The finished nursery

We finished the nursery. It is ready for a baby! I am so happy with how it turned out. I love sitting in there.  It has such a calming feel. The wall mural was the biggest project. It took me, my mom, and Clinton 4 hours to apply it.  I can't imagine if I had tried to do it myself! The quote is from the song "Carolina in My Mind" by James Taylor. Clinton has told me several times over the years that we have been together that this is his favorite line from any song so I thought it was a good choice.

Preparing for baby

We got to work on the nursery one weekend when my mom came to town. The crib and chair came in just in time for our work weekend with GiGi.  We had ordered some bedding that we intended to use but couldn't pick a paint color that we liked to go with it. We went through three gallons of paint until we decided to go with a new color scheme altogether. I am very happy we decided to change. The new color scheme is much better. It is very calming and happy. Thanks, Mom, for all of your help!!!

This is what Tanner did most of the weekend. She played and watched movies on GiGi's "iPhone". 

 

The new color scheme. Ahhh, much better!

 Tanner was pooped!

Keaton's 1st Birthday

My good friend, Abby, has a little one her turned one recently and she asked me if I would make cupcakes for the party. It was a fishing theme, and the party was so cute.  Abby had a giant water activity center for the kids to play on, and Tanner had a BLAST.  We need one of these in our back yard! 

2010 Cowboy Gallop

Every year Pleasanton, the "birthplace of the cowboy", has an annual "Cowboy Homecoming" celebration. They have a festival in the park with live music at night, and it is kicked off with a 5k run that is sponsored by the local newspaper.  For the past two years, Amy and I have run this race together and Clinton was able to join us this year since his parents were in town to watch Tanner. Randy came out to support us and took a few pictures.  Our times were terrible, but it was about 4000 degrees outside and 200% humidity so we will use the weather as our excuse =)

Visit from GiGi, GPaw, and YaYa

My dad left in June to do a project overseas in Saudi Arabia and he gets to come home every 8 weeks for a two week visit.  When they came, my aunt came down too and we all got to visit and spend some time together. We went out to the back and picked a watermelon (as I'm sure you can tell is one of our favorite activities) and cut it open. We also shelled beans that my aunt had brought from a market she had been to. We had a great time until "tragedy" struck =).  My Aunt Linda had brought me an awesome yellow table that she had found at a resale store and we set it in the middle of the living room to shell the beans on. After dinner, Tanner was jumping up and down on the couch and lost her footing and fell into the table.  Clinton picked her up immediately since she was crying and held her close. He pulled her back to see where she had hit herself and yelled to me because her face and the front of her body was covered in blood. She had hit her head right over her left eyebrow and it was bleeding pretty bad.  We took her to the emergency room, along with GiGi and YaYa, while GPaw went to the store to get her some ice cream for when she returned home.  They glued her wound and she was good to go. She was very brave with the doctor, and let him do whatever he needed. It was our first official trip to the emergency room for a child, but I'm sure it won't be the last!

Picking a watermelon

 The perfect one

 

Trip to Kathryn and Justin's

Every couple of months we make a point to see some very good friends of ours, Kathryn, Justin, and Jackson Brumley.  Kathryn and I met when we were 13 years old and have been friends ever since.  We enjoy spending time with them so much, and just wish we got to see them more often.  We took a trip to their house for the weekend and had a great time. We had a shrimp boil on Saturday, and the food was amazing. They did a great job. Tanner and Jackson are nine months apart, and really enjoyed playing together while we were there. We miss them every time we leave!

Jackson's amazing snack tower. He is one lucky boy!

 Kathryn and Jackson

 They started off in the bath together, but it only lasted a minute or two. Jackson was not a fan!