Crew Benjamin: 4 Year Update:

Here we are yet again...
With another year for our sweet boy that has quickly passed us by. 

How in the world is he four? FOUR you guys. It feels like just yesterday we were welcoming this bundle of joy into this world. I know I talk about it every year but that is because I never ever want to forget when this boy Entered this World. Crew has been a fighter since day one, and I never want to take it for granted. When I look into those big blue eyes of his and remember watching, starring, & praying over him while his sweet itty bitty self fought so hard in the NICU. And now watching him as he is a, thriving, handsome, full of life little boy!

Crew Benjamin,
Oh our sweet baby boy, you have no idea how much your mommy & daddy love you. You keep us laughing and on our toes every second of the day. We can't thank the Lord enough for giving you to us. You completed our family from day one and you continue to be that rock He knew we needed! We are so proud of everything you do and can't believe you are starting school this year! We know you are going to do great things baby boy and pray that you continue to always be the kind friend that we know you are! You are so full of personality and you truly hate making people sad, you want everyone to be happy and that is such an amazing trait. If you do something wrong or mean, you immediatley cover your face or start crying trying to apologize and make up for what you just did. You our boy are such a strong lover, you constantly tell us how much you love us, and that is what our hearts are for, for love, and that we are your favorite people in the whole world. I hope we are always your favorite people and I pray you always want to hug, kiss, and snuggle your mommy & daddy! We love you so very much baby boy and we love watching you grow, learn, and experience new things each and every day!

Crew's stats:

*Height: 42inches

*Weight: 43lbs

*School Year: VPK

*Milestones: The biggest milestone this year is heading off to his very first year ever attending school. We have never put him in Preschool as we wanted him at home with me for as long as we could. Well he officially started VPK this week!  Another very big milestone was learning to swim this Summer. You guys, Crew has been terrified of the water for just over a year now and it has been crazy hard {because he has always been our water baby, so this was all new to us}, the only way we could describe it was as if he had PTSD of the pool. Well we are so happy to report that he is officially a little swimmer and fish... putting his head under the water, jumping off the side, doing cannonballs, even trying to dive and go to the bottom of the pool. It has seriously been night and day with this boy and we couldn't be more proud of him for overcoming his fear! 

*Favorite Things: his daddy, cars, boats, trucks, trains, riding his bike, getting his head and back scratched, playing with friends, swimming, golf, tennis, running, tackling, acting like a crazy person, and eating all the snacks! 

The Yearly Birthday Survey:

*What is your Favorite Color? Blue

*What do you want to be when you grow up? A daddy like our daddy, and go on a big ship and shoot bad guys

*What is your Favorite Animal? a lion... raawwwr!

*What is your Favorite Food? raisins 

*What is your Favorite thing to have at Breakfast Time? cereal & milk

*What is your Favorite thing to have at Lunch Time? a sandwich and grapes and raisins and a little bit of food

*What is your Favorite thing to have for Dinner? chick-fil-a {and of  course this was what he asked for as his restaurant of choice for his birthday dinner lol}

*What is your Favorite Drink? milk

*Who is your Best Friend? Ben next door

*What is your Favorite thing to play with? golf

*What is your Favorite Movie? Cars and Coco

*What is your Favorite TV Show? Blaze

*What is your Favorite Book? Cars book

*What is your Favorite thing to do? go bicycle riding

*What is your Favorite thing to do with your family? playing golf

*What is your Favorite Holiday? Halloween

*What is your Favorite thing to wear? costumes

We love you so much bubba and cannot wait to see you learn and grow throughout this next year!! 

Happy Fourth Birthday!

{a glimpse of birthdays past}

newborn

one

two

three

Crew's Corner: My Very First Day of School:

from crew's carseat:

Today is the day

I try something new

It's the first time mommy,

I won't be with you

I'm a little be nervous

And a little bit scared
But I know I'll have fun
I think I'm prepared

So here we go
We are in the carline
I'm officially off to Preschool
For the very first time!

{oh sweet boy of ours, mommy & daddy are so proud of you and we know you are going to do wonderful things! We can't wait to see how much you learn and grow this year as you start school! Mommy already misses you by her side but I will be snagging you up soon and giving you all the kisses!}

Charli & Crew's Birthday Invitation: A joint party:

Happy Monday Friends! 

It's that time of year again... Summer Birthday's, which mean invitation time! We are celebrating this year with our second annual Joint Birthday Bash for the kids. Though their birthdays are only 3 weeks apart {with mine falling directly in between}, it was never a part of my plan to ever throw a joint birthday, but here we are, year 2 of Daddy missing all the things and us deciding to throw a combined birthday celebration to accommodate our family. 

As much as I love just having one party to focus on, I honestly wouldn't mind going back to two small parties that focus on each of our Summer babes {or maybe mommy should just simplify things for once... nah! We will see what next year brings}. But for today & for this year it is all about the two of them together again and I couldn't be more excited to celebrate our sweet summer babes, golf style! 

I came up with this adorable theme for them this year because a certain little guy is turning 4, and well... FOOOOORE {clearly it had to be done!!}. It does helps that both of our kids actually really love golf {they love playing it & watching it} so it is a total win! The kids are getting so excited as I have been setting things up and they cannot wait to celebrate soon with all of their family & friends! They can't wait to have lots of fun, their PAR-TEE is sure to be a Hole in One! 

Tennis Camp 2018:

Summer is coming to an end which means Summer Tennis Camp is officially over and regular Tennis will begin after the School Year starts. Tennis Camp looked a little different for us this year, because Crew finally had His Turn to take the court! This was Charli's third year at Tennis Camp and the girl improves every single year. She truly is a natural and I absolutely love watching her! 

Crew still has a lot to work on but we are so incredibly proud of him on his very first year. He went out there like he knew what he was doing, he listened to his Coach, and though he may not have made contact with every ball thrown his way, his improvement by the end of Camp was really amazing! 

{watch the progression of this swing and missing the ball... I love him haha!} 

{so close bubs, but he nailed his form!}

I love seeing our kids love a sport so much, work hard at it, and even succeed. Both Charli & Crew have asked to continue to play Tennis when it starts back up during the School Year, so that is exactly what we are going to do this year! We couldn't be more proud of the two of them and can't wait to watch them excel this year! 

Happy Sunday!