A visit from the Southern Aunts

We were blessed with a visit from Rob's sister and her girls and Rob's aunt Emma. If they would have stayed with us all 4 of them would have had to sleep on our two couches. So, my mom and dad did us a HUGE favor and allowed us to come and camp out at their place. Thanks mom and dad. It was such a nice visit.

Aunt Emma and all the kiddos.

We took the two oldest kids to a Children's museum. Tobin enjoyed driving the Firetruck.

He also enjoyed pretending to be a receptionist at the fake Dentist office. He was completely in his element.

Tobin and Mabyn enjoyed each other-most of the time.


Melrose was in awe of Corwin's hair.

The two curly heads cooling off infront of the TV.

Brother with his boys, Sister with her girls.

Bye Bye Curls

Yes, Tobin got a haircut. Boo Hoo. It was a sad day for me but it needed to be done. He had been mistaken for a little girl way too many times.

He loved climbing on the chairs.

A before shot of the cute curls. :(


Such a big boy.



I think he likes his new haircut.

What Big brother has been up to

We are in full toddler mode. Tobin is into everything and keeping him occupied/entertained is a full time job.

One night I was cooking dinner and Tobin emptied this cabinet and made it his little hide out. He kept opening the door and saying "hello". Hey, I was able to prepare dinner and Tobin was fully entertained.

When grandma was staying with us she let Tobin watch her make a meal(thanks grandma). Now, every time I'm putting a meal together Tobin goes over to the stool and whines. He wants me to pull the stool over to the counter so he can "help". Tobin loved helping me make playdough on this day.

Water Boy

My boy loves him some water. He has no fear when it comes to water and it sometimes scares his momma. These are pictures from a water park in Cape Girardeau. YES, that's right-Cape Girardeau. Cape is moving up in the world when it comes to activities for children. So, now visiting grandma and grandpa is extra special because there are so many fun things to do.


You can't really tell from the picture but Tobin was flapping his arms with excitement. There were buckets on poles and when those buckets filled with water they spilled over. Tobin could have watched them all day.


Tobin loved this chair. Not sure why. It could have been because he was so tuckered out.



A great time had by all. We will definately be going back again and again.

City Folk

We love living in the city but we also love getting away to the country when we visit grandma and grandpa. We got to visit grandma and grandpa over the fourth of July and had a great time. Sometimes I think we're doing a disfavor to Tobin for living in the city. Tobin for sure prefers the country over the city.


Tobin loved washing his trucks.


Tobin also loved watering grandma's flowers. As you can see-clothes are not required in the great outdoors.

Tobin loves mom and dad's cat. Here he is trying to catch it through the window.




We got to visit an exotic farm while we were there. Tobin had a little head butting time with the donkeys and wasn't quite sure about the camel.

Every time we visit mom and dad's the bluebirds decide to decorate our car. Here is daddy and Tobin washing the decoration off the car.

Tobin LOVES Grandpa's tractor. Just the other day Tobin was looking at a book and when he got to the page that had pictures of tractors he kept saying "Bappa, Bappa". Translation...."Grandpa, Grandpa".

Farm living is where this little boy would rather be.

Tobin's LOVES

Tobin is a chip off the ol-block. He LOVES the computer. Every time Rob sits down at the computer(or anyone for that matter) Tobin wants to be on their lap. We finally got out one of Rob's old keyboards and put it next to our computers.

This morning we woke at 7am to the noise of a jack hammer. We have had a sink hole in the back of our house for a couple of months now and the city is fixing it today. We will finally be able to park our car in the carport. They are having to dig a 14 foot hole to fix the sewer line that's causing the sink hole. Well, this whole process has been quite entertaining for the toddler in our house. Tobin LOVES trucks and tractors. He spent about an hour this morning watching a dump truck and some kind of a tractor in our backyard. He kept saying "Woah" and then giggling. From the looks of things we're going to be entertained for quite awhile.

Our big baby

Anytime we put Corwin on the floor Tobin thinks he needs to be on the floor as well. This picture is funny to me. Tobin looks like a giant baby. He's such a chunky monkey and still has that baby hair. Corwin is HUGE!!!! At his one month check up he was almost 12 pounds. Tobin wasn't 12 pounds until 3 months old.