Phew, its been a whirlwind around these parts as of late!! We have a new little guy around here who has taken up alot of our time and attention! Introducing Thatcher Elijah Dean Williams...
Such and awesome awesome day!!
I was induced this time ( i was with Elsie also)
and one of my closest friends ( who happens to be an awesome L&D nurse- love you Tricia!! ) delivered this sweet little blessing! He was 7lbs. 8 oz. and 21 inches long- exactly the same as big brother Jude! We are totally loving this little guy- he's such a chill baby ( thankfully!) He just turned 8 weeks today, and is packing on the pounds- the only time in his life that double chins and fat rolls are adorable ;) Anyways, so life around here has pretty much been on baby's schedule, but like I said, he is a pretty easy baby, so it hasn't been too bad. Jude and Elsie are in love, and help out here and there with taking care of Thatcher. This is them on the morning I was going in for my induction ( they stayed with papaw)
These.kids.are.CRAZY!! HA!! I love this picture- really shows their silly personalities :) We have had so much fun getting to know little Thatcher and growing our family!
We've also been busy all summer learning to swim!!
Jude has it pretty down pat, Elsie is almost there- the above picture is with their life jackets on- they are both now life-jacket free and jumping in and swimming under water ( Jude can do the deep end, but Elsie is still stuck in the shallows) The pool got the cover put on last week b/c its starting to cool down here, but hopefully next year they will dive right in and not be afraid- the beginning of summer, they wouldn't even go under water, so we did swimming lessons with Jude, but he wouldn't at lessons either. One day they were swimming at papaws and Jude just decided he wasn't scared anymore and started swimming like a fish and Elsie soon followed suit!
We also went on a short little vacation in May to West Virginia. The hubby and I were invited to the Pastor and Wives retreat this year and then the 2 days following was our Women's retreat. We had the kids stay with mamaw and papaw wednesday night for the Pastor and Wives retreat and then they rode with them on thursday for the Women's retreat and we stayed until saturday morning. Thad and I enjoyed our one night with no kids ( bc we knew it would be a LONG time before that ever happened again! haha) But I missed my babies and was so glad to see them thursday :) Thad pretty much entertained the kids for the rest of our stay bc I was in sessions for most of the rest of our time- I had such a great time and got to hang out with awesome women! Thad took the kids on lots of hikes and played on the playsets that were around the resort
We had a great time!!
Thad and Jude also took an overnight backpacking trip with our good friend Matt- they had fun doing manly stuff like hiking and building fires and making camp and you know, all that manly stuff....
Thad and Matt usually do a backpacking trip here a couple times a year ( Zeleski State Park) and Thad was so excited to bring Jude this time around! Although this trip was a little different bc they usually stay for more than one night and for some reason they always end up going when its like literally freezing out- or way way below freezing, or blizzard conditions, you know, bc they're manly and stuff ;) Shew, this post is getting long and probably boring, unless you're me ;), but one more thing we did this summer was celebrate the 4th of July with family and fireworks :)
These pictures were taken on Thad's phone, so they are blurry, but the kids had so much fun that night, and Mamaw and aunt Jen had a surprise guest wanting to sit on their laps ;)
These are Stag beetles and one somehow found its way onto Mendy's blanket then on Jennifer's lap the night of the fireworks- Jude later added them to his bug collection! I think him and Thad were the only ones excited about these scary guys!!
Well, I stop boring you and end this one- I've got lots more to come ( Jude has had some cool stuff going on) so stayed tuned :)
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