2 Years!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet Kingsley! He is my adventurer ... fearless. He has had more mouth and head injuries than I can even explain. He is fearless and a bit clumsy.. dangerous combination! Here is what my boy is

up to these days. . .

In this picture I'm sure he just got done saying "NO, NO I FIX IT!!!"

Apparently someone informed him that today was his birthday and he better start acting 2, because he very intensely has started using the word NO.. even with attitude. "NOA!!" I see a LOT of time-outs in his future. But I'm a lucky Mama and after a rough 24 hours with the kiddos he slept in my arms AND let me slow dance with him for about 10 minutes. I love the sweet moments.

-Counts to 11
-Is starting to really talk in sentences
-Has been sleeping in a big boy bed for the past week due to him climbing out of his crib regularly. (Now the boys get themselves into all kinds of trouble when they're supposed to be in bed. He is getting better about staying in it though.)
-He can roughly sing the alphabet.
-He is SO independent. I hear "No, I do it." all day long.
-He can be a stinker to his brother and loves to take his toys.
-He is super silly
-Daring.. he runs with blankets covering his eyes... loves to climb, jump ect. just crazy.

SILLY FACE!

We had a party for him last week and tonight he got to celebrate his actual birthday with decked out ice cream cones!



Yum. But I think I'd much rather eat an entire plain waffle cone before enjoying this little piece of heaven. 

Mmm. Yes. That's more like IT!!!



He loved opening presents at his party!!  

Choo-Choo Cake I made him.

(Choo-Choo, Kingsley's 2!)

Gotta love the cheesy party rhyms!

 Kingsley quotes:
"I TOOTING!!!"
"Awight Tiger" (Alright Tiger) We don't really know where he got this, but it's SO cute!!
"Look, Mom" Then makes a face or does something he wants me to see. 
"Baby in my tummy."
"NO, NO Ezzie Davide!!!"
"Awww, MAN!"
"Out da bed."
"No, No.. I do it."
"My turn."

We love this silly little 2 year old and are so so blessed to have him in our lives.

September 23, 2011

Jenna & Jason

The location was just amazing and was the perfect funky venue for the two of them. It was beautiful... the ceremony had tears and laughter from both of them which I thought was adorable. Jenna's skirt was from my Mom's wedding dress! She designed her entire dress and my Mom made it!! Talented girls.. they pulled it off beautifully, with only one major dress crises a couple days before they tied the knot. Stressful is an understatement. But everything ended perfectly and Jenna looked more beautiful than any model I've EVER seen!!! There was so much love in the air the entire night. I'm so happy for both of them. Congratulations to my baby sis and my new bro!!! 

We love you guys!

HELLO!!! Anyone there????

Wow. I'm sure I've set a record for longest blogging absence!?! If not, I definitely deserve some sort of award reading "worlds worst blogger" or maybe "most neglectful blogger". Anyway...I'd like to inform you that we are alive, well, and write with many many updates for you. To save time I'll use a bullet theme.

- We have been living in Washington for about 3 months now! Yes... We survived the 55 hour car ride...making stops in Denver to see some besties, Vegas to have some fun, meet up with Tony's family to caravan the rest of the way, and a  concussion scare from Ezra, and our last great stop.. sunny California to see my Dad..enjoy the beaches and Disneyland!!
- I am 19 weeks PREGNANT with a little baby BOY!! That means I made the long haul drive while in my 1st trimester. Luckily I didn't know yet and did great. Even through a 12+ hour Disneyland day! Whew.

(Can we all just give a little giggle to Ezra's face here. Apparently my mom thinks he is the spitting image of all the goofy faces I made as a kid).

- We went back to Nashville in September for my sister's wedding!!! Now that will be a post all in itself!! It was the BEST wedding and she was a drop dead GORGEOUS bride!!!!!
-Ezra started pre-k and is really enjoying it!
- We're Enjoying fall and are excited for all things HOLIDAY! (I've been caught listening to Christmas tunes, putting Christmas movies on for the kids and squealing over the snowflakes on the bottle of Coffee Mate Creamer).
- The kids were adorable and had a very busy Halloween weekend! Candy, parties, friends and fam!

(This superhero means BUSINESS!!)

So that's what we've been up to.. plus a lot lot more, obviously.. since I haven't blogged in oh say... 90 something days. Expect to hear more from me soon!

Ezra is 4!!!

