May 2012 recap

Life is busy.  That is all.  Way behind in posting, but what is new. If you still check this old blog, good for you :) Hope you enjoy!

May 2012 picture and video recap

Brad has had blocked tear ducts since birth. They aren't too bad, but when he gets a cold you notice it and he has teary, sometimes green goopy eyes.  The right eye was worse than the left, so before we moved to FL, we had one of Josh's partners in Atlanta do a tear duct probe on Brad's right eye.

Here he is before the surgery.

Right after the surgery, still sleepy from the anesthesia.

They told me he might wake up all of a sudden, and right after I took this picture he did and almost fell off of the bed.

About an hour and a half after waking up, we were home and he was hungry!

Field day at Luke's school

 

We went to watch a movie on the lawn one evening with our friends the Vogel family.  I can't remember now what the movie was, but it was a fun time :)

Pool party for the end of tball season.  Everyone got a trophy and medal! It was really nicely done.

Brad's eighteen month check-up, all healthy and super cute!
Gotta get all these doctors appointments and things in before the move.

A comparison, Luke at 18 months:

Boys playing with Noah

Brad sleeping in the car

Josh's birthday!

Luke's buddy Alec's birthday party at a bounce house place in Atlanta

Boys at Firehouse Subs

Brad eating frozen yogurt at Joe's Deli

Luke's pre-K3 graduation, with his best buddy Tyler

Moving Day!

In Lakeland, eating black bean soup at Crispers

Dining at the Lakeland airport, Luke is listen to the traffic tower controllers

April 2012 recap

A little glimpse of life last April...

Brad playing with sidewalk chalk in our front yard

Luke getting X-rays at the Dentist (no cavities, yeah!)




Playing at the park (a really hot day!)

View from our park bench

For Easter we traveled to FL and did a little house hunting, went to a Ray's game, and dressed Brad in an outfit Josh cringed at :)

Luke's formal tball picture

Luke gets some hits

Brad running the fields (still his favorite thing to do after Luke's games!)

Matching shirts from Nana

Brad and I went to the mall one day for something to do and were eating Auntie Ann's pretzel bites when we sat down and happened upon a movie crew filming.  I figured it was a commercial, they were staked out in front of the Coach store.  I asked someone nearby what was going on and they said they were filming the new Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman movie.  Sure enough, there came Melissa McCarthy walking out of the Coach store, we watched that take about 5 times and then left.  Looks like the movie, Identity Thief, will be out this weekend :)
Pictures aren't great but this is what we were watching.

A crazy squirrel who tried to get in our house for days!

The boys and I went to Tallahassee for my cousin Holly's graduation
Eating at Cracker Barrel. We drove from Atlanta with Kristi (my aunt's sister friend who we got to be close with during our time in Atlanta). We stayed with my friends Marc and Melissa and their 2 little cutie pie boys. So much fun, despite the stomach bug Luke and Brad developed when we got there (and me to a much less extent than them).

Holly-the Graduate, now at seminary in St. Louis to become a deaconess

Cutie pie Brad playing cars

And finally, THE BEST VIDEO EVER, Luke will likely hate me for this one day...

March 2012 recap

At the ripe old age of 16.5 months I decided I probably should have given Brad a spoon to try already.  So one day I gave him applesauce and a spoon, and lo and behold he had no trouble figuring out what to do! Guess he was ready :)

Driving race cars

Tball practice!

Guess he is ready for a haircut, Mommy was the saddest.

Cute pictures of Luke :)

Brad sitting like a big boy

 

 

Luke in his tball uniform

 

 

 

His team, the Braves

 



How I tried to get Brad to watch Luke's games.  He never lasted long in the stroller, now that he is a walking boy.

Elliott up to bat!

My mom used to mail us cookies when we lived in Atlanta.  Brad was a HUGE fan!

Brad playing on the train table at B&N.  He loves it and gets really mad when its time to go.  Luke and Brad got a train table for Christmas last week :)

 

Luke showing Brad some pictures from our trip to California.

 

 

Luke's tball team the morning of the baseball parade!  Cute group of kids.

Brad watching the parade!

 

 St. Jude trike-a-thon at Luke's school.  He raised over $200!

 

Classic video (in our house anyway) of Luke riding his trike, clips his friend, and leaves him in his dust.  We did talk about making sure our friends were ok and watching where we are going.

Luke and his best school buddy Tyler

More tball!

Luke and Brad playing at the park in our neighborhood.  I do miss having that park so close!

Mommy and her boys on a lunch date after a fun morning at the zoo with friends!

Luke and buddies Caden and Christian at Ade's (Caden's sister) birthday party.

 

 

Fun to look back at these! We had a great month.  We knew by then that we would be moving to Florida that summer and we were soaking up the time with friends and new experiences for the boys.