All hail the birthday girl!

Yesterday we celebrated my 28th Birthday! This is the first time in many years that I acan remember Jacob being here to celebrate. I was glad he came home in time to celebrate. You have to appreciate his creativity on the card he gave me. He took time to put his own personal touch by cutting out my face from a picture and replacing the person on the card with me! Too funny. You gotta love his sense of humor.

Sandy had us over for breakfast and made it really special for me. Jacob's grandparents joined us and his grandmother, Jo, along with Sandy, prepared an awesome meal! They all spoiled me rotten, as well as my other family and friends through gifts, cards and phone calls. Thanks to everyone who helped make the day so special and the best birthday yet! Georgia decided to wish me a happy birthday by waking me up at 5:30 a.m. and then didn't want to go back to sleep. Little pill - she sure is clever!

Jacob and I went out eat in Austin to celebrate my birthday for the evening. We have been looking at SUV's since the end of May. I researched and test drove so many cars it's not even funny! We finally found the car for us. A used '07 Acura MDX. Low mileage so that is great. It is similar to my TL so I love it of course but there is so much more room! It'll be so great for all of our stuff and will give us more room to grow. What a great birthday gift as well!

Georgia learned how to pull up in the pack and play last Thursday night. Today she pulled up to stand at the coffee table and again at the sofa table. The problem is that she is quite brave and decides to let go quite often and when she gets tired she just plops down. This is a bit scary in the event she could bang her head and scare the dickens out of all of us! I guess it's part of her learning how to stand and then before long I'm sure she'll be thinking about walking. Wow it is hard to believe.

She loves to play with the cat "Goldmember" and talk to him through the glass door.

Happy Birthday Sam!

Cousin Sam turned one and we were so glad to attend his birthday party! It was really fun and they had it at the McDonald's in Hillsboro. They have a huge playground room with seating and everything.
The kids all had a blast and Georgia was very excited. She had some tasty french fries and of course birthday cake (which she loved). It was a great time and now I can't wait till Georgia's party...it'll be here before we know it!

Vegas

We took a quick trip to Vegas at the end of July. Jacob usually does lots of traveling in the fall so this was our last little vacation before the busy time hit us. We went with my parents and our good friends from Big Spring, Ronnie and Diane.

We typically make an appearance for a martini at the Red Square in Mandalay Bay. Their drinks are awesome and it's fun to go with a group to see the bar made of ice and watch the bartender pour everyone's drinks in their glasses at the same time.

We didn't win big but I did move from my usual blackjack playing to 3 card poker which I do love! We had a great trip and got some much needed R&R but we were glad to get home to see our precious Georgia.

She's all over the place!

Georgia is officially all over the place. She is crawling everywhere and quite rapidly I should add. She is a very curious creature and is slowly learning the word "NO". I'm not sure if we are making progress in that area but we are trying.

Her birthday is coming up fast and I cannot believe it is almost here. We have a month to go before she is ONE! Wow.

Her 9 month pictures are online now. They turned out really cute and her personality really shows. Click here to see them on Tomorrow's Memories website.

Trip to the South

We made an unexpected trip to Carrizo Springs yesterday and came back today. Jacob needed to check in on all the cattle we had sold in south Texas and we typically have everyone bring them to Dana's for us to trim hooves, etc. I think they did around 12 head or so. This was quite a quick road trip to us - we took the truck and it was me, Jacob, Georgia and Jared. I did try to pack light and did a great job of it. Georgia was excited to finally have a buddy in the back seat with her so her napping was very limited. After the 5.5 hr drive, she was flat worn out since she only took two very quick and short naps.

Prior to stopping at Carrizo Springs, we did swing into Cotulla to visit the Northcutt family. Karen was very excited to meet Georgia for the first time and showed her the bottle calves she has.

Georgia was very excited to see Dana (Gemma). In fact, Jacob and I decided not to tell her that Georgia and I were coming. We thought it would make for quite a surprise when we walked in the door. And in fact, it did!

Pete calls Georgia "Curly Sue". Her curls were pretty tight today after being outside for a bit this morning. Pete held Georgia while Chica and Jo Jo were perched in his chair with him. Chica is quite protective of Pete and will even try to snap at you when you walk by Pete if she's in the chair with him. She didn't seem to mind Georgia too much and the few times she was a bit irritated with Georgia it was amusing because Georgia would squeal in delight.

Needless to say, after a long drive yesterday, a late night last night combined with waking up at least four times last night and a missed morning nap today, Miss Georgia Pauline is TIRED! She slept the first two hours of the drive when we left out today. She has been quite a trooper though and I am very proud of her.

One thing I can say about the trip is that it is very very dry from our house and south. I knew it was dry at home, but the further south we went the dryer it became. However, southwest of San Antonio it is DRY and BURNT UP! Wow, we all need rain in the worst way. Will it ever rain? We all sure could use some!

HOT July

The first few weeks of July have been scorching hot here and we have had little to no rain - it looks like the pastures are burnt to a crisp. It is depressing but we just continue to pray for rain and hope for the best.

On a lighter note, last week was the annual Oman Family Vacation. Yes, we survived the heat and our trip to Lake Kingsland was fabulous! Georgia had so much fun swimming and it was fun to spend time with the family. Jessica took these pictures since I never once got my camera out...

