Wordless Wednesday~scrub a dub dub!

In the Eyes

As I watch Alexis grow right before my very eyes....I am amazed daily at how much she understands things that I think she wouldnt have a clue about but then also on the other hand how she is still so naive and gullible too!
Seeing the world through someone else's eyes is a tough thing to do. To put yourself "in their shoes" during situations can be hard...especially for me to do sometimes. I need to work more on seeing the other person's perspective on issues...just for my personal gain....just to better myself, especially to hopefully be a better Mom to my girls.
 I hope Alexis and Lily will see someday how I am trying to understand their problems and situations that are just the "end of the world" for them! {at that certain time period in their life!}
 I know every child has said at one point in time to their parents that they "just dont understand!!" Well.....I hope that I can "see through their eyes"...and can offer some sort of understanding and advice when that time ever comes that their situation is just the "end of the world." :)

Two funny stories about Alexis this week where seeing "in the eyes" of an almost 5 year old.....is pretty funny!

{A little back story first} Alexis has "liked" this little boy name Colton for awhile now at her school. She has said that he is her "boyfriend!" He is a year older than her and in Kindergarten already, but he does the after school care so he is at Alexis' school in the afternoons.
Well, Friday when we were leaving the school....Colton was outside playing with the other after school care kids. Alexis was walking beside me and I tell her that she needs to tell Colton bye....and to have a good weekend. Well, as soon as I say his name she gets so flustered and embarrassed looking and starts running to my car. So when I get in the car I ask her why she acted that way. Well...she tells me "just because Mommy." So, again I ask her and tell her that she can tell me anything.
So, she says..."Well, Mommy.....the other day I decided that I dont want to marry him anymore!!" WHAT?!? :) {Oh, the drama and "love" life of a 5 year old!} ha!
So I ask her why she has decided this...and even if she has decided to not "marry" him anymore that it doesnt mean she cant be nice to him and still tell him bye when she sees him!
She goes..."Well Mommy, I just think he is bigger than me {meaning older than her} and so I dont want to anymore."
So explaining to her about how she has a long time until she needs to worry about marriage...and how she needs to be nice to boys like Colton and that it is okay though if she likes someone who is "bigger" {older} than her..I think she will now be "more comfortable" facing Colton from now on! :)
So....in the eyes of a 5 year old....this was a BIG deal, but I cant wait for her to read this post years from now and realize how "way back when" she thought "love" was difficult when she was 5! :)

And this morning she woke up before I left for work. I was putting on my work clothes and Alexis says to me......."Mommy, why do you always wear pants to work?" And so I ask her what she thinks I should wear to work and she says "You should wear shorts." I then explain to her how I am not allowed to wear shorts to my work. And she looks at me with this face like she knows exactly what she is talking about and says {as a matter of factly}..."Oh, because they will think you are wearing your bathing suit under your shorts and you will get in trouble!" ha!.................yep! So right! :)
And yet again...........in the eyes of a 5 year old this is true for the most part because she wears shorts over her bathing suits!..............but one day...OH one day, she will be in the corporate/business world and see how shorts just wont suffice! {I wish though! :) }
***On a side~note...........is it Winter~time or Spring/Summer time around here? I am just so confused...with it being almost the middle of May and it is 54 degrees outside! CRAZY!

Laid back kind of life...

Well...the rain did come like I thought it would. We had to cancel pretty much all of our plans for the weekend, BUT we still had a great weekend though! Alexis' tee~ball game was cancelled on Saturday as well as our camping trip....so we relaxed at home before heading to Oxford to do some shopping and then we met everybody for a surprise birthday dinner for Hogan. We enjoyed eating at Outback and catching up with Hogan's side of the family as well as our side.
Today was a little bit warmer...and only rained a little bit compared to yesterday! We tried out a new church this morning...First Baptist Church of the Williams. We really enjoyed it, but we will have to try it again because the preacher didnt preach today. I am really hoping we like the preacher because everything else felt like a place that we could really grow as a family if we join there. So...we shall see. I am really hoping we find a place because I am really wanting to join a church soon because we have been searching for awhile now. I really want to get our family settled into a church family! We had a great lunch with Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi before heading home for the long needed Sunday afternoon naps! We have had a laid back kind of weekend!
Now....onto the week to come! We are into the first week of May and I have to say..May is lookin' good! :)

My girls LOVE the mannequins at Old Navy! If you look at past posts...you will see several pictures of them with the mannequins! BUT....oh BUT...Lily tried her hardest to get out of my arms to run to this dog! She is obcessed to say the least with dogs...and she just fell in love with this one! She didnt want to leave it! She even tried to get on it and ride it like a horse! 

