Family Vacation 2011

Disneyland 2011

I LOVE family vacations!!!! We had originally planned to go to Dallas and visit some friends and have my family meet up for the weekend but that didn't work out so we made the short drive to CA! The boys were perfect travelers! We left Thursday and were in our room getting ready for bed only 4 hours later! Hudsen was so excited to go to Disneyland and all he could talk about was Mickey and Minnie and their houses! He was not disappointed either, he had so much fun and Nolen even got to ride some rides, after convincing Tim that it was okay to park our stroller and take our bag on the ride so we all could go, and he loved them!!! We went to Disneyland on Friday, a minor league baseball game (which both boys loved) on Saturday, the beach on Sunday and then came home on Monday! We went to bed every night between 10 and 11 and woke up around 9:30-10 every morning. (Nolen would wake up at 8am and eat but would go back to sleep until 10). It was perfect!!!

Don't these look like two boys EXCITED to go to Disneyland!!!

And the Memories begin!!!

Toontown!!

Mickey's house, meeting Mickey and playing in Mickey's car!

Minnie's House

Goofy's car, backyard and playing the piano in his house!

Buzz Ride with Daddy!

Finding Nemo Ride with Daddy!

Meeting Woody and Jessie!!

The Haunted Mansion! Both boys loved this ride!

Pirates of the Caribbean! A nice ride to cool us off and the first ride we all got to ride!

Haunted Mansion

Jungle Cruise

You have to get Mickey ears when you go to Disneyland but nothing is better than Woody Mickey ears!!

Grabbing a bite to eat before the parade!

And the parade begins!

Meeting Minnie! Tim has a crush on Minnie so he had to have one with just him and Huddie!

I had to put my foot down on this ride! Tim wanted Hudsen to ride this ride with him because he met the height requirement. I would not let him and had to remind him that just because Hudsen is the size of a 4 year old and is tall enough doesn't mean it is a good ride for a 2.5 year old! Hudsen loved riding the rides but I don't think he would have liked this one! Maybe in a couple of years!!! Tim still rode it though!

Getting ready for the World of Color water show!

The BEST water show I have ever seen! Yes that is Woody and Buzz!

This is what 9 hours at Disneyland will do to a little boy! Nolen was asleep too and had been for about an hour and a half!

This is pretty much how he looked the whole trip! Such a happy boy!

For the rest of the trip Hudsen would go to the phone in the room and talk to Woody and Jessie! Soo cute!

The only major league team that was in town was the Dodgers and we refuse to go to one of their games so we went to a minor league game and it was so much fun!! Hudsen loved the ballpark and has been asking to go to the ballpark every day since!

I would say that he loves baseball but that would even be an understatement!

Playing ball!!

Just playing!

There was a lot of brother play time!!

Getting ice cream at the beach!

Making a wish in the wishing fountain outside our hotel!

My three favorite boys!!

We had a wonderful time and made lots of fun memories!! I can't wait for next year!!!

Nolen had his 6 month check up yesterday and is 26.5 inches and 18 pounds. He is healthy! We have been trying solid foods and so far he has liked everything we have given him. He definitely prefers vegetables to fruits but will eat them all! He has had peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, peaches, bananas, applesauce and we will be trying squash and pears soon! He is still such a happy baby, loves his toys and walker a lot!! While on our trip he got up on all fours and rocked but hasn't done it since!!! He scoots to get somewhere though and is so close to sitting on his own!! He loves to watch Hudsen and can't wait to be able to follow him!! Hudsen is a great big brother and they play so well together!!! We are truly blessed!

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!!!

Clouds

I love clouds and I remember looking in the sky and trying to figure out what the clouds looked like when I was a kid. This past Sunday we walked the boys to a park not far from our house and on the way back Tim was showing Hudsen the clouds and what he thought they looked like. They found one that looked like a duck and one that was shaped like a baseball bat. This morning, while driving, Hudsen said "Mommy wook a doggie!" while pointing to the sky. He found a doggie and a mouth in the clouds! I love his imagination!!!

