We now have a gate at the top of our stairs thanks to the undying dedication of our dear friend Jon and his dad Don! This project was not for amateurs… if fact, they are still working on the trim tonight.

Can you tell I am rockin in my “Rock N Crawl” guitar t-shirt!?!

More huge steps…

Some relaxin’…

I’m a rooster, see my hand? Noelle hardly ever sits – she is always on the go, but I got her this time!

Grand Rosie LOVES to bathe Noelle, and I love it too! (:

Poppa Doc and Noelle go for an afternoon jog… Noelle LOVED it and kicked her feet in delight until she fell asleep…

Izzy, the alligator horse, indoor dog! After the initial fright of her size and huge snout, she turned out pretty sweet once you get to know her!

Uncle Andy and cousin Drew get ready for the big A&M game – Go Aggies and Congrats on the win!

On the way home through the Davis Mountains, we saw a car that said, “This Redneck Hillbilly Ain’t Skeerd” Pretty funny!

Cousin Drew boy had a treasure trove of toys he let me play with…

and Aunt Michele made some curlycue bows for me!

Drew and Grand Rosie on Friday…

Noelle loves to give slobbery kisses!

Yay for the sippy cup!!!

We love you and hope you had a great birthday!

Momma-Kay, Noelle, Melissa, and Grandma (Mattie Ruth) getting ready for some tucker from down under!

Noelle with her great grandmother!

Grand-Papa’s napkin puppet saved us from Noelle’s teething nightmare for a few minutes!

Beau and Kristin had a great couple’s wedding shower at BJ’s this afternoon. We love you guys and can’t wait for the big day!

Mike, Chris (baby Gavin), Beau, and Jon – these guys go way back!

Tonight we went to a house warming party for Hiral and Sushant Muchhala – their house is so beautiful and we are so happy for our friends!

We had such a wonderful time sharing Indian cusine and learning about the culture of India!

Ananya and Noelle were next door neighbors for the first three months of Noelle’s life… they are so precious!

Noelle is such a good kitchen helper!

She loves her wooden spoon and baby rattle…

Noelle has had a cold this week and on top of that, her front two top teeth are coming in more and more each day. She has been such a good sport about all of the pain – we are so blessed with such a great baby!

Okay Mom, how does it look?

Noelle had so much fun at the Kelly’s on Sunday!

We had a great time hanging out…

Noelle wanted to show off her walking progress!

The Ponds got cozy in the “family chair!”

Noelle is crazy about Daddy’s guitar!!! She wants to play it and be near it all the time these days!

Noelle has learned how to press happy doll’s hand so that he will shake and say, “That’s funny!” My granmother gave me this little doll in 1996 (she called him the Wal-Mart roll back man), and it’s still making us laugh!