More fun at the lake

Pryce enjoyed all the extra attention
















And practicing his walking. He's taken a couple steps on his own.
















Everett and Ms. Prissy, the cat, became buddies.

Spashin'

The boys also enjoyed splashing in the pool and sprinklers with cousin, Hayley.

Cookin'

And what's a weekend at the lake without some good home-cookin'?? Everett made some yummy mashed taters.


















Pryce even approved of the grub!

First Mate Pryce

On Saturday, Pryce enjoyed a leisurely cruise in the paddle boat with Grandad.

Chillin' at the lake

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend and one we'll always remember.
We'll be sad when the lakehouse sells, but are so thankful for all these special memories!

Pryce's 10 month check-up

Pryce had his 10 month check-up today. Sometimes I'm amazed that he's already 10 months old and at other times it seems like he must be older because it's hard to remember what it was like not having him in our family. He's such a sweet little boy and amazes me with his strength, fearlessness and endless smile. He's already got 2 teeth on the bottom and another 3 on top ... no wonder he plows through his meals like he does! He's completely on a "table-food" diet now and will give any new food a try (if only Everett would follow suit!)

The doctor informed me today that the philosophy of avoiding eggs, milk, nuts, etc. in an infant's diet prior to age 1 or 2 is no longer the recommendation. It was previously believed that withholding these foods early in a baby's diet would lessen the chances of the baby developing an allergy. Not so anymore ... they found this theory to be untrue. Soooo .... our little cutie-pie will be getting to have his first scrambled eggs pretty soon - woo hoo!

Here are his stats from today's visit:

Weight: 20# 1.6oz - 50th %

Height: 28.5 inches - 50th %

Head: 44cm - 10th %

and here's the P-Man posing for our annual Father's day photo shoot

(Sorry for the graininess ... I had to scan and the results weren't so pretty)

And here are more of our Father's Day photos

P.S. - Happy Father's day David, Dad and Ray ... I never did get around to blogging for Father's day (poor David worked ALL weekend) but I hope it goes without saying how lucky I feel to have 3 wonderful "Dads" in my life.

Love you Guys!!!

Play time

Here are some photos I took last week of the boys playing in Everett's room.

New trees

After losing a couple of trees in a severe April storm, we purchased a few replacement trees at Treeland in Gunter. It was a bit of a drive to get there, but the savings and selection made it well worth the trip! The trees were delivered and planted for us on Wednesday. Here's how they look:



We chose a Chinese Pistachio for the backyard to replace the Bradford Pear we lost.



We put three Crape Myrtle "Dynamite" in the front bed that was previously home to a large tree. The bed looks a bit pitiful after being trampled by the guys who cut down what was left of the old tree and then again trampled to plant the new ones ... hopefully we'll get it looking nice again soon.










We also planted a Red Oak in the front.










And here's a view of the whole front yard with the new trees. We are looking forward to watching them grow and mature.

Tub time

Pryce loves his baths!

Future consultant

Pryce helping Daddy work.

First day at new school

The boys started their new school yesterday. The morning "drop off" went incredibly well. I wasn't concerned about Pryce as he's yet to exhibit much separation anxiety. However, there were numerous mornings at E's previous school when he didn't want to go in and put up quite a fight and tears. So I was REALLY pleased when he ran into his class and even gave his new teacher, Miss Kristen, a hug. We spent about an hour visiting the school last Thursday and I think this really helped. We did have a few tears this morning when it was time for me to leave, but his teacher said that didn't last long. Both boys seem really content when I've gone to pick them up. Pryce has two teachers in his class - Miss Meagan and Miss Amy. He has a large area to crawl around and I think he's been getting lots of exercise. I was surprised to hear he ate chicken nuggets and mashed taters for lunch ... I think we'll give up on the baby food soon since it's much easier to give him finger food and let him feed himself (and less of a mess!). I was told he only napped for 15 minutes yesterday ... I guess he was too busy! Of course, he was sound asleep within minutes of getting into the car. Here's a couple pictures of my fellas from yesterday morning.

Pryce speaks!!

David and I had a "date night" on Friday. (Thanks Mom & Dad for babysitting!) Before leaving for a wonderful dinner, we told our boys goodbye. When we told Pryce goodbye, we were quite pleased when he responded ... with a shake of his arm (we interpreted it as a wave) and his first words! "Bah-Bah!" Ok, so maybe they don't sound quite like words, but it seemed he was clearly telling us "bye bye" and he did this twice in response to our farewell.

He has been quite the motor mouth lately. His first babblings were "mama mamma" but he also says "gaga" and every now and then we hear a "dada".

It's hard to keep up with this child. He's a go-getter and changing diapers lately has become a bit of a wrestling match ... with me often working up a sweat!

He's such a happy kid and incredibly resilient ... even to the roughness his big brother has been bestowing upon him lately. If I had a nickel for every time I've said "Everett, GET OFF YOUR BROTHER" the past couple weeks, I'd be a rich Mama!

I'll post some new pics of Pryce this week ... I realize Everett has been hogging the blog space lately.

The boys start their new school tomorrow. Fingers crossed all goes smoothly. It will be REALLY nice to have them at the same place ... ONE drop off and ONE pick up ... should save me lots of time and fuss!