Graduation/Send-Off Party for Dr. Evan :)

We had a really fun weekend.  We went to Opelika on Friday and stayed until Monday (Josh left Saturday night).  We got to spend lots of time with my twin sister, Hillary, who left yesterday to move to Colorado.  Her husband, Evan, just finished getting his Doctor of Chiropractic degree.  So, Saturday night Hillary and Mrs. Dorenda (his mom) threw a party for him…although it was also kind of a send-off party for both of them.  It was a lot of fun.  Also on Saturday we took Bryant swimming.  Sadly he wasn't feeling top notch apparently and didn't have a ton of fun.  He did enjoy it a little bit though.  Other than that we just hung out, watched some U.S. Open, and just enjoyed the last few days with Hillary and Evan before they moved out west.  They are starting their own Chiropractic Office in Lafayette, CO and I couldn't be more proud of them.  I have been excited for them the whole time, but also a little sad for myself.  However, I handled the goodbye much better than anticipated.  I probably won't see my sister, who is my best friend, again until Christmas, but I didn't cry.  Go me! ;)  Anyway, below are a few pictures from the weekend, although I was really bad about taking pictures…oh well!

 Life is so hard.

 Swimming with daddy

 Hillary's cute sign! (Evan's brother and sister both just finished college, and we celebrated them too!)

 Bryant and Aunt Hillary

 "Can I have some Uncle Evan?"

 My Family!

 Such a cutie pie!

Also, I have to include a couple of pictures of Bryant from last Thursday.  Thursday is one of my laundry days, and as almost always, Bryant was being such a helper. ;)

What a mess :)

Until next time…

Heather

Summertime!

I am loving some summer time!  The weather is so nice, and we are getting to enjoy the outdoors!  We have had a great week.  This past weekend a good friend of our's got married.  Unfortunately, we couldn't find anyone to watch Bryant.  Fortunately, sort of, some other friends of ours couldn't find a babysitter either.  So Josh and his friend Cale went to the wedding, since they were closest to the groom, and Danielle and I stayed at her house with our kiddos and hung out.  It was so much fun!  She has a little girl that is 20 months old, and twin boys on the way.  We don't get to see them as much as we would like because they live 45 minutes away. :(  On Sunday we went to church and had mommy-Bryant time while Josh went to the Regions Classic Golf Tournament with a friend.  On Tuesday Bryant started the summer session of Mother Day's Out.  It is only for six weeks, but I am excited about it.  It was sad though because I had forgotten I had a dentist appointment, and ended up spending half of my "time off" at the dentist.  Oh well, the house will just stay dirty until next Tuesday. :)  On Wednesday we went to storytime at the library again.  It was fun, although Bryant literally would not sit down the whole time.  He just kept walking around looking at everybody.  He's silly.  The craft this week was something really special…  It has to do with what Sunday is, but I can't say anymore because it is a surprise for Josh. ;)  Today, Thursday, we went to the pool with some friends from my MOPS group.  We had so much fun!  Bryant got to swim and play in the pool for 2 hours!  And he had a blast having other kids to play with.  I am hoping for an amazing afternoon nap since I not only let him skip his morning nap, but he played really hard.  He has been asleep for one hour so far, so we'll see! *fingers crossed*  Well, that's all that is new with us this week.  We are leaving tomorrow to go to Opelika for the weekend, so I'm sure I'll have a post about that soon.  Below are a few pictures from the week.  Also, I have included the two videos I mentioned a few posts back.  I finally was able to get them uploaded.  One is of Bryant saying "Baby" and the other is of Bryant playing with Tyler…sort of.

 The scrunched up face look is his new look.  Not sure why he likes it so much.

 He is the future "Uncle Sam"

Scrunched up face again...

and again…

I forgot to mention that I rearranged Bryant's room a little on Tuesday.  I think it looks much better and bigger!  Not sure why I didn't have it like this all along.

 The rest of the pictures are from our pool trip today!

 Having a snack!

 Snack time with his friend Cliff (who is 5)

Fun Times!

Here are the videos of my cutie pie.

Until next time…

Heather

P.S. Bryant woke up while I was working on this post. :(  So much for an amazing nap…he only slept 1 1/2 hours.

