Seeing Double

Knox and Poppy.
Oh what can I say? These two would be inseparable if it were up to, well - either one of them!
Knox says almost daily, "I go Poppy's house!"
If they're not in Poppy's house, they're usually riding the golf cart. They love spending time together, and there's not much that can light up Knox's eyes quite like his good ole Poppy.
I found a quote that fits these two almost perfectly...

"What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies." ~Rudolph Giuliani

Baby, Baby, Baby

I sing.
I sing in the choir.
I sing in the shower.
I sing at the shop.
I sing while I clean. (Insert laughter here.)

I love music, and I love singing. But I especially enjoy singing in my truck. (And thanks to Pop and Nani, we have XM radio. Whoo hoo!)

Recently Knox has began telling me which songs I can sing and how loud the music can be. I wasn't very excited about this, when he suddenly began bossing me around. However, it's turned out to be pretty fun. It's really neat to see which songs he likes.
If he doesn't like it, he yells, "No Moma, don't sing dat! Turn it off, Moma!"

I laughed so hard the other day when Knox was singing along with me to Justin Beiber's song, "Baby". It was precious. "Baby, baby, baby, ooooh! Like baby, baby, baby, oooh!" He was just too cute!
Later that night, he wanted to hear that song, "Baby" again, so I let him watch the video on his iPod. Bedtime (9ish) rolled around, and Knox insisted on watching it "just one mo' time," so I agreed, but gave him strict instructions.
Go to your room.
Lay down.
When the video goes off, go to sleep.

Pretty straightforward; not too difficult to understand.

Sure enough, the video went off - and Knox laid down and went to sleep.

Or so I thought.

At 10:30 p.m. I started hearing something very unusual on the baby monitor. I quickly and quietly went to Knox's room to check it out.
Oh my gosh.
There was our child, sitting up in his bed, playing Angry Birds!

"Knox! You have GOT to go to sleep!"
"I play Angry Birds, Moma!"

He didn't want to give me the iPod, but after convincing him I was going to put it on the charger, he finally handed it over.

Lord, help us! We have created a Mini-Tina!

Hurt My Fingers

While I was gone to the 3A basketball state championship, Knox had an accident. He was pushing a little car at Moma Amy's, and he fell onto concrete.
*Moma Amy wants it noted that she was off the clock at the time of the accident. Daddy and Bubba were responsible for him during this time. Ha!
He hurt four fingers - two on each hand.
He was really sore the next day, but he hasn't really been phased by it much. He has enjoyed putting medicine and bandaids on his fingers daily.
When asked how they are now, he says his fingers are "fine". They really are healing well so far.

He's been pretty accident prone lately, but that's normal for a busy little boy. Occassionally, he doesn't listen very well, and that creates even bigger problems.

About a month or so ago, we were at Junior's go-kart shop. He burned his finger on a heater - TWICE. The child never cried. He only asked for kisses. Lots and lots of kisses. To this day, he still enjoys putting on burn cream.

The funniest part of that night was when he walked into the main shop area rubbing his head. When asked what was wrong, he told us he bumped into a go-kart and it "hurt my feelings."
Bless him.

Knox's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated Knox's second birthday with family and friends a little early this year (since his super awesome Pop and Nani took us on a cruise during his actual birthday).

We partied at our church again, and it seemed to be just fine with Knox. He was so excited to be having his very own 'Spiderman Birdday Party!' He wore a Spiderman shirt, watch, and sticker, so he thought he was super cool.

His favorite possession is his Gator. There was no doubt about it - it had to go to the party.

He took his sweet cousin, KK, for a spin - but being Knox, he was too busy waving at others to drive.
But no fear, when it comes time to eat, this kiddo will sit still and chow down!

Our family
Peyton, Knox, Moma, and Daddy

Blowing out his 2 candles

Now for the good stuff!
-eating cake & ice cream with Grandaddy

TICKLED!!!
-riding the Gator with Sonny

"Look at our stickers!!"

Knox was super sweet when he was opening presents. He got so excited over each and every gift. It was a joy watching his little eyes light up with every surprise. He put his chair from Sonny to good use immediately!

Precious little birthday boy!

Loving that $$ from "Aunt" Donna

Knox insisted on Grandma helping him

Because Knox was still potty training, we had a little interruption in the gift opening. It was a false alarm, but I thought it'd be funny for him to read this years later. We temporarily left the present area and went for the pinata. Bless him. ha!

The pinata was cool - at first. But then Knox didn't know what to think about everyone being mean to Spiderman. And he was pretty much devastated when Spiderman lost his head. As a mother, I didn't think to explain to him what was happening.
Oops.
I hope he's not forever tramatized.

The next picture totally describes Knox right now. He picked up one piece of candy at a time, and he placed each one in his pocket.

I wouldn't trade him for anything!

Some of this children at the party
Sonny, Knox, Chase, Reed, Kately,
Gracie, Lexie, Mackenzie, and Ryeder

Knox finally finished the last segment of presents, again with a little help from Grandma.

And then finally, the grand finale...his bicycle from Pop and Nani - with a helmet and a horn!

Getting a push from Uncle Jack

Knox was THRILLED Nani rode with him!

Getting lovin' from 'Grace-uhree'

Knox, Gracemarie, and Madison

Knox had such a good time at his party. I enjoyed watching him visit with family and play with friends. The only negative part of the day was his missed his buddy Grady's birthday party. He slept right through it!He was all partied out!

Happy Birthday, Chase!

Knox's partner in crime is a year old! We went to Chase's birthday party at his house in Hernando. Aunt Erin always throws the best parties, so of course we all had a great time!

Knox and Bubba enjoyed swinging super-high in the hammock/swing.
Later, Uncle Chris offered Knox some assistance on the big boy swing.

After playing outside for a while, it was time for Knox's favorite part: 'birdday cake!!' He sat with the boys, and he thought he was something!

Then he quitely entertained me from afar. Sweet kid.

It's amazing how cute a little fella can look with a placemat on his head.

But it's even more amazing how precious two boys can be while snoozing in the backseat.

Update: In order to kick the sickness, Knox took breathing treatments regularly. Because he thought he was smoking, he LOVED it! More times than not, he was asking us to let him 'smoke' - rather than us having to make him. Hey, whatever works!
Maybe this will be the only kind of smoking he ever does...

And you know, just to make it a little more comfortable, he played his iPod while taking his smoke break. Gotta love him!

Got Mail?

Knox loves going to the mailbox, and he loves opening the mail.

It's not everyday that you open an envelope, and a smile comes upon your face.

But how could it not this time, when it's a picture of Chase?!

Chase is now proudly displayed on our refrigerator. :)