My Little Fish

TJ's mom bought Brock a little swimming pool, so we set it up Sunday afternoon so the water could be warming up. Well, he ended up sleeping all afternoon and he didn't end up getting to try it out until after dinner. His little eyes lit up when he saw it, but when I tried to put him in it he just hollered! It was still a bit cool and it took him awhile to get used to it, but after awhile he finally got the nerve to go down the slide. He was hysterical to watch. He would just suck his stomach way in and out for some reason and laugh and laugh. I don't think we've laughed that hard in a long time! He hopped in the hot tub with Uncle Danny afterwards to warm up and he really liked that! He's my little swimmer boy. I bet next year Jillian will be doing the same thing, but as for now she is just enjoying watching. She usually can't take her eyes off her brother.

Playin' at the Park

We took Brock to the park on Saturday. He loved going down and then climbing back up the slide. He especially loved the merry go round! Jillian enjoyed watching (and napping) from her stroller. If you look carefully you may notice something new with Jillian...we got her ears pierced on Saturday! She was a real trooper!

Happy 4th of July!

Brock & Jillian had quite an exciting 4th of July this year. We started off with the parade in Rantoul. Brock got tons of candy! He enjoyed throwing some of the candy back at the floats. We went to a cook out over at Aunt Kindi & Uncle Danny's house. Everything was yummy. Then we had to take a nap to get ready to stay up late for the fireworks. Brock & Jillian both loved the fireworks. I thought they might scare Jillian, but she didn't seem the least bit bothered. Brock just kept pointing up at them. He got to do some sparklers, too, with some help from Daddy. It was a fun day.

Brock's First Hair Cut

Well, it was an emotional day...we took Brock to get his very first hair cut today. I just kept putting off getting rid of those sweet baby curls he had there in the back, but after seeing how straggly and frizzed out it was getting, we had to finally make the appointment. Boy, was he NOT a fan of getting his hair cut! Anna up at Wave Lynx was wonderful. She's so sweet and she definitely had her hands full with Mr. Brock. He didn't like any of it, especially the squirt bottle. I don't know how Anna did it with him squirming all over the place, but it turned out real cute.
A few last BEFORE shots of my little Billy Ray Cyrus...business in the front, party in the back.


How fun does this hair cut look?????







Here are some cute AFTER shots.

Little Miss Sparkler

Just had to share a cute photo of my sweet girl. She's getting geared up for her first 4th of July!

Visiting Grandmother

We went to Paxton today to visit TJ's grandmother who is in the nursing home recuperating from a hip replacement surgery. She was thrilled to see the kiddos. Brock was fascinated with the wheel chair and was enjoying being pushed around and then pushing Papaw and then Daddy around. The people there loved seeing the kids. It was nice to bring a smile to some faces while we were there visiting.

We LOVE Monical's Pizza!

Well, folks, I have discovered a NEW type of mousse for your hair...the grease from Monical's Pizza. Brock LOVES Monical's! So much so, that after he got done eating it tonight, he just had to run his greasy fingers through his hair and just rub, rub, rub. It was sooooooooooo funny. His hair, which is in need of a major hair cut, was sticking up all over the place. He is such a little ham. On a side note, he had his 18 month well baby check up today, which by the way, I can't believe he's already a year and a half old, AHHHHH!!!!!!! But anyways, he weighed 27 pounds putting him in the 65th percentile. He was 33.5 inches long which put him in the 82nd percentile, so we're going to have a big boy on our hands I have a feeling. And, his head was 48.9 cm which puts him in the 80th percentile which means he's going to be super, super smart! He had one shot and was my little trooper. Do we have our hands full with this one or what? I just love him and his sweet, little, goofy self to bits!

Cheerio Boogers

This picture really doesn't do justice to just how funny Brock was this morning. For a snack, I usually lay some cheerios out on the ottoman for Brock to munch on in the morning. Well, his new thing is to eat the cheerios without using his hands. He'll just bend over and scoop them up with his mouth. Well, as I was giving Jillian her breathing treatment this morning, he comes over after having scooped up some cheerios and he had a cheerio sticking to each snotty nostril and then one stuck to his bottom lip. It was the funniest thing ever. If I hadn't had Jillian on my lap I would have rushed sooner to my camera. After he then proceeds to eat the cheerios that had been in snot, he went and did it again, this time even more cheerios sticking to his face. Since I was laughing so hard he thought he was just hysterical. So, this is the best picture I could get.

Sick Baby

It seems my kiddos have been about sick for months now. I just can't seem to get them 100% healthy. First Brock was the one needing the breathing treatments from the nebulizer machine, but now Miss Jillian is needing them, too. Brock cried every time I pulled the machine out at first, but then he got used to it. Jillian on the other hand pretty much screams bloody murder every time she has it on. I've figured out that if I sing to her in her little ear while she's having a treatment she will calm down. Hopefully all this mess will pass because it's no fun having sick babies!

My Buddy, Sean

A couple of weeks ago we got together with some friends from church. Jenn & Jamie have a little boy a couple months older than Brock named Sean. Brock loves playing at Sean's house! Sean also taught him how to be a big boy and eat with his own spoon and fork. That's Brock's big thing now! He's getting so grown up!

Happy Girl

I've got a Mama's girl.