Weekend with The Moores - Part 2

Blake headed to Rockwall last weekend to help his parents install new flooring in their house. While we all would have loved to go, we didn't think myself and two toddlers would have been very helpful. Blake spent weekend helping complete some of the renovations Nana and Papa have been working on. I think she was a happy Mom on Mother's Day! The kiddos and I headed out to Utopia on Saturday morning to watch Hallie's baseball game. After the game we spent the day at the Moores' house and then went out to eat at Mac & Ernie's to celebrate Mother's Day. It was another great weekend!

Naptime snuggles with Aunt Tanya.

I love how Nannie is always ready to play with the kiddos...

...even on the trampoline!

This 3-year old just convinced Uncle Wayne to change the channel from a hunting show to a cartoon. ;)

I love how much these cousins love each other!

These big cousins are always soo good with Greyson and Addison when the toddler tornado comes to town.

5/13/2017

Muffins With Mom

The kids' daycare hosted Muffins with Mom on Friday morning in celebration of Mother's Day. Greyson was so excited for me to sit at "his table" and eat breakfast with him. :) Being a momma is exhausting, but I wouldn't trade these two munchkins for anything!!

5/12/2017

Weekend with The Moores

When the doctor told me it would take 2 to 8 weeks to recover from walking pneumonia, he was not kidding! While I am over the coughing and most other symptoms, I am still recovering from the lingering side effects. I get short of breath just from walking, my back and sides still ache from coughing so much and I swear it feels like my lungs are heavy! I feel like I was beat up and rolled down a hill! So.... this week it was the Moores to the rescue! Tanya has been offering (persistently like a big sister does) to watch the kids so I could get some rest, so I finally took her up on her offer. (Once she found out Greyson got to spend last weekend with Nannie and Guppy I would definitely be in trouble with her if I didn't!) Tanya, Lilly, Hallie and Grandpa met Blake in San Antonio to grab the carseats and all the kids' gear (I think Tanya forgot how much stuff we travel with!) and then picked Greyson and Addison up a little early from daycare. Greyson was so excited that Aunt Tanya was picking him up! Greyson is still in his extra-chatty phase so they had an interesting ride to Utopia.

While in Utopia, they went to Hallie's baseball game on Saturday morning, played outside and managed to drag all of Lilly and Hallie's toys out. Addison had every ball in the house out. Good thing Aunt Tanya and Uncle Wayne are such a cool aunt and uncle! Both kiddos did great all weekend! Lilly and Hallie are such great big cousins/babysitters and kept the kiddos entertained! We FaceTimed with them once on Saturday evening, but they could barely slow down to talk to us! It was strange last weekend to only have Addison with us when Greyson went to Nannie's, so it was extremely quiet without either of them! Blake and I even went out to dinner two nights in a row! It felt strange not toting kids, a diaper bag and sippy cups along with us. I managed to get some rest and my back felt much better after having a few days free from picking Addison up and chasing toddlers. Thank you Moores and Nannie!

 

Hallie's fan club

Greyson picked a flower for Momma

Wore out!

Can you tell who dressed Addison? Matching "Happy Camper" shirts and pink plaid shorts.

5/6/2017

Shoes!!

It doesn't matter if they're her shoes, Greyson's shoes, my flip flips or Daddy's big ol' shoes, Addison loves to play with shoes! She goes into Greyson's room and comes out wearing his cowboy boots, wears them for about five minutes then goes back for his running shoes, then his slippers, over and over again until we have 10 pairs of shoes tossed all over the house! Matching is optional.

 

Greyson's Weekend with Nannie & Guppy

Nannie and Guppy came to the rescue again! Nannie picked Greyson up bright and early Saturday morning to take him to spend the weekend with them so I could continue to recover from walking pneumonia. She had a full weekend planned and Greyson was excited to be going on a special trip with them. Even though their first planned stop (the train museum) didn't work out, they were on to the Kiddie Park. I think Greyson must have rode every ride there! Airplane, boats, Ferris wheel, horse & buggy, carousel - you name it, he rode it! Next they were off to the train at the zoo and topped the day off with swimming. The next day, they checked out the dinosaur exhibit at the Witte Museum and managed to squeeze in time for an ice cream cone before heading back home. 

While it has been offered several times, this was the first time (other than when we were in the hospital for Addison's birth) that Greyson has spent the night away from us. We were relieved to see him do so well... he didn't even miss us and had so much fun! Nannie offered to take Addison too, but we decided to see how it went with Greyson first. It was strange to only have one kiddo at home, and while we were out running errands it felt even stranger only to have one kid to load and unload in the truck. I felt like I was forgetting something! It was strangely quite without all of Greyson's chatter/singing/whining, but Addison took that opportunity to test out her own voice by screeching and hollering. She thought it was pretty funny and we couldn't help but laugh! When Greyson returned late Sunday afternoon, they were full of snuggles for each other. We definitely missed him but glad he had such a good time with Nannie and Guppy.

Riding the train at the zoo.

Taking a break from helping Momma and Daddy pick out flowers at a nursery.

Picking flowers at a nursery... oops!

Helping Daddy in the garage. She picked out her shoes herself :)

Peek-a-boo!

So happy to be reunited!

4/29/2017 - 4/30/2017

Snapshots

This kid loves shoes, especially Greyson's boots.

She took off running in the other direction when Greyson saw her wearing his boots!

Wearing sandals to bed, why not?

Taking matters into her own hands when Momma isn't fast enough for her bedtime story.

Eek! This kid makes me nervous!

New Playset!

We have been wanting to add a playset to our backyard for the kiddos for a while. Blake has been on the hunt and found a used one for sale in San Antonio. He picked it up over the weekend and our neighbor helped him unload and assemble it. We weren't planning on assembling it that evening, but since I still recovering from walking pneumonia and wasn't much help, we accepted our neighbors help when he offered to stick around and assemble it while Greyson and Addison played with his son. It needs a little cleaning up and a few minor repairs, but Greyson is so excited about his new "castle". Addison has already tried to climb up the ladder solo and got very upset when I had to pry her off. 

Addison is already trying to make her way to the top.

Greyson snacking on some Goldfish in his "castle", and Addison attempting the ladder again.

4/23/2017