Pictures from Jack's first birthday

Jack's Alabama footbal cake....I didn't have my camera to take picture before but of course it was awesome! My mom made it and I was very suprised and happy that she, being a big Auburn Fan, would even make an Alabama cake! She must really love Jack!

My dad trying to have a talk with Jack to become an Auburn Fan. Not to worry though Jack is smarter than that!

Hugging my little nugget as a 11 month old for the last time!!!

Digging in some cake!

Doing a little dance!

No need for hands

Roll tide!!

Katie and Addie Jane

Charlie

Addie Jane and Mary Ella

Me and Betsy

I'm back with a long post!

My grandparent's Christmas card

Addie Jane and Mary Ella in their Alabama dresses

Our Bama pumpkin

My pumpkins Sully and Mike from Monsters Inc. Addie Jane's favorite movie

Eeyore (let me just say with him being sick he played the part great!)

Our ador!

Addie Jane and Braelynn

Addie Jane with make up all over her face!

So...long story short......we went to the beach and had to come home a couple days early, little nugget Jack got his first ear infection. Not fun. I feel so sorry for babies and moms of babies who have chronic ear infections. That week was a little stressful going from the beach...back to work...and sick baby. That got all cleared up and good to go then on to the next week. That following Tuesday, Jack had is one year doctor appointment which went great! He is 26.10 pounds and 32 inches tall! 85 percentile for both weight and height. The doctor was doing the "muscle test" on Jack and said...."wow...he is very stout he isn't squishy at all, very nice." Jentry was very glad to here that! He had to have 4 shots, that on the other hand was not so great. Then that Weekend we got celebrate Jack turning one! Can you believe he is one??? We went to Florence and celebrated by watching Alabama play Tennessee and kick some butt, which is exactly what Jack wanted, duh! We had a great weekend, took some wonderful pictures and played all night and all day! That following Thursday Addie Jane began to run a fever, cough, and running nose....then Jack had the fever and cough and runny nose. I left half a day on Friday from work and then had to miss Monday. No work=No money. That weekend we tried to go out a little bit for Halloween but it didn't really work out, although they did look adorable in their costumes as Piglet and Eeyore. We wen to the church for a little bit and then went by Melanie's "mel-mel" to see her cats. Addie Jane wouldn't stop talking about going over there. We stayed over their and hung out for while. They have 2 dogs and 2 cats so the kids were pretty occupied. But still with no sleep I went crazy. No sleep, crying babies, and nothing I could do to help. Well I prayed and prayed and then this Thursday wouldn't ya know it that Lord answered my prayers and they slept GREAT! He can do amazing things. Which now brings us to this weekend. Which would have been perfect and still is if you don't count Alabama loosing to LSU today. I mean I am just not use to Alabama not winning. I am of course still a big big big fan but it never helps my mood when they loose. So that sums up that last couple of weeks; sick, better, sick, better (well...getting better).

On our way home from Jentry's parents house tonight Jentry looked at me and said, "I think I am going to be an Oregon fan (who is #1 right now)." I just laughed and said yea.....I mean they aren't in the SEC anyway let's just do it. Ha! Tonight we were playing in the playroom after we got home and we asked Addie Jane what she was thinking about because she had this look of confusion on her face. Well, she said "Dada Bear I think I am Oregon fan too, but I still love Big Al." CRACK ME UP! Kids hear everything.

We have been talking a lot lately about Santa "Ho-ho" and what we want for Christmas and what not and Addie Jane has decided she wants a bike, which is really a tricycle, and Addie Jane says Jack needs to ask for a new attitude. That girl has got some ears. Then I told her that Jack is just little and can't talk so sometimes he just gets upset a little easier than she does and we just have to be patient and show him how to behave. She comes back at me and says "well mom...Ho-Ho isn't going to give him anything in less he starts haveing (behaving but she just doesn't say the "be" part) but if he can then he needs a new swing, I can just talk for Jack." She constantly makes me laugh.

One more story/quote I want to remember is one day Addie Jane came home from my mom's house and said "Mom, Mona gave me a coke." Very seriously look on her face. Then she goes on to say, "Mona said don't tell me Mommy, but I am telling you cause I know I am not suppose to have coke......and it was diet." I laughed so hard and said thank you for telling me that was very sweet. So I call my mom to tell her what Addie Jane said, thinking Addie Jane made it up, but sure enough Mona (my mom) had giving her 3 sips of coke!!! Hey, at least she is being honest.

Also I just want to add in there that I have lost 35 pounds since May! I am pumped. I would like to loose another 20 by this coming May. That would be awesome but still I am pretty proud of myself just need to stay with it because holidays are coming up and I love me some good home cooking!

Internet issues....

OK! I am going crazy...1. Our internet is broken and 2. The kids have been sick since Friday. I haven't slept in days and I feel like I am going to crack any minute. This weekend and beginning of the week has by far been the hardest time I have had with the kids. Running nose, sneezing, coughing, fever, medicine, and a lot of crying/whining. I am praying constantly that the kids get better. I know I can handle this but oh my.....it has been hard. I have a lot to blog about and when I get home today I hope my internet works so in the little time I have between laying Jack down and him waking up at least once every 2 hours...I can at least relax and blog about our weekend and what not!

Happy Birthday Jack

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!

We love you so much.

