Such a fun Labor Day Weekend

We had such a fun Labor Day weekend visiting my family. I was looking forward to it so much, because I had not been home since March. It was definitely a well overdue visit and it turned out to be such a wonderful weekend. Being around the people that love you the most is such a blessing and the best feeling in the entire world!! I have the best family and Walker is truly LOVED and SPOILED rotten when we visit Moppy and Papa's house:) The weekend was also extra special because I also got to spend the entire day with my precious nephew, Logan and my brother and sister in law. Sorry for the picture overload, but I had so many to choose from and I didn't want to leave anything out.

These two had so much fun together. Logan gets to hang out on the tractors everyday, so he didn't quite understand why Walker was so excited to be in the BIG tractor. How cute does Walker look waving from the tractor? He always gets the biggest thrill out of standing on or in the tractors. Walker got to see Uncle Ben's excavator, BIG dump truck and bulldozer.

Walker loves his Aunt Mandy so much! The best Aunt Mandy he will ever have:) I absolutely adore this picture! Thanks for spending the entire day with us Aunt Mandy. We love you so much!!

Aunt Mandy, Walker and Uncle Ben posing in the pasture (the shadow is a bummer). We don't always get to see them as much as we would like. Uncle Ben has an obsession with working:) Although, Uncle Ben does have some really cool toys that Walker will always enjoy playing on. We love you Uncle Ben and look forward to seeing you again soon.

While we were visiting all of the tractors we decided to go look for Papa in the pasture and watch him cut hay. Walker loved helping Aunt Mandy drive her SUV through the pasture to look for Papa. Once we found Papa he had fun watching him and waving to him:)

Papa in the tractor cutting the hay. I wish Walker could see them actually bale the hay. I think he would be amazed with the big round bale. Maybe one day in the future Walker will have a chance to ride in the AC tractor with Papa.

The boys had such a great time playing on the swing set and chasing each other around. I wish they could spend more time together.

Here they are wrestling around in the grass after dinner. Looks like Walker is trying to choke Logan:) Just a little cousin love:)

On Sunday we went over to visit my dear friend Diana, Mason and Anna Claire. Mason and Walker always have such a good time together. It always takes the boys a few minutes to figure each other out, but once they do they have fun. It's always such a treat to see Diana. She has been one of my dearest friends since elementary school. I could not ask for a better best friend all these many years and it's so fun to watch the boys play together.

The boys hugging each other. Diana and I were laughing because they look so awkward:) They are the two cutest blonde hair, blue eyed little boys I know:):)

Not sure what they are looking for, but man they are soooo stinkin' cute!! Thank you Diana for inviting us over for a little pool time. Now, it's time for your well overdue visit to our house!!

As soon as Walker and I got back this afternoon we headed over to our 2nd families house for a cookout. We always have such a great time visiting with such great friends who treat us just like family. We are truly so blessed to have you all in our life!!

McKenzie and Patrick attempting to back flip off of the diving board. Walker thought it was so funny. He loved the big splash the "wanna be flippers" would make when they hit the water:)

We had a fabulous Labor Day weekend and we hope you did too! I am so thankful for such wonderful family and friends!!

Another Weekend in Paradise!!

It was yet again another weekend in paradise:) We had a very busy weekend with great friends on Friday night, a birthday party on Saturday and the water park on Sunday. Daddy was also a very busy man this weekend too. Daddy we love you lots and we are so proud of you!

We had friends over Friday night for pizza. Walker and Conner always have so much fun together. Walker absolutely adores Conner or as he calls him, "Nner". Conner is a perfect angel, no I'm not kidding, he really is perfect. Walker looks up to him so much. Miss Keeley missed the photo shoot. She was too tired and needed to go bed.

Walker's friend Caroline turned 3 and we had so much fun at her birthday party on Saturday. Caroline's theme was "ice cream and cupcakes". Walker could hardly stand it when he saw the cupcakes or as he says, "CAKE". All the kiddos were so cute sitting at the table together. Rob and Kelly did such a great job. We had such a great time!!

