The Brosseaus

"I bought you Roses...

2012-02-14T10:05:00.000-08:00

So take off your clothes!!" This was how the card read that I woke up to from my adorable and not so sweet husband - ha. Then however... I came downstairs to this! So ok... he is forgiven!! Although I am not the biggest Valentine holiday fan... I do LOVE my candy - so bring it on! And along with all that candy... I got lots of LOVE from all 3 of my boys... I feel so blessed! Happy Valentine's Day! xoxo

Daddy in Charge...

2012-02-13T14:06:00.000-08:00

Leads to nothing but TROUBLE!! This is what I came home to on Sunday afternoon after running a quick (like wasnt even gone a total hour?!!) errand run to Target! I can't get over how they both are holding "it" as if they have a whole lot to hold - LOL! Gotta love little boys... lets just hope this little habit doesn't resurface on the church playground at preschool this week (can't imagine that fun phone call from the teacher)!!

BLESSED

2012-02-05T19:34:00.001-08:00

Phil and I couldn't be more excited as his brother (Boone and Avri) just moved to Charleston a few weeks ago. We went to visit them last weekend and the boys had an absolute blast!! From getting lots of hugs and kisses from their sweet aunt Avri, golf cart rides with their uncle Boone and playing fetch with George to playing chase on the beach, eating out at fun restaurants which were always followed by trips to the ice cream shop (of course) and getting candy on Kings Street... we are already counting down the days until our next visit! We have seen them back to back weekends since they moved and only one word describes my heart to have family so close... BLESSED!! See yall soon... oh, and by the way, we cant wait to move in with yall with the kids for the summers... literally - ha!

*Be sure to mute the music player on the right side of the blog to hear the video*

Daddy and Parkerman walking to the beach in Charleston... notice Parker wearing his uncle Boone's hat - gotta love the Texas shout out

The boys running wild on the beach... can you believe its January and this pretty out?!! Cant wait for our next visit!! xoxo

Looks like Santa came...

2011-12-25T20:51:00.000-08:00

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday of the year... and well, lets just say, it looks like my boys are taking after their mommy. They absolutely LOVE christmas. They love the music, the sweets and treats smell throughout the house, the stories about baby Jesus, the decorations and just being together as a family! And now that Philip is 3 1/2, he decided he would make his own list this year (and of course Parker's too)... I thought well we are teaching him to be more independent like getting himself dressed, taking his dishes to the sink, etc... so what could it hurt?! WRONG!! So I got a pen and he began to dictate what he would like to ask Santa for and I really couldnt believe my ears!! First of all, it was like a mile long and secondly, these weren't just little $10 target toy gifts... these were big items like "a country club like his Gigi and Doc's (right... would be nice - did his daddy tell him that one), a puppy (no biggie just like a $2000 gift), a CAR (how old is this kid?)" and the list went on and on. So sometimes Mrs. Claus (as in the past- I know, guilty as charged) goes a little overboard buying for the boys but this year we tried to limit it to the boys getting 3 big gifts as the 3 wisemen brought baby Jesus three special gifts. It seemed like the perfect plan to help Philip narrow down his list a little bit and helped daddy sleep at night - ha! So although Santa didn't bring the boys a country club membership or a puppy... they were beyond blessed and got everything that they could ever have dreamed of and more. Oh and yes... Philip did get a car... a battery operated one that is. :o) And we also were so blessed to be surrounded by family that we love so much as we celebrated christmas literally all month long. We went to Dallas with the boys for a week and had so much fun showing the boys their Texas roots. They loved of course learning new things from their uncles (which I hope they never repeat... especially at their church preschool - cant wait for that phone call from the teacher) and spending time and getting lots of love from their Mimi and Grande. We also went to Atlanta before christmas and the boys had a blast playing with their cousins Alli Lane and Boots (Parker even got dressed up as a little girl in a bonnet and played dolls (those pics are sure to resurface at his rehearsal dinner) and were loved on by not only their sweet grandparents Gigi and Papa Doc but also by their great grandparents - Grandmommie, Granddaddy and Mimi Buckler (how cool is that?!). So on the night before christmas as we read the christmas story with the boys, made Santa's cookies, sprinkled reindeer food (as daddy and the boys yelled for Santa... yes, literally yelled... I am so sure our neighbors were so ready for the boys 8pm bedtime before we even were) and talked about the amazing love of Jesus.. Phil and I were reminded how blessed we truly are. And then my sweet parents came to Charlotte on christmas eve night and surprised us. Santa and Mrs Claus LOVED having some helping hands and I felt like a little girl all over again! Wow... what can I say but I am SO blessed! Hope you all had a wonderful, blessed and Merry Christmas! Now just 364 more days till next year's Christmas ... let the countdown begin.

7 bags, 2 kids under the age of 4, 1 direct flight cancelled, 2 flights redirected to TX, 1 layover, 1 bag lost, 1 kid vomitting on the plane and the other kid with it coming out the other end (if you get my drift), 1 stroller, 1 car seat and 2 LOLLIPOPS later = PRICELESS! And yes, this is ALL true... this is how we started our christmas holidays in route to Texas! Merry Merry!

Welcome to Texas... need I say more?!

But so happy to be able to be there in time to celebrate Grande's Birthday... Happy Birthday Grande!

Philip picking out his dream car at Neimans in Dallas... Don't even think about it son - its NOT happening!

Mommy helping Parker climb through the mile long tunnel maze at Neimans... thought it was a great idea but lets just say Parker is no small child and I am no child at all... (mommy fail)

But Philip loved it.. so cool he did it 3 times all by HIMSELF!

Love reading christmas stories to my two favorite little boys in the whole world!

Three generations of John Philip Brosseaus (I LOVE this picture)

And NO Uncle Boone... my kids are NOT going to Texas -ha!

The boys watching the famous Mr. Scrooge at Northpark

Welcome to the Trains

Wonderland at Northpark!

The boys were in LOVE!! Countless trains all making noise and going around the track.. way cool!

Grande helping Parker to get a better view

So Sweet!!!

Next stop...

Atlanta!!

My two FAVORITE Stephens!!!!

The cutest Santa and Mrs. Claus... Gigi and Papa Doc

Parker... not really sure where he is sticking that bottle - ha!! And Parker, I am sorry son but this is too good... it will be on a slideshow at your rehearsal dinner so dont say I didnt tell you so!

My sweet baby growing up way too fast!

Gigi and her grandbabies

Papa Doc and his grandbabies

The sweet little angels (Philip, Boots, Alli Lane and Parker)

And Yes, I confess... they all smiled because they were being bribed. Who knew christmas presents could be such great camera assistants!?

My precious little boys! Next Stop... Charlotte!

And... Looks like Santa came to see Philip and Parker

Spiderman (aka Philip) giving his first Puppet show

And Parker and his new BFF Woody - (and yes, thanks Disney for that name... love that my son walks around all day talking about "his woody!")

Papa Doc sporting the Spiderman mask... watch out boys!

And last but not least... the CAR!! Now we just need to teach these boys how to hunt!!

Merry Christmas... hold on tight or it might pass you by!!

Merry Christmas Eve... PJ Breakfast

2011-12-24T09:29:00.001-08:00

Our favorite yummy christmas eve pj breakfast tradition was a blast as always with the Barksdales and the Harrells this year. We are growing in numbers and so it was even more fun than ever with little miss precious Sutton this year! And we even bribed the kiddos to get some cute pics by the tree together... Philip was of course so proud to be the oldest as he got to hold baby Sutton... so sweet!! Best. Breakfast. Ever!! Cant wait for next year!!

Such a big tree and such little babies

Merry Christmas Eve (Parker, Betsy Grace, Sutton, Philip and Holden)!

Naughty or Nice List

2011-12-13T15:42:00.001-08:00

Well it looks like the boys made the NICE list this year... big smiles from Philip during the Santa photo op and Parker only cried for a second at first until Philip told him, "Santa is our friend Parker and brings us toys to celebrate baby Jesus' birthday so you dont want to cry or you wont get any presents." Ha... well at least he got part of it right... and mommy and daddy loved seeing our boys all dressed up and hearing them tell Santa all about what they want for Christmas this year. Philip told Santa that "he wants a big big car that he can drive and put rocks and leaves and sticks in and that his baby brother Parker wants a big woody!" (Santa even chuckled) Gotta love Disney for naming those Toy Story characters! Merry Merry Christmas... looks like Santa will be stopping at the Brosseau house this year for sure!

All I want for Christmas is...

2011-12-12T10:05:00.000-08:00

We are so blessed with amazing family... some of which lives just 3 short hours away in Atlanta. We have been very blessed with getting to see my family lots lately and with our Atlanta visits with the boys, a trip to "Gigi and Papa Doc's club" as Philip calls it is always a MUST! From fun dinners topped off with LOTS of chocolate ice cream and golf cart rides to holiday celebrations with pony rides, jump houses, face painting and much much more... Philip has now decided what he would like to ask Santa for for Christmas this year.... A membership to a country club! Literally we were on our way home yesterday and in the car we were talking to Philip about what he is going to ask Santa Claus for this year... my analytical child that he is of course thought long and hard and finally said... "Oh, Oh I know... I want a club like Gigi and Doc's!" Phil and I almost wet our pants we were laughing so hard... I mean he is only THREE!!!! Cant wait to know what this kid is going to ask for when he is 16!! All I can say is good thing he is asking SANTA and not us... so here's to believing in Christmas miracles this year! Merry Merry!

