Pumpkin Patch Portraits

We made our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch last week and the boys had a great time. The weather was so nice and crisp that I think the boys could have run around looking at pumpkins all day long! I got some pretty cute portraits of them while they explored the many different pumpkins at the patch this year.

Happy 4th Birthday Parker!

I didn't want to start this post saying my usual "I can't believe he's already 4" but SERIOUSLY I can't believe Parker, my first percious baby, is already 4!!! Time is just flying by...it makes me SO sad! Parker is beyond a blessing! He's such a sweet hearted little boy and has such a pleasing attitude, well most of the time ;) I just LOVE him to pieces! I mean just look at this face! What's not to love?!?!


We had Parker's birthday party at our house this past weekend. I thought a carnival themed party would be fun so we rented a bouncy house and had a few carnival games set up in the backyard.

The boys had a lot of fun wrestling in the bouncy house after it was set up the morning of the party!

Parker showing his skills with the "knock down the cans" game.

He was actually pretty good at knocking them down. He liked playing it so much we still have it set up in the backyard! :)

I made cupcakes for the party. Parker picked the yellow frosting which didn't surprise me at all considering he loves anything yellow!

Cole playing the "Corn Hole" game!

Some of Parker's little friends and their mommies having a carnival dinner (hot dogs and popcorn)!

Everyone singing happy birthday to Parker. He looks thrilled, huh? haha!

I think he had a pretty fun little party, filled with lots of friends, family and laughter! What more could a 4 year old little boy want :)

Beach Portraits

Here are some pictures I took of the boys while we visited Bobby's parents at the beach this weekend. Bobby was suppose to join us but they had an issue at work he had to help with so he didn't make it in the pictures :( On a happy note, I was able to get a picture with the boys!

Sweet 'Stache

My dear husband is currently working a rather big shut down right now. The way I know its big is 1. because he told me, 2. he's been working a lot and he's the supervisor which means he's not suppose to "work" shut downs anymore and 3. because there are several other guys working on this with him. Now I'm not sure who to thank for this SUPER idea but Bobby and several other guys he's working this shut down with decided it would be a GREAT "team building experience" to all grow mustaches together. I personally love how they call it team building when really we all know they just wanted an excuse to see what they'd look like with a mustache. They're going to grow it until the shut down is over, which should be just another week, and then shave them off! I cannot wait! While its given me quite a few chuckles over the last few weeks, its starting to take over our house. Well, just see for yourself!


The both boys LOVED wearing the 'staches daddy made for them! Carter kept walking around the house saying "Yaook! Yaook!" I could barely take clear pictures because I was laughing so hard!




There's never a dull moment around here :)

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!