Go Rays!

T-ball has come to an end. It only took Molly a month and a half before she started going after the ball even if there were other kids by her.:) She told me before every game "I'm going to be brave out there with dad." She did great. Everyone cheered for Molly. Her cute shy way won her a lot of fans.

get ready
look at that hot coach in the background;)

thumbs up

Molly got the game ball and a medal.

Go Rays!

week in review

This past week has been really busy. Really busy, but really nice. I kind of feel like I'm back in my old life. Running around with my kids, play dates and hanging out with friends. It's been really nice. The kids are actually worn out at the end of the day. No silliness/fights at bedtime. They've even been sleeping in. (sleeping in at the Wilkerson house is waking up after 7)

*Last Saturday Adam, Jen, Kelly and their friend Berl came to our house to do a 6 hour cave tour with Drew and Tony. I think besides most of them being really sore they had a great time. They got to wear coveralls and helmets as they wiggled and climbed their way through Mammoth Cave. I'm a little jealous that I didn't get to go, but I'm nursing. Being away from Lincoln for 10 hours isn't really an option at the moment. My friend Rebeca came over after Molly's T-ball game and kept me company most of the day. {side note} Molly hit the ball on the first time all 4 times she batted. whoop whoop.

*Sunday morning everyone left. We went to church. Then that night Aunt Shelley and Uncle Rob came for the night. Molly and Gabe tend to be shy around people, not this time. Molly talked Shelley's ear off. Really cute. We had a nice visit and stayed up way too late.

*Monday morning Aunt Shelley and Uncle Rob left. Then I was off to the dentist with Molly and Gabe. I took them to my dentist, which I was a little nervous about because she isn't a pediatric dentist, but like usual they did great. They both had teeth come in with soft spots. Our Nebraska dentist said that he just wanted to monitor the spots and wait until they were older to fix them. My dentist wants to get them taken care of so that they won't get worse which I'm grateful for.

*Tuesday I had my friend's 5 kids in the morning. They're moving and I wanted to give them a few hours to get stuff packed sans kids. (their family didn't come to Drew's birthday party and Molly was really upset about that. I told her they moved and she was even more upset) Later that night I watched a different friend's 5 kids so that she could take a tour of the hospital she'll be delivering at later this week.

*Wednesday was story time and a quick trip to Walmart to replenish all the bread we went through the day before.

*Thursday we had a play date in the morning with my friend, her friend and their 4 kids. Then it was off to a Pinkalicious party at the library. From their we ran to Lincoln's 4 month check up. Lincoln is 26 in (75th percentile) and 14 lbs. 9oz (50th percentile). When the nurse took him to weigh him he laughed at her. She talked to him and he laughed out loud at her again. It was the cutest thing ever. He's never laughed out loud like that before. Hopefully he'll start laughing for us. I'm a little jealous.

*Friday we ran errands in the morning. I found a picture frame at Hobby Lobby that fits a mirror I have PERFECTLY. The best part was that the frame was 90% off, $3.40 score. Then we headed across the street to Old Navy. I was looking for a summer dress to wear to a wedding we're attending in a couple weeks. I found one on the clearance rack for 14.99. Not a bad deal, but one of the straps was breaking. I asked the cashier if they could do anything else. She said that she could take 50% off, but I wouldn't be able to return it. I got my dress for $7.49. My day was made. Then we went home and Drew headed to the gold course. Drew got done golfing came home helped put the kids to bed and then headed out again for a boys night. It gave me a little time to make a birthday banner.

*Saturday was DREW'S BIRTHDAY. We went to Molly's T-Ball game. After lunch Drew opened his presents. We got him a basketball hoop and a cast iron skillet. He spent most of the day putting together the basketball hoop. For dinner we had a brisket and the first zucchini from our garden. (we planted late, but we're starting to get zucchini, peppers and tomatoes)they we're super excited

We invited a few families over for the ice cream cake I made. yum

Make a wish.Look at my beautiful husband. He's not perfect, but he's perfect for me.
Happy 27th birthday babe!

