tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88844851256877214842024-03-13T07:45:19.203-04:00Relatively ReaganPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.comBlogger493125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-28895999161052752612014-05-12T21:22:00.002-04:002014-05-12T21:22:54.925-04:00He did it!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the hubs has been in school his entire life. seriously. as long as I've known him he as been in college. he got his undergrad the year we met, and then did some certificate classes and then his masters. this weekend he graduated. <b>and we celebrated.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I could not be more proud of him. all the hard work, countless hours of studying and homework, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">determination, discipline, and</span> time spent stuck in the office doing projects and papers when all he wanted to do was hang out with me and durham. my heart could just burst for this guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we traveled to Raleigh on Friday so we could watch him walk. he really went back and forth about even participating. I told him about when my dad graduated from UNLV. I was in 3rd grade. we went and watched him. I don't remember it but I have a picture and it makes me so happy to know that I was there for that very special moment. we both wanted that for durham. all of our parents came and supported him. we seriously celebrated all weekend. best.mothers.day.ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">* big thanks to all my girls at the store who worked extra hard so I could go be with my family on the busiest weekend in the spring season. Your compassion and generosity overwhelm me. I am so thankful for you.</span><br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-5043295182931265582014-04-17T15:36:00.001-04:002014-04-17T17:20:24.486-04:00Lent and catching up<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, it's been a while.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">yes. I did go off social media for lent. yes. I do realize that is no huge sacrifice. yes. I saw this before Lent started and I texted it to BFF and said "still doing it but errrmygahhh so funny!" and yes, I'm glad I did it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Social media was like woah there for a while. I'd even say I was adicted to it. Not to the content, but to the ritual of checking the apps. seeing that red notification number hovering and having to go look so it would be gone. the ritual of checking everything in the morning before my feet even hit the floor, and every night Chris and I both in bed watching TV playing on our phones.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My original thought was that if I didn't have facebook, instagram, pinterest, timehop, voxer and the mommy board on my phone that I just would have SO MUCH MORE TIME to do my devotional in the morning before work. something that I really wanted to make top priority. and I did. I wasn't perfect and some mornings I did two devotions because I hit snooze too many times the morning before... but I have loved this change.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I guess in my mind, it looked like I would be swimming in time! time time everywhere just waiting for me to look up from my phone and grab it. yeah. that didn't happen. mostly I was playing on my phone while I watched TV, not like while I was washing dishes or cooking dinner or whatever. but the mornings and at night when I probably spent a good bulk of my time wasting was swapped with consistent quiet time, conversations, being present. it just felt better. like what I should be spending my time doing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">don't get me wrong. I missed it. ohhhhhhh I missed it. timehop the most, then voxer, then instagram, COT, and facebook. I actually did still get on pinterest occasionally on my computer but I don't have the app on my phone anymore. my plan is to get back on everything, but control the time I'm on it so I can continue how things are right now. One of my friends for lent did a no phone time unless I'm alone activity and I love that idea. so like if her and her husband are together watching tv she wont be on her phone but if shes alone on the toilet she will. haha.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">so that is that. I have genuinely missed people that I only connect with on social sites. but this was something that I really needed. I really hope I stay committed and don't fall back to my old behaviors. I don't want to have to do this again next year. haha.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bestie asked if I was just gonna bomb ig with a #sorrynotsorry and post all my pics from the past 6 weeks. nahhhhh but I will post some of my favorites here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">mommy turned 32. my brother and his wife had a sweet baby girl. durham is smitten and wants to 'hold her hand' all the time. my parents are thrilled to have more grandkids to hoard. we took the side off d's crib almost 2 months ago and have loved it. he usually stays in there (naps are different but not harder) he loves his 'circle sheets' and big boy bed. our first (of many I'm sure) family camping trips under our belt. so.much.fun. and we dyed our easter eggs with koolaid. awesome.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">feeling so blessed to look over these pictures.</span></span><br />
