Golf Camp, Preschool, Potty Training, & More!

We have had a fun, busy couple of weeks.  A few weeks ago Bryant got to go to his first golf camp.  It was for 3 days and he absolutely loved it.  No shock there!  He said he wanted to go to golf camp every week!!  And although that couldn't happen, I was able to sign him up for an 8-week golf lesson session.  He had his first one this past week and once again had a blast.  The boy loves his golf. :)  Also a few weeks ago, right after golf camp ended, the older two kiddos started preschool.  Bryant is going 4 days a week, and Taylor is going 2.  So far the past two weeks have gone great and they have absolutely loved it.  The only negative is Taylor cries on the days that brother gets to go but she doesn't.  It makes me wish she could go every day he does…but oh well, I just put up with the temporary sadness and then enjoy my extra time with her.  Another super exciting thing we have done since my last post is potty trained!  Woohoo!! We now only have one child in diapers!  Taylor has been showing signs of readiness for awhile now, but I've put it off because I didn't want to deal with it.  But finally, I gave in and did it.  She was pretty easy to potty train.  We had a few more accidents then Bryant did, but I think all in all it went great.  And I am so glad to have it done!  Just a few more things we've done…let's see... Taylor started gymnastics last week and she had a great time!  The coach, who happened to be the owner, said she was a natural.  I wasn't surprised since she climbs on everything!! The coach said she can probably just move up to the 3-4 age class soon and then I won't have to participate with her.  Which would be great since I've got the other two kiddos.  We also went to the Georgia scrimmage last Saturday at the stadium.  It was a closed practice, but several wives and their kids were there so it was lots of fun.  Other than that we've just played with friends and enjoyed getting back into a semi-routine. :)  Below are lots of pictures.

 Golf Camp!

 My boy the golfer.

Working on his chipping.

 First day of 4K.

 First day of 2-year Old class.

 When did they get so big? ;(

 She's such a silly little thing.

 Somebody got into my mascara and thought she looked beautiful!

 Sweet boy can crawl backwards, but not forwards.  Thus this happens a lot.

 Taylor saw me taking Thomas's picture, so she had to do it too. Ha!

 Great form Thomas.  Great form.  Give me 10 more!

 We had several rainy days in a row…so of course we had to do this!

 Sleepy girl

 The pirate and the princess.

 Typical Taylor

 Kiddos with sweet friends at the scrimmage.

 Eating lunch outside is so much more fun than eating it inside.

If I try to put her in bed to nap she's not tired, yet she'll pass out on the couch like this.  Whatever works!  P.S. I do not like how big she looks!

Until next time…

Heather 

All about Thomas!!

Hello there blog readers.  Let me start this post by saying, if you mainly look forward to the pictures in my posts, you will be highly disappointed with this post.  It only has a handful.  All taken at the same time.  However, if you also enjoy the exceptional, witty writing, hehe, then you will enjoy this post! ;)  I realized that with Bryant almost every post contained what he was doing and milestones he was hitting.  And once Taylor was born I still tried to keep everyone up to date on her new happenings.  But then the third child was born.  Sweet, precious Thomas.  And I am not sure I have ever taken the time to really just write about him.  So here goes!  Thomas is the sweetest little thing ever.  I know people say third babies have to be laid back, but seriously, he is soooo laid back.  Thank the Lord!  Just this morning we were running all over the place and I realized I had never nursed him… Like I woke him up, threw him in the car, and didn't realize until 2 hours later that I had forgotten to feed him.  He had not cried about it once.  Side note, please focus on the Thomas side of that story and not my bad parenting. ;)  He turned 6 months old yesterday, which is crazy!  Time seems to fly faster with each child.  As I am writing this he is blowing razzies at me.  It is his new favorite thing to do.  He does it all the time…and is quite proud of himself.  He also loves putting his feet in his mouth…which is super cute.  He still has no teeth, although I swear about a week or two ago he was teething.  Oh well, they will surface eventually.  Just like with the other two I waited to introduce solids until about 6 months.  So he did get his first taste of some homemade carrots the other day.  Since then I have fed him carrots one more time, and I plan to try out avocados in the next few days.  Although he is not sitting up on his own all the time, he is starting to be able to do it better and better.  He has been rolling from his tummy to back for a few months, and finally mastered rolling from back to tummy about three weeks ago.  He also tries all the time to push himself up using his arms when he's on his tummy, but has had no luck getting on his knees yet.  He is by far my chunkiest baby at this age, so it may take him a while to crawl.  My other two crawled right at 7 months…I'd be shocked if Thomas does.  He is an absolute horrible sleeper.  Like worse than Bryant and Taylor…which I thought was impossible.  His long stretch is like 3 hours.  It's ridiculous.  However, I just put him in bed with me and we snuggle and nurse and sleep some.  Since I know he's my last baby, I really don't mind most of the time.  Every now and then the lack of sleep hits me and I become crazy, but it's not an every day occurrence. ;)  And I am just not good at crying it out.  I tried that with Taylor and it did not work.  And what I've learned from the other two is that Thomas will eventually sleep through the night, and I will miss him.  Silly I know, but just a crazy mama thing!  And I will give him credit in that he is an amazing napper.  So at least I get that! :)  He is very much in love with his mommy.  Although he gives laughs and smiles to pretty much anyone, I like to think I get the best ones. ;)  And he loves to snuggle with me, which I love.  And one last thing I have to note is that Bryant and Taylor absolutely adore Thomas.  So even though he doesn't get left alone very often, and he doesn't get as much of my undivided attention as the other two did at his age, he is one blessed little baby to have so much love!!! :)  That's it for now…enjoy the few pictures. :)

