Night Time with Hampton

We caught some cute pictures of little Hampton after his bath one evening (the 8th to be exact)...
I think this picture is hilarious!!!

He is smiling and cooing so much now!

SPUDDS Christmas

On the 7th we had our SPUDDS Christmas party at our house. It was so much fun and we really enjoyed being able to spend some time with our friends at Christmas. Aunt Chappell loving on Hampton
Steve, Jim, and Luke

Meg did such a great job loving on Hampton and getting him to sleep. I wonder if she wants to come over every night and help with it???

Some of the crew enjoying the bread pudding that Ashley brought. It was so good!!!

A quick shot of us. Hamp was the hit of the party.

Snapshot of everyone

Uncle Marty and Hampton

Jim, Jennifer, and Luke

Chappell and Stuart with Hampton and me.

Logan would not go to sleep so after everyone left, he came downstairs to try and figure out what he missed...then, he moved on to a puzzle.

Sweet little Hampton after all the fun - where is Meg when we need her to get him to sleep?

22 Months Old!

Logan turned 22 months old on the 7th (boy, am I behind on my postings???). It is amazing how much he has learned and changed in just the past month. He can now sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", his ABC's, "Jingle Bells," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," and "Ring Around the Rosie." It is just precious to hear him singing songs to you. We are working on "Jesus loves me" and I think it may take him a little longer to learn that one, but we're getting there. He is loving all the Christmas music right now - which is great since I love it and we listen to it a LOT!One of the sweetest things I think a child does is sit in his/her bed and call for you. Logan started that this month and it is so precious. It depends on his mood on who he calls for to come and get him. For a few days it was Dylan, so he would sit up there and call, "Doo-doo. Doo-doo." I went in one day when he was calling "daddy" and when he saw me, he said, "NO, Daddy!" So, I went downstairs and told Patrick that I wasn't going to be good enough that day. It was really funny.
Luckily, Logan still loves to read his books. He will drag them all over the living room and we are reading a lot of Christmas books right now. Those are lots of fun. He loves to see Santa Claus and calls him, "See-saw." He also likes the reindeer and talks about them a lot.

One of the big things we have started working on this month is the colors. I think he may know Blue, but when you ask him what color something is, he usually tells you it's green. He did look at a blue star at the zoo the other night and told me, "Boo." I was so proud of him!!!

Logan is such a happy little boy. I love watching him learn to talk more and more. It makes me sad just how big he is getting, but I know it is inevitable!

Happy 22 months, Logan.

We all love you!!!

Gingerbread Houses

Friday (the 5th), Logan, Hampton, and Sara Grace had their first gingerbread party at Mimi's house. It is something that Patrick, Chappell and Sara used to do growing up and when Blake and Dylan were smaller, they did it as well. It so much fun and Logan loved eating all the candy. He even got into decorating the house. He did a great job! I-dada was a great help with Logan.
Hampton had fun watching everyone.

Logan even figured out how to put the candy on the house.

Sara Grace was so cute in her smocked Gingerbread outfit.

Little Stuart slept most of the time.

Sarah Beth and her grandma

Logan trying to decide whether to put the candy on the house or eat it.

Yummy, frosting!

James concentrating...

Maddox is so cute in his little hat that he likes to wear everwhere!

Katie and her sweet little girls.

Sweet Caroline!

Elizabeth and two of her three boys

Logan's finished product

Hampton and mommy observing

After all the candy, we took all the kids upstairs to play in the playroom. It was so much fun. Now, you can see why Logan loves going to Mimi's house so much. She kept so many of her children's toys. It is fun to see Logan and the kids play with all of them.

One of the new toys Mimi bought for Logan.

Precious little Stuart

Hampton was getting some lovin's from Caroline's grandma.

He is getting so big!

Luckily with all these kids together, there was no drama and everyone seemed to get along very well.

Sara Grace preferred to play with her bow. She is so precious.

She eventually played with one of the toys.

Thanks for having us over, Mimi and I-dada. We all had a great time!

3 Months Old!

My baby boy is now 3 months old. I am sad on one hand that he is no longer a newborn, but on the other hand I am elated that we are past the days of him not having a regular sleeping pattern and the reflux and tummy issues we had. Hampton does still spit up a lot, but he doesn't get up set about it. I can handle that a lot better than him crying and it hurting him. I just have to deal with the part where I am constantly wearing spit up!As these pictures show, Hampton is such a happy baby. His absolute best time of day is first thing in the morning right after he has gotten up and eaten. He will just lie right beside me on the couch on the boppy and coo and talk with me for at least 30 minutes. He is so "smiley" all the time and so much fun! He is definitely my happiest baby so far.
I love the way his whole face lights up when he smiles. He seriously lights up the room with that smile!

What a precious addition he has been to our family!

Hampton, we all love you and are so glad that God has blessed us with you!

Dylan's Wrestling

I know I am way behind in updating the blog, but I am trying to catch up! I will try to get it updated tonight. I have a lot to post about!

Let's start with Dylan...Dylan is doing pretty well in wrestling and he loves it!
Last weekend was a big tournament at the Lexington High - it was the qualifier for state and Dylan placed 4th. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see either of his matches because we were at a family reunion. My aunt stayed part of the day until we could get there for us so that Dylan would have someone there for him. I was on my way to the school (within sight of it) when I got a text from Dylan that said, "mom, i just pinned a guy with one move." It was so cute and I was so excited for him. I got there and he was wearing his Beenie with the pins in it. Apparently you get a pin to put in it every time you pin someone. He now has 3 pins and he wears this hat everywhere. He loves it!

These are pictures that his dad took a couple of weeks ago at the tournament in Rock Hill. He won this match.

This picture was taken this morning before school. It is very sad to me to see how much Dylan is growing up. He is now 5'8" and growing more and more every day.

About the matches...

Last Thursday night was my first time to go to a match and I really wasn't prepared. I didn't realize how rough it is. The very first match of the evening the little boy (not Dylan) got hurt and I started crying. All I could think was that it could have been Dylan. Patrick was there and was so embarrassed. I couldn't help it. I just wasn't prepared and it was very difficult to watch.

I pretty much felt like an idiot, but several people told me that they had the same thing happen to them and they didn't like the sport and couldn't watch it. So, I felt much better. I think it would have been better had I watched a practice or had I even seen a real wrestling match before, but I hadn't. So, I left before Dylan even wrestled because it was louder than I expected with the buzzer going off and the whistle - Hampton was with me and it wasn't good for him, so I left.

I went to his match against Dutch Fork last night and did much better. Last night was the first time I got to see Dylan wrestle. He did awesome! He pinned the guy and was so proud. He slapped the floor and stood up so proud. Then, he came running up into the stands to make sure I saw him and gave me a hug. He was more excited to be able to put another pin on his Beenie than anything. It was so funny.

He is doing a great job and I will definitely have more pictures to post soon. I am taking my camera tomorrow, so hopefully, I'll get some good shots!