Mommy's Birthday spent at the Pediatrician's!

Today was my 28th birthday... Wyatt made this birthday my favorite one yet! His spunky personality, sweet spirit, and love of life fill my heart with new JOY each day. He certainly fills my days with more purpose!

Wyatt was a bit fussy this morning... My little buddy is not fussy very often, so I knew something had to be hurting. I thought it was his tummy, but when we went to visit his pediatrician, she told us he had an ear infection. Bummer! So Wyatt got his first taste of medicine today. Yummy... I think it was pretty sweet!

First night away from Wyatt!

To celebrate Joe's 30th birthday, I planned a little get-a-way for us in Chicago! Wyatt's Grandma and Grandpa McCulley came from Iowa to babysit. It was sure hard to leave our little man overnight... I must add that we were not even leaving for a full 24-hours... But, I still had to hold back the tears the first few minutes in the car! : ) It must be a Mommy-thing because it didn't seem to phase Joe a bit! : / Thankfully, I was able to rest assured knowing that Wy was getting lots of attention and plenty of love with his grandparents!

Saying goodbye...

Did he miss us at all???

Trying to sit!

Wyatt has been TRYING so hard to sit on his own! He is a little wobbly but doing so well at using his muscles and even sitting all by himself a few times! : )

With a little help...

And Mommy let go... Oopsie daisy!

A taste of something new!

Our amazing little sleeper started waking up consistently at 4am, three nights in a row, so we decided it was time to start feeding our hungry hungry hippo something new before bedtime. Just what our chunky monkey needs... more FOOD!

Spooning it in....

And spitting it out...

More Please!

The BIG 3-0 for Joe!!!!

This has been a BIG year for Joe... He became a daddy in March and finished a decade of being in his twenties in July. Joe turned 30 on July 19th and we've been partying : ) it up ever since... We celebrated twice while we were with our families in KS, Wyatt and I planned a get-together for him with friends this past weekend, and we have a little weekend getaway to Chicago planned for next weekend!!!! I think it's been a very fun and memorable birthday for Joe... And I've reminded him that he's got 2 years to start working on my 30th birthday bash!!! : ) Wyatt loves to party... He thought the balloons were the best part of it all... And he sure had an eye on the cake!!!

He's discovered his tongue... Now it's always sticking out!!!

We often ask Wyatt, "Where's your tongue?" and he proudly shows us that he knows exactly where it is! Maybe it's not the best habit to have gotten started, but it sure is cute for now!!!

Another trip to KS!

We made another long road trip to KS! Wyatt was a very impressive little traveler... He slept the whole way there and most of the way home. Joe had some training in KC so we were able to stay at the Westin, Crown Center and have a mini-vacation together. My sister and her kids came to swim with us most days...Wyatt sure loves his cousins! We spent most of our time at the pool and did a little shopping : ) during the day before we met up with the guys and my parents each evening for dinner!!! We ended the week with an early Christmas gift from my parents... they treated us all to a little get-a-way to Coco Key--a brand new indoor water park in KC. It was a very fun way to all spend time together and make memories as a family!

Wyatt with Cousins Ashtyn and Daxton

Mommy and Wy overlooking
downtown Kansas City!

My boys did a lot of relaxing!

At Coco Key indoor waterpark!

Gram watched Wy most of the weekend
so we could enjoy the park!

Poppy and Wyatt