We are finally returning to a normal way of life! For the past 2 months, we dealt with lots of sickness, packing, moving, un-packing, re-adjusting and are now pretty much settled back into a normal routine. Thank goodness, cause this once spontaneous Momma, now prefers consistency and schedules. (Just saying) Normal for us, includes a jam packed weekend, full of family activities and adventures. This weekend started off with a trip to one of our new parks in "the Tucky": This is what Todd calls Crestview. Some people call Crestview Crest-tucky, as in Kentucky...so he took it upon himself to shorten it to "the tucky". Anyways, back to the new park. It is called Twin Hills Park and it is a very "Lake-Ella" like park...with the huge lake to walk around, but it also boasts football, basketball and soccer field's, as well as a HUGE park that has water stations all over it!! Kids can press various buttons throughout the park, that in turn, create waterfalls and sprinklers and water spouts galore! After school on Friday, we grabbed suits and towels and were on our way!
 


After a good nights rest, we applied sunscreen and headed to baker for our 2nd annual strawberry pickin'! The B-man could not help himself and managed to pick and eat berries simultaneously, Wade picked the most berries out of the entire family and refuses to even taste one and JackJack just hung out and took it all in! At one point, Todd and I gasped as we watched in horror: Wade was pushing Jack in the stroller down the muddy pathways between the patches, and low and behold, it tipped. With Jack in it. Yes, on its side. With Jack attached. We both lunged, soothed the startled, unscratched babe, kissed him all over and went on our way. Thank God for the resilience of kids. (We even ran into Kathy Ard and Courtney Davis and all of their kiddos.  Trevor taught all of the kids how to plank and Tebow :) )


Then, came the rain. The kind of rain that has no thunder or lightning. Steady and thick...and cold. We took full advantage and played in the rain! Well, Mommy, Daddy and Littlest Brother watched while the 2 knuckleheads raced and darted all over the yard!


Sunday morning came early, as Todd and I attended a Bowlegs Event Saturday night while Jessamyn spoiled the boys...but have no fear, more adventures were had. This time, we tried to go to Blackwater State Park, but instead, ended up driving for 3 hours to the middle of nowhere and back home again. Sigh. The boys all slept the entire trip and Todd and I enjoyed some adult conversation. When we got home, we headed out to the front yard again, except this time, the weather was GORGEOUS!!


After consulting with Google, we re-loaded up the kiddos and headed, the correct way, to the Blackwater River State Park. It was beautiful...too cold for the place to be swarmed, but not cold enough to keep the Harrell boys out of the water and sand...


We cannot wait to go back when it is not so late in the afternoon! The weekend ended with Jack showing off his crazy crawling and standing skills. Little dude is nuts!


And a bath to wash away the weekend and start fresh on Monday!
 

Easter weekend, B and W were with Grammie and Pop's and J was with Nana and Gator, because we were moving, so we decided to celebrate Easter at our new home a weekend late! Although the real meaning of Easter had already past, the Easter bunny was still able to drop by with a few goodies!


Happy 1st Easter sweet, little one!


We even had a traditional Easter dinner on Sunday with Nana and Gator (Grammie and Pop's were not able to make it :( )and they brought a pinata filled with candy and treats! This was the first time the boys were ever told to whack on something until it opened...and boy did they have a blast!!



I think we have decided to make the pinata an Easter tradition!

Since we already had the bats out, we played baseball in our new HUGE backyard...the evening really was magical!


We have eased into our new home so nicely. We love the one story, and are enjoying the large property that it sits on. It's almost as though we didn't skip a beat. Very weird how we drove to same house for over 5 years...went the same way everyday, passed the same houses, waved to the same people...knew the schedules and routes and all of the little ins and outs of our old neighborhood. And now, here we are, 30 minutes North, with a new skip in our steps. It is a fresh start. Out with the old and in with the new!










One last thing to leave you with. Did you know that Brody is 6 years LONG? Wade measured him and told me so. And that next year, he will measure 10 years long. B-man sure is tall!

For the sake of my limited time this week...I figured a quick post would be better than no post at all...since this blog is technically my boys' baby books!

JackJack started crawling...finally!! And boy is he into EVERYTHING! Seriously...he seems to like objects that he is not supposed to have best. He particularly loves anything that Wade is holding...and Wade, being 3 years old, is having a hard time understanding why he has to share with Jack. We will figure this stage out soon enough... :) Jack also said his first word, and now says it all of the time: "Bye!" He has the sweetest little wave to accompany his first word...And, his top teeth finally came through! It has been a busy month of mile stones for our 10 month old! He loves all table food...especially fish, chicken, yogurt and goldfish. I swear, these boys are already eating us out of house and home! He loves to play peek-a-boo and still takes a 3 hour nap in the mornings...life is good with our smallest Harrell!


We are officially moved out of our home in Shalimar...who says moving cannot be fun??

Thank you to everybody who either watched the kiddos or helped us prepare for the movers...it really does take a village!

Wade, Jack and Brody had their annual Easter egg hunt at school last Friday! B and W were able to get in on all of the action, while baby J looked on through the window...so sweet!

So Little time...

I have so much to update on and the days are just not long enough! As soon as we get settled into our new home(insert scream here), life will resume to normal, and the blog will hopefully remain updated weekly! Stay tuned to find out Jack's latest milestone and his first word...Todd's latest and greatest feat and happenings with the big boys. So much life going on right now!!!