"He's stuck in a ditch!"

Joel is best best friends with his cousin Grady. They have so much fun together. They destroy (dig) my mothers garden, they play in the castle, they climb on tractors... they love to spend time together.

Well. I was at my moms house, and Grady came over so he and Joel could play. It had been raining for three days previous. We warned them not to go into the garden because the dirt was too wet. They run off and play.

Probably twenty minutes later, Grady comes running in the house, covered in mud. We ask him,

"What happened?"

Grady: "I was digging and i lost my boot in the mud but i climbed out."
Me: "Where is Joel?"

Grady: (loudly responds) "He's stuck in the ditch!"

Well, we all weren't too sure what was going on. we kind of figured it wasn't a big deal. Just two boys playing. I went to get Evie, and Erin, my sister, went to check on Joel. My mom comes in and gets me and she is laughing hysterically. Joel was stuck in the wet garden up to his knees in mud. Erin apparently had to use her fully body weight to pull this kid out of the ground.

She finally got him out and this boy had mud everywhere. I mean, in his boots, in his socks, in his underwear, in is pockets... everywhere.

He was so stuck, we had do dig his boots out of the mud with a rake.

I'm so sad i don't have a picture, but the story is enough for me. :)

Oh, little boys.

Belly Buttons

Do you know what your belly button was used for?

Evie's First Birthday

Evie had such a great birthday. Besides the THREE cakes i managed to destroy, it all wen't pretty stress free!

Every girl needs a little Fancy Nancy

Check out the most beautiful quilt from Aunt Shannon. I so wish i was that talented.

I said "Cake!" and these two buddies were RIGHT there. They all helped blow out the candle.

What is a big brother and a cousin if they don't blow your candle out for you on your birthday.

Can you spot Joel in this picture?

NOM-NOM!

We love you baby girl. We're so happy you're one and we're excited to meet the little girl you'll be shortly.

Spray Bottle

We're milking the last few nice days outside at our house. Today, it was the spray bottle. He played outside for three hours today! Needless to say, I've had a quiet afternoon.

Setting the Table.

I know it's kind of cheesy, but Joel set the table all by himself. It was really sweet and he was so proud of himself. Good job, buddy.

Doughnuts.

On Satuday Jared usually takes a trek to Martin's for some doughnuts. It's a new tradition in the Toney house! We love it. It's usually,

Sprinkles for Joel,




Glazed for Miss Evie,




And always a chocolate milk for my handsome husband.


And best of all? No pictures of me. haha.

Joelisims

"Dad, what are you doing?"
"Rolling up the the toilet paper so Evie doesn't get it."
"Oh, that makes sense."

"How are you doing today, Joel?"
"I'm doing great!"

"Mom, can I be your tiny little baby?"

After asking to do something, the response now is,
"Sure! Sure! Sure!"

"You can't be serious, Mom."

"Can I make good choices now?"

"Can we go on an adventure?"

"Can we go to Infinity and Beyond today?"

"Mom! Lay down. I'll give you a 'Ma-shaw-sh' (massage)"

I love it now how after he meets people, he'll say things like,
"That was my new favorite lady."
"She was such a nice lady."
or
"What a funny lady, mom!"

Like yesterday, we have some friends we go on walks with in the morning. The mother gave a talk in church yesterday, he shouted,
"It's my nice Sister Butler!! She's talking!"

or a little later in the meeting, during prayer of course, he says loudly,
"Mom. You have a private body! Look! I see it! I'll put my hands right here."

Thanks, Joel. You keep me on my toes and watch what i say.