SO BLESSED

2011-12-07T11:02:00.001-08:00

I couldn't be more excited to tell everyone that my best friend from high school is moving back to our old stomping grounds in Atlanta!! And to make sure she didnt have any second thoughts... I went to DC to help her pack and to celebrate with a little fun girl time out at the POV rooftop (um, if you haven't been... its a must - there isn't any place in the world but there that you can have cool drinks on a rooftop right next door to the White House... amazing)... we will miss you DC but couldn't feel more blessed to have my girl back in the south!! Love you more than words Katy McGee!!! xoxo

All packed up... Hotlanta here she comes!!

Tis the Season

2011-12-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

O' Christmas Tree O' Christmas Tree... what fun it was to get our christmas tree!! The boys and daddy had a blast running around playing chase between all the trees and mommy was super happy to get another big family Brosseau Christmas tree (and yes, we did thankfully only go to ONE lot this year - praise the Lord, but turns out that we bought it a little too big so daddy had to take it back to get the bottom chopped so ultimately again we went twice like last year... hey, but I told Phil to look at the bright side... at least it didnt bust through our windows)! And then as always... we made everlasting memories decorating the tree together as a family, singing christmas music and after only about a dozen or so broken ornaments (thanks to my sweet little elves this year... Parker and Philip)... our tree was beautiful and covered with ornaments on every limb! Merry Merry!!

*Remember to mute the music player on the right hand side of the blog to hear the video*

My Two Precious Little

Elves

Merry Christmas from the Brosseaus 2011

OMG... Proud... So Proud!

2011-11-28T12:40:00.001-08:00

To uncle Sam, the most amazing singer of the family, and Usher... looks like you have some new competition! OMG... watch out!! *Be sure to MUTE the music player on the right hand side of the blog to hear the video*

Gobble Gobble

2011-11-26T20:54:00.000-08:00

We are so THANKFUL for our MANY Blessings... especially these two!

Lots of turkey, love

and silly smiles! Happy Turkey Day!

Family... there is nothing more special during the holidays

And we are beyond blessed with family and there is nothing sweeter than to see the love of my children with my loving grandparents!! All the cousins with the sweetest great-grandparents in the world Grandmommie and Granddaddy.

Phil and I took the boys during thanksgiving to ride the famous

Pink Pig in Atlanta (mommy's favorite childhood memory as well)!

And Parker loved meeting Priscilla the Pig... Philip however, not so much! Looks like Disney World is not in our near future!

However, there was lots of laughter and

lots of memories made on the train ride

that will last a Lifetime! Happy Thanksgiving!

Look whose back...

2011-11-17T16:02:00.000-08:00

and he's extra EARLY this year!! It's ZIGGY... our family elf! Let's just say that after a few weeks of LOTS of discipline, LOTS of tears and LOTS of wine around the Brosseau household... Ziggy flew to our house all the way from the north pole and landed in our mailbox weeks before Thanksgiving when he makes his usual cameo! Its amazing how a tiny little elf with the hope of christmas presents has such big power with little children! Philip and Parker are having so much fun waking up every morning to see where Ziggy is and what he has gotten in to while they were sleeping. So heres to Ziggy... can't thank you enough for a great few days since your early arrival, little boys that are now listening and following the rules (praise the Lord) and of course now a very happy mommy again!! Happy Early Thanksgiving!!

Trick or Treat... Go Dawgs!!

2011-10-31T17:39:00.001-07:00

This year Philip and Parker wore their best costumes yet!! Philip was beyond excited to be a "Go Dawgs" (as he calls it) football player and his baby brother Parker was none other than his favorite mascot UGA!! Both boys had a blast trick or treating... Parker was a little scared at first and wasnt so sure he wanted to walk all the way up all the steps to someone's front door... until he found out there was candy at the other end... then it was game on. He did get tired towards the end though and Philip was a great big brother and always made sure to ask for extra candy for his baby brother Parker. The only thing was it didnt always make it to Parker's pumpkin bag. But when Parker trick or treated... he did it in style... everytime he got a piece of candy, he would eat it instead of putting it in his bag. Needless to say his bag was almost empty by the time we got home and he was WIRED on a true sugar high! He went to bed dancing and singing "oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah!" GO DAWGS... Sic em!!!! So after 365 pieces of candy later... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Go Dawgs

Sic Em!!

Philip with his game day face on

The cutest little georgia bulldogs I have ever seen!

All smiles with daddy

at the pumpkin patch

And of course mommy had to get some

photos on the front porch

The boys were excited at first

but were quickly over

mommy the paparazzi!

No more pictures please

But how adorable is he?!! Almost smaller than the pumpkins

And the photos just keep on going

Happy Halloween

from our

Bulldogs

yours!!

And we are done!!

Well...

almost done!

My precious

sweet little georgia bulldog

Okay Okay... officially we are done... I promise -No More Pictures (until its time to trick or treat of course -haha)!!

BFFs Philip (UGA football player) and Tyson (Batman) at the pre-trick or treat party
Sweet little pumpkin baby Sutton... how adorable is she?!
BFFs Parker (UGA) and Betsy Grace (Cinderella)
Everyone's ready to trick or treat
Trick
Or
Treat
Smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
Parker loved trick or treating once he realized there was candy waiting ahead
However, he chose to eat his candy
as he got it from each house... notice mouth full! Needless to say his bag was almost empty by the time we got home!!!
Philip "saving the day" as he kept screaming before approaching the scariest house on the street with the man with no hand...
And here is Philip at the scary house... (notice he is the only one not getting candy... he was TERRIFIED!! Too funny!)

Happy Halloween!!

Go Dawgs... Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T17:38:00.001-07:00

This past weekend we took the boys to the beach with my family and went to the largest cocktail party in the world of course... the Georgia/Florida game. We had a wonderful weekend filled with family, playing on the beach (which the boys LOVED of course), good food and AWESOME football! We took a party bus to the game for the day and when our dawgs pulled out the big win 24-20 against the gators... we danced the night away (literally). It was too much fun... cant wait to do it again next year!! Go Dawgs!!!

Phil and I tailgating before the game... so much fun!

Our annual party bus... Gators eat Boogers!

In a sea of RED at the Georgia/Florida game... its game time!!!

Georgia WINS!!!!!

Go DAWGS... we were definitely celebrating our victory... can you tell?!

Parker's Trick or Treat Class Party

2011-10-27T12:16:00.000-07:00

Parker had his Halloween class party which Holly and I were in charge of this year... and it was so much fun!! His sweet teachers Mrs. Lisa and Mrs. Julie let us take the reins... and so of course... we did!!! Parker's class consists of 8 little boys this year... all boys and no girls... how funny is that?! But those little boys are all so sweet and so much fun!! So we had the boys do a cute little mr potato head cowboy pumpkin craft where they each got to decorate their own little pumpkin (so cute) and then we followed it all with some yummy halloween cupcakes!! The kids had a blast and really Holly and I had the most fun planning it. And the best treat of all was a special visit from Parker and Holden's daddys... the boys were so excited!! Is there anything cuter than 8 little 2 year old boys eating cupcakes?! Didn't think so!!! Happy early Halloween!! xoxo

Parker and Holden... BFFs in matching pumpkin outfits (of course) ready for their class halloween party

Mr Potato Head Cowboy pumpkins

The Daddys dove right in to help with the craft... love it!!

Sweet Holls and her precious little pumpkin Holden

And my amazing hubby and my precious little pumpkin Parker

Sweet Kev and Phil helping out

Parker LOVED playing with the mr potato head pumpkins... it was a hit!!

And now it looks like its Cupcake Time!!

Mrs. Lisa and her sweet boys

LOVING

THOSE YUMMY

CUPCAKES!

Mrs. Julie and her sweet boys

Parkerman eating just the icing off the top (looks like mommy might have started a trend - haha)!

And sweet Holden loving his yummy cupcake too!!

The teachers and their boys... Hooray for cupcakes!!

The boys... Holden, Philip and Parker all wearing matching pumpkin outfits! Happy Halloween!

And the party planners and our boys... BFFs!!

Halloween Playgroup

2011-10-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

Are these the cutest (L-R: Liza, Robert the policeman, Philip the uga football player, Parker the bulldog UGA, James the monkey, Lawton the golfer, Anna the giraffe, Olivia as elmo, Philip as Justin Bieber, Macon the pirate and Anna the NC State cheerleader)

little costumes you have ever seen or what??!!!

Dreaming of cupcakes?!

And my sweet little Georgia Bulldog... Go Dawgs!!

And the winner of the BEST costume this year goes to... drumroll people....

JUSTIN BIEBER (Philip Renaldo)

Gotta check out his little shirt... my favorite part second to the shoes of course... the front has a pic of Selena Gomez "my girl" and the back of his shirt says "Together 4 ever"... classic!!! Claire, you are amazing... last year he was Donald Trump with the combover and this year... Justin Bieber!! Love it!

And it wouldn't be Halloween without

yummy cupcakes!!!!!

