Officially Summer

It is officially summertime and we are loving it. Although I still have one more week of work, we have enjoyed some out and about time the last few days. We went to a Wahoos game and Easton loved watching them play and going to the bounce house. Now that Sydney is working for them we can go anytime for free which is awesome! She even delivered Easton a snow cone to our seats :)

 A random hilarious picture from the other day as we were headed out for the day...I turn around and this is what I see :) haha 

Daddy letting Easton drive up at his work. Love my boys ♥ 

 Yesterday we went to my parent's house and Easton got to play with Georgia. They are too cute ♥ 

It's been a busy productive weekend so far, we went and picked out new wood floors since ours were damaged by the flooding, so we will be putting those in sometime in the near future. What a headache but the new wood will look nice. Well, I guess that's about it, I hope everyone has a wonderful memorial day tomorrow! 

loving life

Hey guys! So last week we went to visit Easton's school and I think, ready or not, Easton will start in August. So bittersweet. A couple huge positives for me are 1. Easton will get speech therapy everyday while he is there and we really liked the speech teacher, she seemed to really care and asked us a lot of questions about Easton. 2. Because of the more intense therapy needed by the kiddos in his class, there is a 3-1 student teacher ratio and I believe they are looking at a total of 6 kids in his class next year. 3. Easton seemed comfortable. Overall he is shy with new things, but was exploring and showed an interest in the other kids. I think that him being strong in all other areas besides speech will make him feel confident and make him feel like a helper with the kids who are maybe in there for a delay in their motor skills for example. 

We have a meeting set up for this Thursday to set up everything and discuss our goals for Easton over the next school year. My main thing is that I want to make sure he is still challenged academically. He is a super smart kid and although he needs help with his expressive speech, I want to make sure he is pushed in all areas. It is a little hard for me to swallow the pill that I am a teacher and my baby needs extra help to get caught up in an area, but I will make sure that he has the best opportunities possible to get caught up before he starts school. I think the scariest part for us is that he can't tell us how things are going. Does he like it? Did he have a good day? I will just continue to trust God with his plan for us and Easton as we move forward. Until then...it's almost time to enjoy a fun filled summer with my buddy! ♥ 

Friday evening we went to Gallery Night and Easton loved walking around exploring the streets. It is definitely one of my favorite local things to do and I am excited that they have decided to have it once a month now. Easton got a balloon, danced in the streets and hung out with super heroes. 

Saturday we were up and loaded the car for a quick weekend away. Drake and I went to Panama City for a delayed anniversary weekend after having to reschedule twice because of rain. We got there around lunch time and went to Pier Park and ate at Dick's Last Resort. It was fun, the waiters are very sarcastic and funny. :)

 After lunch we spent most of the afternoon by the pool just soaking up the sun and listening to music. Later that night we went to Firefly for a nice dinner. It was really good. So nice to just sit and really enjoy each other and celebrate our love ♥ 

 Yesterday we slept in! (Best part of the trip every year haha) and then went shopping before heading home. Always so thankful to my parents for keeping Easton while we go. Now back to work...a long weekend ahead and then exam week and we are on break!! xoxo

Playing, Pool and Painting

We've had a good few days since my last check-in. The usual day to day grind with work, Easton's speech and the gym. Drake snagged a quick little side job for a couple days helping a buddy with his landscaping for their new house. We all went over so they could unload plants and he brought his daughter to play with Easton. He LOVED her! :) He keeps pulling this picture up and pointing to it and saying bye bye so he can go see her again. He remembers the road they live on so when we drive by he points to turn and then covers his eyes (because they played hide and seek together) It's so sweet the ways he communicates with us since he cannot get the words out just yet. We will be going to see his school Thursday morning and I really hope I feel great about everything when I leave there. 

Our weekend was pretty low key, for Mother's Day I napped and we spent the afternoon at the pool. :) Easton loves going!

Finally yesterday I took my momma out for her Mother's Day gift, an evening at the dot shop. She painted a flower and I did a mason jar for the front door. It was a good evening ♥ 

 Here is my final product...

 Hope you are having a good week! xoxo

this and that

[Just a quick hop on with some random stuff going on lately]

*Easton got his blood drawn Monday and did amazing! No tears and they had to get a ton of blood so it took a while, he laid there still with his eyes closed and his bottom lip out. Of course they called the following day and have to get one more lab for something so we will go back again next week. ugh! 

*We will be going on a visit to the school Easton might be attending in the fall for his speech. Still so overwhelmed by the thought of dropping him off for that long but know it will be good. :)

*Drake and I get to go to Panama City next weekend, just us two! ♥ It is our yearly anniversary weekend away, but we had it scheduled for a weekend last month that had 100% chance of rain both days so they let us change the date, we are both excited! We decided to do Panama City this year to do something different, I can't wait! 

*Only 13 full days of school and 3 1/2 days left! I cannot believe it is almost summer break!

*Speaking of the break, I plan to make some fun videos with my new gopro! :) Just got it last night and plan to film us at the beach and pool having fun. 

*So if you recall, Easton's first week of gymnastics was a nightmare. He did not understand that he had to wait his turn or the concept of lining up, etc. But he is totally rocking it now! Here are a couple videos from my phone from class last night...

