Fairhope Fun

Bobby's been working a lot lately with a shut down and once again this weekend are left Daddyless. The boys are really missing him so today I decided we need to get out of the house and go somewhere new! We made our way over to the bay then walked the Fairhope pier and played on the beach! Even though it was sirring hot the boys had a great time! Here's a few pictures I took of the guys taking everything in.

I totally forgot to post this...

I started writing this post several weeks ago as a Week in Rewind post but never finished it. I almost erased it but thought it was far too funny not to share! Enjoy!

Carter's had a really rough time getting to sleep and then staying asleep this past week which means he'd usually end up in the bed with us, (seriously I have no idea how people sleep with their kids on a regular bases). Unfortuantely it wasn't just a night time problem either. He was having some trouble getting to sleep at nap time, too. Well, last wed. I put him down for a nap and he stood at the end of his crib and cried for about 5 mins. and then stopped but was still standing up. I watched him off and on for about 15 mins on our video monitor and noticed he had turned around with his back to the side of the crib just standing there. Then he decides to sit down and I thought to myself "finally, maybe now he'll lie down and go to sleep". Well, I start really looking at him because I noticed his head was down and he was breathing so deep it was making his head bob up and down and then it hit me...he was asleep SITTING UP!!! It totally cracked me up! I thought about sneaking in his room and lying him down but ever since we repainted his door and door frame it pops really loudly when you open it. So, as to not risk waking him up I just left him alone. He sat that way for at least 20mins and at one point I even saw him about to fall over but he caught himself and sat back up. Here's a picture of him on the monitor. Its somewhat hard to make out but he's sitting up in the upper left hand corner of the monitor screen.

Can you see him, haha?

18 Months, WHAT?!?!

How is it possible that my baby is already 18 months!?!? Its as if we went to sleep one night and when we woke up he was no longer that cuddlie little infant we brought home from the hospital. Although I'm pretty sad about not having those sweet infant smells around, I have to say this is one of my favorite ages. He's not quite in the throws of the terrible 2s yet but is really starting to figure things out and understanding more and more. He's still pretty sweet, too! He'll be playing on the floor and all of the sudden he'll climb up in the chair where I'm sitting just to give me a hug...my heart swells everytime!

He doesn't have a whole lot of words other than dada, nana (that's mean mama), eera (here), and ook (look) but he understands a ton! He knows we say the blessing before meals and will fold his little hands while Parker says grace then he'll call my name over and over again until I ask him to say amen, too. It sounds nothing like amen but its sweet that he wants to say it. He wants to do everything Parker does and for the most part Parker's pretty good about letting him play along with him. He's also picked up some of Parker's not so favorable behaviors lately. One of which involves a hitting motion followed by a "nah (no)". He thinks its pretty funny and I must admit I've had to bite my lip several times in order to keep from laughing! He's just so cute its hard not to let out a little giggle :) I do realize I'm going to have to get this under control because very soon its not going to be so funny or cute. He's also learned (with the help of Parker) most of his body parts such as: nose, ear, hair, mouth, tounge, arm, hand, leg, foot, chest and belly to name a few. Along with his body parts he can tell you what the elephant, dog, cat, sheep and dionsaur say...the elephant noise is my favorite! My baby's becoming such a big boy!

4th of July

This year I was pretty excited about the 4th of July. I knew both boys were finally old enough to be in awe of the fireworks and could stay up late enough to watch them. This year was going to be good!

That afternoon we set off a few smoke bombs Bobby bought earlier in the week.

He also picked up a couple boxes of poppers and the boys had a great time throwing them all over the patio in the backyard.



I also tried to take some pictures of the boys in their 4th/summer outfits. I decided I didn't want to make anything too 4th of Julyish so they could wear it for the rest of the summer and the crabs fit the bill!
*Side note: I could barely get them to sit next to each other let alone look at me and smile so sorry Carter has his whole hand in his mouth but you take what you can get ;)




We'd also decided it would be fun to take the boys to see the firework show at the USS Battleship down on the bay. We were all set to go! Carter had taken a late nap and I had even convinced Parker to take a nap that day (something he hasn't done in a few months now)! Well, about 30 mins before we left there was a torrential downpour! We were really worried it would rain again as soon as we got down there so instead we took a drive across the bay. We had an amazing view of both the Mobile and Daphne fireworks as we drove across the bridge! The boys LOVED it! I tried to get a few pictures of some of the fireworks, but with the car bumping so much they were all really blurry.

When we got home we shot off some more of the fireworks Bobby bought. Parker was a little hesitant about holding the sparklers at first but Bobby was able to talk him into it and by the time we were ready to go in he was holding it all by himself.



We also got out a couple of the fountain rockets but only shot one of them off. After we realized how loud the first one was we thought we probably would've been run out of the neighborhood if we lit the other one being as late as it was.


Even though we didn't get to do all we had planned this 4th we still had a GREAT weekend! We are so blessed to live in a place where we can have fun times like these in freedom and safety! Happy 4th of July!

Watermelon Festival

We've had a pretty busy 4th of July weekend and while I'll post more about our actual 4th festivities first I wanted to share about the fun we had at the Watermelon Festival in Grand Bay. I heard about it through a local blogger who was posting fun things to do along the gulf coast this weekend. I didn't really know what to expect but the advertisement said free watermelon and I thought well if nothing else at least we'll get a little treat! I was actually pleasantly surprised by what all they had going on! The boys had a lot of fun playing in the bouncy houses, riding the little trackless train and checking out the petting zoo. There were also a couple local musical groups playing in a pavilion on the edge of the grounds and several crafters had booths set up selling some very cute handmade items.

I love the way the watermelon looks all piled up just begging for people to come eat up its sweet and juicy goodness.


Carter was more than happy to oblige the calls of the melon (and the man that kept yelling "COME GET THIS MELON!!!") but Parker...not so much :)


We also enjoyed a little fair food and...


a little sharing ;)




I think I need to add a porch and railing to our "musts for the next house" list just so I have a reason to get some of these cute little bunting flag!


Although I was a little apprensive about the festival, I'm really glad we went! The boys were in a super mood and we couldn't have asked for nicer weather! Just the type of fun we needed to round out our 4th of July weekend!

Froggy Jump

Like most boys, mine are very intrigued by any and all little creepy crawlies, squirmy wormies or hippity hoppities that inhabit our back yard. Pretty much any little creature that creepeth across the yard is a wonder to these two little guys. This morning was no exception!

Its a little hard to see but the frog is right under Carter's hand upside down!

Can you tell Carter was bit excited about Mr. Froggy's visit!

This guy was pretty excited, too!

Thanks Mr. Froggy for making two little boys' morning!