Chase is the best!

Chase did something tonight without being asked, and I have to tell you all because it's such a big deal.  We've been trying to get him to do this for so long!  He actually put one toy away before getting another toy out.  Now, he's done this before, but only after much prodding and discussion of consequences for not listening.  Tonight, he made the conscious decision to put his first toy away before getting out his second toy.  I was amazed, and so was Marcus.  We were worried that he would start Kindergarten not able to do this simple task.  Now we just have to figure out how to keep our expectations down.  I doubt this will happen on a regular basis!

Madelyn is almost 18 months!

I can't believe how fast the time goes by. I still have pictures to send out from her one-year sitting. I really need to send them out, but so far I am just too busy!!! So, I am posting some so you can at least see them until you get one in the mail!

Ravine Waterpark in Paso Robles!

They are so stinkin' cute together!
Marcus & Madelyn

The girls lounged while the guys went on the slides!

We sure had fun at the Ravine!

We should do this more often!

We have a water park close to our home, in Paso Robles, CA. It's really hot up there, so it's the perfect place to have a water park. Only problem with it being so hot is that it's also really sunny, which caused 2 of us to get really sunburned the other day. Whoops! The kids got lathered up, but Mommy wasn't so smart. I ended up getting super dehydrated and had to take 2 days off of work - under doctor's orders!

Aside from that, the trip was so much fun!!!! We went with another family, the Chabot's (Sha-boe is how you pronounce it). Their dauther, Bella, is only 7 weeks older than Madelyn. They had a blast. Chase was able to go off on his own a little bit and really started to get adventurous. He couldn't get enough of the kiddie water slides but I just can't wait to take him on the big ones. I caught some major air on the way down. I think Marcus and I both caught a sink full of water up our noses!!!

Why I love my husband...

I had a very different idea in mind for my perfect man.  Turns out, I was short-changing myself completely!  This McCoy family is so blessed to be led by such a wonderful, loving man.  He does all he can to support me, our children, and our family the best that he absolutely can.  I could not ask for more in this life!