Perfect Way to spend a hot afternoon...

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Father's Day

Jarrod had a great Father's Day weekend...we started early! Friday night when he got home Bo and I gave him his gift. I get so excited when I give gifts so I can never wait! Also I knew he'd want to hang it over the weekend. If true love comes in forms of gifts this is it...I bought Jarrod a wall mounted Univ of TN helmet that is about 4 ft wide and tall!! I have no idea what I was thinking except for that he could put it down in his "man cave" i.e. the basement! Also, if you know Jarrod at all you know he's a HUGE Cubs fan!! I've had to endure many, many Cubs games since we met! I wanted to give him something special and unique, so I found cuff links that are made out of old stadium seats. They take the old wooden seats and using sterling silver make beautiful cuff links. I think this was his favorite gift!

Saturday we went to the neighborhood pool, then off to my Aunt Amy and Uncle David's house to have a Father's Day cookout for the dads! We had a great time and so did Bo. He's always the hit of the party. Sunday we didn't do much. I made a nice breakfast for Jarrod and then we just spent time around the house (which we never get to do). We also played outside with Bo and cooked out last night. It was a great weekend!

Bo & I also made "homemade" wrapping paper!

playing outside with his great-aunt Amy

Redneck Water Table

Thanks Amanda for the title ;)! So it's been extremely hot this week as just about everyone reading this knows! I'm so eager to take Bo to the neighborhood pool, but we still have painters here working in the kitchen so we can't leave! We are both going crazy being cooped up inside the house, but it's so hot you don't want to go out either. So we decided to create our own version of a water table! He had a blast splashing around, especially when he got mommy wet, which was quite refreshing!

Playroom!

This past weekend Jarrod and I worked very hard on getting Bo's playroom ready. He loves being in there...as soon as we go upstairs he runs right to it, so I wanted to make it a cute, fun room. It was really fun to do and it's one of those rooms you can get away with doing anything. Too bad all of our rooms can't be this fun! Oh, and it NEVER looks like this, it ususally looks like a massacre of the toys. Amazing what a 17 month old boy can do in about 2 seconds!

My boogie man

I didn't grab the camera til he was about half way through, but he does this all the time if we have music on the tv

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Waiting...

Lately we've had a lot of workers at our house...installing new lights in the kitchen, making repairs that needed to be made, working on the front steps, and today stripping wallpaper and painting the kitchen. With all of these different people at the house Bo and I usually retreat to the basement, otherwise he thinks he's their helper! We can't really leave, I'm just not comfortable leaving our house open with contractors. If it's nice we go outside, but today has been too hot!! We are so ready to be done with all of this work. I'm complaining as if I'm the one doing the work, but I'm ready to get settled and everything be done!


So here are some pics of Bo after his nap...goldfish & Sesame Street

Popsicles!

So this afternoon at 3:00pm Bo and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. I have NO idea what I was thinking going during mid-afternoon. I clearly have forgotten what it's like to have humidity!! Normally we'll go in the mornings, but this week we have been so busy running errands just about every day, all morning we haven't had time. Trying to get the house situated requires a lot of running here, there, and everywhere.

So, I had planned on going later this afternoon, but when I looked out the window I could tell rain was coming and I didn't want to get caught in a downpour with a baby in a stroller. When we got home we were SO hot so I decided to break out the popsicles. I absolutely LOVE the Edys no sugar added popsicles, they are delicious!!! Even Jarrod likes them! Bo had never had one of these, so he wasn't exactly sure what to do with it, but he eventually caught on.

Hmmm, what's this?

"Wonder if I'm supposed to chew on this part?"

"um, I'm not getting this mom"

This is more like it!

Think I got it!

Bathtime!!!