Gotta love the fam...

My parents drove into town last Friday for a long weekend. On their way in they stopped by Tyler's preschool to surprise him and bring him home... and boy was he surprised when they got there (or should I say after he woke up!.... yes, he was actually taking a N-A-P that day!) As mentioned in an earlier post, we went to Howl at the Moon Friday night and had a blast! On Saturday we went to the National White Water Center that's here in Charlotte. We were going to ride the rapids, but it's a little pricey on the weekends ($65 a person!) so Jay and his friend Hunter Kayaked and Tyler did some rock climbing.

Tyler, Hunter and Jay showing off their muscles
Hunter and Jay before they get into the water to Kayak
TY all geared up! What a handsome little guy
Ty man on his way up the rock! He was off to a great start, made it about 3 feet off the ground then he looked down and was a little scared and was ready to get down. For his first time he did GREAT and we were so proud of him. He didn't want to go again so Jay and Hunter got to climb for the rest of Tyler's time! 3 climbs for the price of one-what a deal!

Caiden tastes his first lemon..... not so yummy mom!

2 Years Ago Today....

Eric and I said "I DO"

100 Reasons why I love my husband (in no particular order)
1. Because he is awesome
2. He's funny
3. He's smart
4. He love's me
5. He takes care of me
6. listen's to me
7. repeats what he said after I ask "what?"
8. he's HOT
9. he has gorgeous eyes (and I'm not the first to say that... ask John)
10. he can fix anything
11. he can figure anything out
12. he's determined
13. he's a hard worker
14. loves the outdoors
15. loves to go camping
16. can chop firewood
17. can start a fire
18. can lay down hard wood floors all by himself
19. can patch up a ceiling after put his foot threw it
20. give good massages (eventhough I laugh because it tickles my feet)
21. never argues
22. turns the light off in the bedroom even when I'm the last one to get into bed
23. he lays his cloths neatly over the chair when he gets home from work (hey, they could be in a pile on the floor)
24. he's sarastic
25. gets along with just about anyone
26. has a wonderful personality
27. he calls me baby
28. drives first on road trips because he knows the first thing I do as soon as we hit the highway... SLEEP
29. eats whatever I cook for dinner
30. never complains about dinner.. even when the chicken I grilled is dried he doesn't dip it in water... (LOL)
31. cooks dinner for me on special occasions
32. is a WONDERFUL Father
33. did I say he's a wonderful father? I'm saying it again!
34. likes to wrestle "fight" with Tyler on our bed
35. very protective
36. rocks the baby to sleep at night "sleeper hold"
37. loves concerts
38. loves to sing LOUD at concerts (not louder than me though!)
39. loves Kenny Chesney (our song is "Me and You")
40. our first concert was Kenny Chesney in Greenville 7 years ago...
41. he can add better than me (what? who's the Math major??)
42. he lets me buy his clothes (or else he WON'T)
43. he lets me have the remote...... ;)
44. doesn't compain (much) when I leave the cap off the toothpaste
45. he works long hours and still comes home in a good mood
46. loves his job (cross your fingers for the new one!!!)
47. lets me go shopping (oh yeah.... did I tell you how much I spent on those new shoes?... heheh
48. drinks wine
49. takes great care of our family
50. loves his mom
51. buys me flowers just because
52. buys me cards because he knows how much a card means to me :)
53. understands me
54. helps out with the kids
55. Takes Tyler to school in the morning so he can sleep in
56. does all the yard work
57. I love that he chose to go to Wofford College (that's where we met)
59. he loves dogs (we have our first dog, Buck)
60. loves to play games, cards, poker
61. organized
62. good with money
63. he's my best friend
64. we get along so well
65. he loves the beach
66. he's taking me back to Hawaii for our 5 year anniversary
67. I love his smile
68. He has what you call a "dentist's dream mouth" ... it's perfect and drives me crazy!
69. he has NO cavities
70. he has EVERY SINGLE tooth, including his wisdom teeth
71. and he has never had braces
72. no, I'm not jealous.. he's just that amazing
73. I love the way he looks at me
74. I love the way he holds me
75. gets along with my family really well
76. likes what I like
77. he'll sit and watch a chick flick with me... didnt you say how much you LOVED "The Notebook"
78. laughs at all my jokes
79. I laugh at all his jokes
80. makes me breakfast in bed for Mothers Day
81. takes Buck to the park to run around
82. taught Tyler how to ride his bike when he was 4
83. gave me two wonderful, beautiful boys
84. takes me out to dinner on our Anniversary (which is TODAY)
85. knows a lot about sports
86. played football in college
87. has nice calves
88. has a cute butt
89. likes my butt
90. always knows how to make me smile
91. has soft hands
92. has soft feet (eventhough they are always cold and sweaty!)
93. gives good hugs
94. cries at sad movies
95. strong
96. talented
97. selfless
98. never gives up
99. he's him
100. I love you Eric more than words can say! I could go on and on with this list, but my fingers are starting to hurt and I need to get ready for our date tonight!!
Happy Anniversary
101. I couldn't forget.. he's a great kisser too!

another year older...

