Confession

Hi. My name is Hannah and I am a blog stalker. There, I've said it, it's out there and now I can begin the rehabbing process! Seriously though I LOVE reading blogs! I have quite a few that I keep up with like I know these people on a regular basis. So, since some of you may very well be blog stalkers like me I thought I'd share some of my favs.

Fly Through My Window I found this blog recently when looking for some cute sewing ideas. I truly feel like we could be good friends in real life. She's not only a awesome crafter but is also a woman of God. And for the icing on the cake, she's an AUBURN FAN!

Bring the Rain Oh, how I long to write like Angie! She is an amazing woman with a GREAT big love for Christ. Please take a few minutes to check out her blog and read about her precious girls!

Eastern Shore Moms This is a great blog for those living in the Eastern Shore area. She does a great job keeping residents of the gulf coast updated on deals and events in and around our area.

Bakerella All I can say is YUM!!!

My Charming Kids Although I'm not in complete agreement with some of Mckmamma's ways, she is a very interesting lady seeking Christ with a sweet baby named Stellan who is in need of much prayer. If nothing else please check out Stellan's story and flood heaven's gates with prayer's for this precious little boy!

Kate McRae My heart just breaks for this beautiful little girl and her God fearing family. Please be in prayer for them!

I'm embarrassed to say these are just a few from a very long list. Also, if any of you blog stalkers know any REALLY GOOD blogs feel free to share them with me because as you can tell I have nothing else better to do with my time than to read about complete strangers!

Week in Rewind

This is a little tardy but I've had some sewing to do this past week so blogging has had to be put on the back burner.

Well the first thing noteworthy to tell about is both boys will be going to stay with their nana (Bobby's mom) on Sat. for 5 days. We'll be meeting her in Greenville on Sat. afternoon and then we'll swing by and pick them up on Thur. on the way to my dad's. I would be completely lying if I said I'm not a little apprehensive about being away from them for that long but I know Bobby's mom will be great with them. I'm also very excited about all the things I have planned while they're away. Bobby and I are planning on playing golf either Sat. or Sun. and then we'll be going to Ruth's Chris Steak House to celebrate our 4th Anniversary. Bobby has to work during the weeks so I've decided I'm going to use that time to 1. clean the house from top to bottom, 2. catch up on some sewing for the boys, and 3. check out some of the local antique shops and boutique I've been wanting to go in but wouldn't dare take two children into for fear they would break something. I'm so excited!

Parker was in the bathroom about to go potty when I walked by and just so happened to peek in and see he still had his underwear on while sitting on the toilet. As I said something he also realized what he had done and started laughing saying "I not go pee-pee wit my unawear on, dat so silwee!" He thought it was so funny that now he'll do it on purpose and then come out of the bathroom to tell us what he had done. Oh the things he comes up with these days. I've really got to start writing them down so I don't forget them.

Carter is cutting yet another tooth. Still not one of the two front teeth though. I checked this morning and it doesn't look like those two front teeth are going to be coming through any time soon so I fear he's going to have a pretty funny smile for a while. Once they come through a little more I'll try and get a picture of his snaggle tooth grin for you all to see.

*Sorry about the no picture rewind but I don't really have any this week worthy of going on the blog. I'll try and get some for next week.

Wordless Wednesday

A couple of weeks in rewind

Sorry I missed a week in the rewind but we really haven't had a whole lot going on recently.

I overestimated Parker's potty training abilities and took him to Hobby Lobby with his big boy underwear on. He did really well while in the store but on the way home he just couldn't hold it. I had to take his car seat completely apart to clean it. It was in need of a cleaning anyways but it definitely wasn't something I wanted to tackle on that particular day. Needless to say we won't be leaving the house without a pull-up on for quite some time.

Yesterday was Bobby's 27th birthday so Parker made him a card and we also baked brownies for when he got home. Unfortunately Bobby started a shut-down this week and he didn't get home until 10:00 last night!!! He was exhausted! I felt so badly for him that he had to spend most of his birthday at work, so we're going to do some of the stuff we had planned tonight instead! Here's a picture of Parker working VERY hard on daddy's birthday card!

Carter has gotten really good a reaching for what he wants and if it's brightly colored it makes it even more appealing. This was made even more obvious the other morning while the boys were laying on our bed. Parker was sitting with his back to Carter watching cartoons. Carter noticed the brightly colored mickey mouse faces on Parker's underwear and started trying to pick them off Parker's bottom, haha! What's even funnier is Parker was oblivious to it until I started laughing! I know they're going LOVE this picture one day!

A few evenings ago I was getting the boys ready for bed while Bobby was on his way home. I promise you it wasn't more than three seconds after I had put Carter in the bath tub and turned around to call for Parker to come and get in the tub that the power went out. It completely freaked me out because I looked back at the tub and I couldn't see Carter at all. I immediately felt around and snatched him up...he was perfectly fine of course but it still made my heart leap into my throat. After I got my heart rate back into a normal sinus rhythm, I got our Coleman lantern out and finished giving them their baths, talk about resourceful huh?!

6 Months

Can you believe my baby is half a year old!!!! It's like I blinked and he wasn't that cuddley little infant we brought home from the hospital anymore...ok well, he's still pretty cuddley but he's definitely not an infant. He went for his 6 month check up and weighted 14lbs 7oz and is 27inches long. I was a little concerned about his weight but my dr. said he's just going to be tall and thin and not to mention he was a month early. He eats like a horse so I guess if she's not worried then I won't be either! Also, I thought I'd give a run down of all the things he's doing and likes right now:

He has, count them, 3 TEETH!!! Two on the bottom and one (the mose recent) on the top but it's not one of the two front teeth so he's going to have a funny little smile for a while ;)

He absolutely adores Parker. He is constantly laughing and smiling at him and when Parker starts running toward him he gets really excited and starts kicking his feet and waving his arms. They've even started laughing at each other in the back seat while we're driving around. It is so funny to listen to!

He's taking 3 naps and is sleeping anywhere from 9 to 11 hours at night! What a blessing that has been!

I am in the middle of weaning him and he's doing really good with the bottles and formula. I probably won't have him fully weaned until he's about 7 months but so far so good! He's also eating three solid meals a day and loves just about everything I've given him minus the green veggies (surprise, surprise!).

All in all he a pretty happy little guy (minus those days of cutting teeth)! God has truely blessed us in these last 6 months!

Cow Appreciation Day

Chick-fil-a had their annual Cow Appreciation Day last week! They were giving away free combo meals if you dressed up like a cow so we decided it would be a fun way to get free food for lunch! I dressed the boys up and Parker LOVED looking like a cow for the afternoon! I made Parker's "costume" from the little starter kit on chick-fil-a's website and I borrowed a sweet little cow suit for Carter from my good friend, Rebecca! Here are a couple pictures she took of us all ready to go get our FREE food!!!