Miss Anora Rae Stout

On Sunday, my cousin Grant and his wife Alexa welcomed their new baby girl, Anora Rae.  She was a few weeks early (Alexa was due only a couple of days before me!) but is perfectly healthy and so precious!  And she has more hair than I have EVER seen on a newborn baby before!  We are so happy for Grant and Alexa and hope they cherish every moment with their newborn---they grow up way too fast!

1st Day of 2 Year Old Preschool!

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, Beau had his first day of school---2 year old preschool!  I have to be honest, I was so nervous that he was going to hate it.  I am definitely a softy at heart whenever Beau gets upset and cries when I leave him, and the only thing I could think of was my "baby" crying for his mommy.  Joe made the decision for him to take Beau so that way IF Beau was to be upset, then it wouldn't be Beau and mommy crying at the same time :)...probably a wise choice on Joe's part.  Fortunately, Beau LOVED school!  He only got sad for a couple of minutes Miss Rachelle said, but then was fine once they started playing and doing crafts.  He looks forward to going to school and asks us everyday if he can go to school!  I hope he always has this attitude :)

Leaving Mary's to head to school for the first day!

Flashback!

The other night Joe and I were going through our old phones trying to save the pictures off of them that we wanted.  Joe found this picture of Beau and Banx from our old house.  It makes me so sad to see how fast the kids are growing up.  It honestly just seems like yesterday I was sleeping training Beau at 4 weeks old to get him to sleep through the night.  And now he is almost 3!  Where has time gone?!

Labor Day Weekend

This labor day weekend has been relaxing for the most part.  Friday, Beau stayed with Papa and She-She and ended up going to the farm to play with Aiden.  It is so precious how well those two get along!  And he definitely wasn't spoiled at all at Papa's house!

We then met my dad and Shari at the lake for the day on Saturday and celebrated Josh's birthday.  Beau just loves the water and going to the lake was definitely a highlight for him!

We topped off the weekend by going baby shopping to help prepare for Baby #2!  We are getting closer and closer to being ready for this baby.  I am beyond excited to meet Baby and just hold him/her in my arms.

My Little Shopper

Lately, Beau LOVES to go shopping.  He definitely gets that from mommy and NOT daddy!  He is always asking to go to either Mahaska Drug or Target which is odd, because mommy loves to go to those two places! :)  When we go to Mahaska drug, Beau always insists on pushing his own shopping cart.  I guess I do have a mini-me after all.

Clint and Tara's Engagement

A couple of weekends ago, Joe and I were able to witness one of the most romantic events I have ever seen----Clint proposing to Tara!  It was so sweet, of course I cried the whole time while watching.  We absolutely love Tara and she definitely has become one of our family members.  We are so excited for these two and cannot wait to help them celebrate their special day!

While at the lake--where Clint proposed to Tara--we were able to spend time with family and friends. Beau even bonded with Harlow and actually shared his iPad!  It was such a relaxing, yet eventful weekend and I am so glad we were there for it!

They are so manly.... :)

Back to School!

It has been a crazy past few weeks (which is why I am little behind updating our blog).  School is back up and running, and preparing for Baby #2 has our schedules completely busy these days!  I really was dreading going back to work this year because I had so much fun with Beau, Banx and Bond this summer...I didn't want to leave them!  However, I am LOVING my students I have and am so anxious to see them everyday.  This is going to be a great school year and I am so excited to see how much progress my students make.

First day of school 2014-2015