Five for Friday

1.  Its been so hot lately that we have tried to find some fun things to do inside.  This was a jumping kind of day.

 2. We enjoyed eating at YoLo on Thursday for Dinner Out for the Fund. The boys enjoyed orange sherbert...it was everywhere but glad they enjoyed it!

3. Brother Juniper's in Memphis is spotlighting the FSF for the month of July. I took a poster our graphic designer (Jennifer Ellis) made and put it up today.  Go enjoy a yummy breakfast/lunch and drop some change in the fish bowl.  

 4. The boys and I went for a mommy/son date to the Wolf River Kayak race a few Saturdays ago. We all really enjoyed it.


5.  This precious girl is now big enough to play in the Exersaucer and her Jumperoo.  Where does time go?!?  She is now 6 months.  I need to take her monthly pictures and do a post on that.


Happy Friday friends!  Enjoy your weekend!

Maggie 6 months

Maggie turned 6 months on June 27th.  Months 5-6 were more big months for her.  She cut her first tooth right at 6 months and can now roll both ways.  She is hilarious in her bed rolling all over the crib. She can sit up unassisted for 10-20 seconds and has a great grasp and pinching.  She loves playing with her toys and grabbing for things (like mommy's earrings and hair).  She loves her exersaucer and jumperoo.  She is also very laid back and goes with the flow majority of the time.  She does prefer her crib for naptime but will still occasionally nap in the Ergo on mommy.  She still sucks her fingers and refuses the paci.  Food wise she enjoys butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, prunes, and bananas.  Maggie loves her Sophie the giraffe and any other type of teether.  

Things she loves:
-her brothers 
-her daddy and mommy
-faces
-smiles from others
-bath time
-being on the diaper changing table
-play mat
-exersaucer
-her fingers
-food
-lovie
-naps
-hands
-feet

Things she doesn't love:
-being hot (which is difficult since we live in Memphis)

She weighed 16.9 lbs and and was 26.5 inches long.  Thats 50% in weight and 75% in height.  She is doing great and has stayed very healthy.  The month of June the boys had 5 stomach bugs (yes you heard me right, it was terrible), a fever virus, and a cold and she never got any of them.  Praying that the sicknesses for my girl are in the past.  

Some pictures of our sweet girl!



Comparison of the 6 months.

Beach vacation - round 1

Three weeks ago we headed to Seacrest Beach with the Spence family.  David's twin sister Anne and her kids along with David's parents were also there.  We decided to leave Friday night and drive half way because we weren't sure how Maggie would do on the long drive.  I spent most of the week before packing up for this trip.  It is amazing how much 3 little people need for a week at the beach.  I probably over packed but I was thankful that while we were there we didn't need anything extra.  David came home Friday after work and the kids and I were ready.  The boys have been asking about the beach for weeks.  They were thrilled it was finally here.  We packed up and headed out around 7:15 that night.  The kids were already fed and in their pj's.  Maggie took a little while to fall asleep but once she fell asleep she pretty much stayed asleep until we started looking for hotels around 11:30.  The boys watched a movie and then tried falling asleep.  It took them a little longer but they too eventually fell asleep.  We had planned on stopping in Birmingham for a hotel but unfortunately I think everyone on the road had the same idea because the hotels were booked.  At that point all 3 kids woke up and didn't go back to sleep.  We had to drive another 30 miles to find a hotel but finally found one.  By this point all 3 kids were wired, especially Miller.  He was on cloud 9 that we were staying in a hotel and he was going to share a bed with his brother.  By this point it was 1:00 am and we were exhausted.  We finally got him to calm down and fall asleep.  The next morning we packed up again and made the rest of the way to the beach.  We were all thrilled to be there and hug the cousins necks and see the beach.

The next morning everyone woke up bright and early so we headed to the beach.

The kids loved playing in the sand and building sandcastles.  They also enjoy wearing life jackets and going out to the sand bar with Dingdad and daddy.  



David and I took a sunset walk one night...it was beautiful!
Beth Winterburn took professional pictures of the 6 kids with the grandparents.  This picture below cracks me up every time I look at it.  Truly hilarious!
One day was overcast with light rains so the kids rode their scooters around the cove.  So thankful we brought them.

At night we would often head back down to the beach to burn off some energy.  I love the beach at dusk.

