Fun times...

We had a nice and relaxing weekend. Since we now have a housekeeper (God Bless Mrs. Virgie), we get to spend more time organizing our house. We spent most of the day Saturday doing just that! And we had a bbq at our house and took Allie swimming!

She did so well, kicking her legs and "swimming" on her own.


We got her this new swimsuit, which we think helped a lot.



My dad took her for a bike ride.


Aren't they cute?


BIG NEWS! Allie has used the potty a few times! Here she is enjoying a surprise for doing so. A blowdryer, brush and mirror for her baby doll.

Lovely Weekend

I wish we had more weekends like this one. Quiet, lazy, nice.

Saturday we took Allie to Ben's parents house to go swimming. Brooke, Shaun and Sheyenne joined us. We had a nice time, but it was hot!

Enjoying the pool.


Trying floaties for the first time...she wasn't a fan.


On the way there, Brooke and Shaun did a quick dumpster dive and got this monkey out of our neighbor's trash can. (what am I gonna do with them?) Needless to say, the monkey provided us with lots of entertainment throughout the day!


Shiney and Allie


My hubby doing a belly flop.


Allie and Shiney laying out.


Allie and her Nanny getting down.


The monkey got some sun too.


And had too much to drink...


Sunday Jennie and James came over to watch the LSU Baseball game with us. Allie and Abby had a good time playing as usual.


James swore that turning his hat outside in would bring better luck for the Tigers. He was right!


Allie got to indulge in one of her favorite treats last night for being such a good girl all weekend. Ice Cream!


Probably should have given her this before her bath...


We also had a big bbq Saturday night for the LSU game, but I was so busy cooking and cleaning, that I didn't take any pictures.

GEAUX TIGERS!

Memorial Day

Poor hubby had to work on Memorial Day, so it was just me and Allie. The in-laws invited us over for a bbq and to swim in their huge in-ground pool.

Starting off with a cute photo of Allie:)


She loved jumping off the side.


Kick those legs!


My sister-in-law, affectionately known as JuJu. Ain't she pretty?

In other news, Operation: Potty Train Allie isn't going so well. We have spent countless hours in the bathroom with no results. I'm getting frustrated...

Hoping that reading a book will help.

I thought for sure something was happening here..but nope.

This is Allie the morning after her big swim at the in-laws house. She was exhausted. I moved her from her bed to mine, in hopes of her waking up on her own. No luck. It was a whiney morning for all involved.

Memorial Day Weekend

It's so hot outside. I have to keep reminding myself why I live in Louisiana. And it's only May. Warmer weather is sure to come. Sunday was Ben's only day off work this week, so he used it to get some important things done. Like washing his truck and letting Allie SWIM!

Keeping the gas guzzler clean, good thing it never goes too far.


Of course she wanted to help in any way possible.


It sure was hot, ain't he cute?


Finally getting to swim. She was "running experiments", as Pop would say.

She wanted me to fill up her water gun.

While they were washing and swimming, I picked some basil from my herb garden.

And made this delicious pesto pasta!

Later in the day, Jennie, James and Abby came over to play and for dinner.

She would kill me if she knew this was on here!

I gave the girls a bath.

That's over 50 pounds in my arms. They were HEAVY together!

It was a great day. I served up some jambalaya for dinner and the girls had a blast playing together!