Sweet Summertime

We are having a great summer vacation so far! Nate keeps reminding me that he starts kindergarten next month which makes me a little sad.  Both of my babies are growing up on me!

Her Loves Her Bubba 

The Smiths Love the Thunder

Audrey update:
Audrey got her first tooth about 2 weeks ago and another followed just a week later!


She started working on crawling at 6 months but really figured things out about the same time her first tooth came through. (Busy time for her!)  She crawls everywhere! She was in the living room with Daddy and crawled through the kitchen to our bedroom in about 30 seconds.  I love seeing her crawl and this is a very good thing for all of us because she can entertain herself a little better now.

Big Girl in her rocking chair

I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but she is very high maintenance.  When I say "princess," I'm not lying.  She loves to be held and have lots of attention all the time...all the time...nights included.  We tried the yucky old "cry it out" method(as instructed by her doctor), or what I liked to refer to at the time as "Dr. Ferber" method (that made me feel better about it)..anyways, that didn't work out for us.  I tried, I really did, for about 5 days but I just couldn't stand it.  She was NOT having it. So, she still gets rocked to sleep, put in her big girl bed and then is back in bed with us by 1 am every night.  That's okay, lots of snuggle time.  When school starts back up I'm probably not going to like it quite as much.  Big girl is eating baby food 3 times a day and I am still breast feeding.  I'm planning on stopping next month before I start student teaching.  I am going to be so sad and I know she will be too.  But, I am so happy that I have nursed her this long.

See What I Mean by "Princess!?"

Nate update:
Nate just finished T-ball which was AWESOME! He loved playing and says he wants to play again in the Fall, which makes me happy because I love watching him play.  Its the cutest thing ever.  They did really well and had lots of fun.

After Post Season Tournament 

He has been enjoying being on summer break.  Lots of swimming with his aunts, Hannah and Sydney and LOTS of playing with Legos!  I love having him around all the time, makes me wish I could homeschool him! Dustin says no way..  Yesterday Nate told me he had a surprise for me and it was a pedicure! lol He had Dustin fill up a pan with water(which was freezing cold) and had me put my feet in it, then he rubbed my feet and painted my toe nails :) Sweetest thing ever and my toes actually look pretty good.  He then decided that he wanted to do my make up, lip stick and all..he just had a little trouble with the lip liner! Only bad part is that he won't let me give him kisses when I have lipstick on. :)

Best Pedi Ever

We have been watching a lot of Veggie Tales and has been asking me all kinds of questions about God.  He's really testing my knowledge! "Mama, is heaven in the clouds or is it in outer space?"  "Mama, what does Jesus really look like?"  UM...  this has been leading to some interesting conversations.  I am really wanting to start a small chapter book with him soon! 

Thats a little bit of our summer so far.