Weekly Wrap-Up

I have been in a blogging slump lately. I am tossing around some ideas in my head about where to go from here. Until then, here is my weekly iphone pics wrap up.

 

 

We spent some time outside early in the week. The weather was so nice.

The babies can be fussy inside, but the second we step outside they calm down. So we try to get out a little if the weather is nice. 

 

Brady and Presley are becoming quite the friends. A little morning cartoon snuggling!

 

More outside time. I love those exposed chunky legs and arms!

 

Presley has not been sleeping great this week, I am thinking she is getting another tooth. She decided to catch up on her sleep in our bed, long after I got up. It is crazy how someone so small can take up so much room!

 

Presley watching t.v. while rocking her baby! Girls are sweet, Brady would have NEVER done this! Ha!

 

Brady does things like this! He was ready for battle! He even has a serious face. Boys are fun!

 

Sneaking in a little more outside time!

 

Presley girl, so prim and proper, crossing her feet and hands. She is keeping us on our toes!

 

 

That was a little glimpse of our week. We have a fun, fun weekend planned!

 

Happy Weekend, yall!

 



Weekend Fun.

We spent Friday night in, eating take-out and watching movies.  

 

We had to be at the ball field at 10 til 8 for Brady's game. We went to Cracker Barrell for a late breakfast after the game with Caleb's parents.

 

We came home for a few hours. Caleb mowed the yard. Presley napped. Brady played with the neighbors. I cleaned the house.

 

 

We quickly got ready for a birthday party.

 

Our sweet friend, Owen, turned 3.

 

We were invited to stay after the party for dinner and we accepted.

 

(Anagail loves Caleb.)

 

We made it home around 9:30ish with very sleepy kiddos and parents.

 

We spent Sunday as usual. I got to love on this little. He is still giving his mommy and daddy a hard time, but he was a little angel Sunday afternoon.

 

Kids are great at making liars out of parents.

 

It was a great and fun  weekend.

Weekly Highlights

 

Brady and Noah before church Sunday night. They are crazy. This was my attempt at keeping them calm until it was time to leave. Ha!

 

Brady and Presley have started playing and fighting more and more each day. Now that she can get around on her own, Brady gets pretty irritated at her.

 

Love this girl. By the way, she looks identical to my baby pictures, except her eyes are different. I need to post a comparison!

 

She loved watching the kids play after ball practice one night this week. She looked so tiny sitting there.

 

We got a Toys-R-Us ad in the mail and Brady immediately picked something out. I sent this to Caleb with the text, "Brady wants this, please." Caleb sent back some smart remark which translated to a big fat NO. Ha Ha!

Presley girl has had a big week. She has been crawling and/or scooting all over the house. She has also been testing out her standing abilities. She LOVES pulling up. She thinks it is so funny! She is so proud of herself. Humility is not a strength of my kids. Ha!

 

She has been pulling up to knees for a few weeks. This week she finally made up to her feet. Her feet are TINY and she is learning to stand, so her balance is not so great!

 

Brady has spent a lot of the week putting puzzles together under the table. Ha Ha!

It is the only safe place when you have a mobile, teething little sister after everything you touch. She has spent the week trying to figure out how to get in there with him. He pulls all the chairs in to block her and she travels around the entire thing trying to find an open spot.

She has to be getting more teeth. She has the bottom front two, but she has been so irritable the last couple days. She will just sit and whine or yell out. Between that, the constant falling from pulling up, and sneaking away from me and getting into whatever she can, I am exhausted this week.  She is such a mess. At least she is a cute mess! ;)

A lot of days when Rylan is here, Presley wakes up while I am in the middle of feeding him a bottle, changing, or rocking him. She usually plays in her bed until I can get in there. (She only does that at nap, she wakes up in the morning crying and/or screaming.) If Brady hears her, a lot of times he will go in and entertain her until I get there. Today he was blowing raspberries on her belly.

 

I love when I get to witness sweet moments like this!

 

Have a good weekend! We have a busy one ahead of us, as always. :)

Opening Weekend.

It is t-ball time again. This weekend was opening weekend.

Brady had his first game Friday night.

He is playing first base this season. He didn't really do anything exciting at the game Friday. He got a hit and barely made it to base. Sometimes he acts like he has never run a day in his life. Ha ha!

His team won Friday night and did a great job. I snuck out after the game for a girls night out. I was a little bummed I had to miss dinner with both groups, but had a great time bowling with sweet friends.

Saturday morning we had to be back at the field for pictures and another game. It was the official opening day. There was face painting, bounce houses, balloons, and more. I didn't take a single picture, too much going on.

Brady played awesome. He scored 2 runs and had 3 hits. Unfortunately, his team lost. They did so good and had so much fun.

