The great outdoors!

These 2 little guys love to be outside and the fresh air helps my 3rd trimester crazy emotions, so it's win-win for the family to just go and explore God's great outdoors

We've gotten so much rain that the creek has flooded over the road into our neighborhood. One morning T-rav said it was up to the 2ft marker when he went through it at 6 am. We decided to stay home that day and not risk getting stuck in the rushing water. The car doesn't have 4-wheel drive like the truck. After a few days it dried up again to this low level, so on occasion we'll go play in the creek some afternoons 

C talking to daddy about possibly jumping in the deep end

I got him so stop and say "cheese" but he couldn't take his off of the water and look at mommy.

Running through the water

T-rav crossed that creek about 20 times with them while we were there....

once across then they would run back to the other side on the road

Running through the water on the road

Going back through the creek 

The creek wore him out.....he fell asleep on his pallet. 

Our soccer player

He was so funny. Here they were in the "huddle" before the game and their coach was just reminding them not to touch the ball with their hands. J closes his eyes to concentrate on what she was saying and nods with agreement.....He is hilarious to me so days....those face expressions!

 

Parent participation is encourage. They play for 1/2 the game 15 mins and then switch with the other 1/2 of their team. T-rav was coaching him after he played on the whole purpose of scoring......feeding that competitiveness in J

After throwing a HUGE fit because he couldn't play with big brother in the game, I  got his bike out of the car for him to be distracted with. I knew J doing something he couldn't do would be an issue so I brought the bike for backup. Poor kid still doesn't know he's riding a girls bike :-). Good thing tho, cause he's gotten pretty good at it and is sitting on the seat and gliding on it now......sometimes picks his feet up a little too.

And now a soccer player

J plays soccer and LOVES it! Course at this age it's mostly just a kicking and running fest (with a little elbow rubbing too), but he's pretty good at it. Last Saturday was our 1st game. There was a little bit of confusion as to which way they need to kick the ball to score, but at 4 you can't really expect much. Here's a video of our soccer player. J is the one in the blue shorts

boys playing around

Someone gave us a Bumbo just like our old one....C loved playing with it. He rides a pink bike and she gets a blue bumbo.....I think that's a fair trade, no? 

Pretending to read. He loves to look at books. I'm trying hard to make them love books. As a girl who loves to read herself, I'm hoping that reading will be something they love in life.

J was making C laugh. This picture is so cute. I love how they entertain each other

Both giggling....I could just eat them, they're so cute! The book that J is holding is FANTASTIC! To make a long story short, a friend told me about this book to help J learn to read. He has a lot of energy in the afternoons and learning to read has really help direct that energy towards something constructive and quiet his brain for awhile so mommy can get some down time too. He's not reading novels, so don't think we've excelled beyond. Right now Bob Books are on tap and those have given me at least 45 mins of silence! 

The ladies of the house. I HATE maternity pics and the internet. Talk about letting the whole world scrutinize you! I'm only putting this on here for my mom and for someone else who asked so very nicely. This was taken at 24-25 weeks or 6 months. I was able to hide it pretty well for awhile but I've popped and feel huge lately (note the shadow from the flash that makes me look even bigger, ha! ha!), and gosh it's only going to get worse!