Lots of Randomness...

Double Trouble

Jonathan Making a Tent with The Boys

Helping Daddy Pack

More Helping Daddy Pack

More Helping Daddy Pack

This is what Payton looks like first thing in

the morning when he opens the hall door.

These are the kind of notes my husband

leaves me...I love him :)

Thought I'd share this picture too...

This is real life, right?!

Playing "Tower" with Daddy

Enjoying the Pit of a Mango...

It's a great teether!

Trip to the Hale Koa...

This weekend we decided to stay

in Waikiki at the Hale Koa as a little

"pre-deployment" vacation for all of us.

It was nice to have a change of

scenery and the kids had a blast!

Shriveled Toes...We did lots of swimming!

Sharing Pretzels with Daddy

Payton Under Water

Enjoying Dinner at Benihana's...See the Onion Volcano

Our Chef

Brushing Their Teeth Before Dinner

This is a picture of Payton right after

a fire alarm went off at the hotel.

We were ALL napping and Jonathan

and I jumped right out of bed but the

boys didn't even flinch...And we

thought they were light sleepers!

Going Back to the Room to Check Out :(

One of the best parts of the weekend

was that Payton decided he was ready to swim!

Humorous Photos...

So, Sawyer is always a pretty fussy

baby but during the past few days

he's been unusually fussy.

I know he doesn't have an ear infection so

I'm assuming he's teething since I can see

another top tooth attempting to break through.

So this is pretty much the only way I can

get anything done lately. Fortunately for me,

Sawyer really likes the Ergo carrier.

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So for those of you who know me WELL

I'm sure you can see the humor in this picture!

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WHY WOULDN'T MY CHILD BE BETTER

SOOTHED BY MOPPING THAN BY

ROCKING IN THE ROCKING CHAIR?!

Lessons with Daddy...

Sawyer is 10 and a half months now

and already one of his absolute favorite

toys is his Rangers baseball bat.

He crawls around the floor with the

bat in his hand chasing any type of ball.

It makes his Daddy very proud!

Not Too Proud...

Lining Up His Strawberries this Morning

(prior to bruise on head)

Eating Lunch After Errand Running and Flipping out of Cart

I'm not too proud to admit my faults, especially when it could potentially benefit someone else. The reason I am writing this is because today Payton fell out of a grocery cart. It scared the life out of me! We were leaving Toys R Us after returning a broken tambourine Jonathan and I had bought for Sawyer for his birthday. I had purchased diapers and put them under the cart and when we were going through the parking lot the diapers fell out from under the cart and brought the cart to a screeching halt. Payton lost his balance and flipped over the front end of the cart and caught his forehead on the parking lot asphalt.

So, lesson learned:

Even if Payton throws a fit because he doesn't want to do something, like be buckled into a grocery cart, I'm not giving in for the sake of avoiding a tantrum anymore. I know what's best for him, that's why I am the parent and he is not. I just thought I'd share because sometimes we (including me, obviously) think we're immune to the warnings on grocery carts, toys, etc. but we're not. It's probably happened 1,000 times before and with more devastating results than a scraped up head and that's why the warning is there. Fellow mommies, I hope you're encouraged by my mistake today :)