Baby Ryan turns one month old

Little Ryan is now one month old. He is the sweetest and cutest baby. Ethan and Luke just love him. Ethan wants to hold him so bad. He would just sit there with him as long as you would let him. Now, everywhere we go that there are babies he is just dying to hold them. It's so sweet. Here are Ryan's one month pics.

Potty Training Victory!!!!

I've never been so excited about my child going poop! Sorry if this is too much info...but, we've been potty training for about 2 weeks now...it's gone pretty well. But, going #2 in the potty is always a big hurdle. Well, I was just blow drying my hair when Luke came in with no pants on. He ran into the bathroom and was pointing at the potty. He had gone poop all on his own! I just can't believe it. Well...I'm sure no one is as excited as I am...but, just had to share!

Independence Day

We spent the day yesterday up at Metcalf Bottoms. It was my first time going there. It was so pretty. The boys had fun playing in the river. After our two picinics with family we drove up to the Little Greenbriar Schoolhouse. It was really neat. We walked around in the woods for a little while. We came home and the boys were exhausted. We didn't see any fireworks at all but it didn't matter. We had such a great time. Here are a few pics.....

My little bakers

Today has been a nice day. We've stayed home and played, read, sang, and baked bread. The boys wanted to help so bad so I just stopped worrying about what a mess there was going to be and let them help. I'm glad I did...they had so much fun!

Mud pies and bubbles

YEE HAW!!!

Ethan dressed up like a "bad cowboy" today. I caught a couple of pics and thought I'd share.

Junk Yard

We went to an auction last night with Christy and Justin....Luke got squirmy so I took him out for a walk. I just had to grab my camera. It was the perfect place for pictures!

Ryan Gage

My new little nephew arrived yesterday. He's so cute. Him and Mommy are both doing great!

Bears!!!

Sunday night we went up to Cades Cove. It was so much fun. We saw four bears and were those "idiots" you see getting way too close! We saw lots of deer and turkeys of course. The boys got to pet and feed a horse. Also, we saw a cicada shedding it's shell...it was pretty gross....but, also kind of cool.

Strawberry Pickin!

Camping at Santeetlah Lake

We had so much fun! We went to Santeetlah Lake in NC and stayed in a little cabin/bunkhouse. The boys had a blast fishing, swimming, and just enjoying the great outdoors. It was beautiful there and so nice to have quality family time together. Ethan got a weird rash from watermelon juice, the boys both got lots of boo boos, and of course I took way too many pictures. I hope you enjoy them.

Eddie the Caterpillar

Tonight Ethan found this caterpillar and named him "eddie". He was funny...he played a little joke on us and acted like he was going to eat him!

Check-ups

We went to the Pediatrician for the boys' well visits. Ethan is in the 80th percentile for height and Luke was in the 40th. Ethan was talking up a storm and spelling words for the dr. and Luke was referred to a speech therapist! :o) It's crazy how different the boys are. Anyways...she said they are both very healthy little boys.

Dogwoods and Little Boys

We went over to Papa's house and took some pics with the dogwoods and my new thrift store chair.

Ethan's Soccer Game

Today was Ethan's second soccer game. He's not really into it....he actually has a melt down after playing for a few minutes. I think it's going to be a good learning experience for him. Today was a LITTLE better than last time...but, not much. At least he's not the only kid that randomly lays down in the middle of the field, hangs from the top of the goal, or stands on thier head! It's pretty fun to watch.

Sunset

Chad let me go have some time to myself tonight. So...of course I took my camera and got some pictures of the sunset and some cabins and stuff on the way home.

Our Day

The boys are loving being outside. They were blowing the dandelions yesterday....Luke had a hard time doing it without eating them. Our eggs hatched. There are two baby birds in the nest. Then Ethan hit Luke with the baseball...of course he had lots to say about it.

Fishing Derby

Feeding the Ducks, Hopscotch, and Rock Climbing

It's been a rainy day but we managed to squeeze quite a bit into this morning. When is started to rain we headed over to the library and hung out for awhile before we checked some books out and made our way home. The boys seemed to enjoy it.

Daddy's Boys

These two wanted to be out there with Chad soooo bad. But, he was trying to get the lawned mowed before dark. They stood and watched him and yelled "Daaaaaaddddyyyyy!" over and over. And then Ethan started goofing off and dancing around. He's so funny. He likes to do these silly little dances lately...like out on the soccer field.

From Watching Daddy Mow the Grass

From Watching Daddy Mow the Grass

From Watching Daddy Mow the Grass