It wouldn't be almost HALLOWEEN

2011-10-27T11:28:00.000-07:00

Without

Woody and Buzz Lightyear!!

Happy Early Halloween everyone!!!

The next Jeff Gordon of Nascar

2011-10-25T10:24:00.001-07:00

Be sure to mute the music player on the right side of the blog so you can hear the cute laughter of the boys in the video... Enjoy!

Parkerman or Superman

2011-10-23T14:29:00.000-07:00

Well we had an interesting few days at the Brosseau household this week... our sweet little content Parkerman attempted to fly like Superman out of his crib but didn't have a very successful landing to say the least. However, by the time we got to him after hearing his screaming cry... he was standing up and walking out of his room. Praise God there were no broken bones... just a little swollen hand that quickly felt better after lots of mommy and daddy kisses and some time holding buzz's super cool ice pack! So that night - we put Parker into his new big boy bed in Philip's room where they have matching twin beds (of course) and he did great the first night. I think he was just so exhausted and scared from the fall that he slept all night in a new bed without even realizing it. Then the fun began on day 2... at naptime, he wanted nothing to do with that big boy bed and all he kept doing was walking into his room and crying "night night," throwing temper tantrum after temper tantrum, and NOT sleeping (which as you know doesn't work for anyone in this house)! And who could blame him... his bed is his security blankie... he sleeps 14 hours a night and takes 3 hour naps everyday... and not because he wants to sleep but because he LOVES his bed!! It is his safe place!! So needless to say... he wasn't ready to move and lets face it, mommy wasn't really ready for him to move either (why fix a good thing when its not broken, right?!... this mommy loves her sleep too)!! And afterall he is only 20 months and just started walking a few weeks ago. Baby steps here people!! So after lots of crib tents and converting his crib research, we chose to convert his crib and put up a crib bedrail as a transition phase until he is ready for his big boy bed with Philip. I know I know what you are thinking... I did move Philip at 20 months into his big boy bed but only because I was due 2 months later with a new baby and we did LOTS and LOTS of prep work by reading our favorite "bye bye crib" books, going into his big boy room and talking about how special it was and how cool his new bed was, and having special mommy and Philip picnics in his new big boy room for weeks before we moved him. So I am excited to now have some special time to do the same with Parker too... looks like we will be reading our new bye bye crib favorite book here very soon!! But until then... we are going to enjoy this transition time... So heres to the genius that created the convertible crib and to no more Superman adventures!!!

Look whose

a Big Boy

Now!!

And Philip was pretty proud of his little brother as well... can you tell?!

Playing Hooky

2011-10-18T09:54:00.000-07:00

This past week the boys played hooky from preschool and we went to Atlanta for fun with Gigi and Papa Doc, a dinosaur adventure and a sleepover party!! We went from Tuesday - Sunday because Phil had to work from Atlanta for a few days and then played in the PDC Member Guest Golf Tournament over the weekend. We had a great week of fun... the boys loved getting to eat their usual sgetti and chocolate ice cream with m&ms at the Club with Gigi and Doc, go for golf cart jolly rides around the golf course, play and see all the BIG dinosaurs at Fernbank (and with both boys new obsession with dinosaurs, this was a real hit as you can imagine) and loved their sleepover party with Uncle Blake and Aunt Lyd!!! The boys couldn't believe how "the dinosaurs were even bigger than their daddy" as Philip kept saying, Parker loved doing his new adorable "ROOOAAARRRR" every time he saw a new dinosaur and the T-Rex was of course both boys dinosaur of choice (Parker can even say T-Rex now... it is too cute)!!! And Parker now has a new favorite toy... so move over Buzz Lightyear... Papa Doc is now the chosen one!! It was too funny... Phil and I kept laughing trying to figure out what Papa Doc had done to win Parkers little heart over in full but all Parker wanted all week was his "Papa Doc" which he says so good now!! Even when we got home on Sunday and I started to unpack, Parker started repacking his toys and kept saying over and over again "Papa Doc Papa Doc Papa Doc." Good thing we are going to see his Papa Doc in just two weeks in St. Simons!! And then on Saturday night, mommy and daddy had a night out on the town and the boys had a sleepover party with just Uncle Blake and Aunt Lyd! They watched the go dawgs game, played outside, played the boys favorite game "duck duck goose" (hearing Parker play this game might be the cutest thing I have ever seen), slept great and all of that was followed by a fun lazy morning with yummy eggs and bacon!! Blake and Lyd couldn't believe how good the boys were and couldn't believe "how easy" it was to take care of them (a direct quote from my brother Blake)... I explained that the kids sleeping till 9am is not the norm for most kids... mine just LOVE to sleep! Guess Phil and I really do have an amazing thing going with our little sleepers... although when they are up... they are up, wild and crazy!! Glad it was so easy though... looks like we will be hitting them up again soon - ha!! What a great week... looks like its going to be super hard to top all of that with just a week of school, playdates and flu shots this week in Charlotte... good thing we have another fun bday party with cupcakes on Saturday to look forward to!!!

Welcome to Fernbank

The dinosaurs were so big which made my boys look even smaller... too cute

Smiling with Gigi

Cutest dinosaurs

in all of

Fernbank!!

Parker loved playing peek a boo (still his favorite game)

Check out the Stegosaurus

and the HUGE T-Rex's

These were the favorite of the day by far

Parker and Philip playing in the adventure land at Fernbank... having a blast!

Philip (age 20 months)

Parker (age 20 months)... same exact face and stance... monkey see monkey do!

Parker with his curls loving the playhouse

and the bees game with Gigi

The boys also had a real big time

rock

Climbing

and roping

the animals!

And finally before we left the boys each threw in a special penny and made

a Big

WISH!! So fun... we loved Fernbank!

Parker smiling for Aunt Lyd saying "cheese" as he loves to do at their fun sleepover party night! He is such a little ham and flirt... looks like we are going to have our hands full with this one!!

Why didn't I think of this?!!

2011-10-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

I love how some one out there is a billionaire after making the concept of the Mr Potato Head which my kids absolutely LOVE!! And now... someone else is banking off making this precious idea!! Look what we made at the Brosseau household today... Pirate Mr Potato Head Pumpkins!! SO cute!!

Philip is Special

2011-10-17T14:59:00.001-07:00

Check out Philip's first school project this year... a poster of pictures to share with his class to show them why he is special and all the things he loves! From family and beach trips to chocolate ice cream and the georgia bulldogs... he was excited to tell his friends at school all about him!! He started off by saying that he was special because God made him special and then really had fun telling them all the things he loves!! What can I say... he felt like one special 3 year old today and he had a very very proud mommy and daddy!!

Philip was VERY proud of his poster... can you tell?!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins and More Pumpkins

2011-10-09T17:23:00.001-07:00

We had a jam packed weekend of fun... oh how I love the fall!!! On Saturday we went to Riverbend farms and the boys had a blast with friends, seeing all the animals (especially the "Baby moo moo" as Parker kept calling it, riding on the big tractor and of course picking out their favorite pumpkin on the farm. Then we went to a fun fall party where the boys loved sporting their "Go Dawgs" gear and that night cheered our dawgs on to a big SEC win! Sunday we had so much fun enjoying the beautiful fall weather and celebrating sweet Liza's 2nd birthday at the park. Such a great nonstop weekend of fun... now, can I please go take a nap b/c Im exhausted?!!!

Welcome to Riverbend Farms

BFF Holden and Parker trying to see who is taller

Philip and Leighton loved checking out the baby cow

And look daddy at all those chickens!

But Parker was most obsessed with TURKEY... gobble gobble... looks like someone is ready for thanksgiving!!

Random mommy pic... not sure how or when Phil took this pic much less got my camera but had to post it since us mommies are always taking the pics and never in them. (Kelly, Katherine and me)

Boys getting excited

to drive

the BIG Tractor

All Aboard the big hay ride to the pumpkin farm... can you tell how excited the boys are to get their pictures taken?! Ha!

The boys... Will and baby Davis, Phil, Parker and Philip (love how Parker is closing his eyes and Philip is making one of his "are you serious mom?!" faces)

Let the fun begin... Parker, Philip and Holden

Sweet Friends... Elizabeth, Phil and Liza and Katherine, Royer and Leighton

Will and sweet Baby Davis

Kev and Holden

And the first attempt of many

to get a good pic

of my boys... looks like kids win again!

And Philip saying "cheese" in hopes to get some chocolate ice cream later - bribery... works every time!!

The boys dressed in their dawgs gameday outfits

celebrating the Dawgs SEC win against Tennessee

with some yummy cookies!! Go Dawgs!!

Child of the Day

2011-10-05T17:30:00.000-07:00

Today Philip came home from school and was so excited to tell me that "he had a great day today because he was "child of the day" at school!" "Wow," I said, "what did you do to get picked as child of the day" thinking in my head how he must have been a star student or used his manners or something... Philip simply replied, "I did nothing... we all just get a day where we are child of the day." Too funny I thought... And so then I asked him "well what does the child of the day do?" But before I could even get the whole question out of my mouth he was already telling me how the "child of the day which he was today gets to be the line leader and feed the class fish." "Cool... Sounds like pretty big responsibilities to me" I said and he quickly agreed - haha! He was nonetheless very proud of himself and felt really special! Funny how my kids continue to remind me that its the simple things in life that make us feel special and bring us joy... like being the leader of the line or feeding a class fish... looks like even mommy learned something from the "child of the day!"

