Boating Babes

These kiddos LOVE nana and poppi's boat and so does their mama! 

The kids and I spent 2 days up at the lake this past week while Daniel was working out of town. Avery loved having three adults at her every peep to pick her up and Parker certainly loved having his beloved ducks within seconds of his request. Parker is a water rat and Avery has been going on the boat since she was 2 weeks old! In fact, we told my family we were pregnant with her while boating! 

This particular day, the ducks dined on animal crackers

OK, not a great picture of Avery but I look pretty good in this one... and by I, I mean my hair. bahaha, This Jillian Michael's video is clearly going to my head.

Parker showing poppi where he has located a duck. I swear this kid has a radar.

I told you she loves the boat! Look at that face!

Parker's beloved.

Me and my daddy!

Peyton "Pate" and Parker on the hunt for more ducks.

I LOVE when he wears his shades!

Drawing "i's" in the sand. It's the only letter he knows how to draw!

Parker and Pate taking a dip

She crashes about halfway through every boat outing. It must rock her to sleep!

Stuffing the ducks full of animal crackers. No. He didn't jump or fall in. He came close, but didn't. If he had... no big deal. The ducks would scatter and he can swim with his puddle jumper. :)

I'm dreading fall when my parent's pull the boat out of the water for the fall/winter. Poor Parker is going to go in duck withdrawals. Today I was going through his pants from last fall and found a pair of Janie and Jack mallard pants I bought him last year. They were size 12 months and bless his heart he did his best to put them on. Daniel and I were cracking up so I jumped on ebay and found a 2T and snagged them and a matching mallard sweater. If they came in the mail today, I swear Parker would have worn them even though it's in the high 90's.

Hopefully next week we have some days in the mid 80's. That would be PERFECT boating weather. Unlikely, I know... but I can wish!

Dear Jillian Michaels, I hate you.

OK. Not really but my arms and thighs do!

Today is day 1 of my 30 day shred! I'm not super excited to do it as I've not REALLY worked out consistently since college BUT the time has come. I still have 5 pounds of baby weight to "shred" but more than anything, I need to TONE UP!

At first, Parker was down for a nap and Avie was WIDE awake! So I started with doing some leg work on the floor with Avery on my legs. She loved and giggled up a storm! THEN, I flipped over and did push ups with her on the floor. I'd lower myself, kiss her, then do it again on the other side. Once again, she thought it was hilarious which was precious but counter productive to my "Avery needs a nap so mommy can work out" plan. Eventually, I laid her on her mat and kept putting her paci in until she sucked herself to sleep. SCORE.

But MOM... I was enjoying our play/exercise floor time!

Meet Jillian, body. She'll be kicking you into shape.

 

Jillian is super boring, mom. I'm O-U-T!

First day review: It was hard but not un-doable. (I made that word up). There was never a time that I wanted to turn it off and I only modified the push ups so I'll consider day 1, better than I was expecting. I'll do level 1 a few more days then up to level 2! WOO HOO!

So.... 30 days (29 to go) Goal: 5 pounds that should be totally obtainable. BUT if I don't loose actual weight but I fit back in my size 4 clothes which is what I was before Avie, I'll consider it a great success! Wish me luck!

Look who DOES exist!

Guess what.... I DO exist! See for yourself....

I almost NEVER hand off my camera. BUT today at TCBY, I was feeling rather chipper after shopping, finding an ADORABLE dress, drinking a little SBUX, and eating Qdoba AND sorbet (wow... that's a lot of calories when you write it down) SO I gave my mom my baby camera and let her snap a few. I'm so glad I did!

I know I'll cherish this sweet picture forever!

While I still prefer to be behind the lens, I am making a concerted effort to be in front of it more often! Now, if Parker would only sit still long enough to get one of us together! Baby steps.....

SWAMP PEOPLE!

Remember Alicia  Sutton Photography? Alicia took Avery's newborn pictures. WELL... Avery is entered into her mini session giveaway and I would LOVE to win! Would you help us out? Can you please go to facebook and "like alicia sutton photography" then comment under Avery's picture? You can vote daily from now until July 25th. Thanks so much!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=182392395158257&set=a.182174621846701.50081.137425496321614&type=1&theater

So.. what's up at the Wise household?
DUCKS. Thomas the Train. Diaper changes. DUCKS. Eating. A little monogramming. DUCKS. Diaper changes. DUCKS..... you get the picture ;)

Parker is still SUPER into ducks but I have good news... we've expanded our viewing options past Curious George (duck episode) and Thomas and Friends (the Lion of Sodor). We can now watch Thomas and Friends Misty Island Rescue and... SWAMP PEOPLE! YAY! There is an episode with ducks (yes people are shooting the ducks but it doesn't show that!) so now he scans the swamps for ducks which is a MUCH needed break from "choo choo" and "uh uh UHHH (George's monkey sound)" We stick to season 2 with Parker since they don't actually show the alligators being killed in season 2. Honestly, he really just plays trains on the floor and when he sees the water, he jumps up and looks for ducks. It's kinda cute.

Let's discuss Swamp People.... every time I mention my new guilty pleasure, I get a version of this reply "Oh my goodness, I LOVE that show! My favorite person is...." Men and women both. How many of you just said that? I love human interest stories and these are just good, Southern, "livin' off the land" folks. Here are my top 10 reasons I love Swamp People (in no particular order):

1. I think it's hilarious to read captions of people speaking the same language I speak. Close your eyes and try to interpret it without the captions... especially the brothers who hunt bullfrogs and rabbits. Next to impossible.
2. RJ's impecably braided rat tail. I need him to teach me to braid.
3. Willie... all of him. I love that he hunts potentially deadly snakes for $2 a snake. Bless his heart. I love his accent. I love that he weighs 150 pounds and almost every alligator comes close to pulling him in. I love his attitude... just an all around good Southern Cajun.
4. The extreme usage of phrases like "son of a gun" (I think I'm going to have to adopt that one) and "honey hole".
5.When Liz shoots an alligator and Troy says "see ya lata allagata!" haha
6. How they name the alligators and just know when they got "big Poppa" as if there is no other 11 foot alligator in the whole swamp that could be that one that they saw last hunting season and failed to capture.(ie. Moby, Big Poppa, Loch Ness, Hannibal)
7. Bruce's overall's and American flag bandanna. By far my FAVORITE moment in the entire show has been when Bruce fell out of the boat, wrestled the alligator and shot it with his "protection pistol" in the zipper front pocket of his cut off overalls. He's a good guy, proud American, and loves his Zebra cake eating dog, Tyler. 
8. That EVERY person on the show wears the same outfit EVERY day of the 30 day season. That HAS to stink!
9. How the alligators still move after they die. That would TOTALLY creep me out and yet they sit on top of them! I would have to put them in another boat!
10. That RJ moonlights as the #1 arm wrestler in America. The way these people make money is just amazing to me! I love how they're so family oriented and find a way to provide outside of a stereotypical job.

Alright, Swamp People fans, why do you like this show? For those of you who have missed out on this jewel, the season 2 finale is on Thursday night on the History Channel but you can check season 1 on netflix. Are there any other non network "jewels" that I'm missing out on? I can't believe I wanted until season 2 to discover Swamp People!