Birthday Pictures

Whit and Brady's 1st Birthday party was GREAT!!! The weather was fantastic and everyone enjoyed being outside watching the kids play and socializing. It was fun to watch how different Brady & Whit reacted to their birthday cakes. As you can see in the pictures below, Brady didn't have a problem with digging in. However, Whit was a little more leary and wasn't interested. Overall, I think their first birthday party was a hit. Thank you Grandparents and Mama Jane for all of your help! And thanks for all the gifts from all of you!

Thanks Elliemae for taking the pictures!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!!!

It's hard to believe that these miracle babies are one year old today!!! I'm too emotional to say anything more than I'm the luckiest mother there is in the world to be given the opportunity to watch these boys grow and develop into such interesting and caring people. I will try to post later when I'm not so emotional (yeah, right!).

Happy Birthday Little Stinkers!

Christmas Tree

Some have asked about our Christmas tree this year since we have two, special, crawling babies in the house. So I thought I would share a couple of pictures so that you can see our creativity. We put the tree in the same location as we have had it in the past but with a little added decorations ... see below.

Merry Christmas!!!

Thanksgiving Pictures

Here are a few pictures I took over the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Below is Whit with Great Granny. I couldn't resist taking this picture with his belly showing. I think we all feel this way after Thanksgiving dinner. This is the boys with Great Nana. We enjoyed being outside with the family.

I think these are my favorite from the week. I went to my dad's earlier in the week and went by to see my brother. In case some of you did not know, Ricky is now a proud owner of a motorcycle. Brady absolutely LOVED it. When I got him from Ricky, he pitched a fit - kicking his feet and crying. I guess he is going to be our "Wild Child." I think we will be getting some accidental insurance on him.

Look at the chair closely that the boys are sitting in. This is Ricky's chair that he got when he turned one, about 37 years ago. The boys were checking it out and thought they were such big boys sitting in it.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

This is a very special Thanksgiving for us this year because we have two precious little boys to be thankful for. We both have a very long list of things that we are thankful for, but I will shorten the list because I don't have much time.

We are thankful for - each other, family, friends, our animals, our health, our jobs, food, all of our materials things that we don't really need, and, last, but not least, God because all of the other things would not be possible without Him.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!

More Pictures

I found this post that I never officially posted. These pictures were taken around the first of October.

Michael clowning around with the boys in their bed.
Whit found out that if he is not strapped in his high chair, then he can turn around and stand up.
"What mama? I'm not doing anything!"

The following pictures were taken at Dave and Mandi's Tailgate shower. War Eagle!

The next two pictures are priceless. We took their coral outside one afternoon. When I turned around to check on them, they were being entertained by the chickens. You know, normally the chickens are the ones that are in a cage.

These pictures were taken the same afternoon. I can remember the first time Michael rode them on the 4-wheeler, boy have they grown!!! Belle and Maggie in the background.

Can you say mischievous?

A few pictures ...

It's been a few weeks since I posted so I thought I would share a few pictures.

Below is Whit in the Coke basket on the 4-Wheeler. He was helping Daddy do some work in the yard.

I love this picture of Brady. Michael was going through some of his empty hulls for reloading and Brady found the container. He has four teeth now. You can see his bottom two in this picture. Whit is still trying to get one tooth.

This picture was taken at Nana's house in her newly remodeled kitchen. They seem to like it too.

Whit found the tissue paper.

October was Breast Cancer Awareness month and one of the club's at school raised money by having a Breast Cancer Awareness walk around the school. They also honored some survivors, so Jane and boys joined us. Here is a picture of them in their stroller checking out all the high school kids. They also attended their first pep rally that day.

10 Months Old!

I can't believe Whit and Brady are 10 months old!!! They are growing up so fast and doing new things everyday. I love to watch them discovering new things, and they are starting to interact with each other more everyday. It is so sweet to watch them smiling and laughing at each other, and Whit is always pulling and/or crawling on Brady.
Here are a few pictures Elliemae took Saturday in front of city hall.

I love the picture below. We are caught in the act of changing the boys. Have you ever heard the expression "A picture says a thousand words"? I think this picture says it all! Sometimes it gets really crazy around our house, but I LOVE every moment!!!

Our 1st Halloween Party

This past Sunday (10/19/08), we went to Whit and Brady's first Halloween party. The boys are, of course, Little Stinkers (skunks). I was worried about it being too hot for them to be able to wear their costumes, but it was perfect weather. They had a great time playing in the hay and watching the other kids running around. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

Thanks Walker for our first Halloween party. We had a GREAT time!

9 Months Check-Up

Whit & Brady had their 9 months check-up Tues., Oct. 14, which they are actually 9 1/2 months old. Whit is 27 1/2 inches long and weights 16 pounds. Brady is 27 inches long and weights 18 pounds. The doctor was very happy with their progress for preemies.
Here are a few pictures I took after we got back from Montgomery.

A Girls' Weekend at the Beach!

This past weekend a group of my girlfriends headed to Gulf Shores for Shrimpfest. It was a GREAT weekend. Some of the girls went shopping and some of us went to the pool. I decided to go to the pool, so that is what I did. I spent the whole day out by the pool soaking up the sun.
This was my first weekend away from the boys for two nights in a row. Michael kept them Friday night and they went to his mom and dad's Saturday. I needed a nice, relaxing weekend, but I was ready to come home to see my family.

Thanks girls! I had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to do it again!!!