You are such an amazing boy. You walk everywhere. Talk about, eventhough it doesn't really make since to us, we know you know what you are talking about. You went to the doctor last week for your first ear infection. You weighted 26.14lbs (and thats with you not eating great a couple days in a row) you are pretty chunky. WE LOVE IT! You have started saying "uh-oh" a lot and also looking at us, tilting you head, and saying "ohhhhhhhh." Your mouth looks adorable when you do that. You think it is hysterical and laugh at yourself. You are the hardest child in the world to change clothes or diaper. I sometimes sit on top of you (not putting all my weight on you obviously) just to put your shirt on. You laugh at that too. You smile a lot. You have 6 teeth on top and only 2 on bottom. As usual you are great eater, no worries there. You have switched to whole milk, so far the switch has been easy! Learning to walk in your shoes was a task in the beginning but now it is going great. You are pretty obsessed with bathtime. YAY. Taking bath with big sister is the best. I walk out of the bathroom looking like I took a bath too because y'all splash so much, but it is pretty amusing. Did I mention yet....that you are obsessed with me? You are, I think you have some seperation issues. We are going to try to work on them, I am thinking a little mother's morning out should do the trick. :) Not that I don't love the snuggle time you give me cause it is wonderful, it just you are heavy and sometimes you kinda hurt my back. HA. Can't wait to post pictures from you birthday fun. Alabama plays Tennessee this weekend so excited. They won last year. It was the day we came home from the hospital, I thought your dad was going to have a heart attack if we missed kick off for the game. It was so wonderful bringing you home from the hospital and watching a football game just me,

you, and Daddy. Alabama has only lost one game in the year you have been born (I just want you to remember that).

I love you dearly Jack-a-roonie.

Beach Time

My adorable babies
Jessica with her catch and John with his!
Me and Jent
Haha I love this picture cracks me up!
3 boys! Jack 11 and half months, Deacon 3 months, and Jeremiah 9 months.
Addie Jane and Jent fishing on the beach
Love this picture
Jerrry!
Baby D

We are so blessed. We had such an amazing trip, although a little crazy with 2 very young children of my own and my 2 nephews, we made the best out of it. We all found it funny the last year we all went we all stayed up until 12:00 played games and watched movies. This year after a day on the beach with babies, we barely made till 9:00. Ha, funny how things change. Jack LOVED LOVED LOVED the ocean. He would walk right in there as if he had no fear at all. The waves would knock him down and he would just laugh and get back up. Hysterical. Addie Jane was fearless as usually and bossing Jack around. She had a wonderful time fishing with Daddy and playing with the babies. She is a pro-big sister. I am very proud of her. Jeremiah ate sand like it was going out of style. Pretty much one of the cutest/funniest things I have ever seen. Deacon chilled out on a blanket with some major cute outfits on most of the time. The boys (Jent and B-I-L's) fished any chance they got and the one night I went down to fish with them I basically caught the biggest fish ever, until it ate the line (hook, bait, liter....all of it). My brother-in-law John seemed to think it was a huge shark, and I def agree with him, he is a wise man :) He caught a 22 lb red fish one night, it was masive (check out the picture). Oh yes, and by the way they caught 6 baby sharks between 1 and 2 feet long in about an hour....in the middle of the day. Anyone else not feeling great about swimming in the water after that...yea I didn't! Have I mentioned yet, that I basically didn't stop eating the entire time I was down there?? Yes, great food. Very pleased. Jentry and I got to go out on the date one afternoon, it was awesome! I ate fried shrimp and fish. I know it made me just a little fatter but it was totally worth it. Thank you Janey and Boss for our wonderful vacation and Christmas present! It was great!

I will post more pictures soon...I have a ton!

Friends

My cousin, Haley (check her out here Blessed), took these pictures yesterday and they are soo cute!

Baby Jack, not looking so much like a baby anymore :(

Besties

They are so adorable together.

I am extremely thankful that Addie Jane and Jack have so many cousin close in age. I grew up extremely close to my cousins and I wouldn't want any differently for my own kids.

Between to our 2 families the cousins oldest to youngest go:

Addie Jane

Mary Ella

Jack

Jeremiah

Sam

Deacon

Pretty good huh! All within 2 years of each other!

Redecorating

MY INSPIRATION

Please note: I know I cannot have a all white room with 2 kids I am just saying I am getting most of my ideas from this pictures.

My walls will be grey and ottaman will not be white...I like the tables, flowers, and pillows . My favorite thing is the pillows with all different fabrics.

Ok....I am very excited to say that I will be re-doing my house before Christmas. Not just redecorating but moving my rooms around a little bit. Did you know that my playroom for the kids is the biggest room in our house, I mean are you kidding me? That is ridiculous. Jessica (my SIL) is going to help me with this challenge of switching my living room to where the playroom is and the playroom where my guest bedroom is...everyone following me, ha...and then where my living room is now will be a dining room! I know that sounds confusing and honestly those little details are more for me to remember. I am very excited and I think it will be a great change for the house.

This is the wall color I have picked out. It is Pensive Sky from Behr. I think it is really calming and I think in a house with 2 little ones you need that.

My fabric. My couch and big chair are cream leather and then I have a navy blue recliner. I am using this fabric to recover the ottoman that goes with the big cream colored with chair. I think I am just going to make a slip cover rather than recover it, just so I am able to wash it often.

What I want is a comfy living room mostly a neutral color with pops of color. Obviously, kid friendly but I would like something a little bit more grown up with organization.

I think what happened was we got the house then had a baby, then by the time Addie Jane was old enough for me to start decorating, I got pregnant again. Now, I feel like Addie Jane is 2 and a half and Jack is almost 1 and it's time to make change. A change for the better. I want an area where they can play but not be so overwhelmed, an area where Jentry and I can entertain, and an area where we can all sit down and eat dinner together...now is that really too much to ask? I am going to post before pictures of the house soon and then hopefully I will have it finished by Christmas with a pretty tree and decorations.