Lately...

Honestly, we have just been living life. I work, Josh works, Josh goes to school, we play with the boy when we get home, we fix dinner and feed him at the same time, we do bath time, he goes to bed, Josh studies, I get chores done, and we repeat every week night. Some nights we venture out to eat or run to Target or Walmart. On the weekends, if we don't have visitors or something planned, we catch up on things we can't get done during the week. I would call it a normal life but there are some days when I feel like I need to put a sign on our front door that says "Come one, Come all to the Hendricks Circus!". One thing that has changed lately is our sitter has now become our in-home nanny and it is FABULOUS! Shaw gets to take naps in his own bed, play in his own home, and she takes him out to run errands or to get things done. All week I come home to a clean house. We love our Mrs. Tammy! Also, this past weekend was our 3rd anniversary! Can't believe it has been 3 years! Back in April, I randomly decided to get on Merle Haggard's website to see where he might be coming this summer. Even though Josh doesn't have a written bucket list, if he did have one seeing Merle before he passes away would be on there. So, when I saw he was coming to Branson, I atuomatically knew I was going to surprise him with tickets. Not only was the concert in a nearby city but it was also the Saturday before our anniversay, how perfect?! My parents came up to keep baby boy and we got away for our first over night getaway. We had a great time but by 24 hours of being away we were speeding to get home to him!

We stayed at the Branson Landing and it was great. Very nice and convenient.

The Hag

I think he was telling me "I'm going backstage!". Ha! So glad I could take Josh to see him perform. I was a little skeptical but ended up singing to almost every song! It was great!

Baby boy has been spending a little time in his pool out on our back patio. It is SO hot outside that we limit our time out there, but the little time we do spend he has had a great time. Also, he is ALL over the place! He will be playing in the living room and the next thing we know he has locked himself in our bedroom, which brings up another subject. The boy is OBESSESED with doors. He swings them back and forth with all his might! ha! We have had one smashed finger but after about 10 seconds of crying he was over it and demanding to be on the floor so he could swing the door again.

Eating our watermelon inside because it is too HOT outside!

Loves his walker and can get wherever he wants to go in it!

Playing, splashing, and staying cool!

Oliver the lifeguard!

And the door obsession!...I see this picture a lot, little hands wrapped around the door!

This was the night we couldn't find him (for about 15 seconds) and he had gone to our bedroom to play with the door and had shut himself in the room. We found him by his hands sticking out underneath the door. It was so funny and sweet. Josh was able to open the door a little bit and get him to move out of the way so we could let him out! Silly boy!

Thank goodness for nap time so I can actually get blog posts done! Later tonight we are off to a Fourth of July party and tomorrow we are going to brave the heat and crowd and go to the lake! Happy Fourth from our family!!