Big Canoe

Last week we headed out to Big Canoe for vacation with Josh's side of the family.

We had a wonderful trip. It was relaxing for the most part. Jakson has a hard time sleeping places other than his own bed, so poor daddy was up around 6 every morning with the boy. This happens every time we are somewhere other than our home. I am hoping one day he will learn to sleep in other beds and let the rest of us enjoy our sleep!! But until then...oh well!

Henry Tate and i enjoying our awesome view for the week

Our house was right on the lake so jakson got to go out for his first ride on the kayak with daddy. He was very still and just took it all in :)

jakson enjoying the kiddie area at the pool

Josh and I are creeping up on our 3rd anniversary in November. Big Canoe is actually where our rehearsal dinner was before we got married at the Tate House. So on our way home we stopped at the Tate House for a few pictures of us with our little guys!

(Where Mr.Henry Tate's name came from)

oh goodness, i love my little family :)

I am a little sad that vacation is over and done with but we had an awesome time.

XoXo, Elizabeth

here, fishy fishy...

Hello from vacation :)

we are enjoying time with Josh's side of the family and loving having daddy all to ourselves with no work-- love it!

i am going to sneak in a quick little post on our adventure to the aquarium last weekend while henry tate naps beside me.

we started our saturday by meeting our good friends for a delicious breakfast at our favorite little food joint in chatty.

the boys can't wait for alaina's little guy to be here so they can all play together :)



it really does amaze me how much jakson is totally his daddy's mini-me.


he loved the fishies just like daddy!




and it's about nap time for this little guy :)


we had an awesome time. i am so in love with my boys and thankful for our fun times together :]

and now back to vacation...

henry tate's newborn pictures.

yes, that's right folks...i am just now posting his newborn pictures. and yes, my son is 3 months old. Don't judge.

whatev, so i am a little way behind.

anyways, they are AWESOME :) i tried to pick my favorites so i didn't post a million but that was hard to do.

gosh he is a cutie pie, enjoy!

my little froggy= LOVE

squishy face <3








i have a feeling this will show up at jakson's rehearsal dinner one day...


and how do you get an unhappy big brother to take a picture with his 5 day old brother...put a piece of candy on him :) sneaky, sneaky...


and last but not least his baby announcement that i totally sent out :/

All done by Captures by Summer-- she ROCKS!!

i hope you have all enjoyed your weekend. we took the boys up to the chatty aquarium and jaks had a BLAST. that boys loves him some fishies just like his daddy. i will post on that as soon as i can :)

Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it

i am quickly learning how that is the perfect definition of a boy. Jakson is loud and is always getting as dirty as he possibly can. oh and always in a random pair of shoes. gotta love him :)

love these pictures of my boys. jakson is pretty obsessed with his little brother.

i can't wait to get this kid playing ball. he thinks that everything is a ball and thinks that everyone wants that ball thrown at their face :) and i'm not lying, he sure can throw and has some great aim. he is going to be our little sports star for sure.

yesterday we went out the yard when it had cooled down a little bit and let jakson hit some balls.

look at that face, oh my goodness, i could just eat him up!!

and then his next two favorite things...

Daddy and cars!

daddy let him help pull up the jeep when he got home from work

today Henry Tate is 3 months...WHAT?!? Geez, where has the time gone?! I have to take his 3 month pictures today and get his post done ASAP.

we are taking the boys on a fun little road trip tomorrow~ I am one excited momma!

"Mommy, Wow! I'm a big kid now."

yes, that is what jakson should have been singing this morning. his first day of preschool. seriously, i say it too much but i can't believe how quickly time passes. jakson started preschool this morning and will be going on monday and tuesday mornings. i love his preschool and am really excited for our little man to learn and have fun!

he woke up in a great mood like he usually does when daddy gets him up. it is always a treat to have daddy home in the morning :)

of course i took way too many pictures but i don't even care. i was so proud of my preschooler!

Henry Tate was a proud little brother...

with his backpack on walking into school..

love this :)

looking into his classroom...

:] so sweet!

Ms Carol showing him how to work the computer

didn't even notice that we had left

Love this kiddo!

he did so great! he could have cared less that Josh and i had left the room. we didn't make a big goodbye scene because i didn't want to make him upset. we peeked in at him through the window and he was fine!

When i went to pick him up his teacher said he did great! she said one of the other kids got upset and so then jakson realized it was time to cry so he did but quickly calmed down. she also said that our little piggy went around and finished all of the other kid's snacks after they were all done :)

we stopped for a happy meal on the way home and he was soooo sleepy. he is napping now. i think preschool wore him out!

:) Elizabeth