Happy Mother's Day!

I know it's almost a month overdue but I wanted to say "Happy Mother's Day" to all of my mother figures. I'm really blessed to have so many great women in my life. Melissa and Marlena love me like their own, even though they don't have to, and I admire my mother who loves someone else's children like they're her own. These ladies are true examples of unconditional love.

I'm especially grateful to the three little girls who call me "Mommy" and the greatest husband in the whole world who lets me be their full time mom.

This year my mom happened to be visiting with us over Mother's Day and it was a real treat to celebrate Mother's Day with her for the first time in probably six years! I love you Mom! We were also lucky enough to have Brent's mom and Mamaw with us for Mother's Day dinner (Robin was here too, but he's not a mom. He did do the dishes though. Thanks Dad!) I'm sorry I didn't get pictures of everyone that day, but here the ones we did get.

Our Newest Princess

Brent's mom requested some new pictures of her princesses be posted on the blog but I don't think this is what she had in mind. (Don't worry Mom I'm getting to it on the next post!) This is our dog Bella. She's a boxer mix. Boxer's are known for being great guard dogs, they're pack dogs so they become very attached to their families, and they're very intelligent. Bella's only a year old so she'll get taller and she'll beef up more. She's very fond of the girls and watches over them closely. Notice the pink polka dot collar...Haley and Allie picked it out. Brent wanted a collar with spikes. I have to admit that the pink polka dots make her a little less intimidating!

Hey Mom...Haley, Allie and Emily are in the background of the last picture! (Does that count? J/K!)

Pigs

Sitting at the supper table eating ham we decided Haley was old enough to know where it came from. We explained to her that ham comes from a pig. She grasped the concept and then quickly said, "Oh, so that's why it's pink huh."

Emily's Crawling Part II

Here's my proof that Emily is crawling. She's also trying to pull up on things. I think she'll be walking well before her first birthday. She's such a sweet baby! How could we have guessed how much more joy she'd bring to our family. Emily's been the perfect addition. They all are.

Five Generations

It doesn't seem very common to have five living generations in a family, but my Bubo (my great grandmother) has now met her 3rd great great grandaughter.

For Memorial Day weekend we drove to Florida to visit my dad's family and I was very excited to get a picture of Bubo and Emily.

This is Emily's Great Gran.

I love this picture of Emily and Bubo. We had lots of fun visiting with everyone. I have to say a special "thank you" to Dad and Melissa who let us ride with them to Florida and to Grandma who let us stay at her house. We love you!

Emily's Crawling

It's official people...Emily's crawling. We didn't figure it would take her very long. She's so anxious to follow the girls around. I'll get some live footage and post it on the blog. Suddenly Emily doesn't seem so little anymore. Until lately I kept seeing the little baby I just brought home from the hospital, but now that she's crawling I realize we're quickly nearing her 1st birthday. Between Emily's first birthday and Haley and Allie starting school this year I might have a meltdown. Where did the time go?

"I'm Engrossed!"

Our friends brought us a pan of homemade lasagna yesterday (good friends, I know!) It was nice to not have to cook last night and the lasagna was excellent. After a few bites in to Haley's lasagna she said, "This is so good! I'm thinking about nothing but this. I'm engrossed!"