Splash Pad!

I think it is safe to say that the boys had a GREAT time at the splash pad today! There were quite a few kids out there and of course mine is the one running around screaming like crazy with a huge smile across his face! This boy is ALL about getting wet and being outside so this was right up his alley! Afer a couple hours playing, Hannah and I gatered up the boys and had a great lunch at California Grill! Good times and great memories!Look at those buds ! Parker is such a big boy!

"Smile Carter!"

Got him right in the face!

Such a Happy Boy!

He LOVES the water!


No quite sure but I thought this was a hilarious pic!



Look at that smile!

I could just pinch him!

Easter Sunday

"WOW!" is all I have to say! Casen decided that he didn't want to go night night the night before Easter! I put him down at 9:00 p.m. and he woke up at 10:40 p.m. and decided he would stay up until 4:00 a.m. Brett and I thought we would lose our minds. On top of this, we had to get up early to make breakfast at the church. Needless to say, Casen woke up screaming and really didn't stop until we got home from church! He was not in a good mood what so ever! This is why there are no pics of momma or daddy from Easter Sunday! We were absoultely exhausted and didn't want to fight another fight! :) Casen refused to stay in the nursery at church so we took him in to the sactuary, listen to the music, and then left.....he seemed to enjoy the music but we were not brave enough to stay for the sermon! Once we got home, Papa D and Mimi along with help from Brett grilled up some yummy steaks and the kids had an Easter Egg hunt after lunch! Casen was in a much better mood hanging out with his cousins! He slept all the way home from Ellisville and had a good nights sleep!

Church Easter Egg Hunt

These are pics from the Ellisville First Baptist Church Easter Egg Hunt......Casen had a great time hunting eggs and eating lunch with his cousins. He was soooo funny...he learned very quickly to look for the Camo eggs because they had dollar bills in them! My little man keeps surprising me at how fast he is catching on to things these days!

"Money Baby!"

Dying eggs with momma.....fist time for this!

Playdate at our house!

Casen and I had a playdate at our house last week for the first time in a looooong time. It seems like everytime we plan to have a play date, Casen gets sick! Thankfully, that didn't happen this time. He actually waited until the weekend to get sick :(! Anyway, our friends Ellen and Mary Ashley, Nicole and Railey, and Melonie and Hayden all joined us for some fun in the back yard and lunch! The little ones had a ball and we moms had a good time having a little adult conversation! Here are a few pics from our playdate......I didn't get a pic of Mary Ashley because she had to warm up before playing with the rest of the wild children!

First Easter Egg Hunt

Well, this was Casen's first Easter Egg Hunt this year. Our good friends Rebecca and Justin had an Easter Egg Hunt/Breakfast at their house and invited us and all of Casen's best friends! We all had a great breakfast and a wonderful time hanging out and watching the kidos........Casen was not all about the eggs at first, but he caught on pretty quickly. He loved playing with the cars and grilling for up some hot dogs for Mrs. Railey!

22 Months Old

My sweet baby will be turning 2 before I know it! My he is growing so fast and is very, very quickly getting out of that cute toddler stage.....he is starting to look like a big boy now! This past month has been very eventful. Casen just out of the blue started singing a ton of songs! He sings his ABC song from beginning to end (missing only a couple of letters), Jesus Loves Me, Rain Rain Go Away, I Love You (Barney), Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, The wheels on the Bus, and probably more that I just can't think of right now.
One shocker for Brett and me this past month, was that we realized that our little boy knew where our subdivision was located and also where our house was in the subdivision. We learned this by riding past our entrance and Casen started screaming, "Home!" and pointing to our entrance. This was so funny but shocking to Brett and me to know that our baby knows where to go! Also, he always screams Walmart, Target, and Chicken Nuggies (Chick-fil-a) when we pass these stores.
Casen can count to 10 but his favor way to count is by saying 1,2,7,8,9,10.......I guess he feels the 3,4,5,and 6 are just not that important! He is absolutely OBSESSED with any kind of play car, truck, motorcycle, etc. If it has wheels on it, Casen wants it in his hands; regardless, if it belongs to him or not! ha!

Playdate!

This past week, Casen and I got to meet up with our sweet friends from kindermusik! One of the moms has a huge jumpie at her house so she invited us over to let the kids have a good old time! They jumped and jumped until they couldn't jump any more! Here are a few pictures of the sweet babies!Sweet Mommas......Angela and Melonie! Angela is the friend I posted about in a previous post.....she has just finish up about 6 months of chemo and will be undergoing surgery within the next two weeks to rid her body of breast cancer! Melonie and Hayden are Casen and my sidekicks at kindermusik! This is Joanna.....Casen's twin! I swear before his curls were cut off, the two of them looked like brother and sister (twin brother and sister). This is how I imagine my little girl looking if I ever have one! She is just precious and Casen LOVES him some "Johannah!"

Big boy with the trucks.....if there is a truck or ball around, it is going to be in his hand!

Sweet Hayden.....he has the prettiest, natural bleached, blonde hair and sky, blue eyes!

Casen and the Cousins!

Fun at Mimi's with the cousins.........front yard play!

Happy 16th Birthday!

Casen and I helped Des celebrate her 16th Birthday this past week! I can't believe that she is actually 16 years old. It seems like just yesterday that I was wiping her booty and watching her laugh at mom's ceramic cows on the wall! :) She is such a good cousin to Casen....He love his Des tin ye! She even let him help her blow out the candles (he blew one out before time so we had to relight it!) and she played the french horn for him! Sweet, sweet cousins!

Magee by Storm!

My dad decided that he wanted to load the little ones up and go eat lunch at Barry's Fish House in Magee! I had no objections......it was absolutely delicious! After fighting with Casen through the meal and filling up on yummy fish filets, we headed to McDonald's to play on their jungle gym! Casen and Madison had a blast and both of them conked out on the way home! A hard day play is a wonderful thing!

Super Bulldog Weekend!

This is the second year that Brett and I have taken Casen to Starkville for Super Bulldog Weekend! We all had a WONDERFUL time! Shopping, Dining, Visiting with friends, and enjoying the games! Casen was a trooper.....even after falling down 4 concrete steps and skinning his knee. He likes to run from his daddy and me these day so he turned around to run away from Brett not realizing there were steps behind him at the Campus Book Mart. He recovered pretty quickly thank goodness! This was the first time Casen has ever slept in the bed with his daddy and me. The first night was pretty rough with his tossing and turning but he had it down by the second night! He slept to 10:00 a.m.......Brett and I were elated! Casen enjoyed screaming "Go State" at the ballgames and "Maroon/White!" It makes me so happy to be able to take him to the University that Brett and I hold so near to our hearts! I would never try to push him to go to any university, but he will know all about MSU and how his momma and daddy enjoyed their years there!

Favorite Breakfast!

Casen's favorite breakfast now is homemade banana muffins. This is a picture of him taken after he had eaten 4 mini muffins and a ton of fruit! He looks so sweet and up to NO good! ha!

Casen and Railey

Casen and Raily enjoying playing in the water on a beautiful, sunny afternoon!