Happy birthday to Hogan! We had TWO cakes!! And...Alexis was just loving to make silly faces in the pictures! :)

Love this little sassy girl!

And this one too!.... :)

Splish Splash!

Well.....it is Friday! OH YEAH! :) We have had a great week at the Law house! We have had our regular groove of events.....that I love {I must add} :)
Alexis had tee~ball practice and Awanas again this week. She only has two weeks left of Awanas since Summer break is about to be here!

This week's bible verse that Alexis had to quote was

'Lord, teach us to pray' Luke 11:1

She has done SO good saying her verses each week! She is one of the only ones in her class that knows them each week. She received another patch on her vest after quoting this week's verse!

On Tuesday while I was cooking dinner....Lily and Alexis were being So good playing in the playroom. Well...then I heard the toilet lid slam and thought I should go check on that. So....I headed into the bathroom to see what was going on....AND there was Lily!! She was SOAKED from head to toe because she was playing in the toilet water! Not to mention everything else was soaked! Needless to say I was in a state of shock! :) She looks up and sees the look on my face...and says "poo poo!" ha! So needless to say...she knows what she is playing in is for! I guess it could be a good time to start potty~training since she is all about the toilet now! :)
This was the official last week of Turkey season for Daddy! It has been a rough season for him with not getting a Turkey........until the VERY last day of the season, he GOT one!  Tuesday was a great day for Daddy! :) He fried up {in his new favorite "toy"..his fryer} the turkey breast {because he knew us girls would not be eating it} and went to Hardees and bought biscuits and then took turkey biscuits to his friends at work! I think he got alot of "brownie" points with them! :)
We are looking forward yet again to the weekend! It is supposed to rain again this weekend..but I think we are not going to be so lucky to miss the rain like we did last weekend! Tyler and I were supposed to go camping together...out in the woods...no toilet....no running water, up at the land in Piedmont. {in a tent...out in the middle of nowhere} Since it is supposed to rain, we are having to postpone it to next weekend. :(  So you will have to stay tuned to see how that turns out! {I know you are on the edge of your seat} :)

Lily's class had "Zoo week" at school! Here is her class and some of the animals from the "zoo"!

The girls LOVE coloring! That is both of their favorite things to do. It is soooo soooo soooo cute watching them be together!

Alexis LOVES her new sandals that Nan dropped off! .................goodness I wish they were in my size! I just might try and squeeze my feet in them! :)

Throwback Thursday! ~ 10 year reunion!

Well....it is that time. JSU has already graduated!.............the rest of the colleges and high schools are coming up soon! Summer is rounding the corner! WHOO HOO!! In honor of all the graduations coming up I thought for a "Look back in time" should be mine and Tyler's 10 year reunion!
Tyler and I both graduated from Saks High on May of 2000! We were in the same graduating class!
It is hard to believe how fast time has flown that our 10 year reunion has already come and gone! I remember thinking that everybody there was going to be so surprised that Tyler and I were married! {who didnt already know}.....since we didnt date in high school!
We had a great reunion! We met on a Friday night before a home football game and enjoyed some snacks and drinks before we headed over to the game! We were introduced out on the field during half~time! Talk about a rush of old memories that came flooding back while I was there! All of the cheer leading practices, football games on that field! It was so nice to sit with everybody who came during the game and catch up with them!
Saturday afternoon we met back at the little community center for a very nice dinner and more catching up! There were more people that were able to come Saturday, so it was nice to see everybody!

The year was 2010 ~ our 10 year high school reunion!

All of the girls are sooo special to me! We go WAY back when with each other! :)

Jennifer...me ....and Kelly Friday night before the football game!

Saturday night during the dinner! My sweet~heart {even though not high~school} and me!

Amber E and her husband...Tyler and I ...and Kelly Mac and her husband!

The class of 2000!

AND TALK ABOUT OLD!!.......found this little treasure! It was just a random picture with a friend at the time! :) Our graduation~ 2000!

Wordless Wednesday!

Nothin' like it!..

