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SO hard to believe...

So, I've been working on Justin's FIRST YEAR photobook from Shutterfly and came across this from last summer when he was only two months old...
And look at little man now! ONE YEAR OLD! When I look at the picture at the top of that precious BABY boy, I think to myself....ah, let's have one more, but then I think about all of the things that I'd like the boys to see and do,
and I decide I think our family of FOUR is just right :) ... well, maybe one more??! Ha!

we're makin' progress

So, we're in the second week of swim lessons and if you read this post, you know our first lesson didn't go very well, but now we're makin' some progress and he LOVES it! Yay!
Yep, that would be Jacob on his back, almost TOTALLY under water...
holy cow, can you believe he did that??!

Jacob and Luke paddling around with Coach Joel-he gets them to do this and when I try, I get nowhere...why is that? Please tell me!!

Here's to more swim lessons :)

Sunday = FUN DAY!

We started this beautiful day with a trip to the local Fruits 'N Such Orchard...so amazing and tons of fresh fruits and veggies! It wasn't all ready for picking but as you can see, we picked some blackberries, peaches, and string beans! FUN!
Justin wasn't feelin' it...it was TOO hot for this little man!

picking some peaches...Mommy even ate one right off the tree and let me just say, DELICIOUS!!!

Mommy and her big boy! He had the most fun running through the water puddles that were left after the big rain yesterday :)

After some picking, it was off to DeDe and Pop's for a swim with Parker! Yay! They had a BLAST! They played in the big pirate blow-up ship and jumped off the side into the water at least 50 times!

no pictures because Mommy was too busy SWIMMIN'!!

Little man LOVES swimming! Cant say it enough! At this point, he was taking a water break and doing some snacking! But he was ALL about the water today, kicking around and watching the big boys splash. Each time the big boys jumped in, Justin would clap for them...JUST PRECIOUS!

Hope you all had a great weekend and a fun-filled Sunday like us!

feeling sorry for myself :(

Okay, so my "Bonka"(grandmother) has only been in Heaven for a few months now and I find myself missing her more and more. I thought it gets easier? When does that happen? Now with Justin turning ONE this week, I know that pictures like the one below of her with my Jacob will never happen between her and Justin. I miss talking to her, I miss asking her for her amazing recipes- I feel like I didn't take advantage of the time I had with her. I mean, yes I saw her all the time, talked to her on the phone and visited with her as much as possible...but I don't feel like I LISTENED to her. Her wisdom, her stories, her...well, just everything. I miss her voice, and I miss the way she would hold you tight right before she said goodbye. Her hands were always so cold and I would warm them up with mine. I want Jacob to remember her, sometimes I think he already forgets? Justin didn't get a chance to form a relationship with her and that breaks my heart each day. I wish I had more pictures with her. I have pictures of her, but not WITH her. all of these regrets..is that a normal way to feel? Oh I just hope I make her proud as a mother. I want my boys to know how much she loved them. Her face would light up when Jacob would go running down her hallway...it was such a beautiful thing to watch. and Jacob, being the tough boy that he is, would run staright into her, almost knocking her down and she'd laugh. I want him to remember that. Believe it or not, that's her with Jacob. He was so small and look at his blonde hair!! She liked to sit outside and watch him play...I will show all of these to Jacob and Justin and tell them stories about how much their "Bonka" loved them. I may be feeling sorry for myself, but...I miss her.

Got a sweet tooth?!

If you do, then head on over to Cake Mama of 2 !! It's my cousin, Angie of Angelic Confections. She is a pastry chef and makes delicious treats for any occasion! I finally talked her into joining the blog world and she is starting to get the hang of it! She has posted pictures of some of her work and let me tell you, if you think they look great on the outside, wait 'til you taste them! DELICIOUS!! She is located out of League City/Clear Lake, Texas area if you are interested??!!The cake she made for Justin's 1st birthday! It was a big hit and matched our invitations perfectly:)

Happy Birthday, Justin!

you had a super fun BIRTHDAY!! It started with some pancakes and turkey sausage(one of your fav's) and then when Daddy woke up, a trip to DeDe's to swim! You love swimming little man! Look at you!

Oh that hat! SO stinkin' cute and you kept it on the whole time!

after Jacob warmed up to swimming, he wouldn't stop jumping in and kicking all over the place....Jacob, where were you yesterday at swim lessons??! Hopefully tomorrow's lessons go a little more smoothly?? PLEASE!

Ok, so Brandon's aunt is probably the 20th person to tell me that Jacob looks like Taylor Lautner from Twilight(click his name and his pics will pull up, so you can decide??)! even a woman at Target randomly walked up to me to tell me that! This is good and bad, I guess. Bad because I think Taylor is HOT and do not want girls/women saying that about my son! He's not dating until he's 30-Ha!! and good because it's flattering that people say my son resembles the teen heart throb! I gotta admit, I think he's pretty stinkin' cute, but he's my son:)

and there's the birthday boy! I think we sang, Happy Birthday today at least 15 times because he cracked up and clapped while we sang and we couldn't get enough of it! Oh and yep, that's more blue icing...thanks MeMe! But he sure did LOVE it, so who's complaining!

Well, your birthday was filled with some swimming fun and some cake/cookies fun too!

You enjoyed every bit of it and I hope you had a SUPER, SPECIAL day! Thank you to all of the friends that called, sent texts/emails to wish Justin a very Happy Birthday! He has so many family and friends that LOVE him and I will say one, last time...I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S ALREADY ONE! He was born one year ago, today at 12:31pm at Woman's Hospital of Texas. Justin: The day you were born, our lives changed forever and you have made our family so very special...we love you way up the moon and back!

Happy FIRST Birthday, Justin!