2 month photos

These are my favorite photos from Jaislynn's 2 month photo shoot with Julie. I think they turned out wonderful. She is so sweet and looks like an angel. Just a mom's opinion....

Jaislynn 1 month photos

These are my favorite black and white photos from Jaislynn's 1 month shoot. I have a awesome friend, who happens to take amazing pictures!! I love them!! Thank you SO MUCH Julie!! I will treasure these forever!! I will post more pictures in the upcoming days. I have catching up to do as always. We have her 2 month photos already too!

Funny things my 4 year old says.......

Joshua has been saying some really cute things lately. He is so innocent about it, he is still at an age where he is oblivious that what he is saying might be funny, incorrect, or wrong.

Today he overheard Cody asking if he could go to Durhams when he got his homework done. So then Joshua says " I want to go to germs too, can I go with you bubba?" I then explain that it is "Durhams" and that is his Nana, and Papo's last name. That it is "Judy and Richard Durham". He proceeds to disagree, he says "No they are not germs, they are Nana & Papo" I told him everyone has a last name just like him, and that is theirs. He says "no I don't think so I think its Papo O-C" I left it at this for now...We'll be working on first and last names of all the Grandma & Grandpa's this next few days.

Another thing that Joshua has said that is stuck in my mind, I need to write these down each day, because some days it is so funny and by the next day I have forgotten what exactly he said! Anyways thanks to having 2 older brothers who have used the term "nuts" when referring to being hit in ones private area, I think that is where he came up with this scenario. A couple months ago, we were shopping at a furniture store that has 2 floors. We were in the lower level and the next thing I know Joshua has disappeared, he was beside me one second then the next he was gone. So I huffed it up stairs, being very pregnant I was pretty slow even though I was trying to hurry....when I found him I was upset and I grabbed his hand, got down on his eye level and said the first thing that came to my mind " you can not disappear like that, what if a bad guy tried to take you? I wouldn't see you you and be able to help you!" Joshua's response was " Oh don't worry, I will just kick him in the nuts, and then he will be like(Josh drops to the ground dramatizing the hurt bad guy) oh my nuts, my nuts, my nuts." "Then I will run away!" I had a very hard time not laughing at this. We have since talked that it's not ok to say nuts in that context. And that he is not a match for a adult, although he still thinks he's invincible! Boys are every challenging, and fulfilling at the same time.


Playing in the leaves






Joshua decided that he was a barber the other morning, it was quiet(not usually a good sign) I thought he was going to the restroom. However when he came out he had a new haircut. I asked him "Did you cut your hair?" I should have asked "why did you cut your hair?" His response was to tell me he went to sleep and when he woke up someone had cut his hair. I told him he wouldn't be in trouble as long as he told the truth. So then he looks down for a second and then looks me straight in the eyes and says" Ok I cut it" He wasn't in trouble like I'd promised however he has a very short chunk missing right in the middle of his forehead. So his hair will be very short after we get it cut again!





Just goofing off.




He decided to put on a superman cape and his fire fighter helmet,
this picture only begins to show how ornery he is some days.
Can you tell?!



It is amazing how much he loves his little sister. Its hard to believe it's the same little boy that was just being super fireman in the last photo!

Fire Fighter Joshua

Joshua was so proud of his costume this year. He wanted to look like a "real fire fighter" so he asked his dad to get him one of those air "thingies" so he could breath when he goes into a burning house. So Jason explained to Joshua about air packs and told him he would have one by the time for his costume party at preschool. I think that Joshua was pretty happy with the results.



We had to take some side views to show his air pack on.





Ready to rescue!




I had to post this, I thought he looked so cute walking down the steps!

Chawnta's wedding

This is one of the many reasons I didn't get much blogging done this past summer. It was a challenge to get everyone and everything ready for this special day. These pictures were taken by my friend Alicia. There are a lot more taken by everyone else, I will try to maybe post some of them in the future.
Josh was the ring bearer, he was such a little man about it. He stood there quietly through the whole ceremony. This was his second time doing this and lets just say you do a much better job when you're 4 yrs old, rather than just turned 3 yrs old. ;)
Austin and Josh hanging out in the cabin-can you tell we had cable tv?! I told my kids when they packed I should write them a poem about roughing it camping "Hicks" style with their MP3's, PSP's, and DVD's..We even had AC so I was content to stay in the cabins as much as possible.
Caleb, Chawnta, and I.


You can tell that Cody loves pictures...they all looked a lot nicer about 1hr before I had the chance to catch them all together and get a photo.

I was 8+ pregnant, it was super hot out.....so I was not digging the whole picture thing!
This is my cousin's little girl Taviana, she was a cute flower girl.

7 weeks....

Jaislynn Opal Rose 7 weeks





Time is going too fast!! I have a lot of pictures I need to upload, my computer isn't cooperating right now, so hopefully in the next couple days I can get it done! Jaislynn is growing so fast! She is talking to us, and smiling all the time. She is such a sweet baby. I can not believe that it has been almost 2 months since she was born! We are very blessed with such a perfect little girl!

Joshua, Austin, and Jaislynn




Jaislynn at 5 weeks

I thought since I was feeling better, and starting to get more sleep I would be able to catch up on my blog and get everyone updated......then my kids got sick!

Cody is getting over strep throat, he was sick for 3 days then I took him to the Dr. and found out he was positive for strep. I should have went sooner, how do you really know though?!

Joshua started coughing Sunday morning and then couldn't breath for about 3min he was gasping, I thought we would have to take him to the ER for sure. Then it stopped as suddenly as it started. He has only coughed occasionally since. He has been a little grouchy, and wants to be right with me no matter what I am doing around the house.

Jaislynn started to have a stuffed nose, and cough on Monday. She was very grouchy Monday and Tuesday, only wanting to be held by me, and couldn't be laid down for more than 10min and she would seem too congested.

So it has been a crazy week so far. I am praying that this all will be over soon, and my kids will be feeling like themselves.

I tried to upload some pictures to go with this post, I am still learning how to get this work the way I want it to, and it didn't! So there will be pictures soon I promise....

Dads are so important......

Here is a video I think is worth sharing....I'm back to feeling like myself again, so stay tuned for a lot of catching up! I am way behind!

Anyways this video is so true!

Summer Fun

Austin helping Josh swim




Maycee being cute she is quite the fish, she swims with her eyes open and ends up having bloodshot eyes the rest of the day.
She reminds me of myself when I was a little girl!



Austin at the deep end.
He has been going off the high drive this year!



Joshua loves to swim in the big pool as long
as he has a life jacket on, he does a great job!



I have to sneak pictures of Cody from the deck,
he has to wear these silly nose plugs, always has though,
he can not stand water going up his nose!