A Trip to NWA

Early July, HG and I headed down to Fayetteville to spend some time with Maw Maw and Aunt Jo (a.k.a Jo Jo).  We had such a fun time and HG ate up all the attention she got at Maw Maw's house.  One evening we went outside to water the plants.  Hadley was all about helping :)

Hg and Maw Maw

Helping JoJo

Forget the bucket, she went straight for the hose

Which turned into a huge mud puddle. See, I told you she is a big help.

I love her little arm here, watering with style.

Now it was time for the sprinkler...aka ball wash:)

Now that she is soaking wet, she decided to carry the sprinkler over to the flowers.

Helping JoJo clean up

This girl is happiest when she has a job..she says, 'help you momma' all the time

While HG was busy playing, I snuck away and got to snuggle this sweet thing.
My friend Terria just had the sweetest baby girl, Sarah Grace.

There is nothing like spending some quality time with my Maw Maw and Aunt Jo.  We don't do it often enough, but when we do, it is priceless.

Movie Monday

Last week HG and I surprised dad at work with some lunch. All the way there she kept saying, 'daddy lunch, yay!'. She was so excited! When we got there, she decided to 'help' instead of eat right away. While she was playing, I decided to film her so you could see some of her excitement. When I asked her what she was doing I thought she was going to say 'working' or ' daddy lunch' but instead, this is what she said...

Cracks me up every time!


After lunch she decided it was time to race! She likes to say, ' on your mark, get set, go Hadley!'


She did finally slow down enough to grab a quick bite.





She was BIG stuff sitting in dads chair;).

Play doh

Looking for fun activities inside this week included introducing HG to play doh. Here she is with her glamma making impressions. We have been working on things that are the same, so she is bossing Glam on how to organize the ones that match;)

What? Father's day was over a month ago?

How can that be?  How is it that I never got around to posting about Father's day and HG's awesome dad!

 Well, good thing he is still just as awesome as he was a month ago:)

 I know I have said it before, but these two are seriously attached at the hip.  They love playing together.  He is her comfort whenever she is unhappy or unsure of something.  He is so sweet to her and does anything she bosses him to do;)  They have the tightest bond, which I love.

Hadley was DONE taking pictures, so here is Josh left alone.  Don't think he minded:)

 Thanks babe, for being the BEST dad!  HG and I love you more than words!

Here are some my favorites of HG and daddy playing on Father's Day.

 He tells her all the time that he is going to tackle her and she just giggles and says 'daddy tackle'

Keeping it cool

Wow, it is HOT! I'm not complaining, but it is a little difficult to keep an almost 2 year old entertained by staying inside.  So, the only activities we end up doing outside involve water, and lots of it.  On Saturday we pulled out the sprinkler and she had a blast. 

 I couldn't pick just a few of the pictures.  I picked a whole bunch!

I can't get enough of that happy face.

 Needed a little break and kiss from daddy

 Now it is Glam'ma's turn

These days are by far my favorite.  I just can't get enough!

Fourth of July-BB Style

While I try to catch up on blogging, I'll go ahead and work a little backwards.  

We had the BEST July 4th weekend!  We headed over to Eureka Springs after church on Sunday to spend some time at Bonny Brooke with Josh's mom.  Before we went though, we went Friday to go buy the fireworks.  Josh is the biggest kid all the time, but especially on the 4th.  He gets giddy about going to pick out fireworks.  He maps out a plan to hit up the best tents to ensure we get the best of what everyone has :) HG was so excited to go 'shoppin' in a tent.  In the first tent she just kept looking up and yelling 'tent, tent!' In the second tent, she got herself a basket and started loading up on the goods, that's my girl.                                           Here is what we ended up with.

When we got home, we decided to try out some smoke bombs.   As you can see, HG did not like them AT ALL.  The colored smoke coming towards here was so not cool :)

(side note: I am not responsible for this outfit, more on that later)

Once we got to Eureka, HG took a nap, we stuffed our faces with yummy food and decided to try a few fireworks.  It's like Christmas around here, we are not the best at waiting for either one.  Hadley was fine watching them from a distance in Glam's arms, but after each one she would say 'All Done, Bye'

Her little cheeks get so red, so we came in to cool off.

But not for long.  There is always something fun to do on the farm. 

Like driving a pink mustang.

                        

 Checking out the pond with fish and frogs

 

 And going to see Lucky.

 He seemed very tired and kept yawning..lol

I forgot to take my camera when we did the actual fireworks. Not sure I could have done them justice, but we had a great time lighting them off.  We had a competition to see who picked out the best ones, and since this is my blog, I'll be happy to tell you I won :)  Actually, my big firework misfired and scared the pants off of us, but I say that counts as winning.

So, Happy Birthday America.  I'm thankful for a free country and I'm so grateful for the foundation of God that we are built on!

21 Months

Hadley at 21 months you are  CRAZY about your sweet cousins.

You are busy, busy!

You are the joy on your momma's face!!

You are sweetness

 a bit cautious

And a lot silly!

You are so fun to be with and your personality is blossoming.

At 21 months you:

-Weigh 25 lbs

-You are not that interested in potty training, although you are very interested in the chocolate that comes from 'trying'

-Bossy could be your middle name right now.  You know what you want and what you want everyone around you to do.

-Your favorite things to do are coloring, playing with balls, riding in your wagon, looking at books, blowing bubbles, watching Bob, being outside, and eating raisins.

-You are a good eater.  You have started eating more meat and will try almost anything.  You don't like anything slimy like noodles.  

-You talk up a storm ALL day, EVERY day.  You can say anything I ask you to.  My favorite thing you say is 'thank you momma'  It is cute seeing you put words together.  You talk a lot about colors.  When we ride in the car you point out colors that you see.   You recognize all of your colors.  Yellow, still tends to be your favorite because its the color of school buses :)  

- Speaking of school buses if we ask you who is on the school bus, you will say 'kids' and when we ask you where the kids are going you say 'school'.  You are starting to put things together.  

-You love playing with kids and dogs.  You talk about Cole, Chloe, and Kate Kate every time I tell you we are going to play with kids.  You look a little disappointed when I tell you they aren't going to be there.

-You are still a daddy's girl, unless you are tired and then I get some snuggles which I love!

- You are such a sweet baby girl.  You are growing so fast and your daddy and I enjoy every single minute with you!  It is exciting to see who you are becoming in Christ.  We love you!

***Thanks to my sister for always capturing HG in such a fun way!  Love you!