Nolen is 6 Months Today!!! Wow it is going so fast!!! He is such a sweet baby and he loves his big brother. Last night, while cleaning up the kitchen, all I hear is two boys laughing!!! The best noise in the world! Nolen is at the age where he can play and Hudsen is so good to lay on the floor and play with him!! They are best friends and I LOVE it!!! We take Nolen to the doctor next week so we will have 6 month stats then. He has been trying some foods. He likes peas, bananas, applesauce and peaches. Green beans are what's on tap for the next three days!!!!

We are truly blessed!

Happy Hump Day!

Nolen's Baptism

Nolen was baptized August 7th at our church, St. Joseph Husband of Mary! It was a wonderful ceremony. Brian and Erin were able to make it out and Elizabeth and Gerard were able to take the day off to spend it with us celebrating our sweet Nolen! After the baptism we had everyone over to our house for bbq sandwiches that Ellen made and were SO GOOD and a very pretty cake that Ellen also made!!!! It was so nice to spend time with family. We are so blessed!

Big Brother all dressed up for Nolen's big day!


Nolen in his cute outfit!!!


The Watts children!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture!!! I can't even tell you how much these boys love each other! Precious!!!

Look at that face!! He was happy for the whole ceremony!

Deacon Tom was wonderful!! He let Hudsen come up with us and let us take all the pictures we wanted!!

Godmother-Aunt Elizabeth lighting Nolen's candle!

Sweet boy!

Godmother, Deacon Tom, Mommy, Nolen and Daddy

Brian, Erin, Daddy, Big Brother, Mommy, Nolen, Godmother-Elizabeth and Gerard

The Whole Watts Family!!!

Godmother and her Godsons!!!

The cake!! Ellen said it was the same design that Tim had for his baptism! Hudsen wore the same outfit that Tim did and Nolen had the same cake design!!! How special for both boys!!!!

It was a wonderful weekend!!

Haircut

Hudsen has been needing a haircut for quite some time. Tim has always cut his hair and he has always been so good until recently. For some reason he has become afraid of the scissors and we don't really know why. We tried going to a salon but that didn't work so we just let it rest until last night. Tim talked to Hudsen about his hair and Hudsen decided he would let Tim cut it.....only if he could hold his baseball!!!! We turned on Wall-E, gave him his baseball, let him crawl up in my lap, put a towel around him and Tim started cutting. He did so good but was ready to be done about halfway through. We got it done and he looks so cute (of course he always looks cute) and he still has his curls!!!! I just love this boy!!!

This is where we started!!

After showering off all the extra hair!!

Enjoying a sucker for being so good!!

Of course I have to include this cutie!!! I just love this little baby!!!

Dining Chairs

I have to start by saying that I follow a blog called All Things Thrifty! I have been following it for a while and always think that everything she does is so cute! I have always wanted to find a piece of furniture to re-do! In comes these two cute dining room chairs!

Some people moved out of a house in our neighborhood and they left A LOT of furniture on the curb! So, yes I was that weird girl that drove across the street to see what I could find! I found these two chairs and a chest!! There was a really cute little chair but I couldn't find anyone that was willing to help me tackle that project! I had so much fun working on these chairs and can't wait to do some more re-finishing! All Things Thrifty gives step by step tutorials for everything so it was not difficult at all!!! If you want to see any of the fun things that inspired me just click on the blog link on the right side of my blog!

Enjoy and please ignore the messy garage!
The Start!

Primed and ready to be painted!

Painted and ready to be glazed! It only took one coat of paint!

Tah-Dah!!! The finished product!

I still have one more to finish! I used Krylon spray paint primer and Krylon Almond Gloss spray paint. Then I used Behr glaze with black paint! So so so easy and fun!!!!

I am totally hooked on refinishing furniture!!! On to my next one!!