Sunday (and such)

On Sunday we went to church (of course) and then enjoyed a lazy afternoon.
Here are some pictures from church.

Asher slept during the first half of the service. I think he was dream suckling here.


When he woke up, he sat with Daddy and listened to the sermon.

And then he helped Daddy run sound.

After the service, they played in the big, open room. I know this picture is pretty dark but I love their matching smiles!

We meet at a school (currently in the cafeteria while they update the AC in the auditorium) and we were all wondering about this huge bee hive in a tree in the courtyard. Has no one at the school noticed it before?

This is Elijah. He was checking out Asher. He has to be the sweetest little boy ever. He gives cuddles to everyone. Awesome.

That look says so much.

After church (and our naps) we went for a swim at the apartment pool. Asher was all decked out for some fun in the sun (even though he sat in the shade the entire time).

We got Addilyn a floaty vest in hopes that she would play in the water with us a little more instead of clinging to the steps.

Tyler demonstrates how to get into the pool.

Addilyn gives it a try.

Watching Daddy as he prepares to do something impressive.

"Wow, that was cool."

Chilling on the step.

They found a leaf. I love Addilyn's face here.

Bubbles.

Addilyn didn't really want to leave her step to play with us.

We were a little frustrated with this and decided to head home.

Pretty flower by the pool.

Pretty tree by the pool.

Asher after his first successful roll. Good job kid.

What's better after swimming than waffles?

Mmmm... peanut butter waffles.

Addilyn helped Daddy clean up after dinner. Hooray for helpers!!

Can life get better? I submit that it cannot.

Saturday (and the like)

Note: I (Erin) have decided I would like to become a better photographer. I figure the only way to do that is practice. Thus the large amount of pictures in this and hopefully future posts. Tips and suggestions are always welcome.

On Saturday we went into the city to pick up a bed frame and decided to stay and visit a park while we were there. Hermann Park is a large park that is right off the Houston medical center (which is big enough to be it's own city). This park houses the zoo, a pond or two and a fabled sprinkler park. We've been to the zoo a couple of times but never have really explored anything more than that. We thought we should recify that.

Addilyn packed up the frog. I'm not sure where he was going but he was certainly all strapped in and ready.


Daddy dressed Addilyn after her nap. She was already wearing that shirt so Tyler just found her some pants. When she emerged from her bedroom wearing these, I was a little surprised. I had never seen these pants before.

Sure enough they were actually Asher's. They had been placed in the wrong drawer by mistake. They fit her fine and just looked like long shorts. We left her in them (I strive to leave Addilyn in whatever Tyler dresses her in even if it's not something I would have picked for her).

It was hot so Tyler and I picked up some sodas at a convenience store. Pop on a hot day is magical.

Hard water spots.

I know it's cheesy but Tyler and I don't have a whole lot of pictures with both of us in them any more. We discovered something this time: Tyler is much better at taking these pictures. My arms must be a lot shorter because we always end up with this extreme close-up view of us. We seem to know this because we always look like we are straining our necks to get away from the camera in the pictures I take. It kind of makes us look like we're trying to "thug" it up.

Much better.

The Hermann Park reflecting pool.

We set out in search of the sprinkler park. Since it was really hot and we had no idea where it was, we didn't make it very far before we gave up and went back to the fountains at the reflecting pond.

There were these beautiful trees with moss hanging down. I will call it Spanish moss but I have no idea if that is actually right.

Tyler missed this (and I didn't try to get his attention) but there were these two very ugly ducklings following a man around.

Too cute.

Headed to the fountains.

I was really excited that our camera actually focused on what I wanted it to. Point and shoot cameras can be a bit of a lottery sometimes (at least that's what it seems like to me; if you have suggestions, that'd be great).

"Hurry up, Daddy!"

I know it's blurry but this picture makes me happy.

Fountain fun.

Dirt + wet Addilyn = mud. Icky.

She spent a long time watching this woman blow bubbles for her son.

She was so excited by it that the woman gave her a bottle of her own. Addilyn was stoked.

Tyler was trying to get her to blow at the circle. She would blow in the general direction of the stick but that was about it.

Look What I Can Do!

Busy Girl

Addilyn has been a busy, busy girl for the last few days. She is getting into lots of things and finding all sorts of ways to entertain herself and others during the day.

Here she is ready to go off to work. I'm guessing she's using the purse like a briefcase but since Tyler has never taken a briefcase (or purse for that matter) to work with him, I can't say for sure.


She received a stool to help her in potty training. She loves it and totes it with her all around the house. Here she's using it to see and reach things she shouldn't.

Addilyn is an awesome older sister. She is very caring and gentle with her little brother. She loves to entertain him and take care of him. I'm guessing she thought that Asher would get bored in his crib all by himself so she tossed some toys in there with him.

And finally Addilyn loves to rock out with her Daddy. Here she is not only drumming but singing as well. Rock on little one!

Brotherly (and Sisterly) Love

Addilyn and Asher have had all sorts of fun since we returned from our trip. Alright, Addilyn has had all sorts of fun with Asher and he's done a really good job tolerating it. He seems to love it when she pays attention to him so he's game for all the interesting games she plays with him.

Here they're playing together with his toy.


Addilyn will occasionally insist on holding Asher. She does a pretty good job of not hurting him so we indulge her most of the times she asks. Here she posing them for a picture.

And finally, here was a fun little incident that I couldn't get in one picture but did manage to get the gist of in two pictures. Addilyn placed this frog in the seat with Asher while he was sitting in his Megasaucer. I thought that was funny enough so I took a picture.

Then she ran off to her room and got this ball toy. She came back and held it to her face and said, "Say cheese." Apparently she was posing Asher and his frog for a picture. Too much posing on vacation? Probably, but it does make for a really cute story, right?

Asher's "New" Toy

While we were at my parents' house, we picked up Addilyn's megasaucer for Asher to play with. I realize that he's probably a bit young still to fully enjoy it, but thus far he loves it. He likes to stare at all the toys and occasionally will accidentally hit something which gets him super excited. We love it because he can stand (which he wants to do pretty much all the time) without one of us having to hold him.

Asher standing up "on his own."

He always starts with his hands out and slowly moves them down in front of his belly. Then he'll start sucking on the seat (as pictured above). You can actually hear him sucking on it as illustrated at the end of this video.

The Final Leg

We finally made it home after a very long Sunday and are starting to feel like we have recovered. Here are some pictures from the journey.

Addilyn and her "cheese" face.


She was letting the polar bear drive.

Long ago, we had this idea to take a picture of Ditty (Addilyn's stuffed dog) at every notable place our family visited. We had kind of let that slide and decided to try to get that caught up a bit while we travelled. Here's Ditty as we entered Oklahoma.

And as we entered Texas.

During one of our pit stops Tyler got some Sonic. Addilyn didn't get anything but just seemed happy to be out of her seat for a bit.

Do I have to get back in?

Asher was a trooper but seemed to be done about 9 hours in. He fussed for a couple of hours but had calmed down again by the time we got home.

It was a fun trip but I think everyone was excited to get home after a day like that.