I am very thankful for the little answered prayer of NO rain yesterday! Yesterday was beautiful and the rain held off until late yesterday night!!....which was perfect!! We enjoyed our day for sure! Alexis had her tee~ball game..........and I do have to say...they are getting SO much better! For sure improving each game! I think Alexis is starting to enjoy it more also because she is starting to understand the game more!
The fabulous Misty and her boyfriend Brandon came over last night for one of Tyler's famous fish frys! We had a great time eating and hanging out with them for a little while! I am so thankful that Misty has met Brandon! They seem really great together...and Misty seems SO happy! I am so thankful for that because Misty is someone that is beautiful both inside and out and she truly deserves to be soooo happy! I am sooo excited for them! :)
Today could not have been more perfect too! It rained ALL day...and our little family did NOTHING all day!  We have enjoyed each other, taking naps, playing with toys, coloring, and watching a ton of movies all curled up under blankets while the calming rain poured outside with the slight rumble of thunder! Talk about sooo relaxing! Nothing better than having a beautiful sunny day that God made and then having a day where God says...."take it easy!" :)
Talk about a great weekend!

Full of life!

We have had an eventful week this week with us still celebrating mine and Tyler's birthdays as well as our regular groove of events! It has been a great week!
This week has hit more of seeing the "terrible twos" kicking in with Lily! She has been throwing some fits this week like a champ! Laying on the floor...rolling back and forth...making this really funny face where she pokes her lower jaw out and shows her bottom teeth when she is sad or mad. It is a funny sight to see for sure! The other day Alexis says "Mommy, when is Lily going to stop saying "No"...it is starting to be annoying!"..........I keep telling myself...it is only a phase...it is only a phase! :)
Alexis came home yesterday saying...."Mommy this weekend...I would like Ella to come over and spend the night...and so what are you going to cook?" Can I say WHAT??!!! ha!
She then preceded to say..."Mommy, when Ella comes, where is her Mommy going to sleep? She can sleep with you in your bed!"
 I am thinking she doesnt quite understand the process of having friends over and them spending the night! ....but it is so cute that she asked! I dont even know what "age" it is that it is "okay" to spend the night with friends. I know that I would not really want Alexis to spend the night with any of her friends yet. Not that I dont think she would be okay, or that I dont want her being at her friends house....but she is just too little right now for that. Right?? Maybe in a couple of years she can start having friends over!
I am excited for when all of that starts happening...I have to say! I cant wait for the girls to have friends over and me make fun things for them to eat...etc! I cant wait for all of that! :)
Alexis wanted to make a tent to sleep under last night! She has made one one time before in the playroom. I was curious if she would stay under it all night...and she did then as well as last night! She asked me today if she could sleep under it again tonight!
We are looking forward to this weekend! It is supposed to rain...but I am hoping that it doesnt! We have WAY too many fun things going on tomorrow....like....tee~ball, the town festival, softball games, playing at the park, grilling out with friends, and the Jacksonville Garden Club's dedication event that we were cordially invited to { talk about feeling 1st class! :) } Not to mention it is the last weekend for Turkey hunting {insert no tears here...well maybe Tyler is shedding a few!! :) } SO NO....I hope it doesnt rain!..but if it does we can still find fun things to do because HEY it is the weekend!! :)


Alexis and Lily on my birthday day! :)

I kept telling Lily to be still and smile so I could take her picture...so she took it upon herself to put herself in time~out! ha!.....talk about obviously getting alot of practice with this from school! :)
 What a cute little bottom though! :)

I bet you cant find Alexis! That is because she is in her "Magical hideout!"...where you have to say the password in order to come in! Tyler asked her what the magical password is....and she said "Daddy, the password is...Alexis is stinky!" well okay then.....  :)

Getting comfy to go to sleep.....

Throwsback Thursday~Alexis' first bike ride!

We have been enjoying this Spring weather that we have been having here lately!........even despite the rain too!
Since the weather has been so nice we have enjoyed doing ALL things outside! Trampoline jumps, swinging, going to the park, going to JSU events, playing ball and bike riding!
So...in honor of all things outside that we have been doing....I thought this week's
"Look back in time" should be............Alexis' first "big" bike ride with us!

