Embrace the Camera: Beach Day

Linking up at the Anderson Crew for 

This week my cousin from Texas came into town! She wanted to take her adorable Miss. V to the beach for the first time. So of course I decided to pack the kiddos up and join her :) luckily DH had the morning off, so he came and helped out. 

and last, but not least a picture of me!! because that is what this 

whole embrace the camera thing is all about :)

At This Moment: 8 months

Chunky Monkey turned 8 months yesterday and I thought it would be fun to do a side by side comparison :) Man Cub is in green and Chunky Monkey is in red.... what do you think? do they look anything alike? They have the same chubby cheeks, lifted eyebrows, button nose, and hairline :) but their coloring is nothing alike! LOVE IT!!!

I am going to add a little update here for me. I always thought I would remember everything Man Cub did and all his little quirks, but its all kinda fuzzy now :) so here is an update on my 8 month old Chunky Monkey. 

Chunky Monkey you are adorable!! You love to chew on everything, you are an amazing roller... yes roller; you refuse to crawl and manage to get around by rolling and doing a funny kicking with your legs. You blow raspberries all the time, especially in church. You have put me on a run this last month by not pooping (I know TMI)! We have been on a very strict diet with twice a day laxative, flax seed oil, and when it gets really bad suppositories ... ewww!! You have had 5, yes 5, haircuts. You are wearing size 9-12 month clothes and size 2 shoes. You love your big brother, you give him the cutest smiles when he plays with you! You are such an adorable little Chunky Monkey and I have had so much fun getting to know you over the last 8 months!!!

Water Park

We had our first heat wave last week ... not fun!  On one particularly hot day I decided to walk the boys down to the local park that has a water pad. It is such a cute little set up; there is a little button you press and then the sprinklers start. Man Cub loved it! Definitely something we will be doing again.

Our week according to Instagram :)

 single serve deep dish microwave cookie/ 7 month old mustach/ 

first arena football game/ my sister's fashion show

 more beach!!/ swings/ water park (it's been hot)/ waiting for daddy

 yummy cookies/ adorable eater/

 ready for our first baseball game this weekend/ after haircut treat

trying on his awesome souvenir from our first soccer game/ watching the construction next door

Cell Phone Pics

Cell Phone update :)

 summer walks/  glow stick baths/ walking pool home/ watching Peter Pan with a sword

feeding Grandma's zoo 

Sandbox/ cute faces/ oops ... a repeat :)/ watching movies with daddy

playing at Grandma's while DH and I where out for our Anniversary 

Bumbo seat/ flag tees/ visiting with Uncle James

4th of July

I got super brave and decided to host a party at our house!! Nothing huge just my family and DH family, it was so nice :) I had so much fun decorating; cute sign, streamers, and some sparkly stuff. I also set out fun stuff for all the little ones; butcher paper on the fence with stickers and markers, wading pool, sidewalk chalk, water guns, and a bubble blower. The biggest hit was the butcher paper, I had thought just the little guys would color, but at one point we had all the big kids out there decorating :) We ended with some fireworks in the street; all in all we had a great day!

And my favorite part of the day ..... matching Flag tees :) I loved dressing Man Cub and Chunky Monkey in matching shirts; ADORABLE!!!

First Day- July

I'm running super late, but I don't want to miss another month! 

So I'm linking up with Nicole over at Journey to Josie.