Happily Ever After: July 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

July Date Night

Wow, where did July go! This month was a whirlwind to say the least. We made the most of our time together because there certainly wasn't a lot of it. We also started doing a new workout which gives us Wednesday's off, so we might be switching our date nights to Wednesdays for a little while. This month we still stuck with Thursdays...even though it was more just whenever we had a moment.

July 5th: Since we are halfway through the year, we thought it would be a good idea to look at the goals we made at the beginning of the year. We crossed off the ones we have accomplished and even changed a couple because our priorities shifted a little. It was good for both of us to look at these closely and really examine what we want out of the next 6 months.

July 12th: I actually left for South Dakota on this day, so we didn't really get a date night. Trevor was really nice and ended up meeting me for lunch before I headed out of town. He was also so sweet and the day I got home, I arrived at 5am, he rushed outside and took over with the boys so I could get some sleep. On Tuesday he also took off half a day just to hang out with me and then on Wednesday he left work early to go to the doctor with me because both boys were running a fever! Basically, we didn't have a "date night" but we had time together. It wasn't necessarily quality time, but it was time that made me feel so supported!

July 19th: We decided to move our date night to Saturday and have a whole DATE DAY! We went to the Farmers Market in downtown BA because we have talked about going for over a year and haven't made it yet. Brooks had a GREAT time in the splash pad.

I love their sweet relationship!

After the splash pad and the farmers market, we headed to build a bear. After the whole Build a Bear craze, I realized that they do a birthday bear where you pay the age of your child and get a standard birthday bear. I thought Brooks would really enjoy that, so we headed to the mall.

We named his Grizzly

I was right! He loved it and has slept with Grizzly every night since.

July 26th: We moved to Friday night because we had some plans on Thursday and ended up getting the boys down later than expected. Trevor planned this one and it was fun. We moved all the furniture in our house and made it a dance floor. We made a 2-stepping playlist together and then danced the night away. So much fun!

Happy Dating!

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Fourth of July, 2018

I'm only 2 weeks late on getting this post done! Ha!

We had a few Fourth of July celebrations since the actual 4th was on a Wednesday this year. It's like we were all confused. Do we celebrate the weekend before, the day of or the weekend after. How about a celebration all week long! Haha!

Our first celebration was the weekend before at our friends annual party! Thank you to the Swansons for hosting so many people and including us in your celebration. We had a GREAT time! This is where Brooks became obsessed with the parachute fireworks. He loved chasing them!

Our second celebration was with our life group. We meet on Tuesdays every week, so we turned this one into a fun family night with dinner and swimming.

Our third and final celebration was actually on the 4th. We hung out with family, swam with the kiddos, ate dinner and lots of dessert and watched lots of fireworks.

Any excuse to get to hang out with my family is a great day in my book! :)
And I LOVED seeing Brooks find so much joy in fireworks. It really is the coolest thing to re-experience things for the first time through your kiddos eyes. So much fun!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY (1 week and 6 days late)!

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Morris Brothers 24 & 9

How is my baby already 2!!! I can't believe it! And how has Rhett already been out for as long as he was in!?

I am officially done taking monthly pictures of this one. I told myself I wanted to do it for 2 years, so now I just have to remember with the second child. For some reason, that is always hard to do. Poor second children! Haha!

Brooks is 31 lbs 6 oz (85th percentile)

Height is 2’ 11” (79th percentile)

Head circumference is 49.5 cm (71st percentile)

What Rhett is up to:

Weight is 18 lbs 11.5 oz

Height is 2’ 3.75” (25th percentile)

Head Circumference is 44.5 cm (34th percentile)
So crazy again, but I went back to read my 9 month post about Brooks and they are almost identical again this month.
*CRAWLING! Both boys mastered crawling just before 9 months. Rhett has been inch worming for a little while now, but just started crawling the other day. To be honest, I think it's easier for him to inch worm on the concrete floors, I'm sure it hurts his knees a little to crawl.
*He is able to lay down and sit up all on his own. This caused our naps to be terrible for a couple weeks. He would sit up in his crib and refuse to lay back down. So he would just cry and cry until I would give in and go rock him to sleep. Then, he would only stay asleep if I continued to hold him. We got some great snuggles for a couple weeks.
*Lots of new noises and a lot of spit! Ha!
*He has started holding his own bottle. I have been quite excited for this day because when you are chasing after a toddler, sometimes it's hard to take time to sit and feed the baby. The little stinker doesn't like to hold his bottle though. Only if I truly make him will he actually hold it! Ha! He really likes undivided attention from me!
*We have TWO teeth!!! Rhett now has his two bottom teeth!

Here is our month in pictures...

Mowing like dad...I wish that little mower worked!
Funny thing: Brooks calls mowers, mowmers haha!

I got a ton of new books when I went to our National Convention, so I had to take some fun pictures!

This little boy LOVES the Ranger. We go on daily Ranger Rides and he is in heaven.

He is also obsessed with sunglasses lately! So cute!

Holding on for dear life!

It's so sweet when they play together!! It seriously makes this mama's heart happy!

We loved having company in town!!!

We loved getting to celebrate Jude turning 3!! And, Brooks loved the cake! :) We love you sweet boy!

We did a crazy thing this month and got guineas...no, not guinea pigs, guinea hens! They are basically the ugliest bird around! Ha! We read that they eat ticks and run off snakes and we have a tick and snake problem, so WIN WIN! They are just babies right now, but they are growing rather quickly! Brooks loves to pet them. He won't hold one yet, but I'm sure the time is coming!

GiGi and Great Grandpa built a second swing, but they still like swinging together. They probably won't be able to do this much longer, they are both getting so big!