I'm back!

I realize it has been JULY since I lasted posted! I can not believe I have not blogged since then. I do however read blogs all the time. I've just been busy with school and the boys. (I know that is always my excuse). Anyways, I realize no one probably even comes to my blog anymore, but I'm really going to try and blog more often! We have had a lot going on and the boys are getting so big. I have lots to share!

Right now, we are getting ready for the Holiday season! This is my favorite time of year. Although, I wish it would actually get cold and stay cold here in Georgia! We've had warm temperatures all through out November and I'm ready for some cooler temperatures. I'm also wishing it would stop raining!! We have gotten so much rain lately. It's a complete turn around from the drought we experienced previously and I guess I'd rather have rain than no rain, but this rain is really messing Josh up with his work (He owns a landscaping business). So when it's raining, he's not working, which means he's not making any money! Hopefully, next year we will have a happy medium between the no rain at all and the floods we've been having this year :) Anyways, I'm so excited for Christmas this year. Hayden is 3 and will be at such a fun age! He's actually got some things he really wants and he's actually into Santa this year (and we have definitely NOT been using the Santa is watching you thing to get him to do things...like go to bed at night;) ). I'm excited about watching him on Christmas day. We took him and Cayson a couple of weeks ago to ride on The Polar Express in North Carolina and Hayden had so much fun!! He loves trains and was just so excited to actually get to ride on it (that is where are picture up top is from and if you noticed, Hayden is not looking at the camera, because he is too busy looking at the train). Here's some pictures...

Josh and Cayson before getting on the train!

Josh and Hayden on the train

All 3 of my boys!! We had a lot of fun!

We also celebrated Cayson's 1st birthday this month! He turned 1 on November 3rd. He also got his 1st hair cut. He's looking like such a little boy and walking everywhere. I can't believe how quickly this year flew by. I'll try and post some pictures of his Birthday in another post. This one's getting kind of long!

I know I have mentioned a lot about Christmas and we haven't even gotten to Thanksgiving yet. We are very excited about Thanksgiving as well!! We are going to South Carolina on Wednesday and staying until Sunday. We are doing Thanksgiving on Thursday with my family and then Friday with Josh's. Josh and I are having a movie date night on Friday as well. We figure we won't be hungry after all the food we will have stuffed our faces with Thursday and Friday so we are forgoing dinner and going to see New Moon and The Blind Side. Two movies, we have been dying to see. (Well maybe not New Moon for Josh so much, but he loves me so he's going to sit through it with me). Then on Saturday I'm going shopping with my mom and mama! Then on Sunday we are eating at a Japanese restaurant for my brother's birthday which was this past Friday (he turned 17). Can't believe it!! So we have a busy week, but are very excited to see everyone!! Well, I know this post has gotten long. (I'm trying to make up for the 4 months of blogging that I've missed). I'll be back to share some more of what we've been up to!!

Our Weekend 07/24-07/26

We had a pretty normal, uninteresting weekend. We did go to a soccer game on Friday though. Josh's sister plays soccer and their team made it to the playoffs so we went and watched them play and they won. Since Hayden was at the beach with my parents, we just took Cayson and he was so good. We took his carseat in and he just sat there and looked around pretty much the entire time. If Hayden had gone, he would have been good too, he just wouldn't have sat there the entire time. Then Saturday, Josh had to work so Cayson and I just hung out. He slept most of the time (I think he might be having a growth spurt) and I cleaned some and enjoyed my last day of only one child. When Josh came home we both laid on the couch through 2 lifetime movies before we finally got up to get ready. (Yes, I have a sweet wonderful husband who will watch lifetime movies with me and I think he actually enjoys them!) We met my parents at Outback later that night to pick Hayden up, and then had a reality check when he talked the ENTIRE way home! Hah! But, we really were so glad to have him back home. Josh and I both missed him so much. Cayson did too! Then on Sunday we got up and went to church, ate brunch at IHop, and then came home and while the boys were napping Josh and I spent our time playing scrabble. We played once the boys went to bed for the night as well. We were actually looking forward to playing. You know your life has gotten boring when you look forward to playing scrabble. We're like an old married couple ,and we're only in our early to mid twenties! Anyways I got a couple of cute pictures of the boys this weekend that I wanted to share.


This is on Sunday Morning before Church. My boys really do love each other. I hope it will last! Hayden sometimes gets mad at Cayson for trying to play with his toys (We're working on sharing), but for the most part they are so sweet with one another.