Brady requested Cracker Barrell after the game. He ate 2 1/2 regular size pancakes. Ha! Boy was hungry.

He had practice last night and they worked on some of their mistakes from the games. It brings me so much joy to see him enjoying something and improving each day. If he decided tomorrow he never wanted to play ball again, that would be just fine as well.

Caleb is definitely in his element on the field. He is helping coach. He is so good at it. He loves baseball and is one of the most patient and laid back people I know.  These qualities can be incredibly frustrating at times, but they make him perfect for teaching littles in t-ball.  He is a good one.  ;)

Presley is dealing with all the time at the ball park fine. She likes to clap for the boys, but she gets a little antsy. I am trying to keep her entertained during the games and practices, so far we haven't had any major issues. She is my little side kick. God knew I would need her to help me balance out these baseball loving boys in my life. ;)

Easter 2013

After the Color Run, I had to get cleaned up, finish a little cooking, and get to my Mom's to celebrate Easter with my side of the family. While I was gone, Caleb dyed these eggs with Brady. Such a sweet husband and daddy. Brady loved doing this with Caleb.

As soon as we arrived, the kids had an egg hunt. It was supposed to rain and we wanted to be sure to get it in.

Brady was very excited. He remembered the egg hunt from last year. Presley didn't even notice the egg hunt.

We ate yummy food and visited for a while. It is funny how in just 5 years or so our family has added so many kiddos. Fun Fun!!

 

My sister bought Presley this sweet outfit for Christmas. She wasn't very cooperative in getting a picture. The back of the shirt has a little key hole and it is so so so cute!!! We love Chevron!

 

The kids woke up to their Easter baskets filled with goodies. I didn't go overboard with the baskets this year. Brady asked for a chocolate bunny, Spider man stuff, and chocolate eggs. I love his sweet, innocent requests. His favorite thing in the basket was the Spider man Cheez-its and Gatorade! Ha Ha! He asks for those Spidey Cheez-its every time we go to the store and I never buy them. He also LOVES Gatorade. I don't let him have it except at ball games, too much sodium for every day.

Presley was starting to enjoy the plastic eggs.

 The kids had non matching new outfits. Non matching not on purpose necessarily, it just worked out that way. They looked super cute whether they matched or not.

Sunday we went to Church services with Caleb's parents. Then had Easter with his family.

Here are a few of the not so perfect pictures Easter morning. Ha Ha! We have anything but a picture perfect life and I absolutely love it that way. Picture perfect is kind of boring. :)

It rained Sunday as well, so we had an egg hunt indoors. Presley was a little more interested in this one. She did her three legged crawl to get a few.

Easter 2013 was a little bit of a world wind, but a huge success.

I am so very blessed with such a sweet family. Check out Brady's face, told ya picture perfect was a little boring! Ha Ha!

Color Run 2013

Last Saturday morning(the day before Easter) a few friends(and friends of friends, now new friends) and I participated in the Color Run in Nashville. We had "trained" some, but had really slacked off the past few weeks. We were not sure we would be able to run the entire thing, but were fine with that.

My friend Ana picked me up and we headed to Nashville. We were equal parts excited and nervous. This was our first 5K and we didn't know exactly what to expect.

 

We got there super early. It was good because we didn't feel rushed, but it was FREEZING! We were so ready to start moving, once we did, it was fine. But we froze waiting.

 

The entire team before.

 

 

 

My friend Stephanie and I ran together and managed to run until the finish line. We had to slow down during the color booth/check point things due to crowds. However, we ran the rest. We were so proud! Between the cheering staff, the colors everywhere, and high of completing it, we were so excited!

They give you these little packets to toss up at the end. We had to leave to get to Easter festivities. So Ana, Stephanie, and I had a sweet lady take some pictures of us and our color baggies. These are some of my favorite pictures.

 

 

 

We each wanted excited pictures in front of the finish line.

 

 

 

We found the rest of our friends and took an after group picture! We went over to the stage and after party for a minute, but like I said we had some Easter festivities to get to. So we snuck out. Next time hopefully it won't be Easter weekend and we can hang out a little more.

 

 

When we got back to the car, I looked in the mirror and the total ridiculousness of my face set in. The other girls didn't have it  all over their faces like I did. I shielded my face at each check point, or so I thought! Ha! I had to take a shameless selfie to capture the complete craziness.  I had already changed my shirt in an attempt to keep Ana's car clean. :)

 

All of our group did great! We had so much fun! We can't wait to do it again! It really is the happiest 5K on the planet!!!

 P.S. all of the color came off fairly easy, except for one pink patch in my hair. It is still there, nearly a week later! Ha!