Lily went on her first "big" ride this past weekend on the Ladiga Trail. Tyler had to take off the little license plate that said Alexis on it before we left since obviously Alexis is too big for the riding seat! :(
It made me sad when he took that off because that is yet another sign of my little girl growing up! It used to melt my heart to see her sitting in the bike chair hooked up with her little helmet on ready to go for a ride! It was adorable!
Now...it is adorable too to see Lily sitting in the same seat...with the same helmet ready to go! We are in the process of trying to find a plate with Lily on it so we can put it on the back! :)

So the year was ~ 2009

We (when we were just a family of 3 still) loaded up on a beautiful Spring day and headed to Oak Mountain State Park (since we were living in Birmingham at this time) with our bikes in tow! We got everything ready and took a nice long stretch of a ride with Alexis tagging along! She did great...but on the way back......she was DONE! She cried for a good little while! I remember thinking...okay, we are not going to do this again for awhile...and just stick to the neighborhood like we had been doing! Overall we had a great time..she was just tired by the end and was ready for a nice long nap! Sweet memories that I will cherish forever!

A Girls Mommy!

A lady the other day commented on how precious and beautiful Lily and Alexis are. She then preceded to say that she thought I should have a sweet little boy to throw in the mix of my beautiful girls!
Well, once upon a time....I always wanted three kids. When I would play "house" as a child...I always had three children....and that wasnt hard.....or expensive! :) So no - we aren't trying for a boy or for a third.  I'm thanking God every day instead for blessing me with these two precious girls.....
                                  so my response to her was just a smile!
I know 100% if God would have given me boys - I would be in heaven being a BOY mom but I'm not going to lie - I absolutely love that I'm a Girl Mom.  God knows exactly what He is doing for each of us.  
          I love living in the land of princesses, dresses, sparkly shoes, dolls, lipgloss, big hairbows, fingernail polish,  dance parties, all things pink and ruffles....with a "splash" of "boy stuff"......such as jumping on the trampoline, playing tee~ball, bike rides, playing with toy cars, dirt, catching bugs (lady~bugs, fire~flies, and inch worms (only) ha!) and things blue (well aqua blue because us girls around here love that color too!) :) See I have the best of both worlds! :)

Alexis has been obsessed lately with a cute little show on the Disney channel called Sofia the First.
She is constantly dressing up as Sofia....and going around doing curtseys! It is precious to watch! And....of course....Lily is right there beside her with Princess attire on as well! :) Oh, yes...I love my girls!

Alexis LOVES that Princess Sofia's sister's name is Amber! (Just like you Mommy!!...she says every time! :) )
Princess Amber...Princess Sofia....and Prince James

Alexis wanted me to take a picture of her doing a curtsy like Princess Sofia does because she said Sofia has a dress just like this one she is wearing! :)

 Here my sweet girls are....well being sweet girls! :)

Happy birthday!!...to me! :)

Well....saving the "best for last"...today is my birthday! :)
 I am rounding out the end of all the April birthdays today! I am now a 30~something...and feelin' good! :)
I am so thankful to have another year "under my belt"! I am so happy and blessed at where I am in my life now that I am "on into" my 30s! So thankful! :)

Tyler and I on our honeymoon!

My sweet baby Alexis!

Cruising!....... :)

LOVE LOVE LOVE Auburn~ so excited when we took Alexis!

And.....we became a family of four! :)

Lily's first Halloween! She was a sheep!

When we were a family of 3!

My beautiful family! All of my heart! :)

Can you keep up!?

We had OH So much fun this weekend! Only in Alabama is one day 84 degrees and the very next day is 62!....then the next days are bright sunny and in the mid 70s! Well that is the way the past few days have been around here for us! Alexis' tee~ball game was cancelled yesterday because of the field conditions from all of the rain the week before and because it was COLD too! So Tyler and I enjoyed our day in Birmingham together by leaving a little bit sooner than we had planned. We went antiquing and to all of our favorites stores to shop before we went to the new Barons field to watch their game! It was a beautiful day...but it was so COLD! I dont know what some people at the game were thinking...or didnt check the weather...but they were crazy wearing shorts, t~shirts and flip flops! We didnt stay the whole game because we couldnt handle the coldness and because they were getting beat pretty bad! Alexis and Lily spent the afternoon with Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi! Nan said they rode bikes, jumped on the trampoline, played ball...and just had alot of fun while we were gone!
Today was a beautiful Sunday! It was not too hot...and yet not too cold today! It was perfect weather to be outside! Our little family of four had a great family day together by riding the Ladiga Trail, playing at the park, playing outside and eating popsicles and church! We have had a great weekend!

