Cousin Carter's Christening and Sip and See in West Point

George looking dapper for the sip and see party.

The Menetre fam after Carter's christening.

So close to crawling....and having so much fun trying.

The honoree of the weekend....beautiful Kathryn Carter!!

George loves to stare at his cousin. He is fascinated with her. He hasn't seen too many people smaller than he is.

another family shot

Bailey loves to put George on his shoulders.

And I think George likes to be way up high on his daddy's shoulders too

Carter and George playing together at Nonna's

George LOVES his daddy.

They are big buddies as you can see.

Carter in her beautiful gown on her big day.

Bailey, me, George, Holly, Carter, and Luke

The Kulps after the christening....a good looking bunch.

my sweet little niece

beautiful flowers at lunch at Bailey's mom's after the Christening

the cake was pretty too! and also delish!!!

We had such a fun weekend in West Point this weekend for Carter's (George's first cousin) christening and sip and see. We got to see lots of friends and family. I got tons of pictures of the babies (as you can see above). Carter looked beautiful in her christening gown, and a good time was had by all.

Besides that, we are just getting back into the swing of school life right now at our house. It takes some time, but we are getting there. I am teaching online at ICC this semester too, so I am one busy gal at the moment. I will try to keep the blog going though. September will be a big month with lots going on. We have our first home MSU game next weekend which I am super pumped about! We are going on a trip to Quebec City, Canada later this month. Also, my ten year high school reunion is at the end if the month. So hopefully there will be lots of new pictures and stories soon. Everyone have a blessed week!!

Simple Things

George with his teething biscuit.

An afternoon ritual around here....a little Mickey Mouse with his teething biscuit. Life is good.

Still no teeth, but he loves these things.

There is progress in the crawling department....but no official success yet.

He's getting very strong....This is the downward facing dog position (for yoga fans)

Playing with his new toy from Nonna and Pal (Bailey's parents)

They brought him a sock monkey and a Tonka truck. He loved them both.

Thanks Nonna and Pal!

Mommy and Daddy got George a swing for the porch. Hap (my dad) put it up for him this weekend. Thanks Hap!!!

wearing Daddy's golf visor...very handsome

checking out his swing

Holly and I went back to school shopping at the mall this week and got the babies matching monkey pajamas. George was out for the count, but we had to get a picture. Look how big Cousin Carter has gotten. She's a doll!!

George loves to swing.

Bailey and I seem to be always on the go. It is very rare that we have consecutive weekends at home. This is our second weekend at home in a row, and I have to say that sometimes doing nothing at all on the weekend is absolutely the best. It causes me to sit back and look at the simple things in my life that make it so sweet. For the last two weekends we have gotten to have friends over, go to church, visit with family, and just be home as a family together. It has been wonderful. It is so funny to think that we have lived in Tupelo for over a year now. We have really fallen into place here, and even though I wasn't sure about the move at first. I am absolutely positive that this is where we are supposed to be, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I cannot believe how fast time flies, how big George is (He's 7 months old today!!), and how much a year (and a baby) can change your life. The summer has flown by as it usually does, and I go back to school tomorrow. It will be a new kind of year teaching seniors, but I am not dreading it too bad. I will probably change my tune in the morning when that alarm goes off. Have a great week, everyone!!

Some cute stuff from the weekend

George fresh from a bath.

Some people might call this a comb over.

I always brush George's hair after our bath. It stays parted and cute for about ten minutes, and then it's back to the way it always is. But he has such thin hair, that it looks like an old man comb over when we first brush it.

I guess it's probably time to discontinue the bouncy seat if..

A. it leans back so far due to his weight that it is more like a bouncy hammock now. (see pillows we have to use to hold it up so he can at least see the t.v.)

B. As soon as you sit him in the seat, he sits up straight as you see in the picture.

Please excuse the unmade bed; it was Saturday morning. George was dressed, but that was as far as I had gotten.

This is the face he makes EVERY time I turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Mickey comes walking over the hill and says, "Hey everybody. It's Mickey Mouse!" He cares nothing for Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and Minnie. He kind of likes Pluto, but mostly has eyes for Mickey. I think we should probably go ahead and start saving for Disney World trips.

Bailey and I went out to lunch on Saturday afternoon and took our little man. Of course, this gave me a reason to dress him up. You can imagine the look on Bailey's face when he walked in ready to put him in the car and saw this little get up. He said that this hat was borderline feminine, and we were going to need to take that hat off before we took him in public. No fun at all!! So I made sure to take lots of pictures so the blog world could at least see how cute he was.

"Don't worry, Dad; I can totally pull this hat off!"

Naptime at the Menetre house....

In your dreams, Mom!!

My baby refuses to take long naps!! I try so hard to get him on a napping schedule, but he fights sleep like nothing I have ever seen. He would much rather practice his crawling skills in his crib than actually nap in it.

Thank goodness for the bumper pad....

check out these chunks!!! I love them!!

There isn't much going on with us lately, but I wanted to post some new pictures for my faithful viewers. George weighs 20 plus pounds. His carrier is next to impossible to carry with him inside. I bought a grocery store basket cover the other day, because the carrier days are numbered for this little guy.

He is trying desperately to crawl. He gets so close to getting up on all fours, and then he tumbles. He finds this very frustrating. I am enjoying these last few weeks of him not being exactly mobile. I know that life will really change once that happens.

We are making our way through the baby foods. George is a very good eater...obviously. The only thing we've found that he doesn't like is carrots. He even likes the green beans.

I have one more week before I have to go back to work, so I am looking forward to spending my time with George. Where did the summer go?