A trip to the Fire Station!!

We went to the fire station with one of our playgroups for a tour. Boy did Dalton have fun. He LOVED did I mention LOVED the fire trucks! He Squealed the whole time! One of the fire fighters held him some. He just went right up to him & put up his arms! I think he might want to be a fireman someday! To sum up a great time here are some pictures from our day. Shaking the hand of the fireman geared up & ready to go on a fire call! Taking charge of his new favorite toy the big bad fire truck!! His new Fireman Buddy!

Happy 23rd Month Birthday Baby Boy!!

Well you are now 23 months old only 1 month away from 2 wonderful years old. I sat today & looked at you thinking how truly blessed I am to have you in my life. I love being your mother. I know that at times I am obsessed about keeping you safe. My favorite line is "CAREFUL"! After I say that you stop & look at me like "WHAT I was not going to get hurt"! I love your kisses & hugs that you give me sometimes when I ask but other times when I don't. Which I think are the best!! Daddy & I are so proud of you. You are such a good boy & everyone can see that. You never hit bite or take things from other kids. When other kids take something you have you take it in stride & just let them have it & move on to something else. You are so sweet to your the dog Bailey. He lets you sit on him anytime you want. Well next month you will hit yet another year older the big #2! Thanks for being such a great baby boy!!! LOVE YOU LOTS, Momma!

BYE BYE Hurricane IKE!

This is some of the horrible destruction he left behind! WOW was that bad! We did not have it as bad as other people but we had NO electricity for 24 hours. IT WAS HOT did I mention it was HOT! Thank God the electricty came back on because I thought we might melt along with all our food. You know the biggest thing we were short on & was hard to find was toilet paper. I am never going low on that stuff. I would have traded water for it! Dalton did great considering it was hot & there was no TV! Thank goodness we have a pool. All of us along with some of our great neighbors swam on Saturday to help us keep cool. I think if we did not have that we would have been nuts & bored! We just prayed for all the people that lost their homes! It is such a devastating thing to go thru. It is scary but makes you appreciate all that you have much more. I give all the praise & glory to God for protecting my family & friends!

Growing up & Growing Words!

Wow Dalton is growing up so fast. I can't believe he will be 2 at the end of next month. He is really starting to say words. The last few days he has said: Dayna, Barbara, Grandpa (gra-pa) & Outside! Or as he says it Out side! We are trying to teach him that it is one word. Grandpa & Nana came over Friday & we swam in our pool. He sure loves that! He loves them very much too. He always cries when they leave. His sister Laura came over & stayed with him on Saturday while I worked. They had so much fun swimming & blowing bubbles. He loves playing with his sisters. I hope they are always close. Since we are older parents it will be nice for him to have them for a long time after we are gone. They think he is wonderful too!! They never get tired of giving him a bath or feeding or just playing with him.

Back to Birthday Plans!

OK we went to a bounce place here in town & it would be over $300 just to bounce & have pizza. Not including the cake! So we are going to rent a 3 in 1 moonwalk & put it in the driveway. We can order pizza & have cake! YEA! It will be nice here in October. Not too hot or too cold. So I am really excited! Here is what it will look like. Notice it has a slide too! He loves the slide. We are teaching him he is going to be 2 & to hold up 2 fingers. He is getting it down fast. He is such a big boy!!