Here we are with the majority of the family! The Oman Grandkids - All 10 of them - but not for long! Baby Page will be here in November!
I have a few pictures from the past few weeks.

Georgia just loves her baths so here is a sweet shot from bathtime:

We did get her 9 month photos taken in June. Here she is just before we were leaving to head up there. She finally did smile for the photo shoot this time and I can't wait to get the pictures in.

The weekend we went up to Sam's baptism I did get a few pictures of Georgia with Grandma & Papaw. Grandma had an angel that played "Jesus loves the little children". It is a beautiful angel and has wings that light up with the music. Georgia loved it and kept wanting to touch it. The funniest thing was that instead of trying to grab it and be rough with it she would delicately try to touch it. It's like she knew to be gentle. Every time the music would play she would slowly rock to the music. It was so sweet and it is the first time I've seen any reaction to music. Here's the video from it - watch carefully to see her rock.

Our 4th of July was rather quiet. We were trying to all recover from the Belt Buckle Bonanza. Even I was tired and didn't really do anything but try to keep up with Georgia! It was very hot and the guys were pretty tired after it was over. We ate BBQ with Jacob's parents and grandparents and then went to the TCCA Heifer Banquet that night. We went to the banquet on behalf of Dana to receive an award for Charlie. He was one of four recipients of the "Champions Forever" award. This award was given to current or former TJLA members who passed away this past year. We were honored to be there for Dana.

Georgia came to the banquet with Jacob and I. She wore her stars and stripes for the 4th and was definitely in the mood to let everyone know she was there.

What happened to June?

Well I am blogging as we drive down Hwy 36 on our way home. What a weekend! Things have been hectic since we finished up our camps last week and then traveled to the Texas Panhandle this weekend. Jacob and I were asked by my sister, Jessica and her husband Dennis to serve as Godparents for our new nephew, Sam. This is such an honor and a responsibility we are so proud to have. We headed west on Thursday to deliver a few last minute calves for state tag-in and spent the first night at my parents. Johnna was working in that part of her territory so she met up with us and spent the night there with us. My parents weren't there though because they had traveled to the DFW area for a quick get-away. We treated ourselves to shrimp at the Beehive in Albany (awesome awesome food!!). Friday was spent visiting family and running several errands in the area. Then Saturday we headed to Hereford and Sam's baptism was this morning. Sam was a little angel during the mass. He didn't make a peep the entire time. Read Jessica's blog to see pictures and to read about the day.

As for Georgia... she wants to crawl so bad! She can go from sitting up to her tummy and she scoots around on her bottom and can push herself backwards. She does get around the room somehow and often I find her under the coffee table or dumping over her toy basket or even trying to pull the magazines out of the magazine rack. Life is becoming quite interesting around our house. She has a mouthful of teeth (just got #8 on Saturday) and likes to crunch on her little snacks. Her hair looks like it grows longer every day! It is really getting curly and she likes to grab the back and pull at it. We have already had two earring mishaps. The first was on a pair of ruby and diamond flower earrings (from Miss Gemma of course) where we lost the back and luckily I found it the next morning. Then Thursday while traveling she lost a diamond earring and I found it and the back in her car seat (thank goodness! also from Miss Gemma). I think I hadn't gotten the backs on correctly so I have made sure they are both on correctly and securely. I am going to have to check them more often and I'm learning my lesson on earrings. She definitely loves jewelry, that is for sure. We took Georgia's 9 month pictures this past week and I cannot wait to see the proofs. I did get to glance at a few of them and they were adorable. Finally we got some smiles and her little personality was really coming out during the session. It was quite comical.

As for our June activities...Earlier this month Jacob's aunt and uncle came in for the weekend to visit. They brought along their son, Colton, who studies school in New York City. We also were able to visit with their daughter, Amy, who also came to visit for the day. Her son, Sam, and Georgia are only a month or so apart. They got to play together and Georgia thought Sam was pretty funny stuff. Sam can crawl and pull up and is almost walking on his own (Georgia isn't even crawling yet!), so she eyed his every move. Here are a few shots from the visit...

Georgia is asking Sam how he learned how to crawl and pull up (uh oh!)

Cousins just hangin out

Sam showing Georgia how it's done!

Aunt Dru & Georgia

My mom got to spend a couple of nights with us when dad had to work on continuing education hours for his veterinary license in College Station at the beginning of June. We hung out at the house, did some shopping, and went to church on Sunday. Here are some shots from the weekend... I did get Georgia's baby pool out and the first swimming attempt was a no-go. She was terrified! So the next attempt was successful because I got in with her. Believe me, don't try this. Baby pools are not meant for adults. But I had to do it to make her happy and then when she figured out she was ok and it was fun, she didn't need me in there anymore! Here are a few pictures of our swimming experience:

My title on this post is what I've been thinking all week. Where did the month go? I cannot believe it is already time for July. We have the Belt Buckle Bonanza coming up this week and I am not looking forward to the heat. It has been bouncing around the 105 degree mark and that combined with no rain for quite some time makes it yucky yucky! We could really use some rain - it is beginning to look like the desert around here!