Two Years Ago Today...

...our lives were forever changed...On this date, we found out that we were pregnant and immediately shared the news with many of our family and friends. What an amazing day!!!

So excited and so freaked out at the same time...

I love this picture...the emotion that it shows...the happiness, excitement and surprise...it captured the day perfectly... But, when I look at my precious little man today, I can't believe that he was once just a thought in our minds. A little dream that we couldn't wait to hold. It was a perfect moment and he's perfect now! What an amazing difference two years makes!

Good Advice

Look at the washing instructions on a fun little t-shirt I recently got Quinn...isn't that perfect advice for the Mommy of the busy little boy that wears it!? ... cute, huh?

Definitions:Part 5

Bye Bye: interjection

1. What Quinn says when people tell him "bye bye"

2. What Quinn tells the people on the grocery isles as they walk past us

3. What Quinn tells Daddy every time he kisses him...since he does this when he leaves for work, Quinn thinks he must be leaving

dan: verb

1. The word Quinn says over and over whenever he hears music

2. Accompanied with an awesome bouncing motion and head bob

kicken: noun

1. Quinn's precious word for chicken

yungee: adjective

1. What Quinn says when he's ready to eat

2. Words that usually follow: Cackers, wahwah, joose (with puckered lips)

Yeah!: adverb
1. The word Q says every time you give him a high five

ass:noun
1. Quinn's first cuss word (just kidding!)
2. Quinn's word for outside

gunkee: noun
1. What Quinn says when he sees a monkey
2. Usually followed by the sound, "oo oo ee!"

Boz: noun
1. Quinn's word for the character, Boz (The other day, Q walked up to the TV, pointed to it and said, "Boz" over and over. We had recently gotten a Boz video but I thought he was surely trying to say something else since we'd only watched it a few times. But, as soon as I put Boz on, he was so excited and kept saying Boz when the green bear popped on the screen!...I was impressed!)


Other new words that need no definition:
cool
mommy (not to be mistaken with momma)
hiii
cheese
horse
cow
moon
duck
car
bath
boo
gan (again)
car
book
keys
pool (see pic of Q at the pool in his cool new floatie!)
eyes
Pawpaw
Nana
nose (said very nasally...so funny!)
ouch
ock (sock)
cold
Brad (Uncle Brad)
Ssss...pawpaw (Slickpaw)
fsh (fish)

Q's Animal Sounds:
Baaa (Sheep)
Ooo Ooo Eee (Monkey)
Quack Quack (Duck)
Eow (Cat)
Oof Oof (Puppy)
Ssssss (Snake)
Boooo (Cow)
Eeigheigh (Horse)
? (Pig)...hilarious!

Lil Two-Five...COMING SOON!

We are so excited to announce that Lil Two-Five is about to make it's debut. We're going to carry sizes NB to 4T to start...with two awesome designs! ...but in LOTS of fun colors! So, be checking www.25cloth.com around August 5th to get a T-shirt for your favorite Lil one and change a life!

Oh NO!

Oh, the joy of having a BOY! ...

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"I guarantee you that Moses was a picker. You wander through the desert for forty years with that dry air. You telling me you're not going to have occasion to clean house a little bit."

-Seinfeld

Surfin' Past One with Tanner

On Saturday night, we got to celebrate Tanner's first birthday! Now he and Q are big one year olds together! Kara did such an amazing job with the party...the decor, food, and fun activites for the kiddos were just too much!

Jumping in the bounce house with the birthday boy...

4 of our 6 playgroup friends... 5 out of the 8 baby boys that were born at Boon Elementary (where I taught) in the last year and a half!!!...There was just something in the water!!!... ***
Thank you, Wilson Family, for letting us be a part of such a special occasion! We love you all!

Happy Birthday, Sweet T!

Pimp My Ride!

