A couple of weeks ago I woke up at 6am and decided to take the kids to Disney. Solo.

Probably sounds a tad bit crazy but I love Disney  and my kids do too. And surprisingly it was just as easy as going to anything else solo but wayyyy more fun. We had the best time!





Grace is totally obsessed with Timmy. Loooooves her big brother. 

She’s currently really into dressing herself. Today she came out dressed in Timmys {dirty} bathing suit. The shirt was inside out but still very impressive.



Then she went and laid on the carpet just like him to watch some Mickey.

And then she got alittle bit closer…



Seriously it’s the best just watching them interact.

I’ll push you Timmy as Timmy’s feet almost drag on the ground😂

if Timmy can be a monkey..

So can Grace!



Timmys lil shadow and side kick 💗

Tim has started what I thought to be a bad habit of laying next to Timmys bed every night until he falls asleep. So every night after stories and prayers, Timmy says, “Daddy are you going to help me?” He’s really only in there for 10 minutes and he falls right to sleep.

But when Tim has to work late and misses bedtime.. It’s a disaster! Timmy screams at the top of his lungs every excuse in the book. He’s hungry, thirsty, needs to go potty and then it’s I’m scared. I’m a sucker for that one because well I get scared too when Daddy isn’t home. So I scoop him up and let him sleep in my bed. 

Bad parenting right? Maybe not.

When you have more than one kid you lose so much of that one on one time with your kids. So what if it’s at 10:30 at night? This boy was so happy to snuggle up under my covers, grabbing my face and telling me he loves me soooo much. Telling me, “See mommy I’m not scared anymore!” and “You’re the best Mommy ever!”

Who could say no to that? 

And if I had, I would have missed out on this special one on one time. I wonder if that’s  what my husbands idea is behind laying with Timmy every night. That man is smart.

Slumber party selfies!



Sometimes my yard reminds me of a daycare. And now that we added the swingset it’s like a park in the backyard. My kids have way more than they need. 

So between the Barbie jeep powerwheel, the roller coaster, the cozy coups, a sandbox, the life size soccer goal and even the swingset, what do you think is their favorite?

DIRT!

Yes their most valued play toy is the dirt pile in the corner of the yard that the dogs have helped dig up. They literally bury themselves in it and add it to their hair. It’s totally gross and I want to tell them to stop but I can’t. They love it.





“What mom? Stop taking our pictures!”

My sweet Grace is growing like a weed. In her last update we had some concerns about her weight. At 18 months she was in the 3rd percentile at 20 pounds 13 ounces. And now in just over a month she’s 22 1/2 pounds! What a relief for this mama. Her iron level is also within acceptable range so we are so grateful. 

I’m a huge breastmilk supporter. I love everything about it, the best natural nutrition and the closest bonding time. However, in Gracies case it seems that the extended breastfeeding is what was preventing her growth. She was still using it as her main source of food and at 18 months it just wasn’t enough anymore. 

I had to quit cold turkey and the only tip I have is DONT sit down. I could hold her as long as I was standing. As soon as I quit she had a ravenous appetite, waking us up in the middle of the night screaming, “Mommy I want a banana!” First time I heard that on the monitor I bust out laughing. For a week we were waking up for midnight snacks. At one of our slumber parties we took some mommy daughter portraits ☺️



She’s quite the fashionista. I feel like she’s turning into a little lady way too quickly.



She’s super polite. When she burps she says excuse me and if she trips you she says sorry. I get so thrown back by her speaking without me prompting her. 

I forget all the time that she’s really not a baby anymore. It’s hard for me to imagine a house without a little baby and I Pray about it a lot. For some reason I just can’t get a feeling if we are done or to have more. I really want to just give this decision to God, as it should be. He knows what’s best for our little family. For now we are extremely blessed to have these two sweet munchkins.



Timmy is rarely a boy these days. For almost a week he was a dog. And by dog I don’t mean he walked around barking. The child takes this pretending business very serious. Kind of embarrassing and I’m sure he will {not} appreciate this story later in life BUT we caught him outside completely naked on all fours lifting his leg like a dog 😳. It was hilarious but we had to put an end to that real quick. He eats his food from a bowl on the floor, builds dog houses out of clothes hampers and of course he let me know that “mommy dogs don’t talk!” This meant trying to translate his barking into the English language. 

Since then he has been a cat, a turtle and of course Spider-Man. Spider-Man is by far our most dangerous character. Mostly because if Timmy is Spider-Man then so is Grace. That means two kids jumping from couches and beds. On the days that they are turtles they want to be in mommy and daddy’s tub and I have to throw pretend food into the water when they get hungry. 

Our most recent pretend adventure is Timmys driving skills. He’s always telling me to go right or left and straight. And now he has his own steering wheel. Of course only he can he can see it. Cracks me up.



If you live anywhere other than Florida most likely you are knee deep in snow. This has been such a terrible winter everywhere but here. We are so grateful and soaking it up spending as much time as we can outside before that summer heat hits. 

It’s February and yes we have already been to the beach, have blown up our kiddie pool and stocked up on popsicles.

We had one day of winter. I’ve always said I wanted to have seasons and well now turns out winter is not for this girl. Looks like I’ll be here for life.



So yea I know we all think our own kids are soooo smart but pretty sure Grace is genius!

On her own she put together these puzzles.



We were so shocked we made her do it again. Totally had us amazed! Harvard here we come. 😊

When I do flash cards with Grace and we get to banana, sister tries to eat the card every time. 😂

The fake smile you put on your face when your son tells you he’s making you a spit cake. 😳 sounds yummy!

Nothing makes these kids happier than an old school Popsicle. Luckily for them it’s what the Doctor prescribed.

Watching Daddy climb in a big box the kids are using as a clubhouse. 😍

Catching Daddy and Timmy in the closet with the lights out just to watch his toy gun light up. Boy stuff this mama will never understand.

Gracie’s undeniable style sense is surely going to land her a job in fashion. She dresses herself head to toe and I can’t get enough.

& the very best snuggles.

Timmy was in the bathroom saying mmmmyummy 😳 so I ran to see what in the bathroom could be so appetizing. There he was picking dried up toothpaste out of the sink and sticking in his mouth.

Not my finest mom moment. I added the bathroom to my to do list so now it’s squeaky clean and free of any “snacks.”

In other bathroom news Gracie is peeing on the potty every time Timmy does. I’m still too lazy to start potty training although it seems like she’s doing it herself. Timmy says his poop looks like snakes and hisses at the toilet. We spend so much time in the bathroom I’m thinking I need a chair in there. Timmy is obsessed with “peeing like a daddy” which just means peeling standing up. It’s really cute when he says it.