How stinkin' cute is this picture. Miss Keeley had her party dress on and Walker seemed to think she looked cute too. These two are going to love playing with each other as soon as Keeley starts to walk. Keeley is our next door neighbor. We could not ask for better friends/neighbors!! We tease each other that they are going to sneak out together.

This was our first experience taking Walker to the water park. We had such a great time. We stayed 3hrs and Walker was not ready to come home. Mommy and Daddy were exhausted and forgot sunscreen for us. Walker loved playing in the kiddie splash area. He could walk around and slide on all kinds of different slides. My favorite part was the double tube in the lazy river. Any time spent with Walker being still sitting in my lap is a favorite of mine:) He also loved the wave pool. You definitely see a lot of interesting people at the water park. I can't wait to go back next year with Walker.

This is Daddy coming down one of the speed slides. Walker loved watching us come down. They were so scary!! Luckily Daddy missed a shot of me coming down...I would not suggest wearing a bikini down the speed slides:) We had such a great weekend together!!

Down on the Farm

Last Thursday I met Moppy and Kathleen in Columbia to pass off the best little 2 year old in the entire world for a weekend stay at Moppy and Papa's house. Columbia is half way for both of us so we met, had dinner, visited a little and made the very important exchange. My parents have been begging me to let him spend the weekend with them, so what better weekend than our anniversary weekend. Daddy was very busy this weekend with work events, which I participated in a little, but also got to relax. I think my body was in rest shock, because I spent almost all of Saturday laying on the couch catching up on shows. I haven't spent a Saturday laying on the couch in two years:)

We met my parents this afternoon to get Walkman and had a lot of fun at dinner listening to how much fun they had playing on the farm, seeing the cows, horses, chickens, tractors and playing with his cousin Logan and his friend Zuri. Thank you Moppy and Papa for taking such great care of Walker. The pictures show what a wonderful weekend he had and we love you both dearly. Thank you for a much needed relaxing weekend.

Walker was in "tractor heaven". He's already totally obsessed with tractors and he sure got his fix this weekend. I wonder what Papa and Walker were discussing in the picture above? It looks like Walker is saying, "Papa can I stay with you forever and help you on the farm?" It's hard to believe, but I used to do that every day. I guess that's why I don't mind getting down and dirty with Walker outside. Reminds me when I was a daddy's little girl:)

Wow, my Papa and Uncle Ben have all sorts of cool tractors. Mommy, are you sure I can't stay here forever:)

Papa took Walker into one of the chicken houses on the farm. Mom said that Walker's eyes got so big when they first opened the doors. I hope we can time our trip one day when the chicks are first delivered and Walker can actually hold one in his hands.

Walker had two very special visitors while at Moppy and Papas. His cousin Logan and his friend Zuri. Zuri's mommy and I have been best friends since middle school and Moppy and Zuri's grandmother, Kathleen are very best friends. Logan is 3 and Zuri is 1 1/2. They had such a good time together.

Walker finally got to play on the swing set and playhouse Moppy and Papa bought for the boys to enjoy. The playhouse is so cool and he LOVED it. Logan showed him all the tricks to the playhouse.

Two peas in a pod! Walker gets to eat lots of powdered doughnuts and who knows what's in his cup...I'm afraid to ask...LOL! I thought this picture was absolutely hilarious. It looks like they have been caught doing something very very wrong:):) They were caught eating powdered doughnuts and either drinking sweet tea or Dr. Pepper.

Last weekend we got to see some of my avid blog readers our dear friends: Mandy, Tucker, Mrs. Shealy, Mr. Shealy and Brittany. They were here on vacation and we spent last Sunday morning hanging out at the beach with them. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and I was so upset. I have to say Mrs. Shealy is going to be the BEST grandmother. She just loved on Walker and even took him for a stroll down the beach. Walker also loved Mr. Shealy, because he dug a big hole in the sand...one of Walker's favorite things to do at the beach. It was such a pleasure getting to see you all. Mrs. Shealy, thank you for loving on Walker like he was one of your own! We look forward to seeing you guys next time you're here on vacation.

