Happy 1st Birthday Parker!

Our little man is ONE - we can't believe how time has flown by! Anna Kate was all about the decorations, party hats and cookies (yes, homemade chocolate chip cookies and fruit) for breakfast. We made them the night before and she was begging so it was a super special treat so early in the day! When Daddy came home from the Preteen retreat later in the afternoon, we had a birthday dinner at ChickFilA and then headed to Build A Bear. Anna Kate wanted Parker to have an animal just like hers (a teddy bear named "Bear") and picked out a cute puppy named "Doggy." This time around she really enjoyed stuffing the puppy with a heart, washing the puppy and picking out a new outfit. She picked out a pair of Cars pjs for both Bear and Doggy. We continued our celebration over the weekend at the pool and as you can see below, Parker thoroughly enjoyed his birthday cupcake. It was a great weekend celebrating our precious little (22.6 lbs) boy's birthday!

A Big Apple Adventure

While Kev was in the city on a mission trip, we stayed on Long Island and visited with family for the week! We had loads of fun, spent quality time with family we miss so much and made more precious memories!!! Oh wait....last but certainly not least, ate some fabulous food! Our fun filled week included:

the airplane ride with two pooks....luckily cousin nicole sat with us to help entertain ak.

played with balloons

my FAVORITE...precious memories of Anna Kate dancing with her Poppi

i LOVE the look on poppi's face as they listen to the music!

coloring with poppi

bathtime fun

stroller dates with mommy

trying italian bread and corn for the first time

trips to the park....NY parks are sooo much fun - they have a toddler section,

a preschool age section and then an older kids section, each gated separately

....mommy's dream park!

swim time

celebrating ita's (abuelita) 79th birthday

Cow Appreciation Day

We celebrated our first Cow Appreciation Day this year and what made it even better is my Aunt Linda and Cousin Nicole were able to join us from New Jersey. They flew down to spend the weekend in Atlanta and then help me fly back to New York with both kiddos. Kev had to fly earlier that day for a student mission trip and I was a little nervous to fly solo with both kiddos. I'm sure they are now able to cross "dress up like a cow" off their bucket list....because who wouldn't want to go on vacation and dress up like a cow? Yes, we are that family who does crazy sort of things for free food!

summer days

This summer has been filled with:

Trying new food - rice and beans

visiting grandparents

staying in hotels

Cars2 date

vacation bible school

rainy days

pool fun with friends

riding trains and skybuckets at six flags

waking up way too early to go to the peachtree road race

Sweet Summertime

We are LOVING summer!!! We love the semi-schedules, pooltime, trips to see family, outdoor play, etc. June has proved to be an incredibly busy month as we've had weddings, centrifuge camps, mimi and gwamas visit, vacation bible school....not leaving us alot of downtime. Don't worry, the kids haven't suffered :)

Last Day of Preschool

Anna Kate was truly blessed this year to be able to experience preschool at FBC. She went Mon/Wed mornings and I feel like she's grown up tremendously through the year. Her teachers were so incredibly sweet and really partnered with me as she grew into this "two year old." The following are just a few pics from the last day of school :) We'll miss you Miss Lori and Miss Dawn!