A typical day for Riley and Ethan

Riley and Ethan usually wake up around 7 a.m. As soon as they wake up they are both ready to go outside and play... but I'm not. So, the boys watch tv and eat breakfast, while I get caught up on the computer and I drink my coffee.

When they are outside, Riley loves to ride his bike and go for walks in our neighborhood.

Ethan likes to get into trouble.

They also like to play with bugs.

This is a roly poly they found the other day. Both of them loved watching it crawl on their hand and then go into a ball.

I bought this water table last summer. They ask to play with it everyday. It usually entertains them for at least 30 minutes. If you don't have a water table, I highly recommend getting one.

When they aren't outside, they are eating....

painting...

or playing Nick Jr. on the computer.

By 7 p.m. they are completly worn out and ready for bed.

Better late, than never

I am very late getting my Easter post up, but it took me a few weeks to get some pictures.

Before we left for Hendersonville, the Easter bunny brought some goodies for the boys.

Riley got a Zhu Zhu pet

and Ethan got a Curious George DVD- that we all love!

Then we headed to Hendersonville to spend Easter with my family. Our festivities began with an Easter egg hunt at Mimi and Poppy's house on Friday.

Riley's cousins, Chayse & Austin

Then all the kids dyed Easter eggs. Ethan wanted to participate also, so we let him play with an egg.

On Saturday morning, we went to McDonalds with my dad, stepmom, my kids, my sister, and her children. Then we headed to a high school where they had The Big Ol' Egg Drop. They dropped a total of 20,000 plastic eggs from a helicopter.

There were plenty of eggs for all the children there.

The kids had a lot of fun!

On Saturday night, I went to Long Hollow Baptist Church with my children, sister, and her children. It was a little weird going to an Easter service on Saturday night but I really wanted to go with my sister and it worked out better for her to go on Saturday. I'm really glad we went because it was an amazing service!

On Sunday, the kids had another Easter egg hunt at Big Daddy and Dee Dee's house.

A horrible stomach bug ended up following us to Hendersonville. Riley only threw up once on Friday and I am so glad it didn't hit him hard. Then on Monday I was extremely sick and I'll spare you the details. Ethan also got sick on Monday. Then by Tuesday it hit my sister and her husband. It went on and on, until every single one of my family member had it- a total of 11 people.  :(  So, I'm sorry to all of my family for spreading the horrible virus!

Ethan's new do

Ethan's last haircut was 3 months ago. It was getting in his eyes so he needed a trim. I took him to the barber that Tim and Riley go to.

Before:

After:

Kevin took too much off, but I guess it was time for a "big boy" haircut. Both of my boys are growing up way too fast.

Fun with a box

Its amazing how entertaining a box can be.

A Weekend Away

This past weekend I went to Pigeon Forge, TN with 9 of my friends from church. It ended up being a really good weekend but it was also hard. Ethan was sick and it was hard being away from him. I wanted to be the one to take care of him while he was sick and I think God had different plans for me. Tim did a great job taking care of both of our boys! Here on some pictures from the weekend.

Hello Spring!!!

Spring is officially 11 days away, but its finally beginning to feel like Spring! On Monday, we took our first walk of the year to the playground by our house.

The boys enjoyed getting out and it was great exercise for myself.

This was the first time Ethan was getting to go to the park since he's been walking. He didn't know what to do first.

They both loved playing in the sand.

Then we took a little walk. Aren't they the most precious brothers you've ever seen?

A visit from the Tooth Fairy

Back in Mid-October, Riley fell on our kitchen floor while he was trying to take his coat off. He busted his chin and we had to take him to the ER to get 4 stitches. After the accident, Riley's teeth were sore. Long story short... we took Riley to 3 dentists, a periodontist (children's dentist), and 2 oral surgeons in 4 months. We found out that Riley had a broken tooth and it had to be removed.

On Monday, we arrived at the Johnson City Medical Center a little after 6:00 am. Riley was in a good mood and knew that they would be taken out his "hurty tooth." At 7:45 they took Riley back to be sedated. He didn't cry so that definitely helped my nerves. By 8:10 he was finished with the procedure and his tooth had been removed! I couldn't believe how fast it went. Riley was crying a little and he wanted his IV out. At one point he almost pulled it out. It took us about an hour to get him to drink something but then we headed home by 9:30.

Once we were home, he laid around at first but an hour later he was playing in the floor with Ethan and helping his daddy with the dishwasher. He ate well, which was a huge relief to me! I think the worst part of his surgery was just the fear of the unknown. I was pleasantly surprised with how quickly he bounced back!

When we put him to bed, we put his tooth under his pillow and told him that the Tooth Fairy would come and take his tooth. Later that night, Tim and I went into his room to hunt for his tooth. We heard him stirring in his bed and both of us ducked. Then he said, "Mom, what are you doing in here?" Tim told him we were just checking on him. So then we took the tooth and left the money. The next morning he was excited to find that the Tooth Fairy had taken his tooth and even more excited to find $7.

He feels so much better now that his "hurty tooth" is gone. I feel so relieved now that we are finally done with this!