~ Friends ~
We are blessed to have such fun people in our lives! We have known Hillary and Jeremy for a few years and love getting together with them because all we seem to do is laugh at each other. Their son, Jordan, is 1 month older than Sofia and so they are ALWAYS a step ahead of us to give us expert advice ;o)

With such busy lives and complete exhaust by the end of the day, we don't see each other as often as we used to, but it's always fun when we do get a chance to catch up. This past weekend, they invited us over for dinner. Jordan and Sofia had a fun time playing outside.

Jordan loved the water hose....

Sofia was fascinated with his ability to water the lawn...

OOPS! A little too close!

Sofia: "Jordan! What happened to you!"

Sofia loved the wading pool.

(I love how the camera caught the splashes of water!)

Sofia also enjoyed Jordan's slide.

Maybe we should have reviewed the slide rules?

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Near our neighborhood is a beautiful small piece of land with bluebonnets and we couldn't resist getting a few extra shots!

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born" ~ Anais Nin

~ Birthday and Baby ~

This past weekend we drove to East Texas for a couple of celebrations.....

On Friday, we celebrated Poppy's birthday with a delicious dinner, Italian Cream Cake and Cookies and Cream ice cream - yummy!! :0)

Happy Birthday Poppy!

On Saturday, we had a baby shower for Steven's sister, Kellea and her husband Paul. They are expecting their first baby on June 24 and are waiting for the big day of arrival to know whether it's a boy or a girl.

Everyone at the party had to choose a blue for boy or pink for girl sheet of paper and write what we thought would be the day and time of the baby's arrival, the height and weight, no hair or hair/color. Paul is reading all the possibilities........

Kellea, enjoying Baby Baker's fun day! She is going to be a wonderful mom!

Chloe - reading Baby Baker's The Hungry Caterpillar to her brother, Zachary, and Mrs. Nancy.



Grammie's beautiful porch....



A beautiful purple iris from the backyard flower garden....

our sweet pea sofia

Sweet Zachary

Fun Saturday!! ~
Today turned out to be a gorgeous day!! First, I spent my morning at a baby shower for a good friend and adoring her precious gifts for her soon-to-be-here-in-seven-weeks "Zoe" (what a fun name!) Sofia and I had fun inside while Steven was working hard outside with yard work. There are quite a few pics in this post, so have a seat! :0)


Sofia's hair is getting fuller and longer. Last night I was able to pull it up in a clip and when she saw her "do" in the mirror she laughed and clapped. So today, I made two little pigtails (more like little "rabbit ears"). This was not the look I was going for, by the way, but she got a kick out it when I showed her what she looked like.....

Wearing a tu-tu her cousin Clarissa gave her.......

After a nap and a bath, we headed out to look for bluebonnets!!! We missed them last year and I was certain that was not going to happen to us again......we found a spot and had fun taking these next few pictures.

Did you know you can smell bluebonnets? - When you have a kadrillion of them altogether.

( That's Steven's leg in the background)

Our latest stage with Sofia is introducing her to all kinds of (healthy and kid-friendly) table food. I do not want to buy anymore baby jars of food - yuck!!!! I have found a lot of ideas on weelicious.com that a friend of mine introduced me to. We have learned that she wants to bite into the sandwich instead of us tearing off a piece and giving it to her or taking her choice of steamed vegetable from the plate instead of us choosing it for her (I'm convinced she gets this from Steven - but don't tell him I said so :0) ). After our photo shoot with the wildflowers, we headed to Kincaid's (a delicious burger joint). This was a big moment for us because Sofia had her food order right off the menu and served in her own food bag!

She ate half of her grilled cheese sandwich and half a banana while waving "hello" and "goodbye" with anyone who would make eye contact with her. :0)

What a great day this was!!!

~Happy Easter! ~

With all the hustle and bustle that has been going on, we decided to stay home for Easter. I love Easter! I love EVERYTHING about spring - spring flowers, new clothes for spring and all the candy with the pretty colored spring wrappers (especially the ones with chocolate inside :0) )!!!! First, we went to church, which was so amazing,to celebrate the true meaning of Easter, then we were invited to some close friends' home for Easter lunch.

Before church......

This is at Stephen and Laura's. Sofia is on the hunt for eggs!

Stephen and Laura hid their grandsons' baskets in the house and they ran around until they were found.

Sofia found her Easter basket in the toy room and LOVED her bunny purse!

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~The Great Outdoors~

The day was so beautiful and Sofia was having fun in the front yard. :0)

Reporting her age

A bit windy.....

Fun with the dandelion