Huntley's 1st day at daycare!!

 

 

Huntley's 1st day at daycare!! I had all of his bags packed and all of his things labeled right down to his can of Lysol..I'm such a dork!!

Camp Jabber Jaw

 

 

I had the opportunity to work at Camp Jabber Jaw this summer on MSU's campus..it was a great experience for me and I got a chance to work with children who use AAC (Augmentative Alternative Communication) devices. These children do not speak so they use these devices to help them to get their needs and wants met. I was assigned a camper for the week, and I went with him to all of his activities. It was a long week..I left home at 7:15 a.m. and got home around 9:30p.m. every night so I missed my babies!!

Emma's kindergarten graduation pics!!

 
Emma was so proud to graduate from kindergarten, and she had to celebrate in style at the Back Door with presents of course!!

BUSY MOMMA!!

Boy, have I been busy...and Huntley has lots of firsts!! He has begun to sit up, this started a little after he turned 6 months. He talks alot, at first all he was saying was "da da," now he says "ba ba" and alot of other things we cannot understand! He has learned how to wave "bye bye" and it is so precious!! He has no interest in crawling, holding his bottle, or a sippy cup, he's a man and all of those things require him to work a little, so what can I say..
Some of his firsts include first day at the daycare, first time in Mimi's big pool, first 4th of July, and so on..
Emma is looking forward to her big 7th birthday on the 17th of this month, I can't believe she is going to be that old!!
I have not been a good blogger lately, but I will try to get better..school is keeping me extremely busy, but it does make the time go by faster!!

End of the year kindergarten program!

Emma's end of the year kindergarten program was so cute! It had an 80's theme and all of the songs were like YMCA, Locomotion, Play that Funky Music (teacher)!
There was a slide show at the end of the program that one of the mothers had put together, and it was so precious, but I had to hold back the tears..I can't believe how fast my children are growing up! I cannot believe I am going to have a first grader!
We had a good time choosing Emma's outfit..the description of what to wear said..funky, 80's, rockstar, moviestar..So, we went to Belk and found the perfect outfit..A neon Hannah Montana outfit that Emma just fell in love with! And of course she had to spray her hair pink, unfortunately even after 3 washings it was still pink at church on Sunday!!

End of the year party!!

Emma just completed kindergarten, and they had a fun filled field day which I was able to ttend with her! She had a blast, there was alot of water to play in, a jumper, and ice cream sundaes! What more could you ask for?

Can you say...Would you like fries with that?

We had some fun with the McDonald's set a few weeks ago..I pulled it out after being in storage for a year to use for a therapy demonstration at school! Emma had so much fun with this long lost toy and so did Huntley..Emma put the little head set and hat on him and he never bothered them but he sure did look cute!!

Emma's Dance Recital

Emma took dance this past year and recently had her end of the year recital. She has decided that (quoting her) "dance is just not my thing, my thing is gymnastics"...ao she will not be taking dance next year which I am kind of relieved about because it was on Mondays (of all days) at 4:30 (bad time) and it ran into her girl scout meeting (which she loves!). If anyone is interested the place that Emma is taking gymnastics is at is going to be offering a tone class on Sundays, and I have signed up to try and shed some of this baby weight!!

Long Time No Blog!

I have been a terrible blogger lately..I have been super busy, from finals to family vacation..I have lots to post about and I promise Haley I am going to do my duties and answer your tag!!

The Mystery Roller..

Apparently Huntley has learned how to roll over..I layed him on his back on his floor gym the other morning and when I came back..ta dah..he was on his belly! I thought this was too funny!

UHHHH!

I have turned these pictures 4 times and they continue to show up side ways!! Oh well you get the picture!

Huntley is 4 Months Old!!

Huntley turned 4 months old a week ago! Wow! He is getting so big and long! He seems so tall..Anyway, he is still taking 6 ounces every 3 hours, although sometimes we stretch it out to 4. He has not started on rice cereal yet, we have an appointment next week with is pediatrician and I know he is going to say its time..He is still wearing his size 2 diapers..he is wearing a 6-9 months in most of his clothes, if its a sleeper he needs a 9 months for the length..for his cute little summer outfits that are short he can wear a 6 months..we are getting his first pair of big boy sandals today size 2, I will post a pic soon..up until now he only wears socks, occasionally Robeez, and his sweet little monogrammed shoes for church that he is outgrowing! I believe when he went the doc for a stuffy nose he was 27 inches and weighed 16 lbs. The nurse said that his length is off the charts! He is in love with his feet..both of them..he stares at them when he cannot get to them just imagining putting them in his mouth..when we try to change his diaper all he wants to do is hold his feet and try to put them in his mouth..everything goes in his mouth and he drools like crazy..he is a hair puller, which anyone who has hair that holds him quickly finds out! He is still sleeping through the night pretty well..he is very spoiled and wants to be held a good bit, but we try to entertain him with his bouncy seat, swing, floor gym, ultrasaucer, jumperoo, whatever will make him content!

