Celebrating Love!

 Happy Valentine's Day! What a wonderful holiday all about celebrating love!! We are so blessed to have so many people in our lives that we love and love us as well. I probably should have made this post 2 posts, but since I am not doing that great at weekly posts, I am squeezing it all into one! It was a rough week in our house last week. We got the dreaded GI noravirus. It started with Beckett and quickly made its way to Jackson. Our washing machine was on sanitize overload! Beckett definately got the worst of it but was his happy little self in between vomits. This is a picture in the bath for probably the 5th time that morning! Jackson definately seemed sicker but after a long 24 hours, bounced back like a champ!! By some miracle, mommy and daddy stayed well!!

 Jackson is so funny with his sleeping! He always goes down for "rest time" around 2:00 pm. He doesn't always end up sleeping but will play quietly in his room. Sometimes, the exhaustion must take over right in the middle of playing, because we will find him sleeping in all sorts of strange places! Once Beckett gets up from his nap, we go to wake Jackson up so he doesn't snooze the entire afternoon away and not go to sleep at night. Here is Beckett waking Jackson up from his napping spot in the closet!



So proud of my little boy! Jackson is not one to sit down and color for a very long time, so we have been working on trying to get him to sit down and write his name. He is getting so much better! He still ends up writing too big and the N typically ends up underneath the rest of the letters, but it is legible!

 Valentine cookie decorating party! After we recovered from all the vomiting, we had some friends over to decorate cookies!

 Angie helping them get started! Unfortunately, I didn't realize that with this virus, you are typically contagious for at least 3 days after the symptoms resolve! 24 hours after leaving our house, the Konops were all vomiting as well! I felt terrible!!!!

So fun!

 Beckett may not be able to decorate a cookie, but he could join in on eating one!

 My silly little boy! Beckett has definately moved away from a baby to a toddler who likes to get into everything! He definately keeps me on my toes! His favorite game right now is using his chair to climb on the coffee table. He has fallen off a couple of times but it doesn't seem to phase him! He gets right back up to do it again!

 Mr. Independent!

 Beckett is really starting to try to "use" things. He puts the phone to his ear and jabbers. He uses the brush to brush his hair and he is trying to use utensils!

 Beckett loves to eat with a fork! He is definately more interested in using utensils than my 4 year old!

 Got it!

 Sweet brothers!

 I was in charge of Jackson's preschool Valentine's party, so we decided to make cupcakes and heart shaped, chocolate dipped, rice krispie lollipops! Jackson loved helping me put the sprinkles on! I do quite a lot of baking/cooking and Jackson is always my little helper!!

 All packaged and ready for the party!

 While we were decorating the lollipops, I looked down and guess who got the jar of icing out of the garbage can! He was in sugar heavan!

 Making sure he got every last drop!

 Of course Jackson wanted some. Every time Jackson would try to get some, Beckett would stare at him and then scream until he gave it back. It was hilarious!

 Best Valentine buddies!

 Valentine surprises! When I got home from work, the boys got their Valentine surprises! Nothing says Valentine's like a star wars M&M dispenser!

 New Superhero pajamas! He was so excited!

 Finished it off with some superman bubblegum and a superhero mask! After Jackson finished opening all his gifts he said "Thank you mommy. I love all my Valentine's gifts so much!" I asked him if he knew why we got him those gifts and he said "Why?" I said, "Because mommy and daddy love you so much." He then said, "That makes me very happy!" It was so sweet! Love that boy to pieces!!

We can't forget our other little Valentine Beckett! He definately mostly enjoyed the singing card!

6 years and 2 beautiful boys later...life couldn't be better!

 This past weekend Greg and I celebrated 6 years of wedded bliss! My how things have changed over those 6 years! We went from resident/fellow living in a modern condo in downtown Decatur to 2 physicians with 2 beautiful boys and a massive dog in suburbia! Since we were married in Charleston, we have celebrated every anniversary by returning there and this year was no different. We packed up the kids and headed to Kiawah for a little R&R. We drove down on Thursday night and were able to stay through Monday. On Saturday, Greg and I headed downtown to the Planter's Inn for a romantic night away. We had a wonderful dinner and got in some quality shopping! Thank you Noni and Granddaddy for helping us celebrate 6 wonderful years! The first picture is Jackson playing his favorite game...fight! He will a weapon out of pretty much anything and Noni's house had wonderful spatulas that made the perfect light sabers! Jackson even had one of Noni's old purses that he called his "satchel" that stored his weapons perfectly!

 Beckett scooting around!

