Mother's Day 2011

Today was Mother's Day and while, being truly  honest, I really don't care for this holiday, it was nice to spend some time with my son, just one on one. We played outside in the sand for awhile and now he's resting in my lap as we rock, because he's stuffed up. And I wouldn't change a thing (other than him feeling better). Beauster and I went with my in-laws and SIL to Crandall to hear Pepaw preach and it was so nice to get to spend time with them; its been over a month since we've seen them and I hadn't fully taken in how much I miss them! Brandon stayed at home because of an upper respiratory infection that has left him sounding and feeling TERRIBLE. I did, however, get a super sweet card from my boys along with a nice big bag of Peanut M&Ms. How lucky can a girl get? (I also received some amazing smelling perfume that SADLY busted in my car; sad day) Enjoy some pictures from my second year personally getting to celebrate this holiday!

Playing in sand

This is what happens when you try to eat the sand... :)

 Now we gotta clean off!

He'd pour water into one bucket then dump it into the other bucket

Bite of banana pudding, yum!

 Playing with his Memaw

Oh, I LOVE being this little boy's Mommy! (And he actually told me "Happy Mother's Day" too; my fave from the day!)

Suckers and Picking Out Clothes

Some cute pics of Beau and his beloved Dum-Dums. This kiddo is such a fan of suckers (when he's allowed to have them).

Tonight I let Beau pick out what jammies he wanted to wear to bed. This is what he picked. Reminds me for future reference that I'll be picking out the clothes to be worn during the day, ha! But he sure is a cutie.

Green lizard shirt, blue striped pants, and red Elmo slippers

23 Months

My oh my, Beau you are 23 months old! In one month we will be celebrating your second birthday - UNreal! Here's what I'd love to remember about this age:

• You're a talker! You talk all the time and we LOVE it!
• You can count to ten, know your basic colors, and basic shapes
• You know many Bible facts; it amazes us
• You are interested in potty training; something you discovered mainly on your own
• You are a music FIEND! You request music all the time and LOVE to dance.
• You're fitting more but we're learning how to communicate when we have these issues
• You're starting to discover how friendships are important
• You find praying to be very important; this is something I pray we will continue to nurture
• You are still SO affectionate; this is something we all adore about you
• You are wearing 9 month shorts, and 12-18 months clothing; you've really grown!
• Along with loving music, you're starting to sing along with songs. You even make up songs. You're the sweetest.

Soon we'll be celebrating your second birthday and it just amazes us how much we continue to grow in our love for you. Happy 23 months, Beauster!

Easter 2011 Continued

We had an Easter egg hunt at church after service and Beau had so much fun! He did think the brown bunny was a dog, but totally knew the white one was a bunny. Afterward we had some egg fun at Gran and Pops. Enjoy our Easter!

With "the dog"

"I did it!"

Kissing the bunny

Playing with eggs in Gran and Pops yard

Easter Morning 2011

This was our morning before heading to church. The Easter Bunny came and Beau LOVED looking for eggs!

Just up; getting some milk 

Daddy showing him his basket

On the hunt

Whoa! There's treats inside!

Putting them back out (according to color; yes, he did this himself), so he can hunt again!

Even Daddy got a basket!

Wordless Monday

Much Needed Time Together

We took Beau to the main park in town and then the park by my in-laws today and just ran around, playing with silly string and balloons. We've really needed some fam time lately (as you can see by the lack of posting for almost a month!), so we took full advantage of an hour or so. I think Beau really appreciated it, and we totally treasured it! Enjoy some of our moments as just a trio.

 Hand holding with Daddy

Silly string!

Climbing the BIG slide!

LOVE this

Balloon fun!