Five M O R E Things That Never Made the Blog

I'm catching up - round two!  Here are five more things that never made the blog!

*Caution: Another photo heavy post!* 

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Fishing with Papa.  My parents came to celebrate Holden's birthday in April and it was nice enough to walk across the street and do a little fishing.  Of course, to me it was just an excuse to take photos; though I know my dad loved every minute!  Brantley may have caught more fish, but Holden caught a turtle! 

 

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There were a couple of rainy, cloudy, dreary weeks in April and May.  As much as I hate not seeing the sun for multiple days in a row, I love these photos that were a result of the rain!

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My parents brought along my Grandma Fritz when they visited in April.  She got to meet Rhett and see where we live!

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We took the boys to our first Royals game this year...and Rhett's first game period!  Things that actually happened at that game: 1) We forgot Rhett's paci (which didn't end up being a big deal--he looked around the entire time, didn't even fall asleep!). 2) We made a lap around the concourse with a helmet full of nachos, seven hot dogs, two beers, and three kids (and didn't lose anything or anyone.) 3) We dropped the same toppings-loaded hot dog on Brantley's seat TWICE (mustard, onions, and sauerkraut all over). 4) We got Rhett's first game certificate and the lady questioned how to spell his middle name - Kauffman 5) High faves with Sluggerrr 6) Lots of stares, smiles, and basically looks of "Whoa they're crazy for bringing three kids ages 4, 3, and 5 months to a baseball game...on a school night nonetheless". 7) The lady ticket taker asked if our third kid was an accident. Who does that?!?!  And 8) Memories made and our annual family photo in the outfield!

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I celebrated my first Mother's Day as a mama of three!  First, I attended Muffins with Mom at Brantley's preschool.  While there, Brantley tripped on the playground while running and hit his head on the edge of the sandbox.  I have no idea how he didn't need stitches (again) and the scariest part was seeing him wobble like a drunk person as he walked towards me crying.  Luckily, he was okay and ten minutes later, ready to go play again.  Never a dull moment.  We celebrated Mother's Day by going out for brunch and Craig and the boys gifted me some Nickel & Suede earrings and a new, rose gold bar necklace that includes the names of all three of my kids.  It was a great day!

If you stuck with me this long, good for you!  Slowly, but surely, I'm getting my blogging mojo back!  I still have a few past things to blog about, but I feel like I can soon switch gears to summer things!  Happy Friday!

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Five Things that Never Made the Blog

 Although life with three hasn't been nearly as challenging as I had expected, it is still exhausting!  The day I returned to work from my maternity leave, I lost all motivation to blog.  As a result, there were lots of things that happened this spring that I wanted to blog about, I just never mustered up the energy to do so.  So here's a little big recap.  My plan is to do another recap next week in hopes of finally feeling caught up!  And then it's on to summer shenanigans!

*Caution: Photo heavy post!*

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The boys were baptized.  Here's the short version: we started attending a Methodist church near our house in 2016.  At that time, neither Brantley nor Holden had been baptized and we knew it was something we wanted for both of them sometime in the near future.  Shortly after, we learned of Rhett's existence so we decided to wait for his arrival to baptize all three of them together!  That day finally came in January.  Both sets of grandparents came to visit that weekend so they could witness to this very special event.  I was nervous for the two younger boys to cooperate on stage, but both did exceptionally well!

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Easter.  Our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt the weekend prior to Easter and then we spent Easter weekend with Craig's family in Wichita.  Traveling for Easter is always a challenge when we have to get back home for work on Monday, but luckily I had Good Friday off this year.  Easter weekend included a trip to the mall to see the Easter Bunny, egg decorating at Aunt Monica's, and Easter brunch at Grandma & Papa's.

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While in Wichita for Easter weekend, we hit up the zoo with two of the boys' cousins.  There's no shortage of attention when spending time with these two!

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Our kids learned to ride bikes - Brantley his big boy bike and Holden the balance bike!  Brantley had been riding the balance bike for the past year and we switched him cold turkey of any training wheels.  There was still a bit of a learning curve, but I'm fully convinced a balance bike is the way to go!  Holden was excited about being handed down the balance bike and surprised us by catching on to the balance part after just a few practices (versus Brantley, who we had to bribe to practice last summer; it took him weeks to catch on).  Perhaps because I taught both of them myself (I'm the resident bike trainer, Craig is the potty trainer), but these have been a few of my proudest moments of parenting thus far!

 

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Holden turned three!  This deserves a post of it's own, so head here for a few more balloon pictures and here to read about his third birthday recap!  (I typically don't back date posts because I like to keep things #reallife here on the blog, but I want this one to be semi-chronological so when he looks back someday, he don't feel the wrath of #middlechildsyndrome!)

Okay!  Halfway there!  Another recap coming next week!  Happy Friday!

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