Camera Problems

I finally found the camera! However, I made the mistake of letting my sweet and charming daughter play with it...and well, something got in the lens and the camera kept saying "lens error." Which in Canon terms means that it is broken. So after calling Canon they told me that I would have to send it in for repair...which equals $130. Which I refused to pay. So they told me I could send it back and purchase a refurbished one. Which equals $120. In which I politely declined. It was a simple problem, something was trapped in the lens which was causing it not to close properly. And I was not about to pay all that money for someone to spend 5 minutes and have the problem fixed. So at that point, with nothing to lose, I decided I would take a screwdriver to it and fix it myself. However, growing up with my father I have learned a few tricks. So before I threatened it with the screwdriver I decided to give the camera CPR and within seconds the lens closed! TAKE THAT CANON! I WON!!

So I apologize for the delay of pictures. Our camera is working just fine now! So here are some pictures from the past 2 weeks!

P at the hospital excited to see Thatcher!

Thatcher has his own Lambie...but it is a Raccoon named Ricky!

And he seems to be quite fond of it:)

P holding Thatcher!

:)

Little Thatcher awake! (a very rare occurrence)

Right before he fell back asleep!

More to come!!

PS. I know my comments link does not work...not quite sure on how to fix that...Sorry.

It's a BOY!!

Thatcher Paul Reeves was born on Monday, July 26th at 12:16pm (3 weeks early). Weighing 6lbs, 7oz and was 20 inches long. He is very laid back and doing greaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!

Here is a picture of him (phone pic, sorry for clarity)...More to come soon!(have to find the camera:)

Happy Birthday

Well I cannot believe it, but my baby just turned 2 this week. I cannot believe how big she is. She truly is a little girl now. I absolutely love every minute I spend with her...Even the bad minutes I grow to love. I am very Blessed and Grateful to have her as my little girl.
Well we celebrated her second birthday in style. We threw P an Elmo Birthday Party!! It was her BIG day and we did everything possible to make it special for her. We blew up 40 red and blue balloons and had them covering her bedroom floor so when she woke up she started the day off with a huge smile! She kinda started the day off a little earlier than usual....6:39 to be exact. Yes, to some that is not that early, but for me who loooooooooves to sleep, it's early. Peyton will usually sleep until around 8:30 which means I usually sleep until 8:30...or really if Paul is awake...I sleep until 9:):) But regardless, she loved the balloons! She could not get enough of these balloons. She made Paul and I walk around the house, each carrying two blue balloons (her favorite color). And we were not allowed to sit down, because sitting down would mean we were not playing. So we played with balloons. In addition to the red and blue balloons, Peyton got a HUGE Elmo balloon that sung "Happy Birthday" when you tapped it. She had been asking me for it for the past month every time we went to the grocery store, and I promised it to her for her Birthday. SHE LOVED IT!!
After we hung out around the house for a while we headed out for breakfast at Dunkin Donuts. She loves the little munchkins that she gets at church on Sunday mornings, so we treated her to munchkins. Home run again! She loved them!
After breakfast we headed to Sandy Creek Park here in Athens. It is an amazing park that has a lake and beach as well as numerous playgrounds. So we played at the beach, in the water, and on the playground. We unfortunately did not plan on playing on the playground, so P and Daddy are in their bathing suits:)
After a fun time at the park we headed home for lunch and a nap followed by my Mom and Brother coming up to celebrate the rest of the day with P. She woke up to them being there and watched a little World Cup with Uncle Colin and Lisee. Then we had an Elmo cake (my first real try at decorating a cake...It was a success), opened presents, and played with all the new toys.
All in all, Peyton had a greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat day!! My little "big girl"!!

 First image of P waking up

P:)

  

P at Breakfast.

 

Yummy!!

P and Daddy at the beach.

P in the water.

(Don't worry...she is not drinking...I always give her plastic cups to play with in the water)

P at the playground.

Swinging!

Watching the World Cup with Uncle Colin and Lisee.

P in her balloons again.

Elmo Cake:)

She blew the candle out!! Yaaaaaaaaaay Pey!!

P and her new little grocery cart!

(don't judge: she wouldn't put on her birthday dress. But I think the happy face shirt suited the day perfectly!)

P and new book

P and her new kitchen

Happy Birthday Peyton!

Strawberries

So last week we went and picked strawberries at Washington Farms. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time! We even got to see all the animals again! Pey loved feeding the goats grass and flowers:) And she loved eating the strawberries too! She had strawberry juice dripping everywhere. She was a big help carrying the bucket and taste testing some of the strawberries that were in the bucket. Mainly taking one bite and putting it back in the bucket, then trying another stawaberry and doing the same. It was kinda funny!

Here are some pictures from the day!

Kansas

So we had a great week with Michelle and Audrey! It was filled with a lot of fun activities!
We went to the zoo, toured a fire engine, went to a singing story time, went to gymnastics, went to the park/playground almost every day, ate a lot, and played a lot. The girls had a blast! I had a blast most of the time, but P was giving me a preview of what the terrible 2's might look like. But as the week went on things got better!  We had a great time!

Unfortunately I did not take many pictures... But here are some:)

Our trip to Home Depot...P wanted Audrey's steering wheel the entire time.

Baby monkey at the Zoo...Only pic I took at the Zoo.

