Lunch with Friends

Wednesday, I had lunch with friends, Kim and Pam. They have some cuties of their own and it was nice to have lunch and chat. Thomas is looking at a book my in-laws sent William. It's called Gallop and it's a pretty cool book. Thomas seemed to enjoy it, he liked turning the pages. Can't wait for William to be able to focus on it!

Our Favorite Part of the Day

When William smiles!!! Justin finally got it on camera. He's been smiling in his sleep since he was born, but we never knew when he would do it. Now it's possible for us to make him smile! :)

Enjoy!

Fun Gifts!

While Oma and Opa were here, they got to know a few of our friends, including their kids. Miriam and Zach had great conversations with them and J's parents wanted to send them each a gift. They LOVED them!!! Here are some pics and a video from last evening when we gave the gifts to them: three horses for Miriam and a Dinobot for Zach. :)

Thank You Hatcher/De La Garza Family!

I don't know if this family knows about my blog, but they sent us (which means William) a care package! They are good friends of Justin's family and they sent lots of cute 12-18 month clothes, which he doesn't have yet, and two board books! One of the books is "First Words" and the other is "The Little Golden Bible Storybook". William and I have already read through the Bible story book. :)


William's gifts include two board books, socks, two jackets, two pairs of pants, two t-shirts, and a onesie!




THANK YOU SO MUCH HATCHER/DE LA GARZA FAMILY!

Sleep, a Bottle, and Ice Cream

William slept from 10:30 pm last night to about 6 am this morning! This is the second time he's had a long stretch of sleep! He did it once before from midnight to 6 am. Ahhhh! We all slept through the night. :)

And yesterday we gave him a bottle for the first time. He had no problems with that and drank 2 oz. of milk. We tried the bottle because we'd like to have regular weekly date nights. This past Monday, Justin and I left William with our friends, the Langs, and headed to the Cukraszda, a nearby cafe. We were only gone for an hour, but I was worried about William since he had been asleep for two hours by that point and we didn't have a bottle of milk for him just in case he got hungry/fussy. Well, he slept the whole time! Talk about an easy baby-sitting job! :) Miriam and Zach were a little disappointed with that because they wanted to "play" with him. (THANK YOU BECKY FOR BABYSITTING!)

So yesterday after we fed him, we headed to a nearby mall to enjoy ice cream and air conditioning with our friends, the McLemores. (It was 97 F yesterday!) It was nice and Pam and I even bought something for our sons at H&M! :) That was the first time I bought William any clothes, since we've been given so much from baby showers and care packages, so that was fun for me.

BBQ With the Hajdu Family

Yesterday we had a BBQ with the Hajdu Family. Attila works at ICSB as assistant to the director and is invaluable to the school! He is also the head of the english language classes that I taught this past year to Hungarians in the community and has started a church in Diosd. He has a real burden for reaching Hungarians for Christ! His wife's name is Kati and they have two cutie children and are expecting another in November! (Congrats!)

We had a lot of fun with them and it was a perfect day for a cookout! We had pork, chicken shishkabobs (sp?), salad, and ice cream! I was very happy to introduce them to a "Coke Float". Their words to describe it were "it's not too bad." :)

Here are some pics from our time together.

Attila and Kati
Sara and David (Sara's really studying a fly on the table.)
Kati LOVED holding William!
The men cooking

4th of July

Justin, William, and I spent the 4th with our friends, the Langs and McLemores. Aaron made some awesome cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and bratwurst. There was also corn on the cob, chips and dip, salad, cheesecake, and ice cream! We enjoyed hanging out with them.

Here are some pics from our time there...I am bummed I didn't take pics of the McLemores. :(

William enjoyed a nap most of the time.

Miriam and Zach look so cute holding him!

Becky and William
Fun kids!

Martonvasar

July 1 was our 9-year anniversary and we decided to celebrate by going to a nearby park. The park is in a town called Martonvasar and the palace on the park grounds used to belong to the Brunswik Family. It is now a Beethoven museum because Beethoven would visit the Brunswik's often. I believe they give Beethoven concerts throughout the summer as well.

It was a GREAT day! It started out overcast and a bit wet, but it cleared up soon and we had a little picnic with William. Here are some pics from our time there.