 We had a huge milestone while we were away! Beckett took his first steps! We were so proud of him! Here he is walking to Granddaddy.

He was very excited after he did it and clapped right along with us!

 Jackson of course had to get involved in this game! I love how they have their arms reaching out towards each other. So sweet!

 Noni's turn!

 Since we have returned to Kiawah, I had to get my shot of Jackson on the boardwalk. Every time we come to Kiawah, I make sure I get this shot of him.

 Since it was too cold to go swimming, we decided to fly a kite at the beach! Jackson was very excited as this was his first time ever flying a kite. It was quite windy which made it a little difficult to fly but we had a great time! At one point, Jackson did lose his grip on the kite and the kite went flying down the beach. Jackson was very upset screaming "No!" as he chased it down! It was actually pretty funnny :)

 Jackson flying around with the tail of the kite! It was so windy that the kite would actually twirl onto itself. We spent a good portion of the time untangling it rather than flying it!

 Jackson trying to get the kite to do a spin.

 Flying like a pro! I think this shot is actually right before he lost it.

 I had to post this picture because I feel like Jackson looks like a teenager!

Beckett doing what he does. Hanging out!

 Silly boys! Jackson thought riding the big bike with daddy was quite a treat!

 When is it my turn?

Family shot! This picture was right before we were heading out! Sad to leave as we had such a wondeful time!

 Thanks Noni and Grandaddy for helping us celebrate our anniversay and taking such great care of our boys! They are so lucky to have such wonderful, loving grandparents! We can't wait until it warms up for our next visit!


Gigi and Jackson have a lot in common...they both love chocolate! Every time we visit, Gigi has a delicious chocolate treat waiting for him. This time it was M&Ms.

As you can see from Jackson's red mouth that he enjoyed his candy!

Strolling with Noni!

Beckett found a better mode of transportation!

Cruisin...

Life with boys! Jackson is just too funny! We decided to take the "jeep" around the neighborhood for a little Sunday afternoon drive and he insisted on wearing his driving glasses. He looked hysterical! Jackson loves to drive Beckett around in the jeep, but I was a little too nervous to let him drive him around the neighborhood, so Beckett and daddy followed in the stroller. Jackson is a pretty good driver but I often have to remind him to stay to the side and not the middle of the road.

Cruisin around the neighborhood!

It's basketball time! Jackson has started basketball at the church on Sunday afternoons and guess who his coach is? Daddy! He had his first practice this week and did pretty well! They have little Xs marked on the court so the boys know where to stand for offense and defense. It is really cute! I have to admit though, I think Jackson was most excited about getting new basketball shoes! He loves them!!

Getting ready to pass the ball!

We had a weekend of birthday parties! 3 to be exact. Here is Jackson at Maggie's birthday party at Champion Kids. He loved going on the swing this time with the other kids.

Beckett actually really seems to love Champion Kids. There are lots of things for him to climb on and climbing is his favorite thing right now!

Standing up like a big boy! Beckett is still not walking but will take 1 or 2 steps to get in between furniture. We also had his 1 year checkup and we have moved up on the growth curve! My little man is in the 50% in length and 15% in weight! Keep it up Beckett!! He is also really starting to talk more. He jabbers and jabbers like he is really having a conversation! He also loves to stack things and to put things in an out of containers. We now have 6 teeth and he uses them to the fullest! He loves to eat and will eat almost anything I put on his tray. He has even started trying to use a fork! He picks it up and tries to get the food onto it. It is a very long process, but eventually, he will get the food into his mouth!

Jackson and Jack heading down the big slide. They were so funny. Each time they went down the slide, they would try to grab eacchother.

Beckett bouncing on the trampoline.

Jackson loves the zip line!

They were really sweet at Champion Kids. Beckett was by far the youngest one there, so they decided to get out the bumblebee so Beckett could swing over the ball pit. He made zero expression! He just looked around like this was an every day occurrence.

My very own curious George! Beckett loves to explore and gets into everything! I was getting dressed one morning and thought he was being very quit.. I went into the playroom and found him with a huge smile on his face eating a black marker! Luckily it was notoxic and washable!!

It has warmed up again so we have taken advantage of the wamer afternoons outside. Beckett loves to be outside! As soon as he hears the beep of the alarm when a door opens, he books it towards the door to try to get out. If you close the door before he makes it, he lays his head on the ground in a defeated pose.

Ready to ride the motorcycle!

Best big brother Jackson! My sweet big boy is always trying to help his brother out!!

Look mom no hands!

Jackson loves to take pictures on my phone! Most of them are of his toys in different poses or of Beckett, but this is one he took of Beckett and I. Not bad!