Way Behind.......

So we are WAY behind on blog posts! We have had too much going on it seems over the last two months and now it's almost summer! Here's the first of posts to catch up on some pictures. My mom came down for a visit last month- We also got to spend some time with my aunt and uncle from north carolina while she was here. We had a good time and Grammy helped John and I ALOT, so here are some pictures from her visit.....


Swimming at the pool with Grammy- I like this pic of the two of them....


Austin, Aunt Mandy, and Grammy


We went out to dinner one night at the beach with my family- here's john and Austin having fun in the sand.


This is how my mom and I found Austin one day :) He had crawled into the bathroom & unrolled the toilet paper roll!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Sneaking in some late St. Patricks Day pics.....


Our little man....


All of us opening a package we received from Grammy and Grampy that day....


The green guys- in case you can't read it here, Austin's shirt says "little hooligans club". Perfect!

Look What Austin Got....!!

And so the GIANT toys taking over our house begins.....We recently bought Autin this inflatble ball pit/clubhouse for outside. He loves to be outside and he hasn't quite hit walking yet and we didn't want him crawling around on our deck or finding dog poop in the yard, so we purchased this thing! He likes playing with his toys in there and loves it when you fill it up with the balls.


I love my ball pit!


Look at that face- he loves it!


Yeah, where did our nice roomy deck go????

Crawfish Festival

This past Sunday my sister, John and I took Austin downtown to the Crawfish festival here. We had and great time and it was a beautiful day.....we loaded up on cajun food, enjoyed the music, and the water!



Jammin to the cajun band with my Aunt Mandy.....


I love this picture- here's Austin and John doing some bird watching by the water. Austin LOVES to watch birds and it's fun to watch him track them as they fly.


Austin is definantly the little people watcher wherever we go....


Hanging out with dad at the water.....


Don't be jealous! This was our view of Tampa bay!


Last but not least, Austin picked a big duck out of a pond and won this fabulous new ball!!.....he's really into throwing and catching them right now.

Austin's New Do....and a couple extra pics

John took Austin for his 2nd haircut last week before we have some pictures made this week. He must have got his dad's gene on that one, because he just had his first haircut in January and he was looking pretty shaggy as you can tell from recent pics. It didn't go as well as the first cut I'm told, but here he is after a nap and some lunch- all was good!


Am I handsome or what with this new cut???


Here's Austin and Aunt Mandy having some good bubble time. This is one of his new favorite things to do. He loves watching the bubbles and trying to chase after them and pop them.


Trying to catch the big one......


Hey little man!


Austin zipping around on his hippo!


This is the newest face austin likes to make- the grouch face! He makes this face and huffs and puffs- we'll do it to him and he will do it right back to us....it's pretty funny!

A Few Pictures From Our Weekend....

Yes, this was one of the highlights of our weekend.....it was a rainy saturday so we decided to take austin to our baseball team's (tampa rays)fan fest, AND that is where he got to meet the chick-fil-a cow!!! Um, as you can tell he's really not sure what to think about this creature with the big head!


Me and Austin having fun hanging out at the baseball field....


Hanging out with dad watching all the kids run the bases....


Austin is now getting the hang of riding on his hippo and thinks it's a thrill when you push him REALLY fast on it!

Austin's 1st Birthday Party

This past weekend we went to Austin's first birthday party for our friends Chris and Katia's son Tyler's second birthday. It was at a really nice playground in their neighborhood and Austin had a great time swinging on the swing and going down the slide and most of all, watching the other kids. We also have to say happy second birthday to Cali and Jim's son, Luke!


Luke and Tyler when they were just babies at the beach!


All the kids with the cake- that's tyler in the red in front of the cake.


Trying out the airplane with dad....


Swinging with mom......


The three of us enjoying the birthday party at the park!


This is Austin's newest favorite thing to do in our bedroom when we are not looking- empty our drawers for us!


Um, how did this happen? John caught this picture of Austin the other day....needless to say he is motoring ALL around!


Austin's cute little valentine outfit from his grammy.