Bailey Morgan

These were taken at a picnic at Bailey's grandparent's house...consider this a sneak peak of the long overdue pictures I have yet to post from this picnic. :)

So I have mentioned on here before that Liam’s best friend, JJ, is moving away, back to California. I never thought a whole lot about the impact of the fact that Bailey is moving too. Liam and Bailey really get along better than Liam and JJ do, as her mother and I were discussing last night. It was the cutest thing last night as we were waiting for dinner to be ready and JJ and Liam were on the shore fishing with their daddies and Bailey was up at the house on the balcony:

“Liam, come here!”

“I’m fishing!”

“Come here, I got something to tell you!”

“Tell me now!”

“No, you got to come here! Stop fishing and come inside!”

“No, Bailey, I’m going to keep fishing until I want to stop fishing!”

Do they not sound like an old married couple? Spencer said that they saw each other at the District Convention this weekend and kept hugging each other and Bailey took Liam’s face in her hands and squished his cheeks together. TOO cute.

UGH!!!

The universal sound made collectively by the working class on Monday morning. Especially a Monday morning after a 3 day weekend.

{{SIGH}}

I neglected to let my bloggie neighbors know about something monumental that happened in our life last week. My husband lost his job. Total yuckiness on some levels but not on others. Of course I bawled at first at the shock & stress of it but I’m glad he’s not with that company anymore . . .stupidheads (she says resorting to elementary name-calling).

Making lemonade out of lemons, Spencer was able to be a HUGE help to his parents as they scrambled to move out of their house last week after the closing. Also, gladly, we have been busy around here recently to the point that we could use an extra draftsman. YAY! This allowed us to fully enjoy the District Convention with no stress of the Monday to come of not making any money.

My husband is really the greatest person for me. We are so much alike but compliment each other at the same time. I am so proud of him for throwing this recent burden on Jehovah and not letting it overtake him as he has been known to do.

The beginning pictures were taken in Charleston when Spencer and I were chilling on the grass taking random pictures of schtuff and each other. Ah, good times.

Batman and Pirates

Liam got his invitation for the "Treasure Hunt" party last night.

He gets into the car at the Kingdom Hall and announces:

"I am Batman for the rest of the night."

After waiting the eternity it takes for him to buckle his own seatbelt, I handed him the invitation. Much glee ensued and the whole way to Kroger to get gas there was nothing but Pirate talk in the back seat.

"I'm going to be the captain."

"Well baby, we don't know who will be captain yet." My way of maintaining peace for the moment, because the invitation is from "Captain" JJ

"I'm going to wear an eye pack and JJ's going to wear an eye pack and Jeff's (JJ's grandpa) going to wear an eye pack and Bailey's (JJ's sister) going to wear an eye pack..."

"Baby, Bailey's not going to be there"

"Jeremy's (JJ's dad) going to wear an eyepack" he continues without missing a beat. "I've never worn pirate clothes, I just have my lion at home. Mommy, I'm going to have a sword."

"Okay baby, we'll see."

"Daddy are you going?"

"Yes, baby"

"Are you going to dress up"

"Yep"

"Are you going mommy?"

"Yes"

"Are you going to dress up like a pirate?"

"Probably not baby." Hey! I'm only the photographer here.

"I need a pirate name"

"How about first mate Leroy" I say pulling one of his daddy's favorite pretend names out of the air.

"NO! That's not a pirate name. I need a pirate name."

Peter Pan comes to my head but I immediately dismiss this because, HELLO, he's not a pirate, he fights pirates. "How about Noodles?"

"Noodles is good. My pirate name is Noodles. I like that. Call me Noodles at the pirate party."

I look at Spencer with my hands covering my mouth to keep from laughing because, of course, I only suggested this name as a joke.

As we are driving home listening to Liam talk like a pirate in the backseat and listening to Spencer dream up ways of how he can create a peg leg (not to mention me dreaming up how to dress up my little man to make him look like the coolest pirate EVER) all of a sudden it hits me and I turn to Spencer:

"I miss the dinosaurs."

"What? He still plays with them. Liam, what's your favorite toy in the whole world?"

"Pirates"

"Do you have pirate toys?"

"No"

"Hey, I thought you were going to be Batman for the rest of the night?" I say trying to trap him.

"I am Batman."