Fun in the sun

Space planning meeting at the flea's new building 

Landry is so in love with the song Happy still.
She wants to watch the video daily. 

I retired all of her old jammies this weekend.
Here, she's sporting a new strawberry and ladybug onesie  

Playing peek-a-boo with Barrett and my BVR hat 

Painting in the playroom this weekend

Our kids love to stick their tongues out!
I love this shirt, passed down by Paula's son Charlie

He's really into touching his toes right now

Me too, Barrett!   

Celebrating sweet Ari and baby Zara 

Her favorite frozen yogurt toppings: rainbow sprinkles and M&M's 

Pointing out the fishes at Whole Foods

"No Mommy, I hold it," she said while walking up to the door with dinner 

Sporting her I heart NY shirt from Lauren post-bath tonight

So much for last weekend's cool front.  We're back in the thick of the dog days of summer here!

We had a lovely, lazy weekend keeping cool though.  Friday we had dinner at our neighbor' house.  They have a daughter Landry's age and are expecting another girl in three weeks.   The girls stayed up late, played games, watched Mary Poppins and just had a ball while we caught up with Allie and Brucker and enjoyed some quality adult time.

Saturday I had Ariana's baby shower.  She's also expecting a girl in three weeks!  I have so many friends pregnant right now.  Morgan is ALSO due with a girl in three weeks, my friend Jenny is due with a boy in October and Courtney is due with a little guy Dec. 1st!  So many babies; it's so exciting!

Last night Bradley babysat and Michael and I grabbed dinner at R&D.  After another whirlwind week that had Michael out of town a night, we finally got to catch up and relax over our favorite martinis.

Today we had brunch with our friends Vance and Kym and swam in the pool to stay cool.  Later in the day I took Landry for frozen yogurt and then to visit Uncle Jon.  She had a ball browsing his chic bungalow.  Of course she didn't get to walk much, he can hardly stand not holding her and she loves being in his arms.  The two of them together is the sweetest thing.  When we left, she kept saying, "bye bye Uncle Jon" in the car ride home.

Some Landry updates:  We're growing out her bangs, so she's definitely in an awkward hair phase.  I signed her up for ballet starting at the end of this month.  I cannot wait to put her in a tutu!  She's starting to taper out of her tantrum phase thank goodness.  She's obsessed with painting.  That's all she wants to do if we're home and indoors (unless she's watching Caillou).

Her new favorite foods include popcorn, chocolate milk and hummus.  She'll eat hummus by the spoonful if you let her.  She's making a little progress with potty training, but far from big girl panties.  Her last week of summer school ended Thursday, so she's a free bird for the next three weeks.

Barrett is same, usual, sweet Barrett.  I had to officially retire all six month outfits this weekend because the big boy simply can't squeeze into them any longer.  He's rolling over more often and kinda sort of trying to army crawl if you encourage him on his belly.

He's starting to make these loud cooing noises.  He likes to hear himself and will really get going if you coo back at him.  He's still sleeping like a champ thank goodness.  Although, he's been waking up much earlier than usual and of course the timing coincides with opening the Jones job for my general contractor while they're away at training camp so my days are starting with the roosters.

No sweat though!  Less than a week until the kiddos and I leave for California.  I'm so excited to relax, drink my dad's delicious cocktails, visit with friends and family, and put my toes in the sand.  Fingers crossed the flight is smooth sailing!