Quinn got this car for his birthday and we finally decided that it was time to put it together. So, after a Daddy/Son trip to PacSun to get the coolest stickers (they actually gave them 32 when Matt told them what he was doing with them!), Matt, Q and I sat in the living room floor to get to work. Quinn was so excited...in the middle of everything and so ready to play in his car.


As soon as it was together and completely "pimped," he really was having more fun with the basket of toys that he always plays with!! See his car just anxiously awaiting to be ridden!?Toot!....
But, it didn't take long. After 30 minutes or so, he was ready to ride...and so happy! It's so cute to watch him open and close the door and sit inside. He also loves to take different things with him to put in the trunk. ...We look forward to adding more cool stuff to it along the way!

4 Extra Hands

Oh, what would I do if I had four extra little hands around the house!? The other night, when we had the Rogers' fam over for dinner, I found out! Hailey and Rylie have a new baby brother and they are such huge helpers...and, they were so sweet to help Q do everything...Q got a little glimpse of what it would be like to have 2 bit sisters, and he loved every minute of it!

Cooooool!

My little man loves to say "cool." He says it all of the time...espcially when he's playing with something that he thinks is cool! (usually things he shouldn't have...my phone, my credit cards, etc.) The time he says it the most is when he sees someone's sunglasses or if you put sunglasses on him! We've always told him how cool he looks in them and he took note. But, my favorite time he says it is when he sees me in my glasses. When I'm in my jammies, no makeup, and my glasses, he'll look at me and say "coooool!" Oh, I love you little boy! You'll make your wife very happy one day if you keep this up! :)

Too Many Kids in this Pool!

Remember this poem by Shel Silverstein...

Too Many Kids in this Tub
There's too many kids in this tub

There's too many elbows to scrub

I just washed a behind that I'm sure wasn't mine

There's too many kids in this tub.

That's what playgroup reminded me of this week! Dena hosted with a yummy lunch and all of the boys got in their swim suits and swim diapers and headed out back to the froggy pool! Even though it was a great idea, the boys weren't too fond of it...just too many kids in the pool! But, it made for some fun pics!

Q and T hangin' out...
Sweet Hudson...
Chapman, trying to make his escape...

Cuddling in towels is always the best part...

"Small Town" Fun

Even though Abilene isn't really a small town at all (115,000 people), it feels like it...and that's why we love it. This past weekend, Matt, Q, the puppies and I headed to Abilene for some Two-Five stuff but had some fun with Grammer and Slickpaw too. ... Here's some of the reasons we love "small town" Abilene....
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Downtown had lots of fun little things going on on Saturday...just because...so we went...

Q got to pet a snake at the public library...
...and listen and dance to a little gospel singing group...
...we got to hang out by the waterfall wall downtown...
...Abilene is so "small" that they named a buidling after me...Not really, but isn't this cool!?!?!...how did we all live in Abilene for so long and never see this!?!?...

Look in the circles at the top of the building...I'm famous...

...we hung out in the backyard...what else is there to do in "small town" Abilene...

...we found the names of ALL of the HSU graduates (since 1891) on a new structure on campus...See, Matt is famous too....but not famous enough to have his name on a BUIDLING...ha...

...we entertained ourselves by eating holes in tortillas and peeking through...

...and found photo ops anywhere and everywhere...even a regular 'ol staricase...

...we looked for "berts"... ...and, lastly, we took "siestas!" All of that "small town" fun will wear anyone out! >>>
Thanks Grammer and Slickpaw (or BaaBaa and WhoWho!?...more on that later!) for being the hostesses with the mostessess! We had fun!

Blueberries for Quinn

As Quinn devoured his blueberries last night, I couldn't help but think about this book...
He loved them and was a crazy mess! I had to use the Magic Eraser to clean his highchair and he had to have a good scrub in the bath to clean his stained face and fingers! Yum! Yum!
P.S. Shouldn't they be called "purpleberries!?" They're more purple that blue to me!

Perspective

My Perspective...

Quinn's Perspective...
No wonder he laughs! :)