Finally, Happy 6th Anniversary to the BEST husband in the entire world. This was taken on Friday night at the "Feel the Teal" Athletic Gala. I am such a lucky girl to have such a wonderful husband who continues to make all of my dreams come true. Thank you to all of our family and friends who continue to support and love us. I love you, Patrick!!

Poor Littly Guy

Let me just tell you we came very close to experiencing just what the Devil can do this past week. Last week was absolutely terrible. We started off last Monday morning with our first true gushing blood every where from Walker's head experience. He was getting ready to eat breakfast and was playing under the table in our foyer and busted the top of his head on the table. Blood was every where...I didn't know a little boys head could bleed so much. Luckily, we were able to get the blood to stop and all was fine. Walker was more concerned with the blood all over Daddy than him. He kept saying, "Uh oh Daddy, boo boo". I'm not really sure if he knew the blood was actually coming from his head and not Daddy. I will definitely say in those type of situations Daddy is A LOT calmer than Mommy. It's sort of weird, because I usually handle blood a lot better than Daddy. I guess it's different when it's your baby boy.

So we got through Monday and then comes dreadful Wednesday. I got the call to pick Walker up at school at 10:30am because he had a fever. Yep, we took a trip to the pediatricians office and what do you know....strep throat....who gets strep throat in the summer....not only Walker, but Daddy too on Thursday. I had to take care of my 2 baby boys. Okay, so I was handling my boys being sick just fine up until Thursday afternoon when we noticed ulcers all in Walker's mouth and a few small bumps on his hands and feet. Back to the pediatricians office on Friday morning only to find out not only do we have strep throat but now he has Hand, Foot and Mouth...aka...THE DEVIL! I'm not kidding when I say this was truly THE DEVIL virus. Walker's entire mouth was nothing but one GIANT ulcer. The terrible part is HFM is a virus and you have to let it run its course up to 5-10 days:( It was very difficult trying to get him to stay hydrated. Daddy and I counted and Walker did not eat anything for 92 hours until Sunday at 1pm. The picture above shows Walker eating his first meal since Wednesday. I haven't been that happy in a very long time. I actually called Patrick (he was in the office catching up on work) crying to tell him Walker had just eaten 2 dino peanut butter/jelly sandwiches.

Let me back up just a second. We prayed so hard hoping on Sunday we would begin to see some improvement. Walker has been waking up every morning at 5:30am since last Wednesday. So on Sunday when we all woke up and realized that he wasn't better, Mommy had an emotional breakdown. Moppy begged me to let her come help on Friday, but I told her that we could handle it and not to worry. Well, Sunday came and no improvement.

Moppy and Papa came Sunday afternoon to save the day:) I can't tell you how blessed both Patrick and I are to have them here with us. I am truly so grateful to have such wonderful, loving and caring parents. Walker was so super excited to see them. He wouldn't let Moppy out of his sight. It felt so good to see them and to know they were here to help us. We love you two soooooo much! You will never know how much we appreciate your support and your willingness to help. Moppy and Papa will leave tomorrow and I know three people who will miss them greatly! We love you guys and from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!

Turns out all Walker needed was little lovin' from Moppy and Papa. As you read above he started to eat on Sunday afternoon when I told him Moppy and Papa were coming to visit and he needed to feel better. He is doing so much better and we never ever ever ever want to see Hand, Foot and Mouth again. Moppy and Papa took him to Toys R Us yesterday and he was able to pick out a few new toys (just what he needed) but hey as long as my baby boy is feeling better...it doesn't matter!! Thanks to all of our friends and family who prayed for us!! We love you all!!

Sending Smiles Your Way Jules!

Jules-
Sending lots of smiles your way hoping you feel better really soon and recover quickly! We thought sending you pictures of your two favorite boys would cheer you up:) We hope you get lots of rest and we know that Pops will take great care of you. Recover quickly because we know a little boy who can't wait for you to come visit. Enjoy these pictures and know that we LOVE YOU LOTS!!

I love you Jules!!