Saturday, March 21, 2009

Weekend Fun



We drove down to Trussville this afternoon to visit my grandparents. Before we went to their house we stopped by The Children's Place to get the boys their Easter outfits.  I love shopping there because it's one of the only places I can find them matching outfits. (Gabe may not be cool with that for much longer!) 

When we got to Paw Paw and Betty's house, we headed over to Chick-Fil-A and got some lunch. (Sorry Leslie!)  After we ate, we stopped by Walmart for sunscreen and went over to this great park to let the boys play.  

Still not a fan of swinging!

Smiley and Pouty

Sliding is his favorite!

After we left the park, we went back to Paw Paw and Betty's house to visit.  I think the high today was around 70 degrees and it was perfect weather to sit outside on the screened porch. Gabe entertained us by singing the songs for his upcoming school program.  Landon just ran around and kept trying to figure out their dog Shadow's doggie door.  It was really funny!  

We had such a great time and hated to leave.

Betty and squirmy Landon

Paw Paw and the boys

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Checkup


Landon had his 2 year old checkup today.  Thankfully, Asa went with us because he screamed for at least 45 minutes until his doctor came in!  Poor little guy had to get a shot.  We are so thankful that he is a healthy boy.  I will never forget when he was a newborn and the pediatrician at the hospital called me at home and said his blood test showed that he might have some rare disease that we had never even heard of.  We had to have him retested and they didn't give us the results for like 6 weeks.  It ended up being a huge bad batch of tests.  I have been reading so many blogs about very sick babies and children and I know I am so blessed to have 2 healthy children.

Since it was a beautiful day, we had to go outside for a walk!







Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy Birthday Landon and Asa!


Sunday was Landon's 2nd birthday and we celebrated by going to my parents' house after church and eating lunch and opening presents.  Mom cooked a delicious chicken casserole and a homemade cookie cake for Landon.  He loved the cookie and it was so easy for him to eat.  I couldn't capture a single picture of him opening presents because he didn't sit still long enough! The only present pictures I got were from putting him in his highchair later at home.  No way to escape!

Thanks everyone for celebrating Landon's birthday with us!  He has enjoyed all his gifts and birthday gatherings!




Cookie cake

Getting ready to sing!

Blowing out the candle (with a little help from Grammie)!

YUM!

Gabe loved the cookie too!

The birthday boy with Grammie and Pop Pop.

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband Asa!  He turned 28 yesterday.  He did have to work on his birthday,  but his coworkers surprised him and got a birthday cake and balloons which helped the workday go by faster.  Asa expected me to be in my pajamas and on the couch when he got home from work because I have been sick, but I surprised him and had all of us ready to walk out the door.  The 4 of us went to Sante Fe Cattle Co. for dinner and Asa got this huge steak!  I told him it was the biggest steak I'd ever seen!  Afterwards, we went to Walmart to let Gabe spend some of his birthday money.  We had a fun family night.

Two years ago, Asa spent his birthday in the hospital with me and 1 day old little Landon.  Poor thing. I know it wasn't the easiest birthday! His dad and Kim were thoughtful and brought him a cake and I desperately wanted some because I was on a restricted, nasty post-op diet.  The doctor did let me have some cake the next day so all was well!  I had a terrible hospital/recovery experience, but Landon definitely worth it.  

Only a few hours old.

We spent St. Patrick's Day in the hospital.

Landon's first night home!

Wait!  There's more... 



I see the resemblance!!!  Do you know who this is? 

This one is my favorite!

I hope everyone has a happy St. Patrick's Day!

Monday, March 9, 2009

A Weekend Trip



We are trying to take more road trips now that Landon is more pleasant to travel with, so this past Friday we took a weekend trip over to Georgia to visit Asa's dad and stepmom (Gabe and Landon's Poppa & Nana).  When we got there, they took us out to dinner and we had birthday cake when we got back to the house. We celebrated 3 birthdays!  Asa, Gabe and Landon all have birthdays pretty close together and it worked out well for us to come visit in between the dates.

The birthday boys!

Saturday morning we had a yummy breakfast at a restaurant before we headed to Zoo Atlanta.   It was breezy and warm and we could not have asked for a prettier day.  We all enjoyed the zoo and took a lot of great pictures.  (Thanks Nana & Poppa for the wonderful trip!  We had a such a great time!)

Next time I have a lot of pictures to post, I will try to do a slideshow.  For now, I will just put my faves on here.  

Landon studying the animals.

In front of the elephants

Family photo

Silly boy!

I caught a smile!

Gabe at the petting zoo.

It wouldn't be a trip to the zoo without a bunch of animals, so I will end the post with my favorite zoo animal pictures! 

Meerkat

Lion

Panda

Pandas are my favorite.

Baby panda