This week I am thankful for:
...and last week we went to Jo-Ann's and I knew Hudson was tired so I laid him in the cart and did a few laps around the store. Didn't take long for him to give in...
This week I am thankful for:
Susan kept the boys yesterday while my mom and I worked on the house. Last night I received an e-mail titled "This is the Life" with the picture below attached.
Pretty cute, huh?
Last Saturday, Gammy and the boys and I went to visit Brian's aunt's condo on Possum Kingdom lake. The boys had a great time playing and it was the first time we were able to see sweet Sophia, Rachel's daughter.
They had some sharing issues - Hudson, because he's used to fighting his brother for things and Emma because she is an only child. For example...see below:
My child was NOT gonna give up that water hose. :) A couple of other fun pics from the day:
The kid knows me. Well. After the gym this morning (the hardest class I've ever taken there), we headed out to the car. I was tired and beat down and Hudson seemed to weigh a good 50 to 60 pounds. As we loaded up in the car and headed out of the parking lot, Reed asked me a question (that I can't remember now) and I gave him a breathless answer - frankly because I had inadvertently left my lungs on the floor of the aerobics room. He said "Why are you talking like that?" I laughed a little to myself and said "Reed, I'm tired!" And without skipping a beat, he said "Well, I guess it's a good thing you don't have 3 kids to get in the car, huh?"
Isn't she a sweetie? When Sara set the smash cake on her tray, she just picked the chocolate polka dots off. It only took a few minutes for her to really get into it...
Reed couldn't get his ear wet, so he had to keep his head above water. He did really well, but it was kinda sad that he spent pretty much the whole day sitting on the top step of the pool.
It's already Thursday? Seriously, where did the week go? Or for that matter, where has the summer gone? I really can't remember much of what went on in June because we have had so much going on. I was looking at my calendar yesterday and Reed starts school in 6 weeks people!! Whoa.
We just got back to the doctor where Reed was diagnosed with the lovely thing called swimmers ear (which is evidently an infection of the outer ear). We have to put antibiotic drops in his ear 3 times a day and keep them out of the water for a week.
The last few years, we've gone to the Lowe's parking lot with friends to watch the fireworks. We circle up in our chairs and visit until the fireworks start. Just like at the parade, Hudson was a roamer. He started out in his chair by his bubba...
After the parade, we headed to Gammy and DadDad's for lunch and swimming. It was SO nice to have a pool to cool off in after the parade! We spent the day swimming and enjoying each other. In the next picture, the splash in the middle is Reed. He spent hours in the pool and only got out when we made him. The super duper white guy over to the left is my husband... he thought he didn't need sunscreen because he "wouldn't be out in the sun that long". (Turns out that baby white skin burns pretty quickly. Who knew?)
We had a great fourth of July. It was VERY hot, but we enjoyed spending time with family and friends and hanging out together. I love the Fourth of July in Granbury. It still has bits and pieces of the small town feel. In the morning, we went to the parade. Gammy and DadDad have always sat on the square, so that's where we end up almost every year. (I just made up 3 separate posts because of how out of order that blogger makes the pictures get...it's very annoying.)
Before the parade got to the square, DadDad took Reed to go get some ice cream for Gammy (a.k.a also a way for Reed to get some, too).
Dad and Hudson decided to tag along...
Last year Hudson was only 5 months old, so he didn't get to enjoy all the fabulous festivities. He had a lot of fun this year, and I think we have some great pictures to prove it...
I didn't notice how many pictures that I didn't have of Reed until I started to go through them. He's getting older and wanting to do his own thing and spend time with friends instead of sit beside me and his daddy. I'm glad that he's independent, but at the same time, I'm getting a glimpse of what it will be like as he starts to grow into a boy and he's not my baby anymore! Sniff, sniff! 