I'll do another post of the rest of the beach pictures next.

Dinner Out for the Fund

This Thursday Dinner Out for the Fund at YoLo in Midtown (Midtown only this Thursday).  Go enjoy yogurt or gelato and YoLo will give 15% back to the Fund.  Its going to be a hot day so a perfect day for yogurt!

New website!!!

Sorry I have been MIA lately but I have been super busy working on the new Forrest Spence Fund website.  Please go check it out.  We are really proud of it and have been eager to launch it.

www.forrestspencefund.org

It's also time to sign up for the Forrest Spence 5k on August 24th at Overton Park.  Click on the picture of the race logo on the homepage and it will take you to the 5k page where you can click at the top to sign up.  Hope to see you on August 24th (of you can be a ghost runner and receive an awesome shirt!).

Miller's birthday survey

I forgot to ever include Miller's birthday survey so mainly doing it so I can have it for our memories.

Name:  Miller

Age: 3

Favorite Stuffed Animal: Big monkey

Favorite Restaurant: home

Favorite Movie: Planes

Favorite Toy: Trains

Favorite Sport to watch: Golf

Favorite Sport to play: Baseball

Favorite Animals: Monkeys

Favorite shirt to wear to school: Choo choo shirt 

Favorite holiday: Christmas

Favorite Pizza topping: Pineapples  

Favorite Lunch: Pizza

Favorite School Activity: Play with choo choo trains

Favorite Book:  Planes book

Favorite Colors: Blue

Favorite Numbers: 3

Favorite thing to do as a family: go down to the river together

Favorite Breakfast: Cereal

Favorite thing to play with Austin: Choo choo trains

Favorite thing to play with mommy: choo choo trains

Favorite thing to play with daddy: choo choo trains

Favorite Pjs: Thomas the train

Favorite snack: yogurt raisins

Favorite Show: Mickey Mouse

Favorite thing about Mrs. Debbie: she reads books to me

Favorite Candy: M&M’s

Favorite Ice cream: vanilla

What do you want to be when you grow up: race car driver

Happy 3rd Birthday Miller!

Happy 3rd birthday sweet boy!  I am so thankful for your little life.

You keep me on my toes and keep me laughing all day long.  
You have the sweetest spirit with a little mischievous in you.  
You love and adore your brother and want to be just like him.

You are kind and sweet to your sister and love to make her laugh.
Your facial expressions are priceless and keep us laughing.

We adore you Miller and are so thankful for the 3 years the Lord has given us with you.  Our life wouldn't be complete without you in it.

Happy birthday sweet boy!

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 10 year Anniversary! It truly has flown by. There is no one in this world I would rather travel this journey with than David. I am so thankful for him and his love for the 5 of us. We are truly blessed. Here is to many more years together.

Breakfast/lunch/dinner out for the Fund

Next Monday, June 10th...make plans to go!!!  All 5 locations are giving back to the Fund!

I could seriously eat him up...

Professional Pictures

We had Maggie's 4 month professional pictures done around Mother's Day.  Her pictures turned out great...the ones of the 3 of them were a little harder.  I was sad to see Miller's outgoing personality not shine through but getting 3 to smile at the same time is hard.  I do love Maggie's pictures though.

Six for Saturday

Another random Five for Friday (Six for Saturday...postponed due to David's birthday post)...I think that's life right now with 3 little ones...a little random. =)

1.  Both boys are the sweetest big brothers.  They love Maggie and are really good with her.  Every once in a while Miller can be a little rough but overall they are great.  The other day Miller got down on the floor with Maggie to help her with rolling over.


 2. I had a special date with my biggest the other day. This boy loves some ice cream so that was his pick. Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Love spending one on one time with my kids.

3. We have a finger sucker just like her brother.

4. The kids and I enjoyed yogurt at Yolo the other day for Dinner Out for the Fund. We love ice cream!

 5. We had a fun family day on Harbor Town last weekend. We took the stroller and the boys scooters and walked along the river and then stopped at Mrs. Cordelias for a snack and then Pizza and a movie for dinner. Maggie had a massive blowout in her diaper so we had to strip her down and let her be naked in her carseat.
 

6.  We have really enjoyed our new patio furniture and try to eat as many meals outside as we can.


Happy Saturday friends!  Enjoy your weekend!