My Little Ham

He's so full of expressions now.

Trophy Time

The Rattlers celebrated the end of the season with a lively pool party and trophy ceremony last week.  The boys were adorable when they went up to receive their trophies and held them in the air with such pride.

Each boy received a Little Elm Blastball League trophy and an MVP trophy from the coach.  These were Micah's first two trophies.  We're so proud!

Southern Boy

He may be my Colorado-born baby, but I'll make a Southern boy out of him!

Pure, simple joy from the water hose!

Silas at 7 Months

...I couldn't decide which ones to post, so I'm posting all of the pictures.

Tidbits About Our Chunk

• These photos were taken at 7 months and 11 days.
• He has cut two teeth.
• He's eating everything we poke in his mouth:  green beans, sweet potatoes, bananas, apples, mandrin oranges, peaches, carrots, squash and peas.  You name it, he'll eat it. 
• He still does NOT sleep through the night.
• He loves to bounce in his exersaucer.
• He still gets really excited when his brother is in the room.  (This may be the demise to our nursing.) 
• He weighs a solid 18 lbs.
• Diaper changes have become tricky.  He loves to wiggle.

Bring on Summer!

After realizing Micah's 3-year-old wading pool had a couple of cracks, we decided it was time for a new one. 

I really wanted to get the one with the slide built right into it, but it wouldn't fit in the 4Runner.  He likes the one we got just the same. 

We even kept the old one around so he has one to rinse his feet in before he jumps in.   Trust me.  There's a lot of jumping in and out.

We LOVE Summer!

Sky Zone

As you may have noticed I've been skipping out on blogging for most of the past month.  I could give you a million excuses, but my main one has been that I've been trying to live a little out from behind my camera.  And well, let's face it, my writing skills aren't that enticing.  So, one of my blogs with no pictures is just boring. 

And for good measure I'll give you two more reasons I've been a slacker...1.)I joined a book club.  Yeah, me.  In the past couple of years the only books I've read have cardboard pages and lots and lots of pictures.  So, this has been a good change.  Even if I did finally finish the assigned book the morning of the book club meeting. 2.)I'm a mother of two.  Need a say more?

For Memorial Day weekend we made the drive to Mississippi.  It was good to go home and see my family.  Micah loves seeing and interacting with his cousins, and everyone wants to squeeze Silas these days. 

While we were there, we went to Sky Zone.  I swear me and Steve Harris dreamed up the idea of this place during the summer before 9th grade.  When we weren't at the pool we lived  on his trampoline!  If only we knew about business plans and whatnot back then, we could have been rich.  So, anyway, Sky Zone is an indoor trampoline park.  Litterally, wall-to-wall trampolines.  So. Much. Fun.

That's right!  This almost 30-year-old still has it.

This kid was not at all interested in stopping for a picture.

 This old lady needed a little assistance getting out of the foam pit ;)

  A big "thank you" to Tom for snapping these pictures even if he really just wanted to document me trying to break my neck. 

Wrapping Up the Season

Our little slugger just finished up his last game of Blastball until the fall. (Wahoo, two seasons per year!) Here are a few shots from the last game.

 We're so proud that he wasn't the kid filling his hat full of dirt and then dumping it on his head. 

 Aim is all about the positioning of the tongue.

 He had tons of fun and learned so much.  Can't wait to do it all again!