Our Newest Addition

We are happy to welcome the newest addition to our family and household. We've been looking for a while and finally found just the right one. We were able to find a well-loved, used piano for the right price. We are so excited! Adam loves to play and makes sure that he tickles the ivories every morning before he asks for his pancakes for breakfast. Here's Adam with Daddy playing our lovely piano.We seem to get a lot of rain in Tennessee and I'm alright with that. Here's Adam and Daddy stepping outside our kitchen door onto the patio to feel the rain. Adam thought it was pretty spiffy!

Oh my dear sweet Adam. The last few days when I go in to get him after naps (after I hear him talking to himself, usually) I find him in his crib like this. Almost always he has one, or both, of his feet stuck in the bars.

This is what his leg(s) look(s) like after I pull him out. It usually goes away after a few hours, but seriously, that's got to hurt!

And this is one of my favorite pictures. Adam was quietly playing in his room and then I hear him grunting and start making some cries of distress. This is what I found: Adam, stuck in his block box. He fell over, falling right in on his little bum and he couldn't get out. He's so silly. We just love our little mischievous son! Today we washed the car and it started raining, so we decided just to finish up. Adam found the bowl of soapy water and thoroughly soaked himself with it. He had so much fun! The joys of having little munchkins--love it!!

The Camping Trip

Camping was such a blast! After getting, um, let's just say "lost" for the sake of time, we finally made it to our campsite about 7:30pm. Adam was rather done with being in the car and Mommy had to play peek-a-boo and all manner of games from the front seat to try and keep him from screaming. Here's one of those happy moments in the car, he's just so cute when he's happy!

While Brian and I tried to start a fire (Brian was successful...thankfully!) Adam decided that he could help by picking up all the pebbles and relocating them. First it was on the picnic bench, then the fire ring, then the tent as we set it up and then IN the tent once it was up...he's so silly.
Here is Dad so patiently starting the fire. A nice gentleman thought he'd help us out with our fire issues by bringing the pump for his air mattress that he used on his fire--that sure worked!
Here's Adam with his walking stick (Dad's fire stick, but they were good about sharing). Adam just loved to be outside and with Mom and Dad. He was really good for the most of the trip. He only woke up once during the night and was fine sleeping in between blankets.

So, after we had dinner at 9pm Friday, Brian had to go to another campsite to pay the fee and it was too dark for s'mores (as our fire was just dying coals). So, once we got the fire started in the morning and cooked our breakfast, we had marshmallows. Adam enjoyed it! Who ever said you can't have s'mores in the morning???

Adam after the marshmallow sampling. He thought it was great!

In the morning before we headed out we went down to the little waterfall and creek that ran by the campsite. It was so nice to hear the water all night long--so peaceful and relaxing! All-in-all, it was a great trip and I'm happy to say we're going to repeat the experience. Adam really enjoyed camping and so I'd say he's definitely a good mix of Daniels and Haynie.

Oh a Camping We Will Go!

We're super excited! We're going camping tomorrow! After Brian got home from fathers and sons a few weeks ago we had to put up the tent in the garage for it to dry and I just got "the feeling." We HAD to go camping! So, since it's Memorial Day weekend, we're going camping...tomorrow. I'm so excited!! Stay tuned for pictures and I'm sure many fantastic stories thanks to Adam. Have a great weekend!

Those were peas?! Oops...

So I have to laugh at myself. I talked to mom on Sunday and was telling her about our exciting garden. She asked if I had needed to weed a lot yet and I haven't had to weed at all yet. Brian mentioned last night as we were headed to see a piano that there were some weeds in the top box. So when we got home I checked it out, pulled one out with the roots and thought, "wow, that looks weird--you can still see the seed!" Then I tried to pull out two more but couldn't get the roots. Adam was getting fussy and so we headed in. Then as we were taking Brian to work this morning I got to thinking about those weeds and how I needed to get out my gloves and get the seeds out. Then I thought about our zucchini seeds that just sprouted in our kitchen and I wondered when our peas would sprout that we planted in the top box...ahh!! I was pulling up our peas!!! I had completely forgotten that we had planted them where the "weeds" were coming up. Good thing I only plucked out one by the roots and two just got pinched off. Oops. What's life if you can't learn a little and laugh at yourself in the process??

Someone is Silly!

I was able to catch some of Adam's silly moments on camera. The other day I was going through some of the boxes down in the basement and Adam decided to help. He pulled these out, so I helped him put them on. Now he REALLY looks like his daddy!

We had the missionaries over for dinner last week and I made a no-bake cheesecake (no eggs...). Adam helped me mix and put in ingredients and I so I had to let him do what mommy did...he got to lick the beaters for the first time! I promise, no raw eggs were used...just yummy good stuff. He seemed to think it was the coolest thing since cinnamon in his applesauce.

This picture is Adam in his car seat on our way to take Daddy to work. He was fascinated by the rain that was pouring down outside. He's in his little booty-short PJ's I bought last summer for $2. I didn't think they would be that short! Thanks Scott and Melissa for the car seat!
Just a quick update on our weekend: Brian had fun at the fathers and sons, getting mud all over our car and having to be pushed up the hill to get to the campout. Just after Adam fell asleep and I was watching a movie a neighbor came over to tell me there was a tornado warning and tornado watch for the next 30-60 minutes. Being alone in your house with a little baby and a tornado warning dispatch is a little scary. Luckily, no tornadoes formed or touched down. But after being in the situation I think we really need to finish our 72-hour kits!