PARTY #2

Since I am like a whole month behind, this will mainly be a post of pictures! After getting to see my dear friend Hannah get married off, we headed to Morristown to celebrate Lila turning 2 with the fam. Since I wasn't even going to do a party here originally for Lila, we decided to not invite the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Since the majority of them all live in the same town, we thought we would just drive there and celebrate instead. "Aunt Kimmy and Uncle Cwint" graciously let us use their house and pool for a super cool pool party! Lila had SO much fun and this was actually Graham's first time ever in the pool! He loved it! The babes actually got to see all their cousins from both sides at one time. It was so nice.
Lila was a true wild woman and would not slow down! I made the comment that I didn't know if all two year olds were this wild. My sister didn't miss a beat when she said, "No, Lila is just extra wild!"
She LOVED going down the slide and wanted to do it over and over and over! Can you tell?!? :) I wish you could see the video!
























Thanks for a great birthday party everybody!
Oh, and can you believe I totally forgot my camera at home? I left it laying on my kitchen counter on the way out the door, so I had to swipe these pictures from others. (which means I couldn't edit them. Oh well...)

"I'm on a boat!" PART 1

I have actually never even heard the song that goes "I'm on a boat," except through Michael's own rendition of it. However, it seems as though I can't get it out of my head this summer.
Since Michael and I moved to middle TN, we have been missing a few things. One of those is being surrounded by the lake. Aaaahh, the lake. That is where we stood as the sun was about to set and the mountains towered in the distance when he asked me if I would be his bride. We spent many hours on the lake while dating and engaged, so anytime we are invited to go, we jump at the chance. Nowadays it is just with 2 little ones in tow.
We spent Memorial day out with our friends on beautiful Center Hill.
I was worried little Lila would not even want to get on the boat since she is so scared of loud noises. She was a little timid, but quickly relaxed.
Here she is contemplating:


She had a blast. At first she hated the life jacket, but then she didn't want to take off "my coat."
It was also a good thing that we didn't put her on the tube until the ride in, because the rest of us would have never got a chance to ski, wakeboard, etc. She LOVED riding the tube and splashing her feet in the water. Honestly, I am not sure if a day goes by where she doesn't talk about "my boat and my coat and splash my feet."




Graham was super excited about the boat ride! He just chilled out and even took a small snoozer. Yep, that is him, on the floor, under the dashboard, resting on a comfy lifejacket!




He actually was not too excited about the lifejacket business.


Michael and I also wakeboarded for the first time. I loved it! I think Michael did too. He just wants to get better at it.

Hence this wipeout picture! :)


I think I may officially be a "boarder" now too!
Stay tuned for our upcoming weekend lake trip....

Strawberry Pickin'

Graham turned 8 months and Lila is officially 2! Now that the day is here, I can actually breathe a little easier. I have accepted it and am excited about starting this new year with my sweet little girl!
Oh, did I mention that when trying to tickle her toes and play with her this morning, she looked at me and said, "No, Mommy, Leave. Me. Alone!"
Oh dear...bring on the terrible two's.
So, to celebrate the big days, we went and did some berry pickin'. There wasn't a lot left, but we had a great time! Ok, so actually, Lila wanted to leave the whole time and Graham kept trying to eat whatever he could get his hands. Plus,it was the first day this year that is was REALLY hot (besides her party, of course.) Other than that...we had a grand time and got a really good deal on some yummy strawberries!










After we picked, Mason and Baby Jenna came over to play with the birthday girl for a while.


Lila didn't care much for opening presents, (which is a good thing considering I haven't even ordered her real birthday present yet). So instead we gave her this left over wrapped gift from Christmas. (Just in case you are wondering what the red and green JOY paper is for.) :) As you can tell by seeing her shove Graham's paci in his mouth that she is a great big sister and loves to say "CHEESE."













Graham, the most adorable little boy I know. I mean really, is this smile not to die for?!?!
This month has been SO much better! Poor thing, I think I was starving him. He had started waking up through the night again, multiple times. I had cut back on solids in hopes of getting my milk supply up, but that just wasnt' working either. Once I finally bit the bullet and decided to try and supplement a bottle with all my pumped milk, it was a huge relief. I am still nursing, just not every feeding. He is now also eating 3 meals a day. He literally went from having cereal once a day and one other veggie or fruit, to lots and lots of food. Luckily, he has liked everything I have given him so far. Whenever we give him something kind of sour, he smacks his lip and scrunches up his little nose and mouth. It is too cute! He still isn't crazy about milk, (no wonder my supply is low) and that little stinker has to have the tempature exactly right. He is REALLY stubborn and gets furious if you take a toy away from him. He is perfectly content just sitting up and grinning at you. He likes to play and has great eye hand cordination. He loves to watch Lila and just laughs and laughs at her. Now, if only he would get on all fours and follow her around! I will admit, I have one Lazy little man on my hands. I use to lay down and take naps with him in the afternoon, but now he loves my eye lashes and lids and would rather play with them (which really hurts by the way) than go to sleep. So, I had to put a stop to that, but he is at least taking naps in his own bed now. He LOVES to be read to. I don't do it enough, but when I do he is so happy. I think he is cutting more teeth again, so we will see which ones are next!
I truly can't believe he is 8 months old. He is so sweet though and I am treasuring every moment with him.