Summer Time

I can't believe I am about to have less than a month till I go back to work.  This summer is going by so fast.  I still haven't completed everything that I wanted to around the house but I am working on it.  It has been so nice to be at home with my little man.  He is growing so much.  I feel like everyday he does something new.  He also is a very active little guy and wants all of my attention so I don't get much done when he is awake.  Here are some things that have been going on since the last post.

Jeff and I celebrated 3 years of marriage on June 13th.  It is crazy that it has been 3 years.  We celebrated the weekend before by going out to dinner and then to listen to Texas Country.  I love that Jeff and I can go out just us and have so much fun.  On our actual anniversary Nick and Em watched little man for us so we could go to dinner.  Walker absolutely loves Nick.  Walker has also grown to have a crazy obsession with Mickey Mouse.  All we do is talk about Mickey Mouse and watch Mickey Mouse.  A good friend gave us two big stuffed Mickey and Minnie and they go everywhere with us.  I thought that this obsession wouldn't last but I was way wrong.  I think we have our theme for our 2nd birthday  party.  For Father's Day this year I had a good friend, Buddie, take photos to give to Jeff.  She did an awesome job!  Here are a few:

The last two weeks in June Walker and I took mommy and me swim lessons.  Walker did great! He has absolutely no fear of the water.  He loved just putting his head in the water and going.  We struggled on kicking and moving our arms but if I let go of him he would swim under water.  However, at home in the bathtub he had no problem kicking =)  I can't wait to see how he does next summer.  My mom, brother and his girlfriend came down for a weekend.  We were able to go out and hang with them.

  I turned 28 on June 21! It is crazy that in two years I will be 30!!! I know that 30 is by no means old but 30!!! We were able to go out and celebrate my birthday with friends and I had way too much fun.  I am so thankful for family to watch Walker, so Jeff and I are able to have that time with our friends. 

 

For the 4th of July we celebrated with Jacob and Erin at a friend's house.  Walker had so much fun in the pool and just hanging out with everyone.  The fireworks didn't bother him at all.  He wanted to stay in the truck and hit all the buttons.  

So far our biggest thing this summer has been that Walker is no longer in a crib.  He decided one night to climb out and he wasn't going back in.  We tried the pack n play and he climbed out of that too.  It was quite an eventful first couple of nights.  Walker is now successfully sleeping on his crib mattress on the floor or a palette on the floor.  We decided to start with a toddler bed before moving to a big twin bed.  We ordered him a Mickey Mouse bed so hopefully he will sleep in it.  I still can't believe that my 21 month old is not sleeping in a crib!!!  I was planning on keeping him in the crib until he was at least 3 but he had other plans. 

 Our next big adventure is to Gulf Shores, AL.  We leave on July 21st!!!  We are going with good friends and their little girl.  I can't wait!!  The next post will be all about the vacation.  Wish us luck, a toddler and 4 month old in a 10 hour car ride!!!

Walker's new things:

not sleeping in a crib

the word No is now part of our vocabulary

saying all the fun words from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

helps feed the dogs

learning to say our friends' names

calls the dogs

likes to help me cook