Josh's 30th Birthday Extravaganza!!!

So my awesome husband turns the big 3-0 a week from today.  However, we already had a huge celebration this past weekend.  It was a great time!  Lots of friends, food, drinks and football!  What better way to celebrate getting older. ;)  Since this was more of a milestone birthday I did a few extra things.  One thing I did was make my first ever beer cake.  I thought it turned out so cute!  I also made him a frame that had 30 Reasons why I love him.  That was my personal favorite.  Oh, and I decided to give him 30 presents…one for each year!  Some presents were small, like a bag of reese's cup and golf tees, and some presents were big, like tickets for him and a few buddies to go to the Braves Division Championship Game next Friday and a new drill.  All in all it was fun to come up with some of his favorite things to give him. :)  I think he felt special and celebrated and loved, and that was the whole point of everything!  So it was successful.  Below are lots of pictures of the decorations, and just a few of the actual party time.  I was a slacker once the party got started! ;)  Oh, and of course Taylor's 21 Week picture from last Wednesday.

Happy 30th!!

 All of his gifts!

It was easier than I thought it would be to come up with 30 reasons…turns out I married a pretty great guy! ;)

 Decorations everywhere!

 And yes, there were exactly 30 beers!

 Josh's cake…with his high school football number and everything! :)

 Bryant had to help blow out the candles.

 Guess who had cookie cake. :)

 SUGAR HIGH!!!

 The day before the party…I put my friends and Bryant's friends to work!! :)

 I love this sweet girl…and she loves her feet. ;)

21 Weeks Old!

Until next time…

Heather

Taylor's 4 Month Check-Up and Bryant's First Alabama Game!!

We have had a fun week back at home.  We have played with friends several days, and Poppi came to visit for the weekend.  Also, Taylor had her 4 month check up on Thursday.  Everything went great!  She weighed in at 15 lbs 14 oz (80th percentile) and measured 26 3/4 inches (90th percentile).  We have one Big, Healthy girl on our hands!  I plan to do what I did with Bryant and wait to introduce solids until after she is 6 months old.  So for now we are going to just continue what we are doing. :)  On Saturday Bryant had his friend Lee Griffin's (my friend Jennifer) 3rd Birthday Party!  It was so much fun!  It was at a donut shop, and all the kids got to decorate their own donut.  There was also coloring and a donut toss game.  It was perfect!  I'm seriously considering the idea for Bryant's 3rd birthday…but we shall see! :)  Also on Saturday my sweet, big boy got to go to his very first Alabama football game!  Poppi, Josh, and Bryant all went.  According to the two of them, Bryant had an AMAZING time!!  Poppi said that he was so good the entire time, and Josh said it was so cute because whenever everyone else would stand up, clap, yell, etc…so would Bryant!  He was right there cheering along the tide…and I'm sure that is why they won. ;)  I was kind of sad I missed getting to see his excitement and faces and everything, but I guess that's just life.  I need to realize that I can't be there 100% of the time… ;( …but I sure want to!  Anyway, below are some pictures from our week.  As you will notice, I've introduced two new play items to Taylor, and she loves them!

 These two little ones own my heart….along with their daddy! :)

 Taylor's first time in the exersaucer!  She enjoyed it…thank goodness. ;)

 Sweet girl playing.

 I guess she really wanted to watch the tv.

 They put themselves in time out…they are so silly.

 She enjoyed this too!!

 Love the way she's looking at the toy.  Ha!

 Coloring a donut at Lee Griffin's party.

 Getting ready to decorate his donut.

 Decorating Done

 He seriously ate the whole thing!

 Lee Griffin and his birthday cake.  SO cute!!

 He is ready to go to his first Alabama game!

 Cutie at the stadium!

 Just doing a little reading before the game starts. :)

 Watching the game with daddy.  GREAT seats for his first game!

 I wish I knew what he was saying in this picture.  Something super cute I'm sure! ;)

 Poppi and Bryant

Had to throw in one more of my sweet girl.  She sure does love her feet. :)

Until next time…

Heather

Trip to Colorado!!

The kids and I got back yesterday from a fun trip to Colorado.  My twin sister lives out there, and this was our first time visiting.  They just had a baby boy in July, so we of course had to go meet him.  My mom went with us so she could help me with the kids at the airport and stuff, and I am SO thankful she did.  Traveling with two kids (especially a 2 year old and a baby) is much different than traveling with one baby.  However, I think the kids did great on the airplane.  Both travel days were REALLY long, and they were both troopers.  Taylor cried maybe 2-3 minutes on the way out there, but it was before we even took off, and she was just tired.  On the way back she didn't make a peep!  Except for her cute cooing and talking.  Bryant did great too…he looked through the magazines with Jojo, looked out the window (which he loved), and played on his iPad.  While in Colorado we had a good time.  We had great plans to go hiking and stuff, but we did not get to do any of that.  Colorado was having torrential rains with deadly flooding (like hasn't happened in 500 years).  If the rain had been snow it would have been 10-12 feet…more in some areas.  We could not even get into the mountains in Boulder due to road closures, road collapses, etc.  It rained almost the entire time. :(  But, it was still fun to get to see my sisters.  Oh, I didn't mention that my sister Grace came out there for a few days while we were there.  So she got to meet both Wells and Taylor for the first time.  It was so fun!!!  Below are some pictures from our trip…as well as Taylor's 19 and 20 week pictures.  I can't believe my baby is 20 weeks old today!! ;(

Headed to her first flight!

Chilling at the airport.

He's ready to go see Aunt Hillary & Uncle Evan and Cousin Wells!!!

Sibling Love!

Wells and Taylor…only 12 weeks apart! (Although Wells is still a little bit smaller than Taylor was when she was born.  Crazy!?!?!)

Bryant was babysitting.

She finally can get her toes in her mouth, and she LOVES it!

Fun times with family!

There are THREE babies in this picture!!!!! :-)

Bryant's balloon giraffe that he got at a Grand Opening we went to!

This is the view coming out of Hillary & Evan's neighborhood.  BEAUTIFUL!!! (They live in Lafayette…which is about 10-15 minutes from Boulder)

It actually stopped raining for a little bit.

So Pretty

This was as close as we could get to the mountains.  Stupid flooding rain!!

SISTERS!!!  (minus Shelley)

Sweet boy came out of the room from his nap and curled up on Jojo and slept some more.

My Cutie Patootie!

Sweet Wells and Hillary

Having fun drawing on the airplane.

She did this for over 2 hours on the plane!  YAY!

What did we do before iPads…??? ;)

Taylor had fun on the plane.

Watching airplanes take off while we wait for Jojo to pick us up in the car.

On our way home at last…and he is one tired boy!!

19 Weeks Old!

20 Weeks Old!

Until next time…

Heather