Sealed with flowery KISSES

I have always loved the saying "God created mothers because he couldn't be everywhere at once." And now after having a little angel of my own... I truly believe it should say "God created grandmothers too because he couldn't be everywhere at once." We had the most wonderful weekend with Philip's Mimi and Grande who came in all the way from Texas to see us... well let's be honest... to see Philip. They are such wonderful grandparents and little Philip loved every minute of them being here. We had a great night on Friday just relaxing and hanging out together and on Saturday we went and walked around in the Virginia Highlands in the beautiful 75 degree weather after eating a yummy lunch at Murphys. This was followed by a fabulous dinner at J. Alexanders with Gigi and Papa Doc and ended with church on Sunday before they had to head home. Philip of course showed them all his latest tricks... from crawling, pulling up, and falling (which he does so very often these days) to swinging and walking with his fire red racecar. They were of course the proudest grandparents on earth and loved all his sweet kisses. Philip's Mimi introduced him to eating broccoli which he actually loved and taught him to spit his food and make bubbles... afterall what else are grandparents for?! Mimi also loved rocking Philip to sleep each night and Philip loved showing her his new favorite bedtime routine of singing along while he is being rocked. Phil claims he is tone deaf like someone else we know (I am not going to mention any names... me) but as far as I am concerned it sounds like sweet little nothings in your ear and is the most precious sound you can ever imagine... Philip is truly a blessing from above and is so blessed to have such amazing and loving grandparents. Thank heaven for GRANDPARENTS!

Me and my daddy and my Mimi and Grande... am I the luckiest little boy or what?!

I love my Mimi so much...

... isn't she so funny?!

How about letting me try those on Grande... they look just my size

Yeah... my Mimi and Grande are visiting and are spoiling me rotten... are you jealous?

My new favorite veggie... broccoli!

This stuff is so fun to eat... it looks kind of like a cigar sticking out of my mouth. Do you think it makes me look older... I do.

Want some... it sure is good?

Giving my Mimi my special kisses... and mommy can you please get a new camera that works? These are kodak moments here!

Just chillin with my Grande at Murphys

They told me patience is a virtue... but are we ever going to eat or what?

Do ya'll think this makes me look taller or what?! Thought so!

Hey don't forget about me up here... I sure hope they don't get stuck like that

And I really hope my daddy doesn't drop me... afterall these sidewalks have lots of cracks in them

Daddy... move it on over... I got the keys and I am ready to drive us to church

This driving stuff is so easy and so much fun... who put that age limit of 16 on driving anyway? Should be 16 months if you ask me!

I love being silly with my Mimi and Grande

... and I love even more having such loving grandparents like them!

Let it Snow... Let it Snow... Let it Snow

Well today Philip saw and played for the first time in real SNOW! It was a gorgeous day and a gift from God... and we played as a family in the beautiful winter wonderland. Philip absolutely LOVED the snow and we had to literally pull him out of it to come inside after a long day as we were all starting to melt. It is days like this that we are reminded of the simple things in life that bring us joy and we are so thankful for precious moments together like these that we will remember always. Maybe next time Philip will be big enough to even go sledding...

Philip eagerly awaiting the snow

Mommy, Daddy, look... here it comes... can I go outside and play now?

Pretty please...

I even got to write my name in the snow... how fun!

My daddy and me getting ready to play with Texie in the snow

But... Mommy... I can't put my arms down!

We love the snow... do you?

This is so much fun daddy... again, again!

Two snow buddies

I know they say don't drive in the snow... but afterall I am a professional here

Kids... don't try this at home

Texie... come play with me, I promise I won't run you over in my racecar

This snow stuff is great
I don't ever want to go inside
Mommy and Daddy... do yall see all this snow?!

I can hardly believe how cold it is

But it still tastes great

And I love when the snowflakes fall on my face... it tickles my nose

... and makes me laugh

But I am not ready to go inside mommy... just 5 more minutes please

5 minutes later

And as you can see we are still outside... I am sure by now you can all guess who won that battle 

Philip: 1     Mommy: 0

But let's be honest... who can say no to that precious face?!

And afterall he did say please...

Still loving the snow and eating it every chance I get

Philip and Harry... Best Friends Forever

This weekend, we went out for mexican food and 'ritas with our best friends the McNeels. Philip and Harry had a blast together of course and loved even more staying up until after 10pm playing. I mean afterall what little boy wouldn't love to stay up 2 whole hours after their bedtime?! Harry is now 13 months old and is walking so the boys loved especially playing with Philip's new walking wagon that his sweet Mimi and Grande gave him for Christmas. Philip of course sat in the wagon like a little prince while he had poor Harry push him all around the room. It was an absolute scream though to watch and the little boys loved every minute of it! Can't wait for our next playdate!

Alright now Harry... I will ride and you push first

Yeah... this is so much fun

but watch out now... don't run me into that wall

And watch out Giraffey... we are coming right towards you

You can just call me Prince Philip the III

Harry, keep going... this is way too much fun to stop

Harry, I see you sitting there ready for your ride... but unfortunately I don't have the whole walking thing down yet

Let's just take a rain check and see me in about 2 months