8 Months And A Celebration

Our little guy (or not so little anymore) celebrated his 8 month birthday this past week. 8 months of fun!! 

 Not sure how much this little booger weighs these days, we will go to the dr in June for his next check up. Somewhere around the 20 mark. More to love!!

 He loves bathtime. It is so much fun. He loves to splash and this results in me being soaked when we are finished.

He is such a fun guy these days. He is loving eating different foods. I would say his faves are sweet potatoes and peaches. Yay for the peaches, not so much the other. 

 He is crawling on his belly everywhere. Matt and I walked out of the room for two seconds yesterday and he had crawled behind the chair and ottoman. Let's just say he came out with lots of dust on his belly. He has started to get his first little tooth. For a while there I thought we may need to get dentures.

Saturday was a fun day as I got together with sweet friends to celebrate a dear dear friends upcoming baby. 

 My sweet friend Whitney is having a baby girl in just a few short weeks. I cannot wait for her to arrive!

 Whitney got some sweet girl outfits and lots of pink stuff.

 Look at these two cuties. We had a time of prayer for Whitney and baby Chloe and these two played marco polo while we were praying. They kept calling out to each other and it was all I could do to hold it together during the silence.

 Sweet friends! The fam came to the rescue again today. Fulton wasn't feeling quite up to par this morning because of this yucky tooth. Pops left church and came to watch him while Matt and I filled our lovely duty of nursery this morning. We picked KK up at her church and headed back to have lunch together. Aunt Keri came over tonight for us to have a date. Loved spending time with my man!!

First Mother's Day

Our first Mother's Day was such a blessing. Humor me and let me share.... 

Let me just say how awesome my hubby is. He has such a servant's heart. He got up early and made homemade waffles and brought me breakfast in bed. He knows the way to my heart.

And then my two boys came bearing gifts. Fulton was proud of his and didn't want to let it go.

This is what he made for me at school. It says "I love you because..." and you can write with the dry erase marker to finish the sentence. And it has his sweet little handprint in it. He was proud.

We got ready for church, and snapped a quick picture before leaving.

We came home from church, took some wonderful naps, and I woke up to more sweetness from my boys. Matt is a sneaky little one. We had Fulton's 6 month pictures taken several weeks ago and hadn't gotten the proofs back yet... so he called our photographer and got one early and had it framed for me. I was so excited. And... look at this other cuteness he did. He had Fulton's name spelled out in this frame. I have always wanted one of this. He did good.

Later in the afternoon, the fam came over to play.

Sister made a delicious meal for all of us to enjoy.

Fulton did some loving on everyone. He is a trooper being passed around the table for photo ops.

And the girls.

Mom enjoyed opening her Mother's Day prizes too. Sister got her this fun cover for her phone. She loved it.

And Sister got me this sweet necklace with an F engraved on it. Love it!

It was a fun, jam packed day and I am so blessed to be able to experience this journey called motherhood. I often wonder why the Lord allowed Matt and I to experience such pure joy in raising His child. I just pray I can be molded and shaped into the woman of God He wants me to be. Happy Mother's Day!

Cruising On The Water

Fulton got to experience his first real trip to the lake... we have been a few times before, but haven't gotten to go down to the dock and actually play. 

 To say I was stressed about his sleeping would be an understatement. The last few times we have been to the lake he has slept, well... how do I say this... he hasn't slept. It's been pretty miserable for everyone involved. But KK and Pops worked hard to make him a real room and make it as close to his bed at home as possible... and it was a success. He woke up bright eyed and ready to play.

 We didn't actually venture out into the water this time, it's still a little chilly. But we enjoyed playing on the boat and waiting patiently for our captain to come down and take us for a ride.

 Don't let this picture freak you out... we were just about to put on our lifejacket. Little buddy was loving looking at the water.

 And here's where the fun began. Lifejacket and shades, two of his favorites. He did better than I thought wearing the jacket.

 He was all about helping Pops drive the boat. He did pretty good.

And we just sat back and relaxed and enjoyed the ride. Success!

Our Very First Luau

Sunday afternoon Fulton had his end of the year pool party with his friends at "school." We came straight home from church, tried to nap, and got ready for the festivities. 

 Little squirt was pumped, even put his first pair of flip flops on for the fun.

 Our little fam poolside.

This does look kind of sad... like we didn't let our bambino swim, but the water really was too cold, so we sat in the shade and took it all in on the sidelines. He was mesmerized. He wouldn't take his eyes off his buddies splishing and splashing around. School isn't officially over yet and the littles still have a "water day" in a few days, so maybe I will lather him up with sunscreen and let him enjoy it. 

