Fourth of July!

I didn't realize until I moved to Marshfield how big of an event the Fourth of July parade is!  Mark had told me, but until I went to the parade myself, I wouldn't have understood.  This year did not disappoint.  It was so fun to have all of the Messick family in town from Saturday until Monday!  We went to the farm to shoot guns and ride Lacey's four wheeler, we went to the parade, and we ate a LOT of food.  That makes for one GREAT weekend!!

Boyd enjoyed his first Fourth of July, also.  He got to ride the four wheeler with Daddy, Mommy, Papa Keet, and Aunt Lacey.  I was a little nervous until I realized that it doesn't go very fast.  I just made sure someone had a hand on him when it was moving :) 

This is a precious one with his dad!

I also tried our the four wheeler.  I don't think I'll be getting one anytime soon, but it was fun for a few minutes :)

My big man working on standing up at the parade.  He didn't want to sit still until the parade started, and then he was mesmorized by the cars driving by.  He loved it!

Boyd is definitely getting better at keeping his glasses on.  For a while, he would take them off as soon as they were on, so this is progress.

I know...what look is that on my baby's face??  I don't know, either, but it's pretty cute anyway!  He might not like this picture one day, but he sat in my lap almost through the entire parade.  I was so proud of him!

Boyd's first haircut

I had been thinking for a week that Boyd needed his hair cut.  I said something to Mark, but he was against it!  He thought his hair was cute, which I did, too, but it needed to be cleaned up a little.  I finally convinced him that it would look the same except a little shorter (I know...what a concept, huh!?)

We took him in on a Saturday expecting to make an appointment for the following week.  Angie was coloring someone's hair and said she could do it while she was processing.  I was so thankful that it worked out, and we got it done right then!  That is definitely a perk of living in a small town :)

Here is Boyd ready to get his hair cut...he wouldn't look at the camera!

Angie did such a good job...it looks great! Mark was better after he saw how good it looked, and once he realized they weren't going to shave it or anything crazy.  Really...what did he think they were going to do!!??  His hair is so fine and so light that you can't tell in this picture, but Angie spiked it up in the front.  It looked really cute, even though in this picture it looks a little unruly :)

11 months, more swimming...

Well Boyd is now 11 1/2 months...I am making plans for his birthday and I have already practiced his cake!  Knowing us, it's no surprise that we're having a sports themed birthday party.  We had his one year pictures taken the other day, though, and he wouldn't tear into his cake.  I hope that on his birthday he decides to go crazy :)

Let's see...I haven't given any updates on what Boyd is doing lately.  He has been pulling up and crawling since 8 1/2 months, but he is working on standing on his own, which he does for about 15 seconds now.  He looks like he is dying to take a step, so I don't know how long it will be until that happens, but I am content with him crawling for now.  My life will REALLY change when he starts walking, I'm afraid :)  He is also clapping, which I was worried that he would never do.  He really only says "mama" and "dada" and some other noises that don't really mean much.  I'm sure they mean something to him...we just need to figure it out!

He kind of has a "what are you looking at?" look on his face in this picture, but it was one of the best 11 month pictures we have.  He was not so cooperative that night :)

I love this look because this is how he gives kisses...he opens his mouth as wide as possible :)  I love baby kisses!!

So this is our plastic pool.  Boyd thinks it's fun to crawl in the pool, play around, crawl out of the pool, sit in our lap (and get us all wet), then start the cycle from the beginning.  I can't blame him, though, he's a busy guy!

I'm not sure why, but Boyd also likes to drink from the hose.  He sticks the entire thing in his mouth, then he gets waaay to much water in his mouth and he starts coughing.  He loves it, though, and he looks so cute doing it!

CHEESY smile!

I think you can tell from pictures that Boyd is a little ham!  He loves the camera and smiles almost instantly when he sees it.  I thought I would share a few pictures of his cheesy smile, as we like to call it :)

Wedding, swimming, turning 10 months...

Well, I hate to be so behind on my blog, but it does allow me to cram a lot of things into one post!!  I'm not sure that it's a good thing, but I am looking for the positive in my procrastination :)

Kayla's best friend Kayli got married a few weeks ago. It was a beautiful wedding in Branson, and we tried to get a good family picture, though Boyd didn't want to cooperate!

I always feel like I'm taking the pictures, so it's good to get in a picture with my little cutie pie!!

Well, his little buddy Brayden must have thought he was a cutie pie, too, because he went in for a kiss!  I guess Brayden's daddy isn't too happy with him kissing boys, but they will someday learn :)  It's pretty cute, but definitely something to learn for the future!

Boyd has a little plastic swimming pool in our backyard that he just LOVES!  I wanted to see how he would like an actual pool, so we went to our friend's house to swim one day.  We weren't able to stay out very long because it got kind of cool (I know...the ONE day it's not steaming hot!) but he had a lot of fun!

I can't believe how fast time flies.  Boyd is now (at the date of this post) 11 1/2 months, but these are his 10 month pics.  He is getting so big!  I like this picture because he looks less like a baby and more like a boy.  Well, I say I like it, but it also makes me very sad that he's growing up so fast :(

Here's my big boy with his sweet smile!  He LOVES the camera :)

I'm a big brother!!!

Well, as I'm sure most of you know by now, Boyd is going to be a big brother!  It might come as a shock to some of you, but it was something we were planning.  I wanted Boyd to be anywhere from 18-24 months older than the new one, and he will be 18 months.  Obviously, we were "planning" it, but we knew it would happen on God's time.  We are so blessed to be bringing another little baby into the world.  Boyd has been such a blessing and we have loved every minute of the last 11 months (especially since he was only 7 weeks old when he started sleeping through the night...)

I found a t-shirt for him to announce the news, and I was really excited about it.  I wanted to have him show up at our families' houses wearing the shirt and announce it that way, but I was only 4 weeks when I was in Farmington and didn't want to say anything that soon.  I didn't know when we would be going back, so I had to email the picture to my family.  We were able to show the shirt to our family in Marshfield, and it came as a shock to almost everyone :)  I also decided to post the picture on facebook, and I had a lot of comments, which were very much appreciated!

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