Jessica's Baby Shower!

I had the honor of hosting Jessica's Baby Shower last Saturday.  She is one of my best friends, and I am so excited to share the gift of motherhood with her!

Jessica with the girls hosting...Lindsay, Katie, Jessica, & Whit

My first attempt at making a diaper cake!

Yummy cupcakes!

We served fresh fruit, homemade sausage balls, pigs in a blanket, & mini quiches.

The punch was yummy too :)

Lindsay made these cute bottle water labels...Welcome Baby Briggs!

Some of the guests eating with Jessica, her Mom, and Granny Red :)

I forgot to get a pic of the "game."  We made a video of  Boyce answering questions like "What character trait do you most hope Briggs will get from Jessica?"  We paused the video and waited for Jessica to answer.  Then we played the video to see if their answers matched.  If so, she received a "Boyce Buck"...good for either diaper changes, night duty, or girls night out.  She got a lot of questions right :)

She got some great and adorable gifts!  The shower was so fun, and now we are all ready for Briggs to arrive! 

Colton and Paden!

Colton had a great weekend with his Murfreesboro friend Paden...and I had a wonderful time catching up with Paden's Mommy!  The boys were just too cute together!  We can't wait to meet up again!

Colton's First Haircut!

On Friday, Colton joined Papa to get his first haircut!  I loved his little curls, but it was time to clean it up!

I tried explaining to Colton that he was going to get his haircut, and he understood once we got there...he kept saying, "haircut!"  He got to watch Papa get his haircut first, which I think was a big help.

A "before" shot!

He LOVED all the attention from everyone at the shop!

He also loved all of the sports memorabilia that Junior has everywhere.

One "after" shot!

He approved!

Another "after" shot!

He got a "first haircut" certificate and a lockett of hair.  We celebrated by eating a yummy dinner at Sequoyah Grill!

Getting Dressed!

Sometimes in the mornings, I bring Colton's outfit into the Bonus Room to get him dressed.  The last few weeks, he has started to try to dress himself...especially with trying to put on his pants!  He is a pretty determined little guy, but doesn't mind when I come over to help him :)

He was "lovin on" his pants...ha!

Trying to get those feet in the pant legs is hard when the pants are still buttoned!

Getting closer!  I think he is ready for me to start teaching him how to get dressed :)

Telling me the letters on his shirt.

Teddy's Wedding!

We had a GREAT time at Matt Tedford and Colleen Girten's wedding last weekend!  Here are some pics of the fun event!

The happy couple dancing their first dance together!

We always enjoy time to spend with The Tutens (Jessica looks great...she is almost 8 months along!)

Jake and Clay made their entrance as "The Wolfpack!"

Colleen's whole family did a "flash mob" dance to Michael Jackson hits...awesome!

The BEST part of the night was when they had a "groomsmen dance off," but only Jake was in the competition (everyone else took off their blindfolds).  The wonderful video footage is on my FB page if you haven't seen it already!

We enjoyed some quality time together as well :)

Josh with the groom.  Congrats to Matt and Colleen!

Joseph turns 11!!!

Our youngest Moldovan neighbor turned 11 this week!  We decided to take him to Wasabi for a fun and yummy lunch!  We also thought Colton would love it as well.  The best part of the day was after we left.  We asked Joseph to rank Wasabi on a scale of 1-10, and he ranked it a "6 or 7."  So then, I asked him, what would be a 10...his response was "Golden Corral!" 

This was Joseph's first time going to any type of restaurant like Wasabi.

Here are the four of us (a little blury)

"Hot Hot Hot!" according to Colton!

He was a little scared of our chef and all of his cooking antics..,HA!  But, Joseph thougtht it was cool.

Joseph got two tries to catch the food in his mouth...both unsucessful :(

This is why we LOVE Joseph...he is soooo sweet with Colton, and Colton ADORES him...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSEPH!!!

Birthday Party!

We had a great time at Colt and Savannah's 3rd birthday party at the Emerald Youth Foundation on Sunday!  I believe Colton could LIVE in the gym and be the happiest boy alive :)

From the moment we walked into the gym, he didn't want to leave...even for a cupcake!

Colton with the birthday boy!

He has a ways to go before he can dunk...ha!

This was his face for the entire party ;)

He was introduced to a hulla-hoop, which was a big hit!  We would roll it really hard and he would chase it!

Trying his best to keep up with the big boys!

We stopped to get a yummy Cookies and Cream Milkshake on the way home :)

22 Months!

I really can't believe I am saying that Colton will be 2 in two short months!!!  He is growing and learning so much these days!  He continues to love anything that has to do with sports and Mickey Mouse.  He now enjoys puzzles, blowing bubbles, riding his big wheel, playdates, bounce houses, reading books, trains, and puppets!  New things he has learned recently are his shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, and sometimes pentagon) and his numbers through 13!  He is quite the showoff sometimes, and loves when people think he is funny :)  (Who does that remind you of? ha)  He is so much fun, and I LOVE being his Mommy :)