My sweet little red...

Here are just a few of the pictures that we got taken of Nolan the other day. He is just so much fun and I can't get enough of him. He brings such a joy to our family. He will be 6 months old this week and I honestly can not believe it. Where has the time gone?

Meet Deebo...

Meet the newest member of our little family. This is Deebo. Jack named him. He is a Betta and fits just perfectly in our family. Jack is obsessed with him and will spend long long periods of time just watching him and talking to him. I am being kept busy trying to keep him alive making sure no foreign objects or too much food is in his tank. I'm glad there is a pet store just down the road in case of emergency:)

questions...

Two totally random topics..So these are the two things that have been occupying my little mind lately..
1. the NCAA tournament, well not so much the tournament itself but my bracket and the wager I need to make with Jason asap...I can't really think of anything really good...I know I could say, "dishes for a week" or "the next 10 poopy diapers" but I want to think of something original. (my bracket looks pretty good so far, I have 12 picked out of the sweet 16..)
2. As I was up last night in horrible pain due to that womanly time of the month, I found myself asking, "I wonder if there is some kind of special secret or remedy that I don't know about to get rid of cramps? hmmm..maybe I'll put it on my blog.." At this point I'll take any advice out there..I'm desperate! (sorry it's a little personal, but as I said, I'm desperate)

Let me know what you think so my mind can rest easy tonight! thanks guys

Favorites

I thought I would post just a few of our favorite things that we did while in Branson.


First things first...for those of you that don't know Jacks black sweatshirt is a favorite in and of itself...He wears it EVERYWHERE and he will only take his hands out of his pockets and his hood off for very special occasions...as you can see, this is one of them. We were shuttled to Silver Dollar City on a bus and that was probably the best part of Jacks day. He LOVES buses and he has to tell me every time he sees one and what color it is. He is a one happy boy!

At Silver Dollar City they had a giant playhouse for kids that was filled with balls and air guns to shoot them. We had to go back to this one twice, he just couldn't stop talking about it. He could have easily spent all day here.

Hands down Jasons favorite part was the roller coasters...We are both suckers for roller coasters. The lines weren't bad at all so we would just trade off watching the kids and go ride one by ourselves..it was pretty pathetic but I couldn't help having a goofy grin on my face when the ride was getting ready to start. Can you find Jason in this picture?

Ok so this is a gross picture but I just wanted to illustrate what my favorite part of the trip was...doing nothing! We don't have the BRAVO channel at our house so my nights (when i should have been sleeping) were full of project runway marathons.

I didn't forget Nolan. He just enjoyed being tended to in his stroller the whole time. He was such a good boy and I know that is a big reason why the trip was so successful. I love to look out and watch what was going on and as long as we were strolling he was in his happy place!

Branson or Bust!

Last weekend we were able to go on a little family vacation to Branson, Missouri. We had a blast, it was just what we needed over spring break and to our surprise, we had no crazy mishaps, no crying tantrums, and no blow out diapers (the things I feared most)
All of our vacations in the past have been to go visit family so we have never really had a family vacation with just us. It got us excited for the many more family vacations to come!

At the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater

Nolan and J on the train

Jack and I on the train

Jack and J riding the teacups!

After a long day of fun at Silver Dollar City...

Below I posted some of our favorite things about the trip..

A few more picts..

Just some of the boys.. J-squad, Mackdaddy and my bro Jmoney

My girls..sisters and cousins

Sis Holly and her Peanut

Enjoying a lovely afternoon of ice cream and California sunshine

We are finally getting used to our little lives here in Tulsa again..With the two hour time difference and daylight savings it's taken awhile to get back on schedule. Jack was so happy to see his daddy and his friends...Nolan is much more aware and loves to laugh at Jack..it's so cute to see them interact with each other. I wanted to post a few more pictures from the trip and say a quick thanks to everyone who helped us (put up with) my crazy boys. Love you guys!

Fun Times...

We had a fabulous time in Utah for Crystal's Wedding! Here are just a few pictures of that day...

Lots more posts to come!