Some more pics from our recent photo shoot!

In addition to the great shots below via the link, these are a two of my favorites from the entire album:

Lil C was obsessed with this bubble wand - I thought more pictures would include this bright pink gem! She was only happy when it was in her hands and mouth! Yum.

OMG - this makes me laugh and cry at the same time - how great is this shot? B-man at his finest!

Photo shoot!

Yesterday we met up with Holly from Blue Balloon Photography at the Indianapolis Art Center to take some pictures of the kids - check it out! We did have one small mishap when our balloons got loose and flew away, resulting in a total meltdown from b-man, but he bounced back. Can you belive my lil C is almost one???

http://blueballoonphotography.blogspot.com/2010/05/b-two-little-cuties-indianapolis.html

Happy Mother's Day!

Of course, we couldn't have a patio party without celebrating Mother's Day  as well! So after we spent Saturday working hard and building a patio, trimming, mulching, planting, and cleaning/organizing, we enjoyed the sunny Sunday with a yummy brunch to celebrate our hardwork and of course, moms!

Sweet baby C. I never put her in dresses b/c well, they just don't seem convenient, but to the suprise of my family, I did today! Maybe now that it is warm we'll do more dresses. No promises. I just don't have a frilly baby girl (or maybe it is me!!!!)

Happy McCool's!

Hmm - is it possible to get everyone looking at smiling at once. Doubt it. Oh well, this is the beauty of it all and a glimspe into daily life!

Grandma and lil C

Grandpa loving on his grandbabies

Uncle A and lil C, eyeballin each other...

Aunt Nae Nae, Mema, Mama, and Lil C

Have to say, we are a good lookin group!

Mema, Lil C, B-man (refusing to look up) and Gpa R

A special moment.....

Gaga and PawPaw with the little ones.

Happy Mother's Day!

Aunt Nae Nae, Mema, Mama, Lil C, Grandma, Gaga, B-man

THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING!

We could not have done it without everyone pitching in! And of course, the best part was spending time together and enjoying a beautiful weekend (slightly cold, but beautiful).

smile

Patio Party

This weekend we had a patio party. It was great. All three sets of parents came up - Gma and Gpa H, Mema and Gpa R, and Gaga and PawPaw. We also had Aunt Nae Nae, Uncle B, and Uncle A join us in the fun festivities. We accomplished a lot and are so thankful that we have such great family that was willing to give up a weekend (Mother's Day weekend at that!) to spend time digging around and working hard.

To really see the full effect, I am going to post before/after pictures. The before pictures are from when we bought our house a few years back. Quite a change!

BEFORE

AFTER!

What a difference a few years can make! And some time and love!

Here is the front porch - BEFORE.

AFTER! I love having color!

Back yard BEFORE - BLAH.

BEFORE - yuck and overgrown!

BEFORE - whoa momma!

AFTER! So nice!

After - a beautiful place to sit!

After - the tree looks so nice landscaped!

AFTER. And the backyard is great too!

Now let's see this work in action!

Gearing up with lots of sand!

Lots of pavers......time and patience required.

The finished product...

Admiring their hard work.

The Patio Party Crew!

Uncle A, Paw Paw, Uncle B, Grandpa, Papa, Grandpa R

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

Fun with our friend I!

Last weekend we had an opportunity to babysit our friend I all afternoon/evening. The boys had such a great time playing. I loves lil C too, and couldn't give her enough hugs. Too cute. We had a great time and can't wait to do it again!



I was crazy about this ball all day - was never out of his hands (as you will see below!)

The neighbors came out and the boys loved seeing Louie the dog.

Run Run Run! Chase me Chase me!

The lil girl was supposed to be asleep (despite how light it looks, it was afer 7pm, past her bedtime!)

But she would rather stay and play. Who wouldn't?

The crew - I have a feeling these three are going to be trouble!

And before I's mom and dad came to pick him up, we thought we would try to clean up a bit....

On Sunday we started prepping for the new patio. The kids snacked while we dug.

This is our yard pre-patio. Tucker is standing on our sandbox top. We got the area dug out and will start the actual process this weekend with sand and pavers! Woohoo- no more grilling on the driveway!

Wordless Wednesday

Water baby

Lil C sure loves her bath! Splashing and yelling and laughing and swimming!  Too funny when she lays down on her belly and sticks her face in the water. My lil water baby!