{Baby D is 2!}

 Baby D, excuse me, Big Boy D, woke up to ballons all around the house for his birthday. Him and brother laughed and played while I made special birthday pancakes for him.

 Cooper and I worked hard to make his day special all day, eating his favorite foods(bananas), playing his favorite toys(trains), reading his favorite book(search and find) and watching his favorite cartoon(Dora).

 When Daddy got home we all sang him Happy Birthday and he got to blow his candle out (after C blew it out twice and we re-lit it 3 times)

We think he wished to go to Chic-Fil-A and play so that's exactly what we did!

Happy Birthday Baby D, I am not sure if can change my name for you yet. You are my baby, but you are so big and smart. Your smile, your curls and even your screams make everyday joyful and fun. I cannot image life without you.

{buy buy babys}

Tonight we said good bye to the cribs. Tomorrow we are giving the cribs to the other babies that need them and we are getting Big Boy Beds. We have been talking about this alot lately and they seem excited. I had the bedding out the other day so I could wash it and C came in the room and said "ahh, I love it!"

{photo shoot!}

August is here and I plan to do a picture a day again this year to help update and document our daily lives throughout this month. August has a special feel in our family since both boy's birthdays are this month.

So we started out the month with a photo shoot. I have never had studio pictures done and thanks to Groupon, it gave me an excuse to try it out. Every picture of them is priceless to me.

{jumping thru July}

July was super busy as we have been settling in to our new house, new routines, new life!  I will just update a few of the highlights of the month in the effort to get the blog up to date.

 We had a few friends over for the 4th of July and the kids had tons of fun playing in the water.

We helped celebrate Oma & Grandaddy's 65th Wedding Anniversary.

 Celebrated Aunti Rara's birthday and she shared her new toy with the boys, they might be asking Santa for tablets!! haha

 We cheered Aunti Rara at the finish line of another 1/2 marathon

 finger-painted masterpieces

 Went to visit the firestation and drove the fire trucks!

 (just had to post this picture because it is so perfect)

{our "new House"}

 We finally did it.

I remember right after we brought D home from the hospital standing in the hall while B was bathing C in the bathroom and saying to him, "we have to be in a bigger house by the time D is 2."  We were not in a rush to move, we loved our old house. It might have been less than 1000 square feet, did not have a dishwasher, only two bed rooms, but it was our home. It was the house I remodeled with the help of my family so I could live there while I went to Graduate School. It was the house I lived in when I met Brandon. It was the house we choose to live it after we got married. It was the house we entertained our friends at often. It was the house we brought C home to after he was born. It was the house we brought D home to after he was born. It was the house we built our family in.

But, it was time. Time for B and I to finally do it, for ourselves and our family. We were not in a rush to find anything, but when we frist looked at this house we both knew it was the one we wanted for the next chapter in our family. God blessed us with the ability to buy this house as he has blessed our lives in countless ways. I am excited about all the moments to come in the house.

Moving day went well. As soon as our stuff arrived Aunti Rara and I got to work on the playroom, so the boys would see all their toys when they got here.  This is the only picture of the house as I am writing this, but I am sure there are plenty more to come.

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I wrote this entry about a month after we actually moved and after I wrote the entry I realized I forgot an important part. So here I am back to add it:

After we moved the boys seemed to LOVE the new house. They did not want to get in the car to go anywhere and then as soon as we would get them in the car they would constantly ask to "go back, new house. go back, new house."  This told us they liked it, they did not want to leave. This also told us we made the right decision! We are so glad to have bought this house for the boys to grow up in.

{a little R & R...kinda}

With all the stress of buying a new house on us we decided to take a break and head to the neighborhood pool.  The boys has so much fun. C is really trying to swim like a big boy so he and Daddy practiced in the big pool while D and I hung out in the kiddie pool.

Crazy thing is, about an hour in to our fun a storm came and hailed on East Dallas worse than I have ever seen living there my while life. We took a rain check and went home!

{Dillon's 1st haircut}

 I honestly did NOT want to do it, but we could tell Baby D was getting so hot with his hair long now that summer is here, so we did it.  We trimmed his curls, giving him his first hait cut.  Baby D did great, he smiled all the way through it!!