more gram time

of course when coleman decided to come visit, my mom had to come "help him finish driving home".  we all know she wanted to come see mae.  and we are perfectly fine with that!

mae loves her gram, and started saying "gam" by the end of the trip.

mae is learning to smile for pictures.  sometimes she says cheese, but she usually doesn't look at the camera when she says it.

 we made a trip to the all abilities park.  we love this park!  it's so much fun, and there's so much to do.  this little girl is becoming quite the little monkey.  climbing and hanging on everything,

 and she has a new found love of swinging.  she'll put her arms up and throw her head back, quite the dare-devil.  love her.

going to the park is a pretty frequent activity around these parts.  i've gotta get all that energy out of her somehow!  i think i've gone to almost all of the parks in pflugerville.

 she loves her "gam".  i love this picture of them. 

 having her milk with gam

 so, i've been itching for a project.  and i have yet to convince cody to let me paint.  meanwhile, i'd noticed that the paint on our patio chairs was starting to chip.  so, with the "encouragement" from my mom we decided to paint those suckers. (she lives vicariously through me by doing things like this).
here's a before picture.

 mom and i did the taping, and coleman did the spray painting.

 i think they turned out pretty darn good.  it was a fun project, and it adds some fun color to the backyard.

so much fun to have mom come visit.  it's always really hard for me when she leaves, but this time i didn't cry (coleman you owe me a soda).  because the countdown for the beach and our month long trip to the VA is on!!