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Chattanooga Trip

Last weekend we went to Chattanooga for Ross' graduation. We didn't actually go to his ceremony because we didn't think 2 babies would do very well trying to sit still for a couple of hours! :) So, while Ross was graduating we visited the Chattanooga Aquarium. Bryan and Allison (and the rest of us) really enjoyed seeing all the fish, turtles, sharks, penguins, etc. Bryan tried to reach out and grab the fish through the glass. It was priceless.

Anyway, Ross' graduation party was at Pa's house. We got to visit with lots of family that we haven't seen in quite some time. It was great to see everyone. I wish we could have stayed longer!!

Oh, and Bryan did WONDERFUL in the car for 5 hours! He's a trooper, that's for sure!

Graduation Party

Above Collage:

Top left to right: Allison with 3 year old Anna Kate-- Aunt Sherry (head cut off...SORRY!) and Kelley-- the graduate Ross and Kennon.

Middle left to right: Ross, Kennon, Zane, and Aunt Beth--Matt, Bryan and Nate--Ross and his wonderful cake!

Bottom left to right: Pa (ain't he cute?!), Ross, Matt and Bryan

Aquarium Pictures

Happy Birthday Adele!

This is my sweet cousin Adele. She is 3 years old today and what a blessing she is! Adele has Charge Syndrome and is truly a miracle child. We love you!

Tennessee Aquarium

More pictures to come....

I Love When You...

*get very still to watch Praise Baby

*talk into a cup to see what you sound like

*laugh when you've figured out how to do something new

*say "ba ba ba"

*laugh at Simba for no reason

*smile at strangers

*have your daddy hold you to pull the cord on the ceiling fan

*watch my mouth move when I talk

*scrunch your nose to huff and puff

*give kisses and kiss yourself in the mirror

*concentrate on an object before you "go for it."

*scream to the top of your lungs just because

*...I just love you!

Happy 9 Months Baby! We love you very much!

I Can't Get Enough of You Baby!!

Don't you just want to eat em up?!?!!?!?

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Happy Mother's Day Mom

This is my first Mother's Day, but I wanted to recognize my mom today. This is a picture of me as a newborn getting some good moma lovin! :)

Thank you mom for bringing me in to the world. Thank you for all of your guidance and unending love. Thank you for being one of the wisest people I know so I can turn to you for advice. Not just any advice either, but godly advice. Thank you for making our house a home and now a place to come home to and feel loved. You certainly are the best role model for me. I pray I will be half the mom you are.

I love you!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Matt as a little boy...cute huh!?

See the Similarities? (Bryan and Jamie)

I don't have any baby pictures of matt on the computer to compare Bryan to, but there are a lot of similarities between them also.

Looks Like Love

Laughing at Simba

Bryan has been loving Simba for a while now, but last night he started laughing at her. I was sitting on the floor with him and she was up in her chair. Next thing I knew Bryan spotted her and started cracking up! I mean a full belly laugh! He did it several times. This is him laughing at her again this morning. :)

One Year Ago Today

Here are ML and I one year ago. (ML left) Matt, Mom, and I went down to Apalachicola to help ML set up Allison's room and enjoy some time on the beach. So strange to think this is how we looked last year! Now we are chasing the little ones that were growing inside of us!

Psalm 139:14-16--I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Let Me Outside, Please!

One Cramped Fish

So here's our betta fish, Theta. Yes, that's a flower vase that he's in, and it's totally my fault. He had a nice, big fishbowl to swim around in, and I broke it tonight while cleaning it out. I was washing it out on the inside and trying to rotate it around with soapy hands, and it slipped and hit the side of the sink, and proceeded to shatter all over the place. I'm not sure how I managed to keep from getting cut, but I didn't. Theta is happily swimming around in clean water, there's just not much room to maneuver now! :)

Sweetest Boy Ever

Mary Lynn's 26th Birthday

Watching Praise Baby

Isn't he so precious!? We have these wonderful DVD's called Praise Baby. The second the first note plays on the menu he is GLUED in. (His cousin Allison is too!) It's awesome that they can learn Praise and Worship along with their ABC's!

Starting to Pull Up

Bryan has mastered scooting and is now trying to learn the art of pulling up! He gets about this far and isn't sure what else to do. We've stood him up all the way a few times and he doesn't realize that he has to hold on! HA! Stay tuned because I'm sure it won't be long and he'll be cruising around the furniture!

Another quick update: He has a top tooth coming in and another on the way. Funny thing is that it's not the 2 front teeth! It's the ones beside them!

Bryan's a Ghost!!

Click to Play

Short clip of what Jamie saw when she went to check on Bryan fussing in his crib today...

New Face

Bryan has started scrunching up his nose when he smiles sometimes. He also does it when he's frustrated along with a huffing and puffing noise! He cracks us up!

I am 8 Months Old Today!

Hallelujah!