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<br />Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-55117324978885301782013-12-31T14:34:00.001-05:002013-12-31T14:37:16.567-05:00Hello 2014.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love New Years more than Christmas. (not really, but almost). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I know is... 2013 was an awesome year. we had our fair share of hard times (like Chris traveling with work for weeks on end, and my dad being gone on the trail and my drivers license getting suspended) but many many many more amazing times. times with family and friends that sting tears in my eyes while I sit here and type this. an amazing year of blessings: watching my best friends daughter be born, praying over our boy before he went under anesthesia to get his tongue clipped, visiting my dad on the trail, trips to the beach and the mountains with our little family of three. and all of the days in between that make your heart swell. what I know is... that I would be blessed to have another year like 2013. that all I really need to focus on is God and my relationship with Him and that everything else will be what it will be. according to His plans and not mine (unfortunately. haha.) and that is all I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so there will be no 'loose 20 pounds' or 'stop drinking coke' or 'blog 4 times a week' or 'get more organized' or 'read the bible in a year' resolutions from me this year. we'll see how it goes. bring on 2014. </span><br />
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<br />Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-9622646920553168462013-12-01T07:36:00.000-05:002013-12-01T07:36:35.141-05:00Durham turns two<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been neglecting this place. Life is busy and I just haven't been making it a priority. it bums me out when I realized that it has been months since I've put down memories...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Durham turns two today. two. two. I need to keep saying it to make it real because it just does not seem possible that two years has gone by. we were forever changed when our little bundle came into the world and we can hardly remember life before him. I feel so incredibly blessed to be his momma and humbled that God chose this amazing kid for us to raise. he is such a joy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Durham,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Birthday sweet boy. We love you so much and we can not wait to celebrate your special day at the aquarium today. I know you are going to squeeee over the <i>'popins' </i>(penguins) and the <i>'sharhhh'</i> (sharks) the most. This has been such an amazing year with you and we really really enjoyed you being 'one'... I know that TWO will be even better. kinda. haha.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have lots of favorite memories with you this year... some of the big ones are swim lessons, when we went to visit grampy on the Appalachian trail, going to play on the school buses, our week at the beach, watching cole become one of your best buddies, halloween, and our trip to the mountains where you and dada played in the creek all weekend. You are SO FUN and we love doing things with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of our favorite things you do: hands down mommas favorite is when you ask for 'a song' at night. I know you are just stalling bedtime but I melt into a puddle. I usually sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow because that is what my momma sang to me, but sometimes church hymns and recently we are into Christmas songs. We love the way you talk. no really, you have the cutest accent, cutest phrases, cutest mannerisms, and a way of repeating your self that almost never gets annoying. My favorite things you say are <i>'yeah mam'</i>,<i> 'a kisshh', 'i love you tooo'</i>. We love how you love our people. your grandparents (meme, pawpaw & grangran, peepee), your babies (lena and baby eveee), your best buddy Jackson. You ask about them all the time and get SO EXCITED when you see them. It really warms my heart to watch you love so big. We love the way you pray. ok, not really pray, but when we pray you fold your hands and at the end you say AMEN like you totally got what we were saying the whole time. We love how innocent you are... you do naughty things sometimes but YOUR FACE!! How can we ever get mad at your face. and usually we have to hold back our laughs because you tell us you did it '<i>purpose'. (ie: did you just pee your pants? </i><span style="color: #999999;">yah-mam</span><i>. was it an accident? </i><span style="color: #666666;">purpose<span style="color: black;">.)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we love you so much buddy! We hope you have an amazing birthday and we are so excited to see what TWO has in store for you. xoxoxoxo, dada and momma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">weight: 29 lbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">height: 35'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">favorite foods: green beans, banana, apple sauce, chicken, cheese, almonds, and raisins.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">favorite books: ABCs of me, and the opposites book.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">favorite toys: TRAINS, balls and basketball hoop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">favorite shows: bubble guppies and veggie tails.