Galveston Vacation!

Our family vacation this summer was to Galveston.  Our good friends the Downings invited us to come over 4th of July weekend so we did and we had a blast.  Our kids are the same ages and it was really easy to plan our days and have a lot of fun and suprisingly relax a little too.  We stopped in College Station for the 4th and loved staying at the La Salle hotel.  Then we spent 3 days in Galveston.  We stayed in a house pretty far down the beach but it was a beautiful community with an amazing deck and views of the ocean.  That was definitely the best part of the house!  Here's a lot of pics and they're not all in order :)

Piper at 3 1/2

Piper is a sassy and sweet 3 1/2 year old.  She tells people she's 3 but that I say she's 3 1/2, I guess she doesn't understand the 1/2 part yet.  She is really smart and creative, kind to her sister (mostly), but it's hard to be obedient to mommy.  I'm not sure why she tests me so much, but of course she's an angel with anyone else.  Oh my!  A couple of our favorite things she says "yogret", "vamilla", "fruit nacks", and "Cinderella married dress" instead of wedding dress. 

 She got a back-to-school haircut that was very disappointing, I miss the long curls in this picture with the blonde highlights, and no more pony tails until it grows out.  Unfortunately I foresee many bad hair cuts in our future because she has beautiful but difficult to work with curly hair.

 I love the joy on her face here.

So sassy!

Cam at 15 months

Our sweet baby girl, Campbell Claire, is 15 months old.  She is such a joy and its been fun being home with her this summer and seeing her personality develop.  Cam is our "wild one" as she climbs and jumps and dives on and off of everything.  She definitely has had more bumps on her head than Piper ever has and her first real word appropriately was "ouch."  She loves to dance and play anything with her sister.  She is very friendly and also really good at following directions, I think that's because she doesn't want to get left out.  Some stats - she weighs 21 lbs. 12 oz. and is 30 inches tall.  She has 8 teeth and has cut her top two one year molars.  She wears 12-18 months size clothes and size 5 shoes.  She looks more and more like Piper everyday with her curls, summer tan, and chubby cheeks. And now for the fun part of this post - the pictures!

 "take me with you daddy"

 Cam's language is really starting to develop.  She can say - mama, dada, hi, bye, thank you, ouch, uh-oh, uh-huh (yes), uh-uh (no).  She does sign language for thank you, milk, more, food, and please but she's really working on saying please and Piper or Sissy.  She's seems much happier being able to communicate.  She loves to say bye-bye and blow kisses, she will do this to anyone, voices on the phone, and even moving cars as she figures someone in that car is going bye-bye.  So cute!

 dressed up in a tutu

 enjoying lego land

 Cam loves to put on hats, tiaras, headbands

 I think she's only happy here because she was either eating cheese or goldfish.  This girl is one picky eater, she prefers carbs and dairy although I can sneak in some protein and a little fruit.  Nondisguised fruit and veggies really make her turn up her nose.  She separates those items from the rest of the food on her tray, pushing them as far away from her as she can and then she throws them on the floor.  She doesn't seem to mind going hungry, I really hope this phase is short lived.

 peek-a-boo

Super cute pigtails!!!!

Father's Day 2012

We had a fun father's day with lots of family time.  Chris got snuggles with all his kids and he got to enjoy breakfast at Le Peep, his favorite breakfast place.  It was really funny when he was opening his gift before he got the tissue paper out Piper told him everything that was in the bag.  Oops!