While I was doing some cleaning...the girls were watching a movie. I looked in the living room checking on them...and I saw this! SOOOOO sweet!! :)

Us and the game....at the new field! The field was very...very nice!

Church girls!

Me and my girls!

Getting ready to ride the Ladiga Trail! We rode 2 miles to a little lake and then turned around for the 2 mile ride back! Alexis did SO good! She didnt complain any the whole time! In fact....she told me that she was never ever going to get tired when I asked her if she was getting tired! ha!

Lily did SO well riding too! She didnt make a peep the whole time we rode. She just sat back and enjoyed the ride! At one point I rode beside Tyler...and it looked like she was about to fall asleep...but she never did!

I was SO hoping that the turtles were out at the lake when we made it there! I was so excited to see that yep the sure were! Alexis was amazed!! She counted 13 turtles! ...but it looked like there were more than that! :)

Right after this picture we were heading back to the park....and Alexis kind of ran off the trail and fell. She got a couple of little scratches...but she was a trooper! It was sooooo cute watching her little legs going as she was riding her bike! :) She rode a total of 4 miles on her bike and never once said she was tired...THEN came home and jumped on the trampoline for about an hour! How in the world could one little girl have that much energy! :)

Love making memories with my little family!!

Happy birthday to Daddy!

Even though it was unusually cold today for it to be almost the end of April.....and rainy for most of the day....Tyler said he had a great birthday! The girls and I surprised Daddy with a "Twizzler" cake! He is trying to get fit and everything for summer~time....so instead of a cake, I decided to do an original cake with one of his favorite kinds of candy....Twizzlers!! :) He was very surprised when he came home from work! The girls and I sang him happy birthday...and gave him his birthday gift! Alexis made him the best looking card! She worked so hard on it!
We met the "crew" at Effinas to eat dinner and finish celebrating his birthday!
We have had a low key week this week. It has been rainy so we havent been out much especially with tee~ball being cancelled because of rain...and tomorrow Alexis' game is cancelled because of all the rain we have had. We did get to enjoy a family bike ride yesterday afternoon since it was really nice outside! I pushed Lily in the stroller while Tyler and Alexis rode their bikes! Alexis is getting so good at riding her bike! Her little legs were just a pedaling! It was so cute to watch!
Tyler and I are celebrating our birthdays tomorrow by heading to Birmingham to spend the day and then a Barons game tomorrow night! I cant wait!! :)
Happy birthday Tyler! I love you with all my heart and I am so thankful for you! I love how our girls have a great role model to look up to with you! I love how the girls LOVE their Daddy! I hope you have enjoyed your special day!

Alexis worked so hard on her card to her Daddy!.......she was kind of sad that she forgot to put the "e" in her name!.....but she worked sooo hard to put all of the "dots" on all of the letters!

The original Twizzler cake! ..........I bet no one else has ever had such a cake! :)

Surprising Daddy! This picture is precious to me because of how Alexis and Lily are looking up at him! They love their Daddy! Makes my heart smile!

Daddy and his favorite girls before we left to go eat with Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi!

Throwback Thursday~ Me and You Kid!

Well....tomorrow is a VERY...VERY special (all capital words!!) VERY SPECIAL birthday! Tomorrow is Daddy's birthday! He is now a "30 something!" So....for this week's "Look back in time".....I thought I would do Tyler and my birthday year! My big 31 is on Monday!
The year was 1982!
Tyler and I are 3 days apart! He was born on April 19, 1982 and I was born on April 22, 1982. We were both born in the same hospital! It is SO SO SO crazy to me that we were in the same hospital.....at the same time! Tyler's mom and my mom could have very well passed each other in the hallway of the hospital (not knowing each other then).....and never knew at that time....that their baby girl and baby boy would someday be married! That is SO crazy to me! :) It is amazing how God's path works! :)

So since he is older than me...even though I am soooo much wiser :)     I will do Tyler Ashley Law....as a baby! :)


Look at this sweet baby!................but OH look at how big that diaper is! :)

Look at that big boy! 

Such a cutie....and yep...he still has those beautiful blue eyes! :)

And now "For a look back in time"....at me....Amber Nicole Badgett.....  :)

Oh yeah...I was a chunk! :)

And everybody thought I was never going to grow hair! :)

This is a really blurry/bad picture.....of me....but I found this and thought Lily kind of looks a little like me in this picture!
~with Lana!