8 Years

 Today is Mine and Seth's 8th wedding anniversary. It is so hard to believe that we have been married that long, when I can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday!  We were both 22 years old on our wedding day, and now that seems like we were BABIES!  But, we knew from the start that we were just meant to be together!  We have actually been together now for 10 years...a WHOLE decade!  We got together at 20...so our entire 20's were spent together and I love that!  I'm not the type to get all mushy in public...so I certainly won't do it on my blog.  All I have to say though is that I am proud of what we have done in 8 years and all of the fun we have had...and I can't wait to see what the next 42 have in store for us.  (We have always just agreed to make it to 50!  HA!)  Here are pictures of us as a family around each of our anniversaries. We have certainly changed a lot over the last 10 years...most obviously by adding a kid almost every other year.  We have been blessed with a really great marriage and healthy kids so far...and I can look at these pictures and know that I have been so blessed! 

So happy anniversary to us! 

 June 2001...when we first started dating

 June 7, 2003

 June 2004

1st anniversary

 June 2005

2nd anniversary

 June 2006...2 weeks away from having Jillian

3rd anniversary

 June 2007

4th anniversary

 June 2008

5th anniversary

 June 2009

6th anniversary

 June 2010

7th anniversary

2011...8th anniversary

Let the Summer Begin

Last weekend for Memorial Day we spent the whole weekend swimming at my parents house.  My kids love to swim and be in the water and we usually swim about 5 days out of 7 all summer long.  I have had all three of my babies in the water pretty much right after they are born.  They seem to all love it right from the start...which is a good thing living in Texas!  Gotta love the swimming pool to survive the 100+ degree heat here!  

Anyways, our weekend consisted of lots of food, family, and fun.  We swam all three days and just relaxed by the pool.  It was a great way to kick off our summer and we look forward to making many more memories this year!  There is nothing sweeter than a bunch of sun-kissed little girls running around outside!  

 Jillian and Jules...always start out their summers getting used to the water in the hot tub (which isn't hot)

 Baby P thinking about getting in

 Mimi and P

 Something about Jules in goggles and piggy tails just gets me all giddy.  She is so stinkin cute!

 I could just eat her up

 Jilly is my more sophisticated girl

 P did a lot of napping by the pool...

 same picture...different day...different suit

 Mimi has always been able to rock my babies to sleep outside

 day 2

 sisters

 Jules is totally loving her birthday bike.  She could just pedal around the pool forever

 off she goes

 Pretty Jilly

 Dad, Seth and Mason played football in these chairs for hours...trying hard to balance.  They had a great time!

 biking around

 You can't celebrate summertime poolside without a little watermelon!

 Here is Aunt K...texting!

 Helping Mimi water her plants

 Papaw and Paisley

 Papaw loves his girls

 Here are the girls making smores...the city way on the grill!

 roasting marshmallows

 yummy!

 Jules before she got to the chocolate part of the smore...

 Jilly enjoying hers

 Jules after she got into the chocolate.  YUCK!  When will this child NOT be the messiest eater???

 Aunt K's boyfriend Mason with P after a much needed bath

(for P...not Mason)

 Papaw, P, and Mimi (with the ghost of Kourtney looming the background)

 Me and P

 sleeping again

 On Monday, the Dale girls joined us for some swimming

 Seth playing a little ball

 P falling asleep on her momma.  Her head is wet from the pool, not sweat.

 playing games

 Ansley teaching swimming school!

Paisley is 3 Months

 Paisley turned three months old last week.  She has truly turned into the VERY best baby EVER!  She is happy, smiles all the time, rarely cries, and sleeps so good!  She started sleeping through the night about 2 weeks ago.  When I say sleeping through the night, I mean she is sleeping from around 8:30 pm to almost 7:00 am every night.  Now I am not trying to brag about her by any means, because I have had NON-good babies in the past!  I have paid my dues!  But my #3 surely is a good girl!

She is a really good eater and eats a lot throughout the day.  With Jillian, I did Baby Wise, and I was so strict about her eating every three hours.  I was a little more easy going with Jules.  And with Paisley, I am just really trying to do what makes her happy.  I don't just shove a bottle into her mouth every time she cries, but I am also not trying to be a drill sargeant!  She eats smaller amounts more often in the day...and I think that routine is working great for us.  When we went in for her 2 month appt, she weighed 9 pounds and 10 ounces, so I imagine that she is up to maybe almost eleven pounds by now. 

 Paisley is also really enjoying some of her toys now.  She LOVES to lay under this one floor toy with all these hanging toys and a mirror.  She loves the mirror the most and just stares at herself.  Who can blame her...she is so cute! I just want to stare at her too! She also has this one baby doll that she gets so excited to see evertime I pull it out.  A few weeks ago, she would try so hard to move her arms to touch it, but couldn't quite get her arms to do what she wanted.  I noticed in church on Sunday though, that she was able to touch the doll...so I guess her motor skills (or whatever they are) are starting to mature!

And finally, she has started to loose her hair.  I thought she might loose it all over night like Jillian did.  So far, however, it just seems to be thinning out the dark stuff, and there is a lot of blonde underneath.  So, my girl is going to be a blondie like the rest of us.  I knew she would, but I certainly have enjoyed her pretty dark hair while it lasted!

Paisley at 3 months

For comparison:



 Jillian at 3 months



Jules at 3 months



The Last Day of School

The last day of school was so bittersweet for me this year.  I am so excited to have the girls home and to not have to be anywhere every single morning.  I love the no-schedule part of the summer.  I love to just go take the girls swimming every day or the library or to lunch.  I am so happy about that!  But, knowing that Jillian was forever done with preschool really made that day sad for me.  The girls had a blast though...as usual.  They love school.  They love their teachers and their friends and I know they will miss them this summer.  Here are the girls on the last day wearing their butterfly dresses to honor their school!

 Jillian and her teacher Ms. Beth

Jules with Ms. Holly and Ms. Nancy