July

I spend about 9-10+ hours a day at a computer now, so you'll understand why the blog has fallen by the way side. Once I'm done with work for the day, I'm ready to not touch a computer again til the next morning.
Still, lots of fun happening around here.

Camille is crawling! Well, scoot-armycrawling. She's definitely mobile.

Watch out world! She's also broken out her first tooth. She and Patches continue to be the best of friends (sometimes Patches babysits while I work):


I FINALLY met a real wild Texas Armadillo. I've looked in every bush we've driven past for the last 3.5 years, and finally found one! Actually, Kenny saw it while driving away from our development, he called me at home, and I ran down the street in my PJs with a camera and start looking through the bushes till I found her. Her name is Francine.



She was pretty fearless- I had to scare her off the very busy road. I got within a few feet of her and probably could have touched it her I wanted to. It made my week.

Kenny planned the best birthday surprise EVER! First, knowing I needed a new swimsuit and how hard it is for me to find one that fits, he ordered one for me a few weeks in advance- and it actually fit and I feel amazing in it! He had arranged for my wonderful brother Kevin and his wife Candace to watch the two kids so Kenny and I could go to Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Galveston for a whole day by ourselves.
It was the first time since Daniel was born that we have spent more than 4 hours with each other, kid-free. We had a BLAST! Great waterpark- the slides were not notable but that "lazy river" (which we actually called "the ambitious river") is a LOT of fun. We were worried about weather, and sure enough the whole drive down was an awful storm, but literally the moment we pulled into the parking lot, the rain stopped, and it ended up being sunny enough we got pretty burnt despite sunblocking every hour.
I don't have a picture from our day, sadly, so instead here's Camille in HER new swimsuit:


I think I've finally gotten proficient at cutting Daniel's hair. He still wiggles a lot so that's tough, plus he has crazy cowlicky hair, but I'm no longer ashamed of his home-done haircuts (And think of the money we'll save!):


Unfortunately, we've been passing around an awful cough. Camille sums it up pretty well here- goopy eyes, goopy nose, crusty face... all-around miserable:

Her little cries are hoarse and SO pathetic sounding now! She and I have been dealing with it for 3 weeks or so, Daniel caught it about a week ago, and Kenny finally succumbed today. No fun.

Lots of other pics up at our June and July albums.