Castlewood

 It has been so cold and snowy here this winter and we were feeling some cabin fever last weekend! We are outdoorsy people and feel like the outdoors have taken a back seat to moving, the winter, getting the house together, so we took advantage of the first "warmish" day and went to Castlewood park! Our intentions were to go snow shoeing but the previous day was warm so most of the snow melted (little did we know that more snow was coming, ha!) So we loaded everyone up and off we went!

 I seriously don't know who had more fun - the parents, the dogs or the child! We were all so happy to be out and about moving around, it was glorious! Connor found this "sola" of Bj's in the backseat (don't worry, we dumped the soda and put water in) and he would not let it go the whole hike! He would stop, take a drink and go "ah" - it was hilarious.

 I seriously took like 300 pictures that day - I just haven't really taken my camera out much recently and it felt nice to get some shots of my sweetie's! Also, I couldn't help but do my best to capture how cute he looked. Those boots? That hat - that kiddo totally has me wrapped around his little finger!

 Do you know how hard it is to get a "smiling" picture of this kid? Of a two year old in general!? It's pretty funny - Bj said I have scared him for life with all of the pictures I have taken - I think its just being "2"! :)

 He loved throwing the frisbee to the dogs and they were more than happy to catch it! He is going to have so much fun camping this summer - we seriously can't wait for warmer weather!!

 He could have cared less about taking a picture with his momma and daddy, but we still tried! :)

Before we left we had to stop at the playground and slide "one more time". I think this sweet boy is missing all of our nice weather trips to the park! He kept saying "one more time before connor goes home"! It was pretty cute and we of course gave in to about 15 "one more times". It was a wonderful day - just so much fun to hang out with our sweet little family. We are already planning our next adventure, hopefully we can snow shoe the next time!

These Boots Were Made for Walkin...

 I have a wonderful little family that I used to nanny for when I was in college - they have two boys and have been so gracious and handed down so many things for C! Most of it he won't be able to wear until next summer, but we are thrilled to have stuff for any size! I told Casey that we were thinking of going snow-shoeing on Sunday and she said she had some boots she wanted to give us! Woo-hoo! It was the only thing we really didn't have for him and probably one of the most important for snow-shoeing! Look at those little legs, I could just pinch them they are so cute :)

 She was so sweet and dropped them off (along with a snow suit!) and this little half nakey man has been having so much fun with them! He loves to put them on and zip them up! This little man has also enjoyed calling himself "nakey man" the last few days and taking his pants off. Silly little thing! He has on a onesie, diaper and two shirts :) Do you love his dirty little face? I swear it never stays clean - that is a little applesauce leftover from dinner.

This picture just made me chuckle he was like "what, me?!" These boots seriously kept him entertained for a good 30 minutes :) Nothing much going on around here, this momma is thankful that it is the end of the work week! We had a rough night last night - poor Scouters had a seizure the night the Kepplinger's arrived and ended up having two more last night. It is just awful and we feel so bad for our poor boy. The vet said to just watch him and they are common in dogs but I sure hope they go away! We have no big plans this weekend and I love it! I am sneaking away on Saturday night for a baby shower and I can't wait for that. Otherwise we will be staying warm at home :)

Silly Goose

This silly little goose has been having fun terrorizing his dogs lately! He is just so funny, he loves them - and most of the time they love him! He calls them "Scott" and "Segoona" (they are Scout & Sedona) and it's just so funny. He bosses them around, feeds them, lets them outside. He is just a funny little man!

We were having fun the other day just taking pictures and laughing at the funny ones of Scott and Goona - we are really fun like that :)

Kissy Face!

Even though Connor had a little trouble sharing his "turf" while Reaggie was here - we are pretty sure they are still destined to be married :) I mean...they smooched! Steph and I kept laughing about all of the rehearsal dinner video and footage we will have for these two little love birds! The video is a little blurry, but it was the best we could do!

Kepplinger's Visit!

My best friend and her sweet little family came to visit us this weekend! We were so looking forward to this weekend - spending time with each other, the kiddo's, the husband's, shopping, eating and catching up! We definitely did all of the above and had a great time!

 The four of us snuck out to dinner sans kiddos on Friday night and had a great time! Caitlin and her friend Monica were so sweet to watch the kiddos - we laughed though, we were home by 8:30!! Long gone are the weekends where we partied till the wee hours of the morning :) Steph and I snuck away on Saturday afternoon to shop and have a little dinner date at Maggiano's. It was so wonderful to get out and shop with my best friend, I even tried to be trendy with some skinny jeans!! Haha! She scored some fabulous deals, my favorite were her $3 black leggings!!

The boys had a day to themselves on Sunday and hit up the Casino! I think they enjoyed getting out of the house for a bit and enjoy downtown St. Louie, ha!!

 These two little boogers are pretty cute, but kept us on our toes the whole weekend! Any by that I mean Connor. He was a total stinker most of the weekend and not the most accommodating host. He was so very excited to see his Reaggie, but a little unsure about her playing with his toys :) Anyone have any advice on sharing??! Ha!

Steph got some cute pictures of the kiddos, I barely took my camera out, how unlike me!! We were so excited to have our visitors this weekend and our house feels way too quiet without them. We are already anxiously awaiting the next visit, we think maybe something in the warmer weather though :) Connor has been asking for "Reaggie, Aunt Steph and Uncle Kesh" since they left, I think he missed them as much as the rest of us! Thanks for making the trip Kepplinger's, we can't wait to see you again soon!!

Goofy

This little stinker (I had to bribe him with an "m" to let me take the picture) was reading upstairs with me in our bedroom. He accidently dropped the book he was getting ready to give me. He said "oh shit!" and went on his merry way.

I seriously almost peed in my pants.

He said it like it was totally normal - it may or may not have reminded me of something I said recently. Whoops! Looks like we are at the point where we have to watch what we say :) 

Stinker

So I was at my mom's house last week and I left the little booger alone for 2 seconds. I called him, couldn't find him, got a little nervous, got REALLY nervous when I heard running water, made my brother come with me and this is what we find. Shaving cream all over the face, brushing his teeth.

He makes me giggle all day long - we were all seriously dying of laughter. He is at this stage where he can not be left alone for a moment! He gets into things I never knew possible. He went behind me last week and colored on the risers of the steps after I finished painting them white. I think he had a marker stashed under the couch for such occassions. He put the meat thermometer in the microwave the other day, while I was in the kitchen. We were both in the bathroom (you should see our bathroom, it's small!) and he managed to dump a whole bottle of body wash on his little body - with me right there. I swear he is like Houdini - I don't even see him doing it sometimes it happens so fast. He is a little stink pot and I wouldn't have it any other way :)