Adorable

Charlie Jack

Alice has a brand new baby cousin! Becki and Trey had little Charlie this week, and I got to be there to help welcome him to the world. Becki called Wednesday morning, and we hit the road to Houston. Jason and Alice played around in the great big downtown Houston hospital while I played "doula" for Becki. It was such an honor to be there for Charlie's birth. He is such a cute tiny little boy! I already love him so much. Becki and Trey are going to be wonderful and loving parents for that little guy.

Spring Break

Whew, it went by so quickly. Relaxing? No way. Productive and fun? Sure. We cleaned, cleaned, cleaned, played with grandmommy, went to Houston to welcome little baby cousin Charlie Jack into the world, took everything out of our bedroom, kicked the cats out, played with Grammy and Papa, saw a SXSW show in Austin, and stained the bedroom floor. Oh yea, and tomorrow we'll move all the stuff back into our room. We are exhausted. Maybe we'll get caught up next week when we go back to school.

Spring Break!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Grandmommy came this weekend to play with Alice and let us get some cleaning done around the house. Alice is just about to start crawling, so we figured we better get the house baby-proof, pronto! We had a great time and made some wicked-good enchiladas.

Alice's two bottom teeth have finally come through! You can totally see and feel them. They are so cute. We set up her high chair last weekend, and she is eating sweet potatoes this week. She is really good with a spoon, and she is still working on her sippy cup skills. Right now she is making the funniest little squeals. We can't decide if they are happy or sad. Just funny!

We are hoping that her little baby cousin--baby Moore--will come to the world soon! We are going to head down to Houston as soon as we get the call. Becki has been through two deliveries with me, and I really want to be there when she has her first baby boy.

All right, all right, the squeal has turned into "I want mommy." Gotta buzz!

Little Springtime Flower

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The little purple dress that Alice is wearing in these pictures is very special. Her great, great Grannie Russ made this. It has been worn by her great grandma, her grandmommy and her mommy and Aunt Abbey.

Hands and Knees

Baby ipod

Sitting Up!