Christmas is Coming...

I know I have a lot of updating to do, so here goes...

Saturday, the 22nd, Blake (he got here the night before) and I took the little ones along with Chappell, Marty, and Sara Grace to see Santa Claus at the Festival of Trees. It was so funny...

Luckily we got there early enough that we weren't holding up a line!Before we left, we got a picture that Logan did not want to have (I am wondering if I have maybe burnt him out on pictures???)
My sweet little princess - she was so good and so sweet!

Hampton was tuckered out from the 15 minute ride!

Logan did not like the big bear that was walking around, so he was making sure it kept its distance from him. Don't ask me why he had that paci - it drives me nuts when I see it in his mouth and he isn't in the bed or tired. Blake and Dylan are not very helpful in this area!

Look how great Sara Grace did with Santa!

Then, there was Logan - he wanted nothing to do with him!

Hampton didn't mind!

Bribery - it works every time!

But, not for long...

Logan LOVES his big brother!!!

Such a sweet little boy!

When we got home from all that drama - Blake started putting up our Christmas tree. We got a new one this year and it is so pretty! It is 12 feet tall and looks great in our living room. Patrick bought it for us before he left to go out of town that Friday. It worked out really well. And, Blake did a great job putting it up for me!

Logan just liked playing under the ladder.

How in the world are we going to get that on there???

Thank goodness Uncle Marty is tall - he came over and helped!

Saturday evening, Aunts Sara, Chappell, Kat, Uncle Marty, and Sara Grace came over to play games and have some pizza. It was kind of chaotic with 3 little ones, so we played a game for a while and then they had to leave because SG wanted no part in sleeping in the pack 'n play!

Hampton enjoyed his one on one time with Aunt Sara!!!

Thanks for coming over everyone. We had a great time.

Precious Christmas Pictures

We had Christmas Pictures of the little boys and Sara Grace made Friday (yes, I had even more pictures made). Check them out at Stacey's web site... www.naturallywonderful.com I think they turned out so cute and I can't decide which ones I am using for the Christmas cards!

I will add that the photos took 2 1/2 hours because of our outfit changes, prop set-up and children not cooperating - mainly Logan! It was quite comical and very exhausting!!!I think this is my favorite of Hampton, but I love most of the ones by himself, too.

Next year we are working on getting a Santa and having a day for Stacey take pictures with him!

The Boy's Pictures

Sunday evening we had the boys pictures made for our Christmas cards and just to have. It was their first photo shoot together and it went pretty well. The whole process revolves around Logan! Check out the rest of the pictures at www.naturallywonderful.com I think the pictures are on the last page. It is under "Traci and the boys."I have a lot of updating to do and will try to get that done tonight. Blake was here for the weekend and we had a great time together!

Dylan's Tournament

Yesterday Dylan had his first wrestling tournament in Ft. Mill. He had 3 matches scheduled and the first one was a scratch - meaning the guy didn't show up so Dylan automatically won. The second match he won and apparently dominated the match 9-0. He left before his 3rd match, but it ended up being that it was ok because the guy he was supposed to wrestle broke his arm before their match.

Friday he had to dress up for school (this is the policy of the coach that they dress up the day of or before a match if it is on Saturday). I thought Dylan looked so handsome and of course, couldn't resist taking pictures!
Dylan's dad came up to go to the tournament with him and took some great pictures. I will post them as soon as I get them from him later this week.

Poor Poor Dylan

I really think this is the saddest picture ever....could he look more pitiful? So, the story goes like this...Dylan walks in the door from wrestling practice and I immediately freak out and ask what happened. Don't ask me how (because I still can't figure this out) but Dylan got rope burn somehow during a drill while he was at practice. He apparently ran into the rope while they were pulling it (or something like that). At least what really happened isn't as bad as I originally thought when I saw him.
Dylan was in good spirits about it. That made me feel better until Patrick reminded me that we have family pictures this Sunday.
I am pretty sure he will be wearing make-up during the pictures! :)

Congratulations, Brewers!

Tuesday, Cooper came over to stay with us while his mommy and daddy went to the hospital to have his little brother. Logan just loves Cooper and it was fun having a buddy for him to play with.

John Parker Brewer

was born at 9:37 am and weighed 9 lbs 12 oz! He was a big boy!!! Here are the boys looking at the first picture we got of him via text message - way to go, Michael.
Logan and I went with Jennifer Gray and Landree to the hospital to take Cooper to meet his new brother that evening. It was a little crazy, but fun to see Cooper's reaction. I think he was more worried about his mommy's boo boo than anything else. He finally started to pay some attention to the baby though. It was so sweet!!!

