Kilgore Camp Out (with AC, of course)

Last week we took a family vacation to Hot Springs, Arkansas. My parents found really nice cabins on Lake Catherine and all the Kilgores from our branch of the family tree pow-wowed for 3 nights at the state park. I didn't cart my camera around as much as I usually do, so there aren't many pics of everything we did. I promise Valarie, Jonathan & Lex were there too! Sorry there aren't a lot of pics of y'all!!


While there we celebrated the August birthdays - 3 of which were on August 5th! A couple of years ago we threw my dad a big surprise 60th bday party. Well, when mom turned 60 last year, Kristi was in labor and I was preggo so she didn't get the same kind of party that dad did. We celebrated her 60+1 this year in Arkansas.

View from one of the cabins. Shane & Val down by the lake.

Katelyn's smash cake! Happy FIRST bday, sweet girl!

She was pretty dainty at first...

...but here's the finished product!

My mom made her this crazy cute tutu outfit!

Pops & Drew chillin

The closest I came to a good pic of both of the tots.

My cutie pie!

Matt driving the boat

Matt & Channing did some pretty impressive tricks on the tube!

Waving

Standing up: no hands!!!

WIPEOUT

Drew & Pops chillin (again)

Matt & Mom kayaking

Party Barge

Drew & Matt swimmin in the lake

Lovin the Boat Life

Water Baby

Diva in a Kayak

Taylor the Brunette in a kayak :)

Ahhhh, relaxing with Dad

Gma & Drewski

Burgers on the awesome portable grill! Uncle Shane, saving the day!

Happy Bday, Jonathan/Aladdin!

(I stole a few pics from Val)!

Sickiepoo

Poor Drew started off the 2nd half of his first year not feeling so well. His fever spiked up to 102 in a matter of hours and the poor little guy was miserable. I took him to a clinic in Hobbs and the doctor looked at him for less than five minutes and wrote "teething" on his sheet, handed it to me, and told me where to pay! Seriously??? My main issue with this is that the doctor didn't even look in his mouth, so how would he know if he was teething?

WELL, I took him to Lubbock (2 hour drive and worth every minute) to the "real" pediatrician. This doctor spent lots of time with us and....looked in Drew's mouth. Guess what he found? Yellow blisters!! Drew has Hand, Foot & Mouth disease!!!!

URGH.

6 Months Old - 7.26.10

Happy Half Birthday to our sweet boy, Drew!

Drew is 6 Months old!

At 4 months, I knew it was OK to give Drew solids, but I wasn't quite ready. Everything I read said that all babies need for the first six months is milk, and my doctor confirmed. So we decided to wait until Drew's 6 month "birthday" to try solids. I geared myself up for this event because I really appreciate and enjoy the fact that up until this point every little cell in his tiny body was once part of me! Super cheesy, but this was a big milestone for mama! We skipped all the cereals and went for homemade sweet potatoes for his first meal. Here is the result...

He likes it!??? Not so much.

We do love his "Baby Flea" bib that Grandma made!!

The video is hilarious. I will see if I can post it on youtube and I'll put a link on here if I can.

Drew with his Dottie the Giraffe from Grandma and his Ellie the Elephant from Grandpa. It will be fun explaining one day that Grandma isn't married to Grandpa...she's married to Pops. Hmmm. :)

Here's to another fabulous 6 months with Mr. Drew!! Love that boy!

Day in the Life of Drew

The other day I pulled out some of his 6-9 month clothes and, lo and behold, they were too small already! This outfit is a size 12 months!!! He is still technically only 5 months old. That's a big boy!

**Let's just say there was an explosion and the outfit didn't make it all day with Drew. I decided to spare you the pics.

So Mr. Drew had a mid-day bath. Here he is as a baby burrito!

And all clean!

Practice...

