Meet Polly Pocket

We added a new family member to the family this week! Her name is Polly Pocket (much to Ryan's dismay). She is such a sweet little kitty. 

When Ryan brought her home I let her out on the patio because the garage was stifling (and I didn't think to put her in the sunroom). She did well and just hung around. She eventually curled up under the grill while Wyatt to persuade her out. It didn't work and so I pulled her out. This is when Wyatt startled her and she ran away. We tried to coax her out of a brush pile for 30 mins but with no success. We went to bed that night certain we would never see her again. 

The next morning Ryan claimed he heard her crying outside the window but I wasn't convinced. Before I left for work I popped my head out the back door and called for her. Sure enough I heard her crying and she was curled up in a box of junk that we are throwing away. I was so excited to see her in there! She is happily living in the sunroom for about another week and then we will turning her loose outside. This time Polly better not run away!

Keeping up with Claire: Week 23

I love my little lady!!

The time we won a 4-wheeler

It's the strangest thing... Ryan and I have gotten so lucky as of late. We recently won a 4 wheeler through a raffle we entered through all the DU events we have attended. We've had it for 2 weeks now and it has all of 4 miles on it. Too bad we are getting rid of it for you guessed it...another boat. Will the madness ever end? Haha!

 

 

Fun in the "big ploo"

We took Wyatt to a water park and the boy had the best time!! He loves to swim in Pawpaw's ploo, so that he would know the difference of where we were going we referred to it as the "big ploo." That is all he talked about on the way up there. We met friends and ended up having a great day! I'm ready to go back!

They do a mandatory break at 2 and 4 and this was at the 2 o'clock break. It took a little explaining to the boy why we were getting out. By explaining I mean he had to have a popsicle.

 

We were there for 3 hours and about 2 minutes down the road Wyatt was out. We got home and laid him down for a little longer and when we woke him up about 6 he was still so exhausted. He even took a little break on the couch.

Happy birthday, America!

We all donned our red, white, and blue as we went to the big parade in Belleville. We almost didn't make it and we most certainly would have been devastated if we hadn't.

After the parade we went to the park and let Wyatt run around before we all got hungry and Claire got fussy. We stopped by mom and dad's for a little bit and then came home for naps.

 

After we were well rested we headed over to our neighbor's house for some swimming and food. Wyatt had so.much.fun! I think he felt like such a big boy getting to hang with the big kids. There were twins there that were such mother hens! It was so cute watching them help Wyatt around the pool, swim with him, and push Ryan out of the way. Wyatt was definitely missing out on attention.

I stayed as long as I could with Claire barely hanging on, but she finally let me know she was done so I can home, bathed, fed, and put her to sleep and hung out until it got dark. Ryan and Wyatt continued with the festivities. My biggest regret is that I left before the dessert came out!

Once it got dark enough Ryan brought Wyatt home and we did some fireworks with him. He really enjoyed it!

Then we settled in on the front porch to watch the fireworks. The hosts of the party put on a nice show!! It was like our own personal fireworks display! We could also look to the left of our house and see Dardanelle's fireworks too. "More lights" and "light gone" is what we heard from Wyatt the whole time.

(I caught the first picture and Ryan got the second. Not to bad, ha!)

 

It was such a fun day! I wish Claire could have enjoyed it a little more with us! I hope that next year the weather is just as gorgeous as it was this year!

 

Keeping up with Claire: Week 22

Taking Independence Day, literally...

Blue jean baby...

Claire 5 months

-You weigh 15-16 lbs
-You take 5-6 6 oz bottles a day depending on what time you decided to start you day as well as an entire of either a fruit or veggie.
-You are asleep for bed no later than7:30 and we wake you up for a feeding at 10:30 otherwise you will be ready to eat at 4am and that is not okay! Otherwise you start your day anywhere between 6 and 7.
-You take 3 naps a day, but your wake time is getting much longer and one of your naps is getting a lot shorter.
-You are in size 3-6 mo, 6 month clothes and a size 2 diaper, but I'm going to go ahead and bump you up to a 3.

-You get so ticked when we are making your bottle, putting on your bib, and getting situated to feed you. Patience is clearly not your thing and you certainly got that from your momma.
-You roll both ways and squirm all over the place
-You rarely take a paci, you much prefer your thumb.
-You love your feet and we've caught you sucking on your toes twice already.
-You just jibber jabber away.
-Things that make you laugh the most: watching Wyatt do anything and riding in the car talking to the things that hang across the handle.
-You watch tv and are content to sit there with your toys in front of you letting Mickey or whoever entertain you for a bit. I know you like it because you squeal and laugh. That's typically what you get to do while we get around in the mornings.
-You grab and reach for toys now and you can pull your paci out and put it back in...just to spit it right back out.
-You LOVE to look at yourself in the mirror. Which comes as no surprise because there is such a pretty little girl looking back at you!