May 30 - Beginning of Chad and Emily's Wedding Weekend!

Me, Emily, Beth and Becky at the bridal luncheon the day before the wedding. After living with 3 boys for so long, Becky finally has 3 girls!


The rehearsal dinner was a tailgate theme...Missouri (Emily's family) and Tennessee (Chad's family). So we all wore orange to support our VOLS!!!



Emily and Chad...the bride and groom!



Brady, Anderson and I went back to the hotel around 10:30 central time to go to bed. This is what Anderson looked like...exhausted and crying. Brady on the other hand was awake and ready to party some more! However, he quickly fell asleep after this picture.

Memorial Day Fun!

Brady loves to be outside and one of his favorite things to do is water plants and flowers. Mimi planted flowers and Brady watered them!



Anderson sleeps most of the time, but here is a rare moment when we caught him smiling!


Brady has also learned how to open the refrigerator door and this particular time he found Mimi's blueberry dessert. It had saran wrap over the top, so he just stuck his finger down in it and started helping himself! Needless to say we couldn't be mad because it was just so cute!

Tubing on the S.S. Parkie!

Out on the lake in Knoxville! Eric and I got to spend some time on Brandon and Beth's boat and the guys went tubing! This is Eric and Chad before they went out.

Later Eric and Brandon went tubing and it was going well until Beth's driving threw them for a loop!

Everyone was okay, and it made for a great picture!

The beginning of Memorial Day weekend...

One of the only family pictures we have! We went to Knoxville for Memorial Day weekend and this was at Eric's cousin's wedding. And outside is where we stayed! Brady and Anderson just thought it would be nice to talk and cry during the wedding...so we played outside till it was over!

Brady has a few people that he talks about constantly and his Uncle Chad is one of them! It's no surprise why Brady loves him!

Brady loves to "help" his Mimi make breakfast on the weekends!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Today was my 3rd Mother's Day and I feel so blessed to be called a mother. I have had a few great people in my life that have taught me how to be a good mother, including my mom and my grandmother. So, Happy Mother's day to them!

Today was also Anderson's first visit to church AND the first time I've seen him REALLY smile! (meaning, not because he was gassy!)

Here are my two reasons for celebrating this day!

Our little boy is 2!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADY!!!

May 2 was Brady's 2nd birthday and we had a small party with family and Brady's friend Ethan. We grilled out and played in the backyard. Brady's big surprise from us was this sand/water table. He and Ethan played for a long time and we ended up with a sand/water mixture by the end of the party!

Opening presents!

Brady LOVES M&M's so we made a cake and topped it with them. He started picking them off and eating them before we started singing Happy Birthday!

Our family...minus Anderson, he was sleeping in someone's lap I'm sure!

His Mamaw gave him this bubble mower and that is all he talks about! He loves watching Daddy mow the grass and so now he can help! EVERYDAY we get the mower out and play!

My boys! This was a rare moment that we got Brady to sit still long enough to take a picture, much less smile too!

















Brady really tries to "help" with Anderson's baths and thinks it's really funny to see Anderson pee pee in the water!