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| Ladies man. 5 months old. |
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| Drinking from a sippy cup! 6.5 months old |
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| His big head and butt in this picture crack me up! Dayton and his bff Baylea. 8 months old |
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| Kiddo toesies!! 5 months |
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| Crawling on Miss Karyn. 9 months old |
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Baby Dayton at Daycare
Every now and then, Dayton's daycare provider will send me pictures during the day. I love it when she does this because I miss my little man so much throughout the day, so it's nice to see his little face! At daycare, everyone calls him baby Dayton. He is the 2nd youngest at daycare. Miss Karyn has 8 kiddos at her in-home daycare. They are all sweet kids and Dayton loves playing with them all! He especially loves playing with Baylea (who is three). They have a special relationship and make each other giggle just looking at each other. It's pretty cute. Here are some of the pictures that Karyn has sent! And yes, they are all phone pictures.
Friday, January 2, 2015
New Year's Eve '14
New Year's was quiet for us this year and we were pretty happy about that. We decided to go out to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner. Our little family of three enjoyed Tony's pizza this New Year's Eve. (Yes, our phone pictures are terrible.) After dinner, we put Dayton to bed and the hubs and I enjoyed the rest of the night in our sweatpants on the couch with a beer. We like to party.
Some of these pictures would have been so cute if they hadn't been taken on our phones!
Some of these pictures would have been so cute if they hadn't been taken on our phones!
South Carolina - Dec '14
Home. Every time we plan a visit, I have a mental countdown going on until it's time to hit the road. Since Brad and I both have a winter break, it makes perfect sense for us to go down to South Carolina for Christmas. Usually, we try to get down there for about a week.
This year, the school calendar was a little frustrating. The week of Christmas, we had to work on Monday and Tuesday. That meant we couldn't leave until Tuesday after I got off work. But, that's exactly what we did. As soon as I got off work, I went home, we packed the car, and off we went! The hubs and I decided to drive as far as we could Tuesday night. We got to our normal stop outside of Indianapolis around 1 am (2 am after the time change). Wednesday morning we slept a bit and then we were up and at it again. We pulled into Greenville around dinner time and boy were we glad to finally be there!!
Friday, the hubs and I wanted to hit the after Christmas sales and get a little shopping done, so off to Gaffney we all went! Gaffney is a town about 45 minutes away from Greenville that has some great outlet malls. We always find good stuff there, especially at the Nike outlet, so it's one of the places that we like to visit. Everyone decided to take the trip with us, so we made a day out of it. Dayton had a pretty good time!
The rest of our trip we enjoyed visiting our favorite places in Greenville, a little shopping, a lot of eating out - hello Tupelo Honey, tons of quality family time, and Brad and I even got a date night at "our place," Tsunami (it's where we went on our first date!). Here are a few pictures from the rest of our time back home.
Dayton's new swing. Clearly he loved it. And I mean, come on, this weather.
There was a lot of eating out, a lot of family time, a lot of cuddles, and a lo of laughs.
I could not ask for more. We are so blessed! The trip home went well. We left Tuesday morning, stopped at Brad's parents house, and ended driving the rest of the way. We pulled into our driveway around 2 am. We were exhausted, but Dayton had done well and it's just easier to drive while he is sleeping! Home, safe and sound.
We love you and miss you guys. Can't wait until we come back!! The next countdown begins...
This year, the school calendar was a little frustrating. The week of Christmas, we had to work on Monday and Tuesday. That meant we couldn't leave until Tuesday after I got off work. But, that's exactly what we did. As soon as I got off work, I went home, we packed the car, and off we went! The hubs and I decided to drive as far as we could Tuesday night. We got to our normal stop outside of Indianapolis around 1 am (2 am after the time change). Wednesday morning we slept a bit and then we were up and at it again. We pulled into Greenville around dinner time and boy were we glad to finally be there!!
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| road trip selfie! |
Thursday was Christmas! We opened presents and ate a lot of good food. Sounds about perfect to me! I don't think I will ever get tired of watching out little man open presents, play with his grandparents and aunt, and just be his happy little self. Christmas with a kid is better than I ever could have imagined it. It's even better surrounded by family. The post about Christmas day is here.
Friday, the hubs and I wanted to hit the after Christmas sales and get a little shopping done, so off to Gaffney we all went! Gaffney is a town about 45 minutes away from Greenville that has some great outlet malls. We always find good stuff there, especially at the Nike outlet, so it's one of the places that we like to visit. Everyone decided to take the trip with us, so we made a day out of it. Dayton had a pretty good time!
The rest of our trip we enjoyed visiting our favorite places in Greenville, a little shopping, a lot of eating out - hello Tupelo Honey, tons of quality family time, and Brad and I even got a date night at "our place," Tsunami (it's where we went on our first date!). Here are a few pictures from the rest of our time back home.
Dayton's new swing. Clearly he loved it. And I mean, come on, this weather.
There was a lot of eating out, a lot of family time, a lot of cuddles, and a lo of laughs.
Visit to Cabelas and DellaVenturas!
I could not ask for more. We are so blessed! The trip home went well. We left Tuesday morning, stopped at Brad's parents house, and ended driving the rest of the way. We pulled into our driveway around 2 am. We were exhausted, but Dayton had done well and it's just easier to drive while he is sleeping! Home, safe and sound.
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| Playing up front while Daddy got coffee |
We love you and miss you guys. Can't wait until we come back!! The next countdown begins...