Reminiscing....

Best Friends

They fight a lot, but they sure do love each other......

Weekend with the Paynters

Mommy and her college roommate and best friend, Amy, have been planning a weekend together with our boys, collectively ages 4, 3, 2, and 1, for awhile. We orignally planned for August, but when Guy made plans for a camping trip this past weekend, we decided it would give us a little more privacy, and not drive him nuts with four boys running around here. Of course, his plans got canceled last minute due to 6 inches of water, which would make it very hard to canoe, haha. Fortunely, we all stayed busy and didn't cross paths too much. Friday Amy and the boys got in around 3, and it took awhile for Parker and Tripp to warm up---Tripp gave him a run for his money! They are sooo much alike--he's never quite had anyone stand up to him like Tripp did :) Baxter and Bryce are so chill, they got in the mix a few times, but were content to just sit back and watch the older boys. Saturday morning we headed to the beach and the kids had a blast. Parker and Tripp would have totally stayed all day, but our little ones were ready to nap. We ate at McDonalds on the way out and took them home for naps. After dinner the boys played outside, and Cameron and Kyla stopped by to play for a few minutes. When bathtime came around, we threw all four naked boys in the baby pool with some bubble bath and let them play away! Sunday morning we headed to Grandma and Pappy's pool, where they not only got to swim, but ride power wheels, razor scooters, and the slip n' slide---the funnest house ever! Amy and the boys were heading back Sunday night, so after naps we headed to the play area at MacArthur (way too hot to play outside) and let the boys wear themselves out. We ate dinner at the mall, let them check out the fountains downstairs, headed back to our house for ice cream, and they got on the road. Parker moped around the house for a good while, so sad that his friends were gone. He has tried to convince me to make the 4-hour drive today to go visit them, haha. Looking forward to our next visit with the Paynters!

Happy Birthday Parker :)

On Wednesday, July 7, my Parker turned 4! I cannot believe it has been four years! To celebrate, we took the boys out for ice cream, which they thoroughly enjoyed!

Happy 4th of July!

Parker's Birthday Party

I love that Parker is a summer baby, but we really have no choice but to have a pool party for his birthdays because it's just too hot outside for anything else! This year was the first time he actually cared about present, which was annoying, because it's all he cared about. Even asked Stephan if he brought a present when he saw him come in! He had an attitude from the moment he woke up, so he didn't really spend all that much time with everyone at the party. He really wanted the truck off his cake, so he sat next to the cake inside the house staring at the truck. Oh well, everyone else had fun! It was a great time with great friends and family! Parker is very much enjoying all his wonderful gifts!

Daddy's birthday

Having just returned from vacation, we decided to keep daddy's birthday simple this year. The boys and I headed out to Lynnhaven mall to play, but first surprised daddy at work with a balloon and some candy :) We went to the mall play area for a while, and daddy met us at the mall for his lunch break. They rode the neauseated tea cup on the carousel and then we ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A.

Big Boy Bed

Bryce has been sleeping in a regular bed at Grandma and Pappy's house for naps for a while now, but we weren't quite sure he was ready to be done with his crib. After a week on vacation sleeping in a bed for naps and all night, we decided to unbunk Parker's beds and give one to Bryce. He loves his bed and at first did really well....but now he likes to get out of bed in the middle of the night! It's not every night, but some nights are bad. We're working on it and so glad to be rid of cribs!!

Nags Head June 2010

We headed back to Nags Head for our family vacation in June and had a great time. We had beautiful weather and the boys were so excited to go to the beach. Being so early in the season, there weren't really any kids around, so the boys were done after about two hours on the beach each day. But they enjoyed the bumper boats, the arcade games at Avalon pier, the Aquarium, and getting to eat ice cream every day! Can't wait for next year!

Haborfest

Every year in June Norfolk and Portsmouth put on what they call Harborfest. Between Portside and Waterside there is music, food, and of course fireworks at the end of the night. The Portsmouth Fire fighters were there, so the boys got hats and Parker sat in a truck--it made his day! This year we decided to let the boys stay up and watch the fireworks at 9:30. Bryce hated them and Parker loved them.