Philip Brosseau III (aka "Child of the Day")

Philip's First SEC Win... Go DAWGS!!

2011-10-02T09:36:00.001-07:00

This past Saturday, Phil took Philip to the UGA ("Go Dawgs game" as Philip calls it) game in Athens vs. Mississippi State. He was so excited to go to the game and to "be a big boy on a boy's trip" as he kept saying and loved every minute of it... except for Hairy Dawg of course. Philip literally sat in his seat or Phil or Papa Doc's lap and WATCHED the game... the whole game!! He was so good... it looks like we have a little bulldog in the making for sure!! I have never heard of a 3yr old sitting still for 3 hours... but whether he was really watching the game or watching that Hairy Dawg... he sat still so that was a huge success. Philip apparently liked to know Hairy's whereabouts throughout the entire game and if he lost sight of him for one second, Philip was quick to ask daddy, Papa Doc, uncle Blake or Aunt Lyd where that hairy dawg had gone. The best part is Philip isn't scared at all of the real Bulldog UGA (who lets be honest is a little scary... Im even a little scared of him sometimes when he barks) but is terrified of the dressed up person in the Hairy Dawg costume... what can I say Philip doesn't mess around with dressed up animals... he doesn't like them and never has - and yes, that includes Monkey Joe, the Easter Bunny, the Chick-fil-a Cow and the list goes on and on. Looks like Disney World is not in our future anytime soon!! But Philip loved the game, loved tailgating, loved doing the G-O-O-O-O-O Dawgs cheer at every kickoff, loved holding up four fingers at the start of the 4th qtr (mommys favorite too) and of course loved his lunch which consisted of cotton candy, m&ms, a chocolate chip cookie and a jumbo pretzel... whats not to love I guess! Oh and to top all of that... Georgia won and it was Philip's first SEC win at the game... Go Dawgs!!!!

Big and Little Bulldogs in the making (daddies and their boys)

Tailgating with Papa Doc

and Uncle Blakey is so fun

G-O-O-O-O-O Dawgs

F-O-U-R-R -R (getting fired up for the start of the 4th qtr)

Perfect view of the Go Dawgs game and Hairy Dawgs whereabouts of course

Sacked out with his new Bulldog and all

after the "Go Dawgs Game"... Philip's 1st SEC Win!

An Answer to Prayer

2011-09-28T15:50:00.000-07:00

Parker, at 19 1/2 months, is officially full out WALKING!! Walking to school, walking to his room for night night time, walking to his high chair to eat... he is walking everywhere!! And where he used to only walk if he could hold our hand... now he WON'T let us hold his hand as he wants to do it all by himself (now its Good luck to us on trying to get him to go where we want him to go... he's like herding a cat but a walking cat that is... yay!). And on top of all this walking... his new favorite word is "WALK" - he says it from sun up to sun down... its all he wants to do... go figure! I have totally been that worried mommy for so many months now... and after taking him to a physical therapist who told me that we had nothing to worry about that he would walk on his own time... I was still worried! However, little did I know... God was just teaching me a lesson! Phil and I went this past weekend to a marriage retreat with our CLF bible study group and there I for the first time really opened up to Phil about my fear as a failure of a mom because Parker was not walking. Phil and I lifted Parker up in prayer all weekend long as we enjoyed a weekend of lovers bliss... from long walks, lots of talks and diving into the word, Phil and I left rejuvenated and even more in love!! It was AMAZING!!! But as we came home I was still faced with feeling like a failure of a mommy... so after lots of sleepless nights, lots of tears and lots of prayers... I put my hand on top of Parker's head, literally got on my knees and cried my eyes out to the Lord. I prayed till I didnt think I could pray anymore. And the exact second I stopped praying Parker physically got up from sitting on the floor doing puzzles and just started walking... walking like he had been doing it for years! And not only is he walking... but he's really good at it!! I was beyond amazed and truly speechless!!!! We are so proud of our little Parker man and feel beyond blessed!! Guess there is truly something to be said about the power of a mother's prayer! Thank you Lord for your love, for teaching me patience and for giving me the strength to trust and give it all to you!

Parker is walking... be sure to mute the music player on the right hand side of the blog to hear the video

Phil and me on our AMAZING marriage retreat

Philip and Parker getting lots of LOVE from their Mimi and Grande... THANK YOU so much Mimi and Grande for your amazing love and for taking care of our precious cargo while we were away for the weekend... we love you so much and are so blessed to have yall! Hope you got lots of our boy snuggles and kisses!! xoxo

WOW!

2011-09-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

WOW... what can I say except for that I am the luckiest girl in the entire world!! I was sitting at the computer paying bills after just getting the boys down for naps and the doorbell rang. I was very surprised to see a dozen long stemmed beautiful red roses waiting on the other side!! At first I thought... who could these be for (its not my bday) and wow, they are GORGEOUS!!! As I opened the card, my eyes filled up with huge tears... I cant believe he remembered!! The card read, "Hi! Hi! Hi! Happy Ten Year Anniversary of our First Date My Love!! Babysitter comes at 7:45pm, put on a hot dress and let's welcome in another Ten! Love you, Phil" Are you serious?!!! Is he the most wonderful husband ever... and when I called him to thank him profusely... he even remembered what I wore that first date night ten years ago!!! AMAZING!!!! And the worst part is that after a crazy morning of carpool lines, wiping hands and faces, kissing away boo boos, wiping bottoms multiple times, story time and lots of hugs and kisses before naptime... I hadn't even had a minute to breathe and it had not even crossed my mind that today was the ten year anniversary of our first date! I will never forget that night in Athens, GA at DePalmas that changed my life forever!! And after 10 years together (7 of those married), 2 babies, 2 dogs and 6 houses... I love you more today than I did back then!! I love you baby and am so thankful for you... you continue to surprise me even after ten years and you truly are my soul mate, best friend, spiritual leader, lover and the best daddy I know!! Still dont know what I did to deserve you and am so blessed to know that when God was creating me, he had chosen you!! I can only hope and pray that our precious boys someday find the amazing love we share!! Cheers to many more years together and many more babies (oops... did I just say that outloud - ha, no we we arent pregnant), Now gotta run... gotta go figure out what in the heck I am going to wear tonight!!!! xoxo

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round

2011-09-13T16:53:00.004-07:00

And we are so excited as this week is our first week back to school for the boys. Philip had his first day yesterday and Parker had his first day today!! We celebrated with special donuts for breakfast (a real treat since mommy usually just fixes cereal for everyone) and the boys put on their new school bags and off we went. We like always sang "the wheels on the bus song" all the way to school but this time Parker was a little upset to say the least. He didnt understand why he now had a bag packed to be dropped off too. So I guess you could say Parker was a little upset (the pictures speak 1000 words) about this whole new idea of school for him... afterall he is used to spending his days being spoiled with mommy so he had a little bit of a rough start. But by the time I went to get him, he was playing with all the little kids including his bff Holden and new toys and the teachers said he did great! I however was a mess (you would think that with the second one it should get easier but the waterworks just started like crazy when I left the parking lot with now not one but two empty carseats)... but thanks to some Missoni shopping at target I cheered right up!! And Philip on day 2 is starting to really like his new friends in his class... thanks to two little boys who celebrated with birthday cookies today (although we still have our occasional melt downs over being in a different class than his bff Charlie). However, today they got to play together on the playground so Philip was beyond excited to tell me all about how he and Charlie played on the scooter to the game "green light - go, red light - stop. and then the scooter broke" - oops... hope we dont have to pay for that one... that could make for an expensive school year! But then again... its so worth it because long school days mean VERY tired little boys... yay, for mommy!!!

Labor Day Adventures

2011-09-13T16:53:00.001-07:00

For Labor Day we went to Atlanta for the "Go Dawgs" (as Philip calls them) kickoff game in the Dome. Besides our weak showing... it was still an absolute blast to see all our family and friends!!! The boys loved getting their game day faces on with their go dawgs matching jerseys who are still of course giving the shout out to our boy Matthew Stafford... afterall these boys may be born in Georgia and NC but they still have their TX roots from their daddy! Then after the ga game on Saturday we took the boys to Macon to stay the night with our best friends from college Mollie and Steven and play with their little ones Harry (who is 5 weeks older than Philip and they grew up their first year of life together as BFF before we moved to Charlotte and they moved to Macon) and Lynde Anne (their newest little addition who is 5 months old - so precious)!! The boys had a blast driving Harry's gator ruling the land except for the part when Philip drove it full speed into the house and Harry looked at Philip and said "lets switch"... looks like daddy has some driving lessons in the near future - ha!! And then after a fun day of playing... the boys really enjoyed their spend the night party sleeping in the same bed together coma style... too cute. Parker loved joining in on the fun and was all about baby Lynde and making sure she wasnt left out. He kept saying "baby" all weekend long while patting her head... looks like he might have found his new girlfriend!! LOVE these little ones and miss our best friends in Macon way too much! Cant wait to see yall at some GA games soon, we are fired up for another fun season... Go Dawgs!!!

