A Beautiful Spring Day!

Briggs is here today and both her and Kellan love to be outside.  It seems like a lot of days that she is here are rainy or too windy and cold to play outside.  Today just happens to be perfect and we spent a lot of our morning in the backyard swinging, golfing, and riding in the wagon.  Here are some pictures from our morning.

While Briggs was swinging, this little boy was having a blast in the backyard fountain.

He was getting himself soaked...

but if you could have heard the happy shrieks and giggles you would have a hard time making him stop too.

I think we are going to need a sprinkler for this summer :)

Kellan usually loves to swing but not today.  He didn't like that Briggs was out in the yard playing without him.

Briggs playing a round of golf.

He is definitely Michael's child.  Pretty sure this is not safe.

And he's at it again...why is standing so much more fun than sitting?

I can usually get him to say "cheese!"  :)

I definitely got my workout for today.  We went all around the front and backyards and a couple of the streets around our house.  They had so much fun!  There was all kinds of laughing, humming, and dancing going on whenever I turned around.  They were both fascinated by every car and truck that we passed.

Flashback to last summer.  I cannot believe how much Kellan and Briggs have grown and changed.  It actually makes me sad to think that they are not babies anymore :(  Here is the link to the post that I did on these two back in September.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day a day early at an oyster roast.  There are not many foods that I love more than a good oyster.  I love them raw the best but I can't have them while I'm pregnant so I settled for the steamed.  Michael and I both ate waaaaay too many and Kellan even had one or two.  He was more into the fried fish, cornbread, and hush puppies though.  Kellan had an awesome time throwing sticks into the woods with another little boy that he met named Benjamin.  

Less talking daddy...just point me to the food...

He hadn't found any food yet but he did find his Great Papa :)

Don't even THINK about taking my fish or cornbread

This was our fourth or fifth pile...I lost count somewhere during the eating...

This little boy LOVES to be outside and he had such a good time running around and exploring...thank goodness Gigi and Carol were there to chase him so that Michael and I could spend more time eating :)

Playing with Benjamin in the leaves...he loves finding older kids to play with and he is not shy at all.  If he spots another child, he just walks right over and joins in whatever they are doing.  I even saw him take a few swipes at poor Benjamin with a stick!  Where does he get this behavior from???!!

Of course I have to have a little St. Patrick's decor around the house!  Its not much but its the little things that make me happy :)

My Skittles rainbow creation...thank you Pinterest :)

What holiday is complete without seasonal dish towels?

And to finish up this post here is my little leprechaun from last St. Patrick's Day.  It breaks my heart to see how much he has grown up in just one short year :(

I hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day and at the very least I hope you wear a little green!

Weekend at Mimi and Papa's House

Kellan and I spent the weekend with my parents a couple of weeks ago.  My sister and brother-in-law had gone on a cruise so my nephew and niece were staying at Mimi and Papa's house.  We hadn't seen anyone from my family since Christmas so we decided to go visit while Owen and Eden were there too.  The cousins had so much fun but my mom and I were worn out.  Owen is 3, Kellan is 16 months, and Eden is 14 months.  Those three together means someone always needs to be changed, pulled out of the toilet, fed, entertained, read to, put down for a nap, bathed, or just snuggled.  They definitely kept us busy even though we just hung around the house.  Getting those three packed up and loaded into the car seemed more trouble than it was worth so we just let them play and watch movies.  Here are a few pictures from our weekend.

The iPad and the iPhone were very popular this weekend.  Kellan loves to watch Elmo videos and click from app to app.  It is amazing to me what he already knows how to do...he's an expert "swiper" already.

Watching the Cars "moodie" with Owen.  Kellan was fighting a nap but he refused to give up.

Snuggling with Scout didn't even make him give in to sleep.  Yes he is wearing Santa pj's in March.  If it fits, we wear it...just not in public :)

I was giving Kellan a bath and Eden was all but jumping in with her clothes on.  I'm not kidding, this girl was hanging over the side.  She played in the back while I gave Kellan a bath and then Mimi took over.

"Excuse me.  He's splashing me."

"Oh hey girl...how long have you been back there?"

Playing "Go Fish!" with Mimi.  Eden was good at catching fish...

Kellan insisted on "fishing" his way.

"You guys are making this way too hard.  Just pick them up with your hands!"

Eden sneaking a hug sitting in Papa's old rocking chair.

Kellan rocking and watching T.V.

Eden started off being completely willing to share her goldfish...here she is handing Kellan a fish.

Until someone got a little greedy...

and just started to help himself.  Poor Eden.  Look at that face.  "Can't someone stop this kid.  He's eating all of my fish!"

Mimi gave Kellan a bath the next night and he got the full salon treatment.  He got all lotioned up and his hair dried and styled.  He's thoroughly enjoying himself :)

And one picture with Papa before bedtime.  I wish I had time to use my camera to get a better picture but with these three you just have to grab whatever is available.  No one stays in one place long so I just used my phone while the opportunity was there.

We had so much fun and can't wait to see everybody Easter weekend in Charleston, SC...and especially Aunt Jessie and Uncle Shannon since we missed them this time!

Christmas at Mimi and Papa's House :)

Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning at Mimi and Papa's House (my parents)...

Wrapping Papa's present at our house a few days before Christmas...he's never going to guess what it is!

This Christmas we were lucky enough that it fell in the middle of the week!  This gave us more down time with Mimi and Papa with no where to be for a day or two...here are Eden and Kellan enjoying a little cracker picnic in the living room.

Papa with all of the grandchildren :)

Kellan stealing Eden's scooter...she is not happy...he's a pushy little guy :/

Observing Eden's bath time...I kept waiting on him to fall in...he loves a bath...

Then finally it was Christmas morning...mommy and daddy were waiting patiently on Kellan to wake up...

All of his toys from Santa waiting to be discovered...

Mimi and Papa's tree

Please bear with Michael's shaky videoing...

After little sleepy head woke up, he immediately ran straight to Owen's big boy toys!  We finally convinced him to come over and play with his own.

He was not interested in opening any more toys...he wanted to sit with papa instead.

Notice behind me that Kellan has gotten his hands on Owen's light saber and is in the process of attacking the tree :)

So excited about his Tag, Jr. from Aunt Jessie and Uncle Shannon :)

He didn't want to open his own presents but he was all about helping Papa with his...

These two are always eating...I love the look Eden is giving him...

Owen checking out Papa's new fishing pole from us :)

After he got on his new 4 wheeler he didn't want to get off...

Mommy stealing a kiss on those chubby cheeks and showing him his new red shirt :)

Cruising through the living room 

Me, my mom, and sister in our traditional matching pj's

and of course we had to take one with the babies in their matching pj's

Helping papa drive his truck...

Typical boy...he loves trucks and tractors!

We brought him outside to ride his 4 wheeler but he hadn't quite gotten the hang of it yet.  He kept dragging his feet and not holding the button down long enough...it took a little practice but he's finally gotten it now :)