We have had a pretty good weekend. Nothing to crazy. Which is nice. Friday night I met the kids and Charlie at a place by our house called Prairie House. It is kinda like Cracker Barrel. The best part about it was that mommy was happy to see Savi had decided to wear a different SHIRT:) Now it was still Hello Kitty, but we will take it:) Man when you have 2 kids, you really learn how to eat fast. I think we sat, ate, and left in the time that some people just arrived and sat down. Some people were there when we arrived and still there when we left. lol Just how it goes. But I still love our family outings. After dinner we went and got ice cream. Both kids love that!

Notice all our crayons and stickers to keep everyone entertained!

More recently we got Savannah a twin bed and her bedding came in. So her room is almost complete. Just a few more things. She is doing great sleeping in it. No problems really. And potty training is still going well. She even told me she needed to go when we got ice cream Friday night, so I took her to the bathroom and she was a big girl and went on the adult potty:) I was very proud. Just still working on poo poo. So difficult for a child sometimes.
On Saturday we just relaxed and did some playing outside. I rigged up a baby slide we had and made a pool slide for Savi. She loved it!


Today we have been relaxing so far and about to leave for the grocery store after baby Charlie gets up from his nap. Hope you are having a great Sunday!

Have you ever been obsessed with anything?

When I was a freshman/sophomore in highschool, I was obsessed with N'SYNC. Loved them like crazy. Your typical teen crazed fan. My friends and I loved them. We went to like 4 concerts and had a whole wall dedicated to them. I am now (and for sometime) obsessed in a healthy way (I think) with butterflies. I don't have any walls dedicated to them. But I just love them. Anything that has them on it, I generally like it. I have clothes, purses, home decor, etc. with butterflies on it. I of course have a small butterfly tattoo.

About 2 weeks ago my dad (papa for the kids) went to Old Navy and got some bucket hats for baby C and a pink Hello Kitty shirt for Savi. We went on vacation right after he got it for her. We slowly learned on vacation that this was the only shirt she wanted to wear. It was vacation, so we went with it. Who cares, lets just enjoy our time type attitude. We have been home for quite a bit and she is still very obsessed with it:) She wants this shirt ONLY all the time. "My pink shirt, my pink shirt" is what she calls it. lol For the first week, we couldn't even get her to take it off for a bath. I went to Old Navy to buy another Hello Kitty shirt and that did not work. She only wants that one. Small tantrums took place just so we could wash it. In the last few days it has been better. We can explain to her we need to wash it. And baths are being taken regularly. Today she even wore a different pink shirt. Small miracle:) I have no idea why she decided to be obsessed with this shirt. But either way, I'm ready for her to wear some of the other clothes mommy spent money on. It is quite hilarious. Papa however feels pretty good about his shopping skills;)

A couple weeks ago we did a girls night at Color Me Mine. It is a paint your pottery type place and then they fire it for you. I decided to paint a sea turtle bank for baby C's room. Savi has a butterfly bank, so I thought this would be a good addition to his room. I like the way it turned out. Now I just need lots of money to fill it!

Before they fired it in the kiln...

After:)

Baby C is clapping like a champ. I love it. What impresses me the most is that I can just say the word clap and he knows what to do. He can wave too:) Love my sweet smart happy boy:)

Right after the fourth, we piled in the car the next morning for our family vacation. Last year we went to a resort outside of Austin and loved it. We decided to go back. It's only about 4 hours away, which is doable with 2 little ones. Anything else is just to long. The resort is just so family friendly and beautiful. We got there late afternoon and went straight to the pool.

The resort has beautiful landscaped gardens. We like to take a family walk after dinner. Savi was big enough to walk it and we pushed Baby C. They have an activities lawn with a giant bean bag toss, life size checkers, and lots of balls/frisbees for use.

They have parrots all over the property. So pretty:)



Bean bag toss with daddy!

The next morning we got up and ate and then headed straight for the beach area. Savannah loved this. Baby C went back pretty quick for a nap. So I stayed with Savi. She and I spent the whole morning together just playing at the beach and then I took her to the pool. It was great mommy/daughter time.
Butterfly...duh:)

kick kick!

Special mommy/daughter time!

Everybody (including daddy) likes to dig in the sand!

Her special beach chair!

What is this???

Love these boys!

The rest of the vacation pretty much consisted of beach, pool, eat, sleep, and do it all again. We have a small kitchen in our room so we brought alot of our own food. Just easier with the baby that way then trying to go out. The resort has tons of stuff going on that there isn't really a need to go anywhere. Everything from s'mores, painting rubber duckies pool side, and other fun arts and crafts. Like I said, super family oriented and fun! We will be back for sure:)

Family photo:)

Playing in the water!

Practicing some of her swim lesson skills! Wall climbing:)


They are my world:)

We spent the fourth out at Charlie's parent's property. They have land and lots of room to spread out. We just hung out for the day and did things like.....

visit the cows

dig in the dirt

run through the sprinklers

swing on the front porch

and just generally be cute:)

Baby C didn't get to stay up for fireworks, but Savannah did. She was pretty excited and enjoyed it a lot! She kept telling me to take pictures! At one point she puts her hands on her face and gasp...."oh wow, it's magical!" such a doll:)

Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday! We are off to Charlie's parents property to spend the day grilling and watching fireworks!

This past week we did swim lessons. I found an awesome teacher and set up to do semi private lessons with our friends at my parents pool. The only trick was I had to do them on my lunch break. She was such a popular teacher, that that was all she had left. I got to her a little late. Anyway, so last week for all 5 days I would hop in my car and go to my parents (luckily they are only 1 miles away) and jump in the pool for swim lessons with Savi then change and go back to work. lol Charlie met me there with the kids everyday. One of us would swim and one would watch Baby C. It has been crazy, but so worth it!

The first day of lessons Savi was terrified of anything to do with going out into the pool. Mommy or no mommy it was not pleasant. We basically had that attitude for 3 days. It was a little rough. She was learning and did everything we asked, but cried through a lot of it. I knew it was best for her to keep going. Thursday was a little less crying and tried a few more things. Friday we met a whole new child. Go figure! She did everything and was suddenly excited about it! Every once in awhile apprehensive but still super willing. AND had fun! I'm so glad we did it. Savi had fun doing it with her friend and it couldn't have been better. I never got any pictures of the lessons, but here are a few after where everyone enjoyed the pool:)

Kicking!

Daddy is so fun!

Blowing bubbles!

Baby C loves the water:)