Sweet Babies

On Sunday, the kids and I headed home for a quick trip to see 2 of my best friends' new babies.  April had a little girl, Lillian Mae Click, and Jamie had a little boy, James Bennett Bird.  It was so good to see both of them and to meet their precious babies.  I miss being so close to them, but the truth of it is, I still get to see them a lot, which makes me really happy! :)

Sweet Bennett :)

Little Lillian :)

We snuck in some other fun things while we were home, which is always nice!  Have I mentioned I am so thankful I am only 3 hours and 15 min. away from family??

Getting ready to hit the road

At the park

Who?  Me??

Relaxin'

The kids did wonderful on the ride there, but the ride back was nothing short of torture.  I ended up stopping at Sams in Albany to buy a new movie and that did the trick... that, along with stealing one of Maclain's pacis for Maddox.  Say a prayer b/c this weekend we are getting rid of all of Maddox's pacis for good.  He only has them for naps so this may throw a kink in our afternoons for a while, but we are determined to stick to it.  We'll see how it goes...

Springtime Tallahassee

This morning we ventured out and went downtown to the Springtime Tallahassee Parade.  It was raining when we left the house, but about halfway there the sun came out and it ended up being perfect weather for a parade.  Maddox was loving every minute of it and really enjoyed racking up on beads!  After the parade, we headed over to a picnic that was hosted by Daniel's company where we enjoyed great food, and some fun activites for the kids.  It was a fun-filled family day!

2 Years Old

On March 23rd, Maddox turned 2 years old!  I am still in shock that 2 sweet years have passed since the day he was born.  There are so many things I want to remember about him at this stage!  He is such a sweet, smart, strong-willed, talkative, persistent child and Daniel and I feel so blessed to be his parents.  He was not feeling very well on the days leading up to his birthday and we ended up having to cancel his party (which made me really, really sad!)  It turns out that he probably would have been fine to go ahead and have the party, but I guess that's the way things go!  We ended up having a small, family party and it turned out perfect.  My parents came into town last Thursday and Daniel's parents got here Saturday morning.  On Saturday we all went out to lunch and then took Maddox to the park to play.  Later that night we ate pizza and had a little party for him.  He loved having everyone here and had a blast celebrating his big day!

A (hot) day at the park

Nana and Maddox

Lolli and Maclain

Blowing out his birthday candles :)

Here are his stats from his doctor's appointment Monday:

-Height: 32 3/4 in (15%)
-Weight: 27 pounds, 7 ounces (45%)
-Head: 48.9 cm (55%)

Just a few things I want to remember about him at age 2:

-Still a momma's boy and wants me to stay close by
-A very picky eater and does not want to try new foods (especially veggies)
-Takes a long afternoon nap and still asks for this nap
-Is beginning to take more of an interest in Maclain... he will bend down and talk to her which is really cute!
-When he wants to be held he says, "huzzle" :)
-When he wants to show somebody something, he comes up and says, "show me!" over and over
-Can say anything and literally does not stop talking until he falls asleep
-Is very good at saying "please", "thank you", and "you're welcome" appropriately
-He will put his animals in time-out if he thinks they are being "ugly".  He will take them one by one and line them up at the bottom of the stairs.  This cracks me up every time!
-He loves to go "up and down" in the laundry basket when Daniel gets home from work in the evenings.  It never gets old to him!
-Still goes to bed really well at night and will sleep about 11 hours

I am sure I am leaving some things out, but these are the main things.  We can't wait to see what the next 2 years bring! :)

Wordless Wednesday

Tom Brown

Yesterday I met my mom friends at Tom Brown Park for a little playtime. They had one of the coolest toddler playgrounds I have ever seen, complete with a "mist zone" for cooling off.  It was awesome.  After the boys played hard, we walked over to the goose pond to feed the turtles.  At one point I counted 20 turtles around where we were, all fighting over the goldfish that Maddox and Isaac were taunting them with. :)  We saw a baby alligator in the pond, as well as 3 cottonmouth snakes... yikes!  Thankfully we were up on the boardwalk, so we were not close to any of these creatures.  But needless to say, they still made me quite nervous and we were watching our every step!

Yikes!!

Turtles :)

If you look closely, you can see the baby alligator towards the middle of the picture

Worn out from a full day of fun :)

I have to say, having a boy is so much fun... I love getting to do "boy" things with Maddox and I love that he loves sand and dirt.  He is such an explorer and I love this about him.  I am thankful that I get to take him to do such fun things during the week to help him learn about his world.  Love my kiddos! :)

Photo Shoot

This afternoon while we were waiting for Maddox to wake up from his nap, I had a little tummy-time photo session with Maclain...

I have to say she is the easiest little thing to get a smile out of. She sure is a sweet girl and melts our heart every day! :)

Jr. Museum

On Friday we met my friend Renee and her son Isaac at the Jr. Museum.  I have been hearing about it since we moved to Tallahassee, but since it is a good ways from our house, we had not been yet.  With the weather getting warmer and warmer, I figured it was a great time to go.  They have lots of animals, a really neat playground, and several other things we didn't get to do b/c we ran out of time.  We got in free with my friend's membership, but I am thinking we might get our own membership soon.  Maddox had a great time and zonked out on the way home.  I wish we had visited this place sooner!

Sharing his snack with Isaac

Sweet friends :)

All zonked out!