Grants Farm Round 2

We visited Grant's Farm on Sunday. It was Bradley and Blake's first visit and Lauren was very anxious to show them the ropes. It was Lauren's first outing since her tonsillectomy. It was a good test for her to see if she would be up for VBS this week at her friend Kaylee's church.

Blake loved the choo-choo (tram) and the carousel. He wasn't real sure about feeding the goats, but after Lauren showed him how it was done, he loved it also. We were able to take in both a bird show and elephant show which was really neat. Bradley is now a fan of Grant's Farm too especially after we both enjoyed our two free beers! Thank you A-B for this great park. Where else can you go with your kids and be given free beer?



The clydesdales were our favorite part. We were able to pet a young foal which was really neat. She was a quite a friendly thing! It's amazing to see just how big those horses really are.

It will be a shame if the new owners of A-B decide to close Grant's Farm because it really is a great place. St. Louis has an awesome zoo but I have to say, Grant's Farm is definitely more my speed! I think my kiddos would agree.

A new addition to the family!

Macie Taylor Bartlow has arrived! Andy (my brother) and Julie are proud parents to their second baby girl. I can't wait to meet her this weekend. I'll be sure to post pictures. Mom and baby are both doing great!

Macie Taylor Bartlow
6:18 pm
6 lbs 13 oz.
18 in.

She's back!

Lauren is finally over the recovery hump and has returned to normal activity levels and has given up the whining (well for the most part) following her T&A. The recovery process was a long one! Up until day 10 it was a little rough but finally over this past weekend her peronsality came back. I was so thankful! We celebrated by heading to Grant's Farm for the day on Sunday. The weather was perfect and we had an awesome time. I'll post more about that later. I can already tell a difference in her energy level versus pre surgery where we had to have a nap every day. This week she's been going to VBS and playing all afternoon and not having a melt down at all. I hope this means the end of her sleep apnea and that her night sleep finally becomes good sleep. The doc tells me it will still take a while for her snoring to end, but that's okay. She's getting her voice back and as of tomorrow gets to eat a normal diet, no more soft food only!

I was hungry mom!

In the past week Blake has decided to expand his taste buds by trying out lots of new foods. Of all that he has tried, (gravel, grass seed, hay, and dirt) his favorite is definitely dirt which turns to mud when you dump water all over yourself from the water table or by dumping the cats water bowl.

Boys!