catch up attempt #1 - april and may

we're baaaack! we've had an eventful few months. i'll try to summarize in photos...

i think this snow was on april 23rd. the picture in the bottom right corner was taken that afternoon. pretty crazy!

we love hanging out with marjorie and andre! can't wait to meet andre's little brother in august...

still best buds. laurel loves to read books to apache and even play dress-up with him. he's a pretty good sport.

BIG NEWS in april - this is a shot of lala's last diaper! (the top right picture is what happened when i told her to "face" the wall. ha!) we researched and studied before we started, of course...

then we went cold turkey. bye bye diapers. hello cutest little panty booty i've ever seen!! (i used something i found online called "potty training in 3 days" and it worked! so proud of my little big girl. :)

let's see - laurel's first baseball game with daddy (while i was in bed with the stomach bug. yuck!), blowing bubbles on the back deck, and a few more shots of big girl panties. i must've taken dozens, but i'll spare you all!

swimming lessons with daddy. refused to blow bubbles in the water, which is pretty much step 1. but she loves jumping in!

we had some special visitors in early may. dale smith came to see a friend and stayed here for a couple of nights. it was great to visit with him.

kissy's here! she and buddy were here over mothers' day weekend while i took a quick trip to atlanta to see my college buddies -

and to celebrate maureen's big ole belly! (more pics to come, hopefully.)

speaking of big ole bellies... on may 1st we found out that i'm pregnant. needless to say, we've been a bit nervous, but it has given us another opportunity to trust in our faithful, sovereign, and GOOD God. at the time i'm posting this, i'm 15.5 weeks pregnant and it looks like this one's a keeper. blessed be the name of the Lord!!