I posted a while back a link to the boys pictures taken by one of the moms in our playgroup....thank you to all of you who left comments....I finally had some spare time to put the rest of the photos into a slide show...She really did a great job..here is her website again if you want to look at it. http://www.stephanieshirley.com/blog/
While my mom was here we wanted to do something kind of special, so we decided to take the boys to Sea World in San Antonio....we were a little nervous because it was just going to be the 2 of us with the boys because Vinny was out working, but we decided to be brave and just go do it!!! And man was is a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only bad thing was that is was so hot, even the boys were miserable walking around the park. It wasn't like we were expecting, but it really was fun. We saw a few shows..the Shamu show (of course), the sea lion show, the boat show, and a 4-D pirate movie(which was cool because it was in 3-D, but they sprayed you with water or air or your chairs shook...it was fun! I loved the Shamu show...it is amazing how well they can train these animals. Trey was hilarious during the show because Shamu splashes the audience, so the after the first splash Trey starts crying and says "That big dolphin splashed me in the eyes...there is salt water in my eyes" I felt bad for him, but it was too funny not to laugh about it...so from then on every time we see a picture or figure of Shamu, he tells us about how Shamu splashed salt water in his eyes and it hurts. To this day he is still talking about it! The other cool thing was the penguin exhibit...they try to keep it as natural as possible, so the lighting is just the way it would be in their natural habitat, so it was dark in the exhibit....it looked really cool. The dolphins were in a big pool that you could lay on the sides and touch the dolphins if you they got close enough, so that was pretty amazing...dolphins are so pretty. The boys got to experience their first roller coaster ride and they loved it...we actually went twice. It was really so much fun and we are definitely going back once the weather cools down a bit....walking around in the upper 90s with full humidity was not fun, even with the water to play in.
After that exhausting day, we didn't want to make the drive back home, so we decided to stay in hotel over night. It was a Comfort Suites and it was probably one of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed in for the price of a regular plain hotel. There was a separate little living room with a table and chairs and a pullout couch, with a tv and fridge and microwave. Then in the actual bedroom with 2 queen beds and another tv in there....plus the bathroom was nice...everything was so clean and new looking. This is definitely my new favorite hotel...so if you are needing a hotel, check out the Comfort Suites. Oh and their breakfast in the morning was amazing....completely free...eggs, sausage, biscuits, waffles, and of course all the other normal breakfast things. Sorry enough about the hotel....I got distracted because we were shocked how nice it was. Well, the next morning we had breakfast and then swam in the pool for a little bit.
It was an amazing little vacation!
My mom flew in for her annual summer visit the first Sunday of June and we had such a blast. She stayed almost 2 weeks and we were busy pretty much everyday! We did a lot of shopping and playing in the pool or in the backyard with water because it was extremely hot! We also celebrated Trey's 3rd Birthday...this year at Chuck-E-Cheese....I let him pick and that is what he wanted..to go to Chuck-E-Cheese and have a Superman Cake! (he is on some huge superman kick for some reason, which I don't know why because we have never even watched any sort of Superman show or movie..) We had fun teaching Gramma how to better use the Wii and we watched a lot of movies. We even went to the drive-in movies and saw The Night at the Museum 2. It was so much fun!!! I really love having my mom here and whenever she is here it just makes me miss her that much more once she goes back home. We also took a pretty big adventure, but I will save that for Part 2!!!!
Just a short note about baby #3...I had a check up the other day and all is well for me and the little baby....The heartbeat was 151 which went down from the last couple of times where it was in the 160s. My weight gain is good...9 pounds so far which is, according to the doctor, "right where it should be" This I am very happy about because I really don't want to gain the 65 pounds like I did with both of the boys. One thing that I think is helping keeping my weight in check this time, is I am much more picky about things I am eating...the last 2 times, everything sounded and tasted good..but this time, I am really picky, pickier than I have ever been in my life actually. Just the thought of cake or cupcakes or cookies (except for these one sugar shortbread cookies) makes me feel nauesous. In general, healthy food just sounds more appealing...which is good! I'm not having much cravings, execept for jalapenoes with popcorn or on sandwitches and for fresh squeezed lemonade (which I made last night and it is so good).
The baby is moving quite a bit now and Vinny actually felt the little one move last night for the first time...so that is pretty cool :D And most excitingly only 4 more days (not counting today because it's almost over) until my ultrasound! I can't even explain how excited I am....I will definately let you all know what the outcome is......
Oh and remember think PINK for me!!!!!
One of our favorite thing to do is go to this old style drive-in movie place in our area. It is so much fun and the prices are amazing..we started going back when Trey was still a baby, but now with the boys so interested in movies we started going quite a bit..the boys have been dying to see the new Transformers movie and we have been waiting to take them, but the weather is HOT...really hot even by Houston standards...At 9pm it is still in the 90s and humid(it's always humid so I've actually kind of gotten used to it) and there has been no wind...so we are not going to the drive-in and sweating our butts off in the dark.
Since they have been asking to go and we haven't done anything special since Vinny is off, we walked around the mall today and decided just to go to the actual movie theater there (we've been a few times there too, but the drive-in is just way cheaper over all..especially in the snack department, which we have no ability to just get one thing) But we went anyways...because we love our boys...It was fun and I love the movie theater...currently my favorite thing is popcorn with jalapenos...but sitting in the cold ac is SO nice. The movie was actually really good..I think it lived up to the first one and the boys were so into it. It's almost more fun watching them watch the movie the watching the actual movie itself. But if you do go see it, be for-warned it is a long movie...ours started at 12:30 and we got out of there at 3:15.
I really love going to the movies and we will be going to as many as we can before this next baby arrives....and hopefully the weather will cool down some so we can go back to the drive-in, that way I don't feel so guilty about going to the movies all the time!
On June 6th Tucker had his last tball game and I am definately not sad about this season ending. It was so hot Tucker really didn't want to play (and this boy loves baseball and could play all day everyday...) They had a little pizza party and he got a medal. It was a fun season and Tucker does want to play again next season...in fall once it cools down. I love watching him play sports and I can't wait for the next one to start.
I wanted to wish all of you daddies out there a Happy Father's Day. We are thinking of you all.
Vinny's parents came for a quick visit and it was good to see them again. The boys love having them here and of course we do too. 
Here are the boys with Grandma at their favorite place Bass Pro Shop!
One of the boys good friends had a cute pirate birthday party. We all had a good time. Hope Ethan had a Happy Birthday!!
Tucker's preschool had their graduation a few weeks ago and I can't believe that in a year it will be Tucker graduating and going on to kindergarten. They had a cute little program, singing songs and stuff, but Tuck really didn't like that part to much.
The pictures are pretty fuzzy because the lighting was bad, but Tucker cracks me up...he is definately more of a sporty guy!