When it comes to advice from our pediatrician, I am a huge rule follower/stickler. So when he told us absolutely nothing in the crib until he was 6 months old, I took him at his word. Drew hasn't had any blankets, bumper, lovies or toys at all in his crib yet! I'm not quite sure how the kid sleeps because I wouldn't be comfy like that, that's for sure! We lay him down with just his footie jammies on and that's it. Well, he turns 6 months old on Monday, so I decided to let him practice sleeping with a blanket for his afternoon nap today! He's on the floor in the living room with me watching him :) Whatta big boy - sleeping with a blankie! Wooo hooo!!

Gone are the Days....

...when I can put Drew on a blanket and pop out of the room for 5 seconds!

Sorry Blogger, Drew Loves Face Book!

Rock on, peeps.

Check out my new 'do, folks!
(Oh, and my first mosquito bite on the middle of my forehead!)

My 3 Cuties...

Cookie Monster

4th of July and Sleepy Guy

This post is a little belated, but we spent the 4th of July weekend in Ctown. The 3rd was Katie & Wes's wedding and on the 4th we went up to Me-Maw's for a BBQ luncheon.

Me, Drew, Gma & Me-Maw

Me-Maw and her Great Grandson

Daddy and Drew lounging

Sometimes he sleeps with both arms up like this! Too funny!

Baby Bjorn

Ignore the sweaty mama and look at this cutie pie who went for a walk with his sun hat on! Love that lil guy!

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Watts!

On 7.10.10 Kala and Andrew were married! Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Mr. & Mrs. Watts

Sneaky pic of Kala (don't worry, this won't make it to FB)!

Tracie & Amy

Me, Mandy, Malinda & Chaunie

5th grade teachers w/ Kala

aka Awesome Dancers

When Kala first got engaged, she sent out an email to a bunch of girls assigning us each a song to perform to at her reception. We decided to play along with this joke and found some hideous spandex dance costumes online. We emailed Kala a pic of the costumes and told her we'd be there with feathers on, ready to dance! SO, at her reception we heard our names being called over the microphone to come up and perform our dance!!! Chaundra broke out in hives as the song "Don't You Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me" played over the speakers. What choice did we have? We busted a move on the dance floor. OOoh, Kala, thanks for that one! Fun times, fun times!

Congrats to the happy couple!

The Armentrouts Visit!

Keri and Karl made a pitstop at our house on their way back home from California. Here's what our living room looked like for a day or so.....

Filled with kids, babies, and a pup! I loved it!!

Holly & Molly

Violet also loved Molly, but she didn't want her picture taken with her!

Mmmmmmmmm, cookie dough.

Titus & Drew. Serious cuteness.


Hey, buddy!



I've known Keri since the 1st grade back at Liberty Elementary. It's so fun that our boys are 3 months apart!


Future Aggie Roommates?
Whoop class of 2032!

While they were here, my friend, Kala, got married! So the Armentrouts were Drew's first official "non-family" babysitters! Whatta milestone (for mommy!!!)! Actually, when you've known someone as long as I've known Keri, she pretty much counts as family! Thanks for a great visit and a successful babysitting adventure, Armentrouts!

Let's give it up for....Mr. & Mrs. Baker!

Last weekend my awesome friend and college roomie, KatieAnn tied the knot! I am so happy for her and Wes. Their wedding was beautiful and Katie was a gorgeous bride!! As noted in the toast, Wes deserves the award for the "marathon pursuit of Katie."

I think a life married to her is just the right prize :)

Wes & Katie Baker

The wedding was in a beautiful vineyard

They escaped in a silver Mustang with sparklers all around!

Me with Dre

Kilgores

(excuse the humid drowned rat hair I have going on)

The girls with Mrs. Baker

Andrea, Me, Halie, Katie, Laura, Sarah

Emily, Traci

Fun Peeps

Sarah, Dre, Steve, Traci & CJ

Drew hearts Sophie....the giraffe, that is!

Sophie the giraffe is a pretty popular teething toy for babes. It's all natural rubber and the ink is food grade. So, it's super "green" and safe for kiddos. It is also light weight and has lots of smaller parts that 5 month olds can actually fit into their mouths! Matt's dad was over the other day and noticed that the teething rings were too big and heavy for Drew....so he bought him Sophie! Drew loves it!!! Look at the enthusiasm in that first pic....hilarious!