No Syrup!

Normally Taylor does not get syrup with his pancakes, ever, and there is a great reason why......

So now, no syrup! :)

Sunday in TN...

This morning, when we got done getting ready for church, we found out that Alex wasn't feeling too well so Kim and Alex stayed home! We went with Tim, Ashley and Austin to Middle Tennessee Baptist Church where Pastor Tony Hudson is the pastor. It was a great moving service and the music was especially awesome!
We went home for lunch and Kim had made this wonderful grilled chicken, grilled veggies and so much other food. It was great! Taylor isn't really eating anything during this trip. He has tended to eat alot of sugar and not much else. And I'm just being a softy and not forcing anything on him but that's not good either....I'll have to work on that when I get home.
So for the evening service, Kim was scheduled to sing at Franklin Road Baptist Church and she asked me to play for her which was a real honor but I was just terrified. The last time I played for that many people was in college! She and Alex drove in a separate car so she could take him back home after she sang. Taylor went screaming into the nursery but after we picked him up, the nursery worker told us that he had been very good the whole time. Which makes me so very happy! :)
After church, Ashley had a youth group function so Tim, Austin and we went to Steak and Shake and had a great time! Taylor loves his cousins and Austin is so gentle with him and so kind. I love the relationship that they are developing. I included some pictures from our dinner out - they were so cute!

Day of Celebrating!

Oh what a day! What a wonderful fabulous relaxing day!
We woke up early this morning (what's new?), got packed for the pool and headed out the door. This pool is amazing! I'm not sure if I've ever seen one that equals it.....hmmm.....nope, I haven't. There are kiddy pools and wading pools and swimming pools and pools with fountains and pools with slides and more slides and kayaking and inflatibles and, and, so much more I can't even begin to describe!
Taylor had a blast is the short way of putting it. But he seems to tire very quickly and he is more than a little afraid of the water. Since he just barely started walking, he is not sure at all in the water so he won't do anything without holding on to something. That really doesn't allow me to do anything else but I really can't do anything else anyways and why would I want to do anything else but be with my little fella?
We split the day in half by having a picnic outside the pool grounds. Kim is an amazing picnic packer......chicken salad croissant sandwiches, fresh fruit, yogurt, cheese with angel food cake for dessert.....amazing. She impresses me all the time....one day I want to be just like her when I grow up! :)
After swimming for a little while longer, we decided to dry off and get ready since the fireworks in Nashville start at 9pm. We went down to the Opryland Mall which is very impressive and so close to the Opryland Hotel but since it was close to dark we really couldn't see anything and on top of that it was downpouring so I'm hoping that we will be able to come back and see it. We ate at Chilis Too and while we were there found out that since the thunder storm had come through earlier, they had decided to start the fireworks earlier so we didn't even get to go down there and see them. We were really disappointed that we missed them but were able to leisurely stroll back to the car, leisurely head home, leisurely start another movie and leisurely eat some more icecream! Yeah! My kind of night! :)
I'm not sure if I've said it yet but it was a fabulous wonderful relaxing day!

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Firworks!

Last night was a great night! We ended up relaxing most of the day, just hanging around the house and talking. So fun! Towards late afternoon, we all decided that it would be nice to get out and get something to eat. Getting everyone ready is a little chore but its worth it because we all look so nice! (so proud!) We went to this great steak place and of course, being pregnant, I had to have a steak and baked potato (the waitress was carrying one out right as we were being seated and I knew immediately that was what I was going to have) which was fabulous. We then headed to the waterpark some distance away and got our seats right down by the water. There aren't hardly any mosquitoes there (thank you, Jesus!) and it was a beautiful calm night. After the fireworks, we headed home to another movie and more icecream. A wonderful day!

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Happy Fourth of July!

There is the National Flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country. If he be in a foreign land, the flag is companionship and country itself, with all its endearment...The very colors have a language which was recognized by our fathers; white is for purity; red, for valor; blue, for justice. And altogether, bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky, make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands.-Charles Sumner

First full day in TN!

We got settled in last night....we met Tim at their church because they were selling fireworks and thought that we could all meet there and then follow them home. The boys were so good with Taylor and it was so good to see them! Then we walked across to Little Ceasars and picked up pizza to take home.
Once we got to the house, we got the full tour which was incredible because Kim is an amazing decorator. I think you could spend a full day in her house and just take your time looking at everything in full and just barely get the whole thing in. It's truly a beautiful home and you can tell the kids love it so much!
Kim, Ashley and I then headed to Walmart because there was some things that Taylor needed for the week. Ashley and I picked out 6 different kinds of icecream! Should be a wonderful six days! ;)
We got back to the house, dished up some icecream and put a movie on which immediately puts all of them to sleep (truly hilarious!). Finally we got to bed which was too late because Taylor woke up bright and early with it being a new place and him sleeping on the bed with us. He sat up wide awake and didn't understand that we would still want to sleep so I took him into the family room where he wouldn't wake anyone else up. Such a funny little guy. We should be able to rest today. We are planning on going out to eat later tonight followed by fireworks at the waterpark. Can't wait!

TN - Here We Come!

We are heading out to TN today to visit Tim and Kim and the kids! We are so excited and so thankful that God has allowed this trip! We will be staying with them until next Wednesday - almost a full week is going to be amazing!
I am not sure how Taylor is going to do on the plane but I've been praying for the last 24 hours that everything will be wonderful.....maybe I have too much faith or not enough but I'm just not sure still.... :)
I will try to stay up to date while we are there but you know how vacation is....never know exactly what's going to happen from day to day!