4 Years

Four years ago today I married high school sweetheart and love of my life! I feel so blessed to have found him so young, and we have had 11 amazing years together, 4 of them as a married couple, and one amazing child...I am so thankful to have such an incredible man in my life...Happy Anniversary to my hubby Chris, I love you and I look forward to all the years and adventures we have ahead of us!

"grow old with me, the best is yet to be"

2 1/2!

I can't believe my little man is 2 1/2, I am loving every single minute of this fun age! I wish I could freeze time and keep him like this forever! He is a ball of energy like his mama and he sure keeps me movin'!
Here is what the little man is up to!

He is a nonstop talker, he can pretty much say anything and everything now and his cute little mouth never stops moving!

His favorite thing to do now is bounce on our trampoline outside! He and daddy bounce out there all weekend!

He has a smile that lights up a room!

He is in size 3 clothes!

His very favorite foods right now are pancakes, cheeseburgers, blueberries, mashed potatoes, turkey sandwiches, pizza, bananas, and of course mac n' cheese!

He says his prayers every night and at the end always says "and I love you Jesus", yes it melts me heart.

He is really loving playing soccer...definitely going to get him playing as soon as they'll let us!

He can count to 20, skipping maybe 1 or 2 of the numbers every now and then!

His hair is still white blonde!

He is a little fish, he loves everything water..he jumped right into the ocean and started splashing and swimming! Excited to start his swim lessons at my in-laws pool this summer!

Why does he look so old here??

He's still sleepin' like a champ, 8 to 8 every day!

His favorite show these days is Jake and the Neverland Pirates and The Fresh Beat Band!

He loves painting and drawing!

He loves wrestling with his daddy every day when he gets home from work!

He still has chubby cheekers and silly cheese smile!

He is so kind hearted, always telling everyone he loves them and giving hugs and kisses!

He loves chocolate milk!

He lovess going to the park, Piedmont is his fav!

He loves loves his bath time!

He is really loving playing out on his water table these days!

And he starts preschool in 4 short months, not ready to share him!!

He is an angel boy and I'm so blessed that I get to call him mine and spend every day watching him blossom!

It's only getting more and more fun with age! Happy 2 1/2 sweet boy!

Easter 2012.

Easter this year was so much fun for Joshua!...he really understood that the Easter bunny was coming and going to bring him a basket full of goodies...he kept saying "mommy, where Easter bunny go?"...we headed over to STM for a wonderful Mass with my mom and step-dad (note we went to the kids mass and Joshua had a little meltdown along with every other kid in there)...but we still made it through the whole thing! Then we enjoyed brunch with my mom and step-dad and then headed over to my in-laws like we do every year for a kids Easter egg hunt and dinner...the holidays are just getting more and more fun every year :)

                                                         he sure loved the chocolate bunny.

                                                           My silly egg-heads :)

                                                              the kids waiting for the hunt..

beach fun & two weeks from home.

So we are finally back home and settled in after 2 weeks away, so much fun but we sure are happy to be home...we got back from the beach last thursday and then our house was in the middle of getting painted (our entire downstairs and trim)...needless to say it was pretty smelley, so we stayed over at my in-laws from last thursday until yesterday...it sure is nice to finally be home and settled in and not living out of our suitcases...our house was so nice to come home to freshly painted and all warm and pretty! I'll post pics of the new paint and Easter soon!

The beach trip was an absolute blast..the little man sure was in complete heaven, he ran out from our room onto the beach every morn to splash int he waves..can't wait to go back next year and continue our tradition of going with my dad and fam the week before Easter...here are some pics of our fun trip to Vero Beach!

                                                          i didn't mind waking up to this every morn..

                                                           they sure slept hard..

                                                                he LOVED the ocean!

                                                         my handsome boys.

                                                        Joshua with his uncle joey and uncle jonathan.

                                                                joshua with my dad and brother.

                                              he loved baseball on the beach with the boys.

                                                 

                                                sand castle fun.

                                            byebye Vero beach, we had a blast...until next year!

Byebye ATL Hellooo FLA!

If you need me, you can find me here for the next 7 days...

Yes, I'm a bit excited for this getaway...we're packing up our car and heading to Vero Beach tomorrow...

waterfront house, toes in the sand...relaxation time with my boys...ahhhh!

see ya next week blog friends! :)

It's The Little Things..

My sweet hubby left me this on the coffee maker this morning...

I had told him one of my Pinterest finds called the "I Love You Because" board a few weeks ago that I wanted to make for us...and so he did this..

it's the little things that make me smile the most.

Yellow River Game Ranch, FUN!

Oh My did we love this place! We went this morning and met "Miss Ali" as Joshua calls her and the kiddos for some fun at at Yellow River Game Ranch and it was a blast!! This was our first time going and what a hit it was...it's only about 15/20 mintures from our house in Stone Mountain tucked away, never knew it was there! It's just a big trail that goes in a big circle of all different animals to feed and pet...You just bring along some carrots, crackers, and apples and you're all set to feed them!...(they also sell it there too for cheap if you don't have any at home!)
The boys were in heaven! Joshua ran ahead of me the whole time screaming "mommy look at this one animal" and then "hurry mommy come come!"..he was hillarious he was so excited!

 He absolutely loved the deer which we saw first when we walked out on the trail..they were so sweet and came up and let you pet them...it took him a second to understand they weren't going to trounce on him, and then he was saying "awww I love you dear"..sooo stinkin' cute!

 They were so sweet and came right up to us!

 Love his face when he laughed so hard when they took the food!

The donkey's were my favorite they were adorable!

Just hanging out, precious.

He LOVED the pigs..they were his very favorite!

His cute little cheekers were so flushed from running around nonstop, he was so excited.

And "come mommy come!" ahead of me the whole time, I couldn't keep up :)

 He loved the bunnies so much!

 These little one's were so tiny and cute!

 He was telling this bunny "I love you, I take you home"...he tried to pick him up to take him with us crack me up!

We absolutely loved Yellow River Game Ranch! It's just a great alternative to Zoo Atlanta because the kiddos can walk the trail and roam and you don't have to worry about losing sight of them or them running off...we strolled through and barely anyone was there so nice...Can't wait to go back soon!