What we've been up to...

We are at T- 9 days until we get to meet our sweet baby girl!  I figured that I'd better get some pics up to let you see a peek at what we've been up to since Wyatt's big 2nd birthday!:)

The school year ended and along with that, my time as Director at The Compass ended too.  It was a very bittersweet thing for me, as I have loved being a part of this ministry & the kids there.  But anticipating the arrival of our baby girl, we have a peace from the Lord that it was time for me to stay home with the kids.  What a blessing for me to have been able to take Wyatt along to The Compass, we are truly grateful that it worked out to do that.  But I am definitely looking forward to this next phase of my life as a stay-at-home mom!  It will definitely be a big change for me, not working and all, but we are so grateful that I am able to stay at home with our kids!

So...what have we been up to?  We took a camping trip to celebrate Memorial Day.  Super hot, but lots of fun!  I was definitely introduced to being the mother of a boy...I am pretty sure I have never seen Wyatt so dirty! 

Dirty boy!

We also took a trip to the zoo for Father's Day!  What a nice treat from mom and dad!



Love these guys!!!

Wyatt really enjoyed feeding the giraffe this year!

Wyatt also got to go to swim lessons this year!  It was a lot of fun for both of us!  It was really neat to see him progress and gain confidence!  He had a great time!  And now he LOVES jumping to us in the pool!

Wyatt has also decided that he must sleep with 4 animals now instead of two...so he usually carries them everywhere!  Cracks me up...here he is after waking up one morning...love the hair!

Wyatt has also been a big "help" as we get ready for the arrival of his baby sister...he seems excited now, so we'll see if that excitement hangs around once she gets here!  Here he is in the baby seat (I thought he'd get stuck!) and he also found a pacifier...silly boy!

And we celebrated the 4th!  Somehow I've survived this heat!:)

We've been having  such a great summer so far and I know it's going to get even better here in a week!  It has been so much fun to see Wyatt grow and change right in front of our eyes.  It seems like over night he went from putting a couple words together to being such a jabber box!  I love it!  Certainly makes our days very entertaining!  He also loves repeating everything!  I told him the other day that he has a "one track mind" and now he says it all the time!  He even used it in the right context the other day...haha.  Loving this kid and looking forward to loving our baby girl!

Red Tractor Cake!

Wyatt turned 2 on May 1st!!! 

We had such a fun time celebrating his birthday! 

 Everytime I asked him about his birthday, his response was,

"Red Tractor Cake!" 

He was so excited about it and he had such a great time at his party!

  

It was so sweet watching him blow out his candles...he knew exactly what to do:)

He also really enjoyed the cake pops...he kept saying "pop" "pop".

He was a lot less timid this year with his cake!   He just dove right in!

He is loving all his new "choo-choos", pedal tractor, and all the other fun things he got for his birthday. 

It's been so fun to watch his personality develop and see how he soaks up everything.  Wyatt is such a blessing to us and he is constantly making us laugh!  We can hardly believe that he's already two!  He's becoming such a big boy!  He's going to be such a great big brother and it's been neat to help him understand what that means:)  He'll understand a bit more in a couple months!

I just love our little man!

Growing up

We can't believe our sweet little guy will be turning 2 in less than a couple weeks!  Everyone tells you how fast it goes...but I guess you don't realize it until you see it for yourself.  He is so much fun and fills our life with so much joy!  In this post I've included some pictures taken by my aunt Barb at our annual Martin Family Retreat...what a great time we had!

Wyatt really enjoyed the kiddie pool!  He had lots of fun splashing everyone!

Other things that Wyatt enjoys right now are "choo-choos" and tractors.

He loves watching Thomas and I usually hear "choo-choo on" about a zillion times a day!  (Which means he wants to watch Thomas)

Here we are at good ole Blue Gate in Shipshe...mmmmm!  Wyatt loves to eat!  He usually does really well and isn't too picky.  When I asked him tonight what he wanted to eat he said "toast and cheese"...so I made him a toasted cheese sandwich...I guess I got it right, cause he ate it!:)  He's also really into dipping things...cracks us up...and he calls dip, "boot"...no idea why...so funny.  And he's also started trying to drink everything thing, which he pronounces, "drank" :)  Doesn't matter what it is, he tries to "drank" it.