Bryant's 1st Haircut!

Well, I took Bryant to get his hair cut today.  Why in the world I felt so sad about it I don't know.  I guess it's one of those motherhood things.  Anyway, I thought his hair was cute the way it was, but Josh had really been wanting me to get the back cut.  And after all the "business up front, party in the back" comments my loving family gave me at the beach, I decided to give in.  So, with much hesitation, I took him to the Pelham Barber Shop.  The ladies there were fabulous!  It was a great experience, and I have some good photos and a certificate to remember it by.  Below are some before, during, and after photos!

BEFORE:

DURING:

 He wasn't so sure about it when we first put him in the chair

 But he got better…although the water felt weird :)

 Luckily they had some kid's books…that worked pretty well for distraction

AFTER:

 Look at my big boy!

 So grown :)

And most importantly…his certificate ;)

Thank you Ms. Dawn!!

So, besides getting his hair cut, there are a couple of other "firsts" Bryant has had this week.  Let's see…Tuesday he had his first popsicle!  It was delicious, and homemade of course. :)  It was pureed peaches, blueberries, and a tiny bit of honey!  He really liked it, plus I think it helped his sore gums.  Which let me add, one of his molars (he is getting all four of them) popped through the skin yesterday!  So YAY, maybe the worst part (which for him is usually the movement below the gums) is close to over!  Anyway, like I said, he really liked the popsicle.

 "What's this…?"

 "Hmm…it tastes pretty good."

"Yep, I like it!" :)

The other "first" was that Bryant went to storytime at the Library yesterday.  It was a lot of fun.  They sang a couple of songs, read a couple of books, and made a craft.  Bryant seemed to really enjoy it, so I am going to try to take him every Wednesday.

 Running around the room

 This was the board they used for the stories

Bryant's craft.  Didn't he do a great job! ;)  But seriously, a few of the scribbles are his…but then he just wanted to eat the crayons.

Well, that's all that is new with us right now.  I'll write again soon!

Until next time…

Heather

Beach Trip!

Well, our week at the beach came to an end. :(  We had such an amazing time!  I am already  missing all of my family.  However, it was great to get back and see Josh.  Bryant and I got home Saturday night after an extremely long drive.  We have just been hanging out and recuperating since then.  Our last several days at the beach were super fun.  Shawn, Evan, and Dad all had to leave in the middle of the week to get back for work and stuff.  So the rest of the week was just us gals, the kiddos, and Jonathan.  We did the same stuff we had been doing: beach time, pool time, and rest time!  The weather was absolutely beautiful the entire time we were there.  It was perfect.  On Thursday night my mom kept the kids and let us adults go do something.  We decided it would be fun to go bowling.  However, we got there and the lanes were booked until 10:00 pm!  Who knew bowling was the "it" thing to do at the beach. ;)  Anyway, we didn't want to waste our night, and we had to be home by 10:00 pm for Shelley to nurse Addie, so we ended up at the bar connected to the bowling alley.  We hung out and shot some pool.  It was actually really fun.  On Friday night we all went out to dinner.  We went to a place in Murrell's Inlet, and they just so happened to be having a fishing contest that weekend.  So we got to see lots of boats and big fish being weighed in.  It was a fun atmosphere, and good food!  All in all it was a wonderful week.  I hope we get the opportunity to do it again next year…and I hope Josh will be able to join in!  Below are some pictures from the second half of our week.

 Crazy Hair! :)

 Staring out into the ocean

Digging in the sand

 I forgot how fun building sand castles is.  I am so glad I have a kid so that I don't look crazy playing in the sand by myself! ;)

 Watching cartoons together

Cousin Love! (I actually think Bryant was tackling him, but it turned into a hug!)

 Bryant sure does love his Aunties!

LOVE this kid

 Sweet Addie with her mommy

Me with my baby

 Apparently Bryant didn't want to take the picture :)

HAHAHA…I had to include this one.  Only my family with understand it, but it is hilarious!  They are so silly. :)

The "Bazemore" Girls

Well, that's all for now.  I have a couple of videos I wanted to share, but for some reason they are not uploading.  I will try to share them in the next post!

Until next time…

Heather