The Homestead

Last weekend J.Ed and I headed to Hot springs, Va. to The Homestead. His cousin Joe and college friend Leslie were getting married so Robbins went to Juju and Poppys's and we had our last solo weekend before Landry gets here. Our friends Lee and Ryan have raved about this place as Ryan's family comes every New Year. It really was beautiful and so relaxing. We enjoyed getting to hang out with friends and some of J.Ed's family we don't get to see as often. Robbins had a great time at my parents and I think they loved having him around too. Apparently he and my nephew just played for three days straight.

The view up the mountain

Here is Katherine with her finace Stephen and Anne with Her husband Lynn and their adorable little girl Alice. She was the best little flower girl I have ever seen, she literally stood there the entire time and just stared at Joe and Leslie as they got married.

Robbins 2 year pics

We had our friend Misty Trone take Robbins pictures a couple weeks ago and as usual they are so precious. We did a couple family ones, but since I'm not big on pics of pregnant me it was mostly focused on the little man. Click the link below to see a slideshow of the images. It has to buffer but I promise it's worth it.
http://animoto.com/play/fPNCJtge7SgZY6tbodiGjQ?utm_content=main_link

Happy Birthday Robbins!

I can not believe it has been 2 years since this little boy was born. Where has the time gone? So in honor of your 2nd birthday little boy I'm going to list 20 things I love about you in no particular order(I figured 2 won't suffice:))

1. Your smile 2. Your eyes because they look like mine:) 3. The way you say big jump and outside 4. The way you love on Sophie and Benson 5. They way you come give me random hugs and tell me "I wanna give Mommy hug" 6. When we rock and you tell me"song, song" making me feel like an actual good singer 7. You stubborness- this is a positive and a negative
8. The fact that you are such a good sleeper-I have been thankfuk for that for a long time 9. That you are so sensitive when you get disciplined but strong willed enough to push back
10. That you sing Jesus Loves Me to us when we say our prayers 11. That you say Tank you mommy so sweet when I give you something 12. That anytime your dad is out of town, no matter what for, you say "Daddy play golf". It cracks me up everytime 13. That you have started hugging my belly and saying hi Landry. 14. That you have given me just a tiny glimpse of God's love for me-patient, unconditional and true 15. You precious curls- no matter who says you need a haircut:) 16. Your persistance- i love this b/c I get it. Keep that never quit spirit and you will accomplish anything or at lease will be able to say you tried 17. How you have made me love your dad even more by seeing how he loves you 18. That you love and request cous cous-you maybe the only 2 year old with that palette. 19. How sweet you are with your friends at school and how you talk about them on the way home everyday. 20. How you tinker and concentrate just like your dad. I see the engineer in you already

I could really go on forever so i'll will end this with you are such an incredible blessing to our entire family and I can not wait to see you as a big brother. Here are some pics from the birthday party last weekend. A little rain didn't stop these kiddos from having a great time. We just moved it from the pool to our house.

Santa Rosa Beach and 26 weeks

Lots of beach pics! Some of my favorites in no particular order.

Wareagle! Clearly I felt the need to represent amongst the Kentucky and Alabama fans

Tounge out in concentration and kicking a soccer ball. genetics are incredible, I guarantee you the Lowe's have this picture of J.Ed somewhere.

I think these sum him up:)

Dance Party- this was hilarious!

We had an amazing week at the beach with the Lowe's last week. Thank you for everything, especially all the extra hands to help with Robbins!

I can not believe i am almost 27 weeks pregnant. It is flying by and its hard to believe that 3 months from Friday Landry will be here. I am feeling good, just still really over this heat. She is all over the place and is now to the point where I can see my stomach move when she does. I have not gained any more weight this time than I did with Robbins but I am carrying her different and feel huge this round. We(especially J.Ed) has been working really hard to get Robbins room together for his big transition to a big boy bed in a couple months. It is really coming together and I think he will love it. We realized we are gone so much over the next couple months that we better start now to have everything ready in time. We are also gearing up for Robbins 2nd birhtday party on Saturday. We have about 10 kiddos and their corresponding adults coming for a pool party so it should be a blast. I will post pics next week of the festivities!