Game faces on... lets just hope daddy brushes that hair before the 8pm kickoff

Nothing better than a little early morning wrestling

Go Dawgs

Philip and Harry

loved driving

the Gator

like big boys!

Coma style sleep... I love this picture!

Parker man checking on baby Lynde... so sweet

Lastly, the Parents made an attempt to get a picture of all the big boys who clearly didnt want to get their picture taken

Looks like the kids won!

Meet the Teachers at MPUMC

2011-09-01T10:36:00.000-07:00

Today we went to meet Parker and Philip's preschool teachers at Myers Park Methodist. The boys were so excited that they both woke up early and took a fun shower with daddy. Then we got dressed in our matching clothes and off we went as a family of four. This will be Parker's first year at preschool so as you can imagine his big brother Philip was very proud to walk him in to the school and show him all around. Parker LOVED it... he loved his teachers Mrs. Julie (who is Charlie, Philip's BFF from school last year's mommy) and Mrs. Lisa, he loved the toys, he loved all his friends especially his BFF Holden (which I am pretty sure they will be running the show between the two of them before long), he pretty much LOVED it all!! And we even met a few new friends in Parker's class that was such a fun surprise... we met Charlie (Cat's little boy who we know from last year) and we also met Bryce... the infamous kissing "Kate" from camp's little brother (who Kate still apparently wants to rename Philip) are all in Parker's class and Kate was even there to show her little brother around too. What can I say Philip and Kate's love affair might just continue afterall!!!! Next up was Philip's class... he got to meet his new teachers Mrs. Shuler and Mrs. Poole, meet lots of new friends Connor, Conrad, Griffin and lots more and he got to play in his new cool big kid room. It was full of arts centers, sand tables, reading nooks and more. He is very excited and best of all he will be just 3 doors down from Parker man's classroom. Philip has already assured me as we left today that he will make sure "Parker and Holden are doing okay and not crying like babies" (gotta love his concern over his little brother "crying like a baby" and ruining his rep at preschool) and I can assure you Philip will!! Here's to a fun new school year... we can't wait for it to start (especially mommy)!!!!!!!

Those shoes were made for walking

2011-08-31T10:03:00.000-07:00

We had Parker's physical therapy evaluation appointment this morning and lets just say I apparently have been worried for nothing!! Parker completed all the tests/exercises great... the dr said there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this child except he smiles TOO MUCH!! He LOVED being the center of attention and loved showing off without his big brother around. Parker even started dancing and singing "uh-oh oh oh oh" which the boys have claimed is mommy's favorite song (Britney Spears) which was a little embarrassing today when they asked me what he was singing... I of course acted like I had never heard it before (oopsie). Anyways they said he is completely fine and has no neurological or physical issues... he just walks with his ankles going in a little like all babies do when they start to walk and that he just needs to build up those muscles so some supportive shoes will give him the confidence to do it on his own. They also said the only reason he is delayed in his walking is apparently b/c he had a big brother and Mommy who do it all for him so he doesnt have to walk on his own to get things and that as he is trying to keep up with his big brother who RUNS everywhere... walking is way too slow so he prefers to crawl since its much faster!! They suggested getting Parker some new balances or some white high tops and that he would build up those feet muscles and be walking in no time at all. So we are all walking and jumping for joy at the Brosseau house... thank you all for your prayers and we are so excited with this wonderful news!! And cheers to our the newest little frat star... Parker will be overjoyed that now he can have matching fratty new balances just like his big brother and his daddy and mommy is just thankful that now I will be able to sleep at night again!

There is nothing better than Dinosaur cookies to celebrate... yay!!

Bye-Bye Curls

2011-08-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

Well really bye-bye to just a few curls I guess... our little Parker man got his first hair cut today and lets just say I was a wreck. I cried pretty much through the whole thing (gotta love the hormones of us mommies)... somehow in my mind, 1st haircut = growing up and going to college (praise the lord I am a little bit of an exaggerator and that isn't really what it means). However, he still has tons of curls and as Phil says you can barely tell he even got it cut. Well, he definitely got a little trim and he does still look too cute for words curls and all! But hopefully now his daddy will stop calling him Toby Keith every 5 minutes and every person in the grocery store will stop asking me how old SHE is!!

Getting all ready riding in the firetruck

awaiting his haircut

at Pigtails and Crewcuts (same place where Philip had his first haircut 2 years ago)

Both boys dilligently guarding the Firetruck

so none of the other kids pick it first (of course)

Smock or no Smock...

No Smock... but animal cookies are always a must

Note: it is only this long when its wet... I know I know... it was definitely time!

Haircuts mean lots

and lots

of Lollipops!!

So over it at this point... can you tell?!

And all done... Too cute for words (curls and all)!

Cheers to Lollipops,

Sweet, Loving Brothers

and Haircuts!

A+ Doctor Reports

2011-08-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, both boys had their well checkup appt and lets just say both got rewarded with LOTS and LOTS of stickers (literally Jan, our favorite, spoiled the boys with like 15 stickers) and lollipops... yay!! Parker had his 18 month visit and weighed 27 lbs 8 oz (50%) and was 33 1/2 inches tall (75%). He used all his favorite words for Dr. Ryan ("Night Night", "Ready" "here you go", "all done", "ready", "where r u "pill up"", "I love you", "hello", "ball", "please", "thank-you", "Buzz", "Woody", "Banana", "Fruit Snacks", "Mommy", "Daddy" and right after his shot he screamed "Bye-Bye." (Note his words are in order of importance which Phil and I really still dont know how we made the tail end of the list especially even after Buzz and Woody... but such is life I guess). Lets just say our sweet Parker man who I thought would never talk trying to get a word in with his older brother around is exactly like his older brother and instead never shuts up... he even sang his favorite song "wheels on the bus." So basically he talked nonstop through his entire part of the appt which Dr. Ryan was very impressed about, however though he stood up and danced while he sang wheels on the bus without holding onto anything... he wouldn't WALK!! He is taking lots of steps and when I say lots... like over 10 steps at a time by himself, he can stand up on his own, booty dance dropping down low and up again by himself (obviously he's got a little Buckler in him) but as he wants to ALWAYS keep up with his big brother Philip who is pretty much ALWAYS running, walking is just definitely not his primary mobility of choice. Dr. Ryan was still not worried but as a mom of two with an 18 month old not primarily walking, I demanded a second opinion. So I got a referral and we are all scheduled to take Parker to a physical therapist next week. Dr. Ryan said he clearly can walk (obviously), there is nothing wrong with him in anyway physically or mentally (he exceeded the social skills and talking portion of the appt), he just chooses not to walk which is apparently very common in second children who have an older sibling so close in age as well as premature babies (and he was born a month early). She even joked that he will probably be walking full out before our appt but me (the neurotic mom... and yes, I am admitting it - I have been a little obsessive over this whole walking issue) is still choosing to just find out if there is anything I can be doing better to encourage him to walk more. Dr. Ryan said the therapist will give Parker an evaluation which she said she is sure will be that he is perfect but just being a late walker (aka - give me the neurotic mommy a peace of mind) and then give us some exercises to encourage Parker to walk more and that he will probably be running in no time at all. At that point I am sure I will wish he was still crawling as I will then have two wild little boys under the age of THREE running in different directions. Good thing I have two arms I guess!! However, we welcome and ask for all of your prayers and I will keep you all updated. So, other than the "late walking" Parker is absolutely perfect from head to toe!! Next up was Philip who had his 3 yr visit and impressed Dr. Ryan with his outgoing little personality to say the least. He told her all about animal camp, his little brother Parker and of course about kissing KATE (I was mortified but played it off pretty well I think)!! He also really loved being the center of attention (as always... definitely gets this from his daddy) and showing the Dr how he knew all his colors, shapes, etc., telling her all about how he goes pee pee and poop on the big boy potty and he even got his shot without crying! He weighed 32 lbs (50%) and was 39 1/2 inches tall (65%)... absolutely perfect!! And as we left, Philip was so VERY PROUD of himself (to put it mildly), that he decided to tell all the nurses, the checkout staff and every single person in the waiting room (all 15 of them and their kids) how "he didn't even cry when he got his shot but his little brother Parker did!" Uh-oh... looks like the brotherly competition has already begun... what are we going to do with this kid when he is like 16?!!

