Beautiful Saturday...

This weekend was PERFECT camping weather (last weekend it was a little hot and humid!) but we decided to enjoys the outdoors right outsite our house! Tyler was outside practically the whole day, only coming in for water or food! He played with the kids down the street and later on in the afternoon we watched some of our friends kids so they could go out for their Anniversary! Caiden LOVES the outdoors too.. he gets really upset when it's time to come inside. Oh how I wish he could walk on his own!!

Popsicles are YUMMY!

We've discovered that anything Tyler wants, Caiden wants and whatever Tyler's does, Caiden wants to do the same! I told Tyler if he has something and doesn't want to share with Caiden, DON'T EAT IT IN FRONT OF HIM or Caiden WILL go after it. Well, one of Caiden's favorite things to eat are Popsicles!! He LOVES them. I had to go out an get the sugar free ones so I don't feel as guilty with him eating a whole one (because he WILL!).
I've posted 2 videos, the first one was recorded the other day and the 2nd one was from a few months ago when he tried them for the very first time (watch he tongue go in and out like a lizard.. so cute!!)
All this talk about Popsicles, now I want one!!

C-A-M-P-I-N-G

This past weekend we went camping at Morrow Mountain State Park in Albemarle, NC. It was our first time camping there and we were really pleased with it! It's a beautiful park with a lake to fish in or canoe, hiking trails, a swimming pool, horse back riding; you can even rent a log cabin there! We "tented it" and had a blast. Our good friends Adam and Ashley and 2 of their boys came along with us. We only went 1 day because earlier in the week it called for thunderstorms Friday night so we stayed in. We were a little disappointed when the weather was gorgeous and we didn't go! On Saturday the weather was a little hot and humid but it was still enjoyable. The boys enjoyed playing in the water and running around in the woods ("a redneck's babysitter_- as Adam would say- LOL!) Nothing's better then roasting marshmallows by the fire and playing the longest game of Phase 10 ever! (LOL). We also saw lots of Deer which was pretty cool! We are looking forward to going back in mid-October, hopefully by then it will have cooled off some!
Enjoy the pictures- there's quite a few

Doctor Doctor give me the news....

The boys had their check-ups recently; Caiden needed his 12 month and Tyler needed one for Kindergarten. I took them separately because I knew they'd both be getting shots and I didn't want to deal with 2 crying children at the same time. Caiden went to his visit first and everything was great! Healthy as can be! His head is head is still in the 95th percentile, height- 30 in-50%, and weight is just under the 50th (but he's still gaining weight which is what matters!) He's weighing at about 22 pounds (into the "BIG" boy car seat). He also got 3 shots- cried for a second, then stopped once I held him :) He doesn't go again until he's 18 months old. However, we had to go back last week because he ran a fever and ended up having a mild ear infection! Poor fella- but he's all well now!!


Tyler's visit was a loooonnngg one. Good thing Caiden wasn't with us! They did just about everything that day: blood pressure, hearing test, eye test, a test for lazy eye(which was cool because he got to have these plugs put on his forehead and watch a screen change from black and white and different animals would pop up, height, weight check (both in the 50th %), AND he had 4 shots and his finger pricked (that was NOT fun at all). When the nurse went to give him his first shot in the arm he would NOT look away.. he literally starred at the huge needle go into his arm and screamed. Luckily he didn't jump around and stayed still. He was able to cool off and relax once she finished. For the most part he did well.... no one likes needles... We went to the gas station afterwards and got him an ICEE (his favorite) and he was happy! No more shots for a while!
This is Caiden's favorite spot!

Turtle at the park!

Have you ever seen/heard of the movie "Ella Enchanted" with Anne Hathaway? Well if you haven't, I recommend it! It's just the cutest movie, and Tyler likes it too! We all watched it last Friday night together and have been watching bits and pieces of it ever since on the DVR. It's about a girl, Ella, who is given the "gift" of obedience from a fairy. It forces her to obey ANY order she is told. Once someone figures out her "secret" she can get taken advantage of... I found my favorite scene on youtube tonight and had to post it! Ella is in Giantville with Prince Char and and Elf. The giants want the Elf to sing, but he doesn't know how so the Giant "tells" Ella to sing, and she has no choice but to sing... it's so funny.. especially her facial expressions... I don't know why I like it so much.. maybe because it's just a fun song to sing, or it reminds me of myself! Anyway, enjoy the clip!!

Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY!

On Monday, Labor Day, we went with some friends, Mike, Ashley and their daughter Kylie, to Tiger World! It's a small Zoo in Rockwell, NC near Salisbury. We didn't really know what to expect when we pulled up... especially after seeing this sign at the entrance --->

It was hard to realize that there were LIVE Tigers, Bears, Jaguars, living behind these wired gates!! We were literally 5 feet away from them all!! It was pretty cool

This Tiger jumped on the fence when Eric and Mike went to take pictures. The lady working there said that she has never done that before.... she actually when up to the fence and stuck her had in to pet her!