My husbands parenting skills

I think these photos explain my husbands parenting skills, 'nough said.

Tristan was cruising thru the house in his stroller with a beer up front






Tobbie with a duck decoy in the tub (he claims he couldn't find a rubber ducky)

ETA: He said that we did just move back to the South and we needed to act like it!

Michael's 33rd Birfday!

Yes, today was Michael's firty-fird birfday (that would be from the mouth of our darling Tobbie). We celebrated at his parents house with a low-country boil and a beautifully decorated cake designed by our very on Sweet T! Tobbie had a blast decorating the cake. Relish in the photos from the party! Oh yeah, he is older than me!

Callaway Gardens

We headed west today and took a trip to Callaway Gardens. I hadn't been there in years and I don't think Michael had ever been. Tobbie LOVED it! The first place we stopped off at was the butterfly house. She was so in awe of all the butterflies, but scared at the same time. I got an evil look from one of the elderly workers there because my loving husband shouts out, "Virginia, watch where you are going, you just killed that butterfly!" Nice considering you aren't even allowed to touch the butterflies, but the darn thing was on the ground and I rolled over him with the stroller. It's a boat of a stroller and I couldn't see the darn thing! Thanks for calling me out my dear husband. smooches right back at ya!

After the butterfly house, we headed over to the Virginia Hand Discovery Center and ate our picnic lunch by the lake. We were literally the only people there. After our yummy lunch, Michael and Tobbie spent some quality time discovering tad poles and throwing pine cones and sticks into the lake.

Our next stop was the horticulture exhibit. Being a silly mommy (kicking myself here), I decided to NOT take in my camera. WTF? I take pictures of everything and the one place I decide to not take it, I see the most beautiful plants ever. They had plants shaped like bunnies and little chicks, wish I could show you, sorry.

Upon our exit of the horticulture exhibit, someone decided to start going SUPERNOVA on us, so we decided to call it a day and head back east.

We had a fantastic family day and it will be one that we will treasure for a long time.

an owl butterfly, the kind I killed with the stroller


scouting for butterflies with daddy


a look of amazement


Tobbie and I enjoying ourselves


a walk with daddy


she loves the outdoors


Tristan enjoying the gardens


smelling the flowers

Catch up

Seems like I have been doing a lot of catch up posts lately. With Michael not working, he seems to take up a lot of time. I totally mean that in a good way. We have just been trying to get things around the house done and trying to spend as much time together as possible since he will be leaving soon.

Here are a few things I have found around the house lately:


These are things that my loving husband has left behind. Is it really that difficult to put on a new roll of toliet paper? And, I know I have asked a million times to not leave spit cups sitting around, but look what I found!



This is Tobbie ready for her first day of school (at the new school).


We don't like to call it babysitting, we call it parenting, but this is what Daddy does when he is in charge.



My boys all snuggled up.


Mango Martini's, my other new favorite.


Mr. Cuteness



ready for cousin Jessica's wedding

It's official, I'm allergic

I think I can say it is official, I am allergic to Georgia! The pollen has gotten to me and it hasn't even come down good yet! I will be in a world of trouble when it does come down good! My body will adjust, I hope!

Things are good around here. Tobbie started school this past week and she LOVES it! She loves it so much that she has come home and taken 3 hour naps! Mommy likey too! We decided that when she gets her spring break (i didn't realize that pre-school got spring break) we are going to take the kids down to Destin. The Army has a MWR place down there and it is cheap. Oh, I can't wait to sit on the beach!

Tristan is doing well. He seems like he is on the verge of rolling over. He laughs and smiles a good bit. He is still my chunky monkey and he is the size that Tobbie was at a year old. Crazy!

Thank the Lord!!!!

Literally, Thank you God!!! I found Tobbie a pre-school today! She will be attending Shirley Hills Baptist Church for pre-school!!! She will start tomorrow and I get to go to the commissary without a screaming 3 year old!!! I don't know who is more excited, Tobbie or me! Yippee!!! She really is needing to get involved with something and the silly AirForce base here mislead me on their hourly daycare! They only offer hourly daycare if a regular child in regular daycare is out one day. WTF (gotta watch my language now with Sweet T attending a church school)?!? What they do then is call who is on the waiting list and see if they want to come in for that day. Who does that, seriously? CRAZY! Anyway, Sweet T will be going to school 3 days a week. And, she has been sleeping in her bed and has had a nap the past 2 days!!! I think we are making progress on the stress of the move.

We are enjoying our new home. I love it! I still haven't taken a real bath in my jetted tub and I refuse to read my people magazine until I hop in. Maybe tonight I can do that!

Tonight we are going to drive and meet my baby brother half-way so he can meet T-Bone. His baseball schedule hasn't allowed him to come home yet, so we decided to meet half-way. Can't wait to see him!

This past weekend we had our families over. Michael's parents and grandmother came over on Saturday night and we cooked dinner for his parents 40th wedding anniversary and then we cooked dinner for my family on Sunday. Check out Tobbie and Tobbie! They are a cute pair!

Almost Finished!

Well, we have gotten all our household goods and unpacked EVERY box inside the house! I didn't say that it has been put away (majority has), but it has been unpacked! We are loving, loving, loving our new house! Tobbie has enjoyed being outside like you wouldn't believe! Tristan, well, he still doesn't do much. We have been playing outside and I think I am going to have a HUGE yard sale to get rid of all the indoor/rainy day toys we have built up over the last three years! It is going to get up to 75 over the weekend and I think me will have some margarita's on the back porch! Oh yeah baby, I also have little umbrella's to put in my drinks!!!

Ok, here is a picture of our new house and starting next week, I will get back on my blogging roll!