Here are Clint and I before our Easter morning worship time together with the family.  So thankful for our family and our Christian heritage!  Blessed that we have the opportunity to raise our children to know the Lord!  Wyatt is always so cute when it's time to pray...he "prays" first...usually he says, "dee-dee", which means "thank you".  So cute!  He's even been doing a better job at closing his eyes:)  When he was first learning to pray, which seems ages ago, he would pray about 5x before we could eat.  So sweet! 

Here is another one of Wyatt's favorite activities...He just loves to "shoot ball", or "shoot hoop"!  He has been doing such a great job lately of putting more words together...it seemed to just happen overnight.  Mostly it's been "Hi daddy", "Hi mommy", "shoot ball", "ride tractor", "choo-choo on".  He also calls everyone "guy"...which I noticed the other day at the grocery store, when he would say "Hi guy" to all the sweet little old ladies! Ha!  I'm trying to explain to him the difference...we'll see how long it takes for that to catch on.

This last photo just cracks me up...These are my grandparents, with my aunt and uncle, cousins & family...we were trying to get pictures in of the different families...since we were ALL there for our retreat...all 43 of us...plus the 2 on the way:)  But here is what Wyatt did during photo time...what a goober, running through the picures!  He never stops...really...never stops.  It's rare that his attention is captured for longer than a few minutes...definitely keeps this mama on her toes!

Boy oh boy...

Wyatt......is he ever a boy!  He constantly cracks us up:)  Just the other week during lunchtime, he kept saying "bean, bean", while he was pointing at his nose.  So of course I asked him if he stuck a bean up his nose!  His response..."yeah".  Fortunately I was able to get the bean out just by having him blow it out.  Whew!  Now everytime we eat anything small like a bean he acts like he's going to stick it up his nose!



No picture is complete without a finger up the nose!

This past Sunday we spent the afternoon at the park...I think I counted about 3 handfuls of sand that Wyatt ate...and possibly some mulch!  Then I heard one of the other kids laughing and I see Wyatt piling the sand on top of his head!  His scalp was completely covered.  The bathtub was full of sand after that bath!



He must be telling them something very important!



This was how I found Wyatt one day after his nap!  He was very proud to show me that he'd taken off his shirt!

 

And of course this is the way to eat raspberries!

 

No horse ride is complete without the sword to go with it!

 

You don't have 3 hands?!  Just use your mouth!

Wyatt is such a busy boy, he really keeps me on my toes!  It's hard to imagine what a little girl is going to be like!  But we are so excited to find out!:)



Hats...

Wyatt has lots of favorite things...right now, choo-choos & bubbles are the top two.  But he also enjoys putting on hats...and usually anything qualifies as a hat:)



Mommy's hats...this one, a Christmas gift, still had the tag on:)



A bag works great!

 

Sometimes Papa Al brings Wyatt some silly hats to try out!

Trying out mommy's hats again.

 

Found one of his own...



Not quite a hat...but a hooded towel works nice!

And one more of Papa Al's silly hats!  Notice the mud flaps:)

The Adventures of Wyatt...in pictures...Fall/Winter 2011...part 2 (and yes, that does say 2011)

Alrighty...finally some pics from the end of 2011...and hopefully it won't be another couple months before the next post:) 

In our house, Wyatt likes to wear lots of different things......

 Buckets on his head...

Yogurt on his face...and hands

Mommy's shoes...

Lunch...

His toys...

He also likes to help.....with laundry

And talk on the phone.....

Or his french toast...whatever works!

And of course, wrestle the dog!

Wyatt also celebrated the new year by getting a big boy haircut!  It was hard to see his curls go...but he was looking a little "willy wonka-ish" (gene wilder, willy wonka, that is)...He did such a great job!

The Adventures of Wyatt...in pictures...Fall 2011

 Finally have some pictures up to share!  This is just an assortment of some things Wyatt did this fall...

Sporting some sweet glasses while camping for Labor Day:)

Showing how messy he can be when he eats!

Not sure what this face is all about...but had to share it:)

Bag of spilled apples...hmmm...wonder who the culprit is?

There he is!  Silly guy!

Climbing into where the trash goes!

Climbing onto daddy's poker table!

We spent a day at the zoo and Wyatt got to feed a giraffe!  Although he got a bit scared and dropped the lettuce...so daddy fed the giraffe:)

He had a lot of fun...got to take a giraffe home...and was asleep soon after we left...

Wyatt also had some BIG news to share at Thanksgiving!!!:)

More pics to come...