16 Months

 I cannot believe you are 16 months old. Where has the time gone? We have your 15 month appt next week ( just a bit behind) so I am excited to see what your stats are. You are walking everywhere. You love your brother and sister. You think Austin is so funny and he loves to entertain you. Daddy was playing "boo" with you last night and you were laughing your head off and you started saying boo back to him....which you thought was so funny. Well..this morning you get up and stand up in the crib and looked over at your Daddy when he came into the room and said, "Boo!" It was so funny. You are very smart and very funny! You love music and to dance. You also love to practice your quarterback skills and love to toss things.You are such a sweet blessing to our family! 

Austin finally lost his first tooth about three weeks ago. Then he lost his second one this week at school and we had to write a note to the tooth fairy. The other tooth that is in the middle all by itself is very loose but has not fallen out yet. Poor boy won't be able to eat corn on the cob! :)

Breakfast with Santa

We got to go to Breakfast with Santa at James' work. It was fun. The kids got to do crafts,face painting, play in the bouncy house, see a magic show,see Santa and got a gift. Christian did not like sitting on Santa's lap...I had to take a pic anyway!! LOL

15 months

Christian you are 15 months old today! We got permission from your doctor to turn your carseat around (since you are so big!) and you love it! You are 32lbs (can we say future line backer?!!!) and are 34 inches long (you will probably be taller than your big brother!) you are wearing 18-24 months. You love eating yogurt, bananas, pancakes, cheerios, puffs,and muffins. You will try almost anything and if you don't like it you make this face like what is this? You are taking lots of steps on your own (and laugh as you do it) but you are not completely walking yet...you are so laid back that you just take your time on things...you are pulling up everywhere and are crusing along the furniture. You can say hey, bye, mommy, daddy, dog, tide (we say Roll and you say Tide!) You have started to blow kisses and wave. You love watching your brother and sister get off of the bus....you just laugh and scream because you are so excited to see them. You are very good natured and for most of the time a very happy baby. :) We love you!

Catch Up

I cannot believe it is Nov. 1st. Time is just flying by...and life is busy!! On Friday we went to two pumkpin patches. The first one was at a farm and it was such a disappointment and we really did not get the pics we wanted. So we decided to go to the one in Dothan that we had found last year....much better. And well....trying to get all three to take a pic can be madness at times!

                   

 

Christian did much better this time sitting in the grass. He just looked around and played with a leaf for ever. I could not get him to look up much to take a really good picture.





After the pumpkin patch we decided to go to the park. The weather was awesome and it felt so good to be outside. Christian loved the swing. He just smiled and laughed. Later he decided to take some steps on his own walking back and forth between James and me. It was such a blessing that we both got to see him to his first steps. He just laughed and laughed while he did it. I tried to take some pics but he was so fast...I should start calling him Dash! LOL



On Saturday we went to the fall festival. The group that organized it did an awesome job and everything looked so good. Austin even won a cupcake at the cake walk. He was so happy about that. Em went as Dorothy and Austin as Indiana Jones. We had a shirt on Christian that had a mummy on it and said "I love my mummy."



We have been busy taking Austin to doctors/specialists. He is ADHD. We will also be testing for audio processing disorder. He is doing well in school...grades and behavior wise. He has great teachers that are willing to work with him. He does not care for spelling so that is like pulling teeth to get him to study...LOL. It breaks my heart when he gets off the bus sometimes as says kids make fun of his voice or his speech. I am hoping that gets better soon. I know that God has a plan for this special boy. We just want to give him the tools he needs to get through this life. Em is doing well in school and loves science and math. I cannot believe how fast she is growing up.....we are getting too close to double digits....sigh. Christian is growing by leaps and bounds. He is wearing 18-24 month clothing. I really think he will be walking or make that running by Thanksgiving. He has another molar busting through so he is not sleeping very well at night....so neither is momma....so I am thankful for caffeine!

James is currently the interim student minister at our church. I love our church....it is really a family. We have awesome people to count as friends. I love seeing what God is doing with the youth and the church. It is such a blessing to be there. Really all of the trials that we have been through the last couple of years and been so worth is to be here at this place and turned out to be such a big blessing.....a total "God thing" that we ended up here. I am so thankful for the way God has really blessed us.

