Fall

It was a beautiful afternoon so we took the boys out to the backyard. Brock hung out on a blanket(he's walking, but not well enough for the backyard yet) while Riley played golf with Daddy.

Brock got a hold of one of Riley's golf clubs. They must be candy coated.






Check out Trouble, in repose, in the background.


I love this exchange I caught between Trouble and Denver.
Denver: OH OH OH Hey Trouble!
Trouble: Back off white hyper thing.


Denver: Wanna play a game? Are we playing a game? What is this game? It's so cool!
Trouble: Keep back. I'm watching you.


Denver: Can we do it again? That was fun! Let's do it again.
Trouble: I'm ready to move on now. I'd like to turn my back. Stay. STAY.


Denver: But....but.....
Trouble: Ahhh, such a pretty day.

Birthday party

BeBe and Granddaddy came over for the birthday get together.

The dogs LOVE Granddaddy. (maybe because he'll love on them a lot while we won't)


Riley loves his BeBe. She will play with him endlessly. And she does such fun stuff! Check out the tower she helped Riley build.


The travesty of the cake I decorated. My icing was having issues.

It might have looked like crap but it tasted good.

While Brock will put anything else in his mouth, he didn't put his icing/cake hand in his mouth a single time. The only cake he ate was what I fed him. But he didn't mind spreading the cake around.


I'm not sure about this, Mama.




Riley liked it.






Cute.


Look, Mama, sticky.




Denver really liked it.


Toys!


It was a great day with family. We had some fun outside later in the afternoon. I'll be back with those pictures.

Don't y'all love how I'm always doing a to be continued thing?

Birthday boy!

Thanks for the nudge, BeBe.

On Brock's actual birthday I made some sugar cookies for him. I figured I did it for Riley, I better do it for the poor, neglected second child.

C'mere baby, baby.


I'll give this a try.


Mmmmmmmm


Mmmmmm?


I'll be back with the party pictures later!

Randomness

I have been having a hard time lately getting my shit together. I can't really pinpoint any one reason. But I can tell you my house is a bit cleaner and I've been reading more books with the boys. So not a bad thing.

Here are some cute randoms and I'll be back later with my pumpkin puree and you'll get to see Brock's birthday cake once I get it done and decorated Sunday.

By the way, it's Brock's first birthday today. I was less than 2 hours from delivery at this very moment one year ago. I didn't think for a second that I'd get such a wonderful, happy baby. I love you, baby.

Head dive into the squishy pillow.


He loves to bang on the windows and doors.


I think he does it to torment the dogs.


The elusive Riley comes out of hiding.


Learning the stairs.




Trouble trying to stay away from the tacklers.


Oh my goodness! A smile!


Riley's chair is a favorite spot for both boys. Brock gets routinely thrown out of it. It's half and half: funny and painful.








Aren't they cute in their pjs?

Sickness

We spent the weekend nursing a sick and feverish Riley back to health. I started feeling ill Sunday and you know The Guy contracted The Plague by Monday morning.

Riley is fine, Brock seems alright, and The Guy and are I getting better.

All of that to say, "I'm sorry I've been a horrible blogger lately."

To cheer you up I've got some cuteness to share.

Look at the tooth! He's had that one tooth for months now. I keep thinking we'll get a new tooth any moment but, so far, NADA!


Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Mama?


Alrighhhhht!

New

I'm just trying something new. What do you think of the new colors?

Vacation

Here are a couple of shots from our trip to Virginia. The place we stayed was beautiful and the unit was huge. Not only was the unit huge, the tub was MASSIVE.


I could swim in it. The kids had a great time! Brock loved having room to move since Riley usually boxes him in by the drain in their tub.




We had a blast playing cards with Grandma, Poppa, and their friends.


Beautiful lake behind the spa...where I was being scrubbed and massaged. Ahhhhh




Out and about in D. C.






The White House! There were people on top of it with guns. We couldn't decide if it was a training exercise of if they were always there.


Brock really loved riding on the top of the bus. Such wonderful wind and expansive views.






The Washington Monument


Breakfast with Grandma and Poppa on our next to last day.


Riley was still sick.


I have a ton of pictures of the monuments, but we're not in them so I just KNOW you're not interested in them. We had a fabulous time, despite sick Riley and very little sleep. Did I tell y'all he got up earlier and earlier each morning? The last day, Saturday, he was up and in our room at 5am. And he was ready to go. Boy about killed me. I think our next vacation will be a stay-cation.