Trey
Baby Cole
Trey eating... again
Smiley Trey
Jackson and Trey hanging out after the photo shoot with Dads
April said he doesn't smile like this for her and he was smiling up a storm, so I had to post them so she could see. What a cute little boy!
I'm not kidding, he just sat there and said cheese. Afterward, he wanted to look at the pictures I'd taken of him.
Parker with Jackson, Steven with DeeRay, Shawn with Trey at an EOU basketball game in February 2008.
Parker with Jackson, Steven with DeeRay, Shawn with Trey in July 2009... holy smokes! They have grown! (The little boys, I mean. The dads seem to be about the same.)
Parker with Kate (11 mos.) & Jackson (2-1/2 yrs), Steven with Shay (7 weeks) & DeeRay (2 yrs), Shawn with Trey (20 mos.) & Cole (7 weeks)
Our little families are growing! Kate is still the lone girl, but she doesn't seem to mind.
Jackson's room... still has the queen mattress (aka guest bed) in the middle of the room from our overnight visit from Auntie Karol and cousins Alex, Sydnee & Bo, still working on organizing the shelves and getting closet doors on. I'm debating whether or not to put them on. I've gotten used to them off; I think it makes the room feel more open and we don't stand the chance of getting fingers in the doors.
Obviously, still waiting on curtains and I did NOT pick up before these pictures, so this is what our house looks like on Sunday afternoon when we're focused on specific projects and the kids have been playing in every room.
The kids sure have fun in here though!
Looking into Jackson's room (I think these showed up backwards from how I uploaded them)
We are SO happy to finally have clean and uncluttered bathrooms.
Sorry the pictures are blurry. I was in a hurry and didn't realize I had the "manual" setting on my focus, but I'm too tired to re-do them. You get the idea.
This room still has a little work, but you can see the basic gist.
I know the gate is attractive, but it keeps Kate out of trouble (i.e. eating grout, mortar, dog food, playing in Duke's water, etc.)
Again, still have some work/organizing to do, but we are making progress & that is what is important!
I still haven't figured out how to keep Kate from emptying the bookshelf... she is FAST!
Our bathroom! Yay! This was my project today. It doesn't have anymore painter's tape (huge hurray!) and the counter is empty and clean and the boxes are gone and the closet & drawers are organized and, and.... well, it's pretty awesome!
Our messy bed, looking into the bathroom... random picture, but not really because we've never had a master bathroom before. It's pretty cool! We're like real adult parents now.
I know this is messy... not usually this way, but Parker was re-arranging some things in here, so just look past the clutter to see that we FINALLY got pictures up/around. Parker is on Cloud 9; pictures are always the first thing he wants to put out. I made him wait this time so that our house wasn't hodge podge, like it always has been.
We have never purchased curtains or matching decor for our house of any kind, so this is completely new (and expensive, at least to what we're used to). It's slow coming because of the money factor and time/energy factor, but coming. The desk on the left is going to be my craft desk... hopefully, I can get my sewing machine tuned soon so that I can actually start using it. I'm not holding my breath... my to-do list is still pretty long and we are living everyday life along with these seemingly endless projects. I just LOVE knowing that I have everyday to spend with my kids and husband without stressing about homework or tests or creating lesson plans. Hooray for being completely done with school!!!!! This is the best season of my life so far!
Kate sharing the sandbox with "Crazy" (aka Duke)
cute little girl!
Jackson continues to amaze me everyday at his ability to be SUCH A GREAT BROTHER!! In this way, he is JUST like his Daddy. Kate was going crazy when she looked up and saw that I had given Jackson a popsicle. She REALLY wanted some. Since she can't talk yet (with only a few exceptions), I translated for her and asked Jackson if he would mind sharing. With wide eyes and ZERO hesitation he said, "Oh! Sure Mommy! Here Baby Tate!" What a nice boy!!
She was loving it.
This is the "wait, come back I really want some more" face she made everytime Jackson took his turn with the popsicle
she finally grabbed it and got sand all over it (gross). luckily, the hose took care of that... quick fix! and everyone's still happy
This is my good boy! Unlike the neighbor boy who comes over to play with Jackson (aka steal all of the good toys and do a fair job of pushing my buttons and teaching Jackson phrases and attitudes I would rather he not learn for the next 5 years), Jackson hands me his popsicle stick... rather than throwing it on the grass... seriously! Were you born in a barn? I am SO grateful to have SUCH a wonderful, usually polite little boy.
we don't use that word at our house, but this is the phrase my sister uses to describe this popular facial expression of Kate's. Parker is a pro at it too... one more reason they are alike. Most of us just make this face when the sun is in our eyes, but these guys take this expression to the max. Obviously, I think it's cute & funny or I wouldn't have posted it.
you can probably see why Tiffany calls it the "stinky fart face". It's like she's saying, "Gross, Mom! Can you smell that?"
There wasn't anything smelly, but it WAS very bright out and Kate won't keep her sunglasses on... she would rather chew on them or throw them and then insist that I pick them up & hand them to her for her to throw 50 more times. It's a great game! (We were watching Jackson during his swim lesson... it was a bit cold today, so I chickened out of going in myself... Kate and I took the day off and just enjoyed Jackson's lesson.)
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