July!! The month where my favorite shape's presence is everywhere :)

July was filled with lots of fun!  I think it is one of my favorite months of the year.  Mostly because I can have as many star decorations as I want and won't get weird looks for it ha ha. :)

Towards the beginning of the month we bought Carlos a folding couch and he absolutely loves it!  Here's a couple pics of him with it the first day we got it.

the boys chilling on Carlos' couch

the 4th of July was spent with our friends the McMillan's at Bellows for lunch and then that night we went to dinner at my other friend Shandra's (the lady that watched Carlos for us for our trip to Maui) and then headed to Schofield to watch the fireworks.  Here's some pics of us at the beach.

my goofy kid and his belly button fettish

enjoying the new beach tent we got

Luke buried his feet in the sand and this is his reaction

he didn't even want to pull his own feet out without help the stinker ha ha

refusing to go into the ocean

he clung to Luke for dear life

"Look Mama, no hands!"

Here's some pics from the fireworks.  It started pouring rain right before the show started so that's why we are all wet.  And Carlos was absolutely terrified of the fireworks so we didn't stay very long.

he was shaking so much from pure fear

Luke was mad at me for making us go

Oh and here's a pic of my festive nails :)

LOVE them!

One day Carlos was walking around putting his sand bucket on his head and he thought it was the funniest thing ever so we took some pics of him.

I gave him a haircut on the 18th or 19th and took some pics of him after wards.  He was sitting in his high chair after dinner when I remembered to take some pics of the new hairdo.

yelling at me for something ha ha

eating some Kix

the bib says it all :)

Here's some random pics from the rest of the month that Luke and I took of him just playing around the house.

love that smile :D

being silly on the couch with Mama

getting into trouble

Mama snuggles

I love this boy :)

trying to take my camera

showing me a ball

this is the face he makes after throwing something and then looking for it saying, "Where'd it go?" in his cute little voice :)

giving me a hat to wear

running around the kitchen table

action shot ha ha

getting tired.. 

all pooped out

he likes to copy me by crossing his feet on the couch like I do ha ha

And there you have it!  July was filled with lots of happy memories and I hope August holds the same in store for us!

Happy Independance Day!!

I love, love, LOVE the 4th of July!  It's one of the few holidays where I can wear all the stars I want and won't get too many weird looks ha ha :)  We spent the evening at one of Luke's coworker's house for a BBQ.  I made a flag cake for the occasion (which had caused me some minor frustration...more on that in a bit though) and we brought hot dogs and some fireworks to share. Carlos was all cute in his 4th of July outfit :D His shirt says, "Baby's First 4th".

I did my eye makeup with a festive flare :)

So, about the cake...I baked it according to the directions, following all the details. When it came time to get it out of the pan that is when disaster struck.  I flipped it over onto one of my cookies sheets, but when I did so I put it too close to one of the edges.  Me being the "bright one" instantly tried to pick up the cake and reposition it.  BAD IDEA!  It broke in half and instead of waiting a bit longer for it to cool more I continued to try to pick it up...the result was a very broken cake.  At first I was so distraught that I didn't want to even try to fix it, but after waiting a few minutes I changed my mind and went about fixing the cake.  Frosting is an excellent glue in case anyone was curious ha ha.  After 2 cans of frosting and some decorating it was all done! Here's the final result (since I didn't take any pics of the disaster):

It was a big hit too!  Fudge Chocolate Cake with Vanilla frosting, blackberries and raspberries for the toppings.  No one mentioned if they noticed the mishap after cutting into the cake (and I wasn't about to tell everyone what happened either ha ha).  I'm glad that I didn't give up on it.

We set off some fireworks after it got dark out.  We brought ground blooms and sparklers and a big fountain one called The Super Bullet (it was way lame though...definitely did NOT live up to it's name in my opinion).  We also bought a couple Hummer shaped ones (similar to tanks) and Luke modified the name to be Bronco #1 and Bronco #2.  He did that because 2 of the people at the BBQ were way into Broncos and both of them owned one each.  So we had a Bronco Battle (ha ha).  They turned out to be pretty neat.  After setting all the fireworks on fire it was getting pretty late and Carlos was getting super fussy and sleepy so we headed home.  Carlos is now in bed and Luke passed out on the couch so I guess I better go to bed myself.  Night everyone!  Happy 4th!! :D

~Nicole