Friday, July 10, 2015

13 Months

Will is taking steps, he can put 4 or 5 steps together but is not walking regularly. He has two bottom teeth just starting to push through. He is definitely our slowest teething baby! Now that he can stand on his own he gets to play at the children's museum instead of being confined to the stroller:
 
 

He likes to help mom by standing on the dishwasher.

He thinks his mower is a riding mower. He likes to be pushed around on it while he sits on it.

We are all done with bottles and he loves to eat real food.

Eating spaghetti is soooo much fun!

These are Will's "da's". That is his word for ball. He loves to play with balls. He repeats "da, da, da" and points at his ball until you get it for him. He likes to play catch and is really good at throwing the ball.
 
Will is still taking two naps each day. Normally a morning nap from about 9:30 to 11:30 and another afternoon nap from 2 to 4:00. He hasn't napped well that past two days so I wonder if he will start transitioning to one nap per day. There are several days when he only takes one nap as we are out doing an activity. He has started screaming when he doesn't get what he wants. The girls never screamed like this and it's a little uncomfortable when all the heads in a store turn in your direction!

4th of July

We had a great 3 day weekend celebrating the 4th of July. On Friday we were able to spend time with friends boating and Scott took the girls fishing Friday night.
 
 
Saturday morning the girls and I waited in line for pancakes for 45 minutes and then made it to the parade. We left early so we could hit the pool.

Charlie nearly fell asleep in her chair at the pool but then she caught her 2nd wind and continued to paddle around the pool some more.

We were hoping Will would take a nap in the stroller but no such luck!

After the pool we had a fire pit and sparklers at our house.


Smoke bomb!


Our traditional 4th of July cake. I don't think anyone really likes it, but I make it every year regardless.

Smores





 
Lots of fun packed into 3 days!

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Summer

We are officially a month into summer break. What have we been up to?

Watching too much TV waiting around the house for William to wake up from his nap.
 
A few trips to the pool.

Dinner time boat cruises.

Out to breakfast for Father's Day. Sometimes I feel like I am traveling with a circus.

Tubing!


Lots of crazy antics at home.

This is a 24 month Halloween costume that nearly 4 year old Charlotte insists on wearing quite frequently.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Country Music Association Festival 2015

Three years ago we went to the CMA Fest in Nashville. We had such a blast we made a return trip this year. After a 9 hour drive we arrived to the live CMT award show where Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, and Kenny Chesney were performing outside sets. I haven't seen Kenny perform in more than 6 years so I was on a mission to get close to the stage.
 
First drink in Nashville.

Florida Georgia Line performance

Kenny! I ended up with a side view, but was pretty close to the stage so I was happy.
 
Each night we made the walk across the pedestrian bridge to LP Field.

First night of concerts at LP Field. Alan Jackson, Sam Hunt, Rascal Flats, Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line, and Jason Aldean. 

Dierks
 
Jason Aldean
 
 
I'm a sucker for tourist traps so I persuaded the group to make the 30 minute drive to The Loveless Café. We had some great biscuits and of course chicken and waffles.
 

 
 

After breakfast we went back downtown Nashville and checked out all of the promotional things going on. Scott and I sampled Spam French fries. Not good. 


We didn't even realize that we had dressed in "Jack and Coke" shirts. Someone on the street pointed it out. Pretty fitting for Nashville.

We had a little too much fun during the day at The Stage.

Night 2 at LP Field was The Oakridge Boys, The Band Perry, Maddie & Tae, Lee Brice, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown Band, and Luke Bryan!



I was a little upset with Luke Bryan. His set was only 4 songs long.

Night 3: Kellie Pickler, Wynonna, Chris Young, Thomas Rhett, Brett Eldridge, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood


Getting ready for night 4 at LP Field!

Neal McCoy, Cole Swindell, Darius Rucker, Eric Church, Keith Urban, and Brad Paisley rocked night 4.





 
Such a great trip! See you again soon Nashville!