September 2016

Well it's finally fall!  It took a while but Nashville finally had our first few days of less than 90 degree temperatures!  

September was full of one last lake trip, school, soccer and fall festivals!  

Hudson is still loving kindergarten!  She has so many sweet friends and seems to love going everyday.  I can already tell how much she is learning  - her reading has advanced so much as well as her math! She likes having PE but I think her favorites may be art and music class!  She had her first field trip to Walden Pumpkin Patch and while she loved it, I think her favorite part was getting to ride on a real school bus!

Sweet girl

Sullivan is also doing really well at school.  She loves her teacher and has made so many new friends.  Her teacher rewards the kids with frog stickers on a piece of paper with lily pads.  You get a sticker every time you do something above and beyond and she has already filled TWO cards!  So while she still thinks she should be in kindergarten, she is loving Judson PreK in the meantime!

My little mermaid

Thomas is also doing well.  He has finally adjusted to his new schools and last week insisted on walking in while carrying his lunch box.  It was super cute, especially since it looks just about as big as he is!  He had his 15 month check-up and all looked well!  He is still the "runt" of the family but I have a feeling he will catch up!  He weighs 23 lbs, 8 oz (75%) and is 30 5/8 inches tall (76%).  He has his third and (fingers crossed) final kidney surgery next week.  Luckily, this one is very short and outpatient, so no overnights in the hospital thank goodness!

Little man...big shoes

 Soccer is going well for the Blue Hearts!  The girls are really into it and are playing well.  They are both scoring goals, playing some tough Defense and learning a lot.  It's exciting to see the whole team every weekend because they all seem to be "getting it" a little bit more and more every week!  They are starting to look like a real team!

My crew

That is about all for now.  October brings a big birthday for Hudson, the end of soccer season and the start of basketball season!  Yes, the girls are giving it a try and Tom is going to be the coach...so I'll be sure to update on how that is going when the season gets started!

As always, here are a few more pictures of our September:

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August 2016

Hard to believe that August has already come and gone.  After a fun and busy summer, August meant it was time to get down to business.

We started off with a few days at Let it Shine Gymnastics Camp before school started back.  We love it there and Sobes had one particularly great day and was chosen Camper of the Day!  They can't wait for their trampoline class to start back this winter!

Camper of the Day at Let It Shine Camp

We also made our annual trip to the Williamson County Fair.  The kids love this fair and this year they were very into the rides.  I am pretty sure we did every ride they were tall enough for!  Thomas wasn't tall enough for anything (except the carousel) but he did love this tractor!

Tractor fun at the Fair

My Squad

August also meant that it was time for Hudson to start Kindergarten.  She was SOOO ready and it has gone really well!  She had 3 buddies in her class (2 from preschool and 1 from our neighborhood) which made the first few days so much easier.  She also has the sweetest teacher ever that she just loves.  We are almost a month in and she still loves it!!

First Day of Kindergarten!

Sobe and Thomas also started new schools.  They no longer go to the Academy (which we miss everyday) but they do love Judson Baptist!  Both are doing very well so far!

This guy discovered hummus

I also surprised the girls with a Big Girl only Date and took them (along with their Favorite Aunt Iffy) to see Meghan Trainor in concert.  They LOVED it!  Even with a rain delay...they had a great time!  Nashville is such an awesome city!

First Concert in Downtown Nashville

Thomas has had a rough August but he is such a tough guy.  He had the second of (hopefully only) 3 surgeries this month.  This one was to reconstruct his kidney following his surgery at 4 weeks old.  He handled it like a champ - he even walked down the hall to the operating room!  We stayed a few nights at Vandy which was rough but he was a total trooper and looking at him now, you would never know anything ever happened!  We are so lucky to be so close to one of the best Children's Hospitals in the country!

Prepping for surgery

So ready to go home after 2 days at Vandy

One of the best parts of August is that it means that soccer starts again!  This year we moved Sobes up to play with Hudson in the 5 year old/Kindergarten league and so far so good.  We have a team full of friends who are tough as nails and so competitive (even though half of them are playing up).  We won our first game. Both girls played hard and did really well.  

