The Nalley Family

The Nalley Family
Eddie, Stephanie, Brooklyn, Chandler and Gibson

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Gibson is 2!!

Gibson is 2!
Stats: 
Height:  36"...88th%
Weight:  31"...80th%
Head Circumference:  19.5"...74th%
 Gibson is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, dimple-cheeked, big boy who KNOWS what he wants!
And here is what he wants:
A box of colors (not to color with...just to hold tightly in his hand)
pumpkins
milk (LOTS OF IT!!)
a set of real car-keys
Mickey Mouse
peanut butter and jelly
and his mommy!
 Discounting the picture above,
he is actually very cautious!
 He doesn't like to be by himself.
He wants to be where his people are.
And by "his people", I mostly mean me. He is kind-of like an appendage these days.
But he also loves being with his sisters, grandma's and Ms. Ann.
So people that ADORE him and think everything he does is the cutest thing ever.  I get that.  =)
 He has quite a sense of humor.  LOVES to laugh.  I really doesn't take much!
And he will laugh SOOO hard that you can't help but laugh with him.
 He also LOVES sunglasses.  If you see pics of him in some, just know it was always his idea!
He is a great sleeper. 
He sleeps about 12 hours at night and always gives me at least a 2-4 hour nap during the day. 
 He needs all that sleep because he is pretty active and intense!
When he is happy, he's super-happy, but he will also throw a pretty impressive fit if he's not.
 And he loves to go somewhere.  Anywhere.
Around 10 am, if we are not headed out the door, he lets us all know it's time for him to get out of the house.
 He is ADORED by his sisters!
Here they are giving him every toy we have in the playroom.
They love to hug him and figure out ways to make him laugh!
 He will give a hug to just about anyone on command,
but will NOT be still or pose for a picture.  Ever.
 That's why all his pictures are action shots.
 He will be still and an AMAZING snuggle buddy, though, if there is some Mickey Mouse involved.
I sometimes feel guilty about letting him watch so much TV (and by TV, I really just mean Mickey), but it has taught him SOOOO much!
His accomplishments to date:
puts sentences together...from like 2-5 words
counts to 20 (the teens get a bit questionable)
knows all his shapes
knows all his colors
can sing the alphabet
stacks blocks really high
feeds himself with a fork or spoon
knows all of our names
 has more words than I can count and will try to repeat anything we say
 He is a very picky eater.
 He loves to go on walks and try on mommy's shoes.
 Boy-ish things about Gibson:
LOVES balls and is surprisingly good at playing catch
thinks it is hilarious when he passes gas and always claims it!
he always has dirt under his fingernails...and we rarely play in it???
Likes to rough house and wrestle
loves to be outside
 But he's not too manly to wear mommy's shades,
 sister's hair accessories
  or mommy's shoes!
 In fact, those were ALL his ideas!
 He's well-rounded and smart!
 And totally melts our hearts...










Happy 2nd birthday, Gibson!!
We love you!!


Sunday, November 2, 2014

Costumes 2014

Costumes for the Fall 2014

My little pirate-princess, Chan-Chan was the first to dress up for a class party at her school.
They combined it with a pumpkin patch day and G is OBSESSED with pumpkins so he LOVED visiting her at school!
Chandler's picture with all of her adorable classmates!


Chandler and her 2 best friends, Peyton and Samantha!

Meanwhile, Brooklyn had a costume week at her school.
This day was "wear a mustache" day.  I wasn't really sure how we were going to pull this one off and still be cute, but we figured it out.  Check out the Anna on her shirt!
This was 60's day and it was cool out that morning, but I needed a picture of her without her jacket covering up her 60's attire!
80's Day

Halloween night!

Little brother did not want to stand still for the picture so the sisters tried to help hold him in place.
Then I remembered the genius that is bribery
I gave that precious little monkey some M&M's and he was as cooperative as a 2-year-old can be!
We went to a friend's house for some quick dinner before trick-or-treating.
They had 2 dogs in their backyard that Gibson LOVED!
He kept staring at them thru the fence and thought every bark was hysterical!



I asked Chandler for a bigger smile and this was the crazy face I got...
Trick-or-Treating
At a festival the next day...



Brooklyn's class earned a "Hat Day"!

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Fair 2014

Fair.....ly certain I'm thankful the fair only comes once a year!  =)


Eddie had to work on their fair day this year so I attempted taking these three cuties to the fair by myself in brutally hot temperatures.


Fortunately, Brooklyn's bestie, Elise, and her mom and brother joined us, too!!


So it was the 2 of us adults and these 5 little cuties!


Fortunately for me, Elise's mom, Kayli is a State Fair expert!!


Getting all 5 to look at the camera and smile = impossible!
We started off doing "Little Hands on the Farm"...it's free!
Then we headed over to the petting zoo and looked at all the animals.
Then it was time for rides!
Brooklyn was tall enough to ride a "real" roller coaster and was all about it!
Chandler and Elise were too scared so Kayli took them to do another ride and I had Gibson so I couldn't ride with her so Brave Brooklyn rode it all by herself!!


And loved it!!  
We saw Big Tex!

And Kayli introduced us to the FREE children's area!!
What?!?
It had this giant elephant the kids had a blast playing on!
a little shaded tent  (that I can't find my pictures of), 
where the kids could go in and decorate these tiny pumpkins
This playhouse that was fenced in...perfect for my wandering little fella...where this giant bubble blower constantly blew giant bubbles!!
Inside this playhouse was face painting.  
There were also these little covered sandboxes where the kids played for a while.
And there was another area with a puppet show.  
I'm hoping to find the rest of these pictures!!  
The kids had a blast...it wore me out!!