Happy 2nd Birthday Jackson!

Last weekend we enjoyed going to Jackson's birthday party at the park!
I loved playing on all of the slides!

My favorite part is the digger! Mommy has to help me a little...

I love my mommy!

Derek is 10 months old!

Our little Derek turned 10 months last week! Due to the craziness of the week I am just getting his pictures posted. He sure loves his Daddy!
Derek continues to grow so fast! He has started crawling a little more (still would rather go backwards and do the splits) He LOVES to say Mama and daddy ( Mama more than anything) He still is holding strong with his 2 teeth but I keep thinking another one is coming soon. He has started moving all around when he sleeps. When I go in to check on him I quickly grab Troy so he can see what kind of weird sleeping position he is in that night. He has just taken off with solid foods. He loves green beans, carrots, bananas, waffles, mandarin oranges, peaches, well pretty much anything that I put in front of him. He loves drinking out of the sippy cup with a straw (thank you Rebekah for that tip) As always, we are looking forward to the upcoming months to see what new things he will do. We love you sweet little Derek!!
This is a picture of Dylan at 10 months...

Derek really does smile... I just have the hardest time catching it with my camera :)

Like I said, Derek LOVES his Daddy. Daddy has about 5 more weeks until his LAST actuary test. Although we miss him so much right now we want him to study as much as he can so that he can pass. We are looking forward to lots of TIME with him starting in MAY!!!!!

Happy 80th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Geneva (Meme)

Good Cake

Before the party, Bob, Jean, and Papa were entertaining the boys

Derek and the birthday Girl!

Mom, Meme, and Aunt Joyce

Mommy and Sarah

Meme loves purple so everything was decorated in purple!

Mommy and Aunt Grace

Uncle Kurt and Aunt Joyce

Meme playing a little baseball with Dylan before her party started!

More time with Family!

Mommy and Daddy!

Mommy feeding derek some apple sauce

Playing Baseball at Aunt Grace's House




My precious little Derek



Derek loves Meme!



Aunt Joyce and Derek

Jean, Derek, Meme, and Dylan having fun on the swing

Derek loving the swing again!

Look at me blowing bubbles!

Dylan and Meme

Dylan and Papa

Fun Pictures

Mommy enjoying being with her boys!
Derek playing some golf

Yes, lots of pictures to post from this week! Aunt Joyce and Uncle Kurt were in town from Kuwait City and Meme and Poppy were in town from Midland. We had several family dinners and a big birthday party for Meme. It was a fun week!

Family Dinner

Dylan and Papa

Aunt Grace and Uncle Lee fixed dinner for us tonight. It was so good! Aunt Grace and I were pretending that we were on an airplane

Aunt Joyce and Uncle Kurt with Derek

Aunt Grace and Uncle Lee

Meme and Baby Derek.

They make me so happy!

It had been a while since Mommy had made us take pictures on Sunday morning. We decided that only one of us would smile at a time for the camera. I think we accomplished the goal!

She still said she loved the pictures and that we make her very happy!

Little Derek looking so grown up!

Gymnastics Class

having fun on the rings

working on my handstand

the tumble track... my favorite part!

playing in the foam pit

my gymnastics buddy Ella!

What have we been up to???

Derek and I have been a little sick.
I am happy to say we are feeling much better!

Look how big we can splash in the tub! We can't wait until it is summer time and we can go swimming!

Two weekends ago we went to Midland. It was the start of our "sickness" so Mommy did not get very many pictures. Even though we didn't feel that good, we had a great time seeing Meme and Poppy!

Sweet little Derek was so tired on Sunday morning. He did not get a lot of sleep the night before so he and Daddy did not go to church. He looked so cute sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed.

Trying Eggs for the first time! I think he liked it!

Even though we didn't feel so good, Mommy let us go outside one afternoon last week. Derek and I discovered a new game. When Derek is in the car, he rolls REALLY good down the driveway (especially with a little push) SO, while Mommy was pulling weeds, I would position Derek's car at the top of the driveway, give him a little push and watch him soar down the driveway. He laughed the whole way down! What can I say, I am a creative little COWBOY!