First game for the Blue Hearts

Blue Hearts with a Big Win

That is about all for August.  We are headed to the Lake for one more trip this weekend and we can't wait to see all the Halters and do some swimming, tubing and skiing!

As always, here are the rest of the pictures from August:

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July 2016

July was such a fun month for the Frericks.  It was packed full of summer fun for sure.

We started the month off with our Annual trip to the lake for July 4th.  As always, it was full of lots of cousin fun.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves but our week consisted of lots of swimming, riding the big red couch, s'mores, sparklers, fireworks, skiing, knee boarding and much much more!

Bookends

Love this crew

BooBoo and his grands

He loves a rocker

Lake time

The Crew (just missing Mays)

Guy time on the couch

Sparkler fun

After our fun week at the lake, we headed home for Soccer camp at Lipscomb University.  The girls LOVE this camp.  They both got to attend in the same group this year and they have already asked to go back and stay longer next year.  Here is a little video of how they end camp every day:

After soccer camp ended, we were lucky enough to head back to the lake to spend a few days with our best friends.  We don't get together as much as we should, but with 7 kids under the age of 6, it was such a fun...and exhausting time!  We enjoyed even more swimming, skiing, knee boarding, big red couch riding, dance parties on the dock and so much more!

7 kids under 6

 As soon as we got home from our fun lake weekend, Hudson graduated from PreK at the Academy of Powell Place.  She has gone to this school, with most of the same kids, since they were all about 3 months old!  She was a little sad to leave her school and her sweet teachers but she is so pumped about going to kindergarten!!

PreK Graduation

She starts school this Wednesday but we were able to squeeze in one more soccer camp.  Thanks to some really amazing friends and people in the soccer world, I was able to help coach at TeamFirst Soccer Academy when they came to Nashville last weekend.  They were also sweet enough to let Hudson attend for one day.  I'm not sure she completely understands how awesome this picture is but she does know that these women are the BEST players in the whole WORLD.  When she gets older, I will show her this picture again and make sure she understands that whatever sport she is playing, the opportunity was made possible because of these 3 women and their teammates!

TeamFirst Soccer Academy
(Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tish Venturini)

That is about all for now.  First day of Kindergarten is on Wednesday and Thomas and Sobes start preschool in 2 weeks.  Summer is coming to an end but we sure have made the most of it.  

As always, here are the rest of the pictures from our July adventures:

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June 2016

We officially have a ONE year old AND a FOUR year old!  

June was a busy month full of birthdays, cousins, VBS', camps, pool days and friends.

Thomas turned ONE on May 28th.  Since it fell on Memorial Day, we postponed his celebration till the next weekend so SueSue, BooBoo, Iffy and all of his cousins could be here to help us party.  We spent some time at the pool followed by a cook-out.  We had plans to go to the Sounds game for a little baseball and fireworks but sadly the game was cancelled due to weather.  We made the most of it and Thomas and the girls were just happy to have the Boys here.  He also really loved opening his presents!  Thomas of course had his first taste of cake and he enjoyed it!  He was a little skeptical at first but then went for it with 2 hands...and had to rub it all over his hair too! 

Happy Birthday Thomas!

Cake time!

Other than his fun birthday, Thomas is doing great.  He is still a great sleeper (10-13 hours a night) and really loves big kid food.  No more baby food for this guy.  His current favorites are ANY kind of meat or fruit.  Especially deli meat and oranges.  He is a great walker now and thinks he can run - which usually ends in a face plant - but he is trying!  He also LOVES to climb on anything and everything.  Whenever he hears music, he has to stop and dance - his favorite seems to be Flo-Rida - go figure!  He finally got another tooth.  We had been stuck on 6 for a while now but on Father's Day, #7 finally broke through.  He went in for his 12 month check-up (a little late) and everything looks good.  He weighs 23.8 lbs (75%) and is 30 5/8 inches long (76%).  He is officially the runt of the family as the girls have always been in the 90% of everything!  I'm guessing he will catch up at some point!  

