Happy Birthday Lisa!

Yesterday was my Best Friend, Lisa's birthday. She invited all of the girls to her house for dinner.

Lisa and her beautiful daughter Addie.

Addie in her PJs ready for bed.

Lisa made a delicious chicken and strawberries recipe and she had the table set so pretty.
After dinner, it was time for cake. The cake was so pretty and sugar free. Good job Gretch!

Gretchen's Birthday Weekend

My best friend Gretchen turns 30 on Monday, so we planned a surprise weekend for her and it was so much fun. On Friday night, I took Kiley up to Northpark to meet the birthday girl for dinner. She hasn't seen Kiley since her baptism, so a visit was long overdue. We met Gretchen, Hilary and Sara at Kona in Northpark.

It was Kiley's first time to sit in a high chair!


On Saturday morning, we packed up Kiley and the boys and headed South. The plan was for all of the girls to meet at a new restaurant in Cedar Hill for lunch. Gretchen had no idea what she was doing for the entire day. Everything was a surprise. She thought we were going to the lake for the weekend. On the way to the restaurant, we got rear-ended with all of us in the car. Luckily it wasn't too hard. Kiley didn't even know what was going on. The bumper will need to be replaced, but the important thing was that we were all ok. Thank you God. After the fender bender, Mikey, Kiley and the boys dropped me off at the restaurant and they went to Marmee & Guy's to drop Kiley and the dogs off for the night. Gretchen was so surprised to see us at the restaurant waiting for her.

We gave her a dogeared Cherish gold necklace.

After lunch we went next door to Patrizio's for a bellini. They were delicious!

Then we went to get pedicures!

After our pampering, we walked around the new shopping center in Cedar Hill. We popped into the bakery for a quick cupcake.

When we were done shopping, we went back to Gretchen & Ben's where the boys were. They had decorated the house and Ben got Beer & Wine and appetizers. We had been working on a scrapbook for Gretchen for weeks. It was the next big surprise. She loved it!

After hanging out for a while, we got ready for our big night out! Mikey and I were very excited about our night out with everyone.

A picture with me and the birthday girl!

We went to Nick & Sam's Grill for dinner.

Ben had a beautiful cake waiting for dessert.

We ended the day at Tribeca in Uptown.

It was such a special day full of surprises for Gretchen. We love her so much and wish her a year of good health and happiness. Happy Birthday Gretch!

Kiley Lynne Baird turned 7 months yesterday!

More Pool Time

On Saturday when we got back from Houston, we went to my friend KC's house for a pool party. Her boyfriend Tom, turned 30 this week. Kiley was all decked out for the pool party.
Kiley on Daddie's Head

Kiley & Courtney

A picture of the girls by the pool.

Kiley getting sleepy. We brought her pack n play over and put it in the shade for her nap.
Kiley sitting by the pool.

The girls in the pool.

Happy Birthday Tom!

On Sunday after church, we went up to Frisco to visit Grammy & Grampy. We had burgers for lunch and then went to hang by the pool. This is a cute picture of Kiley on the couch in her church outfit.

Kiley by the pool...again!

We set her swing up under the umbrella and she loves it.

Emily's Graduation

On Thursday, we went to Houston for my Cousin, Emily's, High School Graduation. We met Marmee and Guy at their house and left when they got home from work. Kiley did awesome the whole way down there. We stopped half way to get gas and feed her. She slept a little bit, but was perfectly content the whole ride.

We stayed at the Magnolia Hotel in Downtown Houston. We checked in around 9pm. They had put a rollaway bed in the room instead of a crib. They took a while to bring the crib up, but Kiley's wasn't ready for bed anyway. She thought the hotel room was the coolest thing!

When Mom was putting her jammies on, her dress got stuck on her head. When I was little, I used to put tshirts on my head and pretend I had long hair. Kiley is already acting like Mommy!

Since we got in so late, we stayed in and ordered room service for dinner. The crib finally came and Kiley fell right to sleep.

On Friday morning, we got up early for the 9am graduation ceremony. It was at the new Toyota Center where the Houston Rockets play. I had to take a picture on the jumbo tron to get a closeup of Emily getting her diploma.

A picture of us with the graduate.

We went to lunch at a restaurant downtown called Cabo and then went back to our hotel room. We made Emily a scrapbook for graduation. She loved it. Here is a picture of Emily & Kiley. There was way too much going on for Kiley to pay attention to the camera.

On Friday night we went to dinner at a little Italian place down the street from our hotel. We packed Kiley up in her stroller and walked over. The weather was perfect. It wasn't humid at all. We sat outside and watched people walk to the Astros game. Guy & Kiley people watching.

When we got back to the hotel, we took Kiley up to the rooftop pool for her last feeding while guy went swimming. I took a picture of the Astro Game.

As soon as we got back down to our room, we heard fireworks and looked out the window. If only we had stayed up there a little longer, we would have had our own fireworks show!

Saturday morning after breakfast, we drove home for another busy weekend. Kiley was a trooper the whole way! She loves roadtrips.

Pool Weekend

We had a great weekend by the pool. This was the first weekend that there was no rain in the forecast and there was a lot of sun! We spent Saturday and Sunday outside. On Saturday night, the Belvins invited us over for fajitas. They were delicious and we had so much fun hanging out with Michael and Katie. Thanks so much!

Kiley kept the sun out of her face and off of her shoulders with her cool hat that Aunt Pat got for her.

Mikey worked hard all weekend and finished the fence (I helped a little bit). I found this picture of the backyard the summer we moved in.

Here is a picture of it half way done.

Here is the finished product!

Doesn't it look great!

Another fun picture of Kiley. Mikey was trying to get the new fence in the background.

Kiley's 6 Month Checkup

We just got home from Kiley's six month checkup! She weighs 14 pounds 7 ounces and is 24 3/4 inches long (she is over 2 feet tall). She is in the 25th percentile for her weight and the 20th percentile for her height. Dr. Nale was very pleased with her growth. I only had a few questions this time. I think I am starting to get the hang of this motherhood thing. Unfortunately she had to get more shots, so I gave her some tylenol and she is sleeping. She is always such a trooper. She got to go to Daddie's work to say hi! We don't go back until she is 9 months.