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">nicknames: we call you dbo, d, buddy, mommas baby, dur-dum (that's what you call yourself)</span><br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-79168204140278588472013-09-22T04:46:00.001-04:002013-09-22T04:46:37.368-04:00Four Years<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">four awesome years I should say. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this weekend we celebrated four years of marriage, and 7 years of love. I am so thankful for this man and I can't wait to spend 60 more anniversary's with him. Our parents each babysat d one night over the past 2 weeks and we've been out TWICE to celebrate. we are so lucky! (thanks to grandma and grampy and meme and pawpaw for that!!) also, kinda funny that we pretty much bought each other the same card. (and I'm wearing the same mustard cardi as last year, whateves).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">today you are twenty months. crazy. over dinner tonight we talked about how fast it is going by. how much we absolutely love and adore you. we talked about our favorite things you do. (our favorites far far outweigh our not.so.favorites like throwing a tantrum in the middle of chick-fil-a, and peeing on the floor right after you said you didn't need to go.) yeah we pretty much love everything else about you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">twenty months is kinda toddler-ish. yeah. I said the t-word. You have an opinion (and aren't afraid to share it), you are on the go all day, and you are doing way more big boy things than baby things these days. You now sit in a booster seat instead of your highchair for meals, you no longer get a sippy before nap, we had to buy you a bigger pair of crocs, you totally get how timeout works and we started potty training. you are so vocal. you can say around 50 words, but my favorites are 'helicopter', 'yes mam', and 'all better' after we kiss a boo-boo. you just started saying your version of 'i love you' which sounds more like ya-yuv-you but I'll take it any way you wanna say it. daddy loves how you say 'yeah' to anything we ask you. (you wanna eat rocks for dinner? yeah. are you a sassy baby? yeah.) your favorite show is bubble guppies, and your favorite toys are trains (choo-choo's) and things that stack like blocks and cubes. your favorite foods are peas, chicken, mango, and cheese-its.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you love to help in the kitchen and ride on the lawnmower with daddy. you love cole so much! he is the first person you ask for when you wake up in the morning and the first one you look for when we get home. lucky dog. daddy taught you to put your hands up to catch a ball. it is the cutest thing ever. you get a mini-m&m if you tee-tee or poo-poo in the potty. you don't ever let us forget about it either. it has been such an amazing summer with you, my sweet boy. I just don't want it to end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I know I say this every month. but twenty months is by far my favorite age. we love you times a million. xoxoxo momma & dada</span><br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-76040907563509567422013-07-25T21:54:00.004-04:002013-07-25T21:56:53.487-04:00the beach 2013<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we are lucky. chris's parents own a condo in Panama City Beach and they let us stay there every summer. I blogged about last years beach trip <a href="http://theadventuresofmrsreagan.blogspot.com/2012/06/durhams-1st-beach-trip.html">here</a>, when d was just 6 months old. this years trip was a BLAST! we had so much fun and made some amazing memories as a family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we had a great car ride down to florida. we bought d a dvd player for the car and downloaded a bunch of his favorite shows on a thumb drive. I sat in the back with him to keep him entertained and we played with flashcards and stickers and ate snacks. it went surprisingly smooth on the way there and the way back. the week we went down there were some awful storms. in fact, it rained on our entire drive down and that night. but every day after that we had nothing but sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we kept d on a similar routine. they are an hour behind us so we pushed bedtime later so he wouldn't be up so early. it worked. we would get up around 8am, eat breakfast at the condo, pack our cooler and beach supplies and walk down to the sand. d loved the water, the sand, the birds, everything! he especially loved snacks. I was worried with how active he was being that he wasn't getting enough to eat/drink so anytime he asked for something I jumped at the chance to fuel him. we hung out at the beach each day till after lunch, then came back to the condo to clean up and take a nap. sometimes we went out to the pool after nap time, and a couple of times we went out. we went to the big dog track, we walked the huge pier, went shopping and went out to eat. back home for bed around 8/8:30 every night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">one of my favorite things was when chris took us to an arcade that he went to as a kid. his parents bought the condo when he was 8 years old, so he has a ton of memories 'growing up' at the beach in the summers. it was so sweet watching him try to show d how to play skeeball. hahahaha! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">after our week at the condo, we headed to visit our friends in st. pete. I wont post a ton of pictures of their sweet baby girl since I didn't ask them if I could but let me tell you... she is the sweetest little thing! d loved her and kept trying to give her hugs and show us where her 'eyes' were. the guys played golf and the girls hung out with the babies all morning. swapping mommy stories and sharing advice. it was a much needed time with great friends. </span><br />
