Changes and Happenings...

 Our world has been turned a little upside down lately -- in a good way, but still, very hectic.  We moved into our new (to us) house on March 15th -- and the renovation projects haven't stopped since!  So, this little blog post here is what I like to call "catch up on the pictures before you get so far behind that you just give up".  Please excuse the 100 pictures without accompanying text.  I will eventually catch up...

 The boys have adjusted super well to the new place, and (knock on wood) never had a problem sleeping in their new rooms.  I was super nervous about that!

 Mim-Mims 29th birthday party!

 Riding on the bobcat with pap

 Hanging with Annalee

 My dude

 A little tea party action

 chillin in the mini-recliners watching movies

 Mim-Mim and pap took the guys to a rodeo while Ash and I were on a date (actually at a Luke Bryan Concert!).  How cute are they?

 Little snugglebug

 the King of Dressup

 Waiting on Pap to get to the house

 The boys are absolutely crazy about Annalee!

 He's a tiger.  In case you wondered...

Liam is 2!!!

 I can't believe he's TWO already!!  For Liam's birthday, MimMim and Pap and uncle Nathan and Kristen and Annalee came up to visit.  We had some lunch and cupcakes before the party at the bouncehouse.

 Complete with a little "cool dude hang time" on the deck.

 Who was the genius that bought RED cupcakes?  Oh, just me.  Brilliant!  Keep in mind these would also be going with me to the birthday party later... 

 Zombie Apocalypse anyone?

 Lincoln had a little lot of help opening gifts.  :)

 And of course, he loved them all!

 That afternoon, we had the "kid" party at Pump it up.  18 kids (+about 5 babies - not pictured) showed up for a little bounce time and some pizza.  Our kids are pretty lucky to have such a big group of fun friends to play with (and we're pretty lucky to have such good friends that birth them!!).

 PS -- Pump it up is a pretty awesome birthday spot.  They did ALL the work for me, down to putting out all the treat bags!

 Everyone was so grateful that I picked such a nice icing color...  What OTHER color would I have picked for a pirate party??? 

 Ellison was more than happy to give Liam a little birthday love!

 I think Liam had a pretty good birthday!!

 

Liam's Stats at age 2:
Wears size 2t comfortably, some 3t shirts.  Size 7.5 shoe.  Weighs 32 pounds and is 34'' tall.
Potty trained to #2 with no accidents.  #1 is still a work in progress....
Liam can count to...  I don't know, 12ish, without assist.  He can name some colors, but still wants to call everything green.  It's really funny how you lose track with kid #2, right?  He can also sing the alphabet song with only skipping a letter or two.
Liam is my adventurous eater - his favorite foods are powdered donuts, which he requests every.  single.  day. and he loves hot dogs.  He SAYS he loves chicken nuggets, but never really eats them.  Loves pizza, raisins, and blueberries.  Will also eat broccoli, sautéed mushrooms, and salad!
Very very very independent.  Won't let you help him do ANYTHING.  Says, "I do it bumuseeelf!"  He is most definitely a handful.  Still won't part with the paci, especially at night/nap.  Definitely the brave one of these two kiddos.  Not scared of much!
Loves loves loves country music.  Would rather listen to music than anything else.  Frequently asks for the "momma rock me song", "chewbac-poobac spit song (chew tobacco, chew tobacco spit -boys round here), the "siskey song (whiskey song - rain is a good thing).  Loves any kind of truck or tractor, also loves superheroes!
But forget getting him to watch ANY type of tv show or movie.  Including the drive in.  Torture for all parties involved.  Never. ever. ever stops talking.  Not just at movies, but anytime.  And you can NOT leave him unattended for more than 3 minutes.  The other day, I thought they were in the playroom, but they were awfully quiet.  I went to check on them and Liam had instead found a tube of butt paste and the two of them were painting themselves and the dining room table.
He is definitely my social butterfly, though.  He will talk to anyone about anything and loves other kids. 
These two may kill me (Liam namely), but man, are they cute!  Happy Birthday baby boy!

Beach Trip with MimMim!

MimMim had the great idea to take a little beach trip with the boys.  They've been to the beach once before, but Lincoln was still a little too young to really enjoy it, and Liam was DEFINITELY too little to enjoy it.  We rented a condo on the beach in Panama City (much nicer than the place I remember staying on college spring break, HA!) right down from the new Pier Park.  It was so very nice!  And since school was still in, no spring breakers!  Win-win!

 The boys REALLY enjoyed it!  Actually, as long as you weren't trying to get them IN the ocean, they were loving it!

 Castles were built, pits were dug, gulls were chased, shells were caught -- we even caught a pretty good sized crab!

 Some minnows washed up one day, and Lincoln was like a hawk catching them!!  He decided to throw them back into a little overflow pit and -BAM- the seagulls got them before we could even blink!

 The room we stayed in was super nice and we made breakfast in the room most mornings, then ate on the patio. 

 As you can only imagine, these guys were POOPED by the evenings (and yes, even after naps!).  Needless to say, evenings out were a little hit or miss.  There was a "Biker" event going on that week, and we all know how Lincoln is about loud noises.  He pretty much walked around with his hands over his ears the whole time (see below).  And yes, Liam is completely freaking out over this statue.  Good times.. :)

 Ha!  I love Lincoln's face in this one. 

 It was super toasty, and we made the decision to eat outside at Margaritaville.  Between the bikers passing, the Jimmy Buffet cover band, and the guys walking around on stilts -- these two had had quite enough...

 So we came back and ran the beach instead....

 My momma, my BFF.. :)

 Best hole in the wall restaurant ever (of course I can't think of the name of it now)!  We ordered crab claws and the kids demo'd them!

 Luckily, we had pretty great weather while we were there.  Overcast for a day or so, but mostly good.

 Yep, those are definitely my two...

 And they DO love each other sometimes.

 We (read: me and the kids -- mom was missing dad) were not ready to go!  I tried to con her into one more day, but no such luck...

 So, on the way out, we decided to stop and walk the pier.  Lots of fishermen were out, so it was a good day to.

 The guys got to see a few rays swimming by, so they were pretty excited.

 And some of the fishermen were catching some bait minnows, of course both guys wanted one! 

Check out that huge mackerel!

 And a few last minute shots on the way out...

We had such a blast!!  Thanks so much MimMim!