Wells' FIRST birthday

I'll pretty much let the pictures do the talking. We started off having mini cupcakes for breakfast and the celebrating continued all day! :). We grilled out in the evening and enjoyed some yummy blue treats. Thank you to everyone who made sure to make Wells' birthday was extra special and mailed him a package or card. We had a lot of fun lovin' on the birthday boy!! :) I can't believe my sweet little baby boy is now ONE!

A frog story

On Friday the boys had the absolute complete boy joy to catch not only one but TWO frogs. At first it was a little tiny baby frog and they had the best time with it. Until we went to the pool for the afternoon and when we came home baby frog was dead. But not long after they were in the back yard H yelled inside the door...this time I caught a REAL frog. Only for me to realize this one was quite a bit bigger. Poor frogs. That thing was squeezed and shook and had quite a ride in trucks and cages and water and wheelbarrows and that frog was EVERYWHERE. Then, we geared up for a evening bike ride. H came to us quite distraught saying his frog was "stuck" in the watering can. I knew the hole was really little so I didn't pay much attention bc there is no way that frog would fit in there...so I thought.
But what do you know...the boys had managed to shove that frog into a tiny hole.
I asked..."wasn't it hard to shove him in?"
H looked at me and said, "no mama...it's hard to shove him out!" Kit & I had a good laugh over that :-).








But we left the frog alone and laid the watering can on its side. The next morning the frog was gone and we were so excited he found his way back home.
Until yesterday when we were playing outside to notice the frog was bACK in the watering can. Oh my. Listen here froggy, I can not guarantee your safety!!
So the boys are delighted to have a "pet" frog. Lets hope he hops away! :)

Wells is {ONE}!!!!

Wells Grey-

I started typing this post a few times this week. I really don't have the words to say what it means to me to have you as my little boy! I still remember that moment, one year ago, when they laid you on my chest. The first baby of mine that I got to hold right away. Oh my. Heart melting unconditional love. I couldn't believe it. You were MINE. And you were so cute! I remember being all alone with you in the room and telling you that, your poppa and I, we would fight for you to find your place in this world. You are now on our team :).

You made us a family of FIVE. F-I-V-E. Wow. I'm going to be honest. FIVE has been a little cray cray...or maybe that's just the year we've had with relocating and such? Hmm...anywho...

Having my 3rd boy, I pretty much knew how little boys worked. Or did I? You are the SWEETEST thing I've ever met! Overall you are pretty quiet, laid back and have the gentlest spirit! Which can I say has taken me back on quite a few occasions? You are the complete opposite of your brother Porter who was constantly fighting to keep up with H at your age. You are always taking it all in...and trust me..you've got a lot to watch with two other brothers! That seems to give you lots of entertainment.  Lately tho, I can see the wheels turning... figuring out just how to gain control of a toy situation with your brothers. Oh boy do you know how to get them fired up!! :)

And they love you, oh how they love you. Anytime you are crying, or have slept a little longer than usual or we are getting our shoes on to go somewhere, a little voice will say, "we can't forget about Wellsie!" Henry prayed this the other day, "Dear God, thank you for this food, and for the sunshine. Please be with Wells. Help him to grow up so he'll stop grabbing my hair. He really hurts my hair, God." haha! So sweet! 

I don't know how many times I stare into those dark chocolate eyes of yours and say out loud, "you are so. beautiful."

You are so precious to us and I can't thank God enough for placing you into our family and we can not wait to see how the Lord uses you.

All this to say...
Momma loves you
Poppa loves you
Henry loves you
Porter loves you

you are loved and adored and we are blessed to have you here with us. Praying for many many more years with you, son.

Love you my Wells Grey,
Momma

Wordless Wednesday

Mother's Day Weekend

We loved all the beautiful weather this past weekend and spent most of it outdoors. Bike rides, planting flowers, dinner with the family and lots of play time. Perfect Mother's Day weekend!

 Porter said it was "too heavy" ;)

 Sunday morning was a rare treat of powdered donuts for breakfast. Wells enjoyed them for the first time ever and I think had too much fun running his hands through his hair. Looked like lots of baby dandruff ;)

The classic Mother's Day picture? Well, I had left my camera on manual mode since I was playing around and Kit just turned it on and clicked away. Never thought about it. Soooo those are all extremely over exposed and virtually impossible to make any of us out! haha!! Oh well...we had a good laugh over it! :)

Hard to believe it's Monday already and hard to believe Wells' FIRST birthday is already less than a week away. Time, I am begging you....please slow down!!!

Surprise!

Well, my hubby got me good for Mother's Day. Never saw it coming. I think this picture of my face sums it up best....(ignore the Houston hair, please)

A BIG GIRL CAMERA!! 

So MAYBE, just MAYBE this blog will get some more attention?! Haha! Only if this camera adds more TIME in the day as well! haha... I will try. This morning I enjoyed playing around with it and of course have so much to learn! Here are some pics of our lazy morning!

Henry wanted to make some hummingbird nectar so we looked up the recipe and he made it himself! 

Wordless Wednesday

Fun fun weekend

We had a great weekend, and I'm hoping y'all did too! The weather was just perfect here and we were outside almost all weekend. We did a little work, but mostly all play! Besides going to a CAT family day, we stayed in the neighborhood and had lots of fun exploring. We've been wanting to get bikes for a while now and ESP since moving...our neighborhood is perfect for it. So Kit & I got bikes & we got a bike trailer for Porter & Wells. So fun!! But now all the laundry is calling my name so...Happy Monday!



(P is on the left and W is on the right in the trailer) :):).

Life lately according to our iphones

Sweet baby is OUT!


So sweet praying in the morning


How adorable is Wells Grey?


Cutie requested a shower! Big boy Pman.


You are welcome, Mrs. Porter Cadwallader!


I spy 3 boys! Can you find Wells?! :)


Kit was vacuuming the dog off here. Needless to see we are "those" crazy neighbors hahaha!!


Henry may very well become a cross country runner. He is very good at it!