Monday Ramblings

 

Brady and Caleb went camping Friday night with some friends. This was Brady and Noah's first "real" camping trip. (Brady and Caleb have "camped" in the back yard several times)

Caleb is a great daddy. We have a group of friends who are also great daddy's. Such a huge blessing.

Presley and I had a little girl time while they were gone. We took a walk and made a Target run, which was fun until Presley refused to sit in the cart, then decided it would be fun to pull all the make-up off the shelves. She threw a major screaming fit when I wouldn't let her do these things.

 

 

This girl is a mess. But an oh so cute mess she is. We came home and got her a bath and she was out for the night.

 

We spent some time with my mom, sister and Oliver Saturday morning until Brady and Caleb made it home that afternoon.

 

Caleb wanted to go out for dinner and requested Chuy's, so that is what we did.

 

Caleb and I watched a movie after getting some very sleepy kiddos to bed.

 

Sunday night after worship services, Caleb played softball with some men from church. He let Brady "play" with them. Brady was so excited and did so well. They let him hit  a few times. He was so sweet cheering for his daddy. I wish I took some pictures. Maybe I will remember next time.

 

 

 

A little glimpse.

We have spent the last week or so doing a little...

 

 

playground playing...

 

sleepy time lullaby-ing...

 

gummy smile grinning...

 

baby snuggling...

 

 

bedtime Bible reading...

 

Bounce house jumping...

 

fun friend time spending...

 

recliner silly-ing...

 

no nap- recliner resting...

 

pre-bath posing...

 

remnants of crazy, no nap day findings...

 

friend birthday celebrating...

 

playtime cooing...

 

and Sunday napping.

 

I realize I made some of those words up. I don't care, spell check, don't care!

 

Note: The trash picture was what I found in my car when I went to pick up a pizza one night this past weekend. I was like "whoa, it was a crazy day the other day!" I meant to clean it up then, but had my hands full and I forgot once I got inside. (It is not uncommon for me to start something else and completely forget what I needed to do in the first place these days!) Well, I forgot until the next morning when Caleb came in from loading up our car for church. He said, "what in the world happened in your car." I said, "Oops, I know! We had a crazy day the other day." To which he replied, "Apparently". We had to laugh. Laughter is how we get through most days. :) It is all picked up now, but it happens from time to time. ;) In fact, it is more often than I would like to admit.

Play Date, Birthday, and Football

 We had a play date Friday morning. Stephanie had us all over, she is 39 weeks pregnant!!!! I think she was hoping it would encourage baby Claire to make her debut, but it didn't. The kids had a great time and we had some yummy lunch.

Saturday afternoon I was invited to 2 baby showers and 1 Birthday party. They were all at 2-4 pm. I didn't make it to the baby showers because the birthday party was for our niece Carleigh.

 

Brady, Presley, and I made the short trip to the party. Brady got to swim a little, we ate snacks and cake, Brady played games with the big boys, and we all watched Carleigh open her gifts. She is so cute and funny!!!

They had these petit fors last year at her party and they were so good. I was so hoping they would have them again and they did!!! I have waited all year for these. I may have taken one home with me. ;)

Carleigh loved all the attention. Last year she cried! Ha Ha! It is funny how much can change in a year.

We all came home to watch the UT/Florida game with daddy. I made some finger foods and we spent the night in cheering on the Vols! Unfortunately we lost, but it was still a good family night in.

Weekend Updates (a catch-up post)

Friday

My sister and Noah came and joined us at the Discovery Center. My sister also brought me a Starbucks coffee. So nice!

The boys had a great time, as always.

They had a dentist come and talk to the kids and then gave out free stuff. We love free stuff! The lip therapy is awesome!

We came to my house and had a quick lunch. The boys took a nap while Amy ran to the grocery store.

Brady was so upset they were gone when he woke up. :(

Saturday

Caleb had to work. I had a gift card left over from Christmas to Target and I have been dying to buy something girlie for baby girl. Brady and I loaded up to head to Super Target.

I love Super Target. We found a couple sweet little outfits.

I am so excited about her growing wardrobe.

We came home and Brady napped. After Caleb got home we headed to the monthly kid devo with our church.

Brady loves the kid devotionals!

The kids are so sweet. They say the prayers and lead songs. Brady always volunteers. It is so sweet.

