Sunday, January 29, 2017

Meritt is here!!

It been a fun and crazy week! Lots of family time between cousin dates, Meritt's birth, and grandparent/great grandparent time. Colin has been skipping naps (his choice, not mine-sadly) and Connor got 3 new sharp teeth this week (4th is due any day). Always an adventure with toddlers :)


This is how Eli, K, and Colin decided to wake up Connor from nap...


Working on some wresting loves...I love how Kendall is trying save Colin from being crushed :)

Crushing was the thing to do that night...Mason and Micah were running around the room too, but dodged wrestle mania!


 
We had a fun Trampoline park play date with some MOPS friends, the boys both loved the big foam block pit (that's Connor in the bright blue shirt!)

       
New skills everyday. Thumbs up/down!

He is our animal lover, goodness he loves hugging these cats. He had Mamaw working when she came, holding his animals for him. Her and Aunt Cynthia came for Meritt's birth.

Dragon fun! We had a good time and were glad they stayed with us!

Firefighting and sharing costumes/trucks

Thursday morning (1/26) sweet Meritt Emory was born!! She was a big girl, over 8lbs, and came out with lots of gold hair! We went up to meet her after Derek got off work. She is so snuggly and sweet. She looks so much like a Cannon and is her cousin's twin as of now! Jess is doing great and they are enjoying sweet cuddles from the princess!



Meanwhile, my huge baby caught Colin's little virus (on top of teething...) and was pretty snuggly himself for a few days. And he needed all of his animals to help him cope :)

Nana and Doozie came by Friday afternoon and the boys insisted on playing outside (50ish degrees)

Playdate with the boys on a cold Sat morning!

Some more grandparent fun Saturday night...band-style, of course :)

Looking forward to a pretty normal week coming up and warmer weather!!!

Monday, January 23, 2017

January sunshine

The weather has been very back and forth lately, but we have been taking advantage of the warmth and have spent a lot of time outside this past week! We had Graeme's family over (they are in Cali for a 2 year fellowship) and it was great catching up with them! Then over the weekend I took the kids to Huntsville for a quick trip while Derek worked night shift. The boys had a fun time playing with grandparents! Back to our normal routine today and waiting for baby Meritt's arrival this week :)




Parks and cupcakes...what could be better?!

Working hard in gymnastics!


Emory and Connor are a month apart in age, but Emory is a tall girl!


His daily challenge...taking all his animals up and down the steps :)

Quick stop into Petco to let Connor see the animals...he loved it!

The boys spent the morning at Nana and Doozie's while I went shopping with mom/dad...I didn't do good taking pictures!

Forced them to put up the grandkid pics I gave them for Christmas, ha


Lots of playing/feeding Brady!

Found his favorite sheep...and loved on it

Boys favorite toy there...the pirate ship. Even has a working cannon!