4th of July at the Farm

Happy boy at the farm! We were in town for the 4th of July so we headed to the farm with Andrew's family. We all had a wonderful time, especially Lola. She came home talking about all the hard work she did, it was too cute. She loves everything about farm life...she must get this from her Daddy!

On the tractor with Gramps. This was Brantley's first time on the tractor & he loved it!

Hmmm...not sure how this happened, but here are the kids on the tractor with Chris!

Lola riding a horse, she LOVES horses!

What a natural!

Lola's 3rd Birthday

I can't believe my baby girl is 3! She was sooo excited about her birthday this year. Tink is her favorite, so there were fairies everywhere! Thanks to Amy for making her adorable 3 Tink birthday shirt.

Family photo at her party

Eating cake with Uncle Nate

Love her so much! She was so cute at her party, she loved every minute of the attention.

Brantley 7 Months

My lil 'wild man'

His hair infatuation continues on, he loves to pull hair. I thought about making Lola's Rapunzel doll his girlfriend, but Andrew was not on board.

He can scoot backwards & get up on all 4's and rock. I have a feeling he will be crawling soon. He has 5 teeth & can clap his hands.

He loves roaming around the house in his walker & swinging in the backyard. He is starting to let me rock him for long periods at bedtime (I love this cuddle time)!

No more PINK tub!

Brantley's 1st Beach Trip

Well, we made the best of it, that about sums up our entire trip! First 2 teeth, 6 mth shots, fevers, cough, runny noses, sleepless nights....need I go on. The weather was perfect & the beach was amazing, so at least we had something going for us!

This was Brantley's first time at the beach & he was a little unsure at first. He warmed up quickly though, loving the baby pool we set up by the ocean. Lola loved having him in the pool with her & pretended to give him a 'bath' all day.

Taking it all in

They both loved the pool!

Pop & Brantley

Thinking about jumping in

Our sweet friend, Kathy, made Lola this adorable 'early' birthday cake. She loved it!

Reading with Nana

Lola's last day of school!

Lola had her last day of 2 yr MDO a few weeks ago. The year went by so fast & she grew up so much.

She had a great year with her teacher Mrs. Meredith and made so many little friends.

She made best friends with a little girl named Anna, they are so cute together. Here they are being silly!

Last week Lola went to a friend's cowgirl birthday

She was so excited to dress up in her boots & hat, yee-haw

Andrew took Lola to Home Depot for the kids free build project

They made a neat organizer, Lola thought it was so much fun, she loves to hammer!

Brantley 6 Months

I can't believe Brantley is 6 months! He is such a sweet baby boy who loves to cuddle. He is very active, always moving.

He is starting to sit up & can say Dada. He has 2 teeth, bottom middle. He still loves to be swaddled at nap & night. Stats below:

Weight:18 lb 10 oz (60%)

Length: 28.5" (95%)

Head: 18 3/8" (97%)

My 2 boys cuddling, love this photo

Having a few bites of Lola's ice cream, he loved it!

So happy

He loves his jumparoo toy, he can jump for hours

Graduation

Andrew graduated from Tennessee Tech University's MBA program a few weeks ago. We are so proud of him. He has worked so hard to get his MBA degree, while working full time.

We had planned to go to Andrew's graduation ceremony, then head on a mini vaca to Gatlinburg for a long weekend. Well, we missed the whole shebang! We were at the doctor with Lola that morning, another double ear infection & an extremely high fever. We decided to stay close to home since she was so sick.

I did make him put on the cap & gown for a few photos in front of our house. Notice poor Lola in all the photos, you can tell she doesn't feel good.

How handsome

So glad to have Daddy back to ourselves!