See Holly in the back ground?? She can't be left out and she LOVES Cayson, so 99% of the time she is right with him.


Later Sunday afternoon, I was on the computer and Hayden came in with this Awful hat (Josh and I disagree on football teams and unfortunately I think my boys will probably side with him) on, but I thought he was cute anyways, so I took a couple of pictures of him.

Show us your Dress!

This is the first time I am participating in the Show us where you Live or now the "Show us your life" Friday's on Kelly's Korner. I'm excited to participate. Today is Show us your wedding dress. None of these are really full length pictures of my dress. All I have are prints and these were already scanned onto the computer. I'm too lazy to scan any others, but I think you can see it for the most part. I loved my wedding dress! My husband, Josh, and I will be married 3 years in August! I can't believe 3 years has passed since this day...

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8 months!

Cayson turned 8 months old last Friday, July 3. He is getting so big!!

Things he is doing now...

1. Crawling around everywhere(he has a cute crawl...he will crawl a little bit and then push himself in a sitting position and then crawl a little bit more and then do it again. It's funny!)
2. "Talking" This is something he has started within the past week and he "talks" nonstop. I love the little babbling stage. He is saying dada and baba. Hayden is so funny with this, because we will say," Cayson say dada" and he will, so Hayden's been going up to him and saying, "Say Hayden" over and over again.
3. Blowing bubbles. He blows bubbles all of the time. He likes to do while he's eating too and then gets his food everywhere.
4. Still sleeping great! He goes to bed around 7:30 or 8:00 and usually wakes up the next morning around 7:30 or 8:00 for a bottle. He's gotten to where he takes 1 long nap. He'll lay down around 10:00 or so and sleep for 3 or 4 hours.
5. He's gotten better in the car. For some reason he's the only baby I know that would not fall asleep in the car. He's pretty perfect all the time, but when we would get in the car he would start fussing, but when we went to SC last weekend he was great the whole time.
6. He has started pulling himself into a standing position.
7. He still does not have any teeth. Hayden got teeth right around 4 months, so this is new for me. We keep joking that we're going to have to get him false teeth. The doctor doesn't seem too concerned so we're just waiting for that first tooth! Hopefully, it will come soon!

We just love him so much! He was a perfect addition to our family!

Birthday Boy!

Hayden is 3 today. I really can't believe he's 3! He's getting so big. For the most part, I really enjoy this stage. He's beginning to be more independent and it's easier to take him places. I'm sad he's growing up, but it's fun to watch him now and see his personality developing. The only thing that I don't like about this stage is the non stop talking!! I mean really...it's NON STOP! What really gets me though is that his teachers at day care say they can't get him to talk. We always tell them they need to come home with us, but then maybe he wouldn't talk then either. It's just funny because as soon as we leave he talks until he goes to bed! Now Josh and I wonder why we ever wanted him to talk. Haha! But it really is amazing to hear him and watch him. He is just learning new stuff every day and sometimes he says thing and I don't even know where he learned that. Anyways, here are some pictures of my birthday boy!


His daddy just had to give him a gift on his birthday...even though his party is tomorrow. So unwrapped and everything he got some baseball stuff. Excuse his hair...he had just woken up.


So excited!

Just in case you noticed...his crocs are on the wrong feet. Josh and I stopped arguing with him because he insists on wearing them like that.

7 Months!

Today my baby is 7 months old.

Things he is doing now.

1. He has started eating yogurt. We give him vanilla flavored and he LOVES it!!
2. He can get up on his hands and knees at the same time. He even pushed himself into a sitting position twice now. I really think he will start crawling any day now. He's so close! I'm not sure if I'm excited about this phase or not, because now I won't be able to keep him still.
3. He still doesn't have any teeth. I know Hayden had teeth before this...he got his first tooth around 4 months so hopefully he will get some soon.
4. Smiling and laughing all the time.
5. He likes to watch Hayden's cartoons and loves to watch his big brother. I'm just sure he's watching all the things Hayden is doing now that he shouldn't be and can't wait to test my patience too! :)
6. Tries to grab the spoon away from me while I'm feeding him.


Here's a couple of pictures of him trying to sit up. (I think my wonderful husband deleted my Adobe photo shop off my laptop and I just now realized it... so these pictures don't look great because I couldn't edit them.)


Hey mom...what you doing?



He's starting to get angry here. This was right before he gave up and toppled over!