Happy Memorial Day

For Memorial Day this year we decided to go down to the river on the 119 and have a bonfire complete with roasting hot dogs and s'mores!!

 

Dani invited some friends, most of who were out of town. Luckily one of her friends Ella was able to come join in on the fun! 

The kids had fun playing in the creek, while Josh and I relaxed and got the fire started up for dinner. 

Let the hot dog roasting begin!! 

 

 

Seriously these were the best hot dogs I have had in a long time!!!

Josh even made a double decker out of his!

 

 

Next up was s'mores!!  

Those got a little sticky, but everyone had a blast roasting and torching!! 

I would say we had a great memorial day!! We are thankful for all of the soldiers who gave their lives and served to  make our freedom possible.

 

Fun fact...last year we spent Memorial Day on this same creek....just about a mile down! Little did we know that Grandpere would purchase this property almost a year later and now we have our own personal beach!!! See here for our last years memorial day adventure!!!

 

Until next year! 

3 year old check up!

Today Brooks had his three year old check up with Dr. Talbot!!

 

Developmentally he is off the charts..as always!!

 

 

He checked out perfectly and did not have to get any shots...hooray!!

Weight: 36lbs. 0.7 oz. (87% range)
Height: 3' 1.6" (55% range)
BMI: 92% range
BP: 96/59 (which she said was excellent)

SO THANKFUL FOR A SWEET, HANDSOME, HEALTHY LITTLE BOY, WITH HIS GOOFY LITTLE SMILE!! 

Graduation Pictures

 

3 year old graduation from Daycare is this week!! Look at these adorable little pictures they took of Cade in his cap and gown!!! I really didn't know that he would "graduate" before going to Pre-K, but once I saw these sweet little pictures with his "shirt and tie" with his cap and gown, I was excited!!!

These are 4 of the 5 proofs they took. 

  

This is the picture we chose to order a few of for keepsake and framing purposes!! How adorable is he???!! I mean come on, those sweet little hands holding his "diploma" and his perfect little smile!! LOVE HIM!!!!

 Stay tuned for complete coverage of the graduation ceremonies!! 

(At this rate he is going to "graduate" 5 times before his high school graduation) 

Happy 3rd Birthday Brooks

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKS!!!!

 

It's hard for me to comprehend that it has been three years since the day you were born!!! You have brought us indescribable joy and happiness over those last three years!

 

 

I still remember the day you were born very clearly!! You were delivered by C-section and born at 8:35 a.m. held first by your daddy and then snuggled by me shortly after!!! You were and still are a beautiful blessing of a child!! So thankful we were chosen to bring you into this world!!

 

 

 To say those three years have FLOWN by is an understatement!!

You have turned into our opinionated, charming, happy little man who keeps us on our toes and gives us sweet kisses when we need them the most!!

 

Some fun facts about Brooks:

 

You know what you want, whether it is what you wear, eat or do you make sure we know what you want and how you want it done!! There is not a day that goes by now that you don't have any opinion about what you want to wear. And usually you ask for me to take your pictures, which as you know by now I jump at the opportunity!

 

 

Your favorite TV show to watch is the Lone Ranger and most days you like to wear your cowboy boots so you can be like him. You get excited watching him fight and "round up" the bad guys!!

 

 

Your love for motorcycles is hilarious!! Anytime you see a motorcycle you scream and make sure everyone knows you saw a motorcycle!!! This little obsession is beginning to make me slightly nervous because I know one day soon your daddy is going to want to buy you a mini dirt bike! I was hoping you would grow out of it, but your passion continues to increase!

 

 

You love anything and everything outdoors! All you want to do is play outside, ride your jeep and tractor, ride 4-wheelers and play in the dirt. You are your father's child for sure!! You would ride on the lawn mower with your dad all day if he would let you. You would rather ride 4-wheelers all day than stay home and play, watch a movie or play with your friends.

 

 

You are a tough little daredevil!! You like to wrestle your older, bigger brother to the ground. Usually you are successful at it! You have no fear of jumping off of things! The other day you were on the top bunk bed and looked at me and said...."I am going to jump mom!!" Luckily I caught you before that happened and we had a stern little talk about just jumping off of things!!! However, if you are uncertain about a situation such as carnival rides or a tall slide, you are very hesitant and cautious at first but then quickly become fearless again!

 

 

Your communication skills are that of about a 6 year old, sometimes maybe even older!! You are extremely intelligent for your age and can talk very well. People are always amazed that you are only 3 years old once they hear you speak....which sometimes takes a while because at first impression you are very shy around people you don't know. But once you get comfortable, it is nonstop talking!!

