a typical week

A normal week, yes. ..but a great one. Boy, I love our girl.

sweet slumber


P-L-A-Y TIME!
(have I mentioned that I LOVE the newly empty guest room? -- great for our mess, er, I mean playtime.)

play time WITH pigtails

A typical week -- So simple. And we like it that way.

Week in H-town

...(that's Houston, for you non-Texans) Since Jason needed to be in Houston for Base Camp this week, Sadie and I tagged along and stayed with Mimi & Poppa! Presenting, our week in snapshots:

We celebrated Jason's birthday

with his favorite ice cream cake, mint chocolate chip

Visited with friendsmy dear friend Megan and her son, Cooper
Cooper & Sadie were fascinated with each other :)
he gave her "raspberries" on her belly
then we played
and played Read some books
(and got excited, then ripped off the flap from our favorite book again)

Visited & hugged on Sadie's great-grandmother, Titee
(pronounced Tie - tee = Syrian for grandmother, by the way)
snuggle for a kiss
then, we ate
@ James Coney hot dogs

my HUGE sandwich at Kenny & Ziggy's deli

breakfast sampling

and ate a bit more
and had sweet time with Mimi



and Poppa

We are so thankful for Jim & Jane!
Sadie LOVES her Mimi and Poppa!
Thanks for a wonderful week.

Lookin' back

For some reason, unknown to me, my camera will not upload NEW pictures to the computer here at the Wallace house in Houston...so, thanks to some old files, here are a few fun pics from months (and years) past...

Jim (Jason's dad), Jon E. and Jason - after a day of golf (2008, maybe?)

at Pappasitos (where else?) with the Jane & Jim (2006!)

DATE NIGHT

(at the Easterhaus house in Aledo)

whoa - several summers ago...way before Sadie

(we look a bit different)

One cute couple

(2007 @ Johnny's Russell's wedding -

He is now living with us, by the way)

What a sweet life

The last few days I am reminded of how blessed we are...great family, challenging (& fun) jobs, close friends, a beautiful daughter: a sweet life. Thank you, Lord, for each of these.

Playin' around

hello there

our cutie pie (standing up and) posing for the camera...can you see the new top teeth poking through?

visiting the Woods family camp for lunch

Tight squeeze from Jill and Anna Claire

Baby shower for Baby Girl Murphy

Katie & her mom & sisters

Carrie L., Katie, Kara L.,(me) and Amy D.

a late night celebration for Jason's 34th b-day
(he was traveling most of the day, so dinner & dessert was later than usual)

Sadie "helped" by playing sweetly, despite a head cold and swollen eye

she really does love her daddy
(even though she fell asleep before he got home)

I know, it's silly, but birthdays are supposed to be fun, right?

a guarantee of his special present... which has to be ordered later
that's right -- a gutter cleaning robot! who knew?

and a few simple things: IBC root beer, an iTunes card for audio books and a new Texas A&M tumbler
Happy birthday honey!

Little "reader"

Okay, so Sadie isn't really reading, but she has suddenly shown a huge interest in her books. She will pick one out from her little shelf, pat it and look up at me (prompting me to read it).

Here, she flips through her Happy Baby, 1-2-3 while I fix breakfast.

What fun we have together! I'm excited to spend more time reading with you, my little gumdrop!

a quiet 4th of July

Since we have been out of town quite a bit lately, we decided to be at home for the 4th. How nice!

Saturday: TIMBERS camp for dinner
Afterward, Sadie went exploring.

under the table that is

as you can see, she is now pulling up on EVERYTHING

"hello, Mommy"

singing to the table leg

SUNDAY: 11 am church service, then Sam's club
(hot dogs, plus a few groceries)

Jason shoveling in some mango and rice cereal

Then, we crashed. Naps in the afternoon, early dinner, I met my sweet friend Brooke for ice cream, then listened to the fireworks at home (there were PLENTY on our street since we are outside of the city limits...and as of last night, some were still celebrating)