Happy Father's Day & 4th of July

June flew by with the first Father's Day for Lance. He's been wanting a Yankees t-shirt for the last several birthdays and Christmases, but no one has purchased one yet. It took our daugher to finally get one for Father's Day! He was so excited, and immediately put it on to wear it for the day.

July starts a small home improvement. We've hired a crew to rip up our back patio and start over. Apparantely, the previous owner thought he was Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor and liked to play handy man around the house. You can definitely tell which jobs he decided to take home himself...including the conrete on the back patio. It's awful! It slopped TOWARD the house, had the initials JR carved in it, had puppy prints, and was uneven around the edges. Starting today, we have ripped up the old patio, and the foundation is being set for a new and improved back porch. We added about 14 feet to the width, 3 feet to the length, and a small sidewalk in front of our french doors in the back. We're so excited!

Posing with Daddy and the Yankee t-shirt I bought for him. You can't tell, but my shirt says "I Heart Daddy!" Mommy and I embroidered it especially for today!

This bib is the truth!

Family photo of the day

Going to help out Mom and Dad in the yard. Don't I look excited?

Happy 4th! Maybe next year I can try those sparkly things!

All pretty in my red, white, and blue!

Photo Shoot!

We have a little shop in Lumberton called "Many Pearls", and I went to go buy some flipflops for myself, and of course, browse the baby section! I found two really cute flower headbands for $2 each! When I got home, I made Kate play photo shoot again while I documented my awesome find!

Happy Baby!

Look how strong I'm getting!

This photo would be better if my legs weren't in it!

3 Months Old!

Kate is 3 months old today, and time is FLYING by. We went to the hospital last night to visit Eric and Jaime Laing who just welcomed their son, Griffin Jude, into the world. Holding Griffin reminded me of when Kate was born...and honestly, I don't remember her being that light, and Griffin weighs one pound more than Kate did when she was born.

Sticking my tongue out at Mommy!

Lately, she loves chewing on her hand and sucking her bottom lip which means an excess of drool and spit. Bibs have become a staple in her wardrobe. Good thing we have about 40 of them!

My hand tastes soooo good

Just waking up and playing in Mommy and Daddy's bed

Kate's Swimming Smilebox

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Swimming!

Note to self. Before trying to take a 2 month old swimming, make sure she's had a good nap beforehand. Overall, the experience was blog worthy!

Little swimmers don't come small enough for me. We opted to go without and prayed for no poopies :) Unfortunately, Kate is probably not the first to pee in the Poulter pool.

Look how tiny I still look on the carpet!

All dressed up in my crocs, swimsuit, and hat from Mrs. Polnick.

Close up - the uneasy face is already present.

Dad - rescue me...I'm not sure about this

Reclining in my Princess float from Grandmother and Granddad

Augh! I hate this Mom...I need my nap and it's hot!

This is better...

:(

Maybe if I bend this way...

Happy enough to take a quick family picture.

Grandmother rescued me

Taking a bath after swimming to get off the chlorine and suntan lotion. Shortly after this picture was taken, I took a 3 hour nap. Swimming is hard work.

Shopping with Grandmother is Fun!

Soooo, I really haven't bought my daughter anything, because she's surrounded by relatives that do it for me! Not that I'm complaining! Today was especially fun because I got to choose the clothes for Miss K. My mom and I raided Baby Gap and Gymboree (both having a sale!) and came home with a generous stack of clothes....and we did show some restraint. There are just too many cutie bootie outfits for kids! I see a future where I spend a lot of money on clothes...for both myself and for Kate. Lance...I'm sorry in advance.

Posing after our afternoon snack and shopping excursion.

Kate's new summer wardrobe

2 Months Photoshoot

Kate had her 2 months photoshoot done today at JC Penney. No smiles were captured in the process, but she didn't cry! I was happy about that! /here are a few that I captured from the website...I only ordered a few. I could go broke during this first year with pictures if I'm not careful!

All you need is love...

They kept sticking this ugly, plastic flower bouquet in her hands...

I wonder who else has touched that.

Just what are you looking at?

I look my chubbiest straight on the camera!

Mommy has a picture just like this when she was little.