Quick Trip

Two weekends ago we took a quick trip to California for my cousin Amanda's wedding. Even though Amanda and James live here in FW, they wanted to get married in California, and have their reception on my Aunt and Uncle's terrace in Del Mar. It was a fast and furious trip - but we had a blast celebrating with them!

The Sparks flew in to San Diego on Thursday and headed straight to Georges at the Cove in La Jolla to meet my Mom and Dad for some great fish tacos...and maybe a bloody mary or two. (Flying with a baby is stressful). We made it back to the beach condo my parents had rented, took a snooze, and then headed to the beach. Friday we walked the beach in the morning, hosted a bridesmaid brunch at my cousin's home, and then started celebrating Amanda and James at the rehearsal dinner. Saturday was fun filled as well - walk on the beach in the morning, lunch at Jakes on the beach, and then a 3:00 o'clock wedding with a reception that lasted until 10:00 p.m. on my Aunt and Uncle's terrace. It was a fun fun time and it helped to have an angel baby. Truly. Perfect on the plane. Perfect in the church. (Seriously, not one peep). We can't wait to go back and visit again soon!

4 Hours on a Plane with a Baby + Bloody Marys from Georges = Snooze Time

JMS's first trip to the Pacific! Parents who think ahead would have brought a hat to protect their baby. We brought a burp rag...

Thanks to Aunt MiMi and Aunt Muffin for helping with JMS during the bridesmaid brunch...

The boys before rehearsal dinner...

Us.

Just some of the girl cousins...can you see why I might have been surprised to have a boy?

Angel Baby sleeping through the rehearsal dinner...

At the reception...

Me and my favorite little man at the reception...

After sunset it got a little chilly...time to break out the bear jacket!

Congratulations Amanda and James! Thanks for letting us celebrate with you!

Wordless Wednesday (Nighty Night)

Wordless Wednesday

I MISS him!!!

WHERE did this precious newborn baby go? I miss him!!!

JMS circa 5 days old, sunning away the jaundice...

August/September

In August and September we...

Wore BIG BOY PJs for the first time!

Did a little shopping with Jen and Russell - the boys look thrilled!!!

Did a little more shopping with Summer & Sutton in Southlake...See a pattern?

We celebrated Labor Day with the Burdetts by grilling kabobs in their backyard.

JMS, Aunt/Godmama Regan and JMS's BFF (in utero)

(JMS tested out his best friend's cool Bugaboo for her [just a guess folks] - he LOVED it)

Hung out with Nana on her birthday...

We hung out with Aunt Muffin (or Aunt Leenie - she can't decide) in Ft. Worth.

Went to Houston to visit Nana and Papa...Nana enjoyed dressing JMS in cute outfits, and Papa and Nana loved helping with bath time.

3 Month Sparky Pictures

(I know...I know...It has been years since I last posted. Let's just ignore this fact and move on. Also, please ignore that this is his "3 month" post, when he actually 4 months).

Three Months

Here is precious JMS at Three Months!!! He is such a joy - we love him!

A Few Firsts...

The past few days have been filled with some "firsts" for our little family!

The BEST (in my opinion) happened this morning when I heard JM cooing over the monitor - and went to get him out of his crib. I walked in, said good morning, and I got the biggest smile and coo from my little man. He decided to talk and smile at me all day long today - melts my heart! Of course, he had already smiled at his Daddy, on Father's Day...so now he will have to learn to say "Mommy" first! :)

Another first - would be he spent his first night in his room, and in his crib. This was a hard decision for us to make - but our pediatrician really encourages you to have your baby out of your room and in his own room and bed at four weeks. It honestly makes me sad not to have him near me in his little cradle...BUT I must say the quality of sleep we are getting has improved greatly!

Yesterday was John Marshall's first "playdate" with precious Sutton. We had so much fun meeting Sutton and catching up with Summer. Baylor 2027 get ready! :) These great pictures are courtesy of Summer.

Happy Father's Day!

We had a wonderful Sunday celebrating Justin's first Father's Day! We had a lazy morning and spent two hours on our bed just laying there staring at our precious little one. He is really starting to try to "talk" to us. He follows our movements, and has great eye contact. The BEST part of our morning was when he smiled at Justin twice in a row - what a great Father's Day gift! Guess I can return the new wedge and golf shoes? Ha! We had lunch at my Aunt and Uncle's house with all of my cousins and my Granddaddy John. It was so precious to watch my GDaddy hold his namesake on Father's Day. Justin and I spent the afternoon at the mall and at some golf store while two of my cousins kept JM. It is so nice to be able to get away and leave him with family! Sunday evening we took a nice long walk. The pics below are right before we took the walk. Of course I have pics on my camera documenting all of the day's events, but I am too lazy to go get the connector cord, so these are off of my phone...THANK YOU Justin for being an amazing father to our son! :)

One Month Stats

We went in for John Marshall's one month check-up where he received a great report and his second Hep. B shot. Here are the stats:

Height - 23.5 inches (97th percentile)
Weight - 9 pounds (25th percentile)
Head - (50th percentile)

We have one long, skinny guy on our hands! It is amazing to think that he gained two pounds and grew an inch and a half in just 4 weeks! Slow down JM - you are growing up too fast!!!

And Two Become Three...