Flamingo anyone!

I found this in our front yard this week. One of my friends is planning her sons 1st birthday party and this is the invitation! I cannot wait to see what other fun surprises she has planned. Oh, and yes - it is a Mad Hatter's theme from Alice in Wonderland. I will have to post pictures of the party - I have a feeling it will be AMAZING!

So stay posted for more to come on this fun theme!

First time on the Boat!

Yes, yes - we have a boat! I know a lot of people are not aware of that but we have had it for our entire married life. It is just hard to find blocks of time to take it to the lake. Well, this summer, Jon and I decided we wanted to make it family appropriate so we had a bimini top made and now there is a nice place to stay out of the sun and stay a little cooler. So we took the kids for there first adventure on the boat last week.

Macey loved it! She enjoyed driving (or at least, thinking she was driving)

Jake didn't mind the boat but I don't think that he loved the life jacket :)

Macey couldn't get enough of it!

With Grandpa and Nana! Macey and Jake's expressions crack me up!

My Family! The hubby, my sleepy boy, and the diva!

Rough and Tumble!

Jake is our little dare-devil. He is constantly running, climbing, jumping, hitting (balls, that is) and everything else you expect a little boy to do. I guess I just forgot that bumps, bruises, and sometimes stitches come with a child that has no fear. So a couple of weeks ago, Jake had his first stitches put into his bottom lip. Luckily Jon was home and we loaded up the car and spent a couple of hours in the ER. (Actually, I sat in the car with Macey and made Jon do all the dirty work). And finally, at about 10:30 at night, Jon came out to the car with a tired little boy and his first real battle scar.

All healed up and looking pretty good

Jon had to remind me that this most likely will not be our last time in the ER with this boy - I hate to admit that I agree with him :)