Photo Shoot

Nancy took some precious pictures of my babies. I am so happy! I love pictures...just love them. So getting these in mail today was such a treat. Thanks, friend!

Look at my buddy...getting so handsome and so big...so very big. He is his daddy made over, but he holds his mama's heart. He is affectionate and loving and precious. Love his beautiful blue eyes, button nose, and tiny teeth.

And here's my little Coop Coop. He's my mini me. My twin 26 years later. I love it.

Look at that grin. It's a Coop grin. My favorite part of Coop is the top of his cheeks...the little bit of pudge above his mouth and below his eye when he smiles. I bite and kiss it all the time. Love those little pudgy cheeks,that blazing blonde hair, and that cute little chin.

Both my babies? How blessed am I? It makes me cry.

Sweetness.

I mean look at him. It's just who he is. A performer. A charmer. A silly, overly animated little boy. I will absolutely love looking back and remembering him just like this. Little and silly and the apple of his mama's eye.

And here's the crew. Two rowdy boys and two sweet girls. All smiling. Love.

A Special Visitor

My BFF came to Oxford!!! Nancy and her sweet girls, Emily and Kate, came to visit earlier this week. This was a special treat because Nancy and I talk ALL THE TIME. If we aren't talking, we are texting. If we aren't texting, we are emailing. I know every move she makes and vice versa. It's one continual conversation really.

But because of newborns, nursing babies, working husbands, and 8 hours distance between us, we rarely actually see each other (besides in pictures). When I say rarely, I mean twice a year at most.

So them making the trek down south was a huge treat!

I wish we had gotten more pictures, but with four overly excited kids, pictures are easier said than done. Nancy got some good ones on her fancy camera, so I will post those when I get them.

A little bedtime snack. And boy were we ready for them to go to bed! We were exhausted trying to keep up with them all day. Plus it was the only time we could have uninterrupted conversation.

Joel holding baby Kate. She is looking at that beard like it's a monster. Hahaha!

After jumping in the jumpy house and running from "dragons" all morning, we finally forced them to sit and watch Nemo for a few minutes.

These two were instant buddies....giggles, giggles, and more giggles. They were so excited to see each other. The adrenaline was so high for so long that they both crashed by the end of the visit. Just too much fun for those little three year old little bodies to handle.

Jumpy house fun. They loved jumping together.

Such a fun visit! Loved having my friend in my house. And it wasn't even a sad goodbye because we are going to the beach together in three weeks! And even more fun...Cecile Gray is coming too!! She is the third muskateer :) CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!

And on a different note, isn't Joel just the coolest?!!! So proud of him! He is the hardest worker I know and the smartest person I know! So so so very proud of him! But just so you know, he might be the best financial planner in the land, but he's an even better husband and DaDa :) Love you, Hub!

The Things We Do

Our little family is very routined. Not on purpose really. We just sort of fall into habits easily. I love that about us. We have daily and weekly events that make for super fun memories. The above picture is a new daily happening. The boys love to get in the pack n play every evening after bath time and wrestle. Absolutely hilarious watching them.

Every Friday night we go out to eat. Always have. Always will probably. We stick to Mexican and Pizza, or "rice and beans" and "Soulshine" as the boys call it.

After dinner last weekend we went exploring in a new store called Kinnucans. Isn't Coop cool?

Hee Hee...so cool.

Here is a new daily event....a tantrum or two by Coop. He is two years old...nuff said.

We love to go on walks around the square at least once a week. Lots to explore.

BB is a event in and of herself every week for us. She comes on Thursdays, and we love it!

I wish my kids were more animated. Life would be way more fun if they were.

When we go see BB and PawPaw, we get to ride the golf cart!

PawPaw lets the boys in his truck. Coop says, "PawPaw truck" about 45 times a day. It's quite an obsession.

The zoo is at least a quarterly happening for us. But we have been twice in the past month due to the dinosaur exhibit.

And of course we have the Ole Miss sporting events that pop up every week.

Here we are at the Grove Bowl. Freezing!

I am so thankful for my family and the memories we make at each of our family events. I love that we are together so much and that no matter where we are or what we do, we truly enjoy being together. I pray we are always a close knit family.

Oh what fun!

Oh what fun Angry Bird pajamas can be! This kiddo hasn't worn pajamas in months. Weird I know. He doesn't like them. Just sleeps in his clothes, and I have less laundry. A win/win situation....until...I found these at Walmart. He loves them. So when they are clean, he wears PJs; when they are dirty, he wears clothes. Quirky.

Oh what fun the Cozy Coupe is! As always...the fun never really ends when the Cozy Coupe is around.

Oh what fun this kiddo is! I mean for real fun. He is at the best age ever. Fun, fun, fun!

Oh what fun it is to learn to ride a bike!

Oh what fun a cardboard boat can be!

This is what too much fun does to you at 4:00.

Oh what fun the first frog of the season was! Fred was his name, and he brought sheer joy and delight for 30 whole minutes. Squeals, giggles, and lots of jumping by both the frog and the boys.

Oh what fun Tom and Jerry cartoons are....especially when you are snuggling and giggling with your brother.

And last but certainly not least...OH WHAT FUN WHEN PAWPAW GETS IN THE JUMPY HOUSE! Hahahaha! Carter was all laughs, and poor Pawpaw had no idea what he was starting. Carter bugged him for an hour saying, "Jump again...jump again...jump again, Pawpaw!" Fun, fun!

Easter Weekend

Our weekend started out with a little backyard play. Carter can now hit the ball with Joel pitching it to him! No more tee for him. Go, Buddy!

Then we headed to the zoo to see the dinosaur exhibit. Wow! It was awesome! So glad we went. The dinosaurs were life size and robotic. So stinkin cool. Carter was in awe.

His favorite...the stegasaurus. This kiddo loves a stegasaurus, especially one that growls at you like this one did. So cool.

The one behind Coop made a freaky noise just as I was about to take the picture. Poor Coop.

Ole faithful...our piece of junk double stroller. It has served it's time.

After the zoo, we headed next door to Overton Park to watch Drew and Ellie. Love them. Great weather, great music, perfect Easter Eve.

This morning we got all dressed up and headed to worship. He is risen! He is risen indeed! Couldn't get them to look at the camera.

Hilarious. Oh my goodness. Just hilarious.

He is Risen!!!

Little Bunny Coop again :)

My babies

We went out to our Grace Garden this morning, and Jesus was gone! Only the white cloth was in the tomb. Praise the Lord; He is risen!!!