Welcome Baby Ayson!!

Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law had their 5th child!   A little boy! He is so precious! I love having  baby nieces and nephews.  It is so nice to get to love and hold a sweet baby and then give it back when it start screaming! LOL :) I only got to visit for a short while, before heading back to Mobile, but I was so excited to get hold baby Ayson as was Carter! Congratulations Aaron and Autumn! He's a Cutie!
(I stole the pics from Aaron since my camera is broken at the moment)

 

Sweet Carter

I just wanted to write down some things that Carter says that I don't want to forget. He has become such a sweet and silly boy talking with a vocabulary that is well beyond  his age. Slowly we have watched  him start  to pronounce certain words correctly much to our sadness, because it means he is growing up. But  he  still has plenty of cute phrases and words that I cherish everytime I hear him say them!
First just let me say, this kid dosen't know how to whisper to save his life. Everything he says comes out extra loud for all to hear. I have tried  to teach him to talk quietly, but honestly I don't think his brain knows anything but LOUD!

"Wes" (his word for yes, sadly he has started saying it correctly now)
"Can we bring my munch box?" (lunch box)
"Have a GREAT day" (talking to his papa or daddy when they leave for work)
"Did you lose your balance?" (asking his cousin why he fell off his tricycle)
"Best friends" (his favorite phrase to say to Blaine and I)
"Best water  friends" (The other day in the pool he changed the phrase up a bit)
"Big hugs and kisses, little hugs and kisses" ( his night time rountine before he goes to bed)
"No, thank you" ( his reply to anything he dosen't want)
"What did you dream about?" (Every morning we go through this rountine of  what we dreamed about that night)
"Is that Drew? or "Is that baby Bryson?" He is obsessed with babies Drew(cousins Nathan and Jill's baby) and Bryson(friends from church baby).  Every picture we see of a baby he asks if it is Drew or Bryson.  Every baby we see in the store he is sure it is Drew or Bryson. He LOVES to look at pictures of Drew and Bryson on facebook/blog and gets really mad when I click off off the pictures.  The funny thing is he calls Drew just "Drew" and Bryson is "baby Bryson" even though they are similiar in age.

"pinger" (finger) "pone" (phone) All "f" sounds come out as "p" sounds
"Sis. Allen give me goldfish and  fruit snacks?" (He asks all  the time about Sis. Allen, his nursery leader.  He really loves her and  it is because of her that he now LOVES nursery)
"Enough talking already" (he screamed  this out at church during one of the speakers, LOL)

And lastly he has the HUGEST/LOUDEST laugh of all time. (just see pic below)

Embrace the Camera

I saw on another blog were they were  having an "Embrace the Camera" picture blog.  It is where all of us mothers who hide behind the camera on most occasions should take pictures with the kids and enjoy the wonderful memories captured in time!  As I was looking through some pictures from the Fourth of July I found this picture someone had snapped.  Neither boys are really looking and I have my oh so fake smile, but it really captured the moment and I just love this picture.  We were having a program at my moms to celebrate the Fourth and the boys had dressed up as indians to do a little skit.  They were super excited to dress up!  But this is where the picture comes in.  By the time we  had gotten everyone dressed and over to the pavilion, Carter was on the verge of falling asleep and had his extreme grumpy face on, Cooper had gotten over the excitement of  dressing up like an indian and was daydreaming in his own world and me I was still trying to get them excited so we could perform the skit.  End result, Carter fell asleep, Cooper was too embarssed to do the skit and I smiled my fake smile and got up and performed the indian chant as fast as possible! Like I said memories captured in time!!! :)

Red, White and Blue

We had a fabulous Fourth! We enjoyed fun times with our family and friends and ate some wonderful food with much thanks and rememberence to the soldiers and Founding Fathers who fought for our rights and freedoms!