Lucy rolled from her back to her tummy today!!! So proud of my babies...

Just Call Me Dorthy...

We Made It!!! We drove up yesterday afternoon and stayed at Kelly and David's last night. We hired movers to unload us. It took 3 beastly men almost 4 hours to move everything into the correct rooms. I was so thankful for their help! So far, we haven't found any major packing casualties :). Hampton and the babies are doing great. Hampton was precious exploring his new house and is so excited to be unpacking all his 'new' toys. When he was checking out his room, the jack and jill bathroom, and the babies room he turned to my mom and asked, 'How do I get out of here?' We have had lots of help and are so thankful to have moved close to family. We've decided to stay with K and D again tonight to escape a little of the chaos. We'll be up early tomorrow to put in a full day of organizing and unpacking.

Reid just rolled over from his back to his tummy!!!

Drew got a Vespa and Hampton thinks "Drew's nocycle" is the coolest thing ever. Drew and Hilary say it's a blast. Watching them ride it is hilarious! I am thankful Drew does fun, spontaneous things...like randomly purchasing a Vespa :).

Texas Rangers

At the end of May some of our best friends invited us to go to the Casting Crowns concert at the Ranger's game. Ben was excited to make it a family outing, but I was a bit uneasy about taking everyone to a hot, long baseball game and concert. Thankfully the concert was before the game, so we didn't feel pressure to stay for the whole game. There were several WM families, but Hampton was most excited about seeing Jack and his cousins. He wasn't too interested in the concert, but wanted to know all the details about the baseball game. There were lots of helping hands, so the evening went really well. Ben focused mainly on Hampton (and Jack), while Caren, Ashlee and I took care of the babies. Jay purchased a block of tickets and wisely chose seats on four short rows rather than one long row. It was great, because the kids were able to climb all over the place (mainly to whoever had the food). We had so much fun and bought some last minute Ranger's gear before moving away.
Emerson and Sadie

Proudly showing Campbell the glove UD got him for his birthday
Campbell~Emerson~Hampton~Sadie
Mommy and her boys!!!

Hampton and Jack, best buddies

Sweet Caren loves my kids as her own

Ben answering all of Hampton's questions about the field and game.

Jack lovin' on Lucy between plays I guess it's a baseball tradition, but it's also a lot of sugar :). He was so excited.

Sweet Emerson, mean face Hampton

Having so much fun!

What fun memories we made!

Summer...

We had a little fun tonight in the backyard while dinner was in the oven. I missed taking pictures of batting practice, but made it out in time for sprinkler time. I have been debating buying Hampton a fun water toy for the backyard. Today, I visited the outdoor water fun isle at Target again and was discouraged by the expense for a little backyard fun. Just for kicks I decided to checkout the gardening isle in hopes to find something a bit less expensive.

This beauty will provide endless fun for a mere $2!

Hampton just "etercised" with me to a workout video. After about 10 minutes, he looked up at the screen and said, "Hey, Mommy. Der naked. Why dey naked?"

Throughout the work out he repeatedly said, "Dis is hard for me Mommy. I'm done." Of course I encouraged him to stick with it and not be a quitter, but readily admitted that it was really hard for Mommy too. I'm worn out!

Playing hard with Daddy, Hampton and Lucy will wear a little boy out... ...and his sister too.

Lots going on around here...desperately need to catch up...soon. I will soon!

Hampton's Third Birthday

We celebrated Hampton's 3rd birthday with an early friend party and a family party on his actual birthday. With most kiddos still taking afternoon naps/rests, we decided we either needed to do a breakfast party or lunch party. We figured feeding all of Hampton's friends and their parents for lunch would be a bit spendy, so we went for a 10am party. We met at our neighborhood pavillion and celebrated with a donut cake, fruit, breakfast caserole, juice, water and milk. Staying true to Elizabeth style I prepared WAY TOO MUCH food. I had counted all the dads, but none of them came. No big deal, I sent food home with Drew. The weather was great...a little overcast and not too hot. You never know in May and it seemed like every other Saturday in May it rained. Several of his friends had to move their parties indoors. At the pavillion we enjoyed breakfast, a good race, singing Happy Birthday and playing on the playground. We moved from the pavillion to Boomerang's, a great place full of really cool bounce houses. Hampton loved it!!! Lots of his "buddies" came and Jonathan's crew joined us after Campbell's blast ball game (pre-t ball). This was the first year he really understood what birthday's and parties are all about. So much fun!!!

On Hampton's actual birthday we were blessed to have Gran and Poppy AND Sweetie and Pops in town. Hampton was on cloud nine with another birthday cake and more gifts.

My mom's generous cousin sent Hampton some tiger ears after watching this video. He was so excited and proud to be a tiger. Thanks Polly!

We built up his 3rd birthday as his last day to have his "binky." After presents, cake and ice cream it was time to throw his binkies in the trash. I had "secretly" been cutting holes in them for a week or two, so that it would be easier for him to let them go. I probably didn't use my best judgement and made him throw them away before naptime. He threw them away without any complaint, but did not take a nap that day. Since then, he has asked for them once or twice, but for the most part hasn't looked back.

SOLD

As of Tuesday, May 19th, our house is officially under contract...SOLD And on Thursday, the 21st, we closed on our house in KS. Our official move in date is now June 21st...way too soon. We will close on the TX house on July 1st. This means we will not ever have to pay 2 house payments. Thank you Lord for your provision!

Baseball with Daddy

This boy adores his daddy...and his daddy adores him!

Takin' BP with Daddy

Pitching to Daddy

And that's the ball game.

We are throughly enjoying this Memorial Day weekend!!!