Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Hampton

Hamtpon is doing so much better with the reflux. I am glad to say that although he is still spitting up, it is not as often nor as much as it used to be. We still have an instance every now and then where he will have some projection and a lot to it, but that is not nearly as often as it was. He is so much happier now and I just love it. He likes to be talked to and sang to during the day and I just love to watch him focusing on what I am saying and get his little hands going in excitement. It is so fun! Little H is also sleeping longer at night now. He has been going about 6-6 1/2 hours without feeding which is nice for me to get more than 2 hours at a time of sleep. It makes me nervous when he goes that long, so I pretty much still wake up and feel him to make sure he is still breathing. After the 6 hour stretch, he doesn't make it more than 3 1/2 hours before getting up again. I am not sure why, but I am hoping to get him on more of a nighttime schedule soon!



Happy 14th Birthday, Dylan

Wednesday (the 22nd) was Dylan's 14th Birthday. He wanted to open his presents from us first thing "in case" he got some new clothes he could wear to school. He was pretty funny about it. Anyway, we let him open the clothes we got him, I made him his favorite breakfast (biscuits with chocolate syrup), and then he was off to school for the first day of his 9-week testing. After school we couldn't really do a lot to celebrate because he had to study for the next days' tests. But, we had dinner together and let him open his other gifts from us. It was fun. We did have a special birthday dinner at Tsunami the night before with the family to celebrate both his and my birthdays and that was a lot of fun!Goodness, it is so hard for me to believe that Dylan is already 14 and in the 8th grade. It seems like only yesterday that he was a little baby sitting in my lap while I rocked him to sleep. Happy Birthday, Dylan. I love you and look forward to many more years of fun with ya!
Love, Momma (and the rest of the fam)
Dylan had his Tae Kwon Do belt test and ceremony last week and made High Red. Now, he will start working towards his temporary Black Belt. We are all so proud of how well he is doing in TKD. Congratulations on what you have accomplished so far, Dyl. Good luck with the Black Belt training. Lots of love,
Patrick and Momma and the boys


Hampton Smiles

Tuesday, October 21st, Hampton had his first real smile. He was a day shy of 7 weeks and it was sooo sweet. He has been starting to try and smile, but nothing was a for sure thing. Now he smiles at me and I just love it. Now starts all the fun little milestones that I get to embrace one last time! Such a sweet, sweet boy!
Hampton (like most babies this age) loves to watch the ceiling fan. He is getting where he will focus on things for longer periods of time and since we have switched the medicine, he is much more complacent most of the day - woo-hoo!
This is his serious stare at the ceiling fan in our bed.
Hampton is doing much better now. He still has some instances with the reflux, but it is much easier to deal with. You just know to keep that burp cloth handy and during the night he does so much better with it also! Thank you, God!!!



Sunday, October 26, 2008

Mom's Birthday

Monday was my birthday and it was so nice. Everyone knows that I just love birthdays and it is so fun to get phone calls and talk to everyone on that very special day! The only thing I really did besides spend time with the boys and Patrick was go to lunch with the Jennifer's, Cooper, Landree, Ms. Jean (JB's mom), and Logan and Hampton. We went to Schlotzsky's - my favorite!!! Thanks for lunch, Jennifer!
When we got home, Logan decided to run away from home...he ran up the hill to the neighbors yard and just looked at me and then started to whine because his shoes were getting dirty.
I tried to get him to come to me several times, but he would rather just look at me and not listen.
Anyway, thanks for all the emails and phone calls everyone gave me on my birthday. I really appreciate it!



Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

Thursday morning we had pumpkin patch pictures made with Sara Grace. You can view the pictures at www.naturallywonderful.com Enjoy!

More Sunday pictures

Here are some pictures from Sunday before and after church. Logan played with Sara Grace for a while. We had everyone over before church to have breakfast. It was a lot of fun to all be together! Logan really thinks this is his Pumpkin hat. He wears it all the time!

Sweet little Sara Grace. Doesn't she get prettier every day???
Logan and SG playing with the mirror. Hampton in the background oblivious to what is going on around him!

Uncle Marty was so sweet to read Logan a book.
Sara Grace wore Logan's John Deer boots with her dress for a while. Doesn't she look precious?
Little Hampton finally woke up and played for a little bit.
Sunday Evening...
When it was time for Logan to get ready for bed, he ran and hid in the corner from his daddy. It was really funny.
Hampton resting with his Daddy while Daddy watched tv.
Sweet Baby Boy!



Hampton's Baby Dedication

Sunday we dedicated Hampton to the Lord. It was very special and meant a lot to have all the family there.
Our family (We missed you, Blake).
Little Hampton all ready to go.

Hampton was so good in church. Aunt Sara held him while he slept the entire time.
There was a nice reception after the service. Aunt Chappell took over holding Hampton.
The two little babies - Sara Grace even sat through church. She was a little princess the entire time and even let Mimi get her to sleep.
Dylan and Aunt Sara
Aunt Patty with the sleeping Prince
The Family.
Logan was so ready for a nap at this point!


Small Group Party and Pictures

Saturday night we had a party at the Brewer's and had a great time. We wanted to get pictures of all the children together and all of them in their Halloween costumes, so you can only imagine what might have transpired that evening! First let me just say - we never got any of the children in their costumes... Logan had spent the night with Mimi and I-dada, so he was very tired even though he had taken a nap already. He was sooo cranky while we were at the party. All he did was whine and cry. He NEVER does stuff like that and lately it has happened a couple of times when I least expect it. I'm not sure what his deal is...
Since he was so cranky, I didn't even mess with him to try and get pictures. He was content walking around pushing and playing with Cooper's toys.

He loved the lawnmower!
Landree was so sweet. She tried to entice Logan into being interested in the pumpkins, but that didn't work. Logan found a ride on 4-wheeler, but got a little scared when he pushed the button and it rode by itself. He wasn't having any part in that.
The pictures...

Cooper didn't want to sit on the hay anymore than Logan. His mom was behind the hay trying to make him stay - you can see Nuggets tail behind it. These pictures were so comical. Our children are going to look at these situations and know how abused they were having to pose for all these pictures together!Logan and Daddy watching the pictures from a distance
Landree still sharing the pumpkins with Cooper.
Jennifer was taking most of the pictures, so Patrick got this cute one of her. Landree was on a mission to find someone else to share the pumpkin with.
Michael trying to get Cooper to have his picture made with the Auburn helmet and shirt.
We should have made Michael sit in front of our scene! Future Auburn football player!
Jennifer the photographer
Logan found another toy to play with. Daddy had to push him around forever!
This captures the true chaos we endured...Logan wanted nothing to do with posing, so he walked around with the toys. I finally tried to hide them, but he spotted them quickly!
Cooper rolling down the hill... Landree tried to ride the tractor and Logan in this picture is trying to push her off...
Sweet little Camryn actually cooperated...
Then, Logan wanted to play with the flowers.
So, we got some pictures of him. I actually had trick him into writing on the pumpkins with chalk. It's the only way I could get him even near the hay scene.
This picture was funny... Logan was crying, Landree ran away and so did Cooper. The other three just sat there waiting on all of us to grab our children and get them back...whew - why do we do this to ourselves???Finally - a good group shot!!! It's Caleb, Landree, Logan, Camryn, Layne, and Cooper.
All the boys roasting hot dogs. We even had s'mores later. They were so yummy!!!
Cooper and Layne going head to head with the trucks.
Sweet little Camryn off on her own.
Landree with her mom roasting marshmallows.

We had so much fun spending some time with Small Group. We just love being a part of such a special group of people!!!