Friday, December 9, 2011

December? Already?

Where has this year gone??? I was just sitting here thinking about how much has gone on this year and I can't believe that it's already December! Craziness!

We've been getting everything ready for the crazy end to the year coming up with holiday travels, crazy busy times at the barn, and all the fun that comes with it. Christmas shopping is almost done. The decorations are up. Everyone is slowly getting healthy again (Cole still has a little bit of a bug). We're almost ready for the Holidays!

I can't believe how much the boys are changing and so quickly!! We were getting ready for bed last night and they were both on Wyatt's bed playing and Cole rolled over to Wyatt when he laid down beside him and snuggled up. The CUTEST thing I have ever seen and made me so happy to see the love they already have for each other. I can't believe it. I can't believe how much Wyatt already loves his brother and he's only had a few months to adjust to sharing the attention and he's doing amazing with it. He loves to help us with Cole and does things to help without us even having to ask (Cole gets fussy, Wyatt will go get his blanket and paci and bring it to us). I'm so glad they've got each other. I know it's only going to get more and more entertaining :)

Not too much else is new. We've been keeping everything pretty low key lately trying to get caught up around the house/farm with things and get everyone healthy again.

Hope everyone is doing well! Can't wait to see you all over the Holidays!

Happy Friday!


Our Thanksgiving center piece creation :)

Our first attempt at making (and playing) with playdough

Watching the Christmas parade (and eating candy!)

Our boys :)

Getting ready for bed (don't they look sleepy?) haha

Cheese!!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Good Recipe

We tried a new recipe last night that I am pretty excited about so I thought I would share. Creamy chicken spaghetti casserole This is so simple and soooo tasty! I would recommend doing a little less pasta than what it calls for. It says a pound and I did a little less and it was still too much, so maybe 3/4 pound would be good. Wyatt LOVED this (who knew?) and went a little bananas for the olives and mushrooms in it. I also used canned mushrooms instead of the white mushrooms and it was tasty, so I think whatever kind of mushrooms you like would work well. Super yummy! :)

Happy Wednesday!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Holiday Fun

When it rains...

it pours! Literally and physically this week for us. Lots of rainy weather and lots of stuff going on here this week. Both boys are sick, we've had truck troubles, septic issues...but today is Friday, that means it's over right? :) Both boys seem to be getting better slowly. The truck is fixed. The septic is fixed. We're good to go! Or so we hope!

We've been getting ready for the holiday season. Robb's been getting all the horses' feet in gear and ready to go (he's learned how to be our own farrier! yay!) All the horses that were having issues have gotten lots of rest and are ready to go again. Everyone is healthy and happy (well except for Guy, but he's generally grumpy anyways).

We're excited for Thanksgiving week with lots of people in town and lots of family. As long as the boys get to feeling better, we'll get to see both sides of the family and catch up with everyone. Cole is getting so big and changing so fast, I really hope he gets better so we can go and visit. He's so pitiful right now, we just want him to get better. He did give us lots of smiles tonight, so I'm hoping that's a sign the medicine is starting to kick in and at least take away the pain from the ear infection.

We had some friends in town last weekend and enjoyed spending time with them. Their daughter is the same age as Wyatt (older by 4 weeks). So the two of them had fun playing together.

Wyatt is really enjoying daycare now. I went to pick him up today and he didn't want to leave, so I took that as a good sign he's enjoying it :)

Happy Friday!!

Pictures from our Christmas card photo shoot :)



Notice Wyatt only has one shoe on at this point..


Happy Boy!

Loves his Daddy!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Back in the Saddle


We have been so busy  lately!! I feel like we haven't had a weekend to rest until this past weekend (and that was not the case for Robb, still had rides going out). For Halloween we went down to Brevard to visit and went to the Halloween Festival they have in town. Wyatt dressed up as a cowboy:


Cole was a bear, who hibernated through the whole festival. :)

Robb's been busy with a steady stream of rides with all the people in town for the fall.  So that's been good. I even got back in the saddle this past weekend with Robb cheering me on and helping me get by bearings again. Felt good! :) Wyatt got to ride all by himself for the first time too! He rode some with Robb and then all by himself. I can't believe he's getting so big!!!


Cole is doing great! He's a litte crazy some days, but those nights are heaven!! :) All in all he seems to be coming out of the newborn fog and is starting to explore a little more each day. He loves to lay on the floor and kick his legs and make fun sounds. He really loves the little bear mobile we have over his little crib. He thinks its so funny! He's still not so sure about Wyatt and gets that concerned look sometimes when he's near by (which makes us laugh).



And last but not least, we leave you with this entertaining video of Wyatt learning how to do push ups:

Happy Friday!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Favorite

We had some pictures done of the boys recently and this was my favorite. I'll post the rest later, but a little preview for now :)

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Fall

So I'm way behind on trying to keep up with this! But I have a good excuse...well two of them really :) One is 21 months and the other is almost 2 months (how did that happen so fast???) That and we've just been going going going lately, so when the choice is go to bed early or update the blog....I'm usually already asleep.

