Easter/Hamp turning 17mths/Mothers Day

So I figured lets get it all in since I seem to be so inconsistent with this blog or just too lazy to sit my butt at this computer. So life since my last post has been wonderful. These kids keep Scott and I laughing and smiling. We will be riding in the car and look at each other and say...they are just so stinkin cute!!! They are both getting so big...I know I will say that forever!
So lets start with what came first...EASTER!
I was so happy to not be working on Easter this year. The Easter bunny made a special trip to our house in the afternoon. Being at church at 8:30Am would have really rushed Mr. Bunny.
We went to church and the kids sported their new outfits like all good baptist:)
Once we got home we attempted to take a family photo that did not work bc SS was in a HORRIBLE mood and Hamp just simply didnt feel like taking a picture...well and we did not have anyone to get a pic of all of us. This is what we came up with:

After spending lunch with both sets of parents we came home and the kids crashed...and the Easter bunny made a stop at our house...this is what he left!

Saturday Scott and SS dyed eggs and she had a wonderful time!

Then a couple of days later Hamp turned 17 mths old. I promise you I could eat this kid up. He has the most kissble chunky cheeks and I LOVE IT!

He is really getting big and becoming a little boy. He is trying so hard to talk to us and says the same thing over and over but who know what he is saying. He is like his sister and when we are in public he tells everyone he sees "Hey" while SS is telling the stranger next to us "this is my mommy, this is my buddy, this is my daddy and I Sarah Scott"...the cutest!
So hamp lets see:
*you are still in size 18,24 and 2T clothes
* pushing 5XXL shoe
*pushing size 6 diapers....I guess "pushing" means you really need what follows the push word but momma is trying to make what we have work..lol!
*talking more and more "bubble" is your newest word. You refer to your juice cup as "aww sheee" it really makes us laugh!
*POUTING...yes you have picked this up from your sister...you will either turn your head away from us or fold your arms across your chest and huff and puff...mommy has a hard time not laughing at this bc it is so cute!
*still napping and sleeping the same at night
*Food: so you are still picky like SS but you do have a new obsession for tomatoes. I guess thats the closest we will get to a veggie right now!
Hamp you are pure joy in our lives. I always look forward to our nightly ritual when it is " nie nie" time. We sit and read "ahhh booook" as you would say and then mommy sings to you while we rock. Lately while mommy is rocking you, you will sit up and look at me and say really loud "muuuummeee" over and over and laugh so hard. You think this is so cute. I will lay you in your crib and tell you I love you and night night...you pop your paci out of your mouth and look up at me and say "bye."
So next on the list is Mothers Day. I really love this day because I have a wonderful mother to celebrate. She is an amazing wife, mother and women of God. I had a wonderful experience with my mom this year and I feel it made the meaning of mothers day very special. Mom has a friend who has recently become ill and unable to care for herself. I knew that my mom had been giving her time when she could to help care for this person. I knew that she was ill but I guess selfishly never took the time to consider what mom was doing or how ill this person was. Sunday I get a call from my mom and she is crying...her heart was broken that her friend was experiencing this illness and mom felt a little helpless. Simple things like hygiene and helping her back and forth to the bathroom were needing to be done but mom could not do it alone. We had plans to be at my moms in the next hour to celebrate Mothers Day. I explained to momma that I would get what was needed and meet her at her friends. We spent the next several hours "serving" this friend and it was so rewarding. I left that evening on the way home thanking God for such a wonderful mother and one that provides such a godly example to me. I strive to be the mother to my kids that she is to me....to set forth the example...the Chirst like example that she has set for me. That evening ended up being the best gift I could have ever given to my mom...doing the work of Christ for another believer in need.
Mothers Day ended up wonderful. We enjoyed church and spent lunch with my inlaws. Another wonderful example of a mother. I am very thankful that she is in my life and loves me as her own. She has a son that loves her dearly and she is a wonderful blessing to our family.
After lunch we went home and napped and enjoyed our afternoon together. We ended the day with a visit to my moms.
A few pics from the day.

Edisto Beach

So Masters week has come and gone and so has our family beach trip. You look forward to vacation for so long and in the blink of an eye it is over. We were so thankful to be able to spend Masters week with Scott's parents in Edisto. They got a cute house on the beach and Scott and I were able to enjoy some alone time each day on the beach catching some rays and playing paddle ball. The first night we got there SS played in the ocean with another little boy her age and all I could think was how much fun she would have in the water...not so much. The rest of the week SS nor Hamp would go near the ocean. It was "daddy come on lets go to the ocean" and with in a few steps down the beach she was turning around and running back. So needless to say both kids played in the sand and avoided the water all together. They loved spending each day with BeBe and Grandad!

Enjoy a few pics from our trip.

Hamp Man...16 months!

Time has really gone by so quick with our sweet man. It is so weird to think that this was the age of SS when he arrived. WOW what the heck were we thinking....but...oh how we love our little life and family and would not change it for the world. The kids are really starting to play well together and Hamp is starting to stick up for himself and not take all SS has to give him:) There have been so many times she will come to me and say "Mommy buddy hit me pop his hand." Im thinking well honey Im sure you deserve that little hit with as much as you have put him through in the last 16 months. I know that sounds horrible as a mother to say but trust me she has put him through the ringer...I keep telling her he WILL be bigger than you pretty soon!!

So back to our sweet Hamp. Like I have always said this boy is just so stinkin cute. He looooves his momma and I eat up every min of that. I love hearing "momma momma" out of that mouth. He is very clingy to me right now and it does drive me nuts at times but oh how I love to be loved by my little man!!

