Scooter

Hads is doing more of a belly-slide to get places than really crawling - she scoots herself by her arms. She must have really strong arms to pull herself, I figure! She loves to pull down our salad bowls and the kids' tv trays from the shelf on the island. She tried deviled eggs today, and it was love at first taste. Actually, I haven't given her anything that she didn't like. She's got another ear infection right now after only being off antibiotics for 4 or 5 days, so hopefully we'll get those ears cleared up before the beach. She's waving "hey" and "bye-bye" a little, but they are different styles - she looks like she's washing a window when she waves "hey", and her fingers go in and out for "bye-bye"... SO fun!!

Spa Night

Last weekend, Miller wanted to watch Underdog with Jay and have a boy's night...so Lane came up with the idea for us to have a girl's spa night while the guys did their thing and after we put Had to bed. Laney (now those of you who know her well know that this girl is a busy one - always creating) came up with an "order of events" for the evening that we followed step by step. We started with soaking our feet in the tub after using her foot scrub, painting toenails, and then painting fingernails. She had also seen an idea in an American Girl party idea book about old-fashioned curls. So we cut up one of Jay's old t-shirts and twisted her hair around the strips for her to sleep on. She thought that was the coolest thing ever, and woke up earlier than usual the next morning to take the strips out of her hair to see the results. We had lots of fun just doing girly stuff together and hanging out. She's awesome.

Backyard Fun!!

Well, we weren't able to join a pool for the summer, but that doesn't mean we haven't had lots of chances for fun in the pool!! We have sweet friends that have had us over swimming at their pools, and we made our version of The Great Wolf Lodge in our backyard!! Miller loved the water slides when we went there, and Lane loved the water basketball, so...this is what we came up with. They even had their afternoon snack in the pool one day - you just can't beat that. We most certainly have a big circle of dead grass under the pool, but it will surely grow back - it's so worth it to have somewhere to cool off in the backyard!

Ole Blue Eyes

Hadley adores Laney and Miller. She thinks Lane is hilarious, and - something we think is so funny - she cannot stand to hear Miller cry. She cries immediately if Mil cries. Sweet Baby Hads....

Track 101

I'm just learning about this whole world of track and field...we went to Laney's first official track meet a couple of Saturdays ago, and it is amazing all that goes on there! A few things I did not know before we got into all of this: track meets take ALL day and they also take place just about every single Saturday, you are kind of like your child's agent b/c you have to have them at the right event at the right time and it's all very confusing to me, you have to have a plethora of snacks (the healthy kind to give them fuel - not the slim jims and little debbies I threw in the bag in a panic to get out the door) and water to last you all that time in the Texas heat, and it's very challenging with little tiny ones who need naps!!!! But, Laney had a great time and managed to get a few ribbons. She actually, since this meet, has decided that she really enjoys longer races much more - like the 300 and 400, as opposed to the 50 and 100 yard ones. Maybe we'll try those at the next meet. And she loves relays. Miller thought the whole thing was "not fair" because he didn't get a trophy. I might also add that Miller doesn't care how he gets a trophy (pie eating contest??), he just knows he wants a trophy...

Baby Hads can sit up!!

Miller's big day...

Precious Miller has been asking Jay and I for weeks and weeks if he could ask Jesus into his heart. He has said over and over that he loves God and he knows that Jesus died for our sins. This morning he came to me and said that he really wanted to pray to accept Jesus, so we called Jay at work and Jay and Miller prayed over the phone. It was sweet, sweet. You know, I wondered and wondered if he was too young to grasp it all, and if we should just wait until he was a little older so that he would really be able to get it. But Miller will eventually learn more about what sin is and why we need a Savior, and about the work and the importance of the Holy Spirit in our lives. He will eventually be baptized. But for now, he loves God and believes that Jesus died to save us and rose again from the dead. The Gospel really is meant to be simple - we so complicate things. And after all, it's not about necessarily understanding so much as it is about faith in what God has done for us.

So...we had a big steak and shrimp dinner at Memaw and Peep's house to celebrate, and Grandma is still here, so it was great to have her here for this big day!! I am so thankful...