Happy 4th of July 2011

We had lots of people over to the house for the 4th of July. My mom and Debbie provided the food (thank you both!!!) and there was lots of swimming and relaxing. It was a great day spent with great people.



We started the day with a musical number presented by Delaney and Morgan. Both wearing bathing suits and aprons.



After some pool time it was bubble time on the bench. The two girls are inseparable and basically just like twins. Even though they are a year apart they are best friends and could play together for hours. I absolutely love it.

Look how Delaney is holding the bubbles for Morgan. There really are a select few that she will share with so nicely.

Kathleen and Chris came with their two girls Addy and Emmi. Kathleen and the Statue of Liberty (a.k.a. my mom) entertained the young ones at the shallow end.

The Statue of Liberty looks rather bored don't you think?

Randy helping Addy with her dive.

Statue and Statuette

Larry and Debbie get their chat on.

Men in the shade.

Holiday celebration at the Lake

The day before the 4th--we went out to our friend Justin and Christy's mom's lake house at Lake Murray. Both of their families and spouses and friends, etc...were all out there to celebrate. There was a ton of food and a ton of kids and we had a great time.

Play time in the kiddie pool.

Some lake swiming with my girls in the floats.

My little turtle girl enjoying the lake with her pal Devon.

Luckily Julie had brought a lot of baby stuff for Tyler so I put Maya in this exersaucer to entertain her. It was obviously the best exersaucer ever made because Maya stayed in it for about an hour and a half. No kidding.

A little Elvis face from Maya P.

Kent brought over a fish he caught so the kids could pet it a little.

Doing some sparklers at home. Delaney was a little scared of some other little fireworks we did but she was a trooper.

A little ballet number to Jessie's song (a.k.a. When She Loved Me). Delaney loves this song from Toy Story 2 and has a little ballet routine for it.

USC Baseball BACK TO BACK

Nana has started sewing again for a hobby and this is the first outfit she made for Delaney. It even has a little tag in it that says "Nana made this for me". Delaney is so proud of it and likes to tell everyone that Nana made it for her.

I feel like this is a repeat of a post I made last year---but I am sure that you heard our Gamecocks Baseball team won the College World Series for the second year in a row! Woo hoo!!! They had a parade again downtown and the girls and I met Randy up there for the festivities.

It was really hot so the two girls weren't that happy but they enjoyed some of it. Grammy met  us also and helped us keep the girls entertained.

There's coach Tanner up on top of the super duper BACK TO BACK Winnebago. He is the one in the white shirt behind the rail.

Our winning team!!! There were three floats of them. There were so many fans and supporters at the parade. It was awesome!!

Maya has figured out a new way to get around.

New pools, hysterical Maya moments, and au revoir a la paci

A little pool time. Tried to capture how beautiful our new pool is. We got a new liner and it is basically a new pool and just looks awesome. The water looks crystal clear and the liner is nice and squishy on your feet.

Maya got a kick out of me swatting a bug and shouting. I just kept going with it and she just laughed hysterically which caused me to laugh hysterically.

Maya drops it down low and does a little bootie dance.

**Very exciting news. We have been struggling with Delaney giving up her night pacifier. She had been using it for naps and nighttime and we had been telling her when she turned three she needed to give it up. She was agreeing and we mailed one pacifier to a child in the hospital. She was left with one pacifier and we kept saying she needed to get rid of it. We got nervous about getting rid of it and kept stalling on it. Meanwhile---Delaney kept chewing on her last remaining pacifier like it was a cow chewing on cud. Each night she would chew on it until the end of the pacifier came off and it was left as a little stub. She would continue trying to suck on it for a few nights but she kept saying it was "yucky" and would put it in her mouth and then immediately take it out. On June 22---Delaney stopped asking for it and hasn't needed it anymore. Hooray!!! It remains in her room because I gladly hand it to her when she remembers it but then she looks at it and says "yucky". Our little headstrong child just had to get rid of it her own way. I am very proud of her---she's so grown up. Sniff.

Happy 85th Birthday Nana!!!!

Maya skips the whole spoon thing and just goes for the peas with her hands.

Maya has a little meal before heading out to Nana's 85th Birthday party. It was at Cellar on Greene in a little room just for us.

The girls wore their new matching dresses from Grammy for the occasion. They looked so beautiful.

Maya and Matt were hilarious all night. She just kept flirting with him and he was just mesmerized by her. He loves my children...even though he would NEVER admit it.

Maya loves now to "drink" water from a glass--which consists of her making funny noises into the cup and getting water all over her.

**I am so sorry I have no pics of Nana and the rest of the fam from the evening. Someone, I am not mentioning names but her initials are D. R.--decided to be a total pill all night at the restaurant. She had not had a nap that day and was super tired and just showed out the entire time we were there. Thankfully the fam all had a wonderful time but I was left dealing with a cranky child who just wouldn't chill. I somehow also managed to have a decent evening with delicious food but I definitely didn't get to take pics. Nana had a wonderful evening and that is what matters.

Happy Father's Day!

The day before Father's Day I got Maya all cutesied up in a new dress and headband from her Grammy.

Not really sure about this one. I mean the child in general. Dinner time wearing a crown.

On Father's Day Dave brought over Morgan and we took her and our girls to EdVenture Children's Museum.

Davis showed off his muscles before he left.

The two older girls were so excited about their day. Morgan had swiped a headband from Delaney's dress up area before the big adventure.

Delaney and Morgan do the news at EdVenture. I think this could be a good career for the doodlebug.

Maya--who is already the happiest baby in the world--becomes even happier when she has little puffs or cheerios to eat. Check out that smile.

Miranda had arrived in town and she came with the fam to celebrate Father's Day. The two puzzle masters worked their way through several puzzles.

Maya was worn out from the fam and passed out on the floor on a blanket basically in the middle of the action.

A little bug on a rug.

We had taken the high chairs and booster seat out of the chairs so people could sit and Delaney just hopped right into Maya's high chair.