LOTS of Updates below

OK, I caught up until the beginning of May. That is 13 posts. Ridiculous! I had fun updating and now that I am able to put pictures on here it is much more interesting. Have fun reading!

I. Love. You.

Before Lucas was speaking well enough for us to understand that he was saying "I love you" Eric taught him some sign language. Granted you may not find this in the American Sign Language Dictionary, but it works for us.

I

Love

You!

Zoo

We went to the zoo in May before it became unbearably hot here in Alabama. Lucas loved seeing all the animals. I think the cutest part was watching him make the noises when he saw a particular animal. He was too precious!

We actually got to watch them train, feed, and bathe the lions. It was pretty cool. Basically they would do anything to get some raw hamburger meat.

Alice

This is when I looked up to the heavens and thanked God for opposable thumbs that allow me to hold a cup!

Cool dudes in their shades. Never mind that Lucas wasn't wearing them on his ear correctly. It's how he rolls.

Eric said this reminded him of someone. I couldn't for the life of me figure out who though.

We of course had to get our picture made with the gorilla cut out

Playing with Mimi

It is always so much fun playing at Mimi's house!

Jack-Jack turns 5!

Jackson turned 5 years old in April and we celebrated down at Grayton Beach with a pirate themed party! It was so much fun! The guests included: Keith, Melissa, Jackson, and Langdon; Nana and Poppa; Mamaw and Papaw; Mimi; Courtney and Mark; Uncle Rusty; Aunt Debra; Eric, Lucas, and I.

Once again, bragging on my sister-in-law and mother-in-law who made the cake:

These were the individual cakes for the kids made to look like treasure chests. I mean how cute is that?!

Jackson was incredibly lucky because he FOUND BURIED TREASURE!!!!

Digging away (thanks Uncle Rusty for using your iPhone treasure hunting app!)

Time for cake!

We all dressed as pirates for the occasion

The kids had a blast and were exhausted by the end of the day!

Making a fashion statement

I have no idea how he got his arm out like this. Houdini I tell you!

Feeding the Ducks with Mimi

We stopped by one Saturday to visit Mimi and decided to go feed the ducks and geese at the lake that is by her house. I don't know who had a better time, Lucas or Mimi! She is 90 years young and you would think that she was in her 60s. Lucas LOVES his Mimi! Recently we stopped by her house on the way home from picking her up. She wasn't home (she had gone out with friends - quite the mover and shaker my Mimi). When I put the car in reverse Lucas begins to scream and pitch the biggest fit. Thank goodness he was strapped in or else he could have hurt himself! Mimi of course loved this story!

He would bring his arm waaaayyyy back and then throw it about two inches from where he was standing.

He was fearless. I had to keep bringing him back away from the geese. He wanted to pet them. He also wanted to go swimming in the lake...fun times!