Happy Father's Day! (Part 2)

Tavin helped Shaun open his gift.

Later in the day, my family came over and we went out to eat.

My dad, Quinton and Tavin while waiting outside the restaurant.

After lunch, we went out for ice cream and my sister and Tavin were playing with my phone/camera.  They took a pretty decent picture....

We hope everyone had a great Father's Day!

Tavin's First Official Haircut

About a month ago (May 14) we took Tavin to a barbershop to get his haircut.  This kid's hair is unruly at times and I just did not know what to do with it anymore.

Without further ado, here's the video:

The lady did a decent job.  Although, I'm not a fan of her just leaving the stuff around his ears.  Furthermore, the $15 charge was a bit ridiculous!

He is desperately in need of another haircut and I'm on the search for someone who will do it for cheap!

Happy Father's Day! (Part 1)

Last year, I took pictures of Tavin for Father's Day.  I decided to do the same again this year.

Unbeknownst to me, it would be one of the biggest challenges ever!

First, I tried sitting him down where I did last year

NOPE!

Next, I tried giving him a letter.

Moving toddler + one person with camera=horrible pictures!  NOPE!

So I racked my brain of what would get some good pictures.

Scout...

NOPE!

Ball...

NOPE!

Then a lightbulb went on...



Chicken Dance Elmo!!

So forgive me, for the bright yellow furry thing in the upcoming pictures but it was the only thing he would get excited for and give me a decent picture!

Pictures for dad....

CONQUERED!

Momma's Boy!

Tavin is definitely a mommy's boy.  Whenever he sees me he immediately wants to come to me and give me a hug.  He's pretty awesome and being a mom is something I didn't expect to love as much as I do.

Our self portrait

His new favorite toy (courtesy of Grandma)

I love this little guy to pieces!

Our Animal House

Just some random pictures of our zoo animals these days.

Daisy trying to figure out how to get the fish

Sadie waiting for Daisy to finish drinking

It's interesting to see how Daisy follows Minnie and sleeps where she sleeps.  Minnie's been a great big sister, except for the times when Daisy wants to play and Minnie just wants to go.outside.now!

I did not stage this picture!  Daisy jumped and curled up with Sadie all on her own!

And finally a little smothering loving from Tavin

First Summer Swim!

The weather was nice about a month ago-May 19 (yeah, I'm that late in uploading my pics).  We decided to blow up the swimming pool Shaun bought last year and let Tavin splash in it.  He had a BLAST!

All was going well until we tried to "float" him in the water.  He sort of froze up and freaked out.  Looks like we have some work to do!

Some after swimming/nap hair

LOVE it!

Master Bedroom Facelift

When we moved into our house in 2007 the master bedroom was decorated perfectly to match our bedspread already and so we left it.

But now, it's feeling drab and ready for an update.

I scoured the internet for ideas for a bedspread and had suggestions to try a duvet cover.  So with that suggestion I stumbled upon this:

And we were in LOVE!

We managed to pick the wall colors fairly easily.

Now we are stumped as to what to do for curtains.  I thought about sewing some but we can't find anything we like......

Stay tuned for before and after pictures!

Your kid looks a lot like . . .

I think every parent gets this.  The "you're kid looks a lot like you".  Well, I sure hope so!

So here's a bit of a flashback

Shaun (circa 1982?)

Mel (circa 1981)

And now Tavin

Introducing Our Newest Arrival!

Yep we have a new arrival in the family!  Another four-legged addition!

Introducing Miss Daisy Lynn.  And yes we give our furbabies middle names.  She was born March 1, 2013.

Everyone is still adjusting including Daisy who is secluded for most of the day to allow everyone time to adjust.  Minnie and Sadie have been doing great when she is out from her seclusion.  Minnie has actually shown some interest in wanting to play with Daisy and Sadie has only attempted to hunt chase her a few times.

Tavin LOVES Daisy. Loves to pick her up and choke hug her, loves to try and get her to play with the cat toys.  It'll be cute watching them grow up together!