Tuesday, May 20, 2014

21 Months

Oh my goodness!  How this sweet, precious one melts me into a giant puddle.  I can say, he is a total mama's boy too.  : )  Unfortunately, little mister was sick a lot between 18-21 months.  It was hard, but hopefully we're all better now!  Brody (as all my friends and family keep telling me) is no longer a baby.  He'll tell you he's a "baby big boy".  He talks more and more (not sure how many words can can say) but he does really well at repeating most things.  He's started counting (loves even numbers, especially two) and singing some of the letters in his ABCs (G,P,Z).  He'll also sing certain words of songs and loves to sing "let it go".  He most certainly suffers from the "hangry" (hungry=angry) disease that I partially blame on his birthday buddy, but if his little belly is full he's one sweet boy.  Brody is also so very friendly.  He'll flirt with pretty ladies when we're out at stores and he almost always waves to other little people that he sees out and about.  His best little buddy is Grace.  They are so cute together (he's older by a couple weeks) and Grace has determined Brody to be "silly".  Her words, not mine.  
 
 
 


 Things Brody loves right now:
Macaroni and cheese, dancing, basketball, golf, being outside, water, bath time, wagon rides, soccer, bubbles, helping (with almost anything "big"), washing hands, Mickey Mouse, playing on any playground, All Stars (a very kid friendly neighborhood grill), car carts at the grocery store, "driving" the real car, visiting the new house, talking on Face Time, sunglasses, his cousins, books and reading.






As cousin Jordan helped us realize, Brody is a little kid trapped in a big kids body.  Not sure how tall he is, but he's 28 lbs.    

 
 




























 

I'm trying to grasp the fact that in a few short months my little man is going to be 2!  Trying being the key word!



Monday, May 12, 2014

A Princess Party and the King of Kings

Kennedy Lynne's birthday was the Monday after Easter this year and we were able to go to Dallas to celebrate our RISEN SAVIOR and one of his precious little princesses (Kennedy has asked Jesus into her heart!!). 

And what kind of birthday party should a five year old princess have?  A Frozen party of course!  Sarah (who will openly admit to her lack of crafting enthusiasm) totally did a FABULOUS job giving Little Miss exactly what she wanted...a Frozen party at home.  Although Sarah did try multiple attempts to convince Kennedy to have her birthday party pretty much anywhere else, it was a great success!!

 


Even Anna and Elsa were able to make the party!

Real life sister princesses. : )

Cutest reindeer I've ever seen!

Frozen bingo.

Pin the nose of Olaf.




I know one little party goer who had the time of his little life!


 
 
After the party we all crashed, watched Frozen and then mustered up some energy to play outside.
 


All.boy.



 
I love being able to spend Easter with family and celebrate Christ's love for us and the sacrifice he made.
 
 
 






 
I was SO thankful that we didn't have to leave on Sunday (thanks to my dear, sweet husband).  We were able to go to breakfast with the birthday girl the following morning and then head home.  And an added bonus (sadly, not pictured) is that Nana and Poppy were totally spontaneous and drove with us to Houston.  They were able to get a little bit more Brody time, see our house under construction and then headed home on Tuesday.
 
I totally love this sweet, spunky 5 year old! 
 
 
And this was from the previous weekend.  We went to an Easter Egg Hunt in the neighborhood.