Bachelorette Weekend

September 20th will be here before we know it! That is the day that my little brother Patrick is getting married. We are so excited as he's marrying a wonderful girl, Amanda. I know some of her friends family read our blog - so I hope you enjoy the pics below.

To prepare for the big day, I headed to down to Austin with Amanda and her friends. Amanda’s sister, Kristen, and her two friends, Brooke and Lisa, hosted a wonderful Bachelorette Weekend.

We ate, went to the lake, had a lingerie shower (whoa) and even did karaoke. It was so nice to meet all of her wonderful friends. Everyone just adores Amanda and it was fun to learn even more about her life. (Like how she loves Kate Bosworth. So much that she used to watch Blue Ocean over and over...I think she was the only one)

We can't wait for the wedding! Holton will even be in the big event as one of the little kids who will ring the bell before Amanda walks down the aisle.


Amanda and her sister, Kristen.

We spent the day on Lake Austin. It was a blast.

Amanda was the boat captain.

We ended up in "party cove". It's where all the cool kids hang out.

We saw this classy lady. Better people watching than NASCAR!

Another class act out on the lake.
The lingerie party was a tad awkward as she's marrying my brother, but she got really cute stuff.

All of us ready to hit the town.

Some of the gals doing karaoke

A fuzzy pic of Amanda and me. I am thrilled she will be my sister-in-law!

Another Adam Update

For all of Adam's fans around the country, you know you are out there, I wanted to let you know he's doing great! Just yesterday he did the elliptical machine at the gym and he was very proud of that. He said he couldn’t do that last week. He's getting stronger and stronger each day.

Here are just a couple pics to show how well he's doing. We went to the baseball game last week with Adam's brother Patrick and his sweet little girlfriend, Sally. We had a great time and the weather was perfect.

Adam and Patrick

Adam and me.......I have to admit I really didn't pay attention to the game ;)

I Scream, You Scream

We'll let the pictures do the talking on this one. Here's what you get when you give Holton some good ol' Blue Bell ice cream for an after dinner treat.


Notice the cup is gone?
Enter Gus

A very proud Holton

Stop

Four little letters.....with so much power. Stop is Holton’s new anthem.

You see Holton is nearly two and he is already starting to exhibit some of the fun “Terrible Two” antics. He climbs up the headboard, tries to pull down the lamp, he slams open the glass shower door, be bangs silverware on the table, he climbs up on the table, he gives the dog his dinner instead of eating.

Whenever we tell him to not do the lovely things he replies with “stop”. He says it very clearly with defiance…….stop. Excuse me? Aren’t you the cute, lovely child and aren’t we the parents, i.e. rule makers? Not in Holton’s world. He’ll just say “stop” and expect you to leave him alone.

I’ll think I’ll try that approach at my job this week. When I'm supposed to go to a meeting, my response will be "stop". I’ll let you know how it goes.

Date Night

Since Adam is feeling much better, we had a lovely date night on Saturday. We took Holton over to spend the night with Grandma and Grandpa (but Holton says Bah-Bah) and we headed downtown.

We ate a trendy restaurant that would not welcome babies. You know the kind of swanky place that’s all dark and has a cool bar scene? Anyhoo, the waiter recommended the fish or the steak and what did I order? Sushi! Terrible idea on my part.

After our trendy dinner we went to see Joel McHale of E's "The Soup". Every Friday The Soup makes fun of all the weekly reality TV and day time talk shows. It's very funny and it's kind of my 30 minute treat on the weekends.

Well, his stand up act was pretty good, but not nearly as funny as the show on TV. Afterwards we didn't go bar hopping or anything like that. We went home at 10 PM because we party like rock stars!

It was so great to be able to sleep in the next day and to have some time alone with Adam. Thanks to the Grandparents for watching Holton. Many more date nights to come!

Happy Friday

The results are in

Adam and I just returned from his follow up visit with his Thoracic Surgeon and he got the all clear! His lung is fully expanded and his X-Ray looked great. The Surgeon reviewed Adam’s surgery, how his lung was originally “squish like a pancake” and just how impressed he was with Adam’s progress.

He can now fly if he feels up to it, can begin speed walking and various range of motions activities, and the news that made Adam extremely happy, he can pick up Holton! The Dr. said Adam runs no risk of further infection or causing any damage to himself through moving around. He told Adam that he’ll probably have pain for another 3 weeks. Because of that, he did tell him not to lift anything very heavy (like weights) or play golf (darn) during that time. But other than that, Adam can return to life as normal!

Adam was very, very relieved to have this good news. He can simply follow up with his regular doctor as needed. It’s so great to know we are moving forward and I know Adam will get stronger each day. We can’t thank you all enough for the support and encouragement. Adam and I feel very blessed to have so many people that care for us.

Adam is one strong fella' and I sure do love that guy.

Our Little Handyman

In preparation for a big shin dig at our house for my brother Patrick and his wonderful fiancé Amanda, we had some things that needed "a fixin". (I hope to post pictures of the couples shower soon. We had such a blast).

Adam is the original handyman in our house, seriously, that guy can fix anything! I hit that jack pot there. Now it seems that Holton wants to follow in his dad's footsteps.

Here is Holton helping Adam with a new ceiling fan.

And here is a cute one of Patrick and Holton. Patrick came over to do the heavy lifting for Adam.

Holton fears nothing! Notice the concerned look on my mom's face.

We politely encouraged Holton to climb down.