lottie sue turns eight

Little Lottie Sue turned two, can you believe it??? We can't. If you ask her how old she is she'll tell she's eight though, hence the title.

yearly photo taken at parent's day out

For Lottie Sue's birthday we celebrated all weekend. We had a BIG zoo day with Matt's family, the weather was nice and we saw lots of animaulz (as Lottie calls them). Here are a few photos for your enjoyment...

lottie sue and matt go through the prairie dog tunnels

mr. camel came in for a close-up

here i am pushing the kid around

a gorilla posing as "the thinker"

lottie sue taking a moment to reflect

matt is very proud of this chimp photo

lottie sue and matt on the carousel
(it was hard to get a good photo, but she loved it)

lottie sue and guapa meet again

here i am with lottie sue

this water area was her favorite by far

she got so mad at us when we made her get out

After the zoo we went to the CB and enjoyed a bountiful lunch. Lottie Sue received money for her bedroom set and books - she was HAPPY! Thank you so much for a wonderful day!

gramma and papaw gave lottie sue books that matt enjoyed as a child

Then the next day Johnny and Judy graciously opened their home up for a Lottie Sue pool party. It was a wonderful day, just perfect.

irene shows lottie sue one of her birds

lottie sue and cookie check out the pool

on our way to the garden, johnny and judy had
this area put in recently - it's gorgeous

lottie sue helps water some of the herbs

lottie sue strolling around their garden

johnny and judy with lottie sue looking at the pumpkin patch

matt and lottie checking out the veggies

lottie greets grandma and rayray

here i am with the birthday girl

big smile as we all sing the birthday song

a plate full of yummy cupcakes, with a candle to blow out

she's spoiled

After the eating, singing and presents we spent some time in the pool.

matt, lottie sue, tommy and megan hamming it up

rayray, granbunny, stan, shirley and grandma enjoy homemade
lemonade (judy's doing, delicious!) under the shade

lottie sue bites into her cupcake

and all is well with the world

granbunny, grandma and bb enjoy the view

Also on Friday night Stand and Shirley took us and GranBunny (a birthday girl that week as well) and GranRay out to dinner - thank you so much! We had such a nice time and enjoyed yummy food!

lottie sue and granbunny hang out after dinner

matt joins in for this one

my turn

We tried to get a good photo of Lottie with everyone but she has ants in her pants these days. It is impossible to bet a good photo of her. See what I mean?

shirley and stan with a blurry lottie sue

I hope you enjoyed the birthday photos, this is the tip of the iceberg. I have photos from Megan's birthday dinner plus a weekend with Mike, Becce and Harlan at the lake and various random items.

Matt was in California last week and took this photo of the Big Sur coastline - so gorgeous!

wow

OK, here are a few items of interest for you.

• I really want to see this movie...here's Ebert's review for you.
  

• Wimbledon started today, so here's a story on Rafael Nadal if you are so inclined. I used to watch tennis way back when, I loved Boris Becker more than anything.
• Matt and I saw UP this past weekend, very good. Another quality film from those Pixar guys. Here's Ebert's review.
  
• Meet the serial killers of the sea.
• Is this the weirdest object n the solar system?
• Fish are smart, who knew?
• Humorist Garrison Keillor is returning to Lake Wobegon to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his popular A Prairie Home Companion radio show. I'm not sure if you enjoy this program but I sure do.

That should do it for today, I'll have more for you this week. BTW, this week I will be 25 weeks prego...baby boy is quite active and his favorite thing to do is karate chop my bladder. Adorable.