Papa's daily visits

My dad comes by daily and the kids look so forward to it. Probably bc he spoils them with candy and toys almost everytime he comes, but he also showers them with love and helps me out all the time. (The candy and toys are a battle I decided is was not worth fighting.) I think kids have a special bond with grandparents and it is fun to let them spoil them every now and then.

Wyatt and I spent the morning this together doing Wyatt's favorite things..including visiting the firestation. The firestation downtown has a little museum with 2 old firetrucks he loves to crawl on.. I think we are the only ones that go there bc the dust is about an 1" thick! June was spoiled at Nini's so it was a win win situtation.

June is a daddy's girl and looks forward to him coming home everyday... can you tell?!

Flying High

My kids are in constant motion...

Stage 2 of Cabinets

I have had some people ask how the cabinets turned out... here is phase two. We have a few more things to do, but I am very pleased. We have a countertop guy coming tomorrow so we will see what the final product looks like later on! If you need to compare, scroll down to see the before orange cabinets!

Happy Birthday Truman!

We had a wonderful morning at Truman's birthday party and it is great not only for Wyatt but it is my social time as well. I had to admit I did not throw a party this year for Wyatt for the simple fact I was a little overwhelmed with June and thought "he will not know the difference." Wyatt officially has birthdays figured out and I will not be able to go without a party from here on out. He was so excited, yesterday we went to Toys R Us and I thought this would be the perfect time to teach Wyatt about sharing and give to others.... So things started off great, we talked about what to give Truman and decided on a firetruck...that was until we saw the Handy Manny dancing tool set. So, he changed him mind and was going to now settle with the Handy Manny tool set... before I could get up to the front I looked down and he has ripped "Squeeze" out of the package. "Look Mommy Squeeze"...so I failed on my lesson of giving...and we ended up with a dancing tool box as well. The good thing is it has entertained him for hours and June likes to chew on the tools. (But we sure did not need another toy)

Another reason why I do not throw parties is I am a terrible host. I cannot relax and worry about every little detail and if everyone is enjoying themselves... is "so and so finding anyone to talk to" or "is so and so's kid being mean to the others?!." The truth is people really do not care about the things you worry about, they just like to get together and have fun. So, knowing my in laws are "party" people I am learning that the little things do not matter...just good friends. Today Kelly showed me that was so true. It has not rained in Midland is what 3 years?! Today it rained all morning long and Kelly had 15-20 kids inside her beautiful house with the cutest green icing cupcakes. Me, I would of freaked imaging green icing all over my house and kids running up and down destroying everything... but she was the best host and had a smile all over her face. The kids behaved themselves and the icing stayed in the kitchen... I worried enough for her and everything ended up fine! Maybe that is why she has the perfect child with Truman and I am sure Ross too! Truman is the kid you imagine before you have kids and hit reality! He is adorable, has the sweetest personality, he sits in his mommy's lap at music class, waits in line for his turn at gym class, never throws a fit or yells "no " at you, and always has a sweet smile on his face. So Kelly and Bobby have done a wonderful job and I thank you for having us over today! Happy Birthday Truman.

Here again, I have not mentioned my second child in our activities..but June went right along with everything. She had a wonderful time this morning, watched others and played. She even saw other girls to play with.. Clare and Andi. Brock continued to check on her and told her she was "so cute." I hope Wyatt learns from Brock how to be a good big brother.

Let's keep Mauri in our prayers this week as she goes in and has her little boy.. she was there today with her usual smile, but no one is feeling good when you are 39 weeks pregnant!

Good times with my buddies

Wyatt likes to do anything outside and today we had his buddies Brock and Hudson come over...and you can see it was big time fun! They are so cute together, Brock is so smart and teaches Wyatt so many new things and words, and Hudson is trying to keep up (he is only 16 months and doing just about everything the older boys are doing!) Hudson loves June and she just smiles at him... today he gave her a kiss.

The boys were playing in the dirt and Brock then hosed off all the dirt off Wyatt (how Brock stayed clean, I have no idea.) and then sprayed him down the slide and on to the car washing.

It is so nice to have good friends...

Yeah another girl!

Poor June does not know how to play with other girls, until now! My cousin, whom I have not scene in years, surprised us today and stopped by with their sweet baby girl..Maya. Talk about a happy baby and soo cute too. June just stared at her in awe and Maya just smiled the whole time. It was great to see them.

June had her 6 month shots today.. he is 90% in everything so we are pretty healthy! She is up on all fours rocking, so I am just waiting anyday now for her to take off.

Like Brother Like Sister

I have heard so many people say, "without the bow, June looks just like Wyatt..." So I was a little curious to see Wyatt's 6 month pictures and June's. I will let you be the judge!

I have to say I was against bows from the beginning, I use to give Darby a hard time about Baryn always having bows covering up her pretty little face and now I am just as bad...so Darby you won! I think it is fact she does not have any hair so I feel the need to make sure everyone knows she is a girl...not that the pink would give it away! I am also very fortunate that Darby has been more than generous to let June borrow all of the adorable clothes you see in the pictures so thank you Darby... my husband thanks you more!

Zach and I attempted our first dinner out tonight with both kids.... needless to say we will not be doing that again anytime soon. My sweet father took us out and I figured since we had 3 adults it would be no problem.... Wyatt was horrible and June was pretty good until the food came...she she vocalized herself and made sure everyone knew she was there. We were that couple you hate to see at a restaurant. So I will take any hints on two going out to eat!