Day 5

This morning was a typical morning at home.  

Morning Walk.  Check.

Playing outside with tools "fixing" stuff.  Check

Watering the hydrangeas so they stay pretty.  Check.

Giving our cars and trucks a wash. Check.

Corn Dog for lunch, an episode of Bubble Guppies, and Mommy doing her best to get ready while keeping up with Banks rounds off the morning.

We decided to go to the Fire Station so Banks can see a real Fire Truck.  He LOVES fire trucks.

He was a little timid at first, but slowly warmed up.  The fireman was so nice and encouraged him to touch and feel the trucks, gear, and explore.

He even got to "DRIVE" the firetruck!

After the Fire Station, we went to Dillard's.  Daddy picked out a new shirt and Banks got some new shoes.

Gotta look just like Daddy (as if he doesn't already enough!) 

Aren't my new shoes the best?

Next stop, Nancy's Italian Ice.  It is this super fine shaved ice.  They offer lots of different flavors.  I got strawberry-lemon and it was yummy.  

Bryan got chocolate ice cream layered with chocolate Italian ice.  a.k.a.  "The Fancy Nancy"

The Sir got a good ole fashioned ice cream cone. 

Yes, I am still here, just doing what they do.  I went to the fire station, and to Dillard's, and to ice cream place.....and did not make a peep.   I sleep, drink my bottle, and just look around.  People make a complete fuss over me because I am so cute and sweet.  My big brother was pushing my stroller around Dillard's SO fast that some of the men working in there were cracking up laughing.  My Mommy was chasing Banks and asking him to slow down.  It was super FUN!  I can't wait to be big enough to do all of the fun stuff too!  Thank you Tara for the outfit!

Day 4

We are getting less eventful as the week goes by.  We went on a walk.  These babies love the new stroller.  I think we have already logged about 50 miles on it in just 2 weeks. 

We had a lazy day at home in the morning, followed by long naps and then an afternoon trip to the pool.

We meet up every Thursday with the Henderson family to let the boys play.  Banks and Blevins love playing with the cars in the shallow end.

Yes, as posted earlier, this is the best baby.  Nothing changes here.  Just being precious and perfect.

Banks LOVES the hamburgers at Wynlakes. (so do Mommy and Daddy!)

We were excited to see Miss Allison (our sitter) and her Mom.

Banks was too busy to get out of the water but all the way home, he kept asking "where Allison go? Where Allison go?"

We headed home around 7:30 p.m. and crashed!

Day 3

Day 3 got off to a crazy start!  Terminex was at our door at 7 to spray inside.  Followed by the tree cutting service that Bryan hired.  They were here all day, chopping down 9 trees in all.  We left Casey inside. 

We got on the road at 8:45 but had to stop by the local Chrystler Dealership to pick up my car from being serviced yesterday.  When we got there, they had taken out the carseats! ugh!  

We get on the road and the securtiy system calls and the alarm at the house has gone off.  (Casey must have been freaking out over the chain saws and jumped on a piece of furniture...because she does not set if off if she is walking or laying down).

We take care of that and then we get on the road. 

We see a horrible wreck on I-85 which had happened about 1-2 minutes before.

Needless to say, we finally made it to the lake. 

We met a realtor to look at a few cabins.  No, we are not buying anything now...just thinking about it for a few years down the road.  Bryan does not know as much about Lake Martin as I do so it was good for him to see some properties and get a feel for the lake.  

We met my parents at Kowliga Restaurant.

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Banks loved loved loved the turtles and fish.

"Oh, I see fish!!! down deah...in da wa-wa"  

Good thing Nana does not eat the top of her bun...the turtles certainly loved it.

We got back to Montgomery and rested for a bit while the boys slept.

I went to work out and we went to bed!

Not as eventful as yesterday, but we are getting out of the house which is a huge improvement from my life of the past several weeks.

Day 2

Day 2 of Daddy's week off started off at the Wynlakes Pool (a.k.a one of this guy's favorite spots).

Please excuse the poor photo quality.  We only took our phones and they are not as quick as the Rebel.

This is THE MOST precious baby in America.  Did I mention that this precious slept last night from 10:00-6:00 a.m. in his crib?   Truly, a perfect baby in my opinion.  

Tonight we took Banks to his first baseball game.  He LOVES baseball and can really hit the ball well. Uncle "Mike" Johnston brought this hat to us this weekend and Banks wore it most of the game, until he was sweating so bad (90 degrees) and he finally took it off.

He was so proud of his ticket.

Can we get a shot of him looking at the camera?  I don't think so.

...oh maybe...but it cut me off...  (ticket still in hand).

Ok, well Daddy is looking good and at the camera....Banks...not so much...but he still has his ticket!

Perfect shot of the back of his head.  

He ate the hot dog, of course.

I was a sucker and bought this adorable mini bat for him.  He loved it SO much he put the ticket down and held on to the bat the remainder of the game. 

Another fun day!  Stay tuned for tomorrow!

Week with Daddy, Day 1

Bryan is off this entire week. YAY!!!!

We have a fun week planned full of activities with our boys.  

Today, was the Zoo.    We had a great hour (so sad...) at the Zoo before the blinding rainstorm started.  Here is what we did.

First stop, the train.  It is a huge hit with Banks.

We decided to head up to the Africa exhibit next.  Banks loved getting to feed the giraffes.

Look at that little hand peeking through the fence.  Oh I love those squishy fingers.

Ummm..do you see those clouds?  Not good, I tell ya.  

Bryan is gearing up for his Elk hunt next year and so I had to get a photo of him in front of "North America".  Ha!

We have watched these brothers from the time they were born at the Birmingham Zoo.  They were just tiny cubs up there for a long time and when they were old enough to leave their Mom, 2 of the males came to the Montgomery Zoo.  They are getting so big.

They wind and thunder got them frisky and we loved watching them wrestle and play.

Next it was a mad dash for shelter to wait it out.  It slacked off enough for us to get to the car.  

I was sad our day was cut short but what we were able to do was super fun.

Tomorrow, pool in the morning and Banks is going to his first Montgomery Biscuits baseball game at night !

Reid's First Trip to Church

We went to Church today for the first time since Reid was born.  It was fun crazy getting all of us ready  but we made it on time.  We had to get a few photos before we left.  These are the best photos of the boys I could get! 

Look at this angel ready for Church.  Thank you Lori Barber for my adorable gown!!!!

I like Mike

Bryan's brother, Michael, came to visit Saturday night and we had a very nice visit.  Banks was pretty much obsessed with "Mike".  He brought Banks some new super cool tools (HUGE hit) and played with him.  Every time Michael would leave the room, Banks would say "where Mike go?"  "where Mike go?"

He wanted to know where he was first thing this morning when he woke up too!  So cute.

Michael got to meet Reid too.

Banks wanted "Mike" to read Little Blue Truck to him before bed.

Just Being Precious

Look at this precious boy!  

Just alert as can be after his bath.

Maybe...just maybe...are we trying to smile!???  I know it's behind there somewhere!!

NOPE, still Mr. Serious.

But how cute is he?

We had a very good day today.  Little cutie was the perfect baby today.  He did not cry at all, he was alert and content when he was awake and he took 2 naps in his room in his crib...2 hours each!  Candace and Campbell came for a visit too.  Oh, and we went on a stroll in our new double BOB.  All in all, a wonderful day around here!