TIS THE SEASON...

for strawberries! This weekend, I made some homemade strawberry sorbet! Yummy! Preston was trying to be patient as it mixed.

BUILD A BEAR

Kevin and I had built a monkey with Preston's heartbeat inside of it for him before he was born. We decided to let Preston make one for Blaise. Here we are picking out a heart. We actually chose 3 hearts and each made a wish for Blaise.

She's stuffing the monkey
Preston got to push the pedal to add the fluff to the monkey.

Putting the heart inside!

This is my favorite part. The "air" bath! It's so cool!

Next, we made the birth certificate.

So here are the two boys! So cute!

HELLO? BLAISE?

Preston was checking up on his little brother.

Then he started to look for HIS baby!

Do ya hear anything?

CAR WASH

Preston is always willing to help out the cars. Even if it is
more
work for Daddy and takes him twice as long.

He usually is soaked after washing the cars. Isn't that half the fun?

MY 30TH BIRTHDAY

On May 17th, I celebrated my 30th birthday! It's hard to believe, but if my thirties are filled with the laughter of little boys running around, I can't imagine anything better! Preston & Grammy made me a special picture frame/card.

My friend, David, from North Carolina, sent me some flowers. They were so pretty. Thanks David!
A special card from Preston and a new IPOD. We spent the day relaxing and playing. I had a great birthday. Thanks boys!

END OF THE YEAR COOKOUT

We invited some friends over for a cookout to celebrate the arrival of summer vacation! We had a great time. The rain held out and we had a great fire to keep us warm.

Not quite sure what Daniel was up to here? Alicia... I promise I don't usually take rear shots of your husband!

Yummy dirt dessert

The girls

Chowing down

Thanks for coming guys! We had so much fun!

HANG IN THERE, BLAISE!

Pregnancy nevers seems to be dull for me from conception to delivery. Sadly, I wish it were. My blood pressure would be much happier. Today at school, during recess, I was sidelined hard with a kickball to my side. Those third-graders are getting big and it hurt! With my history, I worried, of course. Finally, some co-workers talked me in to calling my Dr. just to reassure myself. I did not expect my Dr. to send me to Labor & Delivery Triage. They said anytime there is a blow to the abdomen area, a woman should be checked to make sure the placenta does not disconnect and start contractions. So off I went to the hospital. Luckily, I ran into my friend Liz, at the hospital, who could see that the tears were moments away. She stayed with me until Kevin could make it there. They hooked me up and monitored Blaise for about 2 hours. He was very busy in there and didn't seem to be affected by the hit. It is amazing how protective I feel about this little life whom I've yet to meet. Until then, I have to go pull out yet another gray hair on my head! By the time he gets here, I may have to starting coloring! :)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

My boys made me sure I had a great Mother's Day. After a yummy breakfast of muffins and chocolate milk, we headed out to church. God has given us so much to be thankful for!

Next Mother's Day, I'll get to celebrate with my 2 boys! How exciting!

Snacking on my yummy cupcake.

Kevin bought me tons of flowers (which I love) We have been planting nonstop this weekend. He also got me the huge cupcake baking pan I had been wanting for a long time. This was my practice one. It wasn't too bad, but I learned a few tricks for next time.

SPRING FLOWERS

Last fall we planted a tree just for Preston. My brother and I each grew up with our own special tree in our yard and we thought it was so special. I thought my kids would enjoy that tradition as well. Preston's tree has already grown a lot!

During the wind storm this spring, we lost a huge tree. We took the opportunity to go ahead and plant a new one. Funny thing is that the name of the tree is a Red Blaze Maple tree. We thought this would be a perfect tree for Blaise! It 's all ready to go for his arrival!
Kevin planted the garden this year, so of course it looks much neater! My rows always seem to get off track. He planted tomatoes, green peppers, squash, zucchini, onions, and green beans. Hopefully it will do as well as last year.
My new adventure this year was planting blueberry bushes. I have 3. Apparently you have to have 2 different types. Kevin fertilized them for me this weekend. My Grandpa Roseberry always grew awesome blueberries. Hopefully, I will make him proud.

I'm so excited about my flowering vines growing on my arbor. I have babied these things since last year. I wasn't sure that they had survived the winter, but I have beautiful purple flowers! It is growing quickly so hopefully next spring it will reach the top of the arbor.

Here's my artsy flower shot! How'd I do, Liz?

ANTS!

We found this scary sight outside of our garage this week. We need the McAfee's to come over and collect some for their ant farm! We have too many to take care of here!

SPOILED

Lucky little guy's Daddy got him a Bounce house. I think someone is spoiled! Preston has a blast in it and I'm sure the boys will too.

Taking a break

FERRY RIDE

I always think of taking a picture of this for Preston on our way to Lawrenceburg, but rarely have my camera ready. Saturday, I was ready!

On the way home on Saturday we decided to take a short cut coming home by taking the Anderson Ferry across the river. Here's Preston enjoying the ride.