Fourth of July

We had the best fourth of July weekend! David and I, my sister and her fiance, and another couple friend of ours, the Peels, all went to Austin and stayed at Barton Creek Resort & Spa for two nights. No kids. It was heavenly. We stayed in a villa that had three bedrooms and a huge living room and kitchen, granite, double oven, everything. We cooked dinners both nights, and Jenny made the best french toast I've ever had. Everything was so great and it was nice to get away for a couple nights and not have any responsibilities over another human being. Don't get me wrong, I missed my little man, but I also REALLY enjoyed my time away. You might say my chatty side came out a time or two after a couple really good banana daq's.

At Cattle Baron's Ball the night Brittney got engaged!

Meanwhile, back in Wack-town, my mom was keeping Robert Alan. They had a good time together, and she took some pics for me. It wasn't all good, though. Monday morning as we were leaving, my mom called and asked if we were on our way. She told me RA had been running a fever since about 10:00 Sunday night. Turns out he had an upper-respiratory infection, we think, and he ran somewhere between 99 & 102 for the next three days. It was miserable for both of us. If I hadn't had the getaway before, I'm not sure I could have come out on the other end of the illness as together as I did. It was his first time to be sick, so it was especially hard because I couldn't really help him. It was sad, but we're all better now, thank the Lord, and we'll be heading to the pool as much as possible in the next coming weeks since I'm about to have to go back to work soon. (Yuck. ...Not really. I'm ready, but work's work, right?)

"Happy Independence Day, Everyone!"

Okay, that's it. Talk to you later.

We've Moved!

It's done. It's final. We've moved. It's bittersweet, too. I went to the "old house" yesterday and got really sad when I went through it and nothing was there. I miss my hardwood floors and my new cabinets and my bathrooms and my walk-in shower and the rain shower head and my office with shelves and everything about it. In honor of my "old house" I'll post some pics some day. I've just spent entirely too long waiting on them to load. Maybe another day I'll have more patience. Probably not, but one can hope, right? Now I have to move on. I'm excited about living next door to David's parents. It's already been a huge help and so convenient. They are great neighbors, not to mention quite possibly the best land lords you could ask for. I mean, who puts granite in for renters? Melanie has also been working on our front garden and they've already mowed for us twice. I think I can get used to this. :-)

Meanwhile, RA cut three top teeth and turned 8 months old. He's such a mess. He's obsessed with opening and closing doors. Any door. It could be the front door, it could be the bathroom door, it could be doors on cabinets. He's happy as long as he can open and close them. We've had a couple pinched fingers, but that still doesn't stop him. He's a maniac. We've decided that whenever he starts whining and crying and not acting like his usual, sweet and happy self, we're going to call him "Roberto" (said in a heavy Mexican accent). Roberto has been gracing us with his presence a little bit lately, but I think he's about to leave for awhile and we'll get to enjoy our sweet Robert Alan now that his teeth are fully in. I'm loving this age right now. He's fun to play with, but he'll also play in his play pen on his own for awhile. He can do new things, like eat apples on his own, and I can tell he's trying to check things out. We also had to put his bed on the lowest ring so that when he stands up, which will be very soon, he can't get out of his crib. I love when he wakes up and I go in and he's sitting up smiling at me. That's his newest trick--sitting up from a crawling stance. He's great. Life's great. I'll miss my house, but we're working towards something better and I can handle having dinner offered to me about every other night for awhile. :-)

Talk to you soon!

Just Playing

I came across these pictures and thought they were semi-cute. Truth be told, I started this post over a month ago and forgot it was saved in my drafts.

Cool kid in the sunglasses...staring blankly into space.

"Ummm, mom, I'm not sure what to think of these sunglasses."

"Finally! Back to normal!"

"Hey! What's that in your hand? I wanna eat it!"

"Oh, Frog, you're too funny."

"Go go Gadget Arms!"

"Mmmmm, now I got you!"

"Life is soooo good."

Scary Experience

Yesterday I may have had the scariest experience of my life, aside from when I was almost struck by lightning, but that's another story. David and I had just gotten back from Abilene, and RA went down for his nap. When he woke up, we decided to go over to Melanie and Larry's house to see them and to check out the house we're going to be renting. We were on Bosque heading towards Highway 6, and a car came around the curve literally swerving all over the road. It was zig-zagging everywhere, and then it did a 360, I think once, maybe twice. It was so crazy. I stopped the car, but then I got to thinking, what if it doesn't stop? I don't have anywhere to go! Finally it came to a stop about 10 yards away from us. All traffic was stopped on both sides just trying to stay out of his way. I don't know what happened, but he ended up perpendicular to traffic. He pulled his car forward, put it in park and got out to get his cowboy hat that had flown out the window during the ride and then continued on down the side street. I was shaking I was so scared. What would I have done if he had hit us? I couldn't have gone anywhere and he would have hit us on my side, which is also the side that RA sits on. It was so scary. I'm glad we're all okay and that no one was hurt, but it got me to thinking, driving is so dangerous and I take it for granted too often. I need to start being more mindful of what's going on around me and having an out for any situation. I'm also done texting in the car. Oprah has a pledge right now called the "No Phone Zone" pledge. I think I might take it, although I don't think I'll stop talking on the phone. I will definitely stop texting, though. Okay, ya'll take care and be careful driving!