Weekend Recap

South Carolina, Chick-fil-A, and Table Rock...that about sums it up!!

Rody was so tired...he actually fell asleep in the water (hasn't happened in a LONG time) and we put him down without waking him up...

Note: Water wings still attached...

I could just squeeze him..

and, here are the sideways pictures I keep telling you that I cannot avoid..so, turn your head down and to the left and it will make sense...

Free Chick-fil-A friday! Whoo hoo...dress like a cow, get free food...

Even though our black sharpie dots are pitiful at best, we still got free food...

Rody too!

And he got to pet the cow...see hand?

And he got a free balloon...this boy was HAPPY! as he says "bloooon"...

A good time was had by all...

2 little pink lines

I wanted to celebrate that 2 years ago to the day 2 pink lines changed my life forever...I was pregnant! It came sort of as a shock (it is such a miracle) ...and here comes Rody!

I would describe pregnancy as a marathon race...it is a long 40 weeks with many changes...my body, feeling the baby move, having to go to the bathroom ALL the time, waking up at odd hours, crazy dreams (hormones??), but at the end, a miracle!

And Rody is here to tell you...

Yep, he's going to be a big brother! 2 pink lines have once again changed me life...and I am pregnant with our second child!

What a miracle, what a blessing....I am 10 weeks pregnant and due February 6th. So, Rody and baby #2 will be about 22 months apart...WOW!

I pray that this pregnancy goes as smoothly as my last pregnancy!

15 month old babble

Produce from our garden...squash, onions and okra here

Rody trying to escape!

Rody has started "babbling" some sentences...it is pretty funny and I tried to capture it on video...but he's performed better--you'll get the idea!

15 months old! The words he consistently says:

mama, dada, ball, bottle, blanket (which those three all sounds the same), score (shooting a basketball), ice, nana (banana), grandma, grandpa, papa, bye bye, hiya (hi ya), diaper (he is signally when he has to BM and we actually put him on the training potty the other day too!), balloon, bird, tree (although tree sounds a lot like "balloon"), started saying "cuum" for vaccuum, book, light, shoes, help (which sounds like ba for some reason), ocean (got that one at the beach)...

I think I covered all the bases. He understands a lot of what we say to him--which is cool!

He is getting so big! We just can't believe how much he has changed over these last 15 months....wow!

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Favorite Photo of the week- and MckLinky!

These are two of my favorite pictures of Rody (he was around 5 months old here....)

They grow up so fast, but I still see his sweet 5 month old baby face in his now sweet 15 month old toddler face!

Lately

15 months

My camera and I are in a huge fight...as you can see, it is winning the battle...I have tried everything- it is making some weird noised and taking pictures oddly, and when I load them on blogger they look right, but then load sideways. I've tried everything. I've tried rotating them sideways in my pictures before I load them, but to no avail. And I'm pretty computer savvy...and now VERY frustrated because I would love to do some fun posts, but not with sideways pictures! I wish there was a way to ROTATE your pics once you upload them in blogger...anyone know how?

Well, we had to cut our VACA a couple days short because of a root canal issue with me...so we stopped at my parent's house for the night to break up our trip home. We got to see Caleb one more time before he leaves for Australia...and he has also become my Juice Plus partner! We'll miss you Caleb!

My dad had his other knee replaced last week and is doing well...

But his home office has been moved to his bedroom...

Happy 15 months, Rody!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! To the father's in my life: my dad, my father-in-law, and my husband...

And, I've tried to get these photos to rotate correctly, but have determined it is a glitch in our camera...so, sorry about some of the sideways photos!

My dad and Rody

Rody and his daddy
My parents and their grandchildren...my dad read a verse on this morning that said "grandchildren are a crown to the elderly"...well, I don't think you're elderly, but we get the verse!

Randy's dad and Rody

I've been reading some statistics on children who grew up in homes without their father...and it is so sad...the % of fatherless children are rising and the outcome is greater for kids like that in dropout rates, going to jail, doing drugs, committing suicide, etc...

I wanted to say a big THANK YOU today to my dad and Randy's dad who have been faithful to their wives AND their children for many years...my parents going on 39 years of marriage and Randy's parents going on 30 years of marriage. What an incredible testimony to your lineage of grandchildren you have/will have....God is pleased and I am thankful!!!

We love you!