Bring on Spring!

Finally this weekend we get a little taste of Spring, and then what do you know- more cold weather. We took total advantage of the nice warm outdoors this weekend and enjoyed the budding tulip trees! Check out what I did to my front door! Chase made me this wreath out of a vine from the farm, and I stuck tulip flowers in it for decoration! How Martha Stewart of me you say? Well they wilt after 24 hours and I still have them hanging outside on my door. My green thumb is getting better however, as I have managed not to kill my orchid after a month of ownership- yay! The strawberry plants I planted though were eaten by none other than you know who- Bryant. Well, he just thought they might taste good even though they hadn't grown yet. Ill try again with that one some other time. The high today is supposed to be 68- we'll see. I'm suspicious of mother nature at this point.

11 months!

I dropped the ball and didn't post 11 month old pics, so here they are:

Raughley has taken a few first steps, the first being on March 6th when we were out of town in Jackson, so Chase saw those, but then the next have happened over the past two weeks, very slowly, as he is still a little unsure of himself. It's so cute to see him toddle towards you though and then plop on his bottom!

He loves to dance to music, as seen in the video below.

He is eating a TON- and when he doesn't sleep through the night, we have to let him cry it out for almost a half hour- brutal, but necessary- remember that for baby #2 one day.

I can't believe we have only 3 weeks left until he is 1 year old!!! This time has flown by faster than I could have imagined!!

The Boy's Got Moves

He's taking after his mother and getting his groove on to music- little dancin machine!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my wonderful Mother's birthday!!! I hope you have a great day- I love you so much!

Crummies!

I forgot to post these pics a while back, where Raughley and Wyatt are thoroughly enjoying a magic muffin at the park- could they make a bigger mess?  We laugh because they are such boys- we can't imagine a little girl eating like this at the park.  But I love it- he's all boy for sure!

Good thing he's learned how to brush his teeth- all two of them!  It's actually one of his favorite things to do, we have to pry the toothbrush away from him when he's done.

What else have we been up to you ask?

Oh just the usual, riding in shopping carts

Hanging out with Uncle William 

Playing on four wheelers

And having a good old time on the beach with mom!

And these were too precious- I had to share...

Animals, Animals

First of all, no idea why the counter to the left says, "meet local singles".  It's not an ad, and if you click on it, it takes you to the counter website, not a dating website- it's weird.  

 Secondly, the last trip to boca brought me a great photo op of the eagles- they have 2 babies this time, which supposedly is a rarity in the eagle world.  

The babies are darker, by the way.  

More animals- the coon dog getting a bath- boy was he stinky!

running away!

Morgan- one of Carl's dogs- such a nut!

Willy- Raughley's best babysitter and loyal companion.  

Love is in the air

Raughley is smitten with our friend's Emily and Aaron's baby girl, Ella.  Em and Aaron are our friends from Boca, and Ella was born sometime in November. I'll never forget being hugely 9 months pregnant and having Em call me to say she was pregnant too!  So exciting.  We went down to Boca for a quick trip last weekend, and got to eat breakfast with the Diaz' before we left.  R was so taken with their little one that he tried to slip a move on her while we ate, he tried to hold her hand, take her paci and even put his hand on her leg!!!!  My goodness he's a lady's man already!

Uh oh, no hats allowed at the table mister!

Now who is that beautiful lady sitting next to me?

I'm going to check her out (touch her thigh- sneaky thing)  and no one will notice!

Shes got a nice white hat one, and a great paci- I want that!

Yay for me!!!  I've got a girlfriend!!!