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We made it through another week sans PDO and Mimi and survived to tell about it. It was busy in baby land too, not only did Will arrive but my niece Madeline did too - Welcome to earth guys and gals!!

One of the things Buck and I look forward to is our craft time while Theodore takes his morning cat nap. We have done sticker projects coloring and this week we decided to try finger painting! Buck had so much fun! And I had a good time watching him. He took the project very seriously.

Buck has also figured out how to take pictures on the digital camera, here are some examples of his excellent eye.

We spent Saturday at the farm and were excited to see the progress on the new house! Buck had a great time Fishing and playing on the toys while Theodore and I lounged inside.

Cars and Cookies

Well we survived week one of the boys out of school. Hooray. I have to give allthe credit to the Movie (MOOMIE as Buck says) Cars. HE LOVES it. He just points to the TV and say cars repeatedly until i turn it on. We also tried to kill sometime making chocolate cookies - because I am a genius who loves to clean up a cup and a half of cocoa powder off of everything in a 50 mile radius. Buck had a blast though. We have also been catching a playdate here and there and hitting up the Childrens Museum.







Theodore is Pure Awesomeness and is really getting around and keeping himself busy, He loves to pull up and is turning into a little boy, yes that was a tear you felt :( These babies grow up so fast.

Speaking of babies - Welcome to the world William Luke!! And Madeline should be following suit anytime now. Its a great week for cousins to be born!
Two for the road! Theodore is so cute all the time!

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Schools out for Summer!

I love pics of the boys together

We had a great week. The boys did a great job helping me celebrate my birthday and we all had a lot of fun. Ryan outdid himself and brought home a chocolate cake - WITH my name on it on Wednesday, it was super awesome. We spent the evening playing with the boys watching them ride on their ponies (or zebra not to get too technical). On another cake note Mary Ann made the most indulgent cake for my birthday, i wish I had a picture - It was a 2 layer round butter cake with Chocolate and Carmel filling, chocolate frosting and Pralines poured on top. It was just WOW!

I have lots of pics of the boys and one of my cake that Ryan brought home - I was so impressed.

My wonderful cake from Ryan


Missing Texas, Cowboy T rides again!

Cowboys - zebra included

My mom was sweet to remember how much fun she had with us at the Childrens Museum earlier this year - that she sent a family membership for my birthday. It was perfect timing since parents day out is OUT for 2 whole weeks. I took the boys Today and Buck had the most awesome time until his mean old mom made him leave. Buck's favorites are the Grocery store and the firetruck. He wont leave the firetruck without me pulling and prying his fingers off the steering wheel just to run in record time back to it. He LOVES the firetruck! I have a feeling we will go back several times this week!



Theodore asking why he can't shop too :(

Buck the thrifty shopper



Theodore is officially not only crawling (in his own special army way) but he is also Sitting up on his own AND pulling himself up to stand at his toys. He is tough I think all he wants to do is just take off running so he can tackle the Buck. For now Theodore just runs buck down in his walker but Buck came up with a solution to that - ride the walker!! It is genius!

Cowboys

We took a quick trip (if you want to call a 12 hour car ride quick) to Corpus Christi Texas over the weekend to visit Grandpa Bates. I was so excited to have him meet my wild little cowboys and he seemed to really enjoy their company, especially Theodore who sat still long enough for everyone to enjoy. We packed in quite a bit those few days besides visiting Grandpa. The first night we were there we had dinner with Ryan's Cousins and Aunts and Uncle, it was a full house! We enjoyed some texas beef bbq and played catch up with everyone while Buck chased cousin Adair around Grandpa's house.

Friday we hit the beach for a picnic after Buck and Ryan took a detour to the aquarium to look at the shoes(ie - Fish). Aunt Terri and Hillary found a great beach for little ones - shallow, calm, and beautiful. We ALL got in, T tried swimming for the first time and Buck really enjoyed himself and went far out into the water with Mimi - so brave! Ryan and Terri caught baby shrimp and crabs - super cool. Theodore fell in love with Hillary and Buck now has aspirations to play the guitar like cousin Ryan.

Saturday we took the boys to the king ranch saddle shop and the kings inn restaurant which had great seafood. Buck LOVED the put the quater in pony at the store, he rode 4 times - BUCKAROO!!

We had a great time with everyone and we were so glad to be there. We swear Theodore was happier in Texas than Tennessee, maybe we should start calling him Tex.

Busy Boys!

We got some Cute pics of the boys on the couch and I couldn't decide which to post so here are all three. Buck loves to sit with T, and asks for the baby everyday and helps with bottles, in Buck's own special way.

These two cannot stop, just action all the time. We finally caught Buck escaping from his crib on camera. His crib is now put away and he slept in his big boy bed last night for the first time! Our friends are letting us borrow a plastic car bed that looks like a VW beetle it is so cute! It was a challenge for him to go to sleep at first but he was really proud of himself in the morning. I am not too sure what this is going to do to our naptime, but we will see.

Buck Reading Theodore a Story.

Buck and Theodore play together more and more each day and Theodore is getting good at letting Buck know when to back off. He recently started running Buck down with his walker when Buck torments a little too much. I might laugh out loud about this a little too much for Buck's taste, but I make sure to kiss the boo boo's
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Now he is really cool - 2 cell phones!!! Buck is just a phone call away from talking to himself!

Fourth of July fun

We had a LONG and exciting weekend. It all started Friday Morning when we woke up to bangs, and it wasn't fireworks. We thought Buck was banging his crib but the sound was off, we quickly realized it was his bedroom door. We looked at the monitor and my stomach sank Buck had escaped from his crib!! He was trying to open his door to get us. I had to see how he accomplished this fete and put him back in the crib, he immediately fipped his leg over the side turned himself around and scaled the side of the crib to the floor like a pro. I would video it but I am not encouraging this, we can still lower the crib, I might gain a month more of sanity - lets keep our fingers crossed.

The rest of our weekend was busy, we had a playdate with Declan on Friday night that was so much fun for Buck. Then a pool party on Saturday and a Party at the Farm with a gaggle of little girls on Sunday. Buck really liked seeing Kate!

Theodore is still a breath away from Crawling and we just unleashed his independence by pulling out the walker, we have never seen him so happy. He and Buck are really starting to interact and it is so much fun to watch them play.