High Five For Friday

Hello Friday! How I love thee, especially since I am officially done with school workshops this Summer! YAY! Here are my top 5 things this week...
1. This actually happened last Friday (June 14th), but Beckham had his first haircut! OMG! He was so good and was such a big boy, and now he really looks like a big boy! :( Seriously, my child is so cute. I have heard horror stories about the 'first haircut' and was dreading it, but he didn't fuss at all. I was so proud. He sat in Butch's lap and did so good!

This is Butch's Aunt Patsy BTW, she did Butch's first haircut and is pretty much the only person that has ever cut his hair. So, I guess we will be continuing the Aunt Patsy tradition.

2. This too happened last week, but Beckham had his 'One Year' pictures! We did some outside with a chalkboard that said different things and some inside with a smash cake. I can't wait to see the proofs. I know they are going to be so cute because Beckham was really loving the smash cake!

3. As I said above, I am officially done with Summer school-work... (HAHAHA! Yeah riiiiiiight!) But, I am finished with workshops. Now the real work begins of transitioning everything to the Common Core. I have some really good plans for the next school year, I just need to organize my thoughts and try not to overwhelm myself too much.

4. Yesterday was the 7 year anniversary of my Mamaw's death. I cannot believe it has already been 7 years. I still feel her all around me and think of her daily. My Mom wrote a beautiful post about her and I really couldn't have said it any better. I was so lucky to have my Mamaw for 15 years and the impact she made of my life translates with every decision I make. I am like her in so many ways and I feel so fortunate to have had such a bond with her. She is exactly the kind of woman, Mother, and Christian I strive to be. I am so grateful to call her my Mamaw and thankful for the time we had together. I look forward to seeing her again one day!

5. I am beyond proud of myself right now. Can I brag a little? I have been to the gym 4 days already this week. I am planning on doing a Zumba class tonight, skipping Saturday, and then starting back on Sunday. So far, I have walked over 10 miles and burned over 1200 calories. I know that may not seem like a lot to some, but I am a complete gym novice and I'm PROUD! 

First Father's Day

I know I had already posted about the stuff I had gotten Butch for his first Father's Day but here's a follow up of the day. I was beyond excited to give him his gifts. I LOVE giving gifts, especially ones that I made or special ordered...you know, those one of a kind gifts! With the exception of this (isn't exact gift, they don't have anymore in stock) everything Beckham and I got for Butch were one of  a kind! I had everything wrapped and ready like 3 weeks before Father's Day so it was torture having to wait to give him his stuff, but I did! Sunday morning my Mom came over with donuts, and I let Beckham give Daddy his gifts. We had fried fish, french fries, hush puppies, coleslaw, pineapple cake, and homemade strawberry ice cream for lunch (YUM) and were basically just lazy the rest of the day. Mom made it home safely that evening and Sunday night, while the guys were watching LSU baseball, me, Beckham, and a friend of mine, Paige, watched the Miss USA pageant! Fun stuff. We had a great day but the best part was seeing how touched Butch was looking at his gifts. He even started to tear up. THAT'S why I love giving presents. I want to show everyone I love, just how much care about them. I know, it's not about the material gift but, each of these were personalized and Butch knew it and that meant something to him, which in turn, made my heart very happy!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads who are involved in their children's lives and those who stepped in as father figures.

First Father's Day

I am so excited to give Butch his first Father's Day presents!!! I got him this fishing lure and this photo book

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I just had to share!! June 16th can't come fast enough!!

1st Family Vaca

I had been wanting to do something as a family since the day Beckham was born but it just wasn't the right timing so I somewhat gave up and then, Butch surprised me & planned an entire trip by himself! I was beyond excited!! So, we went to the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas. It really was perfect because it's only about 2 hours away and we didn't really know how Beckham would do in the car for that long, but he did great!! He literally slept the whole way there & back! We left when I got home from work on Friday and stayed the whole weekend with the only real plan to go to the zoo so our schedule was pretty open. Butch had the hotel and everything already set up, all I did was pack our stuff & get in the car- it was awesome! We didn't get to Tyler unil around 8 on Friday so we just hung out in the room and unpacked everything. I never realized how much equipment it takes with a baby now! We had all of the food supplies, pack n play & not to mention clothes, which naturally, I overpacked! I tried realllllllly hard not to forget anything. So, Saturday we got up and (Beckham didn't sleep very well, btw. He was not feeling the pack n play, even after I brought his big fluffy blanket from home) anyways we went to Panera Bread for lunch. It was so cute- he was sitting up in a high chair like a big boy & was seriously checking out every girl that walked by! He's definitely going to be a ladies man! Butch thought it was hilarious! But, he did so good eating real food at the table & everything! We got to the zoo around 2:00 and had a great time. He didn't really like the stroller at first, but he got used to it pretty fast and did so good! The weather was absolutely perfect. Naturally, I did forget something; the memory card to my camera- ugh! thank God for iphones. We left around 6:00 because he was ready for a nap & couldn't rest with all of the excitement of the zoo. However, when we got back to the room he, of course, didn't want to nap. So, I walked over and got us some frozen yogurt and we just relaxed for a little bit then got cleaned up to go eat supper. Butch saw this seafood place called Breakers, so we went there. It was delicious & Beckham, again did great at supper! We stopped by Target then headed back to the room. Sunday, we didn't really have anything planned so we just played it by ear.... Got some lunch, went shopping at a few stores, then the mall, then headed home. All in all it was a great weekend! I am very lucky and sometimes forget how truly blessed I am!

Feeding the fish & ducks

Gift shop with Daddy

Parking lot of the hotel he needed to stretch his legs & the shorts came off after a diaper change lol

While in Tyler, I happen to notice we were on Beckham Ave (perfect?)