Wednesday

Some things I love

When Molly and Gabe watch tv they like to line up all their little people. Sometimes their people take up the WHOLE sectional, but today after my shower I found this little family.

Dress up

Molly in her "Rapunzel" hair

We haven't played with our dress up clothes in a while. Yesterday Molly and Gabe had a lot of friends over, 10. (5 in the morning and 5 at night) Their 2nd set of friends loved the dress up clothes. So that's what they've been doing today. Having 8 kids the majority of the day made me realize a few things. 1. the more kids you have the less they need you to entertain them and 2. if you have sandwiches for lunch you go through a lot of bread...like a whole loaf.

happy 4th of July

Lincoln turned 4 months old. Try to tell me this isn't the cutest picture :)
(Well maybe not if you're a sox fan... sorry family)
We spent our 4th of July driving back to Louisville. We left Kelly's house around 11am (central time) and got home at 5:24pm (eastern time). The kids did great. Molly and Gabe napped for about 2 hours in the car. Like usual Lincoln was happy as long as the car was moving. We had been invited to a BBQ that we were planning on going to, but in the end I was too tired along with everyone else. Drew and I tried to put the kids down for bed at their usual summer bed time 8:30ish, but they weren't having it. After a few days of consistently going to bed around 10 (central time) they were still ready to party. At 9:30 I told them to come outside with me. We sat in the driveway and watched a fireworks show courtesy of our neighbors. I'm pretty sure the fireworks we saw between our 3 neighbors could have rivaled the fireworks of the small town I grew up in. :) It was great. Gabe just sat and watched with a smile on his face. Molly clapped after each one. She kept saying "this is great" "thank you so much mom" "no that one was my favorite". It was smoky and fantastic. After about a 1/2 hour we all went inside and went to bed. One other highlight of our trip was coming home to a clean house. I'm not very organized. Usually before we go on a trip I do all the laundry, but it doesn't make it into the closets and drawers before we leave. (We come home to couches full of clothes). This trip we had the car packed the night before. That meant while Drew was at work I could get all of the loose ends tied up. When we came home we unpacked the van. I started putting everything away while Drew vacuumed out the van. SO NICE. lots of pictures *hopefully* coming soon.

Lincoln has been very interested in food the past couple of weeks so yesterday 7/6 we tried some oatmeal for the first time. It was a big hit. I now have an oatmeal eater.

I made Lincoln a mobile a couple weeks ago. I wanted something simple. I think it turned out cute.

better late than never?

my grandpa

This picture is from 12/09, but I think it was the most recent one that I have... Molly and Gabe were so little.

My grandpa passed away June 26th. Drew and I were planning on meeting some great friends in Chicago over 4th of July weekend. We left a day earlier than we had originally planned so that we could attend my grandpa's wake and funeral. My grandpa lived a great life. He turned 90 this past January.

My grandpa had 8 kids, 28 grand kids, and 24 great grand kids. I remember that for special persons day at school they would always give a prize to the grandparent with the most grand kids. My grandparents always won. I have fond memories of running and playing all over my grandpa's huge house. My favorite places to hide were in the closet of the basement bedroom or on the upstairs porch. When we were playing outside us kids loved playing under the back porch and under the huge pine tree in the front yard. I remember my grandpa always being funny and telling jokes. Later in his life he never felt well. He'd often at the last moment decide not to go to family parties and get togethers, but whenever I was in town we'd usually have dinner at my parents and invite my grandpa and Julie over. He'd always come and that meant a lot to me. My grandpa was a proof reader. He fought in WWII. He grew orchids. He was a patriarch. He'd also wear some of the most ridiculous ties. Even though I couldn't stop crying Saturday morning I have faith that my grandpa is in a better place and that I will be able to see him again.