Mommy and Daddy enjoy getting to spend time with the parents as well, while the kids play.

Sunday

We went to church, came home and had a quick lunch, then Caleb was off to work for a few hours. Brady and I took a nap.

 (Saturday night, I woke up at 4 a.m. very uncomfortable, so I moved to the recliner and never really fell back to sleep. Needless to say, I was tired on Sunday. I don't usually take naps, because they usually make me feel worse, but this one was needed.)

My mom was in KY this weekend visiting my bro and SIL. She brought back a couple of goodies for baby girl. She got both things for great prices. I promise I won't show every little thing. I am just excited right now.

Sunday night, we all three headed to church. After church we watched Courageous with any one who wanted to stay. They had childcare available. Brady had the best time.

After the movie was over, he did not want to leave. They painted, watched veggie tales, built a cardboard house, played with shaving cream, colored, ran, and so much more. He talked the whole way home about what a good time it was. :)

 



Weekend Love.

My brother Cameron and his wife, Lauren were in town this weekend. It turned out to be a perfect weekend for them to come, because Caleb was off, so we got to spend tons of time with them.

 We spent Saturday morning at the Readyville Mill. If you are ever in middle TN or live here and have never been and want something fun and unique to do, Saturday breakfast at the mill is a must.

 Lauren's birthday was earlier this month and they had never been to the mill, so this is where she wanted to go. It is not a place you go every Saturday, but a perfect place for special occasions or to take out of town guests.

We had a mini photo session of the boys and they actually both looked at the camera!



 Caleb's parents live down the road from the mill so we stopped in and visited them for a while before heading to my parents house.

Brady and Noah begged to take a bath in the BIG tub, so of course they got to.

(The following pics, I stole from my brother's facebook. The others were from my camera.)



 Sweet Cousins!

We all retired to the couch to watch Tebow, but the game was terrible so we ended up making fun of watching the Miss America pageant. It took about 2 ballet dancers and 2 opera singers and Brady looked like this.

 

We went home and Brady never woke up. He did wake Sunday morning screaming because he wasn't wearing pajamas. Silly boy.

Sunday was pretty typical, church, lunch, Cam and Lauren headed out, Brady napped, and back to church.

Monday we did a little shopping with Caleb's birthday money(his birthday is Friday) and just hung out at home.

I am hoping Brady takes a LONG nap today to get caught up. The weather today is good napping weather with cloudy, stormy skies.

Weekend Recap

We had another fun, but busy weekend.

I will start with Thursday, because Caleb was off and we had a fun family afternoon at the park. Brady loves when daddy can come to the park with us.

 Daddy helps him with the monkey bars, mommy is too short and weak for the monkey bars. Ha Ha! Caleb was impressed because Brady could hold onto the bars without help.

Friday night, Noah came and played with us for a couple of hours while his mommy and daddy went to a movie.

 

The boys really loved playing with Caleb. If I sat down in the floor to play, they completely ignored me. They payed attention to me when it was time to eat. Funny boys.

 
This is a horrible picture of Brady, but at least everyone is looking at the camera.
 
Saturday, we got up early and helped my grandmother move closer to my parents house. We got most everything moved and a lot put away, but they aren't moving 100% until the end of the year, due to my grandmother's working situation.

Saturday night, we attended a devotional at a friends house with our church. No pictures. We were so worn out when we got home.

Sunday, we picked up a bed we purchased from some friends of ours. They have a young boy and are upgrading his bed, so they needed to get rid of the old one. They threw in 3 sets of sheets, because they had no use for them. I am planning a full big boy room post in the future.

 
Brady was/is so excited with his new bed. He put all his "aminals" under it and climbed all over it.
 
He was smiling so big when we tucked him in last night. He didn't feel well all day yesterday, but when he saw that new bed, he got instantly excited.
 
Mommy and Daddy like it, too.  We can sit with him and read, saw our memory work,  prayers, and whatever else we want.

Note: Brady takes naps in our beds from time to time, because it is darker and so I can clean his room while he is sleeping.  He does really well and doesn't fall off. He also has been sleeping his crib converted to a toddler bed for several months without a toddler rail, so we are not planning to put a rail up at this time. The other side of the bed is against the wall.

It was a great weekend, but we are all exhausted today. Luckily, Caleb is off today as well, so we can all rest up and get back to normal.