Monkey Joe's and more

Sam was in Minneapolis through the weekend, so I was looking for something fun to do that would wear Mayson out. We went to Monkey Joe's (indoor inflatable place) Oh wow she was in heaven. She had so much fun climbing and jumping and being her true monkey self.









Having a pretzel before church


Playing in the rain Sunday evening...she was quite upset when she had to come in b/c of thunder and lightning

Weekend in Tuscaloosa

Daddy was in Michigan this weekend for an Air Show so we went to Tuscaloosa.

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I just loved this outfit, it reminds me of something I wore as a little girl


Mayson and LaLa


Mayson piling her toys on Chip


Giving Chip love


We went to the University Rec Center pool with Granddad, Mayson had a blast, she loved the baby pool with the water shooting up and being able to walk around and play.

Mayson and Granddad


Riding the Lazy river



Playing in the baby pool

Playing with my friends

On our way to Tuscsaloosa we stopped in Birmingham for lunch and a visit. Holly was sleeping b/c she had to work but she let us hang her house while Laura was keeping Gavin. The kiddos had fun dancing and playing.

Dancing

Mayson started showing her belly and Avery followed...girls gone wild!


more dancing


more belly showing


hanging out

Goggle girl

Everytime we go to the pool Mayson would grab another kid's goggles to play with them, for some reason she thought they were cool. So we got her some at the dollar store. She was thrilled, especially when Daddy put them on too.

Daddy's Day

We had a great day Father's Day, we went to church, ate lunch then went on a bike ride around Kennesaw Mountain, then we went for a hike up the mountain, came home and cooled off with a swim. It was a fun day enjoying the beautiful weather. Happy Father's Day Sam...GrandDad...Poppie and all the other great Dads we know.

We had a BLAST Father's day...sorry I had to do it

Cannon at Kennesaw Mountain Historic Battlefield


Taking a break after the bike ride



Hiking up the mountain...such an outdoors girl. She had to say hi to all the fellow hiker and point out all the big rocks.


Mayson in a tree that split in three or three trees that grew together, not sure which


This is the way to hike up a mountain



Giving Daddy his gifts...Mayson picked out hte wrapping paper


Hug for Daddy

This week

Mayson's babysitter took the week off so Mayson and Mommy had a whole week together, I tried to do something fun each day...well except for Monday she had her 18 month checkup (a few weeks late) and got a shot...that wasn't too fun. Here is a little of what we did.

Tuesday we went to Target and had her 18 month pictures taken


Wednesday she got into a sharpie


and we went to storytime


Thursday we painted and colored



Friday we hung out with Daddy...Mayson and Daddy up on the hill behind our house

Family time

We had a good weekend. Since we only see Daddy on the weekends we try to have fun Daddy time. This weekend we went on a 8 mile bike ride (which for those who ride a lot isn't much but I was proud of myself to make it that far--plus I had the extra weight of Mayson) and we did a little swimming in our little pool and the one in our neighborhood.


Pre bike ride


Just after we finished


Helmet hair isn't pretty... :)


Cooling off at the pool


Swimming with Daddy

Mayson thought it was funny when Mommy got into her pool with her clothes on.

Playing peek-a-boo w/ the shade


??? I think she was trying to feed me water with the shovel.

Best Buds

Mayson has become very fond of Rex. She calls him Bexy (his nickname is Rexy) she can say "Rs" so I'm not sure why it comes out like that. Anytime we leave she has to say bye to him, even if we are just going upstairs. She hugs and kisses him and loves to pet him. As you can see he is a very tolerant dog, especially for one that's 15 years old.