best friends

Almost nothing thrills me more than watching these sisters become best friends.

In the garden.

This is the first year we've attempted a garden.

So far we've got squash, cucumbers, corn, peas, and green beans.

Maybe a tiny lettuce plant.... maybe. 

I was hesitant to plant anything, but knew that it was a good idea regardless of my enthusiasm. 

Almost as soon as I started, I fell in love.

Getting my hands dirty doesn't bother me. 

Weeding and rearranging is kind of theraputic. 

Planting those seeds and watching them grow was, dare I say, thrilling! 

I'm a nerd, I've already surrendered to that fact.

I didn't get pictures of everything and please excuse the weeds.

Oh and there are also pics of my girls... like usual.

A bright window.

I finally took down the blankets that were covering the girl's window.

(since Gwen no longer takes naps...boo)

It let in a ton of light and the girls were thrilled.

They spent the whole afternoon playing and bouncing around in there.

The simple pleasures in life are so great.

Maggie 8 months

Little Mags is 8 months and it's blowing me away just how fast time is flying by.

She really is the sweetest little thing. 

Only weighs 16lbs.

Getting better and better at crawling every day (started right before the 8 month mark)

and pulls herself up on everything!

Her mouth is tiny, but her smile is big.

She loves to eat. LOVES food.

Favorites:

squash

pears

sweet potatoes

prunes

Least Favorites:

applesauce

bananas

peas

I love going to get my babies when they wake from their naps.

It's really the best thing in the world.

She wiggles and pants and whips her head all around trying to get the best view of her mama. 

I love it.

She's saying "dada" and "mama"

and according to Layla, she knows how to say, "juice"

She loves her sisters with a passion. 

Laughs hysterically at whatever Layla is doing.

and loves to pull Gwen's hair... and Gwen lets her.

I love my baby and wish she could be frozen in time, so I could keep her little forever.

random

This silly baby has been keeping her tired Mama up at night. 

Maybe more teeth?

Silly Gwen

Layla helping Dad mow. 

Gwen was marching around saying, "I'm a girl. I'm girl. I'm the prettiest girl."

And Mags chewing on my camera toy, showing off those chompers.

Ok, so Layla needed to get her 4 year old shots, 

(which I have learned are the very worst ones to get)

and we made a deal. 

If she could be a brave girl and get the shots, 

then we could go to the dollar store and pick out anything she wanted. 

She did very well during the appointment, right up until they had her lie down. 

Poor nurse got a few hard kicks to the stomach. 

5 shots though, that's a lot! 

Off we went to pick a prize and lucky me she chose a recorder.

It makes lovely music, let me tell you.                              

Nonna comes to Texas

Last month, my mom came to visit us.

We had a lot of fun, but like usual, I forgot to bring my camera along to catch the action.

We played and played and played some more. 

Ate at Texas Roadhouse, went shopping, went to the park, got frozen yogurt, and even visited the Houston Downtown Aquarium! 

Here are a few pictures we snapped right before she left...

beautiful life

I have the most gorgeous girls.

Looking at these pictures makes my heart hurt, 

in the best kind of way.