Rewind

And I mean let's do a major rewind. In fact, let's pretend it's not almost August and I haven't posted since February. Yikes.

We've had so many things happen between now and then, that I've actually had plenty of things to write about, just not the time. So instead of going back and writing a very long post, I'm recapping our life since February. So here are the highlights:

March: We found out we are moving back to Katy, TX. I declare this month March Moving Madness. I went on a girls trip with my mom and sister. My mom watched the boys while we went house hunting. My sister and her family came to visit, and my brother and his family came to visit.
Oh and the biggest news of all, we found out we are expecting baby number three!

April: Jesse officially started his new job on April 1. The long commutes and overnight stays have begun. We sold our house and bought a house all on the same day.  Emerson turned FOUR! We celebrated by going to Chuck E Cheese and then with a little party at church friends. This was the boys last month at school. We say final goodbyes to our Lumberton home and get the keys to our new home.

May: Moving month!  So I now officially declare this month May Moving Madness (part 2). We got the keys at the end of April, but our stuff didn't arrive until May. We celebrated my 31st birthday. Jesse's parents visited, and then my parents stopped for a short visit and took the boys back with them to Oklahoma so Jesse and I could take a mini vacation to Las Vegas with friends.

June: We found out baby number three is another BOY. To celebrate we had the most amazing dessert, a warm doughnut stuffed with ice cream.YUM.

July: We visited my best friend and her husband in Austin, TX. Took the boys to their first firework show on the Fourth of July. Both did really well with the load noises. I turned 20 weeks with baby number three. I spent a girls weekend away in Colorado celebrating my friends upcoming wedding. And we took our family Colorado vacation, separate post is already in the works on this one. Promise.

 

And I think that about does for a quick catch up. See, you didn't miss much in the McKee life. Just some major life events, no biggie. 

Where in the World is Heather Feather?!?!

Let me tell you where...right here! I've been doing this thing called life and boy does it have me busy. And when it's not busy, I'm doing laundry.

If someone had told me how busy this phase of life would have been, I'm not sure I would have started a blog seven years ago. Speaking of seven years, it's been (almost) seven years! So if you are reading this and have been since I started typing, then congratulations you're now seven years older just like me : ) Some may find that humorous, others depressing. I'm not sure where I stand on that matter just yet.

Anyway, I know all you care about are photos, so I'll do a quick recap of  the McKee life.

 Emerson went to his first dentist appointment. All looked good and he did great.

We celebrated Father's Day and Jesse's cousin and two of his boys came to visit. Talk about being outnumbered that weekend!

We celebrated Fourth of July at Grammy and Granddads house.

We had more cousins visit. Again, outnumbered.

We went to the Nashville zoo with Gramma and Pops.

 We went to Uncle Evan and Aunt Lea's wedding.

 The boys started school. Henry's first year!

We took a relaxing vacation to the Smokey mountains.

The end.

Except, not really. We did lots of fun things in between and had not so fun things either. Pool parties, birthday parties, baby showers, wedding showers, Jesses' cousins wedding, a family reunion, trip to the beach, more family visits, finding out my dad had cancer (and then broke six ribs), a pumpkin patch, costume parties and so, so much more. 

But that is life and I love doing life with my family. They are the best.

Now, the end.

A Life Update on Emerson

The Good. The Bad. The Ugly...and The Wonderful.

I'm talking about life moments with a toddler. Oh my, the past six months has taught me a lot about my little guy. Emerson is just so much fun at this age, and yet so very challenging. He makes me question every parenting decision I make, teaches me new patience daily, has made me pull my hair out, and yet still I discover a deeper love for him.

If it sounds like a crazy roller costar, it is.

Parenting a toddler is no joke, but watching him grow into the little man that he is becoming is so very worth it.

He laughs at his own jokes. He likes to play with his brother (on his own terms of course). He is social and yet shy. You never know which Emerson is going to show up (personality wise) when we are in public. He is very verbal. I often catch him singing Faithfully by Journey or There's a Fountain Free from our church song book. He likes to mimic everything! He loves his momma, but is attached to daddy's hip on the weekends.

The past six months has brought some changes. He's finally adjusting to having baby brother around (only took about 6 months, eek). He had tubes put in his ears and it made a world of difference on his mood since the ear infection were gone. Now, unfortunately, we can't blame his tantrums on his ears...its all him! We celebrated holidays, went on vacations, played and grew. All the while, I didn't think he was changing much, until I went back and looked at pictures. Emerson has changed so much! It's scary how quickly my mind forgets the baby he once was.

Each day he changes, each day he makes me smile, each day I laugh with him and each day he makes me mad and feel tired. But that's what it's like being a parent. You take the good with the bad, with the ugly, and in return you get the wonderful : )
 

Just after his second birthday.

 He looks like such a baby here!

 

This is our everyday norm. No pants and lot of tears.

I can't even handle that hair and those glasses. This was right before our beach vacation in July.

 Heart melted. Probably one of my favorite photos ever.

And we can't forget about brother. This was the first time Emerson ever asked to hold Henry. Made my world. 

Showing off our more feminine side.

First day back at Play School. It's like he grew up overnight in this photo.

 Sharing sweet hugs with brother.

Happy 2.5 years, Emerson. We have survived this far, let's make it to age three!