Weekend Tales + FP Giveaway Winner

I hope you all had a beautiful sunny weekend!  Here?  It rained & rained.  Then rained some more.  In fact, Cam declared Sunday a stay at home day because it was too stormy to go out.  I really didn't mind it myself, because the past week was full throttle at work.  We are about to leave town for a week so I really needed a day to rest & catch up on our never ending supply of laundry + admire a rainbow:)  Enough about my boring self. 

What you really want to know is who WON the free Freshly Picked Moccasins!!  Am I right??  We are so excited to announce the lucky winner as Fallon Menard!  Congratulations, Fallon!   I hope you & baby enjoy FP moccs as much as we do around here.  A big thank you to all who took the time to enter this giveaway & who continue to read my blog four years into the rambles:)  

Not much to tell about this weekend, except...oh, let's just talk threenagers.  My Cam. The iPad connoisseur is BACK.  He'd completely forgot about it for months...and now it's back with a vengeance   And this momma has the work cut out for her in weaning him from it!  

It all starts out with...let me check the weather, mom.  Let me take a picture, Mom.  And then the next thing I know, like in .5 seconds, he's MAD because the iPad takes too long to load a video OR begins trying to convince me that the one time he picked up toys "last year" is good enough to buy $500+ worth of Puzzingo games.  
Duh, Mom.  What do you know??

pictures c/o Cam

Not to mention this little one got t w o.  Not ONE.  But Two spankings at church yesterday.  One for the morning service & another for the evening.  Each time, I had told him at least 34,833 times to stop a behavior & at that point- my threats were as good as a joke.  As I took him out, he was shouting (in a quiet church mind you)...

 "I am sorry mom!  Don't give me a spankin' mom!  We can just talk mom right?  I'm sorry, mom!  I'm sorry."

Yep, it rips my heart in shreds, but I'm afraid we've had one to many "talks."  Any others out there know what I mean?  Aye Aye Aye.  Got to love the threes.  And this is just one of a million reasons as to why I'd love to have my husband home.  A man to assist with discipline would be nice.  Mommy isn't very scary when she says STOP apparently...

Happy Monday, you guys!

May we each be as profitable this week as Cam thinks HE is when he picks up his toys for a day...

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High Five 4 Friday || Hello June

If we're all honest, some weeks just take the life out of us & we're left with a headache that a nap & simple dose of ibuprofen just won't touch.  But life keeps going & two little boys search for the smile they know means everything is okay in the world.  And I give them that smile every chance I get (even when we have an off week) because I know who is in control of our life at the end of the day.  I also know that my little tough spots are trivial to the world's problems in general.  Right?:)  Here are my reasons to smile about this week...

1.  Memorial Day Fun:  I may have worked on the actual holiday, but I enjoyed a nice weekend with dinosaur pancakes, super hero disguises, & a side of family & friends.  We soaked up the sun by the campfire & on the lake in our "baby suits" (as Cam calls them).  It was a beautiful weekend that God blessed us with!

2.  Double Duty (or BOOTY) Bathtime:  Bathtime just got easier for this momma.  Conley started taking baths with Cam this week & they are both in what we Southerner's call "hog heaven."  Conley is a l l about splashing & Cam is all about washing Conley's hair.  Because, he is NOT about washing his own...#brotherlylove

3.  Preschool Graduation:  I felt so blessed to watch the kids I have had the pleasure of loving the past couple of months walk across the stage to graduate from preschool & celebrate their transition into Kindergarten.  They made me smile each & every day.  When I left my own babies at home, I kind of felt like I was coming to see my others at work:)  It was a crazy hectic day (as it has been week).  The highlights of this craziness was picking up the beautiful carnations for their parents & letting my boys play in my office as I printed programs.  I also got a wake up call...I can't b e l i e v e my Cam is almost ready for Pre-K himself!

4.  Drinks are the highlight of my existence.  Want to make me happy?  Send me a tea, coffee, or ice water:)  I get cracked up at how happy I find myself when I get a nice cold beverage...I've never been more thirsty in my life!  #allthedrinks

5.  Preschool registration:  This just means a fresh start & more kids to meet & love.  (And hopefully a chance to make a difference in some of their little lives).  This speech therapist says bring on the 2016-17 school year.  But let's do summer first!;)

We did have a lot of free time along the way...so I devoted some time to my doodle skills;)  Recognize the pup? 

Happy Friday, y'all!

P.S. Don't forget to register for the Freshly Picked Giveaway before Monday!

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7 Months || Conley Scout

I pretty much told everyone Conley was "6 months old" until the day he turned 7 months...I tell you, I hang on to everyday with everything in me!

Weight: 20 lbs 10 oz. lbs

Birth: 7 lbs 14 oz

Width: 27 inches

I can't squeeze him tight enough.  This baby's smiles hit the feel goods because he smiles with every ounce of his being.  Why can't we all do that?  I often find myself staring at the back of his little baby head wishing it would stay the same forever.  Change is bittersweet, huh?  

whats new...

LOVES

moving!  *as long as he's in my lap.  watching fans.  holding anything but his toys.  splashing at bath time.  nursing.  saying dada.   sticking everything in his mouth.  singing.

HATES

sleeping.  being alone (i.e. no one holding him).  pacifiers.  cam roars.

play & cognitive development

What can't this boy do?  Starting to suck his thumb.  Ironically, he started saying dadaada the week Cade came home.  He is pushing up on all fours and rocking back & forth.  He grabs every toy in sight with both hands & inserts directly into mouth.  He is going to be into everything.  It's happening.

eat

Ugh.  This is a touchy subject with Mr. Conley lately.  He likes baby food, but he has started really fussing when he is done eating it.  He also refuses to eat a n y t h i n g with texture.  He scares me to death when I let him try something...he starts gagging!  Like he is choking.  Not good on mama's heart.  SO lately, we've been sticking to the baby foods and puffs (with extra assistance aka sticking it his mouth til' it dissolves!)  He still nurses probably every 3-5 hours.  It all just depends on the day & what is going on.

sleep

It's been tough, lately!  The past two nights, Conley has probably woke up every hour crying.  Not really sure what is going on.  It's safe to say this boy doesn't like sleep.  I think he takes after his brother in the sleep department...afraid he'll miss something!

seven month photo dump