Guess who slept through the night last night?!!?!??! YES--I did! hahaha! :) No, Bryan and I both did! Usually when I hear him wake up I get up and look at the clock on my way out of the room. I seriously did a double take when I saw the clock reading 5:26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He ate and then slept until 9:20! After 8 months of not sleeping I feel wonderful. I'm sure Bryan does too! :)

Fun Trip to the Farm

Sug and Pops have a farm in Webster County. We loaded up the car Friday and traveled up there for a fun and relaxing weekend. Matt and Sug spent Saturday morning fishing while I, Aunt Lou Lou, and Sug fished that afternoon. All together we had 45 fish. (mostly brim)


While there Bryan learned how to sit up all by himself! He's also creeping very well. I'd say in about 2 weeks he'll be a pro at crawling! I see baby proofing in our very near future.


Today (Sunday) we went to Sherwood Baptist Church to hear Kirk Cameron speak on "The Way of the Master" evangelism. AWESOME!!! He is STILL so cute but most importantly has such a huge heart for God and a passion for the lost.

Sleepy

I can't even believe that Bryan will be 8 months old in 6 days. In the mornings I put him in the bed with me for his last hour or so of sleep. I love that time together. He has been sleeping on his side or stomach lately, but I woke up to him laying exactly like he did when he was just born. (He is 10 days old in the picture on the left.) Where does the time go?

Bryan's First Easter

We are here in Phenix City today for Easter. Praise the Lord for He is Risen!!!

Matt, Bryan, and I have had a wonderful weekend here and had a great day in the Lord at NorthStar today! Bryan did great during big church until the end when he got very sleepy. Granna took him to the kid's worship area and he LOVED watching the kids sing and dance. :)

Meebo & Joost

You'll notice that there's 2 new buttons over on the right hand side of our page now, and they look like this:



Meebo is an online messaging service that allows you to sign into AIM, Yahoo's Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, MSN Messenger, and Jabber all at the same time. This also means you can have your buddylist with you wherever you go, even if the computer you go to doesn't have any IM software installed on it.

Joost is basically a new service that allows you to watch TV on your computer. I've just gotten into their beta testing group and the technology itself is really cool, but the program's a bit buggy and there's not too much content yet. In short, it's not ready for Joe Internet User. But, if you want to see what it's like, sign up for the beta program and you should get an email before too long inviting you to download the software,

Tired

Bryan went to see his doctor this morning. Everything looked perfectly normal! That's good, but now we have to figure out why he's not sleeping. HA! Anyway, after fussing all the way home I put him in his bed and he went right to sleep...nose to nose with his teddy bear! Cute huh!? :)

Ubuntu anyone?

If anyone's reading this and has an older computer around that you think may be on it's last legs, I urge you to dive headfirst into Ubuntu. It's a linux distribution built for the average user and you really can pick it up and get started without being a geek. If you're feeling adventurous, go download a CD image or request one to be shipped to you. So what's the best part? It's FREE. That's right, no cost. Some of the biggest companies in the world are already using Linux, shouldn't you see what all the fuss is about? Oh, and here's a few resources for the Linux newbs:

http://www.ubuntuguide.org
http://ubuntuclips.org/

What We're Up To...

I just wanted to write and tell you what Bryan is up to lately! He is scooting around the floor a lot and putting his knees up under him. He's also rolling over all the time now. He hits his head on occasion, but we think he is starting to get the hang of putting his head down BEFORE he rolls over. :) Let's see...he's sitting up all by himself and playing on the floor with his toys. He's starting to cry more, which is strange because he has never cried in the past. This mainly happens when he's really tired...or mad...or if we take something away that he wants to chew on which makes him mad! :) Bryan is doing great with his solid foods. We still need to work on sleeping through the night. This past week has been ROUGH to say the least. I think his ears are bothering him. He pulls on them sometimes, but I'm not sure if he's discovered them or if they hurt. We have an appointment with his pediatrician in the morning to check them out. Hopefully and Prayerfully this is why he wakes up every 2 hours!!!!

Matt and I are doing great. Matt went to Americus Monday to help Sumter Regional Hospital rack servers in a temporary data center since their building was severely damaged by a tornado a few weeks back. He may have to go again next week. He said the building looks and smells like a lot of the buildings here in Albany did in 1994 when it flooded. It could be 3 years or more before they are able to reopen the hospital.

I am still keeping Allison a couple of mornings a week for Mary Lynn. Other than that it's just me and Bryan hanging out all day. I LOVE it! I couldn't ask for anything better!!!

Biblegateway.com has a Verse of the Day listed. I'm going to try to start posting them. Here's todays.

“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace”- Ephesians 1:7

Friday Fun

ML and I took a few quick pictures of 2 tired babies on Friday out by the beautiful azalea bushes in her yard. Bryan and Allison both wanted to eat the pinestraw. Of course when I took it from him he got upset. (top right photo!) Anyway, these were too cute not to share.