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

2011-08-24T16:48:00.000-07:00

Well lets just start off by saying I am pretty sure Philip III is going to be a lady's man not to mention have way more game than his daddy ever did. We all remember his love affair with 2yr old Ellie in school last year. It all started with her (which his teachers still to this day call the hottest 2yr old romance they had ever seen)... and how he used to get his friends to switch places with him in line so he could stand next to her and secretly hold her hand, and how he always had to sit next to her while they ate lunch, and not to forget the infamous moment when he screamed at the top of his lungs how he wanted to "show Ellie his woody" in front of every parent in the church school. Well, somehow we survived that and didnt get blacklisted from school (praise the lord) but we have now moved onto a new chapter in Philip's love life. He is in Animal camp this week at the Charlotte Nature Museum which he absolutely LOVES. When I went to pick him up the first day at camp, his teachers said he did great however they did have one little concern. They pointed to the cutest little bleach blond 3yr old and asked me if we knew "Kate" or were good friends with her family. I of course said no that I had never met Kate or her family but I was sure they were wonderful people, why do you ask? Well the counselor responded, we couldn't get Philip to stop kissing Kate. The counselors asked if we could please talk to Philip about not kissing Kate (apparently they get concerned about germs or something like that) and I of course said sure. So we got in the car and Philip immediately started telling me all about his love affair with Kate and how Kate was his girlfriend and how she really liked all his kisses. I explained to him that showing our love is a wonderful thing however we have to be careful with our friends (and friends we don't even know (aka Kate)) and that instead of kissing Kate he needed to use his words instead and that he could save all those kisses for mommy (of course right, as I know there will come a day when I don't get those anymore so no need to give those away just yet... I mean afterall he is only THREE!!). He of course responded with that he would kiss me but he wanted to kiss Kate too... so lets just say when Phil got home from work he had his work cut out for him. He took Philip to get chocolate ice cream, his favorite, (bribery... always works) and explained that he couldn't kiss Kate but when he gets older he should kiss as many girls as possible! Philip agreed as he licked his ice cream cone (again bribery... works everytime). Then when Phil told me about his lecture I of course was mortified. I mean really, to all you mommy's out there... Can you believe he told him to kiss as many girls as possible?! He's THREE and already getting in trouble with kissing girls... what, are we trying to raise a man slut?!! Can't wait for the letters from the teachers we are going to get sent home when he's 15 and really hits puberty!! But at that point there was nothing more to do but wait. So then this morning when I took Philip to camp to drop him off, I met Kate's mommy. She and I laughed as she explained that the love affair was definitely mutual and how Kate had talked nonstop about Philip and even suggested to her mommy that she really thought it was best if she just changed her little brother, Bryce's, name to Philip too. Apparently little miss Kate loved every minute of the attention and kisses from Philip like he had said. Kids are really too funny at this age and at least Phil's lecture worked b/c today when I picked Philip up from camp, he immediately got into the car and said, "mommy, I didnt kiss Kate today!" Hilarious and what a day... but still cannot believe that I am already having to address PDA with our THREE year old!

Mommy's little bakers

2011-08-11T18:02:00.001-07:00

There

Nothing

Better

Than

Homemade

Warm

Chocolate

Chip

Sweetest Morning Ever

2011-08-03T08:33:00.001-07:00

This morning Philip woke up a little earlier than usual at 8am so he went downstairs and had breakfast (and morning quiet time with the Lord) just him and his daddy. When I came downstairs 30 minutes later, this was what I saw... a little piece of heaven! There is nothing better in the whole world than waking up and learning Psalms 68 from my precious 3 yr old (and yes, that is the same precious 3 yr old that pulled the fire alarm a few weeks back!!). Praise God for teaching us unconditional love! (Philip's favorite part was obviously the following: "May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God, may they be happy and joyful. Sing to God, sing praise to his name." Psalms 68:1-4)

"I'm NOT gonna pull that RED thing again!"

2011-08-01T09:45:00.000-07:00

Yep, you read it right. Those were the words that came out of Philip's mouth as we pulled into MP Baptist Church today for his first day of GOLF camp! He attended sports camp four weeks ago at the same place and lets just say to put it mildly, it did NOT end on a great note! Apparently one of three little boys were waiting in the carpool line and saw a really cool red thing that said pull down on it. So what did one little boy (not to be mentioned) do... pulled it down. It was a disaster and caused absolute chaos as the fire trucks came in minutes and the counselors (who were outnumbered by screaming and out of control three year olds) had to evacuate all the little ones outside and all this while the carpool line was forming with lots of cars going in and out of the parking lot (could it have happened at a more awful time, I think not?!). So When I picked up Philip and laughed to the counselor about how awful that was and I know it couldn't have been Philip that pulled it (note to self: insert foot in mouth now), she responded with well, actually we don't know who it was. All we know is that it was one of three little boys and apparently Philip Brosseau was one of the 3 little culprits. She continued that when the counselor sat them down to explain that what they did was wrong and dangerous (since none of them even knew what a fire alarm was at age 3), they asked which one of them did it. Much to their surprise... all three little boys raised their hand and confessed to the crime. I of course was mortified as any mommy would be and learned a very important lesson... never assume that your little precious 3 yr old didn't cause the chaos... b/c chances are they did!! Gotta love curious little boys!! So here's to a new week of Golf camp and hoping that no red things get pulled!!

Golf Hockey...

But we are learning and loving GOLF!!

Beaches, Beaches and more Beaches

2011-08-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

So sorry I haven't blogged in like FOREVER!! We have been gone for weeks and since I need my computer at home to blog (sounds like someone needs an iPad (hint hint Phil!!))... I have been blogless! But we are home now for a few weeks and I promise I will update some fun pics of the boys from the beaches of St. Simons and Florida very soon (although since getting their picture taken seems to be the boys LEAST favorite thing these days... we will have to see if there are any that even photoshop can have any hope for)!

Stay tuned... xoxo

Hats off to

2011-07-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

Parker man... whether he is a

Cowboy

Or a Baseball

Superstar

He is the happiest little boy in town!

Hole in ONE!

2011-07-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th... sweet as sugar!!

2011-07-04T19:54:00.001-07:00

We had a wonderful 4th of july in Atlanta at the AAC! The day started with us taking the boys to the pool and Philip jumped off the big boy diving board all by himself for the first time ever - we were so so proud... as was he if you can imagine!! Then that night it was onto the fun 4th of July events... the boys as usual LOVED riding the ponies, petting the animals at the petting zoo, jumping in the "monkey joes" (as philip calls it) bouncehouse, watching fireworks and eating SWEETS!!! It became a contest between my dad and brother I think to see who could give Philip and Parker the most sweets... their dinner each consisted of 1/2 a hamburger bun AND chocolate ice cream, cookies, star lollipops, brownies and twizzlers! Are you kidding me?! But it was a blast and the boys LOVED the fireworks especially Philip who would scream "BAM" after each one went off... needless to say there were LOTS of bams and Philip as always loved having an audience!! Then when we got back to my parents house, Phil, my dad and uncle had another firework show with the most amazing fireworks that Phil had bought in SC on our drive to Atlanta. It was crazy that we could shoot something off that big in my parents backyard but Philip of course LOVED every minute of it including holding his very own sparkler for the first time (I know - please don't call defax on us) and staying up until 10:00pm. He was finally so tired that he said, "okay daddy, last firework... its time for me to go to bed now." I mean are you serious... how old is this kid, 3 or 23?!! Happy 4th everyone and I hope you all had a wonderful day with family and friends!! (PS - Pics to come later... need to get them off my moms camera since I had mommy brain and forgot mine - such is life with 2 little ones under the age of 3 I guess!!)

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round

2011-07-02T13:56:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-26T10:15:00.000-07:00

Well what can I say... you are the best daddy in the whole world and your boys love you more than anything... even more than chocolate ice cream (which is a whole lot if you know Philip and Parker). The boys and I are so blessed to have you as not only a loving daddy and husband but also as an amazing man of God who loves all three of us with all of your heart! Every time I watch Philip and Parker light up when you walk into the room after a long day at work, my heart smiles. Every time I watch you bathe the boys at night and then wrestle with them during your "boy time", my heart skips a beat. Every time I watch you sing "I love you lord" to Parker at bedtime and then read and sing stories to Philip in his bed, my heart melts. What can I say... every time I watch you with my babies... my heart stops! You truly complete us and we love you more than words! We are so lucky to have you as our daddy and we look forward to celebrating many more father's days with our amazing daddy!! xoxo

You teach us

how to walk

And how to

play golf

But most importantly, you teach us that you love us and that we have a heavenly father that loves us more than we can imagine! Thank you daddy, we love you too!

LONG OVERDUE...

2011-06-17T18:16:00.000-07:00

At the end of May, we were so blessed with a wonderful weekend filled with family!! Phil's sister Meg, her husband, Chris, and their two precious little boys, Hunter and Charlie, came to visit us in Charlotte. We had never met Charlie (7mo.) who is the sweetest and cutest thing I have ever seen in the whole world and they had never met Parker (15mo)... so as you can imagine it was a get together long overdue!! We had an absolute blast with 4 boys under the age of 3 and the weekend was filled with lots of fun playground playdates, dinosaur cookies, ice cream treats, yummy family friendly dinners out with chocolate milk (of course), baths together and lots of hugs and kisses!! Philip was ecstatic as this was the first time he officially got to have a friend/cousin sleep in his room in his other twin bed with him.. so as you can imagine even though it has been weeks since they had to go back to their home in Ohio, he is still asking when Hunter can come back and spend the night!! Thank yall so much for coming all the way to see us, we love yall very much and can't wait to get together with all the boys again soon!! There is just nothing more special than the love of family!

Who wants chocolate milk?! (Philip and Hunter)

Cheers to Chocolate Milk at Big Daddy's!!

Dinosaur Cookies on our way to the park... so yummy!

Big Boys swinging all by themselves

And the little ones including Philip on the cool slide

My favorite pic ever... my happy, happy Parker man

Bathtime is
so fun... especially

with your cousins in a bath lightshow

And after baths, what's up next... wrestle mania

Big

Brothers

can be

so Mean!

