First Day of Pre-School

The kids started "preschool/MDO" this morning, and nobody cried, not even me. Trey will be going to 4K four days a week and Parker and Jack will be going on Monday and Wednesdays only. They were all soooo excited to go this morning. Trey kept asking "is it time to go yet?" and Parker insisted on being buckled in her carseat while still wearing her backpack (which was impossible).

Jack got to try out his new "big boy" carseat for the first time this morning. He LOVED it....he could see outside better and he literally "smiled' the entire ride to school. A big week for us this past week! Parker got her big girl bed in...and she is doing WONDERFULLY in it. She even looked at TJ when he tucked her in the other night and said,"daddy, I wike my bed"....Another big thing this week is that all bottles have gone "bye bye"....We thought this was going to be a terrible experience for everyone involved, but the kids acted like it was no big deal....which shocked the crap out of us! Ha! So, the Fuqua house is now bottle free!

Jack's 1st Birthday

Can you tell he's a "momma's boy?" I love it!

He's the first of mine that would actually leave the birthday hat on...

We went with a Winnie the Pooh theme....and yes, I decided to tackle making both of his cakes and the cupcakes...I thought they all turned out pretty cute. I have to admit, I really like making cakes....maybe one day I'll get a little more complicated than cartoon characters, ha!

The picture in the middle of all the cousins trying to get Jack to eat his cake is pretty funny...

Happy 1st Birthday Sweet Baby Jack!!

I had to go ahead and post these photos...because his "birthday morning" hair made me giggle when I saw these pictures. My sweet baby Jack is not much of a baby anymore...he's already a year old! Saturday was his birthday and we had family down to celebrate with a Winnie the Pooh theme (more pictures to come....) When he woke up that morning TJ and I went ahead and gave him his birthday present from us before Parker and Trey woke up and before all the company arrived. He was so cute, he got so excited and ran over to the "house" then stopped and looked at it, smiled and looked at us and smiled....as if to say, "thanks mom and dad, I love it!" I get very emotional if I let myself think too long on the fact that this is our "last first birthday"...Jack may have come a little earlier than we expected, but as always, Gods timing is PERFECT timing. He has been such a blessing for us and brings such joy to everyone. O.K., I've got to stop or I'll start crying.....again....

Yes, its time for a big girl bed....

Climbing out of her crib is just one of the many "antics" that Parker has been involved in lately. Just in the last week I found her standing on top of my kitchen island, (which she got to by way of the counterstools), I found her standing on top of our built in bookshelves in the den (which she got to by climbing on the back of the chair and then jumping over to the bookshelves), she ate an entire tube of toothpaste (travel-size), and last, but definitley not least.....she's been climbing out of her crib and running down the hall, then climbs in Jacks crib and wakes him up. Soooo, we put a child lock on the inside of her bedroom door hoping this would at least keep her contained and not waking the others up. However, it took her about 2 seconds to figure out the "child locks" and out she came again....Arggg! Well, we finally found a child lock that worked....and then I went the very next day and purchased a big girl bed that should be delivered next week. We figure getting out of a big girl bed should be "less" dangerous than climbing out of her crib. As long as she stays in her bed and doesn't disrupt Jack and Trey...Whew, she's not even 2 yet and already a big girl bed! I'll let ya'll know how it goes.....

Chewacla Sate Park

Mom and Dad came down to ride with me to look at big girl furniture for Parkers room (whole separate story that I will share in a later post). Anyway, after furniture shopping we rode out to Chewacla State Park to check things out. We hiked down the waterfall...and it was beautiful. Of course, it wasn't long before the kids started asking to get in the water, which we eventually gave in. However, it was mighty hard for the kids to hike back up to the car with wet crocs on, Whew!

Ready to try a new church...

We actually got ready for churh a few minutes early on Sunday, so I decided to snap a pic of the kids...We are in the process of finding a new church home, so we are "visiting" churches on Sundays...

Laughing in the rain...

well, I don't believe they ever "sang" in the rain, but there was a whole lot of "laughing" going on. It was pouring down at the lake while we were there last week....Dad took Jack on the porch and put his toes out in the rain, he thought it was hilarious, and so did Dad....