Bubbles gone Wild

The other day, Peyton asked to take a bath with the Green Shaping Foam Bubbles (you are supposed to use it to draw shapes, letters, etc. with it on the water or sides of the tub).  We hadn't used it in awhile and I couldn't get any to come out.  So I soaked it in the warm water for a minute.  Then when I started to squirt it out, I couldn't get it to stop.  This thing kept squirting for a good five minutes...

Poor Parker wasn't having as much fun as his Bubba.  He knew something wasn't right.  However, Peyton always loves a little excitement.

It reminded me of the crazy 'Silly String' wars I used to have when I was a kid.  Needless the say, the bathroom smelled like fruity soap for two days ....and so did my boys!

The Boy's Valentine Card

We wish you a wonderful Valentine's Day, this weekend!

Birthday Week

(Warning lots of pictures!)

Last week was my 27th birthday.  We celebrated a lot with family and friends.  They are the best and made me feel so special.  Here are some pictures from the night that both our parents came over and Nick, Meredith and Reese.  We ate pizza and birthday cake (Shake's confetti cake-the best)!  Meredith's Mom was able to join us to because she was in town helping Meredith and Nick unpack all their boxes from there move from Texas to here.  I was glad I got to see her again.

A couple of months ago, I mentioned to my sis in law, Meredith, that I wanted to have a cute apron to cook in.  Well, she remembered our conversation and bought me one for my birthday!  It is from our favorite store Anthropologie and love it!  It's almost too pretty to cook with but I'm sure I'll get plenty of use out of it (or at least Josh hopes so!).  They also brought me a very cute monogrammed plate from of course...Anthropolgie.  Thank you Meredith, Nick and Reese!

Boys being silly with Poppy before we ate cake.

Another night we celebrated with the Kennedy's, Slaughter's and Neufeld's.  Zach, Matt and I all have a birthday within 2 days of each other so every year we go out together and celebrate.  This year we went to Abuelos and then back to the Kennedy's house and played the Wii.  It was mine and Josh's first time on a Wii and we had a blast.  Josh was awesome at it but I need a lot of help until I'm considered even half as good as my husband.  It was still fun and we laughed a ton that night.

Thursday, McKale and Courtney took me out to lunch at Olive Garden for my my birthday.  I don't have a a picture of that and I wish I did.  O.G. tasted so good, especially the bread sticks.  We had a good time just talking and enjoying our meal without the kids, minus Baby Tate who slept through our meal! 

This weekend, Josh was gone to Tulsa for a coach's clinic so it left me here with the boys and a puppy.  We were puppy sitting for the Barnard's and the kids LOVED having a dog around.  He followed Peyton around the whole time and they became best buds. The dog that stayed with us is named Brownie so now he says we need a dog of our own named Cookie.  However, it will probably be awhile.  I think my sweet Mom would not be too happy since I'm known for getting an animal and then a year later passing it on to her and Dad.  I've done that with 1 cat and 2 dogs already!

I'll leave you with a two more cute photos below of the boys that I couldn't resist posting.  Have a good week!

Ice Ice Baby!

We've been hit with a BIG ice storm!  I've lived here my whole life and never seen anything like this here in NWA.  All the schools in the area started closing early on Monday and are all cancelled through the rest of the week.  We are now being declared a Federal Disaster Area.  Many people are saying it looks like a "war zone."  So many trees are down and lots of people are without power, living in hotels.  Luckily we have only been without power a few times and those times only lasting 2-4 hours at a time.  Josh's parent's have also been on and off this week.  However, my parents have not had power since Tuesday morning.  Thankfully they are getting to borrow a generator from a friend and they now have heat.  We have been going pretty stir crazy around here but have stayed busy with friends and family stopping by or us getting out to see them.  This morning we let the boys go outside and play in the ice.

Peyton in front of our poor little tree...

This is our one and only tree we have and it doesn't look so good anymore...(I always love big trees in front yards but this time I'm thankful we only have this little one.  Otherwise we would have a big mess to clean up!)

Parker checking out the ice in his hand.  Burr...

Going to get the mail with Daddy...

Parker lovin' the ice sickle from the mailbox...

Parker riding his bike in front out our "iced covered" house.  It looks like snow but it's not.

Baby Tate Daniel Has Arrived

A few posts ago, I wrote about a shower I helped with for Baby B.  He was finally born this morning as a healthy baby boy at 5:50.  Tonight our boys are spending the night out with GiGi and Poppy.  So after Josh and I ate our dinner at Crabby's (very yummy!), we stopped by the hosptial to meet Mr. Tate and saw his Momma and Daddy.  He is precious!  We brought him a birthday cake and a cute outfit from Gymboree.  We are glad Tate Daniel is finally here and he and McKale are both doing wonderful!

