Spring Flowers

I have always loved flowers and one of my favorite things about Spring in Texas is the wild flowers that bloom like crazy!! Even Emma has started to develop her own love for flowers. I am looking for a huge bunch of bluebonnets for photos in the next few weeks!

Jarrod is so wonderful and brings me flowers often! At Valentine's Emma loved my flowers, so today he brought us matching Easter arrangements :) He keeps the high school floral club busy!

Curb appeal

Look what I found in my flower pot :)

We have lived in our house for almost seven months now. It was a flip and the inside was totally re done. However, the exterior still needs some TLC..curb appeal, if you know what I mean! We added a privacy fence back in the Fall. We have beige brick and brown shutters, so we hope to eventually add some landscaping color. This weekend we raked leaves, pulled weeds and added six Japanese boxwood bushes in front. They should grow to be 4' X 4' so it will look great in the years to come. We plan to add rose bushes and something to spice up the huge beautiful trees!

I found this cute metal flower pot stand in Oklahoma and have filled it every Spring. It goes on the front porch:

One of the earliest memories I have is of my dad and I picking tiny strawberries around our house. We would then dip them in powdered sugar and enjoy :) I stumbled upon this small strawberry plant yesterday and hope to share sweet strawberry memories with Emma! Another bonus is that there is a 'Summer strawberry cobbler' recipe on the back....yum!

Emma planted her very own mini Elmo cherry tomato garden. It is so cute and hopefully she will have success :)

Five months old

Owen tuned 5 months old this weekend! He is such a cute, sweet, cuddly, perky, silly, fun little guy! He is still such a mama's boy but is definitely becoming more fond of his daddy. His unofficial weight is 15.5 lbs and he fits perfectly into size 3-6 month clothes.

Errand running has become MUCH easier now that Owen can face forward in the pouch/carrier. He is such a little flirt and smiles at everyone! He had his first high chair experience at lunch on St. Patty's day. We still haven't pulled ours out of storage yet!

Owen has now decided that he likes the pacifier. He likes the green Soothie as well as the NUK. Usually, we must hold it to his face to make him fall asleep.

The recent time change seemed to drastically effect Owen's internal clock and his nap times are totally out of whack! Although he still wakes up several times, he is finally getting a little better about sleeping at night. He is growing out of his swaddle blankets and aways gets his little arms out. He likes to be up around 6AM and babbles for a good half hour. This is his daddy's alarm clock :)

Owen has tried all kinds of solids (sweet potatoes, squash, pears, applesauce and bananas). He is showing a little more interest but isn't crazy about eating yet. He tries to hold his own bottle and guides it toward and away from is face. He still spits up constantly.

A week ago (Sun March 15th) Owen rolled over for the first time! He was on his tummy and rolled onto his back. He probably could have done it earlier, but doesn't spend a lot of time on the floor. I'm not in such a hurry for him to become mobile as I was with Emma :)

Twinkle

Road trip

This past week was Spring break for Jarrod! He had an away soccer game on Mon as well as a district soccer meeting on Wed morning, but other than that he was all ours :) This is the first year in his coaching career that we haven't had to stay in town during SB due to a Spring sport such as track or softball. We took advantage of the opportunity and hit the road!

We headed south toward League City to visit my best friend, Lauren, and her husband, Josh. We stopped at the Katy Mills mall for lunch and a few minutes of shopping. What a neat place! Emma and I enjoyed a train ride around the mall. Owen is finally able to sit like a big boy in the double stroller and seems much happier that way!

Since this was my first time in KATY, TX I had to get a photo:

J&L have been married for almost two years, bought a beautiful home almost a year ago and are joyfully expecting their first bundle of joy (a sweet baby GIRL) this Summer. They were perfect hosts and we really enjoyed the visit. Lauren and I lived together for three years during college and I really wish we lived closer now. She is an elementary school teacher and Josh works at NASA. He gave us a tour of the Saturn V rocket display at Johnson Space Center, just minutes from their home. It is H-U-G-E, stretching the length of a home run in Major League Baseball:

On Friday we enjoyed some delicious seafood at Outriggers. My gumbo and grilled crab cake were yummy! After, we went to Kemah Boardwalk. There are tons of restaurants, live music, rides and activities. Since it was also SB for the Houston schools it was crazy busy! Since the ticket lines were outrageously long (and Emma isn't quite tall enough to ride many rides), we decided to just walk and look. Jarrod did take her to look at a sting ray exhibit at the aquarium.

Last night Lauren and I were able to sneak away for much needed pedicures and girl talk.

This morning we said our goodbyes and headed back home. It was 60 degrees when we left Houston but was 39 degrees once we returned to Cameron. Brrrrr! I look forward to visiting again with Lauren twice in early June :)

Decked in green

Happy St Patrick's day! We were decked out in GREEN and spent the day in Waco visiting friends & family and running errands. Owen even got to meet lots of new relatives from Lubbock at dinner!

This was Owen's second green outfit of the day. He is a mega drooling machine!

JUMP!

Today we traveled to Round Rock to meet some Cameron friends for some fun! We went to Jump N Climb and then on to Chick fil A for lunch. Beforehand we took a quick detour to the Carter's outlet store. I have several good friends expecting baby girls this summer. It was so fun to by itty bitty pink things again :) I got E & O a couple of goodies each, too!

Emma had a wonderful time playing with her friends. It still amazes me how much energy kiddos have!