Our Crazy Cat....Ruger

I have been trying to catch Ruger doing this on film for a little while now.....but every time he would get in and play I could not find the camera!! Here is a quick version...got him right before he jumped out.

July 4, 2009

Anthony and his Papaw Doc - riding in the ranger with Julia.
Mamaw Teresa and Papaw Doc take Anthony for a ride

Chris and Teresa with Anthony

Nanny playing with Anthony

Happy 4th of July!

Anthony loves his Nanny!

Papaw and Mamaw

Surrounded by girls - Anthony loved all the attention!

Oh yeah and food too! HA

More food Sydni

Aunt Melissa giving Anthony a new shirt - too cute!

Evonne and Olivia playing in the pool

Laya gets to have all the fun with the little ones - THANK YOU!!

As you can tell - Anthony really loves the pool

Uncle Phil what are you teaching Anthony

Fun in the sun

Laya we need you to come to Texas.

Aunt Mischele and Tadpole

Crab legs!

How sweet - time to dry off

Time to eat AGAIN

We had a great weekend - Thanks Phil and Melissa for having everyone over - the food was great. I believe Nanny won the homemade ice cream contest!!

Anthony and Dixie Fighting over a Toy Monkey

Jennifer brought this to Anthony when she came to visit. I had it put back so Dixie wouldn't tear it up when I wasn't watching well guess what - Dixie got it and was having a blast - when Anthony saw her playing with it he decided that he wanted to play. They played really good together. Dixie is the best dog ever!!

New Trick

Anthony has a new trick....watch and laugh!

Dirt

If anybody has ever been to my house and can remember the huge plant I had in this planter - well I got that plant while Tony was still in Vet School - it kept growing and growing - I can't tell you how many times I have re potted the plant as well as moving it from Mississippi to Louisiana to Florida and to Texas. Just the other day I went to cut off some of the old branches and when I moved the base of the plant the entire thing just fell over. I guess the roots had dry rotted or something. I was so sad it has made it all these years! I needed Tony to help me carry it outside to dump the dirt out and a couple of days went by and guess what it's coming back to life. I have one small leaf!!! Anthony never noticed the plant or played with it before but now if you put him down - he goes straight to it!!! Playing in the dirt - Tony always said he hoped Anthony would like to play in the dirt - well guess what......HE DOES!!!

Velcro

We were playing in the floor with several toys and I pulled on the velcro strap and Anthony just thought that was the funniest thing. He was laughing so hard and of course had us laughing.

Our 12th Wedding Anniversary!

Tony and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary on Sunday. We had a great weekend!! Tony and I went out to dinner Saturday night. Sunday we took Anthony out to the lake for the first time - of course he loved it - anything to do with water. He did not like wearing his life jacket -it doesn't fit him. It states it fits 0 - 50 pounds but it fits too tight around the neck. Here are a few pictures from this weekend.

Anthony decided to take a little cat nap on the boat.

As you can see the life jacket doesn't fit.

Before we went out to the lake I covered Anthony in sunscreen - had to spike his hair up!

Three Stooges

Wild child

Yes I am a Pirate T-Shirt - compliments of Gamma and Pappy!

Nephrologist

We went to the Nephrologist on Wednesday for a check-up. He was really pleased with his growth! That is the first sign that the kidney may not be working properly - it effects their height. He told us that there is a medication that he will probably start him on when he turns 1. It is actually for high blood pressure but it helps the kidney work better - basically tells the kidney that it doesn't have to work overtime trying to compensate for only having the one. His blood work was great and will we continue to monitor.

I can't say it enough - THANK YOU for all the continued thoughts and prayers - he is a miracle of God and we are truly blessed!!