(waiting his turn for the trampoline)

(demonstrating his favorite routine for the day)

Drying off

Well this has been an eventful couple of days. We were expecting heavy rain Tuesday night but no one was prepared for what came through. This is our front yard...with Sydney's car floating in it, she was over when this all happened. 

 It was such a bad storm. The worst was when water started coming in our front and back doors and the radar was showing red for a while longer, and it was moving so slow. Here are a couple shots from around town...

 Overall we are very lucky, but we did spend yesterday ripping up carpet and trying to save wood floors...today it is looking like we might have to rip out sheet rock :( Of course no one around here has flood insurance, so it's all on us. Just trying to take one day at a time right now. The weather did damage some schools, so I was off the last two days. I spent the day with Easton bowling, going on a bike ride and doing bubbles. He makes everything better! ♥ 

Easton also had his neurologist appointment last week and my parents and Drake loved her! She spent an hour just answering questions. She ordered some lab work to see if he has any deficiencies in his blood, and if that comes back clear then she will do a scan of his brain in 4 months. We are also trucking along with 2 days of speech now...the program he is in now ends when he turns 3, but we are talking about a program that is through the school board where he would go starting in August that would go from about 8-12 each day and focus on his speech. It will be so stinking hard at first because of how clingy he is, but I am excited deep down because I think a routine and being around other kids will help him so much too. Lab work is Monday which will be miserable but we are truckin along and still praying that all will turn out okay. 

Back to work tomorrow, lots to do...

busy busy

Whew...it has been a busy few days! Last Wednesday I loaded up with 7 teenagers for Orlando. I took some of my production students to the state journalism competition. The first day we left at 5:30 in the morning and I drove us 7 hours straight to the theme park :) Then the next day competitions started. My kids were up until 7 in the morning editing productions that had a deadline of 8:30. I am so proud of them! We came home with 2 All-Florida awards (the highest ranking) and then one of those was chosen as the "best of the best" for the entire state! So proud and I really love my group this year. 

 We got home Saturday afternoon and then a couple hours later we were off to Disney on Ice. It was amazing! The show is fine, I've seen it before but to watch Easton's face watching it...priceless. He was unsure what all was happening at first but then it was pure amazement and excitement. So much fun! 

 Yesterday we tried to play catch up a little and went by our lot and took care of all the weeds and overgrown grass that were on it...

 Still kind of surreal that this will be our backyard in a couple years and that it is all ours. :)

 AND last but not least Easton had to get the Mickey underwear from target last night haha He's getting so big! :( Have a good week!

Best days of my life.

We were back out and about this evening and headed downtown for a bit. Drake got some pictures of me and Easton and I'm so thankful he did. Easton is so sweet and loves giving big hugs and kisses these days. ♥ We walked around and played in the grass and then went down to the pier where Easton chased birds forever. So thankful for these days. ♥ 

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter! We went to my brother's house after church to hang out with Kylie since she was here for the holiday weekend. Easton had an Easter egg hunt with his cousins ♥ 

 This year was so much fun egg hunting because Easton loved looking and got so excited for every egg. :)

 Georgia rocking her egg hunt

 Pop and Nanny with their grand kids

 My peeps :) 

 Easton loved running back and forth with Kylie! She is so sweet and goes along with whatever he wants and helped the two little ones hunt eggs instead of trying to get them for herself. 

 uh oh!

 All better :)

It's been a great weekend! 

Lazy Day

Since today was Good Friday I got the day off with my boy ♥ Unfortunately it stormed all morning but it was actually kind of a nice excuse to stay in our PJs and just hang out. We read books, ran up and down the hallway a million times, hid Easter eggs, did some laundry and watched cartoons. Easton is such a good helper with the laundry :) I hand him the clothes out of the washer and he loads them into the dryer for me. 

 This is Easton's new face :) It started from hiding eggs inside (which we discovered he LOVES finding eggs this year) and every time he finds one at my parent's during the day my mom opens her mouth wide with excitement and then followed by coming home to me doing the same thing. Now he does it all the time haha 

Hiding them outside this weekend will be fun! We had a good week, Easton is rocking gymnastics now! We walked in and he went straight to his seat to sit and wait for roll :) He loves stretching, especially the part where they have to stretch down and to make them really reach, the teacher says to try and smell your feet, so he smells and then laughs every time saying "eeeew" So this week after going through their stations when they each had to demonstrate their favorite station she said, "Easton, show us your favorite." To which he sits down to do his stretch and smell his feet. haha oops 

I don't remember if I posted yet or not, but Easton got bumped up to see the neurologist next Wednesday because they had a cancellation! Anxious but glad he will be seen...I of course am leaving to go to Orlando that day with my students for state competition and can't go :( But I do not want to wait until June for him to be seen. Drake and my parents will all be going and hopefully we get some answers or something positive out of it.

This evening I had a photo shoot downtown, things are picking up again now that the weather is warming up. It's fun to do and I get some extra play money :)

I think that's it for now, sorry this post was all over the place. Have a Happy Easter weekend! 

rushing home

I could not get home fast enough today because I knew that my picture CD was in the mailbox waiting for me :) I was in love with my preview shots and was excited to see the rest. I love them! ♥ There is a chunk I took just for Drake ;) and was so excited for him to see those. So here is a very self centered post with all pictures of me haha