Every good and perfect thing comes from above. James 1:17

Date night, Baby Harper and Football Banquet

Friday night Josh and I met up with our friends, Ashley and Chad.  We haven't seen them in a long time so I was really looking forward to spending time with them.  Ashley went to Shiloh with us and Ash and I were inceperable during the good 'ol days.  She is now 5 months pregnant with their baby girl Avery.  We are so happy for them!  We went to P.F. Changs and then to Starbucks and talked for over 2 hours.  We had so much fun chatting and catching up.  

When I got home that night, I checked Kelly's blog, from Kelly's Korner.  Her sweet baby Harper was to be born that day and I was wanted to see pictures and see how they were doing.  Well, I was so surprised when I read Harper was having problems breathing and VERY sick.  Josh and I immediately started praying for this sweet family.  They had wanted a child for so long and thought they would be celebrating that night while holding and snuggling with a healthy baby girl.  Instead they were hit with emotions they were not prepared to face.  Check her blog here, if you don't already follow it, and leave her an encouraging comment.  I remember when Parker was born nearly 4 weeks early, he was on oxygen and a feeding tube the first few days of his life.  It was so hard and he was not nearly as sick as this baby is.  I couldn't have made it without the encouragement from our family and friends.  Those first few days of not being able to hold your newborn baby are horrible.  We only had a very tiny glimpse of what this family is facing and would not wish that on anyone.  Please lift this family up in your prayers.

Saturday night was Shiloh's Football banquet at CPH.  It went very well.  Below is a picture of the entire team and Josh on stage.  It was a fun night celebrating the great season the Saints had this year.  After the the banquet Josh and I met Courtney and D for a late movie since our boys were spending the night with my parents.  We saw Mall Cop.  It's pretty funny.  I would recommend to go see it if you are wanting a good laugh.

Today has been pretty relaxing. We started the day off going to church and it was wonderful.  The music and sermon really touched me.  Josh's Dad is doing a sermon serious on Family and it is so good!  I'm looking forward to next Sunday.  Hope you all enjoyed the weekend and have a great week.

Peyton and Parker Update

I haven't posted an update on our boys lately.  And I need to do it before I forget and they move onto the next stage in their life.  This is mainly for me to have record of later on.  They are growing up so fast, I can't believe it!

First....Peyton...3 Years and 3 months old

Look at that face, doesn't it look like he's up to something?  Well that's because he probably was.  Here are a few things about Peyton....

-He thinks life is a p-a-r-t-y ALL the time, the more the merrier.

-Talks non stop (wonder who he gets that from...hmmm.)

-He is a helper, especially in the kitchen.

-Loves Veggie Tales.

-Loves to cook. The only consistant thing that he wanted Santa to bring him was a "boy kitchen."  (You know we can't have any pink around here!)

-Learning his letters.

-Looks out for Parker.

-Obsessed with the color yellow (lellow).  However, red is slowly starting to be asked for on occasion.  Everyday he begs to wear a 'lellow' shirt or a football jersey.  If you see him without either on, then you know there was probably a battle at our house that morning.  However, his first choice is always PJ's and he still hasn't given up wanting to wear those out after many times being turned down.

-Of course he loves to play football and tackle.

-And last but not least...he LOVES everything to be organized, especially his football guys...(Josh's starting line up players from when he was little.)  He plays with these for hours at a time and I find these guys lined up everywhere in our house!  He has about 20-30 of them.  He pretends he is the coach.  He has even given some names, his favorite are Rod and Dorman.  And if you knock one of his players down and don't put it back exactly the way it was, he's not a happy camper.

Parker Thomas....1 year and 5 months.

-He is our sensitive child.

-Always has a smile on his face.

-The charmer, the flirt.

-Loves to hug and blow kisses to everyone.

-Laid back.

-Eats anything you'll give him at anytime.

-Chooses to run more than walk.

-Loves wagon rides.

-Loves to drive his John Deer tractor that Santa brought him around the house.

-Loves buttons of any kind, especially remotes, phones and keyboards.

-Tries to figure out how everything works, constantly exploring every little thing.

-Loves to sleep!  (I prayed hard on this one when I was prego with him.  I didn't know to do that with my first one-ha.)  Parker normally sleeps 12-14 hours at night and 2-3 hours in the afternoon.

-He loves his brother and already looks up to him so much.

Words he can now say: (a few are not very clear but we can understand him)

Daddy, Momma, Bubba, Nana (my Mom), Poppy (Josh's Dad), hi, bye, more, cracker, cookie, doggie, night-night, ball, football, no, and cheese. 

Josh and I are having so much fun with these little guys.  God has blessed us more than we could have ever imagined.