Lovin' on Them Babies!

Our niece Jessica's baby shower for Avery was Sunday, February 16.  They had it at my brother Terry and sister-in-law Ranita's lake house.  They did such a wonderful job with the decorations and the food.  Some pretty creative people in the family!  No more of the plain ol' "cake, mints, nuts, punch" kind of thing these days.  So much more fun! 

Diaper baby carriage



Cupcake bouquet

What a pretty cake. And it was delicious!

The cutest cupcakes ever!

Big sister Lynlee was the first to dip a finger into the cake.
Yummo!

Gifts galore!  Lynlee has been a Bow Baby since Day 1, and Avery will be the same.  It was a "Diaper and Bow" shower, and she got plenty to get a good start.

It was a beautiful day, and we all got outside and caught some rays.  Bike rides and swing set kept the kiddoes happy. 

Sunny and Lynlee

Sunny, the acrobat / gymnast / monkey in the family.
If there's something to climb on, flip over, or jump off of,
she finds it.

And a little one-on-one time with that little gymnast.  As it seems all these little kiddoes are these days, she's fast and sharp with anything electronic.  I didn't think I had any games on my phone that were designed particularly for the young set, but I obviously wasn't being creative enough.  She found several right away.  She sat there with me for quite a while and showed me just how smart she is.















The next Sunday, February 23, was Tommy's party for his big 5th birthday.  As you may guess from the pictures below, it was Army Camo theme.  Some of us didn't have army camo so we had to settle for hunting camo.  Some of us didn't even have that and had to either borrow something or just beg entrance into the party without proper gear.  He was forgiving and let us attend anyway.  :)

The Birthday Boy!

Tommy, his daddy Ron, and a friend.  They have the coolest
fort, complete with zipline!

Lynlee in her pink camo.  Whoever decided camo could
also come in pink has to be making a fortune.

The gymnast Sunny.  More pink camo.  What did I tell ya?

Look at that face.

Birthday Boy with his daddy

And Lynlee with Aunt Buddy, the Birthday Boy's sweet momma

Do you ever see a picture of yourself and think, "Who is that?"  And then
you realize it's you.  Sheez.  With Colton (Stephanie's boyfriend)
and the Ronnie Max

My Driver.  What would I do without him? 

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Big brother Terry

Friends

Whatever she has hold of, she's got it good!

This is his third deer.  All from last season.  Yep--3 deer, 4 years old at the time.
I told him that's more than I've killed in a lifetime and asked him how he did it. 
Practice, practice, practice. 
This conversation was accompanied by a lot of eye-rolling at Aunt Paula.
You just had to have been there.

Niece Stephanie, boyfriend Colton, and their "child" Ryder. 
Ryder Rou to family.  He's used to modeling.  Can you tell?

 

Now aren't all these babies just so stinkin' cute?  I don't know how anybody ever survives being a parent.  Or a grandparent.  As an aunt and a great aunt, I look at them and feel like my heart will burst.  To the rest of my babies who couldn't be here, we sure miss you.  More than you know
 
Until next time...go out and hug your babies!