How sweet is his expression???

Cooper is going to be a great big brother!

He had to see how much hair John Parker had. Apparently, JP looks just like Cooper did and pretty much had the same stats, too. They are going to be best buds!

Landree even joined Miss Jennifer in the bed to see the baby a little better!

Look how great Jen looks. Can you believe she had the baby that morning?

John Parker Brewer

Logan decided he would rather play in the linen closet than see the baby.

Hampton - Catching up

It has been cold here this past week so I have to put a hat on Hamp when we go out. I thought this was so cute of him. This is the hat they made him at the hospital. Can you believe it still fits him. He is definitely not growing as fast as all my other boys did. I love it! I am hopeful that he won't be as huge as they all were and might actually wear the clothes that he should at the right times!My sweet baby!
I put Hampton on the floor with the activity mat and this is the first time he actually showed some interest. (It was Monday, November 17th).

He still loves to chew on his little hand. It is so cute when he finds it. He will just sit there and chew on his fist forever and entertain himself - so, so cute!

He actually hit the dangling toys a couple of times!

So sweet - looking at this daddy.

He looks so pitiful in this picture, but I swear he was so happy!

I just love this baby!!!!

Terrible Gamecock Loss!

Saturday we had the family over for the game. We had the best time with them, but unfortunately the Gamecocks had a terrible loss to the Gators (56-6) - Wow!

Here are some shots from the evening...Logan enjoyed having so many people over. He was in rare form and definitely entertained!
Sara Grace us now pulling up and that was so much fun to see!

Caroline, Jonathan, and Haile Calore also came over.

It was so cute watching Logan and Caroline. Although Logan is not so good at sharing...

Logan loved hugging everyone as they were leaving. I love seeing him love on his cousin!

Caroline wasn't so sure about all this love!

Sara Grace thought Uncle Patrick's beard was fun to rub. She was so cute trying to figure all that facial hair out.

Uncle Marty getting some lovin's from Logi.

Aunt Sara getting in some snuggles with little Hampton - who pretty much slept the entire game. He had the right idea!

The big hug with Caroline and Logan

Hopefully in a couple of weeks the Gamecocks will beat the Tigers and end our season happily!

Dylan's Wrestling

Dylan went out for wrestling this year and is loving it. He was going to try and do wrestling and TKD, but he realized very quickly that he was going to be too exhausted after wrestling and wouldn't feel like keeping up with TKD. So, he is taking a break from TKD and will test for his temporary Black Belt in March. He is loving the wrestling and seems to be doing quite well in it. His first meet/tournament is next Saturday.

He got his uniform tonight and I got some pictures of him. He didn't want me to take pictures of him without the gym shorts on, so this is what I got! :) Oh yeah, he did get a hair cut last night. He wanted it shorter than it is, but I am making him wait until after our pictures that are next weekend.

Good luck in wrestling, Dyl!

We can't wait to come watch you!!!

Hampton's 2 Month Well-Baby

We took Hampton (and Logan) to the doctor this morning for his well-baby check-up. Stats:

• 12 lbs 10 oz - 75th %
• 23 1/2 inches long - 75th %
• 15 1/2 in head circumference - 30th %He had to get his first round of shots and that was so sad. He had just fallen asleep and when she stuck him the first time (there were 3 sticks) he started screaming and the tears started. It was so sad when he opened his little eyes and looked at me through those tears! It was so hard for me not to cry!

Right before Hampton had his shots, we had them give Logan his flu shot and that was quite traumatic! Logan hates going to the doctor and usually starts crying as soon as Dr. Whitaker walks in, but this time he just clung to his daddy. Once the nurse was done with the shots, daddy and Logan left so they could take Dylan to school. Logan did very well considering the circumstances. We will go back to the doctor at 4 months and I guess have more shots then.Logan wanted to hold Hampton the other night while he watched tv. Every time I would try to take the baby back from him Logan would get mad. It was too precious!!!

Hampton has found his little hands and it is so cute. He rode all the way to the doctor this morning entertaining himself with his hands and cooing - it was so sweet!

Hampton is 10 weeks now and is doing very well as far as his schedule and sleeping goes. He is a pretty laid back baby and will entertain himself very well. He is sleeping around 6 - 6 1/2 hours at a time at night and eating ever 3 hours during the day and sometimes will go 4. He is definitely a good baby and for that I am so thankful!!!

Sweet little Hampton in the bath.

I just love this picture. We caught this of Hampton after his bath. He is such a sweet baby!!!