Garrett turns 1

Check out Garrett turns 1. Kaleb had his last baseball game so we weren't able to make it to the party. Lauren's friend Erin Kent did a great job capturing the special day.

Thank you Erin for being like a sister to Lauren.

Are you kidding me?

We went 5 months without seeing our newest nephew, Garrett, who will be a year old in less than a month. All I can say is thank goodness for FaceTime because I don't know that we could have made it. We would visit Triston once a month when he was a baby. 

Cousin love

  We left Saturday morning after Kaleb's baseball game and drove to Clarksville, TN for a weekend visit. We could have stayed a week and it still wouldn't have been enough time with that sweet monkey. Papa was also on his way up to pick Triston up for their annual motorcycle trip so we did get to see them for a little while. 

Papa and his boys

He had a blast riding in the back of this dump truck down the drive way.

Happy birthday daddy! Daniel had just gotten back from overseas

Playing the guitar with KK

While in Clarksville, we were also able to visit some friends of Kevin's from high school. What a small world that our brother-in-law, Daniel, works down the hall from someone Kevin hung out with for years. We had not seen them since Kevin's 10 year class reunion which was 10 years ago! Wow time flies but the guys picked up right where they left off. Those are lifelong friends. 

Kaleb was able to swim while we were there and for all you who know how skid-dish he can be on first visit of the year to the pool would have been so proud of him. He jumped right in and swam for at least an hour. Getting him out of the pool was not an easy task. 

He could live in the pool

Kaleb's new buddy, Dwight.  They would get hot and then get back in the water to cool off. 

I love that Lauren lets me step into Garrett's schedule when I'm there. We got to enjoy playtime, snack time, reading books,  bath time, and bed time. He laid right down for me Saturday night but last night I would lay him down to fall asleep and he would cry. I think he must have needed extra loving just like I did. I was a softee and got him back out of bed 2 times! 

2 boys that love cars

We missed each other

Playing with the firetruck

Kaleb teaching G how to play with the truck. Look at that difference in hair color!

Five Silly Monkeys.....one of his fav

Reading one of Lauren's books from her childhood

G showing me the correct way to turn the pages

Adding some extra humor to our reading. He didn't seem impressed

Thanks Aunt Ami...that's enough for now

Time for some mommy time

He loved watching PraiseBaby videos on my phone

This morning before we headed home, we were able to have breakfast with Lauren, Daniel and Garrett (Triston is on a motorcycle trip with Papa and will be at our house later this week). 

 

Good-byes are not easy so we say until next time....and this time it won't be 5 months!!

Ami

Let's go BRAVES!!

 

We promised ourselves in this move that we would go places we normally would not have been able to go when we lived in GA. Last year we wanted to go see the Braves play when they came to Cincinnati but the schedule didn't work out. We promised ourselves that this year would be different. 

The Braves were scheduled to be in town the week of my birthday but it was also the last week of school. I desperately wanted to go but knew it would be tight fitting it all in. Well, someone was looking out for me because a great couple we met at church offered us tickets to go. Of course we would go and we had a blast even though they didn't win. We can officially say we have watched the Braves play in 2 different ball parks.

Neat ball park

The only run we scored that night off a homerun

Enjoying the view

Kaleb's favorite player....Chipper. He didn't play that night.

Kevin and Kaleb

Ami and Kaleb

Kaleb was so worried that he was out past his bedtime and kept asking was it time to go home. I believe he was just exhausted. What do you think?

Kaleb Graduation

At times it felt like this school year was creeping by until those last few weeks. Before we knew it, it was time for Kaleb's Kindergarten graduation. Because he is not fond of crowds, we began preparing him for what events would happen during the graduation.

The classes walked in to the gym to "Pomp and Circumstance" and he walked in and sat in his chair perfectly.

Then came the time for him to join his class on stage and sing. Yeah well, that didn't happen!! What he didn't realize is he stood out more by sitting in his chair with no one else around than he would have had he gone on up on the stage. Oh well!

Proud of him

I sat with him while his classmates sang and prepped him for walking on stage to receive his diploma. Once the kids were done I returned to my seat and began praying that he would go across the stage.

He's up

The time came for him to follow his classmates and wait for his name to be called to receive his diploma.....and HE DID IT! For us, he participated in the two most important parts of the ceremony.

YEAH

Not smiling, but he did it!

Now to enjoy summer before starting first grade!

Class of 2024!

There's that sweet smile

He's so silly!