I Love May!

Dave and I are so very thankful for the past month. Although May included quite a few weather-related tragedies in the U.S. and the loss of a dear family friend, life has been as close to perfect in our little corner of the world as it has ever been for us.

The weather in Southwest Louisiana was absolutely gorgeous this month. We had sunny skies and great temps nearly everyday. It's now hit 90 down here, and we're told that it won't get any cooler until September.

James had a healthy month! No colds, no sick visits to the doctor, and no trips to the hospital. James even started crawling this month and is now cruising along the couch fairly consistently. He's even started taking steps in his walker! He's made such improvements and we are so thankful and so proud of him!

Andrew continues to grow. He is cutting his first two teeth and is scooting all over the place. His favorite thing to scoot after is his brother's sippy cup. The boys love to swim and we take them down at least once a week.

James and Andrew are starting to play together, which is adorable. It's more like they play around each other, but still cute. They steal each others toys and crawl on and over each other and neither one of them seem to mind. They both like to terrorize Oliver by "petting" him and James likes to chew on his tail (don't worry we don't let him).

Dave and I are getting out too. We were able to be in a kickball tournament (I still have a black toenail) and go on a date while my parents were here earlier in the month. Dave is playing softball a couple times a week with some guys from church. We went to a crawfish boil, 2 festivals, and a barbecue. We've started going to a growth group on Wednesdays at church (the boys are doing fairly well in the nursery now). And right now all the boys are napping :)

Like I said, as close to perfect as we've gotten in a long time. We are so, so thankful that the Lord has blessed us and given us this time to rest and enjoy being a family.

Andrew loves to climb on things...he is going to get into everything!

James reading books with his Daddy. We have a bookshelf in the hallway with all his books. He loves to crawl down the hall to them and read.

All the boys playing.

James absolutely loves slides! (we're in the middle)

James smiling after going down the "Super Slide."

Dave and James swimming at a friend's house. Andrew and I were pigging out on the grilled food!