SURPRISE JENNIFER!!!! I (along with the help of our friends) decided to throw Jen a surprise party for her 30th birthday and boy was she SURPRISED!!! (I also did it 2 weeks before her bday...) It was the grand opening of Howl at the Moon Friday night here in Charlotte and Jen and I had planned on going since we first heard about it at Speedstreet about a month ago. She knew we were going that night, but what she didn't know was that it was for her birthday and that everyone else was going to already be there!!! We had a BLAST that night... it was the most fun I've had in a while and I can't wait to go back. If you've never been to a dueling piano bar, you oughta because they are AWESOME!

Enjoy the slide show!

Father's Day

For Father's Day Tyler and I got up early and made Eric (Daddy) chocolate chip pancakes, eggs and sausage for breakfast after letting him sleep in! It was a beautiful day outside so for Eric's gift we cleaned out and washed both of the cars! We later went out to dinner at Beantown in Matthews and it was delicious!

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful father's out there!

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree, The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea, The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night, The wisdom of the ages, The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity, The depth of a family need, Then God combined these qualities, When there was nothing more to add, He knew His masterpiece was complete, And so, He called it ... Dad
Author Unknown

For My Daddy, I love you

I is for ICECREAM

more graduations!

Tyler had a little graduation celebration at his preschool on Friday. Gosh, I remember when he first started there at just a year old and now he's already about to start kindergarten! He is very excited to go to his new school this fall and was happy to get his first diploma!

Tyler and his good friend Lillian


Tyler let Caiden taste some of his cupcake.. YUM

I love working at my children's preschool! I get to see them whenever I want... absolutely perfect!

Camping!! (LOTS of pictures!)

our view from our tents

We have been wanting to go camping ALL year and we FINALLY got to go! It's been too cold at night for the baby so we had to wait until it got just a little bit warmer. The weather was just about perfect last weekend when we finally went. Talking about perfect.. our campground Eric found was awesome! We were literally right next to the lake (check out the pictures below!). It was our first time camping there at Andrew Jackson State Park. It was not only a nice campsite, but very close to our house too! We had to choose one close by because Morgan's baby shower was on Saturday afternoon and I could NOT miss that!! We left Friday after Eric got home from work and met the Musso's there. Once we got there and put our tents up we relaxed by the campfire! The kids and dogs had a blast by the lake. As soon as we let Buck off of his leash guess where he went? Yep, straight in the LAKE for a swim. He even tried to chase the ducks.. it was kinda funny... The kids mostly played on the edge of the water since we really weren't supposed to swim in it. They had fun... doing what kids to best.. getting dirty! Jen and I had to give them quite a few "baths" all weekend! It was well worth it because by the end of the second day there the kids where so exhausted and past out shortly after they got there pjs on!

This was also Caiden's very 1st camping trip and he did SO well especially finding out he had a DOUBLE ear infections earlier that day(poor baby....) Yes, I was so glad I took him to see the doctor BEFORE we left. He had been congested all week and I could hear a little wheezing i his chest. I remembered the doctor telling me at his 9 MONTH well-visit just a couple weeks ago that he had fluid in his ears but no infection and to watch out for cold symptoms. And sure enough, the cold symptoms came and so did the ear infections! I got his medicine right away and we were finally ready to go camping! The doc prescribed Omnicef since it doesn't have to be refridgereted sice we were going camping! So great!
Caiden really loves the outdoors (what child doesn't right?). I just wish his was a little more mobile because it's hard for him to "scoot" on the the dirt. We had a kiddie tent we set up with lots of toys inside for him to play it but he someone managed to get out of it EVERY time! He did so well though and we can't wait to go again! Right now it's a little TOO hot...


Caiden and me playing by the lake

taking the kids on a little hike through the trails right next to our site!
Eric working hard chopping wood for the fire!

oh so comfy in the hammick

Buck and Taz playing fetch in the lake!

Ty Musso and Tyler having TOO much fun! Guess who had to clean them? Good 'ol Moms!


John cooking some dinner by the campfire.... Yummy London Broil..

Some of our greatest of friends, The Mussos :)


Water never tasted and felt so good!!

back to the Alphabet posting... it's been a while!

is for HOLIDAY weekend.. (Memorial Weekend to be exact.. it's just been a few weeks!)

Memorial Weekend was lots of fun for us because Eric's sister Tish and her husband Chris came down with there daughter (our neice!), Isabella! We went to Speedstreet Saturday afternoon and when we got there it seemed like EVERYONE and their mother was there too! (very crowded) It was fun trying to get free samples of everything from taco seasoning to bubble gum! I was even able to get a little massage in. We stayed up late each night hanging out on the patio since the weather was so wonderful outside while the kids played with Buck. Sunday we had a cookout and invited some more friends over for dinner. When it started to get dark we had a bonfire and roasted marshmallows.. my FAVORITE (and the kid's too!)

All in all, we had a wonderful weekend and we are looking forward to seeing Tish, Chris, and Bella again in just a few weeks when we go to DISNEY WORLD!!

Enjoy the pictures!

Bella and Tyler get along so well. It's so sweet to watch them play together. Bella was like Tyler's little shadow...oh so precious. I think in this picture Tyler is "pretending" he's asleep!

Our beautiful neice, Isabella. She'll be 2 in just a few weeks!

Tyler, Bella, Liam, and Abby having fun outside!

Bella, Tish and Tyler outside by the campfire. (And that's little Jackson in the stroller, so cute!)

It was also Chris's birthday that weekend (Sunday) so we had a little celebration with some yummy cake (not as yummy as Erin Woodward's brownies she made tho!)