So what are you up to:

*I have not weighed you since your last MD appt but my guess would be 28lbs.

* still size 5 diapers, size 4.5 double wide shoe (yes Stride rite is about the only place we can go for shoes) and size 18mths,24 mths or 2T clothes...it really just depends on the clothing.

* Sleeping GREAT like always...down usually 8 or 8:30 and sleep until 8:30 or 9..sometimes 9:30.

* Im afraid you are my other little picky eater. Consistency is a big thing with you and if it doesnt feel right to you then it must not taste right.

*You had your first snack with your TV tray last week...you look all grown up!

* You started throwing little tantrums over the past several weeks..arching your back and just screaming for "momma." Im not a big fan of this my sweet boy!

*Words: momma, da-da, a buuk (a book), nye nye (night night), bye, nah nah (no no), aaee ooh (thank you), ball. Daddy always practices with you throwing your football or basketball but here you are today after finding a tennis ball...you loved it and your face shows that!

* You love to read like SS and that makes me so happy. We sit in your chair every night and read 2 books before we rock. Mommy has been reading one book to you for the last several eeks about where your eyes etc are and you are really picking up on that. You can show us where your belly button is, eyes, feet, hands and mouth. We dont have the nose yet!

Hamp we love you more than we can ever express in words. We love being your parents and love watching you grow each day. Always want to call me "momma" and lay that sweet head on my shoulder..always let me rock you to sleep and wisper in your ear how much I love you..like the book says "I'll love you forever, Ill like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be."

I cant close this post without a quick word about my other precious childmy sweet little girl...big girl by what comes out of that mouth:) She is all grown up I think...well I start to think that when she puts that hand on her hip and tells me what she thinks. Sometimes I look up the heavens and say "Lord Jesus help a sista out"!!!! Then in her next breath she tells me how much she loves me and thanks me for everything she can think of including "thank you mommy for my room" or "thank you mommy for waking buddy up for me" or getting dressed she will throw in a little "thank you for these pants mommy." I mean really baby you are just too precious thanking mommy for everything you can thank of! Mwuah I love that girl. So I leave you with a few cute pics of SS!

WOW

Yeah that's about all I know to say....2 months since my last post and these kids are growing like weeds. Just like every other parent out there I feel like I just don't have the time to sit at this computer and blog although this is it for my kiddos....this is the only thing they have to look through when they are grown...I have no baby books. I document there life here and I HAVE to get better. I missed
Christmas and all of SS cute little outfits..








our Snow storm





Hamp turning 13 months old


and 14 months old


SS having stitches for the first time and making it all better by helping mommy make cupcakes...



and today SS learning how to ride her bike.




Hamp is continuing to grow. He has recently started to say thank you and it is just precious that he picked that up. I am trying to teach him love you and where your eyes, ears and nose are. At this point his eyes, according to him, are located somewhere between his ear and forehead. He loves our little routine at night. You tell him its time for night night and he will say "aaaaa buuuuk"..which means sit in the chair mom and read to me.
SS has recently been really challenging me as a mother. I have a very strong willed and bossy child on my hands. She quite often puts me in my place like she is the mother and I am the child...long story short I feel like I spank her all day long. All the disobedience with her has been just "getting on my nerves" but this week it broke me down. After completely embarrassing me in 2 stores on Tuesday the end result was being on the phone with my mother crying. I know all moms may go through this or maybe I'm just a baby but I needed some reassurance that I am doing the right thing. She is precious and sweet when she wants to be but can do ALOT of "ugly talk" as I call it and we are working on how to resolve that.
For the cute things about SS she is a singer. This child will pick up any song so fast and sing her little heart out. We still stick to our nightly routine of reading and singing but the 3 songs we have always sang at night our now a list of 6 songs...and very random ones including "Santa Claus is coming to town." Once I have put her in her crib and shut the door she will sing herself to sleep. She makes us laugh everyday with the things that she comes up with. She loves to mother Hamp and tell me when to put him in time out...she tells on him all the time which I love bc then I know if he is getting in to something that he should not be in.
A few cute notes....
The other day she was at my inlaws in the front yard and a man walked by there house...she put her hand on her hip and looked at him and said "watcha doin daday." She never meets a stranger....everyone in the grocery store is told "hey" and then she informs them who we all are by name.
She has recently taken interest in her precious moments bible that has been sitting in the same place in her room for a year. I come home the other day and find it in her hand. I said "SS what do you have" she says "this is my bible I been readin it allll day." How cute is that all I could do is giggle. Then her and Hamp sit in the hallway and look through it while she makes up word after word like she is reading to him.
Well over all we are doing well and keeping busy with the little ones. They are our little loves!!
I love them the same which I never thought was possible when I was pregnant with Hamp. The love you have for your children is something that words cannot express and something that you never quite grasp until you have your own. I so want to do everything right for them and having these bumps in the road this week with parenting has really been heavy on my heart. I know the Lord will guide me if only I will listen...like I want SS to do:)..lightbulb goes off in my head!!!
Until next time I leave you with one last pic of my cuties...

Bath time

I wanted to post a few pics from bath time last night. I still need to put up some Christmas pics but I will get around to that later. The kids love to take a bath together at night and could play for hours if we would let them. Last night SS decided that putting Hamp in a head lock and taking him down would be a fun thing to do...NOT...but we did get a few pics of it. I will have to say that it had Scott and I laughing. So just a few pics to make you smile....they sure brought a smile to our face!!
Our little model!!



So the fun first started with dumping water on Hamp!


Hamp is thinking what just happened to me!

...But I think he likes it!

And here comes the take down...


...but he likes that too and it all ends with a smile!