In the Meantime...

While we are still waiting on our 'stuff' to be delivered to our new house, we have been spending time with family. We are lucky to have family where we are moving, because it will still be almost a week before the moving company brings our goods. Yep. Don't use Ace Relocation.

Anyhow, the trip down was a breeze thanks to my mom who flew to Orlando the night before to help me out with Leyton. He was a peach for the 10 hour trip and doesn't seem to have minded being shuffled around with family. The pictures below were taken at his cousin Baylee's house and playing at his Gigi and PawPaw's house.

Farewell, Florida

Our time in Florida has officially come to an end.

We are excited about what the future holds, but we will always look back on our time here with joy and wonderful memories. We were young, dumb and had only been married a few months when we came down here and we leave with 5 wonderful years of marriage and an inexhaustible 2.5 year old. Sure, I will miss the beaches, the gorgeous landscaping, Disney, lazy pool days, beautiful weather, but we will miss the people most of all.

Nothing could have prepared me for the relationships we made and the wonderful people we have been surrounded by for the past 4.5 years. We have been so blessed.

Goodbye, for now Florida!

Wordless Wednesday

Out of the mouths of babes

Just because every post if better with pictures

I realize every parent thinks that every (maybe not every) phrase that comes out of their child's mouth is the most adorable thing ever. I am no exception. Leyton comes out with things that make me just stop and laugh. I keep reminding myself to jot them down, so I don't forget. Here are a few things from recent memory:

"Mommy I want a snack"

" No, you just ate breakfast. You will have to wait awhile for a snack."

"Mommy, do you want a piece of me?"

After leaving the grocery store.

"Thank you for being a good boy."

"Thank you for being a good mommy"

While I was singing to him one night he came and put his sweet little hand over my mouth and said "Don't sing mommy. You scare me when you do dat."

One day he was jumping on the bed and I asked him if he was finally pooped out and he said "I not pooped out, I peepeed out!"

We were sitting at a stoplight one morning and when it turned green, I guess I pushed the gas too hard, because he announced from his carseat "Oh no! Hold on tight evybody!"

I was talking to Jeremy one evening asking him something and he said "Oh crap, I forgot to do that." Leyton looked up from where he was playing and said very sternly "Don't say cwap, daddy." Now how he knew that, I'll never know.

A break from packing

CDC Carnival

Leyton's preschool puts on an annual carnival fundraiser. There are pony rides, bounce houses, face painting, the whole nine yards. At the beginning, though, the kids get to "perform" songs they have learned for the parents. Leyton, obviously, was having none of it. You can see from the first picture below just how impressed he was with the whole ordeal.

In fact, Jeremy had to sit with him (luckily, he was one of many parents) to get him to cooperate. Their show was quite hysterical and very cute. Most kids were either crying, staring out into space or just plain confused, while the go getters of the bunch carried the weight and sang the songs.

Afterward came the good stuff. Leyton rode the pony and bounced in the bounce house for what seemed like forever. There was no getting him out of that thing. Eventually he came out sweaty and flushed for some water. He slept very well that night.

cutie, Madison

New Smyrna Beach trip

Last Monday, since we were off work, we went to the beach with the Hunnicutt's. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. Leyton & Maddie had a blast dodging the large waves. Here are a few pictures from the day: