Aquarium With Our Favorite Nugents!!

A few Sundays ago we met our wonderful friends who are also our neighbors at the aquarium. We had such a great time walking around with them. Chris and Jenn are so funny...Don't tell Chris, but I think he's pretty hysterical. Their little girl Keeley is almost 1 1/2 yrs old. We call her "Miss Thang". She is cute as a button and always dressed adorable. I mean look at her little fur boots and vest. This picture was taken at the end of our visit. Miss Keeley was ready for her nap.

Walker loves going to the aquarium and seeing all of the fish.

Both of them are checking out the sharks. This is Walker's favorite area because of the giant sea turtle swimming with the sharks.

Checking out the crabs.
Right after this picture was taken, I accidentally stuck Keeley's feet in the water...oops..luckily her mother forgave me for messing up those fur boots:) She's so lite compared to Walker and I didn't realize she was swimming with the crabs...oops!

Next we moved on to the sting rays. Each visit Walker gets comfortable touching the sting rays. Probably the next time he will jump in head first with them:)

Look at that sweet thing, oh my! Boys watch out!!

I wouldn't want him driving my ship:)

Showing Keeley how its done:)

We had such a great time at the aquarium and can't wait to go back!! Thank you Nugents for inviting us, we had a blast!

CCU Basketball

We had so much fun attending basketball games at CCU this year. This was Walker's 3rd basketball season as a Chanticleer:)

This handsome little boy absolutely loves sports. His two favorite sports are football and basketball. I had to stop telling him we were going to the games, because he was driving me bonkers asking, "Mommy, go to basketball game now"..."No honey, we have to go to school first". I can't tell you how many times in one day this kid asks me about going to the games. If I counted it would probably be close to 15 times, plus it's a bonus because he knows Daddy will be there too. Oh, and lets not forget Chauncey:) He still likes to see him at a very very far distance:) It will be interesting too see how much he likes the characters at Disney this summer.

After each game the band plays a few songs while the kids run around on the court. Walker loves to run around after the games, but when the band is playing he focuses on them 100%.

We also bring lots of snacks and what cute little boy doesn't leave the house without bringing ten trucks/tractors with him. And I will say the nice "older" couples we sent around are soooooo wonderful to us. It was a challenge this year sitting inside the row and Walker wanting to go potty 5 times during the game. We would just sit down from pee peeing and he would say, "Mommy, I need to go poo poo"....are you kidding me Walker. Last year the sweet lady that we sat near brought Walker a truck. How awesome is that:)

We LOVE these two sooooo much! I can't tell you how much I appreciate them. Walker absolutely adores them and he will realize one day just how lucky he was to have such beautiful girls babysitting him. We LOVE you Rachel & Megan! I've always said if their parents would let me adopt them I would in a second. I have been so spoiled with Rachel and Megan always being available to help. It's the best feeling when I know one of the sisters are coming over to babysit and they both show up at the door just because they wanted to play with Walker.

These are my sweet friends Barbara and Amy. I love these two so much and Walker absolutely adores them too. They are two of our assistant basketball coaches wives. We love hanging out with them. And yes, the boys love each other too:)

As most of you know this was our last season as a Chanticleer. In February, Patrick accepted the Senior Associate Athletic Director and the Executive Director of the Seahawk Club at UNC Wilmington. We are officially a Seahawk and we are super excited to start this new chapter in our lives. I've been a single parent for the last month and it's not so bad:) I just have to stay focused and know it's only temporary until our house sells. We are truly going to miss all of our friends. Being a part of the Chanticleer family was such a special time in our lives. This area will always hold a very special place in our hearts because it's where our sweet boy was born.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Just eating....

Well, what do you do when its freezing or raining outside, which seems like every day the last two weeks....you eat:) Walker continues to be a great eater and will pretty much eat anything. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he will always be a good eater. You never know, especially with his daddy's taste buds:) but so far so good! Although, I do wish I had a lock on the pantry door and a lock on the refrigerator doors. I can't tell you how many "fits" Walker has over not getting what he wants out of the fridge or pantry. It's a never ending battle at our house:) With pictures like these it makes me easily forget for 1 second:)

This weekend we played a lot inside and we ate lots of yummy blueberry muffins. In this picture Walker decided the best place to eat his blueberry muffin was halfway under the couch. Then he would yell, "HELP" or "HELP Me".

Spending some time watching television with Daddy. Oh, wait Daddy is checking his twitter account (which he does 100 times a day, so annoying). It's amazing how much a little guy like Walker knows about our iphones:)

Then after we ate all of the blueberry muffins we moved on to eating apples. Walker decided he wanted to eat an apple like Daddy eats an apple. Walker said, "I eat apple like a big boy"...well okay then, go right ahead. He actually did a good job and finished it.

Such a silly little boy, but oh my goodness what a wonderful little boy!! I mean look at his smile...I could just eat him up. Well, that's what we've been doing lately, EATING. Not so good for mommy since I need to exercise.

Visit to the Aquarium

It was so cold on Saturday so we decided to go to the aquarium. Yes, some of you may laugh, because how cold could it be at the beach? Well, it never got above 32 degrees, the wind was brutal and we actually had snow flurries during the morning. That's cold people:)

This was our second trip to the aquarium and we all had so much fun. It gets better and better each time. Walker absolutely loves seeing all the fish. He would say, "Look Mommy, Look Mommy, big fish or baby fish or orange fish. He would also say, "Mommy, fish has tail".

Seeing things through his eyes is a feeling I hope I will never forget

Walker enjoyed the Lethal Weapon Exhibit

We saw boxing shrimp, an electric eel (generates a 500 volt jolt), a lethal snail and lots of other scary creatures that I hope we never run into in the ocean.

Walker was very hesitant of the giant jelly fish hanging from the ceiling

Look Mommy, Look Mommy

You can see his sweet finger pointing and telling me all about what he sees:)

We got to see a diver feed the fish

Walker loved walking through the tunnel seeing all of the sharks and turtles

This was his favorite part last year and again this year:)

Walker wasn't too sure about touching the sting rays

I love these two so much!!

This was the best part of the entire trip. We were getting ready to leave and Walker looks over and says, "Hug fish, Mommy" and he went over and tried to hug the fish...oh my...it just melted my heart!!

Three Amigos!!

To finish off a wonderful weekend we headed over to Peyton's house today for a play date with our best buddies. I love these three so much. They are so much a like, but so different at the same time. It has been so much fun to watch their little personalities grow over the last 2 1/2 yrs. They always have such fun together and really do get along so well. We look forward to our next play date. Thanks so much to Abby and Peyton for inviting us. We had a BLAST, like always!!

Now this is total T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Peyton, JD and Walker shooting Nerf guns in the same play room was very dangerous. They were shooting darts all over the place. I believe a Nerf gun is on our list of things to buy now:) Abby, Kristy, Allie (JD's little sister) and I were very lucky to get out there in one piece:)

Peyton telling Walker all about his kitty cat. Peyton has three cats:)

Allie, Peyton, Walker and JD..."The MONKEY'S"

5 Little Monkey's Jumping on the Bed!

They had so much fun jumping on Abby and Michael's bed:) Sophia a friend of Peyton's joined in on the jumping fun too. Sophia is 2 and so cute. It was nice to have 2 little girls in the mix. JD showed Walker a new trick...jumping off the bed:) I'm sure we will be trying this at home any minute now:)

These three are the best!

Giving a little love before we left Peyton's house!

Conner's Birthday Party

We celebrated this handsome little boys birthday on New Years Day!

Happy Birthday to our best friend Conner!

Walker and Conner have been friends since the day we all moved into the neighborhood, 3.5 years ago. Walker thinks Conner is the coolest kid in the entire world. Everything Conner does Walker wants to do. Remember me saying Santa brought Walker a garbage truck just like his friend Conner's....well this is Conner:) We helped celebrate Conner's birthday with all of his friends at Michael's (the craft store) and it was sooooo much fun.

We decorated crowns

Because Walker is the KING of this castle

We blew bubbles all over each other

And even the parents had a great time blowing bubbles.

Check out Rob behind me really getting into it:)

AAARRRR MATEY

This was the best part of the party. We decorated pirate mask and the Michael's teacher made an announcement over the entire Michael's store loud speaker.......

"Attention all shoppers in the Michael's store....please look out for the pirate's walking around the store.....don't be afraid to say hello and Happy Birthday to Conner". AAARRRR MATEY!!

Walker wasn't too sure about putting the mask over his face, so I helped him.

Okay, so maybe this was the best part...CAKE

Walker loved the cake because it was a John Deere cake

A group shot of the entire birthday party crew

We had so much fun at Conner's party. We are so glad we have such special friends like Tom, Edy and Conner. Hopefully, the weather will begin to get a little warmer so the boys can play again outside. These two love to share their toys. I think Conner and Walker are in a race to see who can have the most tractors and trucks:)