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<br />Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-50353820642610559122013-06-15T22:50:00.001-04:002013-06-15T22:50:00.834-04:00Happy Father's Daytoday we are celebrating dads. my dad is an amazing man. loving. supportive. caring. trustworthy. a great example of a father and a husband. I am lucky to say my father-in-law is too. a strong man. father of three boys. Chris and I are blessed to have such Godly dads who love us and cherish our relationships. We celebrate our grandpa's and those who acted like grandpa's. we celebrate our brothers who are and who hope to soon be dads. we celebrate our friends who are dads- we will have welcomed 6 new babies to our crew by the end of this year. we celebrate these amazing men who love their kids. who make time for them. who prioritize their family above other things. who work hard and love harder.<br />
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I know it is so cliche' to say, but I honestly did not know I could love my husband any more than I did on the day we got married. I was blissfully in love. blinded by it. consumed by it. wreckless love. and then we had durham. and I realized that we had no idea what kind of love was waiting for us. The first time I saw my boys together my heart exploded. I am so in love with how he 'daddys' our son that I want to make ten thousand more babies with him. he is my rock. my parenting superhero. my best friend and the only person I want to do this with. this week we will celebrate with cookies for dinner, camo shorts, high fives, daddy wrestling matches and bedtime books.<br />
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I tell you... there is NOTHING sexier than a daddy loving his kid. nothing. <br />
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Father's day has been an emotional day for me for the past several years. happy emotions and ones that are tough to feel.<br />
I have always been a daddy's girl. my dad and I have a great relationship and a love between us that I am so thankful for. I appreciate him so much and I love celebrating him on father's day. I have also been blessed with two amazing grandpa's, one who is still here celebrating with us and one who is not. that part of father's day is hard for me because I know how much my mom misses her dad. My heart hurts for the people who are wanting to become parents but haven't been able to yet, for the kids who don't have loving and actively participating dads in their lives, and for those who's dads are celebrating father's day in heaven. lifting up friends and family everywhere today.<br />
Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-6991969227895770372013-06-06T22:49:00.002-04:002013-06-06T22:49:20.140-04:00school bus!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">durham is obsessed with school buses right now! everyday when it's time for the kids to come home in our neighborhood we open our front door and let d watch the school buses go by. he loves it! he shouts 'kool ba' when we are driving down the road and he sees one, if he hears the breaks squealing he will yell it and come running. obsessed.</span><br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-27626732479330970782013-06-02T20:55:00.004-04:002013-06-02T20:55:43.758-04:00the pool is openwe are celebrating the hub's birthday this weekend. tuesday he turns 31! whoot! we had such a great time swimming and cooking out with friends at the pool today. there was a storm that rolled in that forced us inside, but we made the best of it. so thankful for these friends to spend the afternoon with us. looking forward to a summer full of swimming!<br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-35078946711519114672013-05-31T19:55:00.001-04:002013-05-31T19:55:46.589-04:00summer bucket listwe are so excited for summer!!<br />
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the past two weeks durham has been in swim lessons in the morning so we haven't really had time to do playdates (since now he naps in the early afternoon- one nap rocks!) and we are so looking forward to resuming our regular playdate rotation with our favorites.<br />
I need to be kinda deliberate with summer fun stuff or we wont have time to do it all. balancing work and play is not always easy, but making time for the things we enjoy is high on my priority list. we used an awesome coloring page printable from <a href="http://www.penandpaintblog.com/">pen & paint</a> blog <a href="http://www.penandpaintblog.com/2013/05/free-printable-coloring-page-summer.html">(Free printable HERE)</a> to get our summer bucket list down on paper. durham helped to color it in.<br />
I'm excited to do all of these things! like: going to the zoo, picking blueberries, durham's first braves game, home made ice cream and popsicles. finding the king of pops in atlanta and eating snowcones. swimming with Jack (he learned so much as swim lessons this year!) and hosting a BBQ here.<br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-54064002934828445292013-05-28T11:00:00.000-04:002013-05-28T11:00:10.590-04:00first freckle<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chris noticed Durham's first freckle on the middle of his back the other night. it's so tiny. so cute. the hubs and I are both very mole-y so it will be interesting to see how many freckles and moles durham ends up with.<span style="color: #666666;"><i> (sorry buddy)</i></span> haha.</span><br />
