Throw Back Thursday

I was saving photos from the cloud into my folders and realized I missed posting quite a few goodies. Lets throw it back!

Shorty's Wraps sponsors an event called MJ&M ("Mack, Jack & McConaughey") each year which raises money to support the empowerment of kids. In trade for our sponsorship, we are able to attend a pretty prestigious golf tournament. Before the tourney starts, each group gets to meet Mack, Jack and Mathew and grab some pics. Pretty cool

If you haven't already noticed, Mike decided to wear all Alabama gear in TEXAS. Mathew had something to say about that...

He signed *hookem* above Mike's head lol!

Miles is playing nicely with Erin while Lia bogarts as many animals as possible leaving Halle with none. As you can see, Halle was NOT pleased.

I'm in love with this series of photos. haha!

Stephen's handywork

Charlie chatting with Carson trying to share the stuffed animal. So sweet

The guys have been doing a lot of work behind the house and it's looking so great! The kids have been having fun with it as well.

Our Future Wrapper

Stephen had to leave the shop to do a job, but we were waiting on the AC guy to arrive to fix the broken AC - kind of essential in the Texas heat. So, I grabbed Miles from school and we both went to the shop. Miles had a blast checking out all the cool Shorty's Wraps gear.

Selecting his future wrap colors

"OOOOOO!"

His choices

Before we left, Miles left the guys some notes. Just a little something to brighten their day!

Prince's Adoption

Omi got the girls these super cute little animal pillows awhile back and holy moly...they are SO soft. Todd was just super jealous of these pillows that when he put the girls to bed, he asks if he could borrow them. The girls always said no. So what did Omi do? You guessed it. Bought one for Todd too! Haha!

Meet Prince!

Well, the girls brought Prince over to our house the other day and Miles was drawn to it from the second he saw it. He brought it up and down, up and down the stairs and drug it everywhere that day. He would sit on it, body slam it, throw it and roll around the floor with it. It was hilarious to watch. I'd say it's safe to say Prince has been officially adopted.

Sorry Todd....

The body slam in slow mo:

"Oh Balls"

One for the books and one that makes me laugh out loud each time I tell the story....

Bri, one of my good friends from college, got the boys some really cute gifts. In the midst of texting her thank you, a gem of a story came to light.

*Talking about how Flick (Bri's daughter) and Miles match up. Flick has more words but Miles is more coordinated in terms of gross motor skills*
Bri:  "Instead of saying 'uh oh! oops!' Flick has started saying 'OH BALLS!' "

OH. MY. GOODNESS. I died. So the next morning, we asked Miles to say Good Morning to Flick:

hahahahaa!!

Bri and I have always been close - the same person, just different bodies in different cities. This continues to be true as she knows the exact way to our son's heart. TRUUUUCKS!

Bri, you are so sweet to think of them and we cannot wait to see Carson sporting his Beastie Boys get-up!

You've got a Friend in Me!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I LOVE having so many friends and family nearby. Miles (and Carson) are so lucky :)

Playing tag on the front porch

The neighbors came over for brisket one night and the kids were having SO much fun running around and "playing" (more like terrorizing) Lucy. Let's just say Lucy did not have as much fun.. haha!

Before we got the water table, we had to be a little more creative with our water play.... I don't think the kids cared much.

And lets not forget about Carson! Soon enough he'll be joining this wild and crazy bunch :)

They Grow up So Fast

IT Happened

What's "IT" you ask? This....this is IT

Yes, that is Miles climbing out of his crib. We were assuming this day would come but we weren't quite prepared for it to come this early. Miles has always loved his crib so I was hoping maybe, just maybe, he would be one of those kids that wouldn't climb out. Wrong I was.

Once he got out of his crib, he enjoyed some light reading (he's in his rocking chair in the corner)

To try and limit his abilities, Becky helped by sewing his sleep sacks more slender so he didn't have as much of a leg span to get his leg over the rail. Surely this would deter him, right? Nope. The next morning, we were awoken by a small creature standing next to our bed. "MAMA! DADA!" Yes. You guessed it. Our toddler knows how to climb out of cribs AND open doors. To this day, we have no idea what he did in between his room and ours.

I thought for sure we had left his room door cracked because he's never opened doors before. So, that same day during nap I watched as Miles climbed out of his crib and so patiently figured out how to open his door. I was feeding Carson and literally could do nothing but watch. Soon enough....a visitor emerged...

Our toddler, waddling in his newly sewn skinny sleep sack complete with bed head and his lovey in hand. Great. Now what...

That night, we put a lock on his door knob. He stayed in bed. Victory? I wasn't so sure. The next day during nap, he climbed out and learned to dislodge the lock from the door knob itself. Ugh! Thankfully he didn't open his door. Instead, he read books and was happy for awhile. That is until he wanted his lovey...the one he left in his bed when he climbed out. He couldn't reach it through the rails and quickly realized he couldn't get back IN his bed once he climbed out. He cried for about 30 minutes before deciding to read again.

He hasn't climbed out since...

Out of the woods? I'm not banking on it. But we'll take what we can get. When he decides to climb out again, we'll have to figure out our game plan at that point.