The rides have been crazy lately at the barn. We keep saying "Next week it'll slow down" and then the next week is crazier than the week before. So glad everyone is getting out and enjoying the fall! It has been a very pretty one, so I think that is partly the reason for the craziness this year. We're not complaining though! :)

The boys are doing great! Both seem to be growing like weeds lately! I can't keep up with clothes...I feel like I'm constantly having to go through and pull the non-fitting clothes and putting in the next size up in their closets. No more newborn clothes, and Wyatt is almost in toddler clothing. How are they getting so big already??! I still can't wrap my head around the fact that Wyatt is about to turn two in a few months...that just seems crazy to me.

Cole is doing well, a little fussy, but he's eating great and sleeping pretty well at night (knock on wood) so that's a saving grace. He's starting to make some sounds and smile at us which just makes us laugh. He's got that smile that just makes his whole face light up...amazing!! :) 

Wyatt is wanting to help more and more, so we're trying to find ways to let him help with things. Robb has even started working on potty training some with him as he's gotten more and more interested in it. My favorite was the other day, Robb was going to the bathroom and Wyatt went in and stood beside him and started clapping and saying "Yay!!" for Daddy going to the potty. HaHa!! at least he understands it :)

Robb and I are doing well, just tired (wonder why....). We're both ready for another trip to Jamaica :)  Or somewhere else warm and tropical would do just fine as well...we're not picky!! haha working on finishing up moving all the rooms around and putting the house together when we've got the energy left at the end of the day to work on it. We got our room moved into the new room now and are loving the space. Next up, moving the guest room and the nursery. We're almost there!

Other than that, just getting geared up for the holiday season and all that it brings!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

Someone wants to be the baby again...

That's a really big bear...

Bed hog

So cute though!

Wyatt showing Cole how the toy works

Wyatt and Daddy cleaning up dinner

Baby Smiles

Wyatt helping Daddy with the wood splitting

Wyatt stealing some of Aunt Julie's funnel cake while Arden
boogies to the music

Wyatt watching out the window on the train.

Wyatt and Aunt Jeanne on the train on the way to the pumkin patch!

Wyatt and Aunt Jeanne rode on the tractor ride with the scarecrow!

Playing in the corn is fun!

He was more focused on eating his fries than the picture...
I think they all fell on the ground shortly after this...haha

Well hello Snoopy!!

Playing in the leaves is fun!!!

So is carrying the leaves around in a bucket

Smile!

Punkin' Chunkin' 2011

Happy Boy!

Wyatt showing Arden how to climb on the hay bales

Fall view of our place

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Pumpkin Patch

This morning the boys and I went to a local pumpkin patch to check it out.  The weather was too nice to stay inside and I wanted to try to find some fun things to do around here on the weekends to get us all out of the house some. One of my friends, Crystal, came along with us. I was a little disappointed, but luckily, Wyatt is young enough he didn't care, so it was ok. It wasn't really a pumpkin patch like it was advertised, and their petting zoo left a little to be desired, but Wyatt enjoyed it, so no complaints there!

Rides are still going strong, so Robb is staying busy.  The leaves are really starting to get into full color, especially on some of the higher elevations. I really love this time of year! :)

Wyatt has really seemed to enjoy the daycare he's going to. He started this week for a couple of mornings just half day. He's still upset to see us go when we leave him in the mornings, but the teachers said he's doing great after the initial upset. So that's good!

Cole is doing great! I think we may have figured out what was upsetting his tummy so much and hopefully will have that all cleared up now. He's been a different baby this afternoon, so I'm hoping this continues and he won't be in so much pain after he eats every time anymore. He's really starting to spend more time awake just taking everything in. He's rolled over a couple of times, once I rolled him back over and he just went and rolled right back over, so it appears to be intentional. The kid has crazy head/neck control. I think he's just showing off :)

Other than that, just getting in a groove this week with me back to work and everyone trying to get on board with how we'll make this work. It wasn't as bad as I was prepared for, so I think we'll make it ;)

Happy Saturday!!

Cole meeting all the ladies in the Goins family

Jenna teaching Wyatt how to play the piano

The cowboy!

The little burrito all snuggled up.

Playing with Daddy's shoes

Look at all the pumpkins!!!

I like this one!

This one is huge!

I don't know who's more excited, Crystal or Wyatt!

Momma and her boys (yes, Cole is in there, Wyatt is leaning on
him.) haha

Scarecrow Wyatt

Look how tall I am!

Playing with the goats

Just enjoying my biscuit and tea in the parking lot.

Hanging out

Hey there!

Hanging out with my friends