Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011!!

Cooper- 7 years old

Carter- 4 years old 

Lucy- 4 months old

Funny story about the Christmas pictures.  I really wanted to get Christmas pictures of the kids at the beach this year since this is our last Christmas in Mobile, but I waited to the last minute and ended up going to the beach on one of the two cold days we have had in Mobile.  Everyone was FREEZING!!!!! But my boys are such good sports with pictures that they would seriously be shivering and teeth chattering and I would say smile and they would flash a smile let me take the picture and then in the next breath be whining and shivering again. Needless to say it was a super short photo shoot. :) Love my kiddos!!!

FYI: I may not be updating the blog again for awhile. My computer that I do all my picture editing, blogging and embroidery on crashed so I am out a computer for awhile. I downloaded a few pics to Blaines mini laptop for Christmas pics, but it takes forever and I am limited to what I can do.

4 months

I love this age with Lucy. She has started sleeping 7-8 hour stretchs with only one feeding at night. She also coos and smiles whenever she sees my face (seriously love this)! She is starting to scoot forward by pushing her legs and starting to reach for things with her hands, but dosen't have full control yet. She definitely loves me to hold her and snuggle her but seriously dislikes being left in the carseat.  Her fingers have become her best friend and chews/slobers on them all the time. She is our sweet love bug and is adored by her family!

 

cooing

These are some action shots of Lucy having an entertaining conversation with her stuffed giraffe at bedtime!!    Lucy was cooing like crazy and having a good time telling him all her secrets!! :)



Itty Bitty Fingers & Teeny Tiny Toes

Since birth Lucy has tried to get her hands in her mouth to suck on them. But within the past few days she has been consistently getting her two middle fingers in her mouth and sucking on them.  As a baby I sucked my fingers in the exact same way.  I have been giving her the pacifer to discourage finger sucking but she definitely loves her hands and fingers more then the pacifer.

How cute are these toes?!

I have been wanting to paint them since she was born, but they were just too tiny.

Finally they are big enough to paint! When I put her in the bumbo she will stare at her toes fascinated by their pretty color.

Happy Fall Y'all

I love the fall leaves and all the beautiful colors they make! But since we don't really have many trees around us, I tried to make do with a few handful of beautiful leaves that blew into our yard from our neighbors bush.  Carter had a blast collecting the leaves and then throwing them around Lucy on the carpet. Lucy was wide eyed as she watched the leaves flutter down.

Carter showing off his favorite leaf!

This is also one of my favorite times of the year in Mobile because the cotton fields are in full bloom. They look so crisp and white!  "Southern Snow" they call it around here!

 

Homeschool Preschool

I always laugh when people ask Carter where he goes to preschool and he says "I don't go to preschool I go to homeschool"! :)  When Cooper was little I decided not to put him in preschool and to do preschool at home instead. So we would take 30 minutes out of our day each day to do preschool.  I did it with Cooper until he went to Kindergarten. I have now been doing it with Carter since he was 3. Carter has really enjoyed "preschool" and it is fun to come up with new things to teach him.  It is my one on one time with him and he really enjoys having moms full attention all to himself!

Carter  LOVES this dry erase board.  I highly recommend it for preschool age children. I think it is from Wal-Mart. It has other pages for learning numbers, letters, shapes, and simple addition.  The only thing is the Dry-Erase markers stain clothes or furniture so we have switched to the washable Dry-Erase crayons from Crayola.  Love them! They are a bit harder to wipe off, but don't stain and don't dry out like the markers.

My Boys!

I feel I have neglected Cooper and Carter since Lucy has been born with very few posts about what they have been up to.
I will start with Cooper.  He has  been playing soccer for the past month and has gotten better with each game.  I love watching him play! He is a good team player and loves to just play and have fun!

Cooper is still my kind/loving kid and loves to make new friends even though  he can't hardly ever remember  anybodies name! LOL!  He is doing really well in 2nd grade beside those hard spelling words that drive him crazy (like I said he has a hard time memorizing things)! :) He recently learned to tie his own shoes(YEA!)  and loves drawing/creating things to hang on his wall! We recently cut his hair short again and he looks so grown up now. Love my Coop!

Some of his creations.

Oh my,where to begin with Carter?  He is too smart for his own good!  :) The stuff that comes out of that kids mouth keeps Blaine and I laughing constantly! He can't sit still to save his life which results in way to many injuries.  I finally enrolled him in gymnastics to help control his overwhelming urge to jump/flip on everything and he is doing REALLY well.  He had a meltdown the second week of gymnastics, but now seems to love it and gets really excited when its gymnastics day. He is still my high strung,stubborn, loud, and overly sensitive Carter but he is learning to control his emotions little by little!

Latest injury. He somehow fell while peeing and busted his chin on the toilet. Blaine stitched him up at home and he thought it was the coolest thing that his dad could fix him!

Hanging out at gymnastics.

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Cartwheels

Love my silly Carter!