Tuesday

Today I had another great day with my boys. I started the day off with dressing them in coordinating outfits and attempting a photo shoot. I don't do this often because I am terrified for Hampton's safety! Everett just has a love (borderline obsession) with his baby brother. He "wuvs" him oh so much. I guess so much that he has to hurt him! Everett: "Hug Hantin."
Me: "No No Everett! No touch!"

Hampton: "Why!?!?"

Well anyways, after that I soon realized Everett was out of diapers so it was off to Target we went. It's funny- going out with the babies all by myself can either make me feel like Superwoman or a mess of a woman. There is at least a 30 min prep time. It is a lot of work. However, I do love Target so it was worth it. I could form a mom's community group based on the amount of mamas walking around that store with their babes at 10:30 on a Tuesday morning. I guess we all needed to get out of the house!

My baby boy in the front of the cart.

My big boy riding in the back. I barely had room for the items I needed!

In the baby aisle I stumbled across these. Um, is this for real? I later told Eric who was disappointed I didn't purchase them. So funny!

I did find a new beverage I decided to try out. Very refreshing.

After we got back it was lunch and naps for both babies. Then I got a bit of a break and caught up on The Bachelorette. After naps we all played downstairs for a while. Poor Maggie had to go to extreme measures to remind me she needed food and dragged her food bowl of her crate. Pitiful looking, but what a smart dog!

Hampton just relaxing and letting it all hang out.

During one of Hampton's afternoon naps, I brought out a new magnet toy for Everett to play with. He immediately started to sort out all the letters according to their color.

We then ended the day with meatloaf for dinner, bath, story, and lots of snuggle time! I now feel completely exhausted, but completely content and overwhelmingly blessed!

Family, Friends, Food, Fun!

We have had such a fun and relaxing weekend! On Saturday our good friends the Burkes came down up from South Carolina to visit. This was their first visit to our new house. We were so excited to meet their new guy Silas and for them to meet our guy Hampton. Time with the Burke family is always a guaranteed good time. We cooked out for lunch and the two big boys played hard. Then the babies (all four of them) really gave us a nice treat and slept at the same time so we could visit for a couple of hours. We have some great memories with Chris and Amy back in our Louisville days before kids. Now between us, we have four boys! We are a lot more busy, tired, and maybe even stressed out....but we still have so much fun!

Big brother Everett
Big brother Wyatt

I caught the big boys deep in discussion over lunch.

I love this picture. Amy and I look like we are saying "Come on and take the picture already! This won't last long!"

The little brothers

Then on Sunday morning we went to church. Everett and Hampton did wonderful in the nursery! Everett's adjustment to the nursery is such an answer to prayer. It only took two years-ha! He still cries at drop-off, but he is always a happy boy at pick-up. After his nap, I took him outside to play with his water table. He loves it. He does not understand however that the water is supposed to stay inside the table. He just dumps it onto the deck.

On Monday we just stayed at home and relaxed. We did some chores, cooked, and napped. Eric had to also get ready for an upcoming trip he is going on for work. We had some Memorial Day plans, but they got cancelled due to the weather. I am happy we just ended up spending a full day at home though. A nice 3-day treat!