part 2 and a first swim

Bridger and I treated Ben to a yummy delicious brunch at Murphy's followed by an afternoon of swimming.

Part 2 of Father's day weekend continued as plan on Sunday

Daddy had the luxury of changing a blowout diaper on Father's Day in the morning.



Boys being boys

Daddy opening up his gifts.

This was Bridger's first time swimming in a pool and what better way to finish off celebrating our wonderful daddy then to go swimming.

All ready to go!

 The water was a little cold but he hung out with all of us and was a great boy.

 Bridger did great. 

 He even managed to get comfy and nap on the big lounger for a solid 2 hours.

Soooo tired

Enjoying the afternoon

dive competition

Naker Baby

We are so thankful for our fathers, husband and daddy and grandpas. Happy Father's Day.

Swimming takes a lot out of a young boy!

Part 1

Happy Father's Day to all the father's out there. Friday we started the celebration of Father's Day weekend for Ben. Bridge and I took him out to dinner at Outback Steak House!!! If you know my husband then you know he loves a good steak. This is the first year that we have had the privilege to celebrate father's day for our amazing husband and daddy!!! Bridger is so lucky to have such a wonderful man in his life to show him and guide him threw the world of life.

Today we all got up and decided to spend some quality bonding time snuggling in our PJ's and not getting out of bed till 9am. Bridger is very chatty and so we both got to love on him all morning.

Then it was off to Steve's Cafe for one of the best breakfast I have ever had. Ben order huckleberry lemonade and an omelet and I had a breakfast burrito. There menu was to die for and I can't wait to go back and be a little more adventurous and try some other things.

When we got home Bridger and I took a 3 hour long nap and daddy got caught up on his tv shows. Then it was off to Old Navy to do a little shopping before we head back to Omaha. Daddy got to stay home while I took the baby and enjoy a nice long nap.

We got home and I had more planned for the day so it was off to shower and get dressed. We headed over to a friends house to have a few drinks and then off we went to daddy's favorite place of all time.... Les Bois (horse track). Daddy won a race so we broke even for the night and everyone was in good spirits.

So far this father's day has been a great one and we are so blessed to spend everyday with our son Bridger. Happy Father's Day!!!

Part 2 to continue.....

The lazy Sunday's

It might not be officially summer yet but around here we are antsy and ready for the pool.

Here are few pictures from our impromptu photo shoot of Bridger's summer pool attire. Enjoy!

Today has been one of those lazy Sundays. Dad is watching baseball, Mom is getting caught up on her sleep and baby boy is doing a combination of both. More fussy then normal so I am guessing that it might be a growth spurt again. He is fighting his sleep more then normal and going through milk like crazy.

 We left the house this morning to head to the grocery store and I wish I would have gotten a picture of the donuts that we bought. They were great and they were HUGE. The name: TEXAS!!! They say everything is bigger in Texas and boy were they right. These donuts were enormous. 

A few things to document about Bridger:

• Loves his fist and fingers. At times when I am trying to feed him he gets those things in his mouth and get MAD when nothing happens.
• When he is overly tired he will arch his back and throw his head and in complete melt down. There are only a few ways to cure this. Daddy has the best hold and will "shhh" him to sleep and if dad's not home he goes to his swing and instantly that will sooth him.

49 degrees

Wow this weather has been crazy lately. Today it was 49 degrees and rainy all day. We spent the morning over at Grandma and Grandpa  Parsons since most of the garage sales were rained out.

When we got there Ben looked through the paper and found that the Northfork Whitewater
Championships were going on today up past Banks, so off we went to catch it.

Sleeping hard on our way up there.

Love spur of the moment adventures with my boys.

Look at those cute lips.

Daddy and Bridge in his Bear Suite

Mommy and Bridge

We had blast and Bridger did great. It was packed full of people and even though we weren't able to get to the waters edge there was still so much excitement going on from up top.

All the excitement building

Lots of colors

I've got to hand it to those guys, it was freezing cold and raining the entire time we were there and they were still going at it. Here are some pictures from the day. Enjoy!

 

 Have a great Sunday!

Time to go home!

Jinxs

I totally jinxed myself. Last night Bridge was up pretty much what felt like the whole entire night. Around 9pm he threw up all over me and it consisted of chunks. Poor guy as soon as I changed his outfit and daddy had him he did it again. Not sure if I over fed him or what the deal was but it was perjectile and off we went to change into outfit number 3, a bath and lots of rocking. He was so tired but just couldn't get to sleep and stay asleep. We were back to waking every 2-3 hours and crying every 10-20 minutes when the paci fell out. It made for a VERY long night and one tired momma this morning. But with a baby you can't sleep in, so off we went to school to work on planning and preparation for next year.
My team is going to implement Common Core so I have been reading up on that most nights and trying to organize my calendar year accordingly. We don't technically have to have it fully implemented till the 2013-14 school year but I thought it would be a good idea to get started and work out any kinks that may arise. I am super excited about these standards and based off of what I have read it seems like this will give every child a baseline of what they need to learn and accomplish by the end of the school year. That way every child (no matter what school, district or state) you live in you will be learning about the common core standards. As a teacher it makes it very challenging when students come in mid-way through the year and have no clue what you are talking about and the expectations prior were not the same as mine. This means additional one-on-one time with that child trying to get him/her caught up and filling in the missing holes. Anyways I will get off my soap box and keep telling myself to stop working so much and just enjoy my summer. Lets be honest though... do teachers really get 3 months off of work??? Haha no not at all, but I sure love to laugh at those people who think so. If only they knew.

Day 2 of summer break and it is officially COLD and gloomy on this June day. It's somewhere in the 50's and I have my sweatpants and sweatshirt on. I can't believe this weather, yesterday it was 90 and today in the 50's.

Off to quickly take a long hot bath before the baby wakes. Enjoy this picture of Bridger and I sound asleep at 6:30am after a long night up.