Sullivan turned FOUR on June 2!  She started her birthday celebration on Thursday, June 2.  She got to take a cookie cake to school which is always fun.  After school she got to go to Toys R Us and get her birthday balloon, crown and pick out one toy.  Of course she chose a Frozen art kit.  As is our tradition, she got to pick our dinner spot and she chose Chuy's - she loves some cheese dip!  We came home after dinner to open presents.  I think she had a great day!

Her party was on Saturday, June 4 and she wanted to have a Frozen Pool Party.  We woke up Saturday morning to downpours of rain and storms.  So we decided to go burn some energy at Above All with the cousins all morning.  After a little bit of panic (with no back-up plan for her party), Mother Nature cut us some slack and we managed to have a storm free party for several hours Saturday afternoon.  It did rain a little bit, but the kids thought it was so fun to swim in the rain!  I think Sully had a great time and she had so many sweet neighborhood and school friends come!

FOUR Years Old

 Sullivan is also doing well.  She is definitely a middle child!  She is not afraid to be loud and make her presence known!  We seem to be over the worst of the Three-nager stage so hopefully Four will continue to get better and better!  She did great at her Four year old check-up also.  Luckily no shots for her.  She had a major growth spurt over the last 12 months.  She now weighs 46 lbs (97%) and is 42 3/4 inches tall (97%).  She gained 8 lbs in the past year and grew 3.5 inches!

Serious Growth Spurt

Hudson is also doing well.  She is busy at Kindergarten Boot Camp at the Academy.  She goes 5 days a week and is really enjoying it!  Here is a little video of her showing off her gymnastics skills at Above All:

Other than birthday parties, June was full of pool days with friends, member night at the Zoo, and Pizza and a Sounds game for fireworks with Friends.  Hudson also went to 3 different VBS' and Sullivan went to one.  They LOVE VBS so much.  Sullivan still loves gymnastics camp also.  Both girls go to Soccer camp in late July and they can't wait for that!

We are off to the lake this week for July 4th so everyone is counting down to that trip as usual!  We get to spend a whole week with SueSue BooBoo, Aunt Eileen, Uncle Pace and the boys!  

As always, here are all of the pictures from our June fun:

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May 2016

It's officially summer and our sweet baby boy is ONE YEAR OLD!

Happy One Year Big Boy!

What a difference a year makes!

May has been a crazy busy month!  School and soccer ended, camps have started and Thomas turned ONE!!!!

Opening presents!

 Thomas is doing great.  He walks everywhere, climbs on everything and still loves to eat.  His favorite food is meat...of any kind!  He loves the water and finally got in the neighborhood pool this weekend (the water is so cold but he loved it).  We go back for his one year check up next week so I can't wait to see how much he has grown.  He still sleeps great.  He has also decided he loves the trampoline which is hilarious!

Big Girl date!

 Sweet Hudson is growing so much.  She grew almost 1/2 an inch in a month - which is insane!  She finished her last year of PreK at Judson Baptist and is going to miss it so much.  She had another great soccer season with her team the Green Frogs.  She scored some great goals and really got into it which was nice to see.  She still loves to swim like a fish and would live at the pool if we let her.  Today she started Kindergarten Boot Camp at the Academy and was super excited about it!  She will spend 5 days a week all summer getting ready for Kindergarten - academically but also little things like checking a book out of the library, getting a tray in the cafeteria, etc.  She is already so excited about starting Kindergarten in the fall and I can't believe it will be here so soon!

Soccer Stud!

Sullivan is still a crazy mess!  A hilarious crazy mess but still a mess!  She is also growing like a weed and is a strong willed as ever.  She finished up at Judson Baptist PreK and will be headed back there next year which she is already excited about.  She had a great soccer season also.  Her team was undefeated and she also scored some great goals.  She is way more aggressive than Hudson and soccer seemed to really click with her this year.  She also loves to swim but really just likes to be anywhere her friends are.  She turns FOUR on Thursday and has been counting down for weeks!

