It's just me and you kid............and Tony!

Well I'm a single mom this week. Josh left today for Summer Cross Country Camp in Taos, NM. They have four week long camps (JV Girls, JV Boys, Varsity Girls, Varsity Boys). He's going for both of the boys weeks so that means he'll come back late Saturday night, stays home for a week then goes back the following week.

Summer time is great because Josh is home and I LOVE having my husband around all the time. It's been a fun summer so far spending time together, going to the pool, and just being lazy. And one of my favorite parts is sharing time with CeCe! So when mom wants to take a nap at a random time during the day......I CAN :)

Not sure what we're gonna do yet but I know we're gonna miss him. And I'll have to keep the camera close. With CeCe changing so much and so fast I gotta fill daddy in on everything when he gets back :)

We love and miss you already! Time to come home :)

4th of July

We spent the day at the Snider's house for some fellowship, swimming, and delicious food! Later that evening, they had planned on watching fireworks but we weren't able to stay because CeCe goes to bed at 8pm. Keeping her up past then is not good for her and not fun for us so we made sure to just avoid it all together and stick to the routine. So unfortunately we missed fireworks this year but still had a great day!

See more pictures here!

Lots of Firsts for CeCe!

June brought a lot of milestones for CeCe! She's 7 months now and is getting sooooo big :) Check out pictures and all of the details here!

June 2009 (cont'd) - Welcome Baby Girl Batson

The month ended on a wonderful note. Carrie and Lee welcomed their gift from God.......Bradie Grace Batson! She was born on June 30 at 3:52pm, weighing 7lbs, 13oz, 20 1/2 inches long, and such a beauty! I had the privilege of seeing the happy family in the hospital and Bradie is such a sweet, cuddly, gorgeous little girl. So proud of Carrie and Lee! Can't wait to see Bradie and CeCe together!

Congratulations Carrie and Lee :)

June 2009 (cont'd) - Father's Day

I had been thinking about and planning Father's Day for what seemed like forever! I was so excited to celebrate how wonderful my sweet husband is. I can't fully express how grateful I am to have such a loving, extremely hard working, and the best, most helpful, hands on daddy as my best friend and partner in life. I am in love with our relationship and am truly the luckiest girl EVER :) I love seeing him and CeCe together and look forward to seeing their bond grow over the years!

I like to be creative and thoughtful with gifts (when I can) and I think I did pretty good! Josh is a coffee drinker and has had the same coffee maker for several years. It's been a great one but it was definitely time to upgrade. So I got him a fancy one that grinds the coffee beans before brewing. The smell of coffee fills the apartment and it tastes awesome! I actually gave it to him a couple of weeks early because he ran out of coffee and I didn't want him to spend money on more since I already had everything. I waited until he went to bed and set everything up so that it would be ready for his cup the next morning.

(He's a bit animated in most of the pictures but I think he truly was happy with his goodies)

So the day before Father's Day came and I couldn't wait to give him the rest of his gifts because although most of them weren't technically for him....I worked really hard and was proud.

I got him a couple of small things.....some wine stoppers, a hat rack that hangs on the closet door (to keep them from being all over the apartment!), and a 13.1 (half marathon) sticker to go on the car.

And then I made CeCe's entire wardrobe for her first Cross Country season with Daddy! They turned out so great and I can't wait to see her in everything :)

(Thankfully I had Erin's creative mind to help me come up with the sayings!)

So then the actual day came! I made him pancakes for breakfast. Then we got ready and met Josh's dad at the cemetery to see say hi to Gaga (Josh's grandfather).

Afterward, we ate lunch with Josh's extended family then spent the rest of the day at his dad's hanging out and eating some more!

It was a great day! We love our special man :)

June 2009 - Brother's Wedding

Whew......I'm tired! The month of June was BBBBUUUUUSSSSYYYY! It was a lot of fun but I'm glad it's over! To keep this blog from being too long I'm gonna break up the posts by events.

First things first.....my brother's and now sister-in-law's (Nathan and Amy) Wedding! They have been together about 7 years, have a beautiful 19 month old daughter, and have been engaged for over 2 years now....so needless to say this was a long time coming! A couple months back, I volunteered to help them with whatever they needed to finish planning their special day. It was extremely time consuming (as wedding planning can be!) but so rewarding. I was able to spend so much time with them and I can't be more proud of where they are as a couple but even more so for how they were able to work together to plan their wedding basically on their own and on their own dime. I can't imagine accomplishing what they have, raising a child, working, and planning a wedding at 21 yrs. old! But they did it!

I helped with some of the small details but my main contribution came when helping plan their wedding shower, putting together their wedding slideshow, and helping coordinate their rehearsal and wedding day!

Everything turned out great, they were happy, had a wonderful time on their honeymoon to Cancun and now look forward to catching up on sleep!

I don't have many pictures of these events because I was working most of them but I do have a couple of their engagement pictures and Amy's bridal pictures below.