MHS Welcome Video

Three of our high school seniors, John Cunningham, Alex Cantrell, and Morgan Blackstock, came to us with the idea to do a welcome video for incoming freshmen. They showed another high school that had done the same video, and it was awesome! I was excited to see how we could make it happen. They planned the entire video, along with the student government sponsor, and they made it memorable!! Every detail was planned and I was so proud of their work. The student body showed so much school spirit and enthusiasm. I have never seen our students so involved in anything before!! The link is below.

By the way, it's kind of hard to hear because I'm so far away from the camera, but that's me in the van (yes, my cool mom van...) I was the "mom" who dropped off my "kids" at school :)

SchoolTube - Marshfield High School (Marshfield, Missouri) Lip Dub 2011

Easter time!

I bought a 12 month Easter outfit for Boyd, thinking that at 9 months it would fit him, but unfortunately I was wrong.  The sleeves of his shirt were too tight and too short, so I had to roll them up.  I think he still looked like a little cutie, though!  Little boys in ties are just adorable :)

I absolutely LOVE this picture of my two main men...how stinkin' cute are they?!?!

I love my little man...too bad he didn't cooperate for a full family picture, but we still got a few good ones.

Here is Boyd with his buddies Harper and Emerson.  I tried to put on his dress shoes, but they weren't cooperating.  We decided to go with the Chucks instead.  Chucks and a tie?  Works for me!

I realize I titled this Easter but have only talked about Boyd.  I know that most people reading my blog are mainly interested in him, but we woke up that morning to a very happy baby.  I brought him into our room and grabbed his beginner's bible, and we read him the story of the Resurrection.  We are so blessed to have our son and so blessed that God sent his son to die for our sins.  It is hard for me to imagine that sacrifice now that I have a son of my own...I cannot find the words to describe the importance of Easter, and I hope that people realize it's more than dressing up and hunting for eggs!

The rest of the day was very relaxing, and we enjoyed spending time as a family :)

These next few pictures are not from Easter, but we finally put on Boyd's red chucks from Aunt Becky.  They are a little big, but I thought we could manage.  He actually stood on his own for about 5 seconds when he was wearing them, but Mark said he thought that was only because the weight was distributed between the big shoes :)  He's getting there...he'll be standing before long!

Until then, he is enjoying crawling and pulling up on furniture, people, pillow, window sills, or whatever he can get his hands on!  My boy is growing up too fast!!!

CRAWLING!

I started wondering if Boyd was ever going to crawl.  We worked with him, moving his arms and legs, and finally at 8 1/2 months he started crawling!  KK was watching him that morning because I had a meeting, and when I got home she said he crawled 3 "steps".  He was napping so I thought "ok she's probably mistaken" but he woke up from his nap and proved me wrong!

Oh --- and when I went to get him from his nap, he was standing in his crib!!  He started crawling and pulling up on the same day!  Boy, things were going to get crazy!!

This is Boyd crawling in the yard at Grandma and Papa Messick's.  He is so cute!

I got him this musical table and just a few days later he started pulling up.  I guess he was determined to play with it!  He loves it, and the songs are kind of catchy (is that sad??)

The windows in our house are the perfect height for him to pull himself up and look out.  Mark keeps saying we need to get a picture of Boyd and Raider both looking out the window, because Raider does the same thing :)

I snuck in this 8 month picture.  His poor skin...sometimes it is better, and somtimes it gets worse.  I hope he grows out of that!!

He is trying to model his cowboy hat and boots, but the hat stays on for about .05 seconds...



A few oldies...

So I am not very good at keeping up with my blog.  I will not admit defeat, though, and will pledge that when I am home this summer I will do a better job!!  I am finished with my masters now (yay!!) so that should also free up some time.

I thought this was a precious picture of Boyd with his Holliday shirt.  I love Holliday, and he will learn to also :)

Grandma Messick found these PJs and we thought they were adorable.  Boyd looks like such a big boy sitting in his chair.  He is such a cutie...he melts my heart!

We took a trip to Farmington (a month and a half ago) and we are planning to go again this weekend.  Boyd found a snuggle buddy in Papa, and I think he's excited to see him again.  He was so comfy in his arms.  I remember those days sleeping in my daddy's arms, too!!  Precious!

So Mark thought it would be funny to put Boyd in his bag when we got home and see if Boyd wanted to be packed up.  He obviously liked it...do you see the huge smile on his face???  To be fair, anytime Boyd sees a camera he gets a huge smile.  Everyone says it's me rubbing off on him because we're both hams :) 

I'm okay with that!