Bo's Nose

Bo is picking things up like crazy. Plus he knows he has an audience since we're in PA with family. He's definitely putting on a show. Here's his latest trick...

More KaFun!!

Today I got to spend the day with my amazing friends at Knoebels! Jack and Ty were off with Tom's parents at The Great Wolf Lodge. So Bo and I met Karen, Christy and Carisa, plus their kiddos and Nana Free at the park. I love Knoebels. This place is an old school, home town, mom and pop kind of amusement park. It's nestled in the mountains, it's a camp site and picnic grove, totally affordable and so much fun!!! The parking is even free! You can bring all your own food if you want to grill and you can pay per ride. There's no admission price, it's all per ride or you can get an all day arm band. I think that's cool that you have the option. Bo and I only spent $8 on rides and we had lots of fun! :-)
Anyway, the most important part was that I got to hang out with my girls, see their kids and have lots of laughs! It's amazing to me that we live hundreds of miles away but we can all get together once or twice a year and it's effortless to pick right back up where we left off! Ladies, you're awesome and I cherish our friendship! I miss you guys terribly! Thanks for the great day!!

Me and Little Miss Avery! She's so adorable, almost makes me want a little girl! :-) Almost! Don't anyone get excited!



Bo was a great driver!! :-)



I love that you can only see the very top of bo's head.


Rising on the trian. We got to see a deer eating corn in the woods. Pretty cool.

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Giggles

I was a little lost today. Jack and Ty went to the Great Wolf Lodge with Tom's parents and I got to spend the day chasing around only 1 crazy mini Murtie. Bo and I spent the day swimming at my Aunt's and hanging out with family. It only could have been better if my mom made more pierogies!! :-) J/K Mom!!! It was a fun day, but I missed the older boys. Bodie definitely enjoyed not having to share his audience! After we got chased from my Aunt's by the rain, we ventured home. Bo had a bath, got all cozy in his jammies then had a little snack. He was playing the game of pretending to give me a bite then take it away and this is what ensued.........(He laughs exactly like Ty. So funny!! He totally made me tear up with the ending....Tom, we miss you so much!!! LY!!)

Walking shoes

Here's Bo rocking his first pair of kicks. Since he's been walking every where and totally mobile, and since we really haven't been indoors at all, the poor boy needed some shoes. The first time he wore them he walked around like he was wearing scuba flippers. Hahahah!! I wish I had the video rolling then! But here he is putting on a show. And of course Jack and Ty can't help but photo bomb Bo's video moment! :-)

Dirty D Word

The dirty D word has been flying around our house a lot lately. I don't like talking about it, want to stay in my little bubble of denial! All of my fellow military friends know what I'm talking about....deployment.
It's kind of hard to not talk about it. Especially since I want to start blogging daily again and don't think I can do that without talking about Tom and where he is. I was reluctant to put it out there. I have no desire to put it on Facebook because I'm not very good at unfriending or denying friend requests to people I wouldn't normally keep in touch with. I'm sure we all have those friends on there. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Anyway, My blog is way more personal and I figured if you read my blog, then you're close to me an my family in someway. So here it is...Tom's deployed. :-( he left on June 22nd, spent a week at Fort Benning in Ga. Then left from there and made his way to Afghanistan. He'll be spending the next 6 months at Camp Eggers in Kabul. We're very spoiled with how often we've gotten to talk to him and I'm not sure what we'd do without Skype and my iPhone! :-) (there's an app for that!) Tom's doing well, getting adjusted and settled in with his job. The people he's working with seem to be great so I'm pretty relieved in that regard.
The boys are doing well too. I'm not sure how much they totally understand but we talk about it and I'm keeping them busy and distracted with lots of fun stuff that I'll be blogging about. We spent a week at the beach with my family and now we're in Pa for a few weeks. I'm not sure if it's better to keep them distracted or me. :-) but so far it's working.
We miss Tom terribly! I know we've been lucky with the lack of our deployments! Its part of being in the Army. Im not complaining! But I am pretty happy it's only 6 months!
Get ready for more blogs from me and lots of pictures! Tom will appreciate being able to check the blog instead of me crashing his email with pictures and videos of the kids. Hahaha!
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Walker

    Who needs one of those fancy walker toys when you have an empty garbage can already in your house?? Bodie has been trying to walk, he pushes around anything that will go and help him get from one place to another. He got a hold of the garbage can when I was taking out the trash.
      Bo actually took his first steps yesterday but I had to post this before I wrote about that big milestone. :-) I'm not sure what's funnier, Bodie pushing around the garbage can, Ty's laugh, or Jack talking in the back ground. My three entertainers!

Birthday Boy

Today was Bodie's first birthday! I can't even believe our little man is 1 year old already. This year has flown by. Bodie has definitely kept us entertained every day. He's little but has a big personality. He looks and laughs exactly like Ty. He eats better than his 2 older brothers, but won't touch lunch meat. He's close to walking, but not just yet. He loves Sadie and Lola, all their dog toys, playing with all the garbage trucks we own, riding on his Dad's shoulders, fake sneezing and clapping for himself. Of course bath time is his MOST Favorite time, other than any time we eat. :-) He looks like Hulk Hogan with his bleach blonde hair that's a little longer in the back. (Thanks for pointing that out Uncle Tim). He started dancing and saying "achoo". He really does love attention and is a total ham! He has about 10 solid nicknames. Jack gave him a new one the other day...."Kubota", which I think is perfect with this family's love of all things machines and Umpa's collection of Kubotas. Very fitting. Bodie is usually a really happy baby. He definitely has my Dad's Davis temper. He's already very determined and let's you know how pissed he is when he can't get what he wants. His energy level is crazy and is non stop every minute he's awake. He has 2 amazing big brothers that love playing with him and fight over who gets to open his door when he wakes up from nap. And 2 parents that love him more than he'll ever know. I really don't know how we got so lucky! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BODIE!!!!! We love you Bubba!

This was taken at midnight on May 6th. So sweet! Lying so still! :-)

About to have his Birthday Choco-chip pancakes!

The owl cake came out a little taller and skinnier than planned, but it wasn't an epic fail! And Thanks Aunt Lisi and crew for his cool birthday plate!!

More than meets the eye!

All 3 boys loved Scout.

You want me to dig into this? But it's an owl!

Oh, it's chocolate icing???...Ok, then, I'm game!

SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!

CHEESE!