May 2010

In May Michael and I celebrated our fourth anniversary, and my 27th birthday. Honestly it's hard for me to remember how old I am any more since I passed 25, not too sure why. I'm sure I'll remember when it's my turn to turn 30.

The best part of May though was flying down to see my sister's first baby Eli. I got to be with them for four wonderful days. Stupidly I only took pictures once, and my sister wasn't awake at the time.

Such a proud Poppa

And here he is a enjoying his bath about a month later ( I think).Poor Michael didn't have such a good time while I was gone. Dade's sleep schedule has always been a bit of a struggle, but at the time I left he was doing just fine. Milk, books, song -then bed worked every night. Then Mommy went away and he decided that sleep wasn't something he was going to choose. I'm very thankful that Michael was able to take time off of work to watch Dade while I was gone, but I don't think he'll let me leave again for so long. I loved seeing my sister's new lovely house, and to be able to help a little with Eli. If California wasn't so bad off right now, we might just have to live there to be close to them.

Here is our anniversary celebration. The card that Michael picked is very true to life, but the cover hogging goes both ways. ;)

Here is Dade in May after a bath - Gotta love his crazy hair
Dade's favorite thing ever was kicking his soccer ball.

April 2010

For some reason I don't have any pictures from December to April. I know that Winter this past year lasted way too long, but that shouldn't cause such an absence.

In April we flew as a family to Texas to see Michael's sister get married. The flight there went better than expected because of a borrowed DVD player, mountains of books and snacks.

The flight back was only terrible because we had to sit on the Tarmac for an hour to wait out a thunderstorm, and the DVD player's batteries died halfway home. We found the electrical outlet only after calling the stewardess. Many thanks to whoever thought of putting an outlet on a plane.

Lisa's wedding was beautiful, and would have been more enjoyable had Dade not been a complete hellion. There was a fountain in the courtyard of the country club, and all Dade wanted to do was throw everything into the water. Everything including grass, rocks, snacks, and of course himself.

Here is a picture of the entire Watson side. We waited till everyone else was set up and then ran in with Dade. Oh well, at least everyone else looks very nice.
Dade's Uncle John did get a couple of really cute pictures. Dade discovered that his cousin had Thomas the train shoes on, which he thought were the coolest thing ever. And John actually got a good picture of our family.