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<br />Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-22917570426712675742013-05-25T19:31:00.001-04:002013-05-25T19:31:29.623-04:00when you are 31<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tonight we played in the back yard after I got home from work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we ate homemade popsicles and splashed in the baby pool. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we chased cole around the yard and rolled dump trucks down the ramp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for some reason my mind drifted to something your grandparents tell me often. <span style="color: #666666;"><i>'you know how much you love d-bear? that is how much we love you. times a million because you are 31'</i></span>. I imagined you being 31. with a wife and a baby. being every bit as wonderful a daddy to your little one as your dad is to you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was laying on my belly in the grass taking pictures of you playing with cole. just day dreaming you'd do the same one day. then you came over to me and sat between my arms. you like to look at pictures of yourself. I let you press the buttons. then I turned the camera around on us and snapped a few pics. blurry and out of focus. my favorite photos of us. ever. and maybe one day, when you're 31 they will be your favorite photos of us too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">love, momma</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I know that he will forever be MY baby, but to everyone else he's been a toddler for a while. I just started noticing it. his face is thinning out. he is growing up. much too fast. he is changing. he is learning. he is thriving. but it is still bittersweet. my itty bitty baby has a toddler face.</span></div>
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-31799470537022202092013-05-20T22:54:00.000-04:002013-05-20T22:54:09.336-04:00appalachian trail<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">my dad is 53 years old and he is hiking the Appalachian
trail as a North bound thru-hiker. a thru-hiker is someone who hikes the entire
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to bring him fresh (and smaller) clothes and restock his medicine and food supplies. my brother and sister in law went up to see him in April and had such a great
time. we knew we wanted to go. this is a once in a life time
adventure for my dad and we want to show him our love and support every step
(literally) of the way. but bringing our 17 month old on a long car ride for
his first hotel stay was making me super nervous. those of you who know me are
just shaking your head. I am the queen of routine. I am so glad that God opened
my heart to this special weekend visit. it was so good for my soul to see my
dad looking so fit and healthy. to hear his stories of the trail. to see his
eyes light up while playing with durham. it was just a fantastic family time
that I will cherish forever. we are so so so very proud of you dad and how hard you are working to make this dream come true and to be a good example for us. we love you.</span></div>
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started the drive. he did. for about 30 minutes. too much excitement I guess. it was a little over 9 hours including breaks to potty and eat dinner. I sat in the back seat with him and we played and watched movies on the dvd player I borrowed from a friend. we got to Daleville, VA around 10pm and checked into our hotel. Comfort inn and suites, fancy fancy. haha. I had brought the pack-n-play for durham but once we got into the hotel he thought it was time to party! it was our first semi-successful night of co-sleeping. he snuggled right between us, gave us each an hours worth of head hugs and kisses. kept making sure dada knew where his nose was, and eyes, and mouth and elbow too. and finally went to sleep. I put him in his pack-n-play sometime during the night and he woke up ready to start the day at 6am. we were not quite ready to start the day. que mickey mouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we showered and ate breakfast down stairs in the lobby. it was actually really good. I went for carb overload. delicious. then we packed up our room and headed over to my parents hotel across the street. they were just finishing up breakfast too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd be lying if I said I didn't recognize him. who says that?! you always recognize your dad. he looks thinner. his hair is curly and longer than i've seen it in a while. his beard is full and grey. his eyes are the same. his hands are the same. maybe a little more tan than they have been in the past few years. same smile and same laugh. same dad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we had planned on going out to the trail. I wanted to see it. I wanted him to show us. but it was a nasty day. raining and super foggy. there were times you couldn't see 5 feet in front of you. but we went anyway. it was beautiful. and in a way it was spiritual. walking where he had walked. even if just for a tiny bit of it. and obviously with no