Monkey's Treehouse!

Where's Waldo?

Last Wednesday, we went with a huge group of mommies and kids (seriously...12 moms and about 25+ kids- ha!) to the Monkey's Treehouse in Bellevue. If you have kids and live in the Nashville area, you must go visit! I was a little skeptical at first, since it is located all the way across town from us (and who wants to drive 2 kids 45 minutes unless it is for something really fun???) Luckily, it totally lived up to the hype. It is very clean and age appropriate for toddlers, and is divided into many different play areas. Cade especially loved the ball pit and GeoTrax train station. But his favorite by far was the actual treehouse. I bet he climbed the rope ladder and went down the slide 50 times! There was even plenty for Emmy to do too. I was especially impressed by how clean it was (yes, I am a certified germaphobe), but I credit that in part to the fact that it is owned and run by a local mom:). We finished our morning followed by lunch at the brand new McDonalds located conveniently next door...I got tickled because Cade hardly said a word during lunch- he was starving and ate all his nuggets, apples, some fries, drank a milk and then wanted an ice cream cone. I guess all that playing worked up an appetite! We had lots of fun, and I am looking forward to going back!

Jack

Swirly slide!

Steele and Cade

Cade and Ellen

GeoTrax (Emmy was trying to get in on the fun:)

Emmy and Crew in the baby section

Trying to pull up- she is all about sticking her tongue out these days

Fun times!

Emmy is 9 Months old!

Finally crawling and into everything!!!

Cade putting his cowboy hat on sister...

"What is this?"

"Peekaboo!"


This month has seen lots and lots of changes for Miss Emmy. She is really showing her little personality now days! Here are some recent developments...it has been a busy month!

- has decided that she does not want to eat babyfood anymore. This was crazy to me, as Cade loved it and ate it forever! She is such a good eater though. She will try anything. So I pretty much just cut/mash up whatever we are having and let her try it. She doesn't always love certain things, but she will try them.

- She is crawling (fast) and is into everything. Including Cade's toys;)

- Trying to pull up.

- She loves to put things in her mouth. Anything.

- She now says dada, mama (yesssss!), and will wave her hand and occasionally say bye bye.

- Has six, almost seven teeth (I think this is why I am not scared to let her be adventurous with food).

- Cade is still her hero, and she wants to do everything he does. If he even looks at her she starts giggling.

- Loves to be on the go!

- Has been doing really well in the church nursery (I am knocking on wood now).

- Just got registered for MDO in the fall (this hardly seems possible!)

This month has been so fun, and I am looking forward to the weather warming up so we can all spend more time outside!

Happy March!

Some of my favorite things about March: Official Start of Spring (and hopefully warmer weather), daylight savings time, spring break (only now it is mother's day out spring break instead of college spring break-ha!), and most importantly, this little guy's birthday. Can you guess the theme he wants;)?

***Also, we want to wish a VERY HAPPY 3rd Anniversary to Bevin and Jud!!!***

Snow, Snow and more Snow

This has been the snowiest winter I can remember in a long time. It hasn't necessarily been super heavy snow everytime, but it has snowed enough almost every week for the last month to at least cover the ground, which is a big deal in Middle Tennessee. The best snow came the last weekend in January. The meteorologists kept warning about the big storm about to come through, but we have learned that more times than not, it ends up being way less than predicted. Well, not this time! It started snowing Friday afternoon and kept snowing well into Saturday afternoon. And it was snow followed by an icy mix, which made for some awesome sledding! I bet we had six good inches at our house. Our driveway did not thaw until the following Tuesday. It was so fun! Cade really loved the snow (although I think he is totally over it now, since the weather keeps cancelling his preschool!:) Here are some pictures of our snowy fun:

Snow baby

Teeth!

Snowball fight!

Heath brought the sleds back up for us;)

Pam the Sledding Grandma!

Emmy thought it was too cold...

Ready to sled!

I am thinking he had on 3-4 layers-ha!

Dear Faithful Blog Readers...

I promise I have not given up on my blog...my poor computer has been having some troubles lately and is going back to the shop as soon as we can get out (due to the snow/ice). I have had two viruses removed, but she is still sick. I hope she can pull out of this rut so we can avoid having to get a new computer:( I am posting this note from Heath's laptop (my computer is where all the pictures are). I will start posting again as soon as I can!