Good Times with Grammy & Papa

The kids really enjoyed staying a few days with their Grammy & Papa while Doug and I went down to Georgia to look at houses. They got to play with their cousins Colin and Eliot, play in the water (a lot!), and Noah even rode his bike without training wheels for the very first time while they were there. It's always great to see them having so much fun together. I'm way behind on sharing photos. I still have a lot to share from our trip, in addition to a lot that I have taken since we've been home. I'm hoping to share them all soon. =)

Noah says "Toothfairy, Show Me the Money!!"

Our boy lost his first tooth today!!! He came up to me and showed me that his tooth was about to fall out and then as he stood there showing his daddy, it did just that! He's getting to be such a big boy!

Edited to note:

Today of all days I actually woke up before Noah and got to see him find his money from the toothfairy! He was very excited to see that she had left him a dollar for his tooth and told me he wanted to put it with some of the money from his bank to buy a batman character. The boy certainly knows what he wants. ;)

Do you think she was tired?

It was a busy day for us today. Doug worked the mid last night so we were out and about later than usual having lunch and picking up more boxes. Rachel sacked out on the ride home and spent an hour sleeping in her bed. We try not to let her sleep past 4 as she won't get into bed until late if she sleeps much later than that for her nap. After changing her pull up I left her laying in the floor (awake) and came back a few minutes later to find her like that... She was worn out. She did recover though and wanted to be like mom tonight with hot rollers in her hair - She cracks me up. Poor kid though, her hair looked pretty much the same after it was hot rolled (the true joys of having naturally curly hair). Love that picture of my guys snuggling together. Don't they look just alike? ;)

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day! Hope all you Daddies and Papa's out there have had a great day! We have had a pretty easy going day. Doug had to work the first half of the day and then we cooked his favorite dinner. We plan to all go for a walk later and watch the Celtics kick some Laker Booty! =)

No Training Wheels!

126 Willow Bend Way

We're back from Georgia and have found the place we will call home there. We actually got lucky and found this gem on the second day of looking. It is in a neighborhood where all the houses sit on 1.3 acre lots. Most of the lots are wooded and we love that. It is a four bedroom traditional style two story house on a full basement, so lots of room to play with. The pictures are of the outside front and back, front entryway, kitchen and living room. Also in the pictures are the kid's school (it is literally about three minutes from our house), the Tracon where Doug will work and a sign we saw when we drove into town: Peachtree City - Welcome Home.

Lions & Pink Ducks @ the Little Rock Zoo

Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend. We spent most of the weekend outside and it was beautiful, but hot. We went to the Little Rock Zoo on Sunday with Amie, Olivia and Dave. The kids were excited to go and see the animals and Noah and Rachel hadn't been in about a year. I think the last trip we made was with Noah's 3 year class last spring, so Rachel really got a fresh look at the animals this time around being a big 2 year old now. Aunt Amie got a big surprise in the Lorikeet attraction when one of the birds landed on her head. Of course, the kids were thrilled and thought that was awesome. I think Amie was just relieved that she came out of that one with clean hair. They also liked seeing the baby gorilla with it's mommy. The Grizzly bear walked right up to the glass wall and seemed to say hello and then walked back to her spot near the water. It was like she knew the kids wanted to see her up close and was happy to oblige. They loved the snake and reptile house too and showed no fear when right up against the windows face to face with the creatures. When asked what their favorite parts of the zoo were, Noah's reply - the lions (this has held true since his very first trip to the Knoxville Zoo - he loves lions) and Rachel's favorite? Pink ducks... She was so excited to go to the zoo and see... yes, ducks. However, these 'pink ducks' were her very favorite (don't try to tell her they aren't ducks... she won't hear of it). The girl continues, as always, to crack me up. You can see from the kid's pink cheeks while they rode the train in the top picture that they were hot and by the end of our day there they were worn out. I love to go to the zoo... there's nothing like seeing the wonder in a child's eyes as they look at all the animals... I still feel much of the same wonder myself while there... and I love to take pictures... Bet you couldn't tell that at all though, huh?