pack. it felt good to be connected. durham loved it. minus the dirty hands part. I love how in all the pictures he is trying to get his hands clean. or inspecting them for more smudges. dad and durham walked (durham was running) down the trail and their laughter just echoed in the trees. it was perfect. it was what I needed and I know my dad needed it too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we rented a cabin at Claytor Lake state park for this night, but we couldn't check in till 3pm. so after our trail fun, we loaded up and headed to Virginia's version of bass pro shop! it was still raining and we wanted a place for d to run around while we caught up. we walked around and looked at stuff, and chased d, and let him 'pet' the animals (barf) then dad and chris dropped me and mom back off at their hotel so durham could take a nap and the boys went to get groceries for dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">as soon as we layed down durham was asleep. the trail really wore him out! after he woke up we 'helped' grampy get his pack ready to head out the next day. I use the term helped lightly because all durham did was eat his snacks and play with his head lamp. haha. but it was really cool to see all the stuff he had in there and see his little quirks in action. every item has its own bag. all of the food items must fit in the 'food bag' because you have to tie to to a tree so the bears wont get it. the clothes go in the clothes bag. ect. if it has a purpose then it can weigh a little, but if it doesn't have a purpose...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we headed to our cabin and got checked in around 3pm. we LOVED this state park! it was beautiful! it had a little lake beach that durham loved. the water was so cold but he didn't mind. just walked right in and started chasing sticks. there were boats out on the water and d would get so excited every time one passed by. there was a dock on the back of our cabin. he was so careful out there... and we laughed hysterically when he got down on his belly and tried to slide into the water. we stayed outside all afternoon. just walking around. playing with the baby. taking pictures. and catching up. dad and chris looked at the trail book and tried to figure out when moms next meet up would be. they think she might only be able to go one more time. but my grandparents are going to go too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">chris grilled some awesome hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner. we had potato salad, and chips and hot wings. whatever dad wanted-we had. he needs the calories since he burns so much energy hiking. I have never seen him eat so much! storing it up! great food and even better company. I loved hearing the stories and he showed us a bunch of pictures on his phone. people he has met. I have no idea how he remembers all their trail names. but he does. and their stories. his passion for the trail just shines out of him. I loved hearing about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">mom and dad had to leave after dinner to head back to their hotel. dad goes to bed around 8pm on the trail and gets up at 6am. they need to keep him close to his routine so he can get the most rest on his 0-days. saying bye was hard. I wish it wasn't so far away so we could go again. awesome weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">he recently started not wanting me to hold him for his 'sippy cup' milk. he will start in my lap, but is quickly down and running around with his cup. when he finishes he'll bring it to me and say all-gone. sounds like 'gone gone'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we have moved away from fixing him separate meals from what we are having (although this still does happen often because he eats/goes to bed so early. sometimes I don't have dinner ready when its time for him to eat.) he is trying new foods and loving them. much more adventures than mommy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">learning utensils. that is tricky. he still very much prefers to eat with his hands, but will use the fork if you 'load' it with food for him. he was a champ with his spoon this morning though. sometimes he surprises me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">mommy brain strikes again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">my dad built durham a helping tower. two actually. one for our house and one for my moms house. I found the free plans on the <a href="http://ana-white.com/2010/12/helping-tower.html">ana white website</a> and I forwarded them to him. a few days later my dad and my brother were sawing and hammering these beauties out in the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">there are two modifications. ours does not fold. the boys thought it might be a little sturdier if it was just free standing with no hinges. we have plenty of room in our kitchen so I just leave it out. and on ours the top is not rounded. all four sides are straight. mom stained hers a walnut color and I painted ours a seafoam green. we use it almost everyday. he loves to 'help' me make his breakfast and pack his lunch, wash dishes, cook (we just keep him to the side of the stove, out of reach of the burners and give him some measuring cups to play with). he helps fix his milk sippy in the morning, and its a great height to pull over to the buffet for crafts and other busy activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the ana white plans are <a href="http://ana-white.com/2010/12/helping-tower.html">here</a>. if you are not handy there are several of these on the market. