4th of July Weekend pt.1

We headed out on our trip Friday morning.  I will admit I was expecting a stressful drive. 6 hours of two yelling kids and just me.  But that was NOT the case... They were great!! Best drive we've ever taken.  Of course there were LOTS of "are we there yets" and "how much longers"  but all in all... Fantastic!

We pit-stopped  somewhere in south GA for some lunch.  It was classy! A Wendy's hooked to a gas station with this huge catfish tank in the center!! Entertaining though.

The kids cheered when we made it to the FL line.... however were disappointed when I told them about 3 1/2 more hours!  I did a little cheer when we made it to Orlando... almost there!!

But to get there....$6.00 in tolls. The price you pay to stay out of traffic. Hailey asked me if they were taking all our money... She couldn't figure out why you had to pay to drive on a street?!?  

WE MADE IT!!!

First things first... give baby Hayden lots of lovin'!!

Uncle Mo and Aunt Lou-Lou meeting him for the first time. (for all of you asking WHY my parents are called those names, let me explain.....) My mom has a little brother named Steve, so my dad goes by his nickname 'Mo' which is short for his first name, Morris. My mom was always Aunt Janet until my cousin, Lacey, started calling her Lou-Lou out of the blue... and if you know my mom she LOVES nicknames. Needless to say it stuck!

Mom getting in some good bonding time.

Let me tell ya, He is a sweetheart!! I SO got baby-fever! Heather was getting over some kind of sickness, so she was staying at her mom's too! We had full access to the little man!   

Jack loves him some babies.  He held Hayden many times over the weekend. (p.s. Hayden's shirt says "Were you this cute?") Jack asked me during church when we were going to get a baby...but he had conditions... It can ONLY be a baby brother! He says he can only handle one sister!! :)

Check out his hair? Such a little man!

Hailey on the other hand patted his head, kissed him and said, "where's the games?!" She played Wii every second she got. We eventually moved the console into the back bedroom so other people could enjoy the family room :) My sweet little electronic-obsessed child! We've started limiting the time at home... I think she'd do it all day if I let her.

Part 2 up next... Gotta go get ready for lunch with Sarah, Ralston, and Riley!!

The laundry is taking over!

I have about 10 loads of laundry to finish...some are waiting to be folded...some are waiting to be washed... all are waiting to be put away! I could wash all day and night, but there is something about sitting there folding and putting away that drives me crazy. I just keep putting it off! But now we are getting ready to go out of town...we will need cute 'Red, White, and Blue' clothes (which are all at the bottom of the piles) so I MUST get to work. We are heading down to Florida to FINALLY squeeze on this little man!! Hayden is already 9 weeks but still smaller than mine were when they were born!! Can't wait :) Hope everyone has a SAFE and HAPPY 4th of July weekend!!

Trying to catch up...

My two little ones have been playing together surprisingly well this summer.  They have their moments...don't get me wrong.  One of their new favorite things to do is set up a make believe "Night at the Museum."  They watched the movie a few weeks ago and LOVE it!! We ordered it from Netflix and they won't let me send it back! We may have to purchase this one.

If you've seen the movie you know about the big dinosaur!  It sits in front of the information desk... (can you see their desk?)

We also got to spend some time at the hospital.  My mom had some issues with her blood pressure.  She is currently under a new doctor's care and getting her thyroid checked. (They found a spot on one while she was there)

Jack loved sitting in Grandma's bed... it had the best view of the T.V.

 

We brought Grandma some flowers and the kids picked out the little balloons.  I grabbed her personal items from her house like p.j.'s  perfume, magazines... all the essentials!  As a joke I brought a picture of her puppy... having no clue that she would be there for 4 days!! Her poor dog thought she was never coming home.  He would run around the car when my dad would come home and get up on his hind legs to try to see in the drivers seat :(  

I had to get this shot because they are hardly ever this close to each other and not making silly faces!! They are in a Spongebob coma :)

When they got bored we broke out the crayons and let them color on paper towels!  We also went on many elevator rides.  Jack finally concurred his fear of elevators.  He was holding the handrail for dear life, but he wanted to do it over and over. 

Darren even got to come hang out due to the "Family Emergency"  He stayed with Mom while we went to get dinner.  They watched COPS together!!

Father's Day got kind of downplayed due to the circumstances.  We went to visit Grandma after church.  I thought this was a precious picture of Darren trying to fix Jack's tie before we went into her room.  We ended up taking Daddy and Papa to lunch to celebrate their day. 

And just a quick shoutout about how HOT it has been.  Don't leave things in your car like pets, kids, and crayons!!  They will all melt! 

Last week was VBS so I will post about that next.  Hope everyone has a great rest of the week.

The A-B-C's of Me

My blog buddy, Amber at" I'm Here "(not to be mistaken with this Amber) Did this post earlier today and I really liked it. I don't have anything else to really blog about so I'm joining in. Feel free to do one too and go read her's!!


A -Age: 27

B -Bed size: queen

C -Chore you hate: Laundry

D -Donuts or Kolaches: Donuts

E -Essential start your day item: email

F -Favorite color: blue

G -Gold or Silver: silver

H -Height: 5'8"

I -Instruments you play: played the flute 6th-11th grade

J -Jokes or Rhymes: jokes

K -Kids: 1 girl, 1 boy, 1 man

L -Living arrangements: 3bed/2bath house around the corner from grandma's

M -Movie: Up was the last "new" movie I saw.

N -Nicknames: My mom calls me Lucy

O-Overnight hospital stays: after having each baby.

P -Pet Peeve: Loud nail biting

Q -Quote you like: You get what you get and you don't throw a fit (Jack's new favorite)

R -Right or left handed: Left

S -Siblings: 1 brother (8yrs younger)

T -Time you wake up: 7 weekdays. (during school) Summer is whenever!

U -Underwear: Cotton

V -Vegetable you dislike: Brussels Sprouts

W -Ways you run late: Over sleeping, Not allotting enough time to get kids ready

X -X-rays you've had: Arm...broke it while rollerskating in middle school

Y -Yummy food you make: I don't cook often enough, but I can make a yummy Chicken tortilla lasagna

Z -Zodiac sign: Libra

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