Summertime!

I love, love summer!! I love the hot weather, I love running in warm weather, I love sitting in our backyard watching JT play, I love taking Kennedy on walks, I love it getting light earlier and staying light later, I love Tommy being home more (until recruiting starts, next month), I could go on and on. But I will just share some pictures of our summer fun.

At the Greene, an outdoor mall that has a splash area for kids and bands on the weekends.

 Great combination - you can shop, eat and play.

 Daddy tickling John Thomas

My boys

Date night. YAY!

Having a snack. I thought is was so funny how he was leaned back in his chair eating.

At the pool.

 He will not keep his hats on his head but loved Morgan' s hat.

Big shoes to fill.

Really cute watching him walk around the house in Tommy's shoes.

Trying to make him go inside and he escapes as soon as I got the swim diaper off him.



Looking forward to enjoying the rest of summer!!!

Father's Day

I am so proud John Thomas has his dad to look up to as his role model. Tommy has done a great job raising "Little" Tommy. Tommy had to work half the day on Sunday but then we got to go out to celebrate Father's Day. 

Daddy and his little man

I framed both of these pictures for Tommy to put in his office

Happy Father's Day to my sweet husband!

Strawberry Fields

A couple weeks ago we went to Troy, Ohio, about 40 minutes from our house, to the strawberry festival. Everything was strawberry flavored! Strawberry donuts, jam, fried strawberries, straberry salsa, strawberry bbq sauce, etc. We walked around the festival then headed to Fulton Farms where you get to pick your own strawberries. It was a lot of fun and the strawberries where delicious!! It was so fun watching JT walk through the fields pulling a straberry off the vine and eating it. He loved it!

Fun Family Day!

Catching up

Someone once told me "as a mother the days are long but the years are fast" it seems so true! I can only imagine it will seem much more real as I watch my boy grow. He does such simple stuff that amazes me. Like grabbing the hairbrush and brushing his hair, pointing the remote at the TV, putting the phone to his ear saying hey, hey. When he hears music he starts dancing, he will go to the fridge and say mom, mom until I come open the door and he will grab his sippy cup and walk away. This morning he got his shoes tried to put them on his feet until he got frustrated, brought them to me then went to the back door screaming MOM, MOM until I let him go outside and play. It is so amazing to me that he knows what he wants to do. I promise it wasn't that long ago that i could just lay him on the couch and he could not even roll over. I love watching him grow and see his personality form :)

Sharing snacks with Kennedy

Early morning play with Kennedy

Playing in the backyard before 7am :)

First set of golf clubs from Aunt Dianne

 Thank you, Aunt Dianne!

JT and Daddy

Albama Trip in Pictures

I have been meaning to write a post about my trip home for a week now but have not taken the time to do it. So I have decided to do a recap in pictures. We had a great time!!

JT on the way to Alabama

Gavin met us at the airport. So sweet watching them hold hands!

Long day of playing outside the hospital waiting on baby Seth to make his arrival.

John Thomas wanted to do everything his big cousin, Gavin, did.

Paw Paw helping John Thomas exercise

Playing on a hot Alabama day. These boys love being outside!!!

John Thomas and Grace

I took Gavin to a bike ride in Dothan with the mayor which he declared was a race.

 Poor little Gavin was going as fast as he could around a curve and had a wreck. Nothing a day followed with Chuk E Cheese and swimming couldn't cure :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Love, Love this little man more than I ever thought was possible.

My favorite treat. Self serve frozen yogurt!

Sweet cousins

Trying to copy Gavin playing golf

Troy, Alabama

I always LOVE going home! I love being with my family and friends.

Baby Seth

I became an Aunt again on May 10, 2012! My sister Leigh Anne had a beautiful baby boy.

Welcome to the world, Seth Logan Davis!

My sister does not love this picture but I do! First time opening his eyes. So sweet!

First picture of the family of four

Proud big brother, Gavin



Seth Logan Davis

JT checking out the baby

Home from the hospital

He is such an easy baby! Content wherever you put him.

JT and Seth

My huge eye opening moment - JT is not a baby anymore.

I am so thankful I was able to be there for the birth of my new nephew. My sisters and I are so close. It has been so special that Leigh Anne and Justin allowed Dianne and I in the delivery room for both Gavin and Seth. My sisters were also in the delivery room for John Thomas. I cherish our bond and love for each other. I am so proud of my sister. She is a great mom! I look forward to watching Seth grow and our boys playing together and making life long memories.

SO THANKFUL! We love you Seth!

Flying Pig Marathon

This marathon was a huge accomplishment for me and I am so proud of myself! Not only did have a good race but I also taught a 5:30am yogalates class Monday morning after a marathom on Sunday and a 6:30pm spin class! I also taught two classes today :) My body feels good. I am meeting Angie to run 6miles in the morning, hopefully it will be a good run!

Flying Pig Expo

Registration Pick up

Pigs everywhere!

The Flying Pig is a hilly course but I do believe training with a jogging stroller helped me a lot! Also when I ran on the treadmill I would keep my incline on 2% as much as possible and never going below 1%. It was a huge race! 31,000 people. My official time was 4:02:38. According to my Garmin a ran a total of 26.52 mile from having to weave in and out of all the people. When I hit 26.2 I was at 3:59:41. 9:09pace! I fininshed in the top 6% of females in my age group and in the top 26% overall. 

My dad suprised us on Saturday night, driving from Alabama to watch me! A wonderful surprise that means so much to me! When I was wanting to slow down I would think my dad just drove 9 hours to watch me, keep going!

Also it is amazing how much breaking up the course up in parts helps me. The first 6.5 I was praying for my nephew and soon to be neice or nephew and before I knew it, it was time to move to the next person. The crowd support was amazing and it helps make the time go by also. I knew when I crossed each timing mat family and friends would be getting text alerts to know how I was doing and prayers would be going up for me. So I kept pushing along!

It was a great experience and I can not wait to do it again!

Pictures from the big day

Running with 31,000 people!

Great posters!

Hot Day!

Best part of the race - the "Hog Washes" along the second half of the course. Life savers!!

source

YAY!

Mommy and JT

JT's first marathon