Weekend Update

Don't I look handsome in my overalls?

Mommy's friends Steph and Page came to pay me a visit

I love my exersaucer!

I love to smile for the camera!

WHAT'S UP??

Not much new is going on around here. Jake has Daddy Duty while I've been at work and there's only 5 more days until summer!! Ethan is doing really well - he's a pretty happy baby most of the time. We put together his exersaucer over the weekend and he seems to like it a lot - his feet don't touch the bottom yet but they will soon enough! :)

Memorial Day Weekend

All Smiles!

Cute Cousins!!!

Casey swimming

Ethan with Aunt Lulu

Baby Ava - isn't she beautiful?!

We had a busy few days! First of all, our neice, Ava Marie Gobar, was born on Saturday!! She was 7 pounds, 12 ounces and 19 inches long. We all got to see her at the hospital - very exciting. Welcome Baby Ava!!

Jake's sister Lauren was in town from Virginia. This was the first time she got to meet Ethan - he sure did love his Aunt Lulu. We'll miss you Lauren - can't wait to see you again!

We spent a lot of time in Grandma and Grandpa's beautiful backyard eating, drinking, roasting marshmallows, and just hanging out. It was nice to have a long relaxing weekend after such a hectic first week back at work. Only 2 more weeks until summer vacation! :)

Aggie or Bobcat?

Notice he's smiling while wearing his A&M shirt. :)

Wordless Wednesday

Back to the Grind

I went back to work today after being off for 9 weeks. It was very hard leaving my baby this morning but I was ok once I got to work. My students were so good and it made it a lot easier. It was actually nice being back. I felt like I had a life outside of being a Mommy. Getting dressed up was fun. I mean, wearing my glasses, hair in a nasty bun, and sweat pants with spit-up stains is swell but today I got to put on my big girl clothes again. :) And they fit-BONUS!

Jake is in North Carolina this week on business so it's double hard. We're both missing our little man during the day. I could never be a single parent, that's for sure. Jake is such a good Daddy and a wonderful husband-we both miss him a lot.

These pics are for you Daddy!

James Taylor

So Jake and I are pretty much obsessed with James Taylor. We realized that when we first started dating and ever since, we've dreamed of seeing him in concert. Well, he FINALLY came to Houston on tour and we got to see him on Saturday night. The concert was amazing! He played at the Verizon Theatre which is a really small venue-we had awesome seats.

He sang "Sweet Baby James" - both of us sing this song to Ethan when we rock him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXKysifdQ_4
We found out that this song was written as a lullaby for his newborn nephew who was named after him. So it's neat that we use it as a lullaby for our sweet baby too.

I was sad that he didn't sing "our song" which was the first dance at our wedding. You can hear "Close Your Eyes" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXxJHk3vWvo

What an amazing concert! I'm so glad we got to see him. :)

Ethan made a new friend...

...meet Mr. Caterpillar!

AND, he slept through the night again...woohoo!!