June Compliation

 6/3 - Fuzin Dinner at BJs Brewery - My sisters and our cousins (Dillon, Tyler, Ally and Andrew) refer to ourselves as the Fuzins (Friend Cousins). Hopefully this was the first of many Fuzin dinners!

 6/8 - These girls are already fast friends

 6/8 - Derek has lost so many teeth, it's hard to figure out how he eats anything!

 6/9 - Heidi is so smiley now! I love it!!

 6/9 - My friend, Holly Duenas, came back to Prosper to visit! It was so fun to catch up with her a bunch of other ladies from the former Prosper 2nd Ward at Frontier Park.

6/9 - First official date night since Heidi was born! We went to McKinney Moviehouse and Eatery to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. It was awesome! We got so many wary looks walking in with a tiny baby but she slept the entire time. Three people came up to us afterward to comment on how impressed they were with our sweet, well-behaved baby. She's a keeper, haha!

 6/10 - This is a very common occurrence. Heidi "helps" Bama in the kitchen when she decorates her cakes. 

 6/13 - This was such a sweet moment for me. Juenessa was one of the counselors at Hope Women's Center who helped me when I found out I was pregnant with Heidi. I was one of the very few women who come to the center excited about a planned baby. She saw Heidi on the ultrasound screen at 14 weeks gestation and it was such a sweet, wonderful experience to share my blessing with these ladies. Juenessa had stayed in touch with me throughout my pregnancy and is such a blessing to the women who come into the center. I'm so glad I met her!!

 6/14 - Back is best, right? Not for this kid. Bama expertly figured out that Heidi is a staunch belly sleeper and she taught me how to safely arrange blankets in Heidi's bassinet and on the couch so she can get some good rest. She's getting so big already!

 6/14 - Oh boy. These two boys are professional toad hunters now. They catch toads in the backyard at least twice a week. Today's participants in the toad hunt were less than thrilled and I couldn't help but laugh at the boys' enthusiasm contrasted with the irritation of the toads, hahaha!

 6/15 - This really happened. The boys, Derek in particular, feel a little left out when I paint Clara's nails and they often ask if I can paint their nails too... and then ask why boys don't wear nailpolish. tired of the constant nagging, I gave in today and painted their nails. Derek had dark blue with a layer of glitter on top and Bryce had light blue with the same glitter on top. They wore it for about a half an hour til the novelty wore off and then sheepishly asked me to remove the polish. Lesson learned, lol.

 6/17 - Heidi is rocking her fluff-hawk as we call it (instead of a mohawk, get it?) and an adorable double chin.

 6/17 - Heidi is 2 months old today!! Slow down!!

 6/22 - Here is the walking definition of Bro-mance. These two are best friends and it is so cute!

 6/23 - Milk drunk after a 2 am feeding, lol. Love those chubby cheeks!

 6/24 - "Take me a picture, Mom!" Puzzle pieces can also be used as blaster guns, haha!

 6/27 - After weeks of 3 hours of sleep at night or less, some days you just have to put your game face on. "Put some color on" is a common Southern antidote for dwelling on your problems.

 6/27 - Derek loves to build things. He was very proud of this car he made, even though he didn't have any instructions to go off of. 

 6/29 - Mitchell asked me to bring Heidi to his workplace so he could show her off to his coworkers. After much deliberation about my outfit, I chose one of my favorite shirts and set off. One of Mitchell's coworkers said upon seeing me, "Oh wow, you match your carseat cover!" Oops. Totally didn't see that coming since I ordered the carseat cover off Amazon and bought my top from LuLaRoe. Guess I really like English roses, haha!

6/30 - Heidi occasionally makes this creepy face when she sleeps. Aunt Bella makes the same face, to this day, haha. 

Pinstack Bowling with Aunt Mary

We were so excited to hear Aunt Mary is in town this weekend! She wanted to spend an evening bowling and playing games at Pinstack Bowling and the kids were thrilled to be included. I had previous plans with Liz, Jenna, Sereen and Lanae to meet for dinner at Cheesecake Factory and the movie Me Before You. Thankfully I was able to meet them for a delicious dinner and then head over to catch up with the rest of my family. Derek, Bryce and Clara were having a blast running from game to game and all over the arcade portion of the building. Mitchell, Tyler, Andrew and I dominated a couple games of Lasertag. At one point, Bryce snuck off with Aunt Amy and Danny to get some food and he was in heaven having a whole plate of chicken strips and fries to himself, as well as the undivided attention of Aunt "Mamie" and Danny. ;) It was great to see Aunt Mary; Val; Aunt Veronica and Andrew; Aunt Jenn, Uncle Tim, Dillon, Tyler and Ally; Beth, Declan and Jilli; and Gamm and Papa. I think I just missed my mom, but we had a lot of fun hanging out with family and playing games together. Clara turned out to be kind of a good luck charm for Gamm and Aunt Mary at one of the games, Derek scored 500 tickets in a single round of a game, and Bryce was obsessed with the Transformers game. At the end of the night, Aunt Mary took all the kids, (Derek, Bryce, Clara, Declan, Jilli, Ally, Tyler and Andrew) into the prize room to pick out prizes. Altogether, I think we scored over 13,000 tickets! It was a super fun (super late!) night with my family. :)

 Derek loved playing this giant Connect 4 game

 Clara's great-grandma and great-great aunt ADORE her. 

