Father's Day

We had a nice day to celebrate the dads in our lives.

First up was Patrick.  I took zero pictures of the morning opening presents and breakfast.  Patrick doesn't ask for many things but he'd asked for a cross necklace that matches the cross charm he got for me to mark Barrett's baptism.  So Barrett and I got it for him.  I think he was excited.  We also got him the stickygram Instagram magnets, for his locker at work.  He was excited.  I think his favorite gift was the fact that Barrett rolled over from back to belly for the first time.  He did it once at home and then several times at my parents house.

Barrett and I went to church and then to my parents for lunch.  It was just us and John and Hope for lunch.  We watched the race until Barrett started getting fussy.  Dad actually let Barrett watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  When we were little he never let us watch kid shows, ever.

(I told y'all I was obsessed with bubble suits)

Doesn't Ally look thrilled to be included.

I'm not sure what happened but I think it involved me ruining the pictures.

I love this picture of Patrick, his Daddy and Barrett.  They look so happy!

We had a fun day.  Barrett did really great.  I love that he's really a "schedule" baby, he likes to be on a schedule but he can be flexible.  It usually makes for a terrible Monday.  I call it "Monday morning detox"  after he's been held for every nap all weekend long.  So we've had an interesting day.  He went down right at 7:00 I'm hoping he sleeps all night.  

Happy Father's Day

Happy 1st Father's Day to the best husband and sweetest daddy around.

Watching you with Barrett has been one of the biggest joys for me.

These are two of my favorite pictures. 



We love you!  Thank you for being such a great daddy.

Zoo day

When I found out I was pregnant one of the things I couldn't wait to do with Barrett was the zoo.  Patrick was off today so we loaded up and headed there this morning before it got hot.  Of course we would choose the hottest day of the year to take our 5 month old to the zoo.

This was one of the first exhibits we walked up to.  Patrick and I were so excited this birds were right at eye level for Barrett. 

 

We pushed him right up to the glass and he just looked at me like I'd lost my mind.  It's going to take more than a couple of birds to impress this kid.   Next we went to the primate house.  These monkeys were as fascinated by us and we were them.  They were all playing together then one by one they just stopped and starting watching us.  It was pretty funny.
This is the first time I'd been since they opened the new "Trails of Africa" exhibit.  The elephants have so much room, I could have watched them all day.  Two of them were playing and aggravating each other.  It was fun to watch them.
My boys
My sweet boy.
Love my little family.
Our zoo has this Dinosaur exhibit with animatronic dinos.  I'm going to be honest, I wasn't that impressed. Peacock showing his colors.  It was beautiful.  I was wishing I had my real camera in this moment. This boy was worn out.  It was a really fun day with my boys.  Now we are both dreading going back to work tomorrow.

Last week's Fun

{I meant to post this Friday, as you can tell that didn't happen.  Here it is now.}

Friday morning I got up and started getting ready for work.  I noticed that Ally was acting weird but didn't think much of it.  Well after I watched her I realized she was sick, stomach issues.  Now I'm not one to rush to the vet so I was on the fence about taking her in.  The only reason I did was because it was Friday and I didn't want to have to make a trip to the ER vet if it got worse.  Turns out she had a virus.  She was pretty pitiful.  She got some meds and a shot and we were sent on our way.

I had to take Barrett with me.  I feel like I deserve an award of some sort of award.  He did pretty good.  He even slept a little in his carseat.

Friday night we went to the Kreider's house for a cook out.  I love getting together with our tailgate group outside of tailgates.  Barrett was up way past his bedtime but he did alright.

I took this picture one day last week of my boys napping.  I love it.

I guess that's all for this round of randomness.  

10 years later

10 years ago I graduated from high school.  In that moment I couldn't imagine anything in my life that would be more important.  Of course I hoped I'd graduate from college, get married and have some kids but my 17 year old self couldn't grasp how much bigger my life would become.  I loved high school.  I was a cheerleader and I loved being involved.  I loved Friday night football games in the fall, baseball games in the spring and basketball in between.  I loved my friends and all the memories we'd made in those short 4 years.  I loved homecoming floats and pranking the boys.  I loved it all. 