 

Just Because He is so cute!!

One year

I took this pic of baby boy sleeping in his crib last night....it was his last night as a "baby"  .....of course he will always be the baby no matter what! I can't believe he is a year old today....sniff...tear...sniff.  He don't even realize it I am sure....but this momma is a bit sad today....while I am excited that he is growing up and changing...I can't help but miss that sweet newborn and those little baby days. Here is a look back a year ago today...



Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby boy! I just hope this next year slows down a bit!

This and That........

Yes...I am a terrible blogger. Life is CRAZY ya' all.  Here is life in a nutshell these days:

*Em is loving third grade. I love that she is excited about things...she loves reading and science. We already have had the discussion over and over again about the solar system and Pluto. James and I don't care that "they" (whoever they are!) have decided it is not a planet....it has been a planet forever! I mean how can you learn the planets if you can't do the "My Very Educated Mom Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" bit? That was always my favorite bulletin board to do! I am praying she does not have to do a model this year....it could get ugly!  She is growing up too fast....she starting talking yesterday about college, getting married and having kids...so as I am proccessing what she is telling me....she then says but it all has to wait until she is 30 to date anyway! Good girl...she remembered the rule! LOL

*Austin is doing well in first grade. His reading is much better....or should I say getting him to read without having a tug of war about it....he loves math so doing math homework is no problem for him. We have had some testing done with him and will get the results in about two weeks. More about that later. But he loves his teacher and his friends so that makes school fun.

*Christian will be a year old on the 15th....7 days from now.....this momma is not ready!!! Wasn't it just yesterday this sweet bundle was born? I can't believe how fast it has gone. Sniff...sniff...tear...babyhood is gone and enter toddlerhood.....so bittersweet when it is your last baby. He is crusing big time in the playpin and around the furniture. It won't be long before he is walking! And since football season has arrived I have taught him to say tide after I say ROLL........he says is so sweetly...Tide! Then I say touchdown and he throws his hands up! Gotta start early!!! Still haven't decided on what to do for his birthday yet...I guess I need to get on that! He has also been fighting a double ear infection..so some nights are just not fun....but I would not trade it for the world....I love power rocking with him (hmmmm...that could be a new sport!) Sleep is overrated anyway.



*I had gotten word last week about a friend that had passed away suddenly. I was so shocked and heartbroken ....and were so many of our friends from the youth group days. I had been trying to get up with him for a while...I just wish I had tried harder. I went to the funeral on Sunday....drove through some very bad weather thanks to tropical storm Lee ....but so thankful I got to go. I got to see so many from my "Carlisle Family" that mean so much to me and I got to say goodbye to a sweet friend. His funeral was one of laughter and tears. Many funny memories of him............he was so full of life and loved to pull pratical jokes. He has the best smile and laughter. I think he would of loved it. I know he loved Jesus and I know where he is and that I will get to see him again someday.

*James has had the opportunity to fill in working with the youth at our church. What a great group of teenagers! And what a blessing they are to him! I got to go in for a bit last night...love how they get into the lesson. We are really blessed to be apart of a great church and great people to be around! 

*A bit of cooler temps have arrived....I am not quite ready for Summer to be over...just the high temps....give me temps in the 80's and this southern girl is fine with that...I am not ready to give up my flip flops yet!

11 months

My sweet baby is 11 months old.......it just seems like yesterday that he was just a newborn. How times flies! I really need it to slow down!! LOL    Here are the stats :  *25 pounds  *31 and a half inches long * says mama, dada, hey, ni-ni (nite-nite), ba-ba, and I know there is another one...but I can't remember at the moment! *gives kisses * can give you five * loves music * still rolls where he wants to go * loves to look at books * pulls up here and there * very calm and go with the flow * thinks his brother is very funny * loves to go in the walker * loves cups * rolls both of his feet at the same time * is wearing 18-24 month clothing * sleeps on his side * loves to throw things * thinks the dog is funny too * is pretty much happy all the time!  I cannot believe my baby is going to be a year old next month. It is bittersweet. I am so thankful that God blessed us with this sweet baby boy!!!

First Day

It is the first day of school!! They were so excited to go back!!