 

 

In the car we get a kick out of you because you CONSTANTLY ask questions about everything you see, hear, think or want!!! Sometimes I get in the habit of saying ok and not even realizing what I am answering because you literally do not stop talking!!!! That is  until you fall asleep. You can be jabbering one minute and literally 10 seconds later the car gets quiet and that's when you know, Brooks is asleep! It is the funniest thing!

 

 

 

You have the cutest deep, country voice that combined with that adorable little face will make the meanest person put a smile on their face!!

 

 

You love to sing...ALL THE TIME! You can learn a song quicker than me just by listening to it! We have to be careful what is seen and heard by you because you take in all that you hear and see.

 

 

Despite your country boy, tough guy nature you can still melt mommy's heart with your sweet kisses and "I love you so much Mommy" EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!!! Which I assume one day, far far, away,  will go over well with the ladies too!

 

 See below for the yearly birthday questions:

 

1. What is your favorite color? Pink (Daddy was concerned about this one, but you really do like pink!! We are just hoping that is temporary)

 

2. What is your favorite toy? The Lone Ranger

 

3. What is your favorite food? Chicken

 

4. What is your favorite movie? "My Frozen" (you can literally quote this movie and sing all of the songs)

 

5. What is your favorite Bible Story? "My God is so BIG" (It is a song, but you got the idea)

 

6. What school do you go to? "my class with my teachers" (aka Bright Beginnings Daycare)

 

7. What is your favorite game to play? Basketball

 

8. What is your favorite snack? animal crackers

 

9. What is your favorite song? Frozen Heart from Frozen

 

10. What is your favorite animal? "Chickens...I like a BIG chicken!!"??

 

11. What is your favorite book? "The Lone Ranger book"

 

12. Who is your best friend? Grant and Delaysia (friends from daycare)

 

13. What is your favorite thing to do? Ride 4-wheelers and watch the fire! (bonfire)

 

14. Who is your favorite superhero? Batman, Robin and bad buy Superman

 

15. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? flashlight

 

16. What do you want for dinner for your birthday? Chicken

 

17. What do you want to be when you grow up? A 4-wheeler man

 

 

 

 

So for your birthday we let you choose what you wanted to do to celebrate.

 

Your choice was no shocker at all....you wanted to go to the property, ride 4-wheelers and play in the creek!! So that's exactly what we did! 

And you had a blast!!!!

 

We even got to go play in the inflatables at a jump house to help celebrate a friends birthday, but you had so much fun doing that!!

 

That night we invited Gage, Mason, Paiton, and Hudson over for birthday cake!!

 

You got a few presents from Mom and Dad....

 

 

And you concluded your birthday with dressing up like the Avengers!! I would say that was a great 3rd birth day!!!

 

I made the collage below with some of my many favorite pictures of you over the years!! It was hard to narrow it down since you are so stinking cute!!

 

We are so grateful for your little life and thankful you are temporarily ours here on this earth!! Thank you God for blessing us with Brooks. Our prayer is that you will continue to exemplify God's grace and love through your life.

 

 

 

I hope that you will always be mommy's little man!!! I love you so much and hope you had a great 3rd birthday!!!

 

 

 Until next year!

Swim Meet-Crawfish Aquatics Long Course Invitational

Dani had her second swim meet of the season last weekend! Luckily this one was in Baton Rouge so we didn't have to travel far! However it was two days long so we had to come prepared for some long days!

 

Luckily we brought superman along for safety!! (he did this all day to people...it was pretty funny)

We got to eat snoballs and popcorn the first day. We had to entertain ourselves for a few hours before Dani swam! 

 

Dani swam and did a great job, improving her time by 4 seconds!!

 

The second day I got a little smarter and brought the movie player with several movies to keep the boys entertained. We had a pretty good little set up for the day!

 

Dad didn't miss any chance to give a couple of pointers before her second race! While the boys were living the life with their drinks and popcorn while watching the Avengers!

Ready for her second race day! 



 

You can see Brooks was ready to go home after another long day at the pool!!! Poor little guy!

 

She did a great job on her second race, improving her time by almost 5 seconds!!

 

Results are below!! Even though Dani finished middle of the pack on most of her races, she has done a great job improving her times and continues to work hard to get faster and better!! We are very proud of all she has accomplished and look forward to the next race!

 

50 Meter Breaststroke

Last time was 58.20, this race she got a 54.82!!! Great Job!

 

50 Meter Freestyle

Last time was 45.58, this time she swam a 40.93!! Awesome job!

100 Meter Breaststroke

Last time was 2:05.34 and this time she swam it in 2:05.03

 

Not a huge improvement, but better than nothing!! 

 

Great job, we are so proud of you Dani!!

 

Stay tuned for one final meet of the season!