Off To The Zoo!!

Today we were invited to go to the zoo with Lauren and her son Bobby. It was nice to meet them and nice to know someone else going what I'm going through since her husband is on the same ship. Levi also met a new friend being Bobby is not much older then Levi. So it was nice for them to play and run around while were trying to keep up lol, we did a pretty good job at it though.

Before I started driving to the zoo. I told Levi to say "cheese" and he knows that when I say "cheese" it means smile, or picture. So since he smiled I took a few snaps of him! He is just so cute and I love it when he is cheesing.



So off to the zoo we go...

The Norfolk zoo is pretty small, but it has been awhile since I've been to the zoo. It was a nice to see the animals, scenery, and just enjoy some fresh air. It was in the 80's yesterday when we went and not in the 100's which is a huge plus!

Here are a couple of the animals we seen at the zoo. A giraffe.

Elephants.


Also a picture of Levi and Bobby playing. They were so cute!

Levi having fun and laughing! I love it when he has a good time.


Levi and I(This is one of my new favorite pictures.)


Thanks again Lauren for inviting us to the zoo!! Can't wait to have more play dates together! Next time the hubby will be at the zoo with us :)

Cookies For Daddy!

So a few weeks ago Levi and I decided to make some yummy chocolate chip cookies for daddy! I'm wanting to make this a tradition with Levi to bake things. I think as he gets older he'll enjoy it more and more. I found this cookie mix on sale. Not all the time will I cheat and use a boxed mix. I just wanted to this time.  So here is a picture of all of our ingredients. We needed butter, eggs and our cookie mix. 

Then I tried to get Levi to pose and smile for me before we begin. Of course I was unsuccessful. Later I'll post pictures of him cheesing when he wants to. lol That sure is cute! He's just to focused on what were about to do.

Afterwards we got down to it! I emptied the mix into our bowl, added the butter, and the egg. Then stir stir stir. Levi's doing pretty good right now stirring, but he's one smart boy acting good and all! 

Until...

Yup in the mouth. "Mommy I have to taste it." I let him, being all of us have done it. It sure is good! So after I finally got the mix from him again. I formed them into balls(or ones that somewhat look like balls) on to the pan. Had the oven preheated already and put them in. 

Also that night I made for the first time Baked Ziti. It's to the left of the cookies and was good!

Last but not least our finished cookies! We love you honey and hope you enjoyed the yummy chocolate chip cookies! I can't wait to bake more goodies with Levi!! I know one day I'll have to show him how to make peanut butter cookies, his daddy's favorites!

Levi's Home

So Levi came home Wednesday evening and we couldn't be happier. Yes it was a little earlier than we anticipated but I wanted him to see his daddy before he left again. He is very much a mommy's boy when he wants to be and a daddy's boy. Of course I think he is more of a mommy's boy, but I may be a little biased :)

Since Levi has came home he has discovered a new toy. Not really "his" toy, but him playing it can't hurt anything so it could be his if his dad gives it to him. What toy is it? It's rock band! The drum set that is. He loves jamming out with it! He will grab the drum sticks and go at it. I love watching him play. Patrick has a drum set at his parent's house in Missouri and loves playing so I am sure Levi will follow in his foot steps. The only thing I played before has been the flute and some on a organ. I didn't do a lot though. Levi playing the drum set he would jam and bang his head. It was truly a moment to watch. I love seeing him and his daddy having a good time.

The other thing I wanted to blog about was that Levi has found out how to help mommy! So I had the cabinet all nice and organized of our can goods. I had the corn lined up, cream of chicken in a line, cream of mushroom, etc. You get the idea. Well Levi has found the cabinet and decided mommy needed some help with it. So he takes the cans out and puts them back in. He loves it. Though it's not all nice and neat as it once was it's the thought that counts. I decided not to organize it all again since I'm going to let that cabinet be his in the kitchen. Here are some pictures of him playing with the cans. It just reminds me of when I was his age and would do the same thing in my mother's kitchen. I even climbed in the cabinet.

I will get better at blogging but that is all for now. I love having both of my boys home with me! I don't know what I would do without them.

Missing My Little Man!!

It's crazy how attached someone you love so dearly is to you. Levi is my little man who I love very much. Well my mom flew out yesterday evening and I let Levi go with her so that he could go to his other grandparents since he doesn't get to see them nearly enough. He's going to be attending his cousin's first birthday party and playing with him which I'm sure he will love! I cried dropping him off at the airport. I'm going to miss him, but know in only a few weeks I'll have him back again. :)

Thankfully my husband is home at this time to keep me company or I'm not sure what I would do. Probably go crazy! I'm looking forward to spending some time with just him. We don't get much of that anymore, but I know it comes with having children. This coming weekend were looking forward to going on a date night to the  movies and seeing "Killers" it looks like a good movie let's hope it's still playing by then. In the mean time though while Patrick is working I'm going to catch up on one of my favorite shows Army Wives. I've missed all of Season 3 and their currently in Season 4 on television right now. Hopefully it doesn't take me to long. I will also enjoy doing some scrap booking and working on pages for Levi. I miss doing that.

We also got a new place and signed some papers yesterday for it! I'm so excited about it. It's a two bedroom townhouse, 1137 square feet, two bathrooms, a nice size kitchen with plenty of cabinets! In all the places we've been we never had enough cabinet space so this is something I'm looking forward too! I will share more on it later as well as pictures once we get all moved in! You will love it just as much as I do lol.