Here's the fam in Jackson Square. A nice fellow tourist offered to snap this pic for us. Davis asked who they were afterwards and we said we didn't know. Then he asked "why?" I'll bet you can figure out how the rest of that conversation went.... Davis is the only smart one in the bunch.....he had the sense to put on his sunglasses while the rest of us squinted and got blinded! Aren't we cool?!?!? LOL

I like the angle of this pic of the boys infront of St. Louis Cathedral. To the left is Pirate's Alley. If you were to walk straight down Pirate's Alley, it would lead you to the front door where you got in to our condo. Great location. Walking distance to beignets! Can't beat that!

This shot cracks me up. Our first stop on this day was the Audubon Zoo. That would be an orguntan (I didn't spell it right and i don't feel like looking it up..)perched on top of that pole. To let you know how high he is, I had the lens zoomed all the way in...he just sat there, arms folded staring right at us. He almost looks like he's thinking.."What??? Haven't you ever seen a monkey on a pole??!?!" All I could think was "Left turn, Clyde.." Anybody remember that? lol

Clyde decided to be sociable and came down to get a better look at us......I don't think he was too impressed......

Our first morning.....sitting out on the balcony of our apartment. Or as Cooper called it "repartment" and Davis called it "bubpartment". This is the same condo Jamie and I stayed in on our honeymoon. Jamie's mom knows a freind who knows a friend....yada yada yada, you know how that goes! The boys loved it! One of the funniest things about the balcony happened when Jamie was trying to open the doors. They just would not come open. He tried every one. We were both thinking "Great." Then Davis says, " It's this thing Daddy." There was a white bar that went horizontal across the shutter and kept it from opening. So once Jamie followed Davis' advice..we were able to go out! The look on Jamie's face when he realized Davis knew exactly what he was talking about was priceless. If I had been on my toes I would have caught it with the camera.

One thing Jamie and I couldn't get over was how clean the streets were. Look at that....that is Royal Street in the Quarter. I think it's cleaner that some of the streets here in Ruston! Hard to fathom the French Quarter with clean streets.....the whole time!

Breakfast at Cafe du Monde. Davis hogged down on some beignets! If you look real close you can see all the powdered sugar on his nose.

Cooper got down with them too! I was snapping away. We acted like such tourists! This was just the beginning to a BIG day!

Well, we made it back! We had a great time!
We started our trip in Baton Rouge with a stop downtown at the planetarium

Cooper and Davis LOVED the planets display. It was done to show the sizes of all the planets. Really puts it into perspective. Look how small Earth is compared to Jupiter and Saturn....

Of course, a trip to Baton Rouge would not be complete without a stop at LSU to see Mike the tiger. Obviously that is not the REAL Mike....he was alseep in a corner of his habitat and we couldn't get a good pic.

A short stop to see some cousins and off to New Orleans....

Coop's ready for the ball.....

Is this t-ball or football? That's Davis on the left edge of the pic...he wants to be part of the dogpile...

I will not be posting the rest of the week after today. Heartbreaking isn't it? Anyway, we are taking the kids to Baton Rouge and New Orleans. I hope we have some great pics when we get home!

More t-ball pics! Here is Davis on third base with his coach...looks an awful lot like Jamie huh?

I'm sure when the batter hit the ball Jamie told Davis "Take off!" So he did. Wait....is he going the right way?!?!!?

NOPE! Davis took off toward what would be the pitcher's mound.....now that's classic! He is only three....gotta love it.

And here we are inspecting the grass...like I said...he is only three.... Later on I asked him what he was looking at. He said,
"Ants."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Rubye Ann is 3 months old today! Wow! She has come along way in three months!

Looking at this chunky monkey now, you would never know she spent her first week in NICU!

I love the way I somehow got a picture snapped of the ball in mid-air! If I had tried to do that I would have totally missed it! His first hit of the season!

Go Coop Go!

Big D was second at bat on Tuesday. He can really whack it!

As soon as he took off to first base he pulled off his helmet....look at that face. You couldn't have wiped that smile off if you tried!

WAY TO GO BIG D!!!!!

Waiting to take off for second base....