Happy Happy 1st Birthday to Little Man!!!

Tonight we had family over to celebrate Little Man's official 1st Birthday! Clay grilled burgers, I put potatoes in the crockpot, made some rotel and we just enjoyed time with family. My mom was unable to make it since she was teaching piano tonight but we still had a great time, (you were missed though Nana). I can't believe my Little Man is already 1. The time has just flown by. I love him more and more each day and can't imagine a single minute without him!!






The traditional birthday picture at his "actual" time of birth. Officially a 1 year old now.



He was enjoying his homemade cupcakes by mom.



Our little family of 4!

These next 3 pictures just make me laugh. You can tell that Little Man is getting more and more frustrated in each picture. He is a little attached to me if you can't tell and he was not in the mood for pics with other family members, although I was behind the camera and he could see me the whole time!







I married into a crazy bunch of people, but I love them and they are so good to us and love our kids so much!!

Be right back ...

Thanks so my amazingly smart and computer savvy cousin (through marriage) I finally have double the amount of memory on my computer and have been able to upload pics for the first time in months!! I am so extremely excited and would love to get completely caught up and add pics to the many posts I have been writing and not publishing but the lack of sleep from working this weekend is taking precedence along with the big 1st bday party of a precious little boy at the end of the month. I promise I will write more about that precious Little Man in the coming weeks and then I am determined to get things back in line shortly thereafter. In the meantime, I will leave you with just a few pics from the last few weeks. I just love these kids and can't get enough of them!!

Family Night

Clay's brother is the Membership Director out at a local golf course here in town, so on Sunday before heading to work, we headed out to see Uncle Eric at work and enjoy the Family Night they were sponsoring. They had Rocky the Redbird and The Grizz from the Memphis Grizzly basketball team out for entertainment for the kids. Little Love is still a bit unsure when it cones to costumed characters so she wasn't too keen on the picture taking but it was a fun afternoon spent as a family.











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Forrest Spence 5K weekend

Last weekend was a busy one at that. On Friday, I helped pass out registration tags and goodie bags for the upcoming race the following morning. Clay brought Little Love up to Fleet Feet where we were working around 5 and she was such a big help handing out the goodie bags with me!




Then, on Saturday morning, I reported to the race bright and early to hand out t-shirts and help with back-up timing for the race. Clay came with the kids towards the start of the race and let Little Love have fun playing in the bounce house and getting her ready for the kids fun run.

She was so cute lined up with all the other boys and girls getting ready to race. And she was so proud of her blue ribbon she got for completion.






Of course, Little Man seemed to enjoy himself too just hanging out with mom and dad and enjoying the beautiful Fall type weather we are getting.










It was such a wonderful weekend for such a good cause. I love the Spence family and they mean more to me than Brittany will ever know. They have done so much for Le Bonheur in memory of their precious Forrest and I look forward to many more years volunteering for this great cause.



This is a pic of some of my sweet coworkers that helped support the fund my volunteering or signing up to be a ghost runner. We all wore our shirts on Sunday night and I texted this pic to Brittany. So many of us helped care for her sweet Forrest while he was at Le Bonheur and I know she holds a special place in all our hearts.

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We're still here

just in a bit of a blog slump. I'm still not able to upload pics from my camera to my computer due to the lack of space so there are more than 2000 pics on my camera card. Last week was Our wedding anniversary and I told Clay all I wanted was for him to back up my pics so I can delete some to make room for more! Hopefully it will happen soon. Anyway use a good online storage for pictures?

Little Love is back in school 2 days a week and I decided at the last minute to pull Little Man out. Neither one of us was ready for that just yet. I still enjoy our Monday morning snooze together.

I promise to be back soon. Life sure hasn't slowed down a bit. I can guarantee that Little Live's social calendar is way busier than my own. Her little schedule is wearing me out a bit!!





Love these kids to the moon and back. :)

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Practicing her responsibilities ...

Little Love is going to be the Flower Girl in Clay's cousins upcoming wedding. Marilyn bought her this little basket she is going to carry and dressed her up in a yard of some white satin to prace around the house and practice her walk. Love her!!




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L and H

I couldn't love these 2 anymore!!



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Spaghetti dinner

Tonight we let Little Man finish up Big Sister's spaghetti. I wasn't sure if he would enjoy it but I should have known he wouldn't look twice! This boy has never turned down a meal!! He just loves to eat and we all just love to squeeze and love on his chunky self!!










I did have to put him directly in the tub afterward because it wasn't even worth attempting a clean up with a wet wipe :)

Just a movin ...

As of naptime yesterday, this Little Man is on the move. He's been rolling everywhere for the last few months and now he has starting army crawling. Oh, and he's fast too!! That combined with his quick hands and desire to eat anything he sees in front of him is making for one busy little boy!!




