First Vacation

After our stop in Waco, we headed to our real destination... a lake vacation!  Colby never put a toe in the lake... but man did he love vacation.  He was seriously so happy.  I think for a couple of reasons.  He seemed to LOVE waking up to so many fun people... his Gran, Grandad, Aunt Missy, Uncle Royce, and Lexy!  How could you not love it?  A close second... being outside.  This sweet boy loves being outside.  It rained a little while we were there, but that didn't stop us.

First we stopped in Fort Worth to meet up with everyone.

Then we headed to Lake Nocona.  Uncle Royce's family has a lake house there that they are nice enough to let us stay in each summer.  Last summer Missy and I were about 5 months pregnant and basically sat/floated the days away.  Things have changed!  This summer we had two of the happiest little loves who had the best time trying new things and being together.

We swam...

We played...

We ate...

We shared...

Or at least tried to...

The daddies fished...

And the babies slept, so we relaxed...

When we went out to dinner, these two acted like big kids in high chairs...

One thing is for sure, Colby LOVES his Aunt Missy.

And we celebrated Grandad's birthday!

We had a great time!  Thank you Uncle Royce and Aunt Missy for hosting us... and Gran and Grandad for everything along the way.  We made so many fun memories!

Sic 'em Bears!

We have kicked off summer the right way!  We have already been on such a fun vacation.  On the way to that vacation we conveniently needed to stretch our legs in Waco.  You'll see from the matching shirts that this mom had seen that stop coming :)

First we visited the bears... they were sleeping :(

Then we took a few pictures on one of the famous Baylor swings.  Man this kid is precious in that green and gold ;)

Happy Memorial Day!

All we have of freedom, all we use or know,
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.
- Rudyard Kipling

Road Trip

This weekend we went on a road trip to East Texas!  My mom's family is from Henderson and we were headed there for her Uncle Joe's 80th birthday.  We went by way of Tyler to visit my Uncle and cousin and of course experience lots of firsts for the little buddy!  He did so great in the car for the trip.  We arrived in Tyler and checked in for C's first night in a hotel.

This if fun!

Time to stretch out/roll around after being stuck in the carseat.

Let me check out this cool chair :)

This hotel had an indoor pool which I thought would be great for C's first time in the water.  He LOVED it!  It seems like this boy will love the water and that makes us so happy.

Then C got to meet some of our family on my mom's side.  We all went to dinner and enjoyed catching up.

Colby with my cousin, Laura, and her husband Kevin

With Uncle Bill

Uncle Roy sure is fun :)

Colby loved both Laura and Uncle Bill.  He was giving out kisses and jumping all over the place.  We visited back at Uncle Bill's house and then headed back to the hotel.  I truly was really skeptical that Colby would sleep very well there.  We were out past his bedtime and we were all right there in the same room.  But that boy went to sleep and slept just like he does at home.

The next day we had lunch and then headed to Henderson for the party.  By this time, Colby had tuckered out a little after entertaining everyone and doing so many new things.  But we had fun seeing some extended relatives!

Gran introducing C to Aunt Mary who is my grandfather's sister

Grandmother and Aunt Mary

I can't believe I didn't get a picture with Uncle Joe, but he seemed to really enjoy the party!  We had a great weekend and are glad to be headed into the last week of school!