Thursday, February 17, 2011

Let the sun shine in!

In celebration of the phenomenal sneak peek of spring we are enjoying this week, let's play catch up on that other great break from the winter doldrums we had a few weeks ago!

At our friends' for lunch, Katie Beth loved her first swing ride.
Ben felt the same about his first trampoline jump!
catching some air
Looks like he's holding on for dear life...
but, as you can see, he's only about four inches from the ground. Go Ben, go!

On Sunday, we headed to Cloudland Canyon, GA. Tyler and I (and Zoe) hiked there several times while were dating, but hadn't been back in years....
carrying a little extra cargo these days!
My whole world, under a ginormous boulder.
If that doesn't say "Kodak moment"....

Ben was loving being on Zoe duty

Top of the mountain to ya!

Just a walkin' and a chattin'...when did he get as tall as my belly button?!

And the fun didn't stop there folks! We weren't going to let a little thing like naptime steal any of the sunlight, so after a couple of carnaps, we arrived at the park...with the rest of Chattanooga.

Did you know that you get your picture in the paper when you quit sucking your thumb?!
As far as Ben knows, that headline concludes with "that he earned after he stopped sucking his thumb!" (wordy, but thorough)

I guess it's worth mentioning that the photographer was really there to commemorate the beautiful day...it's been a rough winter for us southerners! But we couldn't be prouder of our little big man and thought he deserved a new set of wheels.

complete with Spiderman pads and gloves
(helmet was at home, yikes.)

But truthfully, I'm not sure who enjoyed picking out a bike and learning to ride the most...
Feel like I should post a poem about fathers and sons here.
So sweet.

While the boys were being followed by the paparazzi, I was hanging with this hot mess:
Missing a sock, wrecking the carseat, plugged with a paci...this girl was ready to get out and explore!

So we did.
Big brother was happy to take over swing duty during a bike break.



Now that was a great weekend.

More please?

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