Very Independent (in honor of Independence Day)

We use spoons by ourselves like champs...







Unless of course our father is feeding us and gives us very liquidy yogurt...Oops :)


As Tyger would say, "Uuuhhh Oooohhh"

There must be something in the water around here lately because my tiny little preemies are, suddenly, very independent! I used to loath the days when they were immobile and confined to their bouncy seat, boppy, bumbo seat, where ever we laid them down. Now, as they are running past me and splitting in 4 different directions, I am praying for a few of those laid back days where a vibrating seat and a pacifier made them happy!! Seriously though, I couldn't thank the Good Lord enough for our perfectly healthy and extremely active 21 month old kiddos. They are a handful (or 4), but I can't imagine life any other way. We are just so thankful for these children and for our wonderful family and friends that make this crazy life of ours a little less hectic and a lot more fun.

Two weekends ago Torey went on a boys fishing trip and I was planning on having a low key weekend with the Cakes...that was before my friend Donna texted me and invited me to Gulf Shores. I laughed when she said "come on, we have an extra bed". I thought "yeah right"! But the stars aligned and The Barbers took Cullen and Abbey to the rodeo for the weekend and my parents took Em and Tyger...SWEET! I hoped in my dad's red Corvette, picked up Sandra Cochran on the way and we were at the beach in Gulf Shores, AL by 10pm Friday night. We had a blast, Torey had a blast and the Cupcakes, well, I'm sure you can fill in the blank. I was home at noon on Sunday and while they were happy to see me, they were sad to come home...it is too much fun outside the schedule driven confines of Fort Tubre!

So this past weekend we decided to really spend some quality time with our little Cupcakes since we deserted them the weekend before. So after a spending Wednesday night at Chateau Aucoin (my rents house - they were out of town) for a little anniversary R&R, we spent all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday doing all kinds of fun stuff with the Cakes like...


Chillaxin - just enjoying the view


Wrangling steer Cullen at the rodeo




Feeding the monkey Daddy at the zoo on our couch


Riding our little cart around the house 500 times


Loving on "Baeerr", our teddy bear




Testing mommy and daddy's patience and looking precious while doing it


Washing off all the fun dirt and getting ready to do it again the next day

and most importantly...laughing all the way!


Until Next Time,