friends that are girls

what would i do without my girlfriends? their companionship means the world to me. each of their unique places in my life are essential and i love each of them for it.

to the one who calls it like she sees it: thanks.
to the one who loves my son like her own: thanks.
to the one whose adventurous spirit is much like my own: thanks.
to the one who cries at everything: thanks.
to the one who wants me to hug her: thanks.
to the one who is always upbeat: thanks.
to the one who helps me be a better mommy: thanks.
to the one who loves dessert as much as i: thanks.
to the one who asks the good, and by good i mean tough, questions: thanks.
to the one who gives it all away: thanks.
to the one who gives sincere compliments: thanks.
to the ones who pray diligently for me: thanks.

you know who you are. but now you know how much i love you.

when the circus comes to town...

last week we took max to see the elephant parade in fort worth. when the circus comes to town, they make a big deal of walking the elephants down mainstreet into sundance square. here we are, sweating it out while waiting for the entertainment to start.
max and daddy watch the clowns that performed before the elephant parade.

here they come! right after this pic, max said "elephant" and made a trumpet sound while lifting his arm like a trunk. so glad i remembered to teach him to do that :)

the elephants were bookin' it. i was really surprised how fast they were 'parading'

at the end of the parade route the elephants ate dinner and we left to have dessert!

bbb

Big

Boy

Bed

he was SO excited! and he is doing pretty well. staying in bed at night seems to be no problem. its the waking up at 5am to play that is causing us a little trouble. and he took a long time to fall asleep at his nap today. but i figure in a week it will be like he never was small enough for a crib.

:)

date 8 of 12

this date, like many others, did not exactly as planned. joey had planned for us to go to the amon carter museum in fort worth, but when we pulled up it was closed. i had been the one to look up the times online so i was the one to blame

:(

lucky for us, our tummies were full from this place... ...the love (burger) shack. it is in this cool new area off 7th in fort worth. i wanted to go here bc the chef is tim love (from top chef) and it was very greasy and very yummy.

so since the museum was closed we tried a few more things (movie, bookstore) but nothing was available so we skipped straight to dessert at this place....
...oh my goodness! 2 delicious cookies with delicious ice cream makes the most delicious ice cream sandwich! joey and i were relieved to find out there is not one closer to us (its a family owned place) bc i know i would want to go here everyday in the summer. mmmmm...im craving a sammie right now!!!!