"Our" Park

We recently discovered a park that is just over a mile away from our house. Besides only being a few minutes away, there are two other fantastic things about this park: 1 - it's mostly shaded, and 2 - it's almost always completely deserted. It's like having our own private playground without having to buy all of the expensive equipment!!

Natalie is starting to climb on everything like a big kid and even goes down the baby slide by herself! It's fun (and scary!) to watch her confidence and agility improve with every visit to "our" park.

Soaking in all the wildlife. OK, they were just ants. But we also saw butterflies, dogs, and squirrels today.

Very smug after conquering the baby slide.

Watching the airplane fly by with crazy static hair.

Did you notice that my mommy didn't tell you where our park is?

Cute to the Max

Not that I'm biased or anything, but how stinking cute is Natalie in her little maxi dress? It will definitely be packed when we leave for our cruise a month from tomorrow. Maybe I can find a big, tropical flower to stick behind her ear. I don't know if that's a good idea though. I might not be able to withstand the cuteness overload!

A Future Chef?

Natalie figured out how to get into the spice drawer today. Who am I to stifle her culinary exploration?

Hmmm...What if we combined garlic salt and garam masala?

Eureka! Garam masala and vanilla bean!!

Here Baxter, try some marjoram.

Yes, your breath smells much better now.

Last Minute August Post

Apparently I have taken a blogging hiatus. That's not to say that we haven't been doing anything for the last two months though. I'd be embarrassed to not have ANY posts for the month of August, but my bed is also calling my name right about now. So I will quickly post a SMILING Natalie for my mom who is tired of looking at the serious Natalie from my last post. This picture was taken over the weekend when we visited our friends Mark and Joanna Harvey in Charleston. More pics to come from our fun-filled trip. Eventually.

Happy 4th of July...

...from our lil' firecracker!

Flashback - July 2, 2009

On this day last year, Natalie was 15 days old and we had a visit from a whole bunch of my family. My Aunt Pennee was in town from Utah and she and my Aunt Betty brought over dinner for us. Also joining us were my parents and my mom's folks, Mema and Granddaddy. It's hard to believe how much Natalie has changed in a year!

Great-Granddaddy, Great-Mema, and Great Aunt Betty (Jo Bob)

Great Aunt Pennee gets some snuggle-time in.

Natalie shows Peepah her Kung Fu kick!

Mmmm...Granny's shoulder is delicious!

Toot, tooooot!

That is the sound of me blowing my own horn because this is my 100th blog post! Tooooooot! (Get your mind out of the gutter.)

I know it has been feast or famine on this blog with posts coming in spurts, but I'm just proud of myself for sticking with it so that all 5 of my readers can get their Natalie fixes ;)

So, here's to the next 100!