Peaceful weekend at home

So, a little of the hustle and bustle is over. Aaron is nicely settled in here in Fort Worth and my work schedule has calmed down to a little more normalcy. We had a great leisurely weekend just hanging out and relaxing. Saturday morning Kegan, Madison and I met Jill at Trinity park for an early morning run. It was one of our last cooler days so we took advantage. Sunday morning the family headed back out the the Trinity trails with Jodi for a bike ride. Kegan really does well on our excursions. Guess we broke her in early. Here are some pictures of us later Saturday hanging out.

Happy, happy girl!

Kegan being coy for the camera.

Kegan looking at her picture book. Look at all those toys, too many perhaps.....naaaah!

Kegan on Sunday. You can almost get a glimpse at some of her new teeth. She now has 6. All 4 upper came in at once....boy was that a load of fun.............ummmm, not really?!Kegan quitely enjoying her book. She is finally interested in books. She is growing fast!

Home Sweet Home in Texas

Tuesday morning, Kegan, Nana, and I flew back home. Kegan did really well on the plane as usual. She really travels well. It was extremely comical watching Nana and I trying to navigate all our bags and Kegan through the airport. We forgot to load some of Aaron's stuff in the Uhal, so had 2 BIG extra bags of stuff besides our own to tote....whew!

When we got back to Fort Worth, we headed out to Target to get Aaron his essentials to get started. This is Kegan helping out. She and Fran had a good time searching for stuff. As you can see it was exhausting.

LA vacation day 5- the end

On Monday, Madison left town with Aaron to help him make his trip with Uhal and truck in tow to Fort Worth. They had rain most of the way, so we were all glad when they made it late that night. Kegan and I stayed in Raceland for an extra day and just hung out. Ava rediscovered her Bumbo since we had it out to feed Kegan in. She could get in great, then would get kind of stuck, but didn't seem to mind. She and Kegan played nicely sharing the Barbie cellphone.

LA vacation days 3 and 4- at the beach

Saturday afternoon, we headed out to Grand Isle. Kegan was pretty excited about getting to go to the beach. She loves water, as you know, so this was a pretty big deal for her. Saturday, we just hung out at the camp and played in the pool there. Kirk boiled shrimp and crabs and we ate, and ate, and ate. Sunday was the big beach day. We all got slicked up with sunscreen and headed out. This is Kegan in her suscreen mowhawk.Kegan loved the water. Splashed and splashed. Even ate some sand, but didn't seem to mind. The water made her skin really red around her eyes, but it didn't seem to bother her.

Swinging fun with Dad!

Vampire Baby?

No, but we did find out on our way home that Kegan may have her Mom's addiction for snowballs. She ate some of mine and Madison's and got really mad when we took a break to eat some ourselves instead of feeding it all to her. I think more made it on her face and shirt than actually down her throat.

LA trip day 2- graduation day

Friday August 8th was Aaron's big day. He is officially a real adult. Real job and all. He will be employed by MEDCO Construction (same company Madison works for). We are thrilled to have him live in Fort Worth, Mom is less than happy to lose another child to the great state of Texas. Sorry Mom!

We made an early trip to Baton Rouge to attend the ceremony. Kegan thought "Mike" the tiger was way cool. She even enjoyed sitting on the tiger statue.

Aaron and Fran

Mom, Aaron, and Dad

Aaron, Grammy, and Mawma

Me (Lynette), Aaron, Madison and Kegan

Kegan enjoyed hanging out with Mawma. They were so sweet together. Kegan got to go for a ride in her sweet wheelchair. My arms appreciated the rest.

Once we got back to Raceland, Kegan enjoyed hanging with Paran Aaron. Check out this sweet hat he made for her. It is an old pull-up from Evan and Kegan just thought it made the coolest hat. Perhaps the Catholic church will start ordaining women as popes. Kegan wears the hat well don't you think?


Aaron enjoyed showing Kegan his super cool LSU diploma. He's one smart dude!









That night we had a graduation party for Aaron. We all dressed up in the colors of his Alma Mater......Geaux Tigers! Are these the 2 cutest future LSU cheerleaders or what?

Louisiana Trip- Day One

Thursday August 7th we flew into New Orleans for a long weekend with my family. My brother Aaron is graduating from LSU on Friday so we were there to cheer him on.

That evening, Pawpa and Mawma came to visit. Pawpa was so proud that he put Kegan to sleep. She enjoyed snuggling up to him for a nap. Cousins Ava and Evan joined in for a group picture.

After a good nap, Kegan enjoyed playing with Ava on her really cool stand-up toy. Kegan really liked acting like a big girl. She learned a lot of tricks from Ava. She now can pull up like a pro and will even get brave enough to let go for short periods of time to stand.

Lesson Learned!

Is this the picture of the cutest girl in Texas......maybe,

How about the sweetest............perhaps,

What about the stinkiest...........OH YEAH!



Thought I would share our experience with those out there trying to make their little ones well rounded in their food choices. I was looking for another green veggie to feed Kegan and decided to try asparagus. Everyone knows about asparagus stinky pee, but I now have a whole new appreciation for it. Asparagus pee in a diaper is horrible. At least when adults get it we can immediately flush it away. I changed Kegan's diaper three times today swearing it was poopy, only to find it full of extremely stinky pee. Madison said we can't give it to her anymore. She'll be the stinkiest kid in the tri-state area. No one wants to be the parents of the stinky kid. Today we were. Just thought we'd share for anyone else thinking about giving thier little one asparagus. Kinda sad, she really liked it. Maybe we'll just feed it to her on the weekends, so daycare doesn't report us to CPS.

Kegan crawling along with her new ball!