It's so funny to see him in this seat now that he's so big and long. I can't believe he used to be so tiny and fit right inside of it!
What a sweetie pie!
We love driving through and seeing so many cool animals up close and personal. The zebras were all over the place that day! They just hung out at our car for awhile!
The camels were also pretty interested in the cars that day, too!
Matthew wasn't afraid of too many of the animals at the petting zoo part. JM was NOT having it with this donkey and neither was I. I was pretty scared of most of the animals there, but I wanted to put on a brave face for the boys because I don't want them to be scared!
Even though JM wouldn't pose with the pig, he claims it was his "favorite" animal of the day. He also kept talking about the baby "secrets" and we couldn't figure out what he was meaning...
he was talking about these precious baby PIGLETS! Aren't they so cute!? I loved them!
This peacock was hanging out in the kangaroo pen. We stood there while she fanned her feathers out and it was just beautiful! I'm so glad we got to see it.
The boys also LOVED these baby monkeys. They were pretty cute, I have to admit!
Matthew was into petting most of the animals, even this goat-thing.
They have some pretty big turtles that I think are cool because of all of the geometric shapes on their shells!
And of course, I can't get enough of those CURLS! I love them and I love this sweet little guy.
We had a fun time and ate lunch at our favorite little pizza place, Pioneer Pizza in downtown Gentry. It's super-close to the Safari, so we stop there when we go. It's pretty darn good and they have the best sweet tea outside of Alabama, if I do say so myself. I LOVE their tea! I want some now!
After we ate a late lunch, we walked across the little downtown street to a local resale shop and found a few little pairs of shorts for the boys for like $1 and then I found a tiny little pair of white shoes for my "just in case it's a girl" coming home outfit! It was a perfect Saturday with all my boys!
We have a recent addition to our backyard! We love our new swing set. The boys have had a great time climbing, sliding, and swinging on it!
I have loved having something really fun outside to play with while I work on dinner or lunch inside!
John Michael is now done with his twice-a-week Mother's Day Out. I'm sad and I know he is. He loved going to school SO much and he loved his teachers too! He ended up missing the very last day due to us being at the church storm shelter because of tornadoes until 1:00 am the night before. I hate he missed his last day, but we got in so late and I hated to wake him up and make him go so early!
On one of the last days they had a luau and he made this flower necklace just for me! I love it! The boys really miss each other while JM is at school and on this day JM gave Matthew tons of hugs and kisses when he saw him!
So sweet!
My all grown up 3 year old! He will officially be in preschool next year.
I happened upon the clearance aisle at Wal-Mart and came upon these Medela products. I was SOO happy and I decided to get a really good Medela pump this time around. I've never really had a good one so I was so excited to see that I got it on clearance! Only a women in her 3rd trimester would be this excited about getting such great deals on Medela products.
Also, Jack likes to walk up the ladder (with our help!) and then slide down with the boys. I need to get a good picture of him sliding down! This is also the dog who likes to sled down our driveway with the boys!
John Michael found Jordan's shoes and walked around with them on. It was really sweet!
My grandfather really wanted to get John Michael his first bike, so we got it for him and a matching little Lightning McQueen helmet. He likes it and I know he'll eventually learn how to pedal on it!
Fun times on his new bike!
I have been so blessed to be the Mama of two awesome boys! They are so sweet, precious, and pretty darn cute! I have loved so much about my life the last 3 years and these two are a big part of it.
So far, Matthew is pretty darn big. We just know he's going to be big, tall, dark and handsome! He still has his curly hair and it's looking more and more light brown every day. Matthew looooves his "bubba" and he always is looking for John Michael around the house. It warms my heart so much when they play alone together, or more recently, when they hold hands in their carseats.
Matthew can say SO many words. I can't think of all of them right now. Matthew loves:
-fruit, drinking water, and grain bars!
-playing in the bath, water table, or splashing in the sink.
- to wash his hands and brush his teeth a lot!
-to give hugs and be hugged. He pats my belly, kisses it, and says "baby"!
-He's a great sleeper, but I wish he would sleep in past 6 am. We're working on it!
It has been so fun being the mom to this little guy! He's so sweet and snuggly, but I have to admit that he's pretty destructive a lot of the time, too! He's all boy!
He still has his happy, sweet personality that I knew he had when he was born!
Happy 18 months Matthew!!!
I think the boys had a good time. They got to see lots of animals and they had tons of attention from grandparents and great-grandparetns!
Matthew was tired! I expected him to fall asleep in the car that morning, but he never did. He took a good nap in his stroller while Papaw pushed him!
The boys munched on Whale crackers while we went through the primate house.
I think Uncle Ray was pretty thrilled that Matthew wanted to ride with him in his wheelchair. I think it tickled him that Matthew wanted to sit witih him and eat his crackers up high instead of in his stroller!
We looked at pretty flamingos....
'had a super yummy lunch in a cool African hut...
and saw some new baby storks!
JM wanted to feed swans so I sent Matthew on the train with Uncle Judd.
They all ended up riding the train except Jordan, JM, Papaw, and myself.
JM posed with a gorilla!
I think he was showing us how strong they are!
He got to ring the train bell, which he loved!
And then Matthew wanted in on the action too!
There wasn't nearly enough time to do all the things there that we wanted to do. With little kids you just do your best and do what you can do. It was getting late and they were getting so tired so we had to go ahead and leave, but we could have stayed longer for sure! We'll have to go back next time we go home for a visit! Oddly enough, the whole ride home, neither JM or Matthew fell asleep so it made for a very long and tiresome afternoon!
