10 months

Yesterday Easton hit his 10 month mark. I don’t really know how much is different from last month.  He is eating more table food and just exploring and getting into anything at his level. 

He is doing great pulling up and standing holding on.  He cruises around things a little but instead of cruising around the furniture he is more interested in learning how to push things.  He is still so sweet and adorable.  Everyone in the house, including Gavin, definitely knows he is the baby and kisses all over him and watches out for him and treats him like the little peanut he is!

Notice the rolls on his arm hanging over the table. 

Thunder thighs and the line around his ankle his roll creates! Fat babies are so much fun! ha!

 

I gave him this phone to occupy him as he was not into having his pictures taken.  Here he is playing with it…..

then he dropped it and he is thinking about getting it…..

Yay! He got it so now…..

He arm lunges it back over to the coffee table to set it down so then he can grasp on and pull himself up again.  It must be tough work being a 10 month old. 

We noticed he was pushing boxes around and toys around on the floor trying to stand up behind them.  I got this walker truck out but as you would imagine Gavin was hogging it.  I need to get him his own little walker that doesn’t have a seat for the boys to want to use.  Here he is trying to get on his feet but it rolls away before he can!

Pulling himself up again.  Hooyah, never quit!

 

And, YAY! Excited for himself again. 

 

Crawling away from me sine he is over the pictures.  It was bed time. 

Hanging out with his two best big brothers.  Good Night!

A day at Uncle Bubba’s

Yesterday was a sun up to sun down kind of day.  The boys and I drove to Charlotte to Uncle Bubba’s, Aunt Joanie’s and Jackson’s house.  Bradley was so so excited to spend the day with his big cousin.  We got to catch one of Jackson’s pee wee football games.  Although they look like they are in the NFL out there.  They get their name son their jersey’s and even support breast cancer awareness month just like you see the pro’s do during their games.  In case you are wandering about the pink socks! Here are the pictures.  Glad we got to go while Grammy was in town so she had all her boy grandsons together at once.  She see’s those beautiful girl granddaughters of hers in Maryland all the time ;).  Days like these make it hard living away from family. 

Easton “looking up” to Jackson. 

  

At the game.  Aunt Joanie spoiling the boys with Swedish fish and Grammy holding Easton.

 

Jackson wearing his number 44 like his daddy had growing up.  Always # 44.  Glad they were able to choose and keep it in the family.

My little nephew is all big and grown up and a sweaty football player now. 

 

This was the closest I got to any action shots and they are in a time out! I was either holding Easton or chasing Gavin. 

 

Huddle. 

After the game.  Unfortunately I don’t think Bradley understood the game enough.  He ran around the track with Grammy a few times. 

Gavin with Uncle Bubba.  He said his name like 100 times yesterday and says it very clear.  Uncle Bubba had a little shadow for the day. 

 

  

After the game we went back to the house.  The boys played outside while dinner was cooking up. 

They live in a very quaint neighborhood with sidewalks.  Right after we got back to the house Jackson’s friends rang the doorbell asking if he could come out to play. 

They live on a golf course and the golf day was over so they get to utilize all this space.  It was a very beautiful day too!

 

Gavin did not want to hang with the big boys so he just ran up and down the hill making the fat on his cheeks bounce while he ran. 

 

 

Doing football plays and Bradley has no clue what is happening!

I don’t know why Gavin does this but he pretends “night-night” a dozen times a day. 

It is so cute! Hopefully Aunt Joanie will agree even after she sees her pillow on the floor!

 

 

Easton just crawled and explored this new place he was in. 

Gavin got an early birthday gift.  He loved the puppy on the box so much that he gave it a kiss.

 

We actually played with it this morning, THANK YOU!

Then after dinner we drove two hours back home and the boys didn’t make a peep the whole time.  They were all three so out of it that I got to crank the radio up loud. 

It was a great and tiring day but then again, that is all my days with these three!

Love you Bubba, Joanie, Jackson and Grammy!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, you know those days where you turn another year older?  That was yesterday for me.  My 27th birthday! I know to the older and wiser they would say “that is SO young” but I couldn’t help but feel all of my age yesterday and maybe a little more.  My wonderful husband, 3 adorable children and close friends and family helped to counteract those feelings yesterday in what turned out to be a highlight birthday.

It was on a Wednesday and in the life of a stay at home mom that doesn't leave you with much glamour ability for your birthday but this is my Oh SO SPECIAL way of life that I love.  It was the simple sweet ways that made this birthday great for me. I tried to get some chores done Tuesday, which I did, so besides rotating laundry in and out of the machines, loading a few dishes and picking up the occasional cheerio of the floor, I didn’t lift a finger for housework! I dropped Bradley off at school in the morning and treated myself to Starbucks.  Pumpkin latte since I do heart my October birthday and all things Octobery.  I came home and listened to silence as Bradley and Easton napped.  That little me time was nice.  When I picked up Bradley from school we met Liz with the kids at C Cups Cupcakery for some lunch.  The two cupcakes each we shoveled in our mouths were our lunch.  Thanks Liz for that treat! We know I love cupcakes (as most people do, who can resist their charm! ) to the point where Brad calls me cupcake, so this was the perfect birthday treat.  It could have ended there but it got better!  We went to the park and relaxed and chatted with some mommy friends. 

For dinner Brad picked me up Ledo’s pizza.  An extra special birthday gift was Bradley ate his very first entire piece of pizza like a normal child without complaining.  Having it be Ledo’s was breaking him in right! I used my girly birthday “queen of her castle” plate that will always be my signature plate since no one else would ever be caught eating off pink things in this house.  Then Brad put a candle in a hostess cupcake for my dessert and him, Bradley and Gavin started to sing me Happy Birthday.  As I was about to eat my cupcake Brad said “Wait, one more thing!” and handed me my REAL birthday cake.  White chocolate raspberry Cheesecake from Olive Garden.  He knows me too well and I totally fell for his trick.  I was secretly thinking  “I need to be gracious and thankful for this hostess cupcake, but this is not at all what I wanted!” The cupcakes were for the boys and I indulged once AGAIN! I literally ate my way through my birthday.  Brad got me a card and I get a day completely off soon from mommy hood to go gallivanting and see what I get into or what things I may buy.  YES! Here are my birthday pictures and I hope everyone had a great day on MY Birthday Too! Oh and I have to give a shout out to Patty, my life long birthday buddy…HAPPY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY SWEET FRIEND!

 

 

THANKS for all my family who called, sent me cards and gifts! Thank you Brad for making this a special birthday for me.  I was blessed to be spoiled with my favorite things more than I normally am.  Even if I wasn’t though the day and everyday is perfect when my family is in it!

Phone Faces

Here are some cute boys on my phone. I will describe here since I can't figure out how to put it under each picture. Bradley has a new barracuda shirt he loves. He went to school and wore a jacket over it because he said he wanted to unzip it and surprise sophia and Miss Nina. He actually told them it was a parauna. He got confused. If only he could read his shirt. Another notable pic is Gavin at B's soccer game tonight sporting his big brothers number to show his support. He loves cheering him on. Then there is Gavin laying on the stairs. Another new thing has been doing lately. I can't get enough of these boys! They are my joy!