the last few years of all of the family. 
 She laughed so hard at some of the funny stories that we put in there.
She just loved reading all the sweet memories we all had of her.  
 Mom and I literally worked all day from about 9:30am 10pm one day getting the book put together on Snapfish. 
 It was so worth it to see Nonnie smile.  She said it was the best birthday present she could ever get. 
 We had such a good time watching Nonnie read through all of our wonderful memories.  It is a book that i know she will treasure.  
 And every party has to have a pooper.....
....that's why we invited my Daddy!!