Toy Box Project

I have been wanting to "update" this little toy box for some time now. It came from my grandma's house, and it was the perfect size for a little toy box to fit in Brody's room. The only problem was, it didn't match the rest of his furniture. We went to Lowe's last weekend to pick up a few things for another project, and I bought some paint. Brody's furniture in his room is a dark brown, Expresso, to be exact.

Here's the BEFORE:

And the AFTER:

These letters were some I painted before Brody was born. I had planned to put them on his wall, but they ended up being too small. I decided to add them to his toy box. I LOVE the way it turned out!

Not a great picture below, but I added a little detail to the buttons on the side.

I was so glad to be done with that thing! It was not as easy as I had expected, but I like it so much more now! Hopefully, Brody will appreciate it one day!

Old McDonald Had A Farm

Brody is obsessed with cows! He has never seen a "real" one until this past weekend. Everytime he sees one on TV or in a book, he moo's like crazy! I called my friend Mindy, and we decided to get our boys together to go to the farm to see some "moo's"! Every event leads to a photo shoot, come we came prepared with jean overalls! There is nothing cuter than a shirtless little boy in overalls! I have to say that we have some pretty cute boys too!!! We decided to go to a hay field for some pictures, and there just happened to be the cutest little pond nearby. It may a great scene for a photo shoot, so we broke out our Nikon's, and went to snapping! Here's some pictures from our day at the farm:

Brody had so much fun looking at all the animals, and hanging out with his friend Payton!

Father's Day 2010

Chris,

Thank you for being the best father to Brody! He is one lucky little boy! He admires you, and loves spending time with you........especially outside! He gets so excited when you come home from work, and he always runs up to you and squeezes your leg. It's all I can do, to not to squeeze him. Sometimes, I feel like I could just explode with so much happiness when I am with you two! I love you, and I can't imagine my life without you! Thank you for all you do! We love you so much!

Here's Brody giving daddy his card on Father's Day morning! I didn't take many pictures that day, but one of the cutest ones is below. Brody and I made Chris a Father's Day surprise! It was an Oreo dessert. Brody loved helping me make it..........I really think he loved eating it too! I sat him on the bar, and he went right to work! Sorry it's so small, I took it with my cell phone.

4th of July Weekend

We had a really good 4th of July weekend! We didn't do anything special, or go to the beach. The best part was I didn't have to work! We spent most of our time outside! Brody loves being outside, and when he's out there, he is as happy as he can be!

We filled up Brody's pool, and that kept Brody entertained! Chris even put the slide in the pool, and that ended up being Brody's favorite!

We met some friends, and Chris's parents at the mall to watch Fireworks on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun. Brody loves these two little girls so much! Grayson makes him laugh like crazy, and he thinks Logan is his girlfriend!

Here is a picture taken after church:

Grayson and Brody matched Sunday, so I thought they should get there picture taken!

Sunday night, we headed to the Kinston Indians game. After the game, they had fireworks! I have to say that those fireworks were the best I have ever seen! I was very impressed with Kinston that night!

Here's Miss Logan

Logan and Brody at the game

Here's Chris, Brody, Grayson, and the mascot Scout!

Swing Part 2

Here's how you started out....

Within 5 minutes, this is what happened...

Brody's Swing

Brody loves to swing! When I say loves, I mean LOVES!!! My dad, who Brody calls "Pa-Pa", came over one day and built him a swing. Brody is very impatient, and as soon as he saw the actual swing seat, he started crying and saying "wing". It was so sweet because he would drag the seat all over the yard. He wanted to swing so bad!

There's "Pa-Pa" hard at work!

My little guy waiting to swing.

This picture makes me laugh! Here's Chris hard at work...

Heading down the steps to help out...

Almost done

Thank you to the best "pa-pa" for building Brody a swing! He loves it, and it seems like that is all he ever wants to do these days.

I LOVE...

this

little

sweet

boy

so much!!!