Yesterday we went to the beach, ate snacks, and enjoyed the waves. You should have seen the minivan - it was packed up and with the children, food, adults, and blow up toys you could barely see out the back.

After we overdid it at the beach we came home and cleaned up. Then we went for a late lunch. The kids did great other than being tired. When we got home they took a short nap.

Then we decided to venture out for dinner. We went into town which is just a few short miles. The little town here is so cool - but the tourists have obviously taken over. The little pizza shop that we had planned to go to had a wait of over an hour long.

So we decided to skip to the main drag on one of the routes and go to Ruby Tuesdays. It was good initially, however, we then got our food and it was cold, not well prepared, and didn’t have much flavor.

We were going to go out for icevcream but Emmy had different plans. She was on the boob for most of the afternoon and wouldn’t let off for a minute. When she was taken off she wailed. Which meant that all car rides were pretty miserable and I just couldn’t take her screaming to the top of her lungs as we looked for a parking spot!

Today was much more relaxed and better planned. We decided to go to the pool early. We got a great spot and the kids, Margot, and I went swimming. The water was perfect and again we had some great snacks!

Now we’re just waiting for everyone to wake up and I think we might hit the Popeye’s for dinner. It’s easy, cheap, and we figure there aren’t going to be a lot of out-of-towners hitting the fried chicken!

We’ve taken tons of pictures during the past few weeks and when we get home we’ll post all of June and some recent teaser photos.

Graem is giant and growing like a weed this summer. I look at her and can’t believe that she’s such a big kid. She’s filled out a bit and seems to be a little meatier.

Emmy is doing the same! Her cheeks have fattened right up and she’s LONG! Of course, she has my build. Long torso and short legs. She also has my other admirable features - big nose, and elephant ears.

Sorry, Emmy!

I really have my sights one of of the flat panel Sony televisions. Of course we’d probably need to look into getting a lcd mount too.

We open the quote and are SHOCKED to see that they have priced it out at $10,500!! That’s not even including the french door.

For that price we could have a bathroom installed upstairs with a whirlpool tub and twin sinks! Not to mention we could probably look into getting some new kitchen faucets too!

In fact, when I got home the other day I weighed in and was up eight pounds. Eek!

Back in the day I used generic Phentermine and Xenical to help me lose weight.

I’ve decided that this time I’m going to do the “eating better” and breastfeeding diet!

I think it might actually work!

I read the other day about mesothelioma and was shocked to see some of the studies in the news about cancer caused by asbestos. For years we knew asbestos was bad…but noone realized it was this harmful.

Graem had a great time in Houston and really bonded with Grandpa. It’s cool to see them have such a unique and cuddly bond. I could tell she was sad to leave him and go home.

It was also nice for us to have extra help with Grammy and Emmy. When I wasn’t nursing my mom would step in and snuggle Emerson or play with Graem.

I haven’t uploaded any pictures from our trip - but here are some that were taken over the past few weeks.

Friday before we left we went strawberry pickin’. We all had a great time and ate so many strawberries that our faces were red!

We’re so fat and figure once we get back home and back from vacation #2 (next week) we’re going to go on a diet.

Tuesday we are leaving for Rehoboth Beach with J&L. It should be fun to have the kids reunited not to mention we need a little beach time!

Now, for the most exciting update of all — Emmy is gaining weight! We’re fattenin’ her right up too! Last Tuesday we went in for a weigh in and she was up to 7lbs 4oz. The lactation consultant was happy with the gain and we were too.

Today we took PDB back to the Texas Children’s Medical Center for another weigh in and she was a hefty 7lbs 8oz!

To say the least I filled her to the brim before she weighed in and I kept praying that she wouldn’t have a blowout before she was put on the scale.

We’re so excited with the weight gain and she’s getting so big in front of our eyes. I can’t believe on Tuesday she’ll be 4 weeks old!! I really don’t want this time to go by so quickly.

I tried to post some pictures the other day but my dad’s settings on his computer won’t let me post. So I’ll work on it Saturday or Sunday when we get home.

Tomorrow our flight leaves at 6:30am. So that should be fun getting everyone out of the house by 4:30am and to the airport!

We’ve had a great trip in Houston but I’m really ready to head home. I feel like I have the nursing thing down now and I’m ready to just sit back and enjoy the summer. Not to mention, I miss our bed and pillows!

Right when we stepped off the plane I knew we were in a different place. Perhaps it’s the man that held the door open for us and said “surely, mam” or the other guy who helped us put our bags in the airport shuttle.

There’s definitely something to be said for southern hospitality!

We’re having a great time in Houston and it’s been fun to see my parents with both kids. My mother hasn’t put the baby down for a minute and Graem really has a great connection with my dad.

Emmy has taken a turn for the better. Friday we had the appointment with the Lactation Consultant and we talked about getting a deeper latch, holding my big boob differently, and also her overall weight gain. At the beginning of the appointment she was 7lbs 1oz. After a good feeding she was back up to birth weight at 7lbs 3oz.

I agreed to change up the latch a little bit and try hard to pinch my boob to make it smaller for little girl. The lactation consultant basically said that the big mama to little baby ratio was somewhat harder than medium mama and medium baby. Therefore, the trick is that I’ve got to fatten the kid up and make my boob into a beautiful little muffin.

We are also going to go for a weigh in here in Houston tomorrow. I hope that everything is on track like I think it is and she’s gained at least a little bit.

Thanks to everyone for the comments and information. I’m so glad that I’ve kept trucking through this without doping my kid up on formula. (No offense to those that use formula!)

Gotta love breast feeding in Houston. I must say I haven’t had too many bad looks but yesterday when we went to eat at one of the Mexican restaurants Margot saw a lady in the bathroom covered with blankets nursing her baby.

Ugh…I will not resort to making my kid eat in the bathroom.

If the kid is hungry and needs boob … she gets boob.