A busy last few weeks!

We have had a fun crazy month. There has been so much going on and lots of traveling, which we love. Lucy turned 9 months, we sold a Tippi Toes franchise, we took a trip to see Megan and Chris in Cincinnati, we went to visit our friends the Crafts in Kentucky, we had lots and lots of baseball games, and we had our end of the year Tippi Toes recital. It has been so fun and it is not even going to begin to slow down. This Tuesday we are meeting Adam's parents in San Antonio to celebrate Daisy's birthday, Wednesday we are flying to Chicago to see our friend Adam Procailo, then Thursday driving to Madison Wisconsin to see my cousin Ben get married! Lucy and I will be going back to Tulsa to work for the next week with our Oklahoma Manager, and then drive to Cincinnati to start the first of many princess Camps (our Tippi Toes summer camp). After the Cincinnati camp we will be driving back to Chicago to meet Adam for another wedding. Finally back to Corpus for a week before we make a trip to Austin for Adam's high school reunion. After that we should be finished just a few princess camps, baseball games and lots of swimming pool adn family time!

Yesterday we wrapped up the Tippi Toes year with our year end recital. It went great thanks to my incredible help Adam, Shanda, Lucy, Megan, Kasey, Hannah and Kasey!

We went to visit the campus of University of Kentucky. We toured the Joe Craft Center, it was amazing!

They loved tasting all of Carters new birthday gifts.

Our trip to Kentucky to see my good friend Caroline and her family. This is her son Carter and Lucy. Carter just turned one...what a cutie.

Lucy loves her daddy!

Bikini Babe!

Megan and I sold our first Tippi Toes franchise to a family in Cincinnati. It was so much fun. They are wonderful and are going to be great.

Chris got a Sundae and gave her a bite, she would not leave him alone until it was done. I think they actually split it.

Lucy's first taste of Ice Cream...her first bite was from Graters ~ she loved it as you can tell!

Chris and Lucy watching pizza being made at Deweys in Cincinnati - our trip over Memorial Day to see my sister and her husband.

Lucy's 9mth check up - almost 23 lbs

Lucy showing off her teeth

Lucy, Trey and his sweet girlfriend Caroline

Enjoying the Beautiful weather!

Lucy and I enjoy hanging outside so much. This past weekend out friend Trey and his girlfriend Caroline came in town to hang out. We went to watch them run beach to bay with Adam and enjoyed some music and sunshine! Adam has finished his long home stand and I LOVE LOVE LOVE having him home and so does Lucy. Lucy and Adam had a date tonight, they went to Brewsters street. It was cute because when Lucy came home she had a different bow in her hair. I asked Adam where that bow came from and he said, "Oh, I just changed her bow for the night" So precious! We are headed to Cincinnati to hang out with Megan and Chris for Memorial Day and are so excited!!!

Tippi Toes T-shirt

I bought this Tippi Toes shirt 7 years ago when my dance company started giving out shirts with enrollment. I decided to order the smallest size in hopes that one day I would have a little girl...well yesterday after Lucy woke up from her nap I put it on her. It was so fun...and made my day!

Enjoying Summer already!

We have had a couple of really fun busy days. Adams parents came for a visit, Lucy finger painted for the first time, and we hung out at the beach. She loves the water and enjoys life so much! She loves imitating everything we do, or she at least tries to which is such a blast! She is in love with Wrigley and we know someday he will feel the same about her!

Steady Steady - Lucy is Standing!!!

Lucy and I had a great weekend in San Antonio with our friends the Hardens. Andreea and I took Lucy and her two girls Chloe and Paige to the zoo. It was so much fun. Lucy got a kick out of the monkeys - they were very active and we were up so close so it was great! We also took a train ride around the zoo - it was a blast! We also visited the book store and the girls were in heaven. Lucy loves those touch and feel books and they had a zillion - she giggles every time she turns the page.

Lucy so proud while learning how to stand!
Lucy has a new trick. Since last Thursday she has been able to stand up without holding onto anything. As you can see she is a little shakey but can stand for a while. She gets so excited when she does it.

Busy Busy little Girl, Day at the Hooks and Climbing Stairs

Lucy crawling...she is bad to the bone. She is so adventurous. It is so fun to watch her explore.

An Incredible Loss

Pictured (Mitch, Katie, and daughter Mallory)

As Katie said this morning "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Please pray for strength for Katie and Mitch this morning. She delivered her little baby boy Brody at 1:30am this morning, 1 pound 3 oz, and he did not survive. I can't even begin to imagine the pain they are both in. She has been fighting for Brody and was 23 weeks along in her pregnancy. She had one more week to go until they thought Brody would be able to survive outside of Katie. God had other plans and although it is so hard to even think of what they might be we stand firm in knowing that God is in charge. My mom and I were talking last night as we were all up praying for Brody to have strength through delivery. She had such a great way to look at this situation. The name Brody means builder. For the short time we have known Brody he has brought so much to the Williams family. This builder of a boy brought an already amazing family so extremely close together. Mitch, Katie's husband was a Rock. He was in charge of taking care of the three other children, not missing school, games, practice or even birthday parties. He just took care of whatever it was needing to be done. Through Brody, Katie was able to see the strength of her husband and the amount of love he had. She was revealed the heart of her children. She saw their concern, the gentleness and love. Max, Parker and Mallory are little lovers and let Katie know that through this experience. Her brothers and sisters have dropped everything to help and have all hands on deck to help whatever she needed. The outpouring of love and prayers from her friends is amazing. Just to look at her facebook page and see all the well wishers, dinners that have been made, packages sent. If anything Katie has to know that she is surrounding by people who love her. I can't begin to imagine how painful this healing process will be. She is a wonderful Christian who seeks the Lord for comfort. Thank you for your prayers and support.