We ad'Oregon

This past Memorial Day weekend was full to the brim of old friends and lots of Nana B. and "bop bop" time. The weather was INCREDIBLE. Made "May-Gray" and "June-Gloom" look even crappier than usual. Sad that I didn't get a photo of Kim and Declan.. and even funnier that we saw them as our last goodbye at the airport.. helped keep me from getting "so MOTIONAL" as Jadyn says. I strongly miss all of you girls and wish our kids could grow up together in the same cul-de-sac.

Jemima, Laquita, Benita and babies. wow. Who would've thought?

Baby OWEN!! At long last. What a sweet boy
Princess Lily (aka mini-Molly) is trying to hide here
Um, this was supposed to be Charlie's Angel's pose? I know. ha. Lily and Ella with their American Idol.

telling secrets..
gotta do some matchy-match time with the boyz... thank god it's not crop tops with glitter hearts Jdawg-Ldawg OSU circa 1999 style.
Jbird loves her big-sis-babysitter role.
Dawgtime with Jdawg and baby "Jackie-boy" Jackson Laird! This little man is such a bundle o' love.. Campbell on the other hand... has better things in mind than this photo shoot. Note how close Jbird is to Jdawg. HER American Idol.

Gotta love a good S.V. with B.P.
Mini version of Karen, my Buxton Hall roomie at OSU, Cassie.. loving her "f-ip-fawps" and Campbell, never without his headgear.
Jadyn's summer version of "teenager shirt"
nothing comes between a boy and his pizza bubbles
so much garden green.. Nana B and Big Poppi really needed a lot of help "watering"

Welcome Big Zig and Baby Grace!

It was a big T-giving weekend for babies!!

A new baby for the Dawg House! We can't wait to meet Baby Jackson, aka, Ziggy/ Petit Nat-ay /Harry Larry Laird, born on December 1st and weighing in at 8lb. Good job, Jdawg.. you're a trooper. I know I was not alone being on pins and needles waiting for this kid to arrive.

And on the other coast, Hartley has a new sis in Charlotte! Grace Connor Fuller was born on Black Friday... I feel a soul sista in the making!

A new dawg on the blog... I mean block

Jdawg's shower in Newps was an adorable crafty affair to celebrate the impending arrival of Baby Laird, Campbell's future OSU roomie.... hopefully they won't be in the College of Home Ec like their moms. No fair.. the straight on angle makes it hard to tell that she's even prego.. yours truly with Jdiggity and our old friend Jane...