Girls looking in at Michelle.

The girls drawing with chalk on EVERYTHING!

Girls in the yard playing:)

Peyton's First Plane Ride!

Well for my birthday, my wonderful husband surprised me with a plane ticket to go see my best friend Michelle in Kansas! Michelle has a daughter that is 11 days older than Peyton named Audrey! So it was a treat for both of us!

I'm not going to lie, I was a little nervous about flying with her for the first time...by myself...and have I mentioned I'm 6 months pregnant. But if we were ever going to go out there to visit, this was the time. Peyton was free because she was under two (only 2 months left to where we did not have to pay for her) and I could only fly for a couple more weeks before the Doctor put the nix on that. So it was perfect timing.

Well since Michelle has flown with Audrey so many times she helped Paul figure out which times were best to fly with the little ones and what days were best. So we were scheduled to fly out there at 9am Saturday morning. But little did we know what would happen...

So we spent the night at my parents house the night before, since it was closer to the airport than Athens and we would not have to wake up so early...but I still had to wake up at 5:30 and woke Peyton up at 6 and we were out the door. Checked bags, made it through security, and was sitting at the gate at 7:40am for our 9am flight. Perfect...so we thought...until a lovely woman came on the intercom above telling us that our flight had been canceled due to weather. So I kindly went up to the desk and asked when the next flight was...4PM.....4PM!!! WHAT?? Ok so now I have a toddler, in the airport at 8am and we cannot get on a plane until 4pm...Great...So I called my parents...who had just made it back to Marietta, and told them the news. So they happily turned around, headed back to the airport and picked us up...I cannot tell you how wonderful my parents are. They are truly the BEST EVER!!

We headed back to Marietta and waited, and waited, and waited. Luckily we had been checking the flights all day and my 4pm flight got pushed back to almost 6pm...so we waited some more...and headed back to the airport for round 2.

Our flight was 2 hours long and Peyton was great for about half of it. Mind you, she had woken up early, had only a 45min nap and is almost 2. Everything in my bag of tricks that I had packed for her didn't completely work after a long day and that late in the day. Sooooo it could have been better, could have been worse. We arrived in Kansas City around 8pm, ate dinner and drove for 1 1/2 hours to Michelle's house...It was a long day.  But I was glad to be there!!

Here are some pic's from the plane! More to come on the week in Kansas!

P waving to me before our flight!

P sitting in her big girl seat on the plane.

Luckily no one was sitting directly next to us, so she did not have to sit on my lap the entire time!

This was just about the time she kept trying to kick the guy next to her who was trying to sleep...sooooooo she had to sit in my lap again...not fun for Ma'ma!

Catch up!

Well I have to apologize for it taking me a month to post another blog. But luckily I can say that I have not been a slacker, we have just been busy.
On Easter Sunday after church we left and headed down to Savannah for the evening on our week long trip to visit family. We had a wonderful time visiting and Peyton got in another Easter egg hunt...number 4 to be exact! And she loved it! She has now become quite to little egg hunter and has figured out that there is candy in each one. So after she found each one, she stopped, opened the egg, and ate the candy. Luckily, there was only 1 M&M in each egg...so it wasn't too bad!! But needless to say, she LOVED it!
The day after Easter we hopped in the car and drove to St. Augustine, FL to visit with Paul's dad and Deborah. It was a wonderful trip and we were able to go to the beach every day. The water was a little too cold for me and Peyton, so we mainly played in the sand. Except for Paul...He went surfing! He said it wasn't too bad once you were in...but I left that up to him!
A couple days later we drove back to Savannah and stayed the night and then headed back home. It was a great trip being able to see everyone but we were glad to be done driving!

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip! More to come soon...that was only 1 week I caught you up on!

Easter Egg Hunt's

The past week has been filled with a lot of Easter fun! On Saturday our neighborhood had an Easter Egg Hunt, Peyton's FIRST one EVER!! And we were so blessed to have my parents in town to join in on the fun. Peyton was a little timid about the whole thing. She picked up one egg and said "All done"... and her competitive Mommy said "no, we've got to get some more!!" (as I saw all the other kids racing at the eggs). So Peyton picked up two more and by the time we put the third one in the basket, the eggs were gone. ALL OF THEM! Those kids are FAST!

Then on Wednesday, one of our friend's mother was putting on an Easter Egg Hunt at their church. So we went. This time Peyton was totally into it! She was grabbing things left and right. She filled up her entire Easter basket.  Her basket was so full she could hardly carry it and when the candy kept dropping out poor thing started crying because she was loosing some. It was really cute. But we have SO MUCH CANDY now!


And on another note...I wanted to show off the BEAUTIFUL Easter Basket my mom made last year for Peyton. My brother and I had ones just like it growing up (just different colors).  I love it! It is even lined with pretty pink gingham fabric on the inside!  It is truly too nice for Peyton to use for her Easter Egg Hunt's, so we had a "fill-in" basket for those!

Hope you have a greaaaaaaaaaaat Easter!

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

Lisee and Opa with Peyton!

Church Easter Egg Hunt

Peyton was making sure it was a good kind!

So here is her basket, not completely full...but close!

Poor thing, upset her candy kept falling out!

Pey's Beautiful Easter Basket