Wednesday, January 9, 2013

August 2012 - iPhone Photo Edition

As I'm uploading these pictures, I realize that we did so much more. And it's all captured on our big camera. those events are not daily, so I'll go back and give each one a post of their own. These are fuzzy, yuck iPhone pictures, but I'm thankful to have them. Probably more so than the "good camera" pics. 

August was fun. I tend to get a little depressed each August as the end of summer draws near, but we still had fun, and that's all that matters. 

We went to see Googa at one of the Legion games. Both of my kids love the ballfield. Why am I not surprised? 


 
 Addie Kate mostly enjoyed the $3 bag of microwaved popcorn. Yuck.
 Addie Kate would sleep with me when Tommy traveled. She was super fun to share a bed with.

 Margaret would come over a lot. It was wonderful - I could chill out for a bit!
 

On this evening in particular we enjoyed putting AK's panties on Drew's head. He hated it but kept coming back for me. Ahhh, the fun Lexington has to offer! 
Addie Kate never eats the ice cream that Tommy and I buy ourselves. We just never offer it to her and she never asks. We have pretty strict food regulations in our house. However, this was Mimi's house. Clearly she liked the ice cream she had that night. I couldn't believe it when I saw her doing that!


Laurie gave Drew this jon jon at a baby shower, and it was one of my favorites on him. It's absolutely precious. I miss it! 

 I kept the kids entertained one afternoon in what turned out to be about an hour long car wash. AK took pictures and Drew did the piggy.


 One sweet, brief moment where my two played together so happily. (AK wearing one of my old dresses! She loved it because it was purple!)

 One evening the kids were so quiet. I walked in to check on them and they'd both fallen asleep in this position. Hilarious. And sweet.
 I love my sleeping kids. Drew is a wild man in his sleep too.
 And apparently AK prefers to sleep in the nude, in the car. (Totally kidding - she was wearing a dress that tied for the straps, and they'd come untied and fallen down.)
 Many Sunday afternoons were spent on the lake. This was both kids first time swimming in the lake. Yuck!



 I cannot believe I'm putting this picture of me up here. Drew with that hat on is so cute that I just had to!

 Family time. I think we had lasagna this night at Gammie's, which is why both babies were in their nakies.
 Drew's curls. I miss those too.
 Impromptu golf cart ride on the causeway with Margaret and D.

 More sleeping baby.
 Addie Kate went bowling for the first time, with her cousin Sanders! They had fun, once we got over Addie Kate's tantrum about the ugly shoes. I had a hard time fussing at her. Who does like them?




 And lunch after, where I'm pretty sure if it'd been any nicer than Panera, we would have gotten kicked out.
 Addie Kate random dance party.
 
And Drew's first Oreo. 
 Addie Kate and I had a few girl's days. Love those.
 More lake - we had five sleeping babies at the same time on this trip!




Sleeping baby again...

 Addie Kate did a little art for my classroom for me. Drew's handprints were also on there, but I cannot take a picture while doing that!



More family time. 
 More art for AK. She could color, paint, and craft all day long.
 My mom made AK this cute dress, and she had a temper tantrum about how it felt. She got sent to her room and fell alseep mid-tantrum. Serves her right for acting that way!
 Sleeping sweetness.

 Sanders came over to fish and they chased the bubbles in the dark. They just squealed and ran and laughed. It was priceless.





 We took Addie Kate bowling a second time, this time with Daddy. For some reason she thought it was a stage and not a bowling alley.




 Drew ate the whole time. (Notice my summer reading?)

 I brought Drew home this stuffed dog from my classroom, since that was his first animal word and he said it SO much. He loved it, for about 5 minutes.


 We celebrated granddaddy's birthday:




 No idea why this picture is in there, but it's cute nonetheless.
 Addie Kate went tubing for the first time with her friend Hannah. I cannot believe she did it, and I'm sad that I wasn't on the tube with her for her first time1




 I tried, but didn't get out the big camera, to take a picture of Drew in this cute outfit one day after church. No luck.


 Addie Kate started 4K at her new preschool. Sweet thing. She got to have a Disney Princess backpack this year, because hers was in storage. She was so happy!
 The kids missed each other. They still get so excited to see each other every afternoon. Makes my heart happy.


 Can't leave out one of these:
 I wish I could play outside naked!

 Random trip to Shealy's. Drew loved the corn on the cob.
 No words.

 He would beg to go outside. Still does.
 
Another of the ice cream bowl: 

 Addie Kate would sit on this tractor and push Drew across the deck. He loved it. And so did I. Precious things!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Blogging hiatus...

is OVER.

I look at my sad little blog, where I've written my heart for the past five years, and I cannot believe I've let it go so long without writing. My heart is broken over the memories I have left. I do hope I remember it all. Praise God for my iPhone, which captures our everyday life better than anything.

I will blame this hiatus completely on the chaos of our life. I'll give a brief overview, then update month by month until I've caught up.  I finally feel like I've settled down, after a good two years.

When summer hit last year, we spent one week in DC and the rest in Greenville. We soaked up every bit of our hometown, did everything we loved, spent time with those we loved... the whole nine yards. We were so very sad to leave what had become home. Precious friends, places we loved, everything.

We moved over July fourth, and immediately started the house hunt. We did enjoy the July 4th celebrations on the lake and went to the beach right after that. The house hunt lasted five months. We are picky. This is our fourth house and we knew what we wanted. I am so very thankful that we found it and did not have to build. Beyond thankful.

Addie Kate started a new preschool for 4K and is doing well. She's our little social butterfly and after a brief shy period, she becomes the life of the party. She's still doing dance and gymnastics and when she concentrates, she does great at both! Drew stays with a friend of the family's, right over the hill from my parents. Mrs. Valerie has been wonderful and Drew loves it over there. My parents keep him on Fridays and I think all three of them love that.

Both kids have been healthy as horses and I thank God every single day for their health. 

My parents let us live with them for all those months. Fortunately, we haven't burned any bridges and they still love us.

 


We moved into our house over Thanksgiving. We spent Christmas at home for the first time ever. Here's to 2013 and being settled!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The rest of 2012

The day after Christmas is always my favorite. Our Christmas is so busy that, other than the initial Santa and family gifts, I look forward most to the day after. We relax, we play, and we just enjoy being together. That is what is most important to me during this season. 

We did, however, enjoy a few more fun family things. We watch the Tigers beat LSU in a nail-biter that was wonderful. Both kids stayed up past midnight and were as happy as can be! 



 We then went to see the Lights Before Christmas really quick before they were all tucked away for another year. I negotiated with Tommy for me to take both kids, and he take down the tree! Olivia and her mother joined us, which was really the best part for Addie Kate!



 One last picture of the kids' trees before taking them down. We are never sick of Christmas decor and always sad to see it go!

 And lastly, Drew, who has the biggest sweet tooth ever, just couldn't stand not eating all the candy from our stockings. Here I caught him eating through the foil wrapper of spicy cinnamon gum! Geez!

Goodbye 2012! You were a busy, changing one for us. We were quite excited to see what 2013 had to bring!
 

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