That is about all for now.  We have a big FOURTH Birthday on Thursday and two birthday parties to celebrate this weekend!  We are excited to have family in town to help us celebrate also.  This summer should be lots of fun with soccer and gymnastics camps, several Vacation Bible Schools, a few trips to the lake and of course more pool time with friends!

Here are the rest of the pictures from May:

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April 2016

Happy 11 Months 

Less than 1 month and this guy will be turning ONE!  I am not sure how this happened so fast but it is happening.  

April has flown by and was full of soccer, tennis, swimming, school fun and spring weather perfect for playing with friends and neighbors!

Soccer is almost over and both girls have had great seasons.  Hudson's team, The Green Frogs, is playing well.  They get better every game and seem to be having fun.  Hudson is playing well and even got to celebrate her first hat-trick of the season with a little Sweet Cece's.

Celebrating a Hat-Trick

 Sullivan's White Team is playing awesome.  For 3 and 4 year olds, they are full of hustle and not afraid to get in the mix.  Boys, girls, it doesn't matter...they are all tough as nails.  Sully has found her soccer groove for sure.  She is scoring lots of goals and has even figured out the "defending" thing which is fun to watch!

Serious about soccer

 Thomas is awesome!  He is officially a walker...and he loves it.  He walks everywhere...all the time.  He still loves food - especially strawberries, blueberries and any kind of meat!  Haha.  He moved up to the Infant 3 class at school and loves his teachers and being with the big kids.  He is still a great sleeper, LOVES his sisters and is such a happy happy baby.

Loving the Trampoline

 We haven't had much time for anything else other than sports this month, but we did sneak in a few other things.  We took a quick trip to Atlanta to surprise SueSue for her birthday which was a lot of fun.  We even got to visit with our favorite NC friends - the Boyles.  We have spent a lot of our free time just playing with neighborhood friends - playgrounds, flying kites, riding bikes, sewing pillows, jumping on the trampoline, etc.  We love our neighborhood!  We had a blast at the zoo celebrating our good friend Carter.  We also gave our house a little make-over.  We painted our kitchen and bathroom cabinets and also painted the walls in the living space downstairs and in the master bath.  It looks great and makes our space feel so much bigger!  

Kitchen Make-Over

That is about all for now.  May is off to a busy busy start.  Soccer ends, school ends, camps start, Thomas turns 1 and much much more.  For now, here are the rest of the pictures from April:

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March 2016

Happy 10 Months!

 Spring is finally here.  March brought us warmer weather and sports, sports and more sports.

The girls wrapped up another successful gymnastics season and loved it.  They can't get enough of the trampolines so thank goodness we have one at home.  They also finished their first tennis session with Rally Cats.  They both LOVED it and have already asked if they can play again.  We still have a few more swim lessons left and soccer is now in full swing.

These two loved Rally Cats Tennis!

 We also enjoyed a nice quiet Easter at home.  The girls were thrilled to see that the Easter Bunny came and ate all the snacks we left for him - carrots, blueberries and lettuce.  After church, the girls dyed Easter eggs and worked on their garden stepping stones that the bunny brought.  Grandma and Grandpa also came down for the day which was so much fun.  They took the girls to see Zootopia and then we had a great cook-out.  It was a nice relaxing weekend.

Happy Easter!

 We didn't have much else going on this month.  Our first soccer games were April 2 so I know the girls are pumped for that.  Go White Team and Go Green Frogs!

Hudson

Thomas

My Crew!

Sullivan

Thomas is doing well and growing like a weed!  He still loves to sleep and eat and is officially on the go.  He crawls on one knee and one foot and really really wants to walk.  He is pretty fast pushing anything he can find around the house.  The video below was taken ONE day after he turned 9 months old!  He was so proud of himself.  He loves to dance and "talk" and is such a happy laid back baby!

That is about all for now.  April bring us soccer, soccer and more soccer.  We also get to register Hudson for Kindergarten.....so wish me luck!

As always, here are the rest of the pictures from March:

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