Hungary hungary hippo!

This boy never stops eating. NEVER. He never seems to be satisfied and always wanting more. I feel like I spend a majority of my day standing in the pantry or fridge getting him something to eat. Lucky for us he isn't picky at all and he'll eat whatever we throw at him. I'm really terrified of his teenage years....

Here's a few pictures of him eating on pizza night - a night loved by all, but especially by this lil man! =)

Rapunzel

This is not a technically good picture, but I really really love! I tend to love pictures that have a story behind them. I had just finished taking a break-out session class by AW (such an AMAZING class by the way) and grabbed my camera and took Alexis to a grassy hill in our neighborhood to start practicing what I had learned. Luckily she was in the mood too! =) She had this whole conversation with me about how she wanted a Princess Rapunzel birthday party with chocolate cake and a rainbow on her cake, but of course she wants it in Disney World! She's a character.

Stop-and-smell-the-flowers

My stop-and-smell-the-flowers boy. At just 14 months old he is busy playing and getting into everything, but he always stops and just stares at things with the most curious look on his face. It's as if he stops for a moment to take life in. On this morning he was laying in Alexis' bed reading stories together and he stopped to look out the window for awhile. Just watching the light come in. He is one very special boy and I'm so lucky to be his mama.

Did I click it up a notch? July

Here is my favorite picture that I took in July! I love detailed shots of my kids.

I spy with my little eye...

Tie-Dye

This was another activity on our summer bucket list. I found this awesome kit on Pinterest that's supposed to make the colors really vibrant. Cory bought it for me. What a great man he is. =) I ran out to Hobby Lobby and bought the kids some shirts and decided to buy Cory and I some shirts too. He wasn't very happy. Ha! We decided to do the actual tie-dying in the afternoon since that's when Paxton would be napping. Unfortunately we picked a day that was 102 degrees outside. So in our backyard where there is no shade we got our tie-dye on. We were hot, sweaty and cranky. BUT the shirts turned out AWESOME! I wanted to get a family picture of all of us in our tie-dye, Cory wasn't having any part of it. I love those groovy kids of mine!

More swimming!

We are all loving our neighborhood pool this summer! We've spent about 90% of our time there. Allie and Haylie were able to join us for a day of swimming! Haylie and Paxton are only 5 days apart, they're buddies. Aren't they so cute?

Friends, Pictures, Chairs and Water World!

What a crazy busy week we had! (I feel like I say that every week, especially in the summer time). We started our week off with swimming lessons. 5 whole weeks of getting Alexis to the pool by 9:50 for her 30 minute lesson is now over! Wahoo! I'm surprised by how much she learned though. She is almost swimming completely on her own. She is our fish!

           
                                            (Alexis with her candy and book after swimming lessons)

Shannon, Shai and Q decided to meet us at the pool after swimming lessons so the kids could get some much needed play time in. Alexis was really missing her Shai. We always enjoy spending time with them!

                                       
                                                                   (Shai and Alexis)

The most exciting part of my week was picking up the pictures of Alexis' 1st Dance Recital. I can't wait to frame them and display them for all to see. We're so proud of her.

                                                           (isn't she cute?)

Cory bought a digital under-water camera that I am absolutely in love with! No more having to take my big expensive camera to the pool! It arrived via UPS at 5:00PM on Tuesday. We wasted no time in throwing on our swimming suits and heading to the pool to test out our new camera. What fun we had!

         
                                                    (Here are my favorite pics from that night!)

I'm a little obsessed with Pottery Barn - Pottery Barn Kids to be exact. I ordered their "anywhere chairs" a few weeks ago and had the kids' names put on them. They are perfect! Paxton loves his and used it more as a climbing wall than a chair, but it has brought him hours of entertainment and laughs. A double win!

WATER WORLD! At the beginning of summer I made a "Summer Bucket List" full of fun things that we wanted to do this summer. We've had this one on the calendar for awhile now. We kept debating if we should bring Paxton or not. Paxton is slowly warming up to the water but still gets quite upset when water touches his face. Luckily we choose to leave him home with the babysitter! Alexis had mommy and daddy all to herself for a full day, she loved it. She wasn't tall enough to go on everything but tall enough to go on most things. She is our dare-devil and wanted to go on everything. We let her. She loved one slide called "Monkey Buisness" and Cory and I had to take turns taking her down it, several times. By the end of the day she told me she wanted to live at Water World. Love that girl!

                                                 (Alexis and I on "Monkey Buisness")