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Partners-Learning-Tower-Azure/dp/B001EVG81Y/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1367364924&sr=8-11&keywords=learning+tower">this one</a>. and <a href="http://www.onestepahead.com/product/Kids-Kitchen-Helper-Safety-Tower-Step-Stool/_/R-536981">this one.</a> are my favorites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">since we use our phones to capture everyday moments, instagram holds a ton of memories for us. I usually use <a href="http://snapstagr.am/">snapstagram</a>, who I love, but then I heard of a new company and I tried them the last time I ordered prints.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>#holyinstalove</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.origrami.com/">origrami</a> is a 4x5 double sided instagram with a front polaroid style print. the back is either a photo map (if you selected a location) or a design background. each print has the date included on the back also!! These are not printed on glossy photo paper like snapstagram, but a thick cardstock. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">36 prints for $19.95 shipped. (that's .55 cents a print) <i>#worthit</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">only down side is that they do take a bit of time to get to you... these took 13 days, where as the snapstagram I usually get in 2 days. andplusalso, they did not pay me to talk about them... I just really love them that much. xoxo<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we have gotten a ton of rain in the past couple days. even hail in some parts. we headed out and went strawberry picking anyway. perfect weather. We went last year too. d was so little. this year was so fun to watch him 'get it'. he would say <i>'yeaaaa'</i> for himself when he picked one, and clap when he tossed it in the bucket. when we got home we made strawberry muffins with our bounty of strawberries. I'll be interested to see if he will try one when he gets up from his nap. we tried strawberries once, and they made his lips look a little irritated and he didn't love them so we just haven't tried again. we will absolutely be heading back. so lucky that this orchard is so close to our house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we packed up the kids and rode down there. a little too early for the yummy light, but we had a great time playing momtogs and making memories with the littles. most of these are pictures ra took. pretty much if you like it- she took it. but I watermarked them all mine so jankey people don't copy them and claim our cute kids as their own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is such a treat to have pictures of the two of us together. this one is my very favorite. this is so us right now. durham is 16 months and a total momma's baby. he is always clutching to me and wanting me. I love his little smirk. I love the crimson clovers. and I love my new distressed jeans that make me feel 25. ::wink:: </span><br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-87542046614231520462013-04-25T22:17:00.001-04:002013-04-25T22:17:07.714-04:00He is talking to me.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">do you ever get that feeling. the one where you just KNOW someone is talking about you...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> you can feel it. like words are burning into your ears.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">or where you think someone is watching you... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">you turn around and look behind you 5 times on your walk from the grocery store to your car because you just KNOW someone is watching you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">do you ever feel the need to justify your actions...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(whether it be food choices, parenting techniques or just the fact that you look like a bucket of hott mess that hasn't showed in 2 days) because you just KNOW someone is judging you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been feeling like that a lot lately. But the person who is talking about me, and watching me, and juding me... is me. and God has been talking to me about it. He has been showing me through my relationships, through my mommy board, and thru blogs that I read. He has been showing me that we are all struggling. we are all fighting our own battles. we are all doing our best and to do anything other than lift up and support other moms (or dads, but I'm talking about myself here) is just lame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not a writer. so I'm not even going to try to explain how my heart has been changed over the past 2 weeks. I'll let these blog links speak for themselves. Ashley Ann from <a href="http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/">Under the Sycamore</a> wrote <a href="http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2013/04/11/are-you-homeschooling-now/">the post</a> that rocked me to my core. I think I've used the phrase "I'm a fan of moms" about 23894837 times since I first read this. I forwarded it to bestie at 3am, and we have talked about it several times since then. I re-read it the next day, I posted it on my mommy board and we started talking. one particular quote was brought up "the more you judge others the more you feel judged". I had never heard that before. Then yesterday bestie sent me a text to check out kelle's blog post 'everyone seems to be talking about the same thing' she said. (Kelle Hampton <a href="http://www.kellehampton.com/">Enjoying the small things</a> <a href="http://www.kellehampton.com/2013/04/in-world-of-women.html">this post</a>) and that is when I knew. He was talking to me.</span><br />
