Brief Moments

 Has it really been almost 2 months since my last blog post?! i don't understand why for the love of all that is holy i can NOT keep up with my blogging/scrapbook/journal! i mean this is for my posterity after all. 

My plan: send this blog to someone more talented then me to print and rearrange this collection of life events and send me a hardbound book of memories to cherish forever.   So i guess for my plan to work i'll keep attempting to do a better job at recording brief moments like the one below so i can look back and remember them amidst the more frequent moments of pure chaos that i seem to have recorded in abundance.  

So shall we play catch up again?

 Easter Came

 we dyed eggs, ate way to much sugar

and got matching jammies.

 Mac did not get an easter basket.. why? he was 8 months old, he didn't care, and mom and dad are cheap i guess. he did however catch up in size to his cousin Ivy who is 3 months older. 

spring was full of exciting times. 

  supercross with dad and all of his boy cousins and uncles...

 a nap under the bleachers, a sunburn...because dad was in charge of sunblock.

and one TIRED boy!

 

friends, friends and more friends...

The tree house museum 

Jungle Jims

 Mac fit in some relaxation

and gabe had a date with mom and dad to the spaghetti factory. 

 Summer crept up on us 

but we are doing our best to soak up the rays

summer seems to be a little indecisive if its going to stay around or not.

Both boys continue to grow at warp speed and get cuter and smarter and crazier and more work by the day!

 Lagoon Passes from grandma and grandpa Echols will be a big hit this summer

the neighborhood swimming pool is our happy place and frequented AT LEAST 3 times a week. 

 Bath time is not optional in the summer when you don't have grass yet and your two year old says "mom, i wanna go outside and get dirty" 

and sometimes when you are so tired at the end of the day and you think, i'll just wipe him down tonight, then you get close to him and he smells like a kindergarten class room after recess. 

yeah, you put his butt in the tub!

then you wrap him in a towel and he pretends to be all sweet and innocent, but he's not fooling you. 

he is a "lion" in "lions" clothing... hahaha

but sometimes when they don't know you're looking they give you actual proof that they can be as sweet as they pretend to be and you better whip out our camera before the moment passes!

 but its those brief moments that help me wrap my mind around the addition of 

baby BOY #3 to our family.

Due November 1st.

So if you are feeling nostalgic and want to relive what a high school locker room smells like

 come on over in about 3 years.