Tagged

I've been so behind lately that I didn't realized I had been tagged until I started surfing blogs and reading "older posts".

Jennie tagged me so here's my pic.

This picture was taken before church when I was pregnant with Jane.

Flashback!

So, we're at the grandparents house and while snooping around on their computer I ran into all of these fun pictures. It is fitting also that we take a look back at the last few months because Saywer's six month birthday is THIS WEEKEND!! I can't believe how much my little family has grown in the last half a year. I love them so much.

Sawyer on the car ride home from the hospital.

Sawyer's blessing. This is the Tallahassee side of the family. None of my family was able to make it.

The new family of four. Such fun.

The grandparents first visit to Gainesville brought us to the Museum of Natural History which includes a rockin butterfly house. In this picture I think Jake and I are talking about how soon Sawyer would need to eat (new mom milk supply is crazy!).

Best friends. Sawyer is Jane's "Best Boy". I love my kids. They are such a wonderful blessing in my life.

Easter Pictures

The Flower Park

Jane and Sawyer love each other so much!

One of the beautiful lakes at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. We actually only made it through half of the garden.

A waterfall...

This is Sawyer the majority of the time.

I asked Jane to smile and this is what she gave me.

I asked Jane to smile and this is what she gave me.

So the other day I took the kids to the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens.

Jane is obsessed with flowers and I thought this would be the perfect place for her to go and explore. It was great! There weren't a lot of people at the garden and it isn't organized the way a traditional botanical garden would be. All of the different gardens are connected by winding paths under canopy trees. It really was beautiful.

Hanging out

Sawyer's not playing with dolls. This is his girlfriend, Aurora.

Sometimes Sawyer is serious.

Usually he is happy.

Movie Day

Sawyer is REALLY interested in food. I like to peel the apple and let him suck the juice out.

My Old Navy babies.

Beachin' it...

A bunch of us moms got together and went to the beach for the day. It was a real adventure.

Jane has finally decided that smiling for the camera might not be such a bad thing.

Wearing Daddy's hat. She really missed him that day. He works hard for the money. So hard for it honey.

Shadows are interesting; they inspire serious conversations.

Sawyer slept a large portion of the day. He didn't like the wind so I wrapped him up in this blanket with only a hole to breathe through.

Finally remembered to share

Okay, as a tribute to all of you mothers out there who feel like you've messed up with your kids today or yesterday or whenever I'm going to share an experience that made me cringe a little with embarassment.

For starters, I should tell all of you that don't live near me that I am a nap nazi. Seriously.
I don't go anywhere or do anything if it is going to conflict with nap/bed time.

A couple of months ago, somehow, the clocks in our house got all screwed up. I don't know if the power went out or if I accidentally messed the time up while I was setting an alarm but that clocks were an hour fast.

One day Jane was having a pretty bad day and I had decided that she would go to bed a little early (she was acting really tired). Normally Jane goes to bed between 6:30 and 7:00pm. Well, we went through our routine; I read stories, brushed teeth, said prayers, sang songs. When I told Jane that it was time to go to sleep she started screaming. So I left and let her have her emotions. When she finally quieted down and went to sleep, an hour later, I realized that instead of putting her down at 6:30, I had put her down at 5:30pm!

The poor girl really wasn't ready for bed and I was a mean mommy for letting her cry for that long without realizing my mistake.

Luckily for me, she didn't even remember crying the night before when she woke up in the morning after a nice long night of rest... :)