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-62532921646384256462013-04-17T20:47:00.000-04:002013-04-17T20:47:08.116-04:00I don't brag on him enough.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not talking about baby d.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">i brag on him plenty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm talking about the hubs. the baby daddy. the best man I know.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think it's rough for dads in the beginning. at least it was in our experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got to bond with baby d inside my belly for 9 months. feel his moves, hiccups, kicks, and think about him every waking (and sleeping) moment. Then, the doctor pulled him outta my belly and was here here ya go, you're a dad now! Go do dad stuff! haha. In the beginning it's all crying and pooping and wanting mommy (because lets face it, boobs are AWESOME!). he took care of both of us (physically and emotionally) in ways I never knew we would need. I have always loved seeing my boys together, but for some reason now that d is getting older I love it even more. the way he runs to dada after bath time, the way he lights up for him when he gets home from work, the way he watches him cut the grass from the window. Chris always lets d 'help' him make coffee in the morning and is never too busy to read him a book. they spend a good amount of time alone together while I'm at work. I love the pictures they send. usually in pajamas still at noon, eating mcdonalds for dinner and other things mommy does not allow haha </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this past week Chris was out of town for work and he had a little time to kill before moving on to the next location. he stopped in a toy store and bought something for d. (actually, found something he liked and ordered it on amazon from his phone because it was cheaper) <i>handsome and thrifty! he's mine!</i> It came in today... a mini-4wheeler. he put it together and showed d how to ride. as I was uploading the pictures tonight I just got overwhelmed. I am so blessed. I am so thankful for the husband he is to me, but even more so the dad he is to our baby. I just don't brag on him enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">balls and toy cars with wheels. push toy lawn mower. and small wooden cars he hides in his blanket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">music with a beat. head bobs in his car seat and dances to pandora at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> blue blanket is his constant companion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">chicken, blueberries, peas and mango. yogurt covered raisins are baby crack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">playing outside. running. pushing dump trucks. throwing balls. and water table fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">reading books. b is for bear. first 100 farm words. where is baby's belly button?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">playdates with jackson. doing whatever he does. head-hugs. and belly laughs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">night routine. bath. lotion. jams. brush teeth. knows it by heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">his favorites quickly become my favorite things about him.</span></div>
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543511597729539009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884485125687721484.post-17019611744511186962013-04-13T11:01:00.001-04:002013-04-13T11:01:39.056-04:00Water Table!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are in the market for some outside toys...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been looking at garage sales, and consignment. We don't need anything super nice. Just some fun stuff to get dirty and sun faded in our back yard with d this summer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the girls posted on the mommy board that she had just ordered a sand & water table for her baby and I was like ohhhhhhh! I started looking on amazon to find one (minus the sand because I can only handle so much mess. poor durham) and I found <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Step2-726800-Big-Splash-Waterpark/dp/B0073A4X58/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1365733657&sr=8-6&keywords=water+table">this one</a> on sale for $33. and I ordered it. boom. It came this week and dada put it together for him and we showed him the coolest part (the diving board). On Wednesday we played outside since it was 80' and he loved every minute. We slathered on the sun screen and stayed outside for a couple hours. He watered the grass by filling up his buckets and trotting out there and dumping them. he drank a good bit of the water too. haha He absolutely loved it and I know we will get a lot of use out of it. Our patio is entirely covered in shade after 1pm, so most of our playtime will move to the afternoon this summer to protect his skin. meme and pawpaws pool will be open soon too! LOTS of water play for this little fish this year!</span><br />
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