Father's Day

My parents, Tom and Peg, and the Steve Osborn clan were all in town for Father's Day weekend. For Father's Day we took our dads to the Rangers vs. Astros game. I love going to baseball games, but must admit the free Rangers barbeque apron was a definite perk! We finished Father's Day with a visit to the Goldberg's then dinner at The Carpenter house with my family. Zach enjoyed his first Father's Day and even got a few gifts. I loved celebrating my dad, father in law, PopPop, and the incredible father I know Zach will be.

The Dad's and I.

Dad and I outside the ballpark.

Zach and Larry at the game.

Zach's first Father's Day gift from Baby G.

Barbershoppin'

Zach's grandfather Papa has been a member of the Big D Chorus barbershop singing group for the last 55 years. A group of men from his chorus get together on Friday nights to sing at a restaurant in Plano. My dad is involved with The Singing Plainsmen barbershop group in Lubbock. Dad has wanted to meet and sing with Papa's group since they first met and discovered their mutual love of barbershop singing. Finally, this Friday night we were able to get them together. It was so fun to see them both enjoying singing together. I'm sure Baby G enjoyed the singing as well with his or her new sense of hearing!

The singer's with Uncle Tom, Pop Pop and Pat watching.

A birthday serenade request.

Dad and Papa.

Kennedy Turns 1 and Parade of Homes

The day after closing was Kennedy's first birthday party. I am lucky to be able to use our flight benefits, so I didn't have to miss this big day. Krysta had the party set up perfectly and Kennedy was, as always, the star of the show!These precious pics say it all...

Waiting for her first taste of cake.

The Birthday Princess!

The fabulous hostesses and me.

On the way to her post cake clean up. I had to get a picture of that cute hiney!

 The next week was the Parade of Homes. Meg and I road tripped to Lubbock with The Cecil's to spend sometime with my parents and check out this years parade. We had a great time experiencing a 6 hour car ride with a one year old! During our visit we also went to campus to see the new chapel. While there Meg and I took a picture with the giant ring. It was a great trip to hang out and visit.

Kennedy sandwich at Parade of Homes.

Baby G's first visit to the Tech campus.

Closing Day!

Beginning in March of this year Zach and I began a hunt for our first house together. We looked and looked until we found our new place 1311 Comanche. We loved the neighborhood and the potential the house had for our growing family. On June 1st, National Donut Day, we closed on our first home. We knew that first thing we wanted to do was gut the kitchen and open it up to the living room. Thanks to Pinterest I had lots of ideas of how I wanted my dream kitchen to look. Let the renovations begin!

Signing closing paperwork.

Celebrating closing and National Donut Day!

Memorial Day Weekend 2012

The stars of the weekend, the zebras.

Mom and Meg talking to Baby G'Berg.

Over Memorial Day weekend we went out to my aunt and uncle's house. Friday after my last day of work (yay!) we hit the road. Mark and Gay live outside of Athens on a wildlife preserve called Safari Waters. I loved going on walks every morning and getting to see zebras, axis deer, geese, whitetail deer, and pere david deer. I also loved sitting around and shopping with the girls. Zach, Matthew and Kevin played like little boys at summer camp! Their days were spent fishing, throwing washers, and driving around on the golf carts. Saturday the whole family got to Skype with Max who is currently stationed in Egypt. It was a wonderful weekend to relax, unwind, and enjoy being with the family we are so blessed to have!

Dad and Mark

Cody on the porch.

Olivia napping on the porch.

Dad reading in the hammock.

Meg and Sarah

Dad and Zach playing washers.

Kevin, the Michael Jordan of washers.

Mark watching and Matthew playing washers.

Michael and Olivia playing tug of war.

The boys. Notice Zach and Kevin's matching outfits!

Dad and Olivia

Mom setting up target practice.

The boys shooting the bb gun from the porch.

Watching "the gun show."

My beautiful Mimi.

Zach taking aim.

Meg aka Annie Oakley.

Mom's turn.

We finished off the weekend with my parents coming through Dallas and us all going to The Rangers game Tuesday night. What a great summer kick off!

Crawl for Cancer

 For the past two years we have joined a team for the Uptown Dallas Crawl for Cancer. When we signed up we weren't pregnant. Needless to say I wasn't able to participate as originally planned. However, I'm never one to miss spending a day with good friends, so I tagged along as a cheerleader. Fundraising, it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it!

Team Awesome!

Zach and I starting out the pub crawl.

Zach and I with Karrli and Alex Carbajal.

Vision Walk 2012

Every year the Foundation for Fighting Blindness hosts the Vision Walk to raise money. We skipped last year, but chose to walk this year. It was fun to be with everyone,we met our fundraising goal, but most importantly it was a great chance to show Larry how much we care!

David and Maya.

Meg and Rich having a "hand raising" good time!

Zach and I.

Instead of t-shirts I designed tattoos for everyone.

Family pic after the race.

Mother's Day 2012

I was surprised and so excited to be spoiled on Mother's Day. I don't think I realized when I got pregnant that I would be gaining a new holiday! Both my mom and mother-in-law bought me much needed maternity clothes. From Zach I got a new purse and beautiful peonies. What a great day!

The Solomon side ladies after Mother's Day dinner.

Brunch at Matito's with the Goldbergs.

My peonies from my amazing husband.

Announcing Baby Goldberg

Telling people the news of our pregnancy has been one of the most fun parts. Zach and I have always known we are a great team and an all around fun couple, why do you think we married one another? :) However,  it is very reassuring to have people you care about confirm this by telling you that you will be great parents and share in your excitement. It has made me even more excited about our latest adventure, parenthood!

To tell our parents and some family members we made a video of pictures from our new house, with a surprise picture at the end. It was a hit!

Here are some pictures from the Hall reveal:

And a few from the Goldberg reveal:

Cookie Cake that Amanda ordered.

We made it Facebook official with an adorable picture photographed by Baby G'Berg's future cousin and momma's best friend, Sarah Grant. She did a great job!

Here is another from our "photo shoot" that I loved. Thanks again Sarah!