Pictures of Andrew AND pictures taken by Andrew...

Begging to have the camera...

You can kinda see the pouty mouth...

Ok...so he got it! Taking pictures of his Daddy and Sister!

Taking a picture of the beautiful butterfly he made at "school" (daycare)

Chillin' in the Sink...and Profile pics..

So Alyssa gets pretty dirty during the evening meals. Rather than struggle with getting her to the tub in the bathroom, we sometimes just fill up the sink and give her a "dunk" :)

(and YES! I sanitize the sink first!!!!! I shudder at the thought of what germs are in there prior to cleaning it....yikes!)

But I digress...

Below are some pictures of Alyssa in her "mini-garden tub"....you can tell she quite enjoys it! :)

As we were standing her up to get her out, David and I laughed at her...um...profile??? Notice anything "bubbly"?

That's right...our cute girl can give J-Lo OR Kim Kardashian a run for their money in the bootie department. Her belly...well... I guess she can give Santa a run for his money???

Even with her "ghetto bootie" and full belly... we sure do love this girl and think she's the most BEAUTIFUL girl in the whole wide world! Look at that sweet smile!!! :)

Fangs, Fake Noses and Arcades

On Wednesday while Alyssa was sleeping, we left David to keep an ear out for her so that Andrew & I could sneak away for a few minutes at the arcade.

After about 10 minutes of fun, here is what $2.50 and a handful of "winning tickets" will get you:



My silly boy!!! But we had fun while we played the games and won enough to get these "Major Awards" :)

Silly Monkeys

The two goofballs relaxing in the beanie chairs. Andrew set everything up so that he and "sister" could watch Aladdin together in her room. Sweet boy :)

T-Ball Shirts

T-Ball shirts and hats have arrived!!! This is Andrew's first season of T-Ball...can't you tell how excited he is about his new gear?????

At least David (aka: Coach Davlin) looks happy! (And proud as the sponsor of the team!) :)

Father's Day 2011

For David's first Father's Day with TWO kids...we had a nice relaxing day. (Hard to say when you have 2 kids..hehe!)

We started off by going to church (always a great way to start the day!) and with David opening his present. (Some pro-mag gun conversion kit thingy...I dunno... thank goodness for E-Bay!)

After church, we headed over to the golfcourse that David's dad belongs to. We had lunch, rode around a little in the golf cart and spent time swimming.

Before we left, I had to get pictures with our girl since it was her first Father's day :)

And Daddy wanted to get a picture of his "2 girls"... so here we are!!

Andrew was off running around the yard. It was HOT (about 105!) so we just snapped these 2 pics and hit the road... better luck next year!! :)

Happy Father's Day, David! Thanks for being such a great Daddy!! :) We love you!

The big 3-2

On June 6 - I turned the big 3-2. Long gone are the birth "months" or even birth"weeks" but times are even better now that I get to celebrate my special day with my 3 favorite people!

When I got home from work - I had presents from David and the kids. Some of these presents included special "re-gifts" from my sweet Andrew. He found random things around the house and put them in gift bags for me. One of my favorite moments was following the opening of gifts when Andrew exclaimed, "BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!" So he took me to his room where he pondered what that last gift was... he finally pointed out a piggy bank on his shelf that his coin collection had outgrown. Such a thoughtful guy ;o)

Below are some pictures from my special evening following our dinner at Outback:

Alyssa getting ready to continue the party (note the bowl in front of her...she has already eaten 2 containers of food, 1/2 a loaf of bread at Outback AND chewed on rib bones while we finished our meal!) Jiminy!

Before we got into the cake, she let us put her in her "Rainbow Mobile" so we could do our cake festivities... Note the shirt reads how awesome her Mommy is...hehe!

Andrew helping David place the candles...they seemed to enjoy counting the 32 candles out and taking their time as though I am SOOOOO old now ;o)

Before the housefire begins....

WOW! That's a lot of candles!

I needed my special helper on this part!

My sweet boy smiling at me... And here you can kind of see the heart pendant Andrew picked out for me around the "temporary necklace chain" on my neck. I'm currently working on putting it on a chain of decorative beads. But he insisted I wear the necklace to dinner...and when I forgot to wear it to work the next day...he insisted David bring him by my work on the way to school so that he could give it to me to wear since I "forgot it" at home that morning!

Alyssa wearing my party hat that Andrew picked out for me... Even with her jammies on she is still in party mode! :)

Thanks to my family for a wonderful & special 32nd birthday! I LOVE YOU!!!

7 Months Old and Check Up

On June 14, 2011 - our baby girl turned 7 months old!

She also had her "6 month" check up and we got the following stats on her:

***Length = 28" (95th percentile)
***Weight = 17 lbs, 12 oz (75th percentile)
***Head = 17.5 (85th percentile)

She also got another round of shots which she was NOT happy about but she was a trouper! :)

It's hard to believe my baby girl is growing soooo quickly!

:(

Mommy & Alyssa

Yesterday, Alyssa and I ended up matching for church. I had to get a few pictures afterward of us girls :)

Slobbery Kisses :)

First T-Ball Practice

It's official! Andrew is on a T-Ball team! My baby boy is growing up! Look how big he looks :(

Coach Davlin

Dinner time...a bit smarter...

The night before had been so messy that I decided it would be best to feed Alyssa with only a diaper on...no clothes...no apnea monitor...

She thinks she is sooo funny :)

(She does crack me up!) :)

Messy Girl :)

We are full swing into the messy and yucky times of feeding Alyssa :) She is so silly and has too much fun with her food :)

Had to get a picture of her big brother! :)

My camera was too slow but she was actually licking her tray here...lol...

Austin Power's signature move here...

Fishing

Andrew and David fishing at Uncle Skip's pond...

Sibling Pics

So the opportunity for me and my brother's doesn't come around too often for us to get a good picture together. Our Munner's 80th birthday weekend in Jefferson was a chance to do so.

Leave it to us four knuckleheads to wait until a lazy day and with a few too many giggles up our sleeves to try and take it. But, oh ... did we laugh!!! :)

Finally... a decent shot of the four of us goofballs! :)

Man...I love my brothers! I am so Blessed to have Kelly, Joey (aka: Shadeaux ... or vice versa...ha!) and Jeff as my brothers...

I love each of these guys so much!

Kelly, for his insight and his protective nature. His sweet side despite his tough exterior.

Joey, for his sweet natured self. For his sense of humor and for his love of family.

Jeff, for his sweet nature, his ability to spark debate and for the sense of humor he kept hidden for so many years :)

These are just a few reasons I love these guys so much. Mostly, I love them because of the bond we have that until recently I didn't realize was so unique. I never realized how rare it is for siblings to GENUINELY say "I love you" to one another. And despite the distance that we have between (most of) us... how Blessed we are to WANT to get together and see each other as often as possible.

I love you, Brothers!!!!