Luke's Baby Shower

My super sweet friends threw me a shower for Luke. We played lots of fun games and I received lots of wonderful presents to prepare for Luke.

Here are all my dear friends who came to the shower.


Miri loved the door stop- who would have thought that it would make a great toy.

Miri wanted to help unwrap the presents.

VIsit from the Audrey and Matthew-part 2

We also went to the Tampa aquarium and Honeymoon Island beach. Matthew loved the sharks best, Audrey prefered the turtles and Miri wasn't sure about any of it. She did seem excited over some of the big tanks with a variety of creatures in them. Mostly Miri just wanted to walk through the aquarium- she had a blast with Daddy there to hold her hand.


Not too sure about the stingrays. Of course it was also almost naptime by this point.



Matthew and Audrey loved the touch tank, Miri wanted none of it though.

Just chillin' in her ride.
After the aquarium, lunch and a nap, we went to Honeymoon Island State Park to go to the beach. Miri is definitely a lay in the warm sun kind of girl and not a run in and out of the cold water kind of girl. She loved sitting on the big swings that were situated along the beach.
Of course we had to take a bath once we all got home, that is one full tub!

VIsit from the Audrey and Matthew-part 1

Matthew, Audrey, and Aunt Ashley came for a visit and boy did Miri have fun! We went to the beach, the gardens, the park, the aquarium, and gator hunting (twice). Reagan even joined us for a couple of days- talk about crazy fun.


Miri walking in the gardens- it was a really steep bridge, but Miri wanted to walk down herself.



We took baths together almost every night. I don't think we can fit anymore kids in there!


We went gator hunting and had a picnic one evening. We saw several gators and lots of softshell turtles- aren't they cute?

Audrey and Matthew found one!

Miri was being a bit ornery through dinner, then cousin Matthew turned on the charm and out came Miri's smiles.



Thanks to Ashley for taking so many great pictures. I can't believe little Luke will be here in just under 10 weeks!

Walking and talking

Miri's on the move! Over the last several weeks she has decided that she would like to walk, though she is still very cautious and prefers to hold hands. She's also up to about 15 words. She loves to talk, especially to Reagan. She keeps my very busy and I can't imagine what it's going to be like once there are two of them. Miri's a very happy girl though; pictures to come later.

Christmas 2010 on the road-Houston

We had some family over while we were in Houston. It was great to get a picture with the whole crew! From top to bottom, left to right: Nana, Great Aunt Robin, Uncle Joel, Aunt Ashley, Cousin Audrey, Mommy's cousin Kyle with his daughter Skyler, Cousin Matthew, Blake and Lori (Kyle's son and wife), Daddy, Papa, Mommy, and Miri.

My Dad is a bit of a shutterbug, so you know there will always be lots of pictures when we go to visit him and my Mom. He got a lighting system for photography for his birthday back in October and he couldn't wait to try it out on the whole family. Here are some of our best shots.

Papa with Miri, and her two cousins on Mama's side, Matthew and Audrey.

Can we say love at first sight!


"Hi Papa, I really like your glasses."
"How much trouble am I going to get in for this?"
"Who cares, they are awesome glasses!"



The rules were a little beyond them, but they had fun filling up the board.

Goodbye Ike!

Well, Issac (Ike), one of the kids I watched for almost all of the last year is moving away. One day I managed to have Ike and Reagan (and of course Miri) and I couldn't resist taking a picture. Poor Miri has inherited my inability to have her eyes open in pictures.