Amelia walking...almost!

Little miss cutie pie using our old wagon as a walker.

I love her adorable flushed cheeks- pushing this wagon is hard work!

Baseball

America's favorite pass time...but was it Connor's?

When Connor chose baseball as his first sport ever to try, I was a little worried. I mean, it's an awfully slow game. There's a lot of waiting so I wasn't sure how well he'd do.  

~Judging from most of the pictures, you'd think he was always on task...

Ready for his pitch.

Getting a hit at practice.

Tagging his base.

But look here- I caught him! He's striking a flamingo pose, turned sideways without his hat on.  This kind of thing was definitely the norm-- moments of complete spacing out, sitting rather than standing, putting his mitt on his head, drawing in the dirt, distracting the other boys and so on (but who takes pictures of that)? He did pay attention a lot too because he went from not knowing anything about baseball when he started to knowing how to play the game! So, all in all, I think he learned what he needed to learn and had a great season.

Amelia, hamming it up in the dugout.

In the practice ring before his turn at bat.

Ready for his pitch.

Swing, and a hit!

Rounding the bases.

 

Waiting on third to head for home.

Playing third base.

End of game cheer.

Victory tunnel!

Here comes Mr. Happy, against the flow of traffic, hot and tired after a double-header (a bit much for the little guy- he was worn out).

Victory- Connor had a great season! Good job Connor!

Enjoying his after-game snack. Yum.

The team receiving their trophies at the end-of-season pizza party.

Baseball trophy- Connor checked that his name was spelled correctly, phew, it was!

Goofy smile...

"Dragons" team picture. They look sharp in their cute orange and white uniforms- coincidentally, Connor's favorite colors right. "Dragons" was a popular team name by others in the league so because of our orange, we were often identified as the "fire-breathing dragons"- pretty cool.

Poor kid- he looks like he's going to hit someone! Unfortunately, the little guy was sick the day of pictures but I told him he had to go for his team so he toughed it out- brave kiddo.

Mother's Day

I love being a mom to these 2 adorable children :)

Mother's Day was a lot easier this year than last. I did tear up a little during the talks on Sunday because I was remembering my little Abigail. I miss her.  I am so grateful for the kiddos I do have. Connor and Amelia bring me so much happiness. I love being a MOM!

My mother's Day started last Friday at Connor's school. They had a cute Mother's Spa where the kids painted their moms' nails. Connor had a great time painting mine all different colors. My toes were purple and orange- some with polka dots and other stripes. My fingers were lavender with cool splotches of red. Very artistic. They also had strawberry shortcake that the kids served the moms. So very cute.

The lovely finished product

Artsy-fartsy

This was the card Connor made for me at the Mother's Day Spa. It is more deep than I think he even realizes.

Inside of the card. I love it.

 

This was a funny sign we saw on our Mother's Day Sunday drive: watch out for parachuting cows! We hadn't seen any cows to this point. Then, right past this sign we did see one stray bull along the side of the road- a little too close to our car for my taste- but we didn't see any others.

We drove just 15 minutes to the North of where we live and came across this lovely reminder that we live really close to the border. We stopped and talked to a Border Patrol officer who was parked right next to this sign to ask if it really is an active site. He said "yeah, it's active but very slow today".

Baby shower

My friend Joi, the Queen of Baby Showers herself, is having a baby. Yes, a little intimidating to throw a shower for the expert but I wasn't alone-- there were so many willing to be up for the challenge!

Joi is having her first baby boy so the theme "All Things Boy"  seemed to fit perfectly. 

 The party was at my house but thankfully, lots of other hands joined in making the food, decorations and managing other details so I didn't have to do much. All the work that went into that night really paid off-- it turned out to be such a fun evening!!