Ethan gives kisses like a puppy....

and I love every slobbery bit of them! :)

Standing Man!

Ethan has mastered pulling up and is spending a lot time playing while standing up! He also is cruising along the couch (usually trying to get the remote) ;) Also, in other news, his newest, and favorite word, is Andy Bear (pronounced Ann-Beh!!) while chasing after him! He LOVES his Andy bear!! I cannot believe what a big boy he is getting to be...less than 6 weeks until his first birthday!!

A close up of that sweet smile (and long hair!)

I am in no hurry this time around for baby's first haircut! :(

He likes to try to get up on the fireplace

His favorite toy

Things we do when it's 100 degrees outside...

I bought a mouse for my laptop and started letting Ayden play

educational computer games. He caught on very quickly, and plays some games that

are on a 5-6 year old level! He can even navigate around

the website pretty well changing games. I love watching him play!

Then's there just good ole' messy fun--painting! (Dragons, in the case) :)
As for Ethan, well thanks to a newly-installed baby gate at the top of the

stairs, he has a whole new level of carpeted rooms to crawl around in! :)

Last night as I was running the bath water, he decided to go

exploring!

More crawling video ( for Pappaw) :)

Days of our Lives....

We are really enjoying the new house and yard! The to-do list is neverending...but that's part of the joy of home ownership I guess! I uploaded lots of pics from my camera today taken over the last week or so and decided to squish them into one big post :) Enjoy!

3 of the 5 boys I live with!

Being silly in the playroom

New (to us!) baby swing!

Weeeeeeee!

Ayden's new airplane swing

Beautiful baby boy!!

Financial Analyst for Sams Club by day, lumberjack by evening!

Anything to save a buck ;)

It's hard work!!!

Our backyard!

It will look much better once Chris moves all the chopped up tree :)

Is the helmet necessary you might ask?

Yes. yes it is. Always happy!!

Helping mommy with laundry!

Having fun and watering the grass at the same time!

Ayden and his silly poses!

Our little explorer!

He loves putting his head over the air vent! lol!

Ethan is crawling!

Just when we thought Ethan was gonna skip over the whole crawling thing, he decided to give it a try after all! Here's a video of him crawling for my phone and his binky :)

10 months old!

Ethan Jeffrey, how are you already 10 months old??!!! My sweet little baby is growing so fast! You are in the double digits of babyhood! You have had a big and exciting month-we moved into a new house! You have been such a sweet and easy little guy during this exciting yet stressful transiton of our lives. Here is what you are up to at 10 months old:

-We put your crib in your own room (just a few steps from mommy and daddy's room--and I am excited to say that you are sleeping ALL NIGHT IN YOUR OWN BED IN YOUR OWN ROOM!!!!!! That's right, all night long- anywhere from 10-12 hours straight! :) You have gotten into a great routine. You take a bottle sometime between 7-8 pm and we lay you down awake, and you just babble and coo yourself to sleep. It is so sweet! Then you wake up between 7-8 am! Mommy hasn't slept 12 straight hours yet...or even 4! I am still so used to getting up with you the last 9 months that I am up every few hours tip-toeing into your room to check on you :)

-In other news, your personality has emerged full-force this month and you have started throwing fits, which is seriously cute (for now anyway) ;) You are very chill most of the time, but if you see something you want, and you don't get it immediately (or if it's something like momma's phone or the TV remote and it gets taken away from you) you throw a full out, legs kicking fit!

-On the other extreme, you love to laugh and are always giggling about something.

- You also love to shake your head no, mostly because you know it's cute.

-You are a serious flirt and spend the entire time we are out in public flashing those baby blues at anyone who glances your way. You are very friendly and social and haven't showed much stranger anxiety, but you do prefer mommy to stay close :)

-You are still a great eater and are very interested in what everyone around you is eating!

-You crawl some but mostly army crawl all over the place and have started pulling up!

-If Ayden has something, you want it! The very beginnings of sibling rivalry have begun I am afraid!

-You love the dogs, and so far, they still love you ;)


Sweet baby boy

I love this look, it's like

"Mom, seriously, enough with the pictures!"
Pulling Andy's ears...

Happy 10 months to our sweet baby boy!!!!

4th of July 2011!

We had a great 4th of July! For the last several years I have either worked July 3rd night and slept most of July 4th, or worked July 4th night and missed all the festivities! It was so nice to be awake and alert and off work this year! Dad, Nick, and Brandy joined us for our first cookout at the new house, helped us take some patriotic family pics, and then after naptime, we all headed off to watch the Arkansas Naturals game! We missed my mom but she spent the weekend with us and headed back to Mena early since she had to be at work Tuesday morning. Dad is vacationing and golfing all week in NWA. The baseball game was a lot of fun, it was my first time to go see them play. The main reason I wanted to go is because they promised the best firework display in NWA and its been years since I have seen good fireworks! I was not disappointed, they were great! They played songs along with them and it was really neat. I was so worried about how Ethan would do with the loud noise, but he never even jumped. He just kicked back in my lap and stared. Just to be safe, I held a small blanket over his ears. Ayden has been excited for weeks and was completely mesmerized the whole show. The second they were over he burst into tears! All in all they both did great considering we were out for almost 4 hours past their usual bedtime. It was a very fun, very all-American fourth of July!

Our sweet little Firecrackers!

John Deere tractor and American flags...how much more

American can you get?!

My boys all ready for the game!

Ethan and daddy

The boys with Uncle Nick and Aunt B

View from our seats

Our little poser!

Momma and her baby boy!

Momma and her big boy!

It's very obviously past Ayden's bedtime ;)

Pappaw thought Ethan needed to cool off :)