Heading to church this past weekend...actually early - well NOT late - for once, so we had time to snap a picture! {Colton (6 months), Weston (26 months), Jackson (4)}
Weston is in the midst of the terrible twos but honestly, when its one on one, he's the best child. He listens & obey, and doesn't whine. It makes me wonder if his disobedience and whininess is his way of getting attention from me when its all three boys? His smile is contagious and full of mischief.
Jackson goes to school on Fridays so its just me and the little boys. Its such a treat to watch Westie be the big brother and not be overshadowed by Jackson. I try to do lots of fun stuff on Fridays so he gets some special things that are just for him (and Colt, who is just along for the ride).
BFF Alisha & her family were in town last weekend for the Clemson game. We got to spend Friday together and these two little buddies would totally be BFFs. They had the best time playing together, and Alisha & I loved catching up. She is expecting baby girl in less than 4 weeks!!
On October 3, Ben turned 34. Yes, he is 1 year about from being halfway to 40. Yikes! The boys and I made him a red velvet "Stars Wars" cake. The canyon in the middle of the cake was totally planned, absolutely not due to impatience on waiting the cake to cool before removing it from the pan.
His daddy has taught him to bring me flowers; its is the sweetest thing in the world. He is teaching Westie to do the same!
His daddy has taught him to bring me flowers; its is the sweetest thing in the world. He is teaching Westie to do the same!
Jackson goes to Awanna's on Wednesday nights and its been so rewarding watching him memorize bible verses and really kinda get it when we talk about morals and whats right and wrong and how to treat others. He loves to rock his Cubbies vest, the first week he wore it everywhere -- preschool, yard-saling, playdates, you name it.
I unfroze my gym membership, and kicked my own butt last week at the gym. After 30 minutes on the elliptical and running one 12-minute mile, I was beat. But it felt so good to work out. My goal is at least twice a week to get back in the swing of things.
With the amazing weather the past few weekends, we've had lots of lazy Saturdays on the back deck. Colty loves snuggling in the air chair.
Boys love boxes! These three boxes entertained my crew for an hour.
Westie came and jumped in the shower with me one morning, and stayed in once I got out and played forever. (Sorry water conservationists). Both of my big boys love "big boy showers" and I've got them trained to get in together and Jackson washes Westie's hair and makes sure he washes his parts. He even helps wipe his eyes when they get soapy. I love watching them help each other.
We have been to SO many birthday parties this fall. I think that half of J's class has had parties this fall. Most recently, it was a horse party at a local farm and he loved riding the pony and climbing on the pasture fence.
These three really do enjoy each other. Of course they always fight over who gets to kiss on Colton, and who gets to hold his hand, but there are worse things they could be fighting over. Who ever knew I'd love being a mommy to three little boys as much as I truly love it?
Jackson busted his chin open on the deck steps this past Sunday. Ben raced him to Doctor's Care with 5 minutes to spare before they closed, hoping to avoid the ER. They couldn't sedate or restrain him for stitches in their office so they ended up at the ER anyways. Turns out they glued the laceration rather than giving him stitches.
{No pictures since it was such drama!!!}
Mom & Bruce came to play one afternoon, and the boys had a blast. Earlier that morning, Weston had pulled out an entire roll of aluminum foil so rather than try to re-roll it I just made the boys into robots. Cheap entertainment!
Colton will be 6 months old on Oct. 27 and he is FINALLy sleeping thru the night in his own crib (most of the time...) He gives me 9 straight hours of zzz's as of this week and it has been glorious! Of course, if he wakes up to feed during the night, I just bring him back to our bed and enjoy the snuggles. He started veggies at 5 months and has been a fan so far. This boy likes to eat, he wants to be with us at the table and reaches for our food whenever he gets a chance. He's sitting up, too, and trying to grab everything in sight. This honeymoon is almost over, I can tell already.
Of course, during my first sewing project in months (Halloween costumes), my sewing machine conks out. Even though its 2 years old, it was still warrantied so I exchanged and upgraded to an embroidery machine. Still learning what its all about but my first project was embroidering a hoody for Westie.
With the amazing weather the past few weekends, we've had lots of lazy Saturdays on the back deck. Colty loves snuggling in the air chair.
Boys love boxes! These three boxes entertained my crew for an hour.
Westie came and jumped in the shower with me one morning, and stayed in once I got out and played forever. (Sorry water conservationists). Both of my big boys love "big boy showers" and I've got them trained to get in together and Jackson washes Westie's hair and makes sure he washes his parts. He even helps wipe his eyes when they get soapy. I love watching them help each other.
We have been to SO many birthday parties this fall. I think that half of J's class has had parties this fall. Most recently, it was a horse party at a local farm and he loved riding the pony and climbing on the pasture fence.
These three really do enjoy each other. Of course they always fight over who gets to kiss on Colton, and who gets to hold his hand, but there are worse things they could be fighting over. Who ever knew I'd love being a mommy to three little boys as much as I truly love it?
Jackson busted his chin open on the deck steps this past Sunday. Ben raced him to Doctor's Care with 5 minutes to spare before they closed, hoping to avoid the ER. They couldn't sedate or restrain him for stitches in their office so they ended up at the ER anyways. Turns out they glued the laceration rather than giving him stitches.
{No pictures since it was such drama!!!}
Mom & Bruce came to play one afternoon, and the boys had a blast. Earlier that morning, Weston had pulled out an entire roll of aluminum foil so rather than try to re-roll it I just made the boys into robots. Cheap entertainment!
Colton will be 6 months old on Oct. 27 and he is FINALLy sleeping thru the night in his own crib (most of the time...) He gives me 9 straight hours of zzz's as of this week and it has been glorious! Of course, if he wakes up to feed during the night, I just bring him back to our bed and enjoy the snuggles. He started veggies at 5 months and has been a fan so far. This boy likes to eat, he wants to be with us at the table and reaches for our food whenever he gets a chance. He's sitting up, too, and trying to grab everything in sight. This honeymoon is almost over, I can tell already.
Of course, during my first sewing project in months (Halloween costumes), my sewing machine conks out. Even though its 2 years old, it was still warrantied so I exchanged and upgraded to an embroidery machine. Still learning what its all about but my first project was embroidering a hoody for Westie.
