Tucker's 1st Birthday!

Yes I know it's been over a month since we celebrated Tucker's 1st birthday! Life has been busy so better late than never I suppose! We had a woodland theme for his birthday which was very fun and easy to plan since my parents have woods on their property. Grandpa cut some tree trunks and we used those for the cupcakes and his smash cake. We also used some for Tuck's 12 months of pics. We had a blast and always feel very blessed celebrating our children with our families present! Hope you enjoy some of these pics!

The food: the tray in the middle we made acorns from mini vanilla wafers and hershey's kisses!

Tuck's little deer smash cake. He got pretty into it after awhile. Yes our little family of 4 wore flannel...I'm a dork and I like coordinating. That last picture pretty much sums up a lot of Tate and Tuck's life...the paparazzi haha!

I made Tucker's shirt using this tutorial http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-sprinkle-shirts.html.

We used tree branches and sliced a little slice in them so they would hold the pics up and then spelled out Tucker is 1 in scrapbook paper. There is a picture from every month from birth up to 1 year old.

Another view of the 12 months of pics!

Tuck was worn plum out after all those festivities! He had a great time! Something little that I love about him...if you notice in this pic he has his pacifier upside down and guess what that's the way he likes it...if you put it in the right way he may keep it there for a few seconds to appease you then whoop he slides it upside down haha! Cracks me up! Oh yeah and some of you may have noticed I changed my blog name...I wanted something catchy and cute and guess where I got the name...yep you guessed from my 4 year old! He's full of funny sayings always has and probably always will be so the other day we were talking about all of the things he wanted to do in his day and I said oh maybe we can do that tomorrow to which he replied ok mom well we can do that the "other tomorrow"! Oh buddy I love you and thanks for filling our little lives FULL!

Out of the mouth of babes...

Ok so for starters forgive the horrible lighting...it bothers me but I just had to share this funny moment with you!

Today Tate asked to play with the barn and the people and animals that go with it...and then Tucker decided that he was having a teething moment, I guess, so he saw the sheep and instead of reaching for it to put in his mouth he took a dive with his head and voila in the mouth it went! He crawled around for the longest time without touching the sheep just doing his thing ya know! It really was hilarious!
The picking it up technique!

Got it so now he's off and crawling up the stairs!

And now it's decision time...the sheep or the horse the sheep or the horse! And the sheep wins again!

Haha! Funny huh? Hope you enjoyed! Have a blessed night!

You're Beautiful!

This is a song by MercyMe titled Beautiful...every time I hear it I tear up because it reminds me of my Mama! I love her and this song is perfect for her! So read it and enjoy!

Days will come when you don't have the strength
When all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His
You're beautiful

And praying that you have the heart to find
Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
And they are nothing in the shadow of the cross

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His
You're beautiful

Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves enough to die

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
In His eyes

You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His

We love you Mama/Michelle/Grammy! Through thick and thin, the good and the bad! Praying for you and know that we will always be here if you need us and sometimes when you're not sure you need us...thanks for all you do!

Love,

Holly, Robbie and T and T

Look who's Four!

How can it be that my precious first-born is 4 today? What a blessing you have been to us Tate! I remember when we found out that we were going to have you...after 7 short months of being married we found out that God was blessing us with a sweet baby...and then a few months later we were able to call you by name! And then u came to us 2 weeks later than we planned which happened to be the day after Thanksgiving...just like you to come in your own sweet time!

And then you've continued to grow up on us...and what an adventure it's been! You are always keeping us laughing and smiling and sometimes we get to see a naughty face...only sometimes though!

We often get the comment..."oh he looks just like his brother" when people meet Tucker! Here's a picture (Tate on the left, Tuck on the right)...you guys look a lot a like but you are definitely your own personalities.

You have a thing for ears...which cracks us up! You tell us what our ears feel like...sometimes they feel like silkie (your blanket), sometimes milk, sometimes Mommy or Grammy, or sometimes a Strawberries 'n Cream from Starbucks hahaha!

Yesterday we went for a swim and I asked you who your best friend was...your reply...drumroll please...Mommy hahaha can I freeze that moment? And then you said Daddy too! You have always loved your Daddy in a very special way...you always say you want to be big like Daddy. Even this morning you woke up very confused as to why you were four now but still not big like Daddy.

Oh man, I know it will feel just like that though. You will wake up one morning and be a big boy so let's not let it go so fast this time! We love you Tate William! Thanks for allowing us to learn all kinds of things as we go, for loving life so much, for always being tenderhearted and showing us a little glimpse of the true joy God wants us to have! You are our sweet baby no matter how big you get! Love ya buddy! This song from Revive is one of my favorites right now..."Slow down before today becomes our yesterday...it happens in a blink it happens in a flash...it happens in the time it takes to look back!" Happy 4th Birthday Tate, Tater, Tbug, Tater tot, Tater Salad, Bug...We love you!

Woody's Hat!

This was our sweet non-dramatic Woody for Halloween this year! I think he was upset about something haha! Love him!

Apple Orchards, 1/2 Birthday, Grandparents...the beginning of Fall!

We have been enjoying our fall...well as much as we can really. Some of you may not know but my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer on Friday September 3rd. Which really sucks if you ask me...but it's definitely a test in our walk with Christ but anyway I will post on that on another date. Today I just want to share a glimpse of some of the things that we have been enjoying...when life gives you lemons make lemonade right. We really have been trying to enjoy each moment even more lately! Here are some snapshots from our life lately!

Enjoying every moment with these favorites!

And her of course! I love how they are all holding Grammy's hand!

Celebrating Grandpa's 60th birthday!

A family picture...Tate looks so pleased!

Tate earned his Cubbies AWANA vest...which he so proudly calls his STUFFIES vest hehe!

Visiting the apple orchard!

And turning 6 months old and celebrating this baby boy's 1/2 birthday together!

This is what we have been up to! We are gonna be busy this week as we face my mom's surgery! Please join with us in praying for her healing and quick recovery!

Have a blessed week!

a snapshot...

Yes I have to say sometimes as a mommy you are just plain exhausted! That's been me this week! But then I remember they are only little once right! They will only be able to sit on my lap and laugh for a little while...so I'll take the restless nights and enjoy cat naps and snuggle while I can!

Here is a snapshot of a few of my favorite people...

Tuck helping me out at the computer!

Tate being silly and trying to get in the same basket as Tucker!

Tucker's first try at food on his 5 month birthday (which he loves)!

We celebrated Tucker's 5 month birthday! The cupcake is a little squishy but that's a 5 on there hehe!

Tate's very interesting in "what number" Tucker is! So he's putting up his 5 this month. It was quite funny because when Tucker was 3 months he loved that they were the same number. So when I was explaining that he wasn't 3 months anymore but 4 months and then 5 months it was a rough day for him haha! I guess he thought they'd be at the same number for awhile!

And last...we finally got to meet Dave! We were driving home from my Pawpaw's funeral and decided we'd try again to see if we could catch Dave. (We stopped on our way to Florida a few weeks back and missed him!) So we stopped had several of Martha's famous "free" cookies and a chocolate covered strawberry and got this picture with Dave! We were excited! Gotta love the face from Tate! This is the man who encourages us (even when Robbie breaks his hood release on his '91 Buick Regal and spends 4 hours trying to get his hood to pop so that he can refill it with oil during his routine oil changes on the cars) when Robbie says I don't care I'm going to go buy a brand new car! Then we listen to Dave and get a little reality check and we're all better! Haha! Well, on that note as I said before I'm exhausted and so now I'm heading to rest! Happy Sunday!