SCHOOL DAYS!

Poor Cason has had some rougn days at school those first couple weeks...got some serious seperation anxiety going on! One day when I picked him up from school, he looked like this...so sad they said he cried alot that day! Ummm, yea, I could tell! He actually turned out to be sick that night so that was part of it. However, I am happy to report that he has been doing great lately, yesterday no tears at dropoff AND the teachers said he had a GREAT day! (Well, until nap time, I forgot his blanket and he couldn't sleep...I have managed to get both of my children SUPER attached to their blankets! HA!

This is Finley on her first day of Preschool at her new school! She goes T, W, Th...and she LOVES it! I was nervous about her going 3 days but lately she has been upset on Friday mornings when she doesn't get to go again! Ha, that is a great thing! She has a lovely teacher Miss Denise and Finley loves being her little helper! Her vocabulary is so amazing, if she is in the right mood and you can get her to jabber about school, I find out the most interesting things! Like which kid was being "annoyming" that day cause he wouldn't obey the teacher! HA!

Cason's 1st day of "school"/MDO

Today was hard. My LITTLE man had his first day of Mother's Day Out. I know, I know...He seems so little to be going...Finley went at 14 months and seemed tiny then. So now sending him at just over 10 months was really hard. I know that it will be good and I have to work and he isn;t much help at the store...but still hard...especially when he is so attached to momma or maybe it is the other way around. :) Anyway, he is adorable, see for yourself.


This just melts me...so glad Chris caught this pic with his phone! These two really, really love each other and this morning Finley was teaching Cason how to sleep on his napmat for when he went to school today! And when I told Finley I was sad cause I thought Cason was gonna cry at school today she said, "It's ok mom...I'll just stay in his class with him!"
Seriously, my kids are awesome...two amazing little souls, living in my house! Thank you Lord, how did I get so lucky?!?!

Inspiration

Haven't been blogging, which makes me sad cause I feel like life is flying by so quickly lately and I want to remember more details. But life feels crazy again and I feel too wiped out each night to have inspiration to blog. Having a baby, a toddler, a maternity boutique, a children's boutique, and a husband is proving to be quite the task for this little woman! Most days feel kinda crazy but also feel like this is a season of life where I am learning more than I can explain. Mostly I just learn that I am utterly dependent each day on God's Grace. That's all I have for tonite, I am tired, last one in bed again! Blessings!

Finley is 3

I have no idea how it happened but somehow we have a 3 year old! Finley turned three, July 10th and we had a great weekend with lots of family and friends to help us celebrate our sweet girl. She really wanted a princess party & cake so that is what she got. So funny she is in such a girly phase, really won't wear anything except dresses and is WAY into princesses. It is funny to watch especially since we haven't encouraged the princess thing but everyone told us just wait, she will find it on her own and boy has she! It is so sweet, she only refers to her dad as "prince" when she is in character.
On Saturday, her actual birthday, we went to Chuck E Cheese for lunch and celebrating and then on Sunday we had her party. Lots of friends came and we had a great time with a bouncy house (borrowed from a friend), princess cake, and REALLY yummy food. We worked our butts off and big thanks to KK, Alissa, Pam & Alison who were all here to help...it takes a village and this day that was so true!

Cason is at such a great age...so wanting to interact and he is full of smiles! And I know I am biased but seriously he has the BEST smiles! He loves to play with his sissy and with mom and dad and mimic our sounds! He is BUSY, BUSY...very different than his sister, always into something and so fast. Chris thinks he has some serious Schields in him and will be a good wrestler...just this morning he said, "man that kid can get out of any hold!"

Finley's 1st Movie & One Really Great Daddy!

We took Finley to her first movie in a theater on Father's Day...Toy Story 3! We loved it and so did she, just delighted, it was SO much fun! She did cry during the loud intense previews before though and said she wanted to go home but had to explain that that wasn't the movie and it would be over soon. She did great, sat SOO still and was just enthralled with every moment. Funny thing is a few days later I overheard her playing pretend with an imaginary someone, (probably Connor) and she said, "Ok, we are gonna go to a movie! The first part will be scary but you just sit still and then you get to watch the real movie!" :)

My kids are so lucky! They have such a great daddy! This was, "ummm, daddy will you put ALL of my hairclips in my hair." Of course it was while they were watching soccer together too! He is so good with them and I love watching him delight in our chidren and teach them! I am just so thankful for such a great husband and father to my kids! Don't want to ever take that for granted... what a huge gift Chris is to my life!

Mobile CD!

Ok, so this video was taken when we were on our beach vacation, been meaning to post it...however, this video is NOTHING like what he is doing now. In the past week Cason has gone into lightning speed...he is crawling fast and PULLING UP ON EVERYTHING...he loves to climb and now suddenly my whole house feels dangerous. OH BOY...these male versions of babies are a whole different deal, aren't they?!?!
Anyway, here is the beginning stage of Cason crawling. It is so cute, kinda like his own version of the worm. He really uses his little toes to push off...I can't believe how fast he is already at 7.5 months old REALLY FAST!

Ahh, the beach!

Finley was so fun to play with, she LOVED the pool and did great on the beach, still has to warm up to the ocean but as the week went on she did get braver. And she made sure to tell everyone she saw all about it. She is certainly not too shy to talk to others...does it all the time! HA!

We just got back from a lovely beach vacation with Grammy & G-Daddy. We were in Seaside, Florida area and had so much fun at the beach with the kids. It was great to just be away and have days filled with swimming, relaxing, playing and eating great food! We LOVED it, what a blessing. Thanks Doug and Pam!!

NEW CAR!!

Hooray...so excited about my new car...to be completely honest this is the EXACT car I have been secretly building online for the last 2 years!!! I LOOOVE IT! I am so thankful for this amazing gift...I had been very patient driving around that dang jeep forever...thanks honey!

This is our good friend, Kirk, the night we got it! I love this picture...he is giving us his best, "What?!? Umm, hell yea!" face! It is fun to have such great friends to share stuff like this with, friends that get as excited as you are for great things in life! BLESSING!!

Woops!

Ok, wow, it has been too long. So, I am realizing that when you go too long without blogging, you don't know where to start, so you just keep putting it off. Kinda like the thing I do with my ironing or my filing...til my mom comes and kicks my butt in gear! So I have a million things to share but gotta start somewhere. So here we go! Here are a few fun new things and happenings in our life: