The worst blogger...EVER

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I've blogged. Wow. The last month has been a whirlwind to say the least and there's no end in sight! At the end of June we flew to Kansas City to see Brad's family. We had a great time and Peyton LOVED riding on the plane. He's still talking about it. He did so good on the plane...we even got comments on how well behaved he was. Thats always comforting to hear especially when we have had some not good reports from Mom's Day Out lately. No pictures to post from the trip yet...I need to get them from Nana. For the 4th of July Peyton went to Bossier to spend the weekend with Maw and Paw. All I can say is thank God for grandparents because we needed the weekend more than we knew. It's even better when the grandparents call and ask for him and we don't have to beg!! hahaha. Since then we have celebrated Brad's birthday..unfortunately he spent his actual birthday in Alabama without us, but we managed to get a fun weekend in before that. Nana and Pop came down and we took a trip to the coast where we ate awesome bbq, shopped till dropped and got fresh shrimp off the shrimp boats. Pretty good day!! Last weekend we went back to the coast to take Peyton to the water park....or as he calls it the "balew pawk". He absolutely LOVES that place although this trip wasn't quite as fun for me...as I couldn't ride any of the slides. Which brings me to our next piece of exciting news....Peyton is going to be a big brother!!! I'm sure most reading this already know this and it's old news, but I had to write about it. We're beyond excited...and can't wait to find out that it's a girl!! (give me a break I'm trying to will it to be a girl ok!) I'm 11 weeks along and thankfully starting to feel human again. I've spent the last 6 weeks feeling sick all day everyday..very much a different pregnancy from Peyton. It seems to be getting better though and soon we can start the fun stuff as we hope to find out if it's a boy or girl sometime in September...we hope. My official due date is Feb. 10th, but we're not holding out much hope that this one will go much longer than Peyton did...we're praying it does. I'm crossing my fingers that I stay healthy with no complications and hopefully we'll be able to go to Bossier for Christmas. I think that just about catches us up. The next few weeks will be busy for us as Peyton turns the big 3 on August 10th. We're having a pool party on the 8th for him and he has informed me today he wants a Scooby Doo cake...which he'll have one way or another. Pictures to come soon I hope...tried scanning pictures of baby #2, but as most things electronic in my house...it doesn't work. Stay tuned!!!

Ok I lied....here's just a sweet picture of the little man!!

Video as promised

This is somewhat of a long video, but it's really only a small part of Peytons performance. The 2 year olds put on a performance for parents so we could see all that they learned...I had no idea Peyton knew any of these songs!! Sorry some of it is a little shaky...we had to make do with our digital camera video...it's a long story. Hope you enjoy a little piece of that day!

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So far behind

I'm so far behind so I'm just leaving you with pictures today! Enjoy!

What we did on a rainy day in Knoxville

There are no words for this messiness!

He MAY love riding horses

Waiting to ride the pony in Knoxville

Always taking an opportunity to say "cheese!"

Notice how he's managed to get his little hand in to the smallest goat...so sweet.

Feeding the animals

Peyton at his end of the year program at school...great video to follow soon!

This is how we dress for play in Mississippi!

And this is what happens when school is out and we get bored

You didn't think I'd miss out on the fun did you?

Sprinkler time!

As promised....our next American Idol

It's a little long, but you have to watch until the end...thats the best part!!

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Mothers Day and our next American Idol

I could not have asked for a better Mother's Day! My boys treated me well. Saturday we took Peyton to the water park in Gulfport. To say he loved it would be an understatement. He wouldn't even stop to eat lunch and everyone knows how much Peyton likes to eat! We had a fantastic time and I'm thinking of getting season passes for the summer. Sunday the boys let me sleep in...sweet sweet sleep. It was the best present ever. We went out for lunch and did some shopping at Old Navy and then spent the remainder of the day being lazy. It was fabulous!

Having a Mother's Day cupcake

So much fun

Who's having more fun...Peyton or Daddy?

Peyton loved this slide....it looked like a boat.

And his most favorite...the "blah" or frog to you and me.

Since it's been 100 years since I posted video I thought tonight would be a good night. First off...Peyton has FINALLY learned how to ride his tricycle. It only took forever..the kid next door was born the same month as Peyton and he's already riding a big boy bike with training wheels...geez. But we have video proof he can do it. Then, tonight Peyton really got into American Idol with us. The video I have is of him singing along....it's priceless and be sure to watch to the very end....thats the best part. Ok so after trying to get video loaded ALL NIGHT I've made myself a liar. I only have video of Peyton riding his bike. When I get the other loaded I'll post. Sorry guys!

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An "Incredible" weekend

Lets just start off by saying this might have been Peyton's best weekend...EVER. Daddy and Pop went on their yearly trip to Talladega this weekend so Peyton and I went to Bossier. We got