The Good Life

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

August Photo Favorites

After the excitement of July, August was a little calmer. We went to dentist appointments, ended one school year and started another year, celebrated a big anniversary for CC and Grandad, got haircuts, celebrated Poppy's birthday, Went to birthday parties for friends, and went to the Travelers game to watch a little baseball. It was a good month!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

July Photo Favorites

July was a real banner month for us! Some high highs and some low lows!

We started off July 1 with potty training Walker. At 2.5 he was ready but not overly interested. After 4 long long days and lots of teetee in the bed, he mastered it and I couldn't be prouder of him! He went cold turkey from diapers to underwear 24hours a day and never went back! Go Walker!

We played outside using water to try to survive the heat.

Our annual 4th of July celebration at church was a fun time as usual!

More outside time before going to see the fireworks at PV. Poor Walker is just plain scared of those things! Too loud he says.

Dance party in the den!

Then on the 6th I went to the doc for what I thought was a UTI, and found out we were expecting baby #3! To say I was shocked is an understatement! And I was all alone at my doctor's office! I called Birc and he didn't even believe me!

Sweet cuddles.

Then there's a week lapse in photos because I was in the hospital with kidney stones!!! Worst pain of my entire life and to top it off I was barely pregnant. Anna came and kept the kids, drove the minivan, made lunches and dinners, the whole bit! Aaron, my parents, and Birc's parents also got in plenty of hours helping us survive that week. Coming home and passing that 6mm stone was such a relief.

About a week later we went out to get some photos of our family. It was so hot and only like 9 am. But we got some cute ones!

In other news the kittens are growing!

Savannah got to go to her first VBS and thought it was so amazing! She loved every second!

Even though Walker couldn't attend yet he still wore the colors of the day each day.

Savannah had her first sleepover with her bestie Charlee! We painted nails, dressed up, at pizza, made brownies, and played. Walker was a little shadow all night and wanted to be with the girls so badly!

Then we went up to Searcy and grandad and Birc took the kids night swimming!

Later on in July we had swim lessons. Those wear me out. But hopefully they'll pay off!

A fire truck came to visit our school! Walker was in heaven!

Back at CC and Grandad's, Savannah planned a surprise for me and she and CC baked a cake for me. It was so sweet how she tiptoed around and whispered all day long.

Ended the month snuggled with my girl.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Walker is 3!

My sweet boy is 3! I can hardly believe it! I feel like he just got here and has been here forever all in the same moment. He is such a joy! We celebrated with just our little family today and then tomorrow is his big party! With a TRAIN coming over!

We slept in a little, (mama took a few hours off) picked up donuts for breakfast and for Walker's school party, then got to school. He had his little party and then had a fun day at school! We left on time and went to see Mrs Lynn for a quick haircut and then came home and got ready to go to Chuck E Cheese for dinner! Birc got home and off we went! The kids had a great time, and if you want the truth, they have great pizza. We then went and got some ice cream to round out the night and came home to relax (kids) and get ready for the party tomorrow (parents).

Walker is so smart. He knows so much and I am always impressed with what he remembers. He has a strong sense of smell (sorry buddy, just like me) and he is really coordinated and able to do a lot physically. He weighs about 34 lbs and is about 40 inches tall. His head is as big as mine. Haha!

He can count to 20, sing his ABC's, knows a ton of words, can repeat almost anything we ask him to, and loves music. He loves to sleep-about 11 hours every night and at least 2 hour nap after lunch every day. He is a great sleeper. We just moved him to a big boy bed last week actually, after moving him to the bigger bedroom in the back. He's doing awesome!

I interviewed him and here's what he says:

Name: Walker B

Name: 'Mowledge'

Age: thuree!!

Fave color: blue

Fave book: Thomas

Fave show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Fave thing to play inside: books

Fave thing to play outside: playground

Who do you love? Mama, daddy, sister

Who are your pets? Captain, copper, Caddo

Fave food: strawberries