 You know how I said he didn't take his eyes off his friends... that was until he saw the cook walk by with a tray full of hotdogs straight from the grill. He was drooling.

 It was a luau. They outdid themselves. It was decorated so cute. We are so so blessed to have Fulton stay where he does... Mrs. V is so good to these kids.

 This was the littles table. Maybe Fulton can sit there next year. But really next year we will probably be chasing him around the room.

 F loves him some Mrs V!

No luau would be complete without your very own grass skirt. He was getting into it. 

 And a ukulele. We had to pry it out of his hands when it was time to go.

 It was a sweet time of festivities with his buddies and I would say he was worn out, you think? He crashed before we made it out of the neighborhood. Fun times!

It's Cinco de Mayo, otherwise known as Harley's Birthday!! Happy Birthday to the Harley man!! We love this little four legged fella. Harley is 12 years old today. I got this little pup right before we got married... I needed a little friend when I was living by myself. He is a trooper and such a loving little guy. 

Looks like I am not the only one that needs to shed a few pounds. Listen to this. Matt took sweet buddy to the vet this week for his checkup, shots, nails trimmed, the whole works.... and he weighed a whopping 7lbs and the vet said he needs to lose 1/2 a pound. Excuse me?! What?! I mean he weighs as much as my hand and he needs to lose weight. Poor thing. We covered his ears and didn't let him hear that terribleness. Whatever. We like our boys meaty around here anyways. 

 Fulton keeps trying to show the love and Harley is just not feeling it. Maybe one day. We may go for Mexican food tonight in his honor.

And this has nothing to do with Harley, but maybe it will make you smile. It sure works for us!

Picnics, Parties, And Chicken

Now that it's almost time for another weekend, I will finally blog about last weekend. Saturday was so much fun. We started off visiting a sweet couple in our class who just had a little baby girl. She is tiny! Fulton entertained her with his loudness.

 From there we headed to the park for a picnic. We took that sweet couple above a meal and on the way Matt kept saying it smelled so good that he really didn't want to eat the PB and J sandwiches that I had fixed. So sad, but that's what we were having.

 Little stinker enjoyed it. He got to ooh and ahh over the few people that walked by.

 He didn't want to be left out, so he snacked on puffs while we ate. He has still not quite mastered this feeding himself thing. His pinchers aren't working yet and he gets them stuck in his hand and can't find them. We headed to Sonic for a quick ice cream cone, I am addicted. It's only a dollar.. .I can find that much in the couch cushions.

 We went to dinner at our sweet friends, Jeff and Emily's house. They have a little boy, Andrew, who is about 16 months and he put on his favorite show for Fulton. It's called The Fresh Beat Band or something like that. I have never heard of it, where have I been?

 The best picture we could get. They loved playing together. Andrew shared his toys nice with Fulton and he slobbered all over them and passed them back.

 Sunday afternoon consisted of a quick nap and then we had a packed afternoon planned.

 We told Fulton right before we left because we knew he would be pumped because we were going to see this little girl....

 It was Avery's 1st Birthday!! It seems like just a day ago we were seeing her sweet little self at the hospital after she was born and now she is 1. Fulton was trying to show her some love here.

 Claire did such a cute job decorating. It was an ice cream sundae party and delicious!

 Look how sweet they are. Can I just say how blessed we are to have sweet friends like this in our life? I love it because Avery and Fulton are so sweet to each other. It is so much fun because almost every couple in our small group has children right close in age and I know they will enjoy growing up together. They play nice together. I told Fulton to start treating her nice now if he wants to win over the older ladies.

 And if you are still reading, from there we met sister and Pete and headed downtown to the art festival. I had no idea what sister was getting us in to, but it turned out to be good. Sister had a front row spot for the belly dancer show.

 Look what Aunt Keri bought me? My very first pair of shades. Struggling to keep them on our face and out of our mouth, but he is loving them. We will get lots of use out of these at the lake and pool this summer.

 This little fella was a champ! He is so laid back... he just goes with the flow wherever we go. We lucked up on the end of this tasting of restaurants thing that you had to pay like 25 dollars for, but they were closing it up and trying to get rid of the food, so we just kept going from booth to booth sampling whatever they had for free...love it. Worked out good for us.

Look at the stud with the stroller. We met up with mom and dad at a fine dining establishment called BoJangles, where the guys were beyond thrilled because we pulled up and it was all you can eat. They walked out with their belts a few notches looser.