Fun Day at the Zoo

Wednesday was Earth Day and so to celebrate we went to the zoo with friends. We weren't really celebrating Earth Day it just happened to fall on the day we planned to go to the zoo but I did think it was fitting. We met up with our friends Melissa and Will and Jennifer and Ava for a fun filled day of animal sighting and picnicking. The Jackson Zoo - while not one of the top US zoos is really quite good. However, the way they have the exhibits - or habitats - or whatever you call them set up it is very difficult for the babies to see the animals from their strollers. Therefore our favorite animals were the giraffes and the elephants - those that could be viewed no matter what because of their height. We had a fun picnic and called it a day after half of the zoo - that is about all the kiddos could do. Unfortunately none of the kids would look at the camera at the same time but you can get an idea of our fun day!

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful day celebrating our risen Savior! What a glorious day of worship and fellowship! Landrum had a great day and looked adorable in her new dress from Bebe and Grandaddy. She had fun opening three rounds of Easter goodies and we managed a few good pictures in the yard before the rain came and flooded us out!

Fun with cousin Pace after lunch! Jayme's sister, Bethany, her husband David and cousin Pace are moving to Aurora, Colorado next week. David is a JAG lawyer with the US Airforce and they will be stationed there for atleast the next 3 years. We are so so sad to see them go. Landrum and Pace are four months apart and have so much fun playing together (although Landrum is sort of a bully right now!)

Birthday Party Bash!

We rang in Landrum's first year in style! We had a wonderful backyard party with family and some close friends. Landrum adored having so many people come over to play and loved being outside. She got lots and lots of fun presents and even a baby duck! She approached her cake with some trepidition and was really more interested in the icing than the cake. I finally dug into the cake with a fork and she took a big bite - but did not seem to be too enthusiastic about her first taste of real sugar. (That is fine with me!). We are so thankful to everyone who came and helped us celebrate our baby girls first year! She is such a joy!

Happy Birthday Landrum!!

Well, I have to say I cannot believe that a year has passed since our baby girl was born. We remember her 'birth' day so vividly - as if it were yesterday.. and now here we are celebrating her one year birthday! She has had a wonderful day and woke up to lots of "happy birthdays" from mama and daddy. She had a pancake for breakfast and then headed out to play with her cousin Pace for the morning. We are going to have her party on Saturday so I will post more pictures then. Today we took several on the front lawn so I have a few to share.

Landrum is such a wonderful, happy, and friendly baby. She loves to meet new people and her favorite word right now is "hi!" combined with a wave. Also, for those of you who know her - you know that for the first part of her short life she did not like to be held, cuddled, etc.. but that has all changed recently and she is the best hugger! She loves to lay her head on your shoulder and pat your back - she loves to give hugs and kisses - even to your feet! She is so sweet to all of her toys and animals and hugs on them all day. She is so loving and happy - we are so blessed to have her in our lives.

She still has no teeth and I am not sure she is getting any anytime soon! That does not stop her from trying all sorts of new foods though. She is not walking but is a mean crawler and can pull up on anything - I don't think we have long before she is off and running.

Our New Project

So we decided to build a garden this summer. We have been really wanting to grow some of our own veggies, especially tomatoes for the summer. So we scoped our backyard - which for the past year has just been an endless field of nothingness... with the exception of a terrible dog pen that was left so graciously by the homes' previous owners. We finally decided to rip out the dog pen and build our garden there. The grass was already torn up under the dog pen so it was an ideal place to build our raised bed. Jared did a lot of hard work to build us our bed and it looks AWESOME! Landrum and I went to our favorite Old Fannin Farmers Market to buy our new plants. We have 9 tomato plants, 2 basil plants, 3 cucumber plants, 1 bell pepper plant and 1 peppermint plant. We are so excited about it and can't wait for our harvest come June/July!

Here is our new raised bed garden!