(Ok.. 4 and three weeks.. but cut me some slack here!!)

His AWESOME lego cake that my friend made for him.  

 We celebrated at the coolest indoor play area/coffee shop. It has storefronts for the kiddos to play in, a HUGE treehouse, a lego room, pool tables, air hockey, xbox, a rock climbing wall, coffee shop/pizza, and MORE! It was amazing!!!

 His custom wrapped gift from his Auntie (Auntie not pictured.)

 We've been ALL about the LEGOS!!!!!

 What's wrong with this pic? Ezra's friend behind him is still singing 'happy birthday' and Ezra has already blown out a candle. Anxious much!?!

It was a great party and all of his best buddies were there (minus his best friend Drew but we had our own celebration at Chuck E. Cheese). 

I love my little Ezra and can't believe how he grew up before my eyes. He's not a baby.. not a toddler but a BIG BOY. 

-Ezra still loves his Baboo (BlaBla) and sleeps with him every night. 

-He loves legos, playing xbox with daddy, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and all things BOY!

-Sometimes he is EXTREMELY sweet!!!! ... and sometimes...not so sweet. 

-Never stops and NEVER ceases to have energy. 

-He has recently started chewing gum and asks for it daily. 

-Still a major Daddy's boy.

-Is very compassionate when someone isn't feeling well. 

-Is a BIG talker. 

-Loves God and talks about heaven often.

-Nicknames: Ez, Ezzy, Bubba 

Recent Ez quotes:

"Awwww.. I saw a baby cow!! Mom, tell all your friends!!!!!!!"

"Thank you guys for protecting me." (As we walked across the street.)

"Mommy, I prayed that I will be wise." (Random and melted my heart.)

"Kings is a cutie because he says STOOOOOP!!" (Love to hear him say 'cutie' and other sensitive words.) 

 

Thank you for the best 4 years of my life little Ezra Davide!! Your Mommy loves you!!! 

Life has been INSANE.....
Pardon my blog absence.. I had no idea how to catch you up on the many happenings around here. But now I'll attempt to make up for lost time as best as I can. 


-We've moved out of our house and temporarily into my Mom's house.
-We've ordered a 'POD' and will load up all of our things this weekend.
-The kids are doing great.
-We've had lots of garage sales.
-We bought a Toyota 4runner SUV and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!
-It has been HOT 
-We have surprise plans to lay down a new flooring in our house and do some re-painting. ergh. 
-We would appreciate all prayers as we're still trying to rent out our house and sell our car.

To make up for lost time I'll include some pictures with captions.

About a week ago we were in our house ... using boxes..

 

..and rubbermaids as kitchen tables!

 

We've been cleaning a lot!!! 

 And being cute.

 Here is the boys' room the day before move out day. 

Ezra thought it was awesome to get to sleep on the floor.

 We laughed about the kitchen table on moving day. 

Can you find Ezra at the table eating breakfast?

We're planning to pull out of here early on the 23rd. YES.. WE ARE DRIVING. I know I know... call me crazy. We're going to make some memories.. have some laughs.. praying for no tears. (Haha.. wishful thinking, right!?!?) We're going to make some fun stops along the way and I will hopefully keep you posted on our wonderfully exciting and insane life. XoXo friends!

Welcome 13 year Cicadas. 

 If you're not familiar with these creepy red eyed creatures check THIS out.

They are LOUD

They are CREEPY

and Ezra LOVES THEM!!! 

(In this picture he is asking to hold one TWO MORE TIMES!!!???)

 

Ezra quotes regarding Cicadas. 

-"Can I put him in my pocket?"

-"I wish one can be my pet someday."

-On a walk the other day we passed a group of them and the noise was ear piercing. Ezra had to cover his ears. A few minutes later he said  "I love them with all my heart, I just don't like that noise."

-"If I tell you he's harmless it's ok to bring him inside?" (Can you guess my answer??)

It was a happy day for me. 

I love my boys so much! Ezra is at such a sweet age and continued to wish me a happy mother's day all throughout the day. In fact he even wished his daddy and auntie Jenna (non mom) a happy mother's day as well. What a little darling. He bought me flowers, a sweet card, and made me my favorite blueberry muffins! And to top it off I get to have a mani/pedi with my mom and sis. Well done Ezra and Kingsley!   Oh, and a BIG thanks to their sweet Daddy. I love my family!