Beautiful Zoo Day

We took a picnic lunch to the zoo today. Sitting in the shade with the breeze was just wonderful.
Mom came and Jenni & Addison.

Little bubba in his hat that was WAY too big for him! He was a good boy and slept over half the time we were at the zoo....then, he woke up and was mad and wanted his diaper changed. I changed him right on the stroller. I was telling him he better not get mommy's stroller messy, right when I said that he tooted and then started pooping I hurried up and slid my hand underneath to catch the poop so it wouldn't get on my brand new stroller! THEN he started peeing and I had to turn him to the side real fast so he would pee off the side. Mom was laughing so hard she couldn't breath. Little pooper scooper! At least my stroller stayed clean!!!

Sophie & Addi watching the ducks.

The Otters swimming.

Taking a break.

Another diaper change 5 minutes later.

Always the BEST part of the zoo trip...getting ice cream at Zestos!!!

Yumm

Addi liked eating the side of the cone.

All gone!

Alone Upstairs

Sophie was in her bedroom upstairs playing quietly...too quietly.

That girl came downstairs and this is what she had on. Old nylons from last year that were WAY too small and nothing else.
I started cracking up. She was up there for a long time trying to put them on. And she did a pretty good job! Raja is covering her eyes saying, "Go put some clothes on, I don't wanna see that!!!"
She went back upstairs and was up there for a while again and came back down with this on. It's an old white onesie. She put it on like a tube dress.
Then she put her arms in but let the bottom unsnapped. Too funny!

Guilty!!!

Hanging outside

Chillin in the chair
My cutie

Patootie

We had a fun time outside

Kisses

So what if I put fake eye-lashes on her everyday....what's wrong with that?

Daydreamer

Goofball

Sunhat.

Soph sprayed me.

Sunday Dinner

We usually have dinner at my parents on Sunday evenings, but tonight my dad was out of town with 8 other guys on a golf trip (but actually on his way home) and Vernon had to call a mandetory staff meeting with his techs, so he wasn't there. But I made dinner and we just had my brothers and mom over here.

The girls swimming in the pools.
Hoola-hooping
Eating together at the little kids table.

The fam.

Vollen had just let out a huge burb and we were all laughing at it.

Playing in the yard.

Kissin' Cousins

Vollen was getting attacked by kisses from sissy & cousins Skyler and Rylee.
Skyler going cross eyed from kissin' him so much.

Rylee eating his head.

Sophie's face is stuck in kissy face mode.

You know you're from Nebraska when...

You learn how to shuck an ear of corn at age 2!
Mama's little helper!

She has a job! Watering the Hibiscus plants. She feels very important.

Yumm! A true American dinner on the patio.

Sophie loves her some corn!!!

A Stroll to the Box

We went for a walk to drop off our Red Box movie and to get another.
Both of the kids were snoozin' half way through.

Mommy let daddy push the stroller for a while.

Our destination.

Whem we got home we lifted up the sunvisor and Sophie was peeking out at us.

Baby V's eye lashes.

Cooing & Batting

Well, I thought I was done posting for today, but something just happened that I want to document. I was holding Vollen on my lap. He was sitting facing me with the boppy propping him up behind him. I was talking to him and trying to get him to start cooing. Tonight was the first time I actually felt like he was trying to talk to me back. His mouth was moving like he was trying to talk and his eyes were really big and he was starring at me the entire time. After a long time he had a tiny smile IN RESPONSE to what I was saying. This is the first time he has ever done these things and I truly thought it was real. It made me tear up, like he is finally getting it!!!! I hope this is just the start of more to come.

I also was holding Sophie's play necklace over him trying to get him to bat at it. He actually did grab onto it a couple times and batted at it a lot. My little baby is growing up!!!

It's H E R E!!!

Finally my stroller arrived! We had ordered it way back when Vollen was only two or three weeks old. They said it would be in at the end of May, and here it is the end of June. Do you know how many beautiful evenings we could have been enjoying only having one stroller and being able to have one person only in control of Raja and how many walks I could have been doing by myself with the kids???

Well, we are so glad that we finally have it and boy is it nice. It has suspension hydrolics and is such a smooth ride. It turns on a dime and is just so slick all the way around. It is the Cadillac of strollers and was worth the extra money. We will use it so much. We were so excited to take it for a spin that we didn't care that it was the hottest part of the day and just miserable humidity outside, we just wanted to do a trial run.

We failed to realize that Miss Sophie had missed BOTH of her naps today and was absoultely in the worst mood. She cried and whined the entire walk. It was really not enjoyable at all. She went straight to bed when we got home.
Here Vernon is going to get her after she decided to sit down on the sidewalk and pout and cry and not move. NOT FUN!