Celebrating at Pappa's

It seems that Momma loves to celebrate the babies 1st birthdays at inappropriate places.... I took Eli to Hooter for his first, so I took Aiden to a bar/eatery as well. April 6th, I picked up the boys from daycare and hightailed it North to Conroe. {Daddy had to work late} We met Chelette and kiddos at Pappa's on the Lake. I loved coming here in my "younger days" to enjoy the lake, the drinks, and the music.

The boys rested up on the way there....

The biggest hit was the waterfall by the table. It was a tad cold but they didn't care!

Soon Eli and Jaden spotted a boat....

Chelette and Charleigh soaked in the sunshine....

The boat that the boys spotted was Jaden's Daddy. He and his friend Mike were in a fishin' tourney on Lake Conroe and it just so happens that one of their spots is right by Pappas!

It is so hard to believe he is one.

I don't think this kiddo was ever a baby-- he grew up way to fast!

Eli loved Pappa's!

Charleigh dined in her Bumbo.....too cute!

Instead of eating, the boys decided they wanted to play in the sand volleyball court.

Chelette and I tried to have somewhat of a decent conversation while watching the tots....not sure if we ever finished a sentence!

This is a proud moment.... Eli is in the sand. His toes are in the sand...and he is smiling!!

Eli has always fussed over dirt or sand... or his feet getting dirty. Here, he loved it.

What a wonderful evening with my best friend, her babes, and my boys. Thank you Chelette, Charleigh, and Jaden for celebrating my little one's day with me.

A Trip to Austin

On April 2nd. the boys and Momma loaded in Miss Pearl (momma's suv) and headed to Magnolia to Nanna's house. There, Nanna and Pops joined us for a trip to Austin to celebrate Calvin's 1st birthday!

As you can see, Calvin was not impressed with our singing or the candles.

Aiden sported his celebration hat for cousin Cal!

I am not sure where Eli was for the few times I had the camera in hand. I do remember chasing the boys around and Eli running from one room to the next and then outside.

Oh well, all that matters is that I captured a few moments of celebration!

Aiden snuggled with Aunt Jess.

Happy 1st Birthday, Sweet Calvin!

(Jeramy stayed home to get the house ready for Aiden's bash the next weekend)

Birthday Bonanza!

Sunday, March 27th, was a busy day filled with birthday parties! We ventured to church, then home, then to Monkey Bizness to celebrate Morgan's birthday! Morgan is such a doll! This was a "hoppin" party as all the kids were jumping around in several moonwalks. I guess I was my usual self and chatting away because I didn't get but just a couple pictures from the party....and none from the jumping zone. Aiden loved the cupcakes! Eli wasn't sharing his, so I got one for Aiden and he gobbled it up!
Morgan's little brother, Miller, loved the cupcakes too!

Around 4pm, we arrived back home and had to park down the street...... Dylan's 4th birthday was going on in the cul-du-sac! The Moyes parties are always rocking the block with DJs, moonwalks, and lots of food... this year was crawfish!

Aiden enjoyed the party for a while with Big Bro Eli, but soon after, he decided it was too much and needed a nap!

Eli loved the Monster Truck Moonwalk!

Last year he was so scared of the things... now he loves loves loves them!!

Eli blew bubbles with his friends, Braydon's Grammy.

He took some pictures with the Tot Camera....

Played cars with the girls....And the adults got a little crazy! All the ladies were dancing on Charles!!

He looks like he is panicking/

Eli tested his skills on this hand bike.

You move the handles to move the bike... very weird to drive/ride....

He liked the smooth ride of his Arctic Cat much better. He took a friend for a ride in the loop.

and back to the bouncer....Eli and Braydon....

Two little stinkers!

Bluebonnets 2011

It seems that with two tots, getting the perfect "Bluebonnets Pictures" is hard to come by. Back at the first of April, we headed to Tomball to a patch one Saturday evening, thinking this will go smooth. WRONG! Eli was in a terrible mood and Aiden just wanted to hang and eat the bluebonnet flowers. I was hoping for at least one good shot of the two of them together... nope! Didn't happen. Eli was stomping off and looking for ant beds while we snapped away at Aiden. Eli also seemed to find this tire swing very amusing.

I do love this picture. Eli loves his Daddy more than anything in the world.....

Momma's little stinkers....

Eli loves to "cheese"

and this is as close as it gets for the two of them to be near each other in the bluebonnets!

Aiden is one super cute red head with blue eyes!

First Time to the Beach!

After running around Moody Gardens, we stopped for lunch at Tortuga's on the Seawall. Thank goodness we were outside, because the tots were wild and loud!
After lunch, we headed across the way to let Eli and Maddie sink their toes in the sand for the first time. Eli was not too pleased with this idea. He cannot stand things between his toes or his feet to be dirty. He also was wearing his new alligator crocs and he didn't want his shoes dirty!

Maddie took to the beach and sand easily.

Notice who is throwing a fit in the background??

Penny tried coaxing Eli to the water... it didn't work.

A precious moment of Penny and Maddie jumping the waves together...

and while I captured the sweet moment of them, I had Eli screaming behind me that he wanted to go back to the car!

This was the first time I have been to Galveston since Hurricane Ike in 2008. All of the Seawall shops that I ventured into and bought many trinkets as a kid, are all gone. It was sad to see that my favorite "mermaid" store was gone. My grandparents lived in Galveston for a few years and I spent many summers with them enjoying the beach.

Eli was really needing a nap at this point. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon and he had ran like crazy all day. I was hoping to capture a perfect "first trip to the beach" picture, but that didn't happen!

Throwing his fit that he wanted to go back to the car....about 10 minutes later, he was konked out in the carseat for the entire drive home.

the not-so-perfect group picture!