Randoms

Cooper loves to put on a show. We got this picnic table for him and Katy a week or so ago, and it adjusts up and down (down being for storage purposes). Well the other day I caught him standing on the top of the picnic table when it was up,he did it was his "stage"........ I didn't think that was all that safe so I lowered the top, and voila! He grabbed his microphone and hopped up there and started singing his heart out.

Katy is almost ready for the Bumbo seat. Crazy, yes, but at 8 weeks old, she's getting there!

This. This makes me a happy mama.

A clean pantry also makes me a happy mama! Thanks to my mom for helping me weed through it last week and clean it out. It was full of expired items andi had just cleaned it out six months ago! Apparently that is too long to wait between cleanings!

Watch Big Bang Theory? This shirt was on Woot! A week or two ago and insure made me want to buy it. I love that show!

Since the weather around here doesn't think that it's July, aka it was 73 degrees yesterday..... Katy and I sat outside on a blanket while Cooper played and Tim cleaned the garage, Little Miss decided this is what she does when on a blanket outside. I guess she got comfortable!

 

That's enough randomness for me for one morning, my mom is coming to visit today, the new appliances are going to be delivered and mom and I are going shopping. Not the fun kind, but the grocery kind. Boo for that, but yay for the rest of the day!!

Have a great day all!

 

SWW

I haven’t participated in a So What Wednesday linkup in a while, so I figure it’s about time that I do.

This week, I’m saying so what…..

……… if the day after we go to purchase a new refrigerator our oven dies and we have to go buy a new oven also.  Home ownership is awesome.  On the positive side, I get a new convection oven and a French door fridge like I’ve wanted for such a long time!  These bad boys will be delivered sometime this week!

……… if I didn’t stay off of my foot as much as I should have over the past week after my surgery.  It’s pretty impossible with a 3.5 year old, a baby and a husband.

……… if I’m obsessed with taking comparison pictures of my two babies.  I just cannot help it.  I want to see how much they look alike.

……………if I just downloaded pictures from Cooper’s school play in APRIL…. Anywho, here is a video from his play.  He’s cute, I’m a bad videographer, I cannot keep the camera steady.

………if I’m already looking up family picture ideas for our family pictures this year.  We won’t get them taken until mid October, but I’m already obsessing about colors of clothing, poses and how to mesh all of us and make it make sense. 

…….if I’m also thinking about Christmas cards.  Yes, I KNOW it’s only July, but I’m trying to decide how to incorporate all of us into a card this year.  The Bram Fam with the Johnsons?  Separate pictures but still on the card?  All the same picture?  Just the Johnson’s on the card this year?  I SERIOUSLY need opinions.  Since Steph and Ryan got married, we’ve always just had them on our card, and in our pictures, but how many years do we do this?  Does it make sense to continue this practice?  HELP!

What are you saying So What! to this week?  Link up with Shannon and tell us!!

My friends are LOOKING OUT ACROSS AMERICA

Just a quickie post – remember the time I hosted a giveaway for a Looking Out Across America tshirt?  Well that same day, my BFF Erica guest posted for me about the journey she and her wife Mel were going to be embarking on this summer.  Well here’s an update.  They’ve made it from Virginia at the beginning of June to Colorado as of Monday this week.  These ladies have had an amazing trip so far, travelling up mountains in VA, up rolling hills in MO, and across flatlands in KS.  They’ve had chilly nights and crazy hot days.  They’ve camped, stayed in church hostels, lots of hotels and many places in between.

Please, go here to read all about their journey.  They are 50+ days in and they post a blog entry for every day of their journey across this land that we call home. 

Summer Fun

 

Cooper loves the sprinkler.  He runs through it, sits on it and puts his legs in it.  He’s crazy, but what’s new?  It’s been a cool summer, not enough heat to get the pool warm for very long, so Coop has been in the sprinkler more often than in the pool.

We went to an Indianapolis Indian’s game on the Fourth of July with my friend Jill’s family.  Cooper and Max have been good friends since they were in daycare together as babies – now we take them to Monkey Joe’s every couple of months to keep up with each other.  Katy got to meet Max’s younger brother Wyatt (her future boyfriend).  Wyatt was born in March.  He’s a big boy and such a cutie, he just didn’t want his picture taken at the time.

More pictures of my first born.  The many dress-up outfits of Cooper.   One day just a simple pair of sunglasses, the next short pants, another day cowboy hats and pjs for baseball playing.  He’s crazy, but a very loveable crazy.

The many outfits of Katy.  A bikini from my cousin, and some of her cutest summer outfits.  I love dressing her up, even if we’re just going to hang out at home.  She’s just so precious, I cannot help take hundreds of pictures of her in her summer outfits.

 

That’s a short look at some of our summer – dress up, baseball, hanging out at home, and lots of time in the sprinkler.  Always good times!