No more Cheetos Mama, I am full.........

Night, night my sweet little cheeto lover...........

The Tooth Fairy arrived!!

And she is super generous and really quiet. Beau woke up this morning to count not just $1 but five single dollar bills! He is ready to lose more teeth at this rate!

It was a happy, happy morning!

Tooth Fairy comes tonight!!!

It's official!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beau Charles Grant, at the ripe ole age of 6 years and one week has lost his first tooth!!!!!!!!!!

Bottom center. It's been loose for a month, and his permanent tooth is kind of already in and very big. It came in behind the baby tooth, therefore, not really pushing the baby tooth out.

But finally tonight after a few wiggles from Dad, Mama pulled it right out! No scream, little blood, and one big grin! I'm talking about my grin, of course! ha ha But seriously, I am so excited for him. He was thrilled. We both did the happy dance.

I quickly got out my OSU tooth fairy pillow that I have lovingly stored in a drawer for over 2 years just waiting for this moment. The tooth is in the pocket and it will go under his pillow tonight as we wait for our fairy to arrive. Beau thinks $1.00 is fair, so we shall see what she grants our little prince! Sweet dreams, big boy! Sweet dreams.

Beau's 6th Birthday!!

What a great few days we have had!! Beau turned 6 on Thursday, August 6th. Brenley also turned 18 months on that same day! Special day for both my kiddo's.

Brenley May is still ornery as ever. She is really talking a lot, although we don't know what she is saying most of the time. Her loves this past month: Still her stuffed puppy "Cheeto," reading books, and sausage! :) She will be moving up to another room at daycare on the 17th. My how time flies. Seems like she just got out of the baby room.

Beau Charles Grant.......what a year this has been for him! He is growing up so much. He weighs over 55 pounds. He is probably a little over 4 feet tall. He starts 1st grade in the Maize public schools a week from Monday and will be riding the bus!

Okay, so back to his birthday.........Brian and I took off work on Thursday to spend the day with Beau (sister went to daycare). And what a perfect day we had. Not only was it cloudy and overcast with the occasional shower, but it stayed in the high 70's, low 80's ALL DAY! Couldn't have prayed for a more glorious day. Here is a recap of our PERFECT day.

8:30 - Hit McD's for breakfast

9:30 - Home for Sponge Bob (Beau) and a little house cleaning (Mom and Dad)

11:00 - New living room furniture arrived AND they took our crappy stuff with them. Hallelujah!

12:15 - Went to the movies. Ate tons of popcorn, M&M's and drank a big soda. Saw a 3D movie in stadium seating..........ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE NEW DINOSAURS!

2:00 - Putt Putt golf. Beau beat his Mom AND got a hole in one.

3:00 - Picked up sister from daycare

4:00 - Got both kids pictures made at Portrait Innovations. Bought too many as usual. They were all so good!

5:30 - Home to rest

6:30 - Dinner at Old Chicago. They sang to Beau and he got a free dessert. Warm chocolate chip cookie and ice cream. Yum!

7:30 - Played at the Sedgwick County Park. So fun! Brenley got ALL dirty and loved every minute of it. The kids ran and ran and ran.

8:30 - Home and into baths. Beau returned a few Happy Birthday phone calls and then off to bed.

What a day!! It was so great. Not sure if Mom or Dad or Beau had more fun.

Friday morning the kids went off to school and Brian and I started on our errands. The day was a blur. Brian's family came over that evening for fajitas and cupcakes and gifts! Here is one of Beau's favorite gifts - a light saber - and he is having so much fun playing with his Uncle Seth.

Saturday brought another birthday party. This time with my side of the family and all his friends at Pump It Up. I think we had close to 20 kids if you count my nieces and nephews. It was a great time. Beau has wonderful friends. Then it was back here to our house for more play time with his cousins.

Whew! Now it is Sunday and we are wiped out. I think Beau might be a little tired too.

This week.....we are now turning our focus on to school. This is his last week before school starts. We meet his teacher and tour his school Tuesday night. Oh how my baby is growing up!

My BD

You know........ growing up I was the girl that started counting down to her birthday MONTHS in advance. I used to think life was so unfair that I never got to have a birthday during the school year, and I was younger than everyone else. But it never stopped me from not telling everyone I knew that I had a birthday coming up. I think I drove my Mom nuts. And even early in my adult life, I made sure I brought it up in conversation so everyone would know my birthday was impending. Not sure why I did those things.......I just loved my birthday. Everyone is nice to you, people sing to you (even strangers in restaurants), you eat what you want, have cake and ice cream, and are showered with gifts. I mean, who wouldn't like that?

But when I finally realized my birthday was just another day was when I was pregnant with Beau and I was admitted into the hospital - on my birthday. My holy day. It will forever remain a life long memory of mine and make me realize that my life wasn't all about me anymore. It was about something greater - someone greater. And that is when I surrendered to the birthday hoopla and just let it happen.

Don't get me wrong.......I still love my birthday and I like when friends and family remember and make a big deal out of it. But it brings me more joy when my kids open my presents for me, blow out my candles, get the piece of cake with the most frosting on it, and when they scribble their name in cards that play music - and then in turn, dance around the house to said music card.

I guess you could say not only are the numerical years of my age getting higher each year, but I think this time, I really have grown up.

Thanks to my Mom and Dad for coming to visit on Sunday. They always make me feel so special and just like the spoiled youngest and only girl that I am. And of course, thanks to my husband, kids and friends for spoiling me with attention and presents. I am so blessed.

Here are my babies enjoying Mom's birthday cupcakes..........and I'm enjoying watching them.

July Catch Up

Little catch up from July events.......
4th of July.........I captured zero good pictures, but we had a nice family weekend. Beau was less scared of fireworks this year, so at least his Dad got to enjoy lighting them a little more this year! And Sister did great with all the loud booms and lights.

Monday night (the 6th) marked the last T-Ball game for Beau. He did a great job this season and we loved watching him. We only asked him to have fun, listen to his Coach, and get better each game.......and he did all those things. We capped off the night with ice cream at Braums with the team. Perfect night.

Then he went to a swimming party Friday night. It was a BD party/end of season T-Ball party. He had a great time and took to the pool well! Then Saturday he had another BD party to go to where he built Lego's. And last night he and his Dad and Uncle Kyle headed to the all night car show. Not sure who had the better time! I had to lead off with the best picture taken last night (see above). Booooo..........Sooners!

And now, Sunday afternoon, we are getting ready to get into the blow up swimming pool. It's hot!

Brenley May - 17 months old

Each month, Brenley May gets a little bigger, little cuter, and much more ornery! She was 17 months old on July 6th!

Her likes: sausage, cheetos, and ketchup....in that order. She has a new stuffed pink and white puppy dog that she sleeps with and generally takes with her wherever she goes. His name is, rightfully, Cheeto.

She LOVES her brother and each morning gets up saying, Beau? Beau Beau? Where's Beau? So if he isn't up already, we go wake him up.

When she is mad, she now slaps us on the leg or whatever body part is closest. That's great. She is expressing her emotions, so we are trying to get her to channel them a bit differently. But boy, does she have a temper!

We still can't seem to keep any hair bows or pony tails in her hair for more than a few consecutive hours. She has developed a little crush on her different shoe shoes. Mama is so relieved! :) And she will tolerate a dress now too. Here is a pic of our beauty on her 17 month BD!