Stanleys

Stanleys

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Family Bike Ride

We finally bought a bike seat for Vince and couple weeks ago and he;s starting to enjoy it. He really doens't like to wear hats and we knew a helmet would be worse because this is strapped to your head. haha But we figured if we quickly put it on then start riding he'll be distracted from actually moving and forget about the helmet. It worked! Well the first ride was a little shaky but this trip was a success! It was a beautiful day and we went to a fun trail in South Carolina. He looks so cute because the helmet is huge and makes him look like a bubble head but he doesn't seem to care, if you're riding, once you stop that's a different story and he immediately wants out and the helmet off :)




Thirsty from all the pedaling :)

We stopped to run around and play, I mean for Vince :)




Garden Update!
Everything is growing really well and we got tomato cages. Can't wait for the fruits of our labors!!


Monday, May 19, 2014

Best Friends

We watched 2 of my friends kids the other day and Vince had a blast! One of the kids is Dallin, who is 4 and Vince thinks they are best friends. Dallin is so sweet and seemed to enjoy playing with Vince too so it wasn't just one sided. It's so cute because Vince is literally half his height but could care less!






Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Boy oh Boy!!

It's a BOY!!
Vince is going to have a little brother and we couldn't be more thrilled! It was so fun to see baby boy playing around in there and to be happy and healthy. We are truly so blessed and couldn't ask for more! We're so excited to see our boys grow up together, do scouting, go on missions, play sports, work on cars with dad, go camping, fishing, hunting, hiking and more! I love my boys and can't wait to meet our newest little man!



Friday, May 9, 2014

Summer is Here!!

Summer is definitely here in Georgia. It was in the 90s this whole week!! We bought a pool for Vince which has been one of the best purchases thus far :) It's been fun, we're outside everyday enjoying the heat and sunshine. I am a little nervous for when summer really gets here being pregnant and all, but there's not much I can do, so bring it on! :) I love our backyard, it's so fun with the pool, basketball court, we have trees for shade, a good grass area and our garden!! We're so blessed!

We go through 2-3 outfits a day with getting wet and all. I would let him just go in his diaper but I don't want him to get burned, like I said it's been pretty hot. He is getting tan though, I put on sunscreen whenever we go out but he already has tan lines from his sandals! So cute!


He LOVES basketball and basketball hoops. When we go on our walks in the mornings he tells me all of the basketball hoops we go by. He calls them "bat" and really emphasizes the "t." So cute!!

Here's our garden. We planted it 2 weeks ago and this is after a week. We were shocked with how fast things popped up. We have 12 tomato plants (we love tomatoes), green beans, carrots, onions, radishes, cucumbers, squash, green peppers, banana peppers, and cantaloupe!! We are so excited! So it doesn't look that pretty because the soil here has lots of clay and sand but we used potting soil where the plants are and it's working!!



Ryan made a nice fence to keep out the animals

Vince loves water and the hose. He also loves to drink from it and gets soaked, haha!







We had one of Vince's friends over and it was so cute seeing both of them as diaper men!








Besides pooling it up in the backyard we've been strawberry picking. We went twice in the past couple weeks and got tons of berries! The first time I had Vince in his stroller and he was fussing to get out. So I let him out and he starts devouring all the strawberries in site, so I put him back in the stroller and now he's really mad because he knows how good they are and wants more! Needless to say we picked pretty fast to finish up. At the end I got him back out and had him close letting him pick the berries and put them in the bucket (I was pretty much guiding his hand to the bucket or he would've ate them all) But who can blame him they were delicious!!!
These pictures are from the second time we went and this farm was more kid friendly and didn't really care if the kids ate some berries. I brought some diversions this time (grapes) and then let him eat some and help me pick. He did REALLY GOOD!! I was actually pleasantly surprised how much of a big helper he was being! I made a batch of jam and froze the rest. It's such a fun thing to do and love that Vince can help now :)




Thursday, May 1, 2014

Columbia Zoo

We went to the Columbia, SC zoo a few weeks ago and it was so fun!! It was Vince's first time at the zoo and he had a ball. We went with a few friends which made it that much more enjoyable. It was a gorgeous day, definitely on the warm and humid side but it is the south. This is only the beginning! haha

Vince had just woke up from a nap and was a little groggy when we first arrived. The grapes helped cheer him up :) He absolutely LOVES grapes,tomatoes, strawberries and bananas. I mean if he sees them a meltdown may occur if he's hungry and they aren't quickly given or hid! haha


It was so cute seeing all the kids run along

Vince didn't know what quite to think of the farm animals being so close to him :)



The giraffes got super close because you could feed them lettuce, so we tried to show how close they really were. Haha not the best picture but you can see how close they were



Vince makes monkey noises and it's so cute, as you can see in the video


Kangaroos



Vince really liked seeing the fishes

This was neat, we got to see the scuba divers in feeding the fish. There were little sharks in this tank too!



Vince Loved this tiger statueand played on it for a while





Vince lately loves to "slide" down things and say "Weeeeee!" It's so cute and fun to watch him! I love my little boy!


Another fun slide :)


We had a great time!!!