Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Shop-Shop!

Both of my kiddos have a great time shopping!
Neither were big fans as infants, but the now they have great fun. 

Waverly can find something funny to do anywhere she goes.  She likes to help choose our groceries...


and we might as well play some peek-a-boo while we shop! 


Brudder likes to play with his big sis as we roam the store. 
He likes to look around at every thing too, just wishing to be put down so he can get into everything! 


And nothings more fun than Mamaw Gail carrying him around and letting him play patty-cake and give hugs to Wavy. 



Thursday, July 26, 2012

Watermelon, Wawamellons

Waverly says "watermelons" with the cutest blend of toddler and country accent.  I could listen to her say it all day long!

Its probably one of her favorite snacks too!
She's always been a fan. 


I know I'm biased because she's mine, 
but my goodness she is so adorable!


Just can't get enough of my girl's smiles and hugs!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Playing Possum...

Harlan decided to be a little stinker and 
"play" sick today. 
Mommy took him to the doctor, where he was looked over and given a fairly clean bill of health. 
Poor brudder has some allergies, but nothing we can't manage. 


I think he wanted to play sick today, just so he could play with his big sister's toys!


They both love playing with the barn and all the animals.  
Its so cute to watch them play together. 
But, they also like to play by themselves, too.  
Harlan was tickled to have some play time! 

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Scooters and Sitters

During a visit to Pappy's, Wavy tested out her new scooter!
She was actually pretty good at keeping her balance.  
She loved playing and riding "bikes" with Tanner. 


Tanner is now a big brother!
Baby Shelby is so adorable.  


Waverly simply adores babies, but she loves baby Shelby with a passion. 
She wants to hold her and kiss her all day long. 


She let Momma hold her for a minute though!
I'm so happy to have a niece!


Harlan enjoyed the visit too!  He is so funny.  He has so much character. 


And look who's sitting up like a big boy!
So proud of his new trick.  He looked like he was caught in action here!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Heads Up - Seven Up!


Harlan is 7 months old!!!

He is learning so much every day.  He can sit up, reach, wiggle, squirm and army-crawling. 
He is into everything! He can scoot, rock back and forth, and he crawls on his belly everywhere.  He can almost crawl on his knees, but prefers his army-crawl since he's so much faster.  It wont be long now!

He now sleeps best on his side.  When I lay him down at night or nap, he usually rolls over and is so adorable, sleeping just like his daddy.  He is still waking up at night, but he is quick to go back to sleep. 

Harlan can reach toys, switch them back and forth between his pudgy little hands, and of course, chew on everything!  He's beginning to get in some new baby talk, goos and ahhhs, whenever big sis Wavy gives him a chance to talk.  She likes to hold a whole conversation between herself and brudder.  Adorable!

Harlan is quite the little flirt. 
If he sees a pretty lady, he will lay his sweet little head down against my shoulder and grin shyly.  He suckers them in every time.  Watch out, girls!  He's going to be a heart breaker!

We are teething in high force around here.  Harlan is ready to chomp down on some teething rings and anything else he comes across. 

Another month down... where does the time go? 




Monday, July 16, 2012

My Cows!

Waverly LOVES her cows!  
She has around 7 cows over at P-Paws farm. 
She checks on them everyday, making  sure that they have food and water. 


She learned to climb the gate all by herself!  
You have to keep an eye on her.  She will stick her toes right in the water trough!

She is the only one that gets to feed the cows, so they know her well. 
They head toward the barn whenever she gives her very own "cow call", which is a hoot and a holler.  Sometimes she will say "C'mon girls!". 

Silly Wavy


Sometimes this little chick-a-dee is a downright hoot!
She loves to laugh and make others laugh.  She loves to be the center of attention, just like her mommy was at this age!  



She's also a sweetheart!
She loves her baby Belle.  She rocks her and sings to her and helps her go night-night.  
So adorable! 


Friday, July 13, 2012

A month of naps!

When I say that these two are napping buddies, do not undermine the power of that statement.  These kids are all about tandem napping!  Where ever they may be, they will snuggle and snooze together!

6/24/2012

Even Crissy-Dog got in on the nap action here! 
It was a full couch!
6/30/2012

Close up!  She's out!

Brudder too!  Mom's doing her mad dash house cleaning on tip-toes!
Shhh!


But they like to play together during wake-up time too!

Another couch cuddle!
7/9/2012



7/12/2012

7/13/2012

See?  I'm not fooling!  These two nap best side by side, snuggled and cozy!  Adorable, if I do say so myself! 

Say Hello to Shelby

Baby Shelby is here!
Aunt Amy did really well and baby Shelby is a happy, healthy newborn!

To top it off, she is warm and snuggly and adorable. 
She looks more like Amy's baby pictures, so maybe she will take after her mommy!

Check out these little but big feetsies!
So cute, but long and skinny toes.


Monday, July 9, 2012

Tug-O'-War



Daddy and Mommy had a date night!
We went to a truck tug.  It had been quite some time since Mommy got to go to one of these "good 'ol boy" events. 
Daddy was just working the scales, so we had some down time where we got to talk. 

After some convincing and good-natured razing, Dean agreed 
to participate in the actual tug-o-war between the crowd and the tuggers!


 They were really giving it their all!
The tuggers lost, but it was a real good effort!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Red, White & Blue!

Happy 4th of July!


The kids were so excited about the fireworks!
Harlan's first 4th was a huge hit!
We did sparklers and very small fireworks on the night before.  
Wavy loved the sparklers! 


All dressed up in red, white and blue!
(I love that she chose rain boots to go with her outfit.)

Harlan was ready too!
He's my little escape artist. 

The kids were excited to go see Dad for the festivities. 
They really liked being able to see each other in the car seats! 

Have a safe and happy 4th! 




Tuesday, July 3, 2012

My little cupcake

Still baking! 
We love hanging out in the kitchen together.  Wavy is all about making the cupcakes by herself.  I let her add all the ingredients, but my job is to turn the mixer off and on. 

Then she gets to put all the cupcake liners in the pan, and "help" distribute the batter.  We do big scoops and little scoops.  She's so adorable and tries so hard to make sure the batter doesn't spill.   


And we always have yummy cupcakes! Icing and sprinkles galore!

(By the way, isn't her pony tail too cute?)

Monday, July 2, 2012

A shopping we will go!

Harlan has done a complete turn around when it comes to shopping!  
As an infant, it was too bright and noisy.  Now its an adventure!

This is one of our shop-shop trips.  Harlan has just gotten big enough that I will put him in the front of the basket!  This is much better than carrying him in the baby carrier.  He can see around a lot better, and Mom isn't lifting this hefty baby while shopping.


Harlan just had to make some shopping decisions too.... what a good job he did picking out his rice cereal crackers!


And, of course, we wouldn't be at the shop shop without big sis!
She helped choose snack and milk for the week.  She likes to ride in the big part of the buggy, almost as much as she likes walking around the store!

Mom!  Stop taking my picture and buy me a toy!

Oh, fine then!  I will find your money and buy my own toy!  
Hahaha!  Silly kids...