My Girls' Weekend!

Most of the time this blog is about my kids of course, but I just had to mention what a great time I had this weekend, and what a huge thank you I owe my husband for filling in for me with the kids! This is the annual CKC Scrapbooking convention in Charlotte. I have started attending since the year after Katelynn was born (so this was my third year), and I LOVE it! It is so much fun attending classes, learning new scrapbooking techniques, actually having some TIME to scrapbook, and most of all- some girl time!! A friend from Virgina and another good friend from Georgia traveled to Charlotte for it, and we had a blast! My one friend stayed at my house so we also went out after my kids were in bed and did some triple coupon shopping together, which was so fun! This was just what I needed to recharge and get a nice little break. Thank you, honey!!

And I just have to add- Justin melted my heart. The first day I came home after being gone all day long, he got so excited to see me. It made my day! He was kicking and giggling and smiling and just so happy! When I grabbed him, he gave me tons of kisses and hugs! He is totally a mama's boy, and I love it!

Just a few...

Nothing too special, but here are just a few of the kids lounging around the house the past week as we prepared for the busy next few weeks!

A Great Visit with Great-Grandmas

I am pretty sure I mentioned a while back that my kids actually have not one, not two, but THREE Great-Grandmothers. Justin got to meet my grandma a few months back, and now he has officially met all three of them (Katelynn too but she met them all before Justin was born.) Jonathan's Grandma Miller has been visiting North Carolina all the way from Michigan, and his Grandma Blackwell is visiting from Florida.. all at the same time! We took them out on the boat today for an interesting and fun trip! This was Grandma Miller's first time on a boat.. and she's afraid of water!

Justin and Grandma Blackwell

Katelynn trying on Grandma Blackwell's sun hat

Justin and Grandma Miller Katelynn and Grandma Miller

Jonathan, Katelynn, Grandma Miller (Gil's mom), and Gil at lunch the day before

Enjoying the outdoors

It's one of our favorite places to be! These are my favorites of the kids the past few days outdoors!

Look Below!

I finally got caught up on my blog and added a bunch of pictures from our past few weeks. I edited the dates to reflect the actual dates so you'll want to scroll down and find all the new posts. They go back to the next page since there are so many! Enjoy and I promise to stay caught up for at least a little while now!

That's more like it!

Again, I have a video but can't get it to load. Blogger clearly doesn't like my videos!! In any case, I thought I would update you all on Justin's eating. He has finally caught on and is starting to show a lot more interest in eating! I almost gave up because he had no interest in it this past week, but I kept offering at breakfast and dinner and finally last night, it all clicked for him! He has now eaten three times in a row and loved it! If I don't get it to his mouth fast enough, he is crying and making loud noises until I get it to him. Tonight he screamed and screamed when he finished his sweet potatoes until I finally gave him some rice cereal, which he completely finished too! He still has to get the hang of opening his mouth. Right now, he just leans foward with his tongue out trying to get the food in. It's pretty cute I must say!

A Happy Jumping Boy!

Sadly, I am pretty sure Justin has outgrown his baby bouncer seat with the rest of the infant toys we have around here. Last time I put him in the seat this week, I turned around and he had pulled himself to standing and was leaning over the side trying to grab the rug on the bathroom floor. If it weren't for the safety belt, he would have been toppled over onto my tile floor. So, I came up with a new idea for keeping him busy while I get ready for the day, and it's a big hit.. much more fun than last time we had the doorway jumper out!

I have a video of him jumping like crazy, but I can't seem to get videos to fully upload on blogger.. if anyone knows how to make it work, I'd love some suggestions!!