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New Header

I got my pics back this past weekend from our 8 month photo shoot with the fabulous Elizabeth Wiggs and I can't get enough of this new header pic!! It is just my most favorite pic of my 2 little miracles and I can't wait until my canvas arrives for the wall.

In other news, I am really starting to make headway on Little Man's 1st birthday festivities and also working to plan a 4th Birthday party for Little Love. Where does the time go???

A sneak peek :)

Clay sent this pic to me tonight to show me the progress they had made on Little Love's wagon for the parade tomorrow morning. She is so proud!!







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Fireworks

Tonight we went to Collierville to watch the fireworks with some friends. We lucked up because their house backs up to the park they were shooting the fireworks in so we were able to stay inside until time for them to start. Little Man fell asleep on the way out there and sleep through the whole thing back in Paxton's room. Little Love and P had a great time playing in the sandbox and jumping on the trampoline until time for things to get started.

I was worried that Little Love wouldn't like the loud noise once it started but she was mesmerized. She loved every minute of it and the 2 of us just snuggled on our picnic blanket the whole show. Love these precious times with my little girl.

We didn't get home until almost 10:30 so both kids went straight to their beds. Little Man didn't bat an eye from transfer to his crib and Little Love only had one request, that she sleep with her glow bracelets and wand she got from P's house. Love them!!







We still have more fun activities planned for the remainder of our weekend. Clay and LL are going to decorate her wagon for our neighborhood parade tomorrow after church and then more fun set for Monday night. We love the 4th of July around here!!

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The last 36

The last 36 hours have been somewhat of a blur. I was on call last night for ECMO and unfortunately got called in for the first time since having Little Man, and what a long night it was. I ended up having to stay at work until almost 6:00 am this morning and then it was life as usual this afternoon only to have to return to work tonight for my regularly scheduled shift. Not really my idea of fun :(

We did have a pretty good day though despite my exhaustion. I took a little nap this morning when I got home before both kids woke and then we ran by the mall to get a birthday gift for a party we have tomorrow. We decided to stop at the food court and Little Man had his first taste of yummy Chick-fil-A. With all these teeth coming in I am being much more adventurous with food than I was with Little Love at this point.

I am back at work now and we have a fun, busy weekend ahead of us. I am looking forward to celebrating with precious friends tomorrow and then fun 4th of July happenings this weekend.










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A beautiful noise

Today, on Little Man's 9 month birthday, he officially said "Momma"! He has been showing signs of it for a while and doing lot's of babbling but today we were certain that he was calling out to me. Such a sweet sound!!





(Full 9 month post to follow)

Lazy Sunday

Today we decided to forgo church because Little Love was running a fever last night and for the past 3 weeks I've had to leave Sunday School to go fetch my crying Little Man, so we took the morning off.

We decided instead to hit up Cracker Barrel for some yummy breakfast. Little Love and I split something while Clay enjoyed biscuits and gravy. I just started giving Little Man yogurt and he devoured the entire container today. Must have been hungry!

Now it's rest time for all and then work for me tonight. Hoping for a better night than Friday as it was super busy compared to the last few weekends.

Of course we have a super busy week planned but I hope to catch up on some blogging soon. I am still so very behind and I don't want to forget all these precious memories we are making.

Hope everyone is having a blessed Sunday. :)





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For a good cause

Last Sunday, we headed out to Sweet CeCe's for some yummy FroYo. They were actually having a deal all weekend that part of the proceeds went to the Forrest Spence Fund and then on Sunday, Dad's got free ice cream for Father's Day so it was a win win situation.

Little Love and I typically share our ice cream and this time Clay let Little Man in on the action. We didn't give Little Love any sugar until her 1st Birthday but I guess things change the 2nd time around! :)













I sure do love these kids!!

Oh, and yes, LL is wearing her Dora gown out on the town. We pick our battles around here and this is one of those that I refuse to argue over when it's just a quick trip for ice cream :)

Little Love - VBS

Here's a small snippet of Little Love tonight at Family night for VBS. It was so hilarious and fun at the same time to watch her perform on stage. Just warms my heart to see her singing and praising the Lord!!

3 1/2

This Little Love turned 3 1/2 today! We celebrate half birthdays around our house and she couldn't have been happier.

The morning started with VBS and then she ran some errands with Daddy before nap and then it was an evening for her.

We ordered her the annual cookie cake with pink icing per request and then went by Target for a little half birthday shopping trip through the dollar bins. Then it was dinner, chosen by the Princess of course of Chick-fil-A. We sang Happy half birthday and blew out a candle because that's a must for any birthday girl.

I'll do a longer post later about what she's up to these days. Oh how I love my little 3 1/2 year old Princess!!




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There they are

There's no mistaking his teeth now!!



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This is how she rolls...

On our way home from the beach and Little Love is set. She's got her DVD player, chick-fil-a breakfast, and her drink. To be a kid again ...



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