Big boy sitting up!

 Blowing razzies at me. 

 Some of that constant love he gets… ;)

 Beautiful baby girl

 More lovin...

 My babes

 LOVE

Seriously…so laid back…and check out those thighs!! ;)

Until next time…

Heather

Shelley and Kiddos Visit!

Well, the grind of football season has officially started.  Report day was this past Sunday and we haven't seen Josh since.  We sure do miss him… :(  However, despite that, we have had an awesome week!  My sister Shelley, who lives in North Carolina, and her kids came to visit.  She has Tyler who is 7, and Addie who is 3.  They came down on Tuesday and stayed until Saturday morning.  We had a BLAST!!  My sisters are truly my best friends, so any time I get to see one of them I get really happy. :)  While they were here we did lots of swimming, bike riding, running around, and we even went to the splash pad one day.  I think all the kids had lots of fun with each other.  Bryant adores Tyler, so he probably had the most fun!  And what was really nice was when the kids went to bed at night Shelley and I got to hang out a bit.  For the first time in at least a year I got to play Phase 10 (card game).  It was so fun!  I was sad to see them go…but that just means me and my crazy crew will have to try to make it up to NC sometime soon!  Below are lots of pictures from our fun visit. :)

 Addie & Taylor playing dress up!

 All the kiddos hanging in the palette waiting for Aunt Shelley to read a bedtime bible story. :)

 Addie sporting the dawgs!

 Sweet Thomas.  He's such a good baby.  Just waiting his turn until mommy finally gets him in the pool too.

 I told them to smile for the picture…this is what they did.  Too funny!

 Just hanging out on the floor with Sam.

 Splash Pad fun! LOVE Addie in this picture. :)

 They all had a great time in the splash pad.

 Chunky baby love!

 Backyard races!  My kids got left in the dirt. ;)

 Sweet cousins

 "Show me your muscles!"

 Tyler was entertaining Thomas.

 Sweet sweet Taylor… ;) Taylor was caught on camera stealing Addie's water gun.

 What is it about a pool noodle…you always have to hit the water with it.

 Thomas getting some love from Aunt Shelley.

 Addie was chatting with Thomas.  They loved him and Tyler told Shelley that she needed to have another baby! :)

 My handsome boy.

 My baby girl!!

Thanks to Aunt Shelley fixing it, Bryant finally got to ride his bike a lot.

Also, while Shelley was here she convinced me that Thomas needed some solids.  Which I'd been meaning to start soon anyway.  After all he will be 6 months old tomorrow. ;(  So one night I made some carrots for him and below are some pictures of his first taste of solid food.  I haven't given him any again yet…due to the pure fact that I'm lazy.  Starting baby food adds a whole new dimension to meal time that I am just not ready for.  Plus, since I make homemade baby food, that takes even more time.  Pure selfishness! ;)  Poor Thomas…I really will start doing it daily very soon.  

 He was intrigued at first...

 Then he was not sure he was a fan...

 Then he started getting the hang of it…sort of.

Bryant wanted a turn too.

All in all he probably got about one teaspoon worth of carrots in his actually belly.  Ha!

Until next time…

Heather