Chunky Monkey or Lil Peanut?

2011-06-17T17:44:00.000-07:00

Parker had his 16 month checkup today (really it was for his 15 month appt but we were a little late on his checkup as he turned 16 months this week... poor second child syndrome). However, he did great!! He weighed in at only 26 lbs 5 oz (and I was so shocked that I asked them if the scale was broken and made them weigh him twice)!!! How embarrassing when I realized the scale was working just fine it just appears mommie's biceps are a little weak. He is such a chunk (my chunky monkey) that I was positive that he weighed over 30 lbs and Phil was even banking on 40 lbs!! Silly us... he is only in the 55% for weight which is straight down the middle average!! Can you believe that most babies his age are this big?!! Wow... us mommies need to start working out more so we can tote these little ones around!! Parker also was 33 inches tall (75% for height) and Dr. Ryan was very impressed with his climbing, dancing and TALKING skills (all of which he did in the drs office today)!! Even though he is the second child, he doesn't miss getting a word in all day long!!! He literally never stops talking... guess he is taking after his brother and his daddy - haha!! His favs these days are "mama", "dada", "bye-bye", "hello" (while he puts his hand to his ear like he is talking on the phone - oopsie... looks like mommy might be talking just a little too much on her phone these days), "uh-oh" when he drops stuff on the floor, "here you go," "more," and of course "up" when he wants to be picked up which is all the time these days!! Parker is still not walking on his own but can literally RUN with his push toys and can walk with just one hand next to mommy or daddy when he feels up to it. He can stand all by himself and he literally climbs up on tables like he is superman. Dr. Ryan laughed when I acted worried about him not walking... she said if he can climb like he is doing and stand up on his own... he can walk - he is just going to do it in his own time. Do you think that was her nice way of saying that he is stubborn?! Oh great, looks like we have another strong-willed little boy on our hands!! And we are so excited to be heading to the beach for a whole week with my family in the morning... looks like Parker is going to be in for Gigi's walking boot camp at the beach!!

Hot Dog Hot Dog Hot Diggity Dog

2011-05-15T15:35:00.001-07:00

Sound familiar?! Well that was the song that played over and over and over in the Brosseau house this past week and weekend... what fun!! We had a blast with our fun visit from our Mimi and Grande. Mimi brought Philip his very own Mickey mouse ears that have his name on the back that Phil wore as a little boy from his first trip to Disney World years ago (which was so cool) and she brought the boys favorite (including daddy) as always JD's chocolate chip cookies. Philip LOVED wearing the ears around and both boys of course loved singing and dancing to the "hot dog" song and eating yummy cookies all weekend long! Mimi and Grande, we love yall so very much and can't thank you enough for your sweet visit! We can't wait to see you soon and we miss you already! (And Note to Self: I need to be better about taking more pics especially when our sweet grandparents are here).

*Remember to mute the music player to the right of the blog to listen to the video*

Philip dancing in his

cool new mickey mouse ears!

Grande reading to his boys

Philip and Parker

love to

be silly

mickey mouse style!

Wishing you all a hot dog diggity dog day, xoxo

There is just nothing sweeter than the sound

2011-05-08T17:22:00.000-07:00

of my 3 BOYS!! I am so blessed to have all three of them and couldn't imagine my life any different! It's because of these sweet hand prints and foot prints, giggles and tears that I am the luckiest girl in the whole world! Philip gave me the sweetest gift tied with a precious little ribbon this year and it read:

I made a special gift for you

To celebrate your day

And to thank you for taking care of me

In a kind and loving way.

Now you'll see it's dressed in ribbon

And tied into a bow

Be sure to save this ribbon

'cause there's a secret you should know.

The ribbon has been cut just right

To show you I've grown so tall

And one day when you pull it out

You'll think of it as small.

Our bond is all our own.

We were always meant to be.

God not only gave me to you,

But He chose you for me.

So today I wish all you amazing mommies out there a wonderful day of love! We have the toughest job in the whole world but one that definitely gives the BIGGEST reward! And to my sweet mom, YOU are so amazing and I wouldn't be here without YOU! I have learned so much from you... what it means to be truly giving and caring, how to believe in myself and my ideals and most importantly the unconditional love of our heavenly father. I'm always happy when someone says that I remind them of you... because there isn't anyone else in the world I'd rather be like... I love you MOM! Happy Mother's Day!

Guess whose swimming like little fish...

2011-05-07T14:49:00.000-07:00

Philip and Parker!!! Today, we started swim lessons for Philip and Parker at the Y and they both absolutely LOVE it! Philip was so excited to be in a big boy class for the first time ever with just the instructor and other kids and his favorite part he said was of course jumping in like Buzz lightyear while yelling "to infiniti and beyond." He would literally stand and jump on the side practicing while he was waiting his turn for Mrs. Christine to let him jump in off the side... too cute! And Parker was so excited to be in his first mommy and me swim class and he did great! He loved splashing in the water and kicking his feet, loved swimming after the balls (of course) and even went down the slide and blew bubbles... such a big boy! Mommy, daddy, Philip and Parker loved our family saturday morning swim lessons and can't wait for next week!!

Philip's Pike swim class (Philip is 2nd from left)

Philip was so proud of himself and loved waving to daddy, Parker and mommy on the other side of the pool during his swim lesson (he wanted to make sure we were watching him the whole time... too funny).

Philip floating on his back with Mrs. Christine

Parker and daddy getting their feet wet

Parker swimming like a fish all by himself

Look at me mommy, no floaties... (must admit made me a little nervous)

And we always love the fun water swing

Brothers playing in the water... too quick for mommie's camera I guess

Yay... we did it Woody!

2011-05-05T16:31:00.000-07:00

Well, we couldn't be more excited and proud of our big boy Philip... he is officially potty trained and did it in just 3 days! On Day 3 of potty training we wore our big boy underwear and clothes all day and he had no accidents. Then today, he was back at school, had no accidents and even poopied on the potty at school... his teachers were very impressed and he was so excited to tell all his friends about how big he is now that he can potty, show them his cool new toy story underwear and tell them all about his treasure chest (of course) at home. Sometimes bribery to teach lessons works, right?!

Next thing you know he will be a big boy drinking at the bar... baby steps, mommy is so not ready for those days!

Potty Training Day 2

2011-05-03T10:32:00.000-07:00

Yay... there is a God and he is amazing!! And there is a potty training whisperer and her name is Lora Jensen! Philip woke up today, had one accident this morning and then no more after that. We started following very strictly the 3 day potty training guide by Lora Jensen and though I don't know Lora... I LOVE her!! He has started going to the bathroom all on his own... he likes to go by himself (of course our little mr. independent- don't know where he gets that from) and then he likes to call me in there when he is done to see his pee pee or poopie... he has pee peed 10 times and had two big poopies today... YAY!! He then enjoys flushing it down the potty and waving bye-bye as he says "bye-bye pee pee, bye-bye poopie!" I of course, his mommy paparazzi, tried to get this on video but he likes his privacy and he said "no mommy, your phone can't watch me"... oopsie, can you blame him?! So as you can imagine, we are celebrating over here like its 1999 in the Brosseau house!! Philip is our big boy superstar and he has enjoyed putting lots of stickers on his potty chart, doing the potty celebration dance buck naked (of course), eating lots of m&m's and getting lots of little surprises from his toy story treasure chest. Let's hope tomorrow is just as wonderful!!

Yes, I'm going to my p-o-t-t-y, p-o-t-t-y now..

2011-05-02T11:06:00.001-07:00

Well those are the words of the potty song and I have heard them over and over and over again about a thousand times and am ready to jump out of a window! We are potty training at the Brosseau house! Since Philip turned 3 last week, we told him that now that he is 3, he is a big boy and big boys go on the potty. We got toy story and thomas big boy underwear, threw away all our old "baby diapers" (so he thinks... Parker will need them someday), bought cool stickers and made our toy story potty chart hanging on the frig, got all our favorite juice boxes and chocolate milk, a potty watch to help us remember to try to go, and lots of special treats (m&ms and toy story toys in a treasure chest) for our successes! So far we have watched the potty dvd a million times, read books, colored all on the potty and have had no success... 1 Day in and I'm not feeling so great about this... I mean he will get this right?! We had two pee pee accidents, poopied on the backyard sidewalk (where he cheered and said, "look mommy, I poopied like Herschel"), I even went potty in his little potty to show him how (lets just say those little things were NOT made for adults clearly), and we finally pulled out all stops when daddy got home and put Philip on the potty with the kitchen sink water running and had him put his hand in warm water all while sitting and still nothing! Lets just hope he's not wearing pull ups in the 10th grade...

