"I'm the boss!"

Here is our little fish taking one of his first few jumps off the side of the pool! When he is done, he says (very loud and PROUD), "I 'DA BOSS!!!" Yep, that pretty much sums up our household (and both sets of Grandparents' households as well lol!)

Watermelon Wednesday!

I absolutely love this picture! Thats why it takes center stage on the blog this summer :) This was Connor's first big chunk of melon, rind and all! Oh, and the upsidedown sunglasses? Well, that's just how he prefers them! We love you, sweet boy!

Memorial Weekend 2011!

Justin had to leave on Memorial Day for one of his many week long training sessions in Nashville, TN, so we just soaked up the weekend together and enjoyed every minute!

Our neighbors were out of town for the weekend and asked us to keep an eye on the pool ;) How kind are they to let us have free reign?! It was really Connor's first consistent pool weekend.  We went a couple times last year, but nothing much.  So the first day, here he is.....he made SURE we were holding on to him in the pool at ALL times!

 He sure is goofy!  We brought some Buzz Lightyear floaties, but they were super cheap and didn't work at ALL, so we tried out his life jacket.....which was kind of a flop....it's a flotation device....not a swimming floatie.

 He was having a ball trying to "drink" out of the fountain lol!

 He loves his cool shades :)

So after the life jacket flop, we headed to Walmart to pick out some floaties and this green star!  The second day at the pool he was comfortable in the star with the floaties.  He had a ball tooling around the pool!  This is one of my favorite shots of the summer! 

Sunday evening, the Hossley's came over for some ribs! As SOON as the boys came over, they all stripped down to their undies and played in Connor's blow-up pool! They had a blast.  Here they are eating some sherbert after dinner :)

 Sugar rush!

 These three together will keep your hands full, no doubt!

 Justin with his son and his Godson :)  He loves these boys!

Monday afternoon, after Justin left, Connor and I headed back to the pool.  I went to walk him in the pool, and after he hit the first step, he swam off on his own with only his floaties. It was a bitter sweet moment :) I was hurt that he didn't "need" me, but at the same time, so proud of how far he had come in just two days!

 Our little fish :)

Monday evening, Connor and I were scheduled to go to my parents, but their AC wasn't working so great, so they brought the party to our house!  Connor got to spend time with Granddad, Nana, Uncle Drew, Melissa, and Great Grandmother! He was showing off his guitar skills as he played along with the John Mayer DVD that was playing on the TV.

 Here he is making his "John  Mayer face" LOL! (John Mayer makes many odd faces while playing his guitar...Connor was merely mimicking him lol!)

 Connor had his first rib...boy oh boy was Granddad proud :)  He didn't eat much of it....he took one bite and started "galloping" his rib across the table as if it was Bullseye (the horse from Toy Story). I just love his developing imagination!

RIB FACE!

Here he is again making his "John Mayer face".....with a little added barbecue sauce lol! He is going to be the class clown, I just know it! He was cracking everyone up!

We had a memorable weekend with friends and family and I'm thankful to have my blog family to share it with :) Thanks for stopping by, and we hope you had a nice Memorial Weekend as well!

XOXO

Carnival Time!

First of all, I would like to apologize to those followers who log in each Monday morning to see if I have posted (you know who you are, and I thank you for following my blog!) :)  Justin has been going out of town during the week and taking the laptop with him, so I haven't had my resource for blogging! But I figured I could get one or two posts in before he leaves again tomorrow. ;)

A couple weekends ago, we took Connor to the Christ The King annual carnival! This year was much more fun than last because he was able to participate in a couple of the games. We went with the Hossley's, so of course he had a ball with his best buddies! Here are some pictures of our carnival adventures!

I highly doubt this is sanitary......but hey, boys really aren't that sanitary anyway :) 

Connor, Benton, and Baylor....small, medium, and large :)



Benton and Connor were really into laying out on the pavement



The Hossley boys played a little put-put!



And Baylor got a HOLE-IN-ONE! Way to go, buddy!!



The Scarlet boys played a little basketball! Connor wasn't having annnnny fun at all...can't ya just tell by that look on his sweet face? ;)



Connor also did a little bowling with Mommy, but I think that picture ended up on a cell phone somewhere. Oh, and the paddle game where you bang the paddle on the table to win prizes.....yeah what little boy WOULDN'T love that?! The more noise the better!

 When we were leaving the carnival, we found Justin buying, not one, but TWO funnel cakes! We took one back to the Hossley's where the boys played a little more into the late late hours of the night (and ate the other one on the way to the car lol!). A good time was definitely had by all! Looking forward to next year!