Pool Time!

Yea! It is so hot outside I have been dying to spend some time at the pool! Mark has never been swimming before and he just loved it! After the initial shock of the cool water he started grinning, kicking, and splashing. He is swimming in a hand-me-down float toy from cousin Lexi and he wants you all to know he would never have picked a pink and purple float toy himself!


Last week Mark received a new hat from Bob. It says "Little Sooner" on the back! Sorry Cowboys fans but this pic was just too cute!

Mark had a cereal snack in his swimsuit and sun hat before he went swimming! He thinks Grammie is so funny! And I think he looks hysterical because his little hat is too small!

Grandpa's Birthday

This is a pic from my Grandpa's 80th birthday party last weekend. Its all of my cousins and all of our kids. So far Grandpa has 6 grandkids, 8 great-grandkids and two more on the way! We had a great time celebrating grandpa's birthday. I told him, "here's to 20 more" but he wasn't to keen on that idea!

Cousin Lexi

This past week Aunt Brandee and cousin Lexi were in from Norway. We hadn't seen them in several months so we tried to spend as much time as possible together. They really came in for our grandpa's 80th birthday party but we were able to celebrate the fourth of July and an early birthday party for Aunt Brandee all in one week. And I only had 3 days off the entire time they were here so it was jam-packed. (Speaking of jam, did you know door jamb is spelled with a "b"? At work the other day there was a sign that said "wet paint on door jamb" and I was thinking how funny it was that the painters spelled jam wrong. But I looked it up and they were right! Am I the only one that didn't know that?) Anyway, as you can see Mark and Lexi were checking each other out. Lexi was so sweet to Mark, giving him kisses, sharing her puppy Harley, and giving some love pats (sometimes not so soft!)


It was so funny to see Mark and Lexi side by side because she is a little squirt for her age and he seems to be chunking up lately so they look almost the same size. Well she is obviously longer but not that much heavier, in fact they are wearing the same size diapers now!

So have you ever seen such happy grandparents? I thought this picture was hysterical! You know, no wonder Mark always has that "deer in the headlight" look. If everywhere you turned someone was staring at you with an open-mouth enormous smile you'd probably be a little surprised too! =)

Year #3

Yesterday was the first day of my third year of residency and John had a great surprise waiting for me when I got home....beautiful flowers! My ER residency is 4 years so I am officially halfway finished. Yippee! Anyway, aren't these flowers from Toni's beautiful?

Mark is really getting the hang of his Johnny jump-up and he just about bounced right out of this picture!

Now I see how John gets ready in the morning when I'm gone. Mark gets propped up in our bed and watches some cartoons. I thought this picture was hysterical. John gets that same look on his face when he watches TV!

Goofy boys

I think John is training Mark early to be goofy just like him! Here are some pics from bath time the other night.

Rice Cereal Delight

Just a few more pics of Mark's first "real food" experience! This one is right before the first bite. I don't know if the picture is big enough for you to see him eyeing the spoon very suspiciously.

After the first bite.

He really prefers to hold the spoon himself. I can already tell we are going to have an ongoing battle over the spoon...but don't you worry, mommy will prevail!

"This Face"

Mark turned 5 months old last Thursday the 26th and we celebrated by starting rice cereal. We couldn't wait to start it because we wanted to capture "this face" on camera with his very first bite!

As you can see it was a messy job. Its now about 4 days later and he is starting to get the hang of it and even like it!

I'm not sure what he was thinking in this next pic. He looks kind-of drunk on rice cereal! (Did I mention he looks like his daddy in this picture?!?!)

I think his favorite part is holding the spoon himself.