 My lovely sister, Val and my lovely Aunt Jenn!!

 Derek, Ally and Dillon had fun playing this game together

 Mitchell was Phaser 22, I was Phaser 28, Andrew was Phaser 26 and Tyler was Phaser 33. Blue team for the win!

 Bryce loves Danny, Aunt "Mamie" and food. Triple score!! :D

 Who knew fishing was such intense work?!

 Derek's face when he got the biggest fish, haha!

 Mitchell helped the kids with another fishing game

 Aunt Mary, Gamm and I!

 Derek and Bryce loooooved playing this Ghostbusters game. They shot ping pong balls at ghosts.

 Bryce, Aunt Mary, Clara and Derek! :D

 Clara and Bryce took out the Decepticons on the Transformers Game. Mitchell eventually jumped in to help them out.

 Papa kept his eye on Bryce while he perched on the rotating entrance wheel

 Papa, Bryce and Danny

Bryce loves Hulk

The Gradubirthday Party

My little sister is 21!! My cousin is has graduated from college and going straight for his masters! Crazy! Uncle Tim and Aunt Jenn invited Mitchell and I to join them at Pinstack Bowling for a night of fun - without kids! We were so excited for this evening... but I wear the crown of Dork of the Universe. I wrote "Gradubirthday, 7 pm" on the calendar.... under Friday. Not Saturday. So, Friday night rolls around and I've arranged to swap babysitting with Jenna and watch her kids Saturday since she's watching mine tonight. As Mitchell is dropping the kids off, I check my text to verify time and place... and realize the part is at 8.... tomorrow. GAAAAAHHH!!! So, Mitchell and I make the best of it and go to Chipotle and see Jupiter Ascending in the movie theater. Should've waited for the dollar theater, but Chipotle never disappoints. :) My family was understandably disappointed, but I had already made the commitment to watch Jenna's kids so she and Jon could go see the Nashville Tribute band give a fireside/concert at the Stake Center. So cool! After a little nudging from one or two people...ahem... I scrambled to work out a last minute solution for a babysitting swap yet again. The stars aligned for me, but Jenna turned out to be the only one who wanted to go see the band and Liz's family was in town. Mitchell, however, was exhausted from working 36 of the last 48 hours and fell asleep literally the minute he laid down on the bed. So.... I went. Without kids! :D I love my kids, but gosh it was nice to get a much needed adult night. Aunt Mary came in from out of town and she's always a blast. :D Uncle Tim and Aunt Jenn arranged for us to play a game of bowling, eat a ton of pizza, play unlimited laser tag, bumper cars, laser maze (think spy movies) and rock climbing, plus a ton of video games! It was so awesome!! I got there just after 8 and didn't get home til 2:30 in the morning. HAPPY GRADUBIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Mom, Aunt Mary, Rob and Val hanging out during our bowling game

Bella, Danny and Amy waiting their turn for bowling

These two need to stop being so cute! ;)

Pinterest inspired this...tasty... birthday cake. ;) No alcohol was involved in the eating of this cake, I assure you. The bottles were all emptied beforehand.

Dillon let Val blow out the candles, lol.

The birthday cousins!

Me, Kelly, Mom and a photobombing Rob. Well played, Rob.

Val, Mom, Kelly, me, and Amy! I love my family!

Uncle Tim was raring to go for laser tag! Pew pew pew!!

Danny, Amy, Dillon, Bella and Dwight attempted the ropes course suspended 15 feet or so above the video games. Danny was the only one to look down for a picture, lol.

Amy and Bella race up the rock wall. Amy won twice, but Bella was right behind her both times.

Amy did her theatrical waves as she repelled down the rock wall

Bella on the rock wall

Danny and Amy played the Wizard of Oz game, too and they scored the Dorothy card worth 100 tickets. Way to go!

Aunt Mary has the luck of the Irish - she scored so many extra coins, tokens and bonus ticket tokens that we were able to get several cool toys for the boys - a parachute man, two plastic sharks, a huge foam glider and a set of small wooden dominoes. We had lots of fun playing this game together! Thanks Aunt Mary! Thanks Uncle Tim and Aunt Jenn!