Hello Gorgeous.

Little girl you are gorgeous. My hope for you is you always know you are good enough and you are beautiful inside and out.

Learning All About You

On Saturday I had the opportunity to go on a day date with this little guy to Wild Kratts. It was in KY so we had a bit of a drive. I wanted the day to stick out for him so I decided to come prepared with some questions to ask him on the drive to get us talking about different things. He was so cute because he would turn and ask me questions in moments of silence as well. <3 Here are a few of the questions that his answers were my favorite--
1. If you could have any super power what would you have? I would shoot lightning out of my finger tips.
2. If you could do any job in the world what would you do? I would be an animal protector.
3. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, morning, lunch, dinner what would it be? Pancakes.
4. If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you travel? To the African Savannah.
5. What is your favorite color? Orange.
6. What is the one thing you wish you didn't have to do again? Sleep.
7. If you had a million dollars what would you go buy? A Lego Guy
8. What makes you happy? Playing
9. What makes you sad? When my mom is sad ------ Why does your mom get sad? Cause Papaw is gone.
10. What is the coolest thing about Ryder? I am really good at playing and I am nice.

Love this little boy. He is such a cool kid. So thankful he is mine.

Stubborn

She is so stinking beautiful but she is stubborn. I think we will have our hands full. She knows exactly how to work situations to her favor and yells at you when it is something she feels strongly about. She can be in full on melt down mode and I can look at her and tell her "we aren't doing this" and she miraculously turns it off. Testing limits at six months has to mean we are in for it... right???

{story} -- Sweet Boy

Today we went to Wild Kratts. He was so excited, heck to be honest I was excited. The car ride was fun, the show was fun, he thanked me multiple times for taking him. He knew it was a privilege and he was very grateful. After the show we were in line to pick up a souvenir. Next to us in line was a little girl in a wheel chair. He was kind of staring at her and as most moms do I started to get a little nervous about if he was going to say something that could come off as insensitive. His staring got a little more intense and he started to move towards her. There was not much I could do at this point. I just took a deep breath and trusted him. He walked over to her and asked her about the cool thing she had in her hand that held her Creature Power Chips. I sighed relief. It was me. I was the one that was noticing the differences and I was ashamed. They talked about her little holder, and she opened it to show him. The Creature Power Chips fell out on the floor and before I knew it he was down on the floor picking them up for her and said "I will get them for you". He picked them all up and handed them to her and we got back in line. I love the simplicity of their little minds. There are no differences, we were there for a common cause and that is all those little kids thought about. I sure wish adults could be more like children, myself included in this. Love you little man, love your heart of gold.

Wild Kratts

Feeling like super fans today. Drove all the way to Kentucky with this little guy to see his favorite television duo Chris & Martin. Such a fun day. He was completely star struck. When they came out he giggled uncontrollably and said "it is really them in real life". He was yelling at the stage when they asked questions and telling them the names of different things. What a fun day and what a fun thing to watch. <3

Beautiful Baby

This girl. She is just too much. Her giggles, her smiles, her eyes that seem to suck me in. I love you baby girl and am so thankful you are in our lives.

Toes Toes Toes

You little girl are obsessed with your toes, you eat them, you pull at them, you look at them, you constantly have to be touching them. Socks don't really matter, but you love it when I pull them off. What is it about those chunky little feet that you love so much?

This Picture

This picture sums her up. She is like a little puppy. Always so excited to see you, it literally goes down to her toes and she kicks her legs and can't contain her excitement. She sure makes it fun to say hello to. :))

Half A Year

How is it even possible that I have a 6 month old little girl. I still remember sitting in the ultrasound hearing, "it's definitely a girl" and Ryder yelling "I knew it was a girl". You are my sweet sweet little girl and I can't believe how many smiles you add to my day. I love to kiss your sweet little cheeks and neck and make you giggle. You love to watch people dance and be silly. You kick your legs like you are a marathon swimmer. You love bath time and we literally can't keep your toes out of your mouth. You are moving around the entire room and getting yourself up on all fours, it won't be long until you are crawling all over the place. Little girl, you light up my whole world. I can't believe how big you are getting.

Smile

I just love this girl's huge smile. I know teeth are around the corner so I am enjoying this gummy smile while I can.

Staying At Home

This year has been jammies all day, jumping on beds, and enjoying each other's company. It has been wonderful. <3 Cherishing the time I have left because it is going way to quickly.

Reenactments

Everything is a story at our house. Everything can be reenacted, everything is an adventure. We love Wild Kratzz and this little dude loves to act it out. He has the entire shows characters and builds awesome vehicles and environments for Chris and Martin to go "creature adventuring. This child of mine could play for three weeks straight, never leave the house, and never run out of things to do.

Favorite

She doesn't sleep. Like we are still waking up 6-7 times a night. For some reason I can't seem to produce children who enjoy sleeping. I am so very thankful for this time off with her for two reasons -- I get to spend time with my babies & I get to sip my coffee and open my eyes slowly and let the light flow into the house. Our mornings are beyond slow and I love my husband for taking care of us so I can have these mornings with them.

Imagination

You never fully know what you will turn a corner to find with this little guy. Today he was constantly making treasure maps to lead him to treasures that he hid around the house. He would pull a map out look at it and walk around the house while he "followed" the directions. He is just so cute with his imagination. The world inside his head must be huge with endless possibilities. Hold tight to that feeling little boy.