Take Me Out to the Ball Game

It's been a great baseball season for Vandy. The Dores made it to the College World Series. The pictures below are from the only game Matt and I went to but Lucas and Karen went to several to cheer on our Commodores! Lucas now knows the drill... popcorn, water (diet coke for Nana ..."not for Luca") and cheer!

Cheering for the Dores:

Birdy Quotes

Lucas watching Matt paint our stairs.

L: You making it pretty for mommy.

M: Yes, Lucas

L: Uh, Mommy love it!

A few minutes later:

L: Mommy, Daddy making mess.

A little bit later out of the blue:

L: So proud of you, mommy.

(can you tell we've been doing a lot of potty-training; with a lot of success might I add)

Trying all the new big boy underwear on at once

Dupree & Brittney's Wedding

Our friends Dupree and Brittney got married at the beginning of June with a gorgeous ceremony and reception outside of Nashville. I sadly have no pics of the gorgeous bride but as always plenty of Lucas and luckily several of our friends.

Lucas was a mild mess. Take a toddler, gorgeous grounds with a lake to fall into, horses to try to chase, and a wedding cake to put your hands into and you end up with a mom who spends most of her time chasing said small child in heels. Still for a two year old he did great sitting through the ceremony like a champ and eating dinner sweetly with all the grown-ups. Maybe next time a babysitter though?

Looking for the horses.

Throwing rocks and trying to fall into the lake.

More rocks.

Group picture. The crew that's less than a month away from finishing residency!

Family picture

Photo Op with Maribeth & Kath

Sweet Will in his cute hat with Mommy Melissa

Birdy Quotes

L: Mommy, want banana

S: We don't have any bananas, sweetie. They're all gone.

L: Need Nana. Nana buy more bananas.

The life of a child with working parents. Mom apparently doesn't go grocery shopping. So funny. :)

Yummy Popsicles

Life's good as a toddler when it's summer and you have a popsicle.

NYC Visitors

Our good friends Emma and Steve came to visit us from NYC. It was one of their first weekends back in Nashville since college. Luckily we've been able to catch up with each other in all sorts of other places the past few years. They quickly were reminded of all our humidity and heat here in the South since it was 95 or more degrees that weekend.

Lucas was briefly confused that this Emma is not "his" Emma but realized quickly that this Emma is also very fun!

Thank you guys for the visit! It was so great to see you both! We'll have to plan to head up your way soon!

Bounce U & Emma's House

A few weekends ago, Ashley and I took the kiddos to Bounce U to get all their energy out (a tough feat when you're dealing with two year olds). They had a blast and did almost all of the climbing and sliding all alone. They're getting so big!

Waiting to go up to the big slide

Tee-ball practice

Another big wall L can climb all by himself now.

Bouncing:

Afterwards, playtime at Emma's house. L and E had a lot of shopping to do.

Emma has an awesome playhouse!

Digging in the dirt box

Not surprisingly, Lucas took a great nap that day. This is his post-nap hair.

Easter Weekend

Flashback to Easter weekend since I'm finally getting around to posting pictures. Lucas and I got the chance to head down to Birmingham for Easter weekend. We were especially excited to go because my grandmother, my cousin Isabell, and her boyfriend Dominik were in Birmingham visiting from Germany. I get such rare chances to see all of them that we were very excited. Lucas had never even met my cousin before since I've never gotten the chance to take Lucas to Germany. Hopefully I'll get the chance to take him soon!

On Saturday we headed to the Birmingham Zoo to get out of my mom and grandmother's hair as they were preparing for the 20th Annual Easter Brunch. I can't believe my mom's been hosting this event for that many years now. And it's amazing every year!

The "Easter bunny" (according to Lucas)

Deep in discussion

Sunday was Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch Time!

Egg hunting with my grandmother, Oma Emmi

Hard to believe this is only part of the amazing foods. Appetizers and Desserts not pictured.

Lucas chowing down with Isabell and Dominik

More Songs

I took these videos the same night as twinkle, twinkle and finally got a chance to download them. Enjoy more of our son's amazing musical talent.

And more ABCs. The new and improved (a few months older now) version.

Birdy Quotes

Two Christmases ago I turned this picture into a coaster for Matt. I couldn't resist.

Today when Lucas saw the coaster:

L: Baby drink milk. Baby no drink beer.

Smart kid. ;)

Birdy Quotes

Upon finding his bed nicely made up this evening with extra blankets folded and his animals nicely arranged on his pillow:

L: Uh, uh. What happened?