I love Charlie's expression in this picture. I just had to share!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Zoo
My mom & I thought it would be fun to take my 3 boys, and my 11 year old cousin to the Jacksonville zoo one day during spring break. We pull up to the zoo after an hour car ride, and I reach in Philip's diaper bag to get his bottle so I can feed him before we go in, and I realize that there were no bottles or any formula anywhere to be found in the car.
So, I drop off my mom & the 3 older boys, and I go searching for a Walmart or a Target in an unfamiliar town. After missing the exit, and getting turned around, I eventually find a Publix. Well, they didn't carry our formula or our bottles...but at this point, it's about an hour after he should have eaten already, so I just grab some random bottles & formula and am praying that it all works out. I run to the bathroom in Publix to sterilize the new bottles (yeah, when I say 'sterilize', I actually mean I just got to run them under some lukewarm water & pray that we don't catch some random disease that comes from unclean bottles!) Ugh, I cringe at what I had to do. But, wouldn't you know, that sweet baby didn't even notice! He drank that new formula, with the cold water from my cooler, in the random new bottle & didn't even bat an eye! I'm telling you, God is good & gave me a great, laid back baby! Hallelujah!
We eventually got back to the zoo around lunchtime & had a great day! Well, other than the 2nd bottle I gave him had a torn nipple, so I had to go back to the car & get the dirty one that he drank out of at Publix. Yeah, I just rinsed it off in the parking lot with a bottle of water & again prayed we didn't catch something! (yes, please run out & get my "mother of the year" award! I am clearly a candidate!)
Anyways...here are the pictures! (I would have taken more, but keeping up with 4 boys is actually a lot like work! We did have such a great time! We even stayed until it closed!
The dinosaur exhibit was fun. We walked by some that even spit water. I love how Charlie is holding the map..he was our junior navigator of the day. Their favorite part of the day was feeding the giraffes & riding the carousel. I, however, have no pictures of this, but we made some great memories together!
So, I drop off my mom & the 3 older boys, and I go searching for a Walmart or a Target in an unfamiliar town. After missing the exit, and getting turned around, I eventually find a Publix. Well, they didn't carry our formula or our bottles...but at this point, it's about an hour after he should have eaten already, so I just grab some random bottles & formula and am praying that it all works out. I run to the bathroom in Publix to sterilize the new bottles (yeah, when I say 'sterilize', I actually mean I just got to run them under some lukewarm water & pray that we don't catch some random disease that comes from unclean bottles!) Ugh, I cringe at what I had to do. But, wouldn't you know, that sweet baby didn't even notice! He drank that new formula, with the cold water from my cooler, in the random new bottle & didn't even bat an eye! I'm telling you, God is good & gave me a great, laid back baby! Hallelujah!
We eventually got back to the zoo around lunchtime & had a great day! Well, other than the 2nd bottle I gave him had a torn nipple, so I had to go back to the car & get the dirty one that he drank out of at Publix. Yeah, I just rinsed it off in the parking lot with a bottle of water & again prayed we didn't catch something! (yes, please run out & get my "mother of the year" award! I am clearly a candidate!)
Anyways...here are the pictures! (I would have taken more, but keeping up with 4 boys is actually a lot like work! We did have such a great time! We even stayed until it closed!
The dinosaur exhibit was fun. We walked by some that even spit water. I love how Charlie is holding the map..he was our junior navigator of the day. Their favorite part of the day was feeding the giraffes & riding the carousel. I, however, have no pictures of this, but we made some great memories together!
My little man is 5!
Kirkland actually turned 5 over a month ago, but his mama is currently scatterbrained & rarely remembers to blog! :)
Look at that happy smile!
I love how he is sticking his tongue out! Standing with him is one of his best buddies from school named Preston. Sometimes, they spell t.r.o.u.b.l.e!
The zip line was probably the biggest hit! All the kids stood in line & kept doing it over & over & over!
He wanted a spiderman party & the whole family got involved in pulling off a great party! My Aunt Wanda & Leighan made the webs on the cupcakes, My mom made all the other food & helped with planning, decorating, clean up & purchasing everything we needed (she really is the best!) Aunt Linda & Uncle Tom came over & put up a 10x20 ft web, a zip line, a tire swing, and an orange barrel rope swing thing...-it was all very fun!
Everyone got to make a spiderman mask. Then, they went around the yard shooting webs (a.k.a silly string) at all of the "bad guys". 
Charlie preferred to drive around to look for bad guys!
Everyone got to make a spiderman mask. Then, they went around the yard shooting webs (a.k.a silly string) at all of the "bad guys". Charlie preferred to drive around to look for bad guys! Look at that happy smile!I love how he is sticking his tongue out! Standing with him is one of his best buddies from school named Preston. Sometimes, they spell t.r.o.u.b.l.e!The zip line was probably the biggest hit! All the kids stood in line & kept doing it over & over & over!We know Kirkland had a blast because when it was over, he said he wants that exact same party again next year with the exact same people to come! :)
I never could have imagined how much fun I would have being a mom. The last 5 years have been such an amazing blessing!
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