Busy Days of Late Spring

I say Spring, even though it already feels like summer... It doesn't officially start for a couple of days! ;)

Besides being busy preparing for baby girl to arrive, we have had packed weekends full of birthdays, graduations, and parties. Here are a few of the things that have been going on for the past couple of months, including SWIMMING!!

Friend's Kid's Birthdays Parties:
Colton turned 3 in April. He is really starting to look like a little man and boy is he getting tall! They rented a bounce house with a huge slide. It had rained all night and stopped just before the party. The bounce house was a little slippery, but so much fun. Our daughter amazed us and after a few minutes of taking in her surroundings, she was going down the slide by herself and climbing back up to do it over and over again. Here are a few pictures from this party.

Bounce House!

Wasn't sure about the bouncing uncontrolably part..

Slide!

The slide looks so big compared to her!

This was hilarious. She didn't understand that you had to press the go button down and hold it, so she kept pulsing it. I wish I got a video of her pulsing around the driveway. SO funny!

Ava turned 4 in May. That was just NOT ok! She can't already be four! We drove to Tyler to visit with them and celebrate the adorableness of Ava. She had a princess party with the highlight of the party being the cardboard castle her daddy put together for her. Kylie had a blast playing with all of their toys. I wish I got more pictures of playtime. Here are a few pictures from that day.

Kids together singing Happy Birthday!

Ate all the icing.. just like her Mommy! Oh and her hand is dirty, OH NO!

Loves her Uncle Mark!

Sweet moment. :)

They were so excited to be inside the castle! I love how Ava has her hand around Kylie.

Best picture I could get of all their faces, minus Audrey. She was napping.

MS150 Weekend in Austin: April 22nd
My parents rode in the MS150 bike ride from Houston to Austin again this year. They were on the same team, so it made it a little easier at the finish line this time. Kylie loved seeing her Aunts and Uncle and got to walk through the Capitol for the first time! (We didn't stay long; it was a short cut and it had air conditioning.) I am still waiting on my brother for some pics from his new spiffy camera, but here are a few pics from that weekend.

Waiting for everyone to arrive!

Kylie was SO excited to see them!

Hot and sleepy girl on Aunt Sarah.

The only picture I got of them and they were not even looking for us! You had 2 days for conversation; the finish line is not the time!

Casey and Kylie's first time at the Capitol!

Mother's Day Week
My mom and sister came up to watch Kylie one day for me to sub, so they spent the entire day bonding with Kylie. I was so glad that my mom was able to take the days off and come up. Sarah and I took mom out to dinner Thursday night and we had a really delicious, I mean, good time. I didn't really get pictures of the official Mother's Day, but here are some pics from that week.

Love my little curly girl!

Grandma and Kylie

Aunt Sarah and Kylie

Pretty much twins.

Graduations
Casey has lots of sisters and the last 2 youngins graduated high school this year. Pretty soon we'll have 3 college graduations to go to.. Here are a couple of pics from those.

Celebrated Aunt Ashleigh's birthday at Mellow Mushroom.

Aunt Taylor's graduation in Plano. We got compliments from people about how well she did. It was a smaller ceremony in a church, so we were a little bit worried about her being too loud or fussy since it didn't start until 7pm. She kept saying 'more' when music would stop, so cute.

Not the best picture, but a family picture after the graduation. We rushed out after and changed her into pj's in the car because it was so late. She was not a fan of that! :) Then Mommy gave her a snack and she was happy again!

At the humongous Martin HS graduation at TCU. She had little rosy cheeks because it was so warm in there. Pregnant Mommy was sweating! You can see her 'barber', aka Barbie, in her lap. She would not put her down.

Family pic outside after the graduation.

Lastly, Small Group Party and First Swims of the Season!!

Memorial Day we went out for Kylie's first swim this year. We set up her water table and blew up her baby pool. She had sooo much fun. We swam for 3 days straight that week!

It's like she's posing, but really she's walking away from me, haha!

Jumping in her baby pool, loved doing this.

We need to find a way to stop that tongue from coming out in every good picture!

Taking a dip in the big pool. She fell later and was scared of the pool for a couple of hours. :(

Our bible study group likes to get together on occasion for some fellowship fun time. We went over to a friend Steve's gorgeous house for some yummy steaks and salads, among other goodies. HE has a beautiful pool and backyard. The kids always love playing in the field and riding on the gold cart. Kylie was too young last time, but she got to ride in it this year!! She also tried out her new floaty and absolutely loved it!

Kylie driving by 'herself!'

Trying out the new floaty!



And it's a hit!

Yes that was another one of my crazy long posts, but really that is just how crazy busy we have been. This doesn't even include the baby 'sprinkles' my family and friends did for us and baby girl #2! Once I get more pictures from those, I'll post something hopefully about them. Happy Summer!!