Easter pictures!!

Emma in her Easter dress..
The sun was really bright!!
Mimi and Pappy..
Emma and I

We took a few pictures after we went to church Sunday. We visited Fairview Baptist Church which I loved!! I have been wanting to visit this church since before Huntley was born and I am so glad we got to go.

Notice Huntley is not in any of these pictures, that is because he was napping and who would want to wake a sleeping baby!!

Dying Easter Eggs and the Easter Bunny!!

Look Momma how careful I'm being...
The Easter Bunny came!..
Emma had to run and brush her hair before any photographs!..
Huntley..look at the camera..

Huntley showing us how he feels about pictures this early in the morning..

Emma got the 2 Easter Webkinz in her basket which she was very excited about since I told her that everyone was sold out of them!! Huntley loves his Little Einstein DVD the Easter Bunny brought him and his new books!!

Easter Egg Hunt!!

Emma showing me one of her finds...
Wait mom..take a picture of the purple one too...
No fear!..
She is soooo silly...
Emma and her BFF Madison who would not stop chewing her yummy candy for the picture!!

Thanks Katie for our Easter pictures!

I have been tagged!!

Rules: List 5 things that you do or dont do for A) yourself, B) child, spouse or friend, C) Stranger
For myself
1. I go to school, it may not sound like alot of fun and at times it is not. However, going to school and furthering my education is a way of securing my future as well as my family's.
2. I DVR my favorite shows..i love Young and the Restless, Jon & Kate Plus 8, and Desperate Housewives (when it came on!)
3. I clean my house daily..even if it does not stay that way very long..I cannot stand for my house to be messy and I like for my husband and kids to have a clean house to live in!
4. I have lunch and dinner dates with my friends by myself as a way to catch up and it gives me a break!
5. Blogging has been a fun way for me to track my childrens' milestones and keep up with old friends as well as make new ones.


For my Spouse and Children
1. I pray for my children and husband daily..
2. I try to show my children individualized time daily..
3. For Blake, I try and make dinner for him when I can..it is usually something simple because I am not a great cook but he is always appreciative..
4. For Emma, I make sure that she is prepared for school and has everything she needs..we read her AR books together every night and I quiz her to make sure she is prepared for her test. I spend time with her outside..she loves to drive me through the neighborhood on the gator pretending she is a tram driver at disney world! We play on Webkinz together all the time..we stayed up really late one night during spring break playing and webkinz finally logged us of so they could maintenance the site! We watch her favorite shows like Hannah Montana together, we both get so excited when there is a new episode!
5. For Huntley, I spend the entire day meeting his needs..feeding him every 3 hours, changing him, bathing him, loving on him. My most favorite thing is just laying him in the floor and making him laugh! I read to him, sing to him (bless him!) tickle him! I most importantly make sure he is satisfied!


For Strangers
1. I work with people who have trouble communicating for whatever reason. So many of us take our ability to communicate for granted, but there are so many people who have impairments in speech and language and long to communicate..
2. I try to smile at everyone because I believe in the importance of first impressions..
3. I donate things that I no longer have any use for that is in good condition and I feel that someone else can benefit from..
4. I try to help out good causes like Operation Christmas Child and the Salvation Army bell ringers..
5. If I see someone trying to get out in traffic (and I am not incredibly late!) I try to let them out!

I tag Laura and Celeste! ( I hope you have not already been tagged!)

A Fun Night of Bowling!!

Yea, I was pretty terrible!
Blake showing off...
Me and my good friend Kelsey
Blake and I have not gone and done something just the two of us since Huntley was born so last Friday night Mimi kept the children and we met some of our friends in Starkville for dinner and bowling! We had a great time and laughed alot at our bowling abilities or the lack of!

Happy 3 Month Birthday Huntley!

Huntley is 3 months old today, I can hardly believe it. It really does not feel like it has been 3 months. He is growing so fast and learning new things everyday it seems! He has just recently started to laugh out loud when he gets really excited and he loves to "talk" to us all the time! We call him our little jabber jaws!

Last week we had his handprints done at The Carousel in Columbus by Handprints by Mitzi. She did Emma's handprints when she was 1 and I was super excited about getting Huntley's done. For Huntley's we did the "daddy print" where Blake printed his hand with Huntley's on the inside and at the top it says Daddy & Huntley and at the bottom it says Daddy's Little Man with the year. I recommend if you hear that Mitzi is making an appearance that you schedule and appointment, this is such a great keepsake! Also, the daddy print makes a great father's day gift!

Hanging out in my sister's room...

He is probably going to kill me for this one day...and no, we did not push him around in this little stroller, but his expression when we put him in there was priceless!