Landon's 2nd BirthDAY!

On Friday, August 2 this sweet boy turned TWO years old!  We had a great day celebrating our sweet man!

Starting the day with a couple presents!  Sissy picked out this "Noisy Trucks" book and it is a new FAVORITE!  Landon LOVES to read and loves books with buttons...you add the fact that it's trucks in there and it is just a perfect combination :)

Singing "Happy NeNe" (Happy Birthday to Landon) with candles in his donne-donne (donut!)

We played, cleaned, and got ready for Keith's family to arrive the rest of the morning!  We finally got out the door and headed to Landon's favorite restaurant, Daddy's Kitchen!

The birthday boy had to sit in a "big boy chair"...not a highchair...he did well, but we did head outside to the sidewalk for plenty of running time!

After lunch we went right to the park!

How is he TWO already???

We had pizza for dinner and sang "Happy Ne-Ne" again :)

Last time for the day with his birthday cupcakes :)

We finished the day with playing outside with cousins and opening the rest of his presents, which consisted of trucks, trucks, and more trucks :)

What a fun day celebrating two WONDERFUL years with our little man!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Well HELLO officially from the PA state!!  We are all situated at my Mom and John's adjusting to our new home :)  We've been SUPER busy since I got here last Wednesday night...

Thursday, the 25th, was Christmas in July!  The kiddos woke up to a few little treats!

The rest of Thursday was spent unpacking cars, unpacking the bags upon bags upon bags of STUFF we had and getting everything organized and situated!  We are going to be living here for the next 4-5 months while our new house is being built in Delaware...more on that to come :)

Friday we met J at the mall to shop for Keith's birthday and for J to get a haircut, which turned into R and L getting a trim while we were there too!

After watching JJ Reagan decided she REALLY wanted her hair cut like Jamie's...she doesn't look happy in this picture, but she really was excited!  Those long blonde locks...

JJ's new do!

Umm...does she not look 8!?!?!?!?!?  Love her little haircut, but she looks a little too big!

I held Landon man for his cut, so no pictures of that sweet man!

Saturday we were up and at em early to head to Westminster to set up Gran's house for her SURPRISE 75th Birthday party!  We had a flamingo themed party for her and so many of her friends and family were able to be there, it was so nice!  I WISH I had a better picture of Reagan's dress, but it was adorable with two flamingos on it...just for the party :)

GG had plenty of helpers blow out her candles!

Reagan wound up STAYING in Westminster with Gran and Gramps for the night all by herself!  This was her first sleepover without mommy or daddy...well besides the couple times we've gone away.  I was a little scared she would change her mind, but she did great and had SO much fun!!

Sunday morning was Keith's 37th birthday!  We had a big breakfast of all his favorites...bacon, egg, and cheese on an english muffin, cinnamon rolls, blueberry pancakes, and bacon!

Landy was such a good helper and we think he loved being an "only child" for the morning :)

Look at my sweet little construction man...he is going to be TWO tomorrow!!  I bought him the vest and a yellow and orange hardhat for his birthday, but he was so cute playing with all his tools and tool bench one day, he had to get those Dollar Tree treats a little early :)

Gran and Gramps brought Sissy back and we were so happy to see her!!

  

Daddy's dinner...all requested by the very spoiled birthday boy :)  Steak, sweet potatoes, salad, lima beans, and rolls...followed by an all vanilla ice cream cake and black raspberry ice cream :)

The sweet birthday boy and I!

Daddy's best presents ever!

Monday the kiddos and I had to go to the post office and then found a fun little park to visit!  They had so much fun and it was such a beautiful day :)  Keith and I spent the afternoon/evening in DE looking at a few houses and available lots.

Tuesday morning we went to the Herr's Potato Chip factory.  They offer free tours, you get to taste warm chips (right off the belt!), and you get 2 free bags of chips...what's not to love about that!?  Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop came with us and we had a great time!

  

The kiddos and I took JJ's van back to my dad's and then walked back to my mom's...it was such a pretty day!  That is corn growing behind Reagan...I swear the world supply of corn has to grow around here :)

Landon has been OBSESSED with books lately...I just LOVE it!  He needs books ALL the time.  When we change his diaper, when he wakes up, after each meal...you name it, he is a reading machine :)  There was a time when he was a baby that I didn't think he would ever be a reader, but I am SO happy that he loves books so much now!

Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop are being troopers having our clan invade their space! (I think they kinda like having two cuties around all the time too!)

Tuesday morning, after playing construction with Pop-Pop, the kiddos and I headed to a park to meet Heather and Tobin.  It was another great day and the kids had a blast!

Phew.......so that's been the past week!  Landon's big 2nd birthday is tomorrow, Keith's family is coming tomorrow afternoon, and Landon's party is Saturday!  Should be a FUN, FUN (busy!) weekend!

A Few More NC Pics

Just a few more pics from NC...

The kiddos posing for one more picture on our front porch!

Blowing a kiss to NC

Our 53 foot moving truck that we came pretty darn close to filling!!

One more picture with Jeddy before they kiddos and Keith left

My last night in NC I got to go to dinner with some of my favorite ladies!  We went to a restaurant in Burlington, near Elon, which is where my whole "North Carolina journey" started...yes, you guessed it, I was pretty emotional!

Wednesday afternoon at about 4:00 the moving truck pulled away and I did one last walk through our EMPTY house...I could NOT stop sobbing...but I was ready to get to my babies in PA... The Acura was filled to the brim and it was a beautiful  night for a long car ride!

  

road trip snacks and a selfie ;)

See You Soon NC...

Right now I am surrounded by about a million boxes throughout our house...it's crazy!  The movers came yesterday and somehow between yesterday and today they have been able to pack up five years of wonderful memories...amazing how that happens!

Keith left yesterday morning with the kids and I'm pretty sure we were all in tears, well except Landon...he was just like I'm not really sure why everyone's crying ;)  It was so sad to say good bye to them, but I have to say Momma is kind of enjoying my quiet time, which Reagan kept reminding me I would have.  Now by quiet time I'm not sitting by the pool sipping a yummy drink, I have been organizing and running a million errands...but still, I'm not lugging kids in and out of carseats to do it!

I took this on a beautiful night last week...we really will miss this house so much!

I ate my cereal (in a styrofoam bowl with plastic spoon I had to get from the neighbor because I didn't have the foresight to keep ANYTHING out!) on the deck this morning and just stared at our pretty trees...I know I won't ever have a lot like this again...I've loved our location!

The family room...see that pile of coats?  They had packed up our hall closet yesterday and I didn't even THINK about coats, hello it's 100* out, but I was able to catch them in time that I could snag a couple I thought I would need over the next few months!

A TOTALLY boxed up kitchen

Emptied out dining room

NeNe's room all boxed up...I stared at his rocking chair yesterday and just sobbed...the number of hours I spent rocking him in that probably translates into days...

Sissy's room all packed up!

The guest room is piled high with boxes

Our room has boxes everywhere...the movers have been so sweet though and kept my bed out last night and again tonight

It's time to return the modem and unplug the computer for it's big car ride tomorrow...time to sign off from North Carolina and hello from PA!  Maybe in the next week or so I'll have some house news :)  Wouldn't that be fun!?