Hello, sweet summertime!

Even though I am a huge fan of cold weather and snow I do love summertime. 

This year started off with me heading back to school...Go Jags!

 Mav and I love Goodwill. He seriously wants to go all.the.time. It is his favorite store because he gets a toy every time. He loves it!

 Terrible twos? Yep, we have a case of those at our house. Dear 3, you cannot come soon enough!!

 Mav has loved helping Daddy mow every week!

 Pool party! Mav has always been a little fishy and this year is no exception. He is swimming by himself in the pool with his inter tube!! He also loved spending the day with Avery, Grady, and 'baby' Landri!

 We had a fun afternoon with cousin Riley and family last weekend. They are hilarious playing together!

 We attended our first concert at the local amphitheater. Mav had a BLAST running around with Avery and Karson. You could also catch him dancing. So, so cute!

Sports Fans! Fever & Indians games!

In the last month we have been to a Indianapolis Fever basketball game and an Indianapolis Indians baseball game!

Maverick was so cute walking into the Fieldhouse. He was not sure what to think. 

 He loved all of the displays and running around the gift shop. Fun fact: to get him to smile for his pic I said "if you want ice cream you need to smile in this picture."

 Mammy went with us and we had fun! Go Fever!

 We also went to an Indians game. Thank you Ginny, Andy, and the Indiana Family of Farmers.

Maverick had a blast running around with Preslee!

Let's play catch up!

So, what has been going on with the Wolf Pack? A lot!
Cheech & Wesley are our two new additions to the family. They are very sweet kitties who are spoiled rotten!!
Matt---He has been as busy as ever with work!!
Kelly--- I have been enjoying my awesome job and am now officially a college student again!! I'm so excited to get back to pursuing my degree. I will graduate in a couple of years with a Bachelor of Social Work from IU. Yay! I love working in foster care and hope to stay here for a very long time.
Mav--- has been growing like a weed. He is so tall and is a strong little guy. (He loves to show off his muscles). He loves Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story. I have probably seen each of the 3 movies about a billion times. He has a lot of toy story toys (thank you for your hand-me-downs, Brevin!) and plays with them a lot. He also loves playing outside, trains & cars, and has such a big imagination!
About a year ago we started on a journey of speech therapy for Maverick. Just recently he has been diagnosed with Apraxia of Speech. This means that he will need frequent, intensive therapy for his speech. He is great at using signs, but gets frustrated when others cannot understand what he is telling you. The good news is that with all of the evaluations he has had he far excels his age group in all other cognitive skills!!

I have missed blogging and promise to be better. Feel free to nudge me if you see me slacking!! Welcome back to the life of the Wolf Pack!

Hey, Remember us?!!

We are here and still alive. I know it has been awhile, but I am taking a solemn vow to get better at updating.  It would be too long and too picture heavy to go back through the last year. So, here are some pics to catch you up!

Sarah's baby shower

 Baby girl Jenkins is due any day! We had a shower a few weeks ago!!

Here is proud mommy Sarah looking great!!

 The shower was in the library and was a book theme.

We love you, little one! Now get out here b/c we can't wait a minute longer!!

River Time/Happy 30th Birthday, Matt!

It was finally time for Maverick to be initiated at the river!

He is now offiicially a river rat!

Memorial Day weekend we spent some time at the river.

It was also Matt's 30th!!

Susie baked a cake and I brought an Oreo Blizzard Ice Cream Cake. 

Yummm!

 The dick dock pit stop was decorated for the birthday boy!

 Even Superman will help decorate for his daddy's birthday!

 Make a wish!

 Our little fishy was very anxious to get into the pool!

 This is the life!

Adventures with Maverick

Maverick is a lot of fun right now.

 Even though he thoroughly enjoys tantrums, he is embracing all the fun of toddlerhood!

So far our summer has been action-packed with lots of fun and adventures!

He is still our little fishy. If there is water anywhere he is drawn to it. 

He loves his water table and having a pool right next door! 

The Children's Museum is becoming more and more fun for him. He loved most of the exhibits and threw himself on the floor a couple of times b/c he didn't want to leave!

Mav and Mammy while Mav throws himself down in the Lego exhibit!

 I'm not sure why he loved this fake bathroom, but he was a big fan and it took many times to convince him to leave! Let's hope that hygiene always stays this important to him :)

 Until a few weeks ago Mav never noticed the car carts at the grocery store. Ugh, what a pain. 

They are filthy and it takes me a good 5 minutes, while on my hands and knees, of scrubbing with clorox wipes before I will let him sit in one. It lasts about 10 minutes and then he likes to jump out while it's moving. 

He's gotten pretty good at it. Dear Kroger employees, if you could remove these carts from your store I would truly appreciate it!

 Park time!

 Safety first! He has been wearing his shark helmet a lot. The other night he insisted on it while he took a bath. Silly kid!

 We did spend a weekend with Aunt Dana! Here they are bonding over Mr Popper's Penguins!

Guido and Weezy were thrilled we were there.

 Mav and Avery working on the tool bench!