Last weekend

Last weekend was a full, but fun weekend! Weston's class pet guinea pigs came home from school with him on Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with us! On Friday night, we had a babysitter (Jordyn, from the next town over came up--she was the first sitter outside of our family to keep both of our kids) and Bob and I enjoyed date night, while the kids had fun hanging out with Miss Jordyn!

Bright and early on Saturday morning, Weston had a basketball game to play. Then, we came home and got ready to head to a family birthday lunch! Later that afternoon, we went to a school-wide "Top Dog" event for Weston's school at USC Upstate, where we attended a womens basketball game. As principal, Bob had to go out on the court during half time to see how many baskets he could shoot in 30 seconds. For every basket he made, he won a coupon to hand out to students who were there from his school. Weston loved watching the game and hanging out with his buddies and especially loved when they played "Sandstorm". Addison's favorite part was watching and high-fiving the mascot, Spartan.



On Sunday, we traveled to Columbia to watch the back-to-back National Champion USC Gamecock baseball team scrimmage! It was another fun day. Weston brought one of his fellow Gamecock-buddies along for the day! We're excited that baseball season is right around the corner!





And one of the highlights of the day was getting some autographs and having a picture made with All American first baseman, Christian Walker!


And, finally, here are some pictures of Weston and Addison spending time with the guinea pigs, Chester (Chessie) and Jessie this past weekend.







Where is the guinea pig?!? ;-)



I can't believe it's already Thursday and almost time for another weekend! This week has been busy and has flown by! Today, I'm working on a nursery rhyme character costume for Addison to wear to school next week and Weston has Aristocats play practice after school and a costume check for the play that is exactly a month away! Hope you are having a great week!

Doctor Visit

I finally had Weston and Addison's yearly well-child visits today with their pediatrician. I had been putting this off, mainly because I knew that this one was going to be a "doosey" for Addison because of getting the dreaded 4 year shots. She already dreads doctor visits anyway, so I didn't clue her in on the shots ahead of time because I knew she would just worry. I also thought that she would be the only one getting shots because before we were told that Weston wouldn't need anymore until he was 12 or 13. So he thought he was home-free. Well, if I wasn't already dreading the shots for Addison enough, when we got there the nurse told us that Weston was going to have to have one, too, because they are giving one now that wasn't standard procedure to give when he was younger. So he had not had it, but needed it. He was so upset and started crying. He is rough and tumble on the ball field, etc. but boy when it comes to needles, he is a big baby! HA! The good news continued when the doctor informed me that they were also going to both need to be "pricked" for hemoglobin checks. I had two not-so-happy-campers on my hands. I tried to explain to them (cue teachable moment) how lucky that they are not to have to have these things done more often...there are so many children out there that are worse off and we need to be thankful for their health. Hopefully this will sink in, but in the moment all they cared about was the fact that they were about to get shots and pricks. I'm thankful to report that we all survived and Mommy plans to follow through tonight with her promise of a special treat--a trip to the frozen yogurt bar! (I offered to take them right after the appt but Weston wanted to get back to school and go tonight) I want to put their stats below so that I'll have them documented--

WESTON: 7 years, 2 months
weight- 72 lbs. (96.58 percentile)
height- 50.75 in. (86.61 percentile)

ADDISON: 4 years, 3 months
weight- 31.2 lbs. (12.38 percentile) *she had no weight gain since her last weigh in from October, but we are just watching this for now and will continue to pump calories
height- 38 in. (8.61 percentile) yay!

And here are two pictures from this morning...Addison was still oblivious and looking at books; Weston knew what was about to come! I have to say that Addison is coming a long way with her anxiety about going to the doctor. I was proud of her this morning. Weston normally does fine unless there is a needle involved. ;)

Addison's Happenings...

Addison was so excited to go to the movie theatre to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D!




She is also in her 2nd semester of tap and ballet classes! She is busy preparing for her Spring dance recital.



Last week at school, Addison had to draw a picture of her Mom. :-) She was so excited to show me when she got home...I didn't know whether to smile or be offended! HA!


I am constantly reminded that after this year, I will only have one more full year before Addison starts elementary school. I really don't even want to think about that--but at the same time, I better be cognizant of this fact, so that I can really enjoy the time that I'm able to spend with her now! I'm trying to soak in these preschool years, because I'm fully aware of how fast they go by!

Addison and her babies

This is how Addison spends so much of her days...pushing her babies around and pretending to shop! Or pretending to go on a trip somewhere with them...often times seeing how many babies she can fit into her stroller or shopping buggy!

Basketball Winter 2012

Basketball season is in full swing! Here is a little video clip from opening day, when they introduced the coaches and team members.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!! Welcome 2012!


And here are a couple of cute pics of Addison--we enjoyed fondue on New Years Eve! Addison got really into the chocolate. ;-)



Here is a cute picture of the kiddos before church on New Years Day!


And finally, the day after New Years--which was Monday, Bob had to return to work after being off for two weeks. The Gamecocks played their bowl game that Monday. Bob took a long lunch break at home with us as we cheered them on and I made some gameday food. The best part was the Gamecocks WON!! Go USC!! We can't wait to see what you do in 2012!

Beach Trip

We left the day after Christmas for 4 nights at the beach. We enjoyed relaxing, indoor swimming, playing board/card games, walking on the beach, playing football on the beach, and went to the movie theatre to see Chipwrecked! Made us all look forward to spending even more time at the beach this summer...

Christmas Day

The children were SO excited to wake up on Christmas day to see what Santa had left! They both slept in Addison's bed on Christmas Eve, and had to call for us when they woke up so we could get the cameras ready and meet them!




Look what Santa left for Weston and Addison!










Stockings!




Weston and Addison pose with their cousins on Bob's side of the family...we enjoyed Christmas Day dinner and gift exchange at his sister's house!



And, finally, here is a video of our traditional "Happy Birthday, Jesus" song and cake!