Boy did I have fun with these girls.

These are pages out of my senior book.

Peprallys and breakfast at my parents house.

 

Graduation memories.

Saturday night was my 10 year reunion.   It's so hard to believe.  We got dressed up and gathered with about 100 classmates to catch up and hangout.  It was a fun  date night.  Everyone told me that facebook has pretty much ruined the idea of a reunion.  Everyone kinda knows what you've been up to.  I did find one person that doesn't do facebook and didn't know that we'd had a baby. So much of my life has changed since that young 17 year old girl walked across that stage.  Some days I feel like a shell of that person.  I told Patrick before we went that I didn't really feel like I had accomplished that much in 10 years.  I'm not some powerful lawyer or doctor.  I don't have a job in my degree field.  I realized that those things aren't what make me happy anyway.  I have accomplished a lot.  I have a degree, one that I fought tooth and nail to get even if it isn't the most fancy or the most difficult to obtain.  I have a happy marriage and a beautiful son.  We are successful and happy together.

We met some friends before for drinks.

The girls.

The boys.

I didn't graduate with this sweet girl but we've been friends for a while.  She and I took gymnastics together in elementary school and her mom was out coach.  In middle school I started taking tumbling classes from her mom in her basement.  We cheered together in high school and it was so good to see her and catch up.

One of the tables.

 

I didn't get very many pictures, I was to busy talking. 

It was a fun night. We didn't stay out to late.  We couldn't wait to get home to our sweet boy.  He was fast asleep but we still got to snuggle with him a bit before bed.

It's been an eventful 10 years, can't wait to see what the next 10 years hold.

Weekend Review

We had a great weekend! 

Friday night was our monthly book club.  I am enjoying this little get together so much each month.  It really is such a random group of girls but we're having a great time.  This month we ready Silver Linings Playbook. I loved the book. We watched the movie and I enjoyed it too but it was a lot different than the book.  I love Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.  

Saturday we went to a birthday party.  It was the most random thing.  A friend that I graduated high school with had a friend with a son named Barrett and she was looking to sell some of his monogrammed things.  So I went to meet her and shop! Ha!  Turns out her name was Maggie, I thought that was pretty funny.  I got several pieces they're all bigger sizes for next year.  I was so excited!  She and her husband are also a house divided so there were a couple reversible pieces for football season, that made me smile!

I was also so excited to go and see Jessica and Jackson.  I don't know if I ever mentioned Jessica on the blog.  Our due dates were 3 days apart and we ended up delivering 3 days apart (3 weeks early).  She was the first person to come visit us in the hospital because she was there too! :)

Here we are with Barrett and Jackson.  They partied too hard.

We drug out the bouncy play thing, (I have no idea what this thing is actually called).  Barrett has really enjoyed it.  

He also found his feet this week.  So cute watching him discover new things. He gets so excited, so do we!

I bought several veggies tonight to start making baby food.  Plus we're gearing up for my 10 year high school reunion this weekend.  Yikes, I don't feel old enough to be going to a 10 year reunion.

Feedin' Time

We were given the okay to start some foods around 5 months.  I'm not really in a hurry but decided to try some carrots tonight.  I want to make most of his food but we bought a few jars to try first.  

**Warning: Picture overload**

"I"m so excited!  Mom says I'm getting real food"

"Um...I'm not sure if I like this."

"Let me try it again..."

"It's kinda gross."

"I guess it's not that bad."

"Who am I kidding...I love it!"

"Need. More. Carrots!"

This one is just funny!

This one too.

"Get in my belly!"

Taking turns...I'm looking a little rough.   

"Did you get the shot?"

"I love fans and lights"

Love this one.  I'm glad I got all fixed up for the camera!  Note to self... fix your hair!

I think he enjoyed his first taste of real food.  He's growing so fast.  We're loving every minute of it!