Brody came over for a visit!

This weekend Allie went camping with my parents again. So Ben and I had a quiet weekend. Saturday we went out to lunch, went to a movie, did a little shopping, went to church, stopped for snowballs. Saturday night we were planning a small dinner and a movie at home. But much to our surprise, Wendi was in town with Brody! We were delighted when they stopped by for a visit!

Can you believe that he practically pushed me down to get him out of his carseat so he could hold him first and feed him?

Nice to know he hasn't lost his touch!

About 20 minutes into the visit, I finally got ahold of him!

Then Ben took him away from me. Butthead.

They had a staring contest. Ben won.

We were so glad we got to spend some time with Wendi and Brody. They live 2 hours away, so we don't get to see them as often as we would like. We love you guys!

Father's Day Weekend

Ben finally got the chance to go to Alexandria to visit his godchild Brody the Friday before Father's Day. I had to work, but Ben and Allie enjoyed their visit. I had a girls night with my sister and some friends. I would have taken pictures, but Ben had my camera.

The proud daddy (Shaun) with baby Brody.


Ben and Brody


Allie, Ben and Brody


Her Paran built her a tent on the couch.


And she tried to ride Duke the wonder dog.


The Saturday we got a great surprise. My sister and her hubby are expecting their first child in February. Congrats Brooke and Shaun! Then we went to a wedding and I forgot to bring my camera. Boo....

For Father's day we headed to the in-law's house for swimming and boiled crabs.

Of course Allie was ready to go!


Yummy crabs!


My hunny bunny.


Allie watching Strawberry Shortcake, she was pooped.


That evening I made loads of homemade lasagna (Ben's favorite) and all of my family came over to eat dinner and watch the LSU game. We had a nice time, but I was too busy to remember to take pictures. Boo again...

The Last Hurrah

Our Anniversary weekend will sound pretty boring to most, but we had a great time. We spent the night in Lafayette and had a wonderful dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. The next morning Ben dragged me to the Academy to get some new shoes, which was just a cover up cause we all know he wanted to look at the hunting and fishing stuff!

From there we headed to Alexandria, Louisiana. Population 46,362. Our friends Shaun and Wendi are two of them. They had their first baby yesterday (can't wait to meet you baby Brody!), so we spent their last single days with them. They just moved back to Louisiana from Pennsylvania and this was the first time we got to see their new house. Shaun had to work Saturday, so we took Wendi out to lunch and then we went to see the movie What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas with Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz. Very cute and funny.
A quick stop by TCBY cause mommy and baby needed a chocolate fix, and we were on our way back to their house. There, we did nothing. And it was so nice. Wendi and I talked about the delivery (she had a scheduled c-section cause the bebe was breech), watched some tv and waited for Shaun to come home.
Then we continued to do nothing for a few more hours. Blissful. Finally we dragged ourselves here for dinner. It was delicious, gotta love some good seafood!
And then we stayed up until almost 2:00! I think Shaun and Wendi were feeling really anxious and nervous. We had a great time.

Sunday morning the guys got us donuts for breakfast, we watched Selena on TNT, then headed to Home Depot. A quick lunch at a local Mexican restaurant, and we had to say goodbye. The Last Hurrah was over.

Baby Brody was born yesterday morning, and weighs in at 7 pounds, 4 ounches and is 20 inches long. I was waiting to do this post until I got some photos, but none yet. Ben is his godfather and is so excited to meet him. We aren't sure when we will get there to meet him, we want to make sure they have alone time and get settled in first.
Congrats Shaun and Wendi. We love you!

Ben and Shaun doing nothing.


Wendi got us this delicious strawberry cake for our anniversary.


It was gooooddd!

My lovely husband.

Duke, The Wonder Dog. He was hoping we would drop a piece of cake!

Quite possibly the last belly pic. She was so cute!

Loving on Wendi and the baby!