Potty Training Day 1: Philip and Jessie and lots of Juice Boxes

Philip and Jessie trying to "go on the big potty"

Parker getting excited about the potty

Philip's Sticker Potty Chart... Day 1 and still no stickers :o(

And finally pulling out all stops... the sound of the kitchen faucet water running and Philip with his hand in warm water... still no potty

The Toys are Back in Town... Happy 3rd Birthday Philip

2011-04-27T10:54:00.001-07:00

Philip had such a fun Toy Story party at Monkey Joes with all his sweet friends! Gigi, Papa Doc, Grandmommie and Granddaddy all came into town for the big party and it was a blast!! I had so much fun planning and making things for this cute party theme... From monkey and lady bug personalized party favors (to tie in the Monkey Joes location of course) to decorating with all Philips favorite toys (Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Bullseye and more) and Mr. Potato Head cake pops (which I thought would be so fun to make but after the fifth hour... the fun-ness wore off for sure... at least they tasted yummy)... Philip had the best time at his Toy Story 3rd Birthday Party!! Thanks everyone so much for coming... Philip is now already asking when his next party is!! Praise the lord birthdays only come around once a year!!

Philip's Toy Story Party room

The birthday boy catching his first glimpse of his party room

Toy Story cake and cupcakes

Happy 3rd

Birthday

Philip!!

Cupcakes with Woody's star badge

Mr. Potato Head cake pops

Woody, Jessie and Bullseye made the party of course

Personalized Party favors for all the precious little kids

Monkey ice packs party favor (to tie in the Monkey joes piece)

These tasted yummy....

but took way too long

to make! Lesson learned :0)

The Toy Story party table

The Birthday boy so excited about his toy story party room

Philip LOVING

the BIG Monkey Joes slide

Gorgeous Leighton loving the BIG slide

Beautiful Betsy Grace loving the BIG slide

And Precious Parker man not loving the BIG slide

Philip and his Gigi

The birthday boy in his king chair with his hat and sword

Best daddy ever with the video camera out of course

Party Chaos... so fun!

Pizza, cupcakes, cake pops and lollipops... life just doesn't get better than this for three year olds

Happy Birthday Boy

Sweetest great grandparents ever... Grandmommie and Granddaddy

Daddy and Philip enjoying some yummy pizza

Gorgeous Holls and her beautiful Holden

Blowing out the candles making

A Big Boy

3yr old WISH

Holden getting ready for some cupcakes... Parker's BFF

And Parker man eyeing the cupcakes too... how long are they going to make me wait?!

Beautiful Tyler enjoying some yummy cake pops

Let me eat CAKE

Can't wait to dig in

Precious Court... cutest cupcake eater at the party!

ADORABLE

Happy Tyson and Avery LOVING cupcakes

Cuties Jackson and Margaret Blount LOVING cupcakes

Precious Neely and Mary Brooks LOVING cupcakes

Sweet Ellie all done with her cupcake

Beautiful Margaret Blount still LOVING her cupcake

Adorable Lawton all done with his cupcake

Charlie... Philip's BFF at school with his cupcake mustache

And Parker man finally LOVING

his cupcake

Philip crushing his birthday cake all by himself (of course)

The Birthday Star

One more bite please...

Philip loving on his Gigi and Grandmommie

Yay... (Tyson and Avery)

its Lollipop time (Harper and Tyler)

Lollipops are so cool

Philip and Mommy in the money pit catching money to get a birthday surprise

Look how big I am

Parker getting lots of lovin' from his sweet Gigi and Papa Doc

Happy Lawton... best dancer

at the Party!

My all time fav pic... so sweet

Philip's Birthday Cake... crushed!

Toy Story lollipop favors

Party favors to go

Ken and Barbie and all their Toy Story Friends

would like to say

Thank you

for coming

to Philip's Party!

Birthday Cupcakes, Donuts in Bed & Big Boy Adventures for the Birthday King

2011-04-26T12:23:00.001-07:00

Today, we took birthday cupcakes for Philip and all his friends at school and boy, was he fired up to have his daddy, mommy and his Parker man at his school with all his friends!! He had a special birthday crown that he wore all day long (we could barely get it off of him to take a nap - took me making up a story about how woody and buzz wear birthday crowns but they never sleep in them for him to agree to take it off)! Oh the joys of having a three year old... he's always negotiating! Let the fun begin!! And then to celebrate Philip turning 3 on his actual birthday, April 27, we started the day with donuts in bed with candles and singing and the whole nine yards! He was so excited!! Next up was our big boy adventure day that mommy had been telling him about for weeks!! So out we went... mommy, Philip, and Parker to the kids discovery place in uptown. Philip LOVED it!! They had the coolest, biggest water table he had ever seen and he loved squirting Parkerman with the water guns (of course). Then we played the kitchen tool drum set and Philip did a concert for everyone around as he sang "you got a friend in me (too cute right?! Well unfortunately he got mommy's singing voice)." Next up... the light-n-bright (mommy's favorite). It was so cool and the kids got to make fun pictures with the lifesize light-n-bright (wish they had these big ones when I was a little girl... one of my favorite all time classic toys growing up). Philip also hula hooped, played puzzles, saw all the fish in the aquarium and the rainforest animals and it all ended with a fun lunch out with cupcakes (of course) to celebrate!! It was a full big boy day... isn't being 3 so fun?!! NEXT up... Philip's Toy Story Monkey Joe's Birthday Party... he can hardly wait!!

Easter Bunnies are SCARY

2011-04-25T05:29:00.001-07:00

We had a wonderful easter week at the beach with our great friends the Luciers! Great friends, great food, great kids playing in the sand and lots of mommy and daddy cocktails at night made the perfect week!! With a one yr old, two yr old, three yr old, and four year old... the trip was to put it mildly full of surprises but in the end was the best surprise of all... the Easter Bunny!! Although from the videos and pics you will see... the easter bunny was not the kids favorite by any means! Philip talked a big talk walking up to meet the bunny asking for his toy story "ham" the pig (of course)... but as he got closer the brakes came on! And Parker was not a fan of the scary bunny either but LOVED the beach, the ocean and eating sand (of course). Thank you so much to the Luciers for a wonderful week at the beach... it was definitely a trip we will never forget!! Enjoy!

The Lucier/Brosseau Beach Trip 2011

Easter bunnies are scary

Let me out!!

All 4 kids crying at once... Priceless!

Parker loved the easter egg hunt

But most of all he just loved

the EGGS

Beach Trip 2011

Avery, Parker, Philip and Tyson

Mommys attempt at getting a cute beach pic

And yet another failed attempt

Philip loving the ocean

Best Friends... Tyson and Philip

The big boys Jumping waves

Theres nothing better than snacks on the beach in mommys chair

Sipping on mommy's water is pretty cool too

PERFECTLY content

Playing in the sand is so FUN!

And getting in the ocean is even better

Silly brothers

Mommy's favorite two Beachbums

Cozy and warm eating snacks on the beach

Getting ready to walk... we hope

Real Estate Men in the Making... just like their daddies

Parker Loved

Eating SAND

Life's a Beach

The Perfect view... taking it all in

Jumping waves... his favorite game at the beach

Splashing water... his favorite game at the beach

And yet another attempt failed at getting a good brother pic

A fun day in Wilmington

Filled with Trolley rides

Meeting Easter horsies

Being silly

And LOTS of chocolate ice-cream

Ready for the beach...

Parker and his daddy

The boys

Playing hard

Passed out napping on the beach

It just doesnt get much better than this

Sleeping is always great at the beach!

This beach stuff is so fun but so tiring!!

And then the easter bunny finally came (and yay, he brought Ham)!!

Happy Easter

What are Uncles For... duh, WINNING!

2011-04-11T07:41:00.001-07:00

We were in Dallas last week for 5 days to see family and for a very much needed mommy and daddy weekend off while we went to a great friend's wedding in Big D! We had an absolute blast (on our "lovers weekend" as Phil kept calling it staying with friends) and the boys really enjoyed some special one on one time with their Mimi and Grande and of course their crazy but fun uncles! We even celebrated Philip's birthday a little early with a special cake that he and his Mimi made especially for him and he decorated it with nonetheless but Toy Story figures and sprinkles... he was very proud of his cake and even more proud of being the center of attention (dont know where he gets that... hmmm, can we say daddy?!)!! We joked however that it doesn't look like cake decorating will be in his future (see pic below)! We also enjoyed eating our beloved Mi Cocina mexican three times while we were there (and yes that was 3 times in just 5 days... can we say obsessive?!) Then, Mimi and Grande and Aunt Avri took the boys to the zoo on Saturday where they had a real blast seeing and feeding the animals. Philip couldn't stop talking about feeding the giraffes literally out of his hand (so cool) and how big the lions where (of course - lions... still his favorite animal for sure). And for those of you who don't know, Phil is the oldest of 6 kids (5 of which are boys)... so the uncles get a real joy out of teaching our kids ridiculous (but always funny) things. All I can say is payback is twice as bad... Winning! (Be sure to pause the music player on the right side of the blog so you can hear little Philip saying his new favorite phrase)

Grande and Parker just enjoying some Dallas spring weather

Mimi and Philip celebrating with a kiss after finishing his birthday cake

Happy 3rd Birthday Philip... love the clumps of sprinkles (which of course was Philip's requested piece) and the army men EVERYWHERE... can we say tasty?!

Parker in survival mode after his first plane ride as a 1 year old (he has flown multiple times last year but wasn't nearly as active as he is now so lets just say the plane rides were a real adventure and were not fun... good thing Philip sat quietly both ways watching movies with his headphones on... but Parker was like a greased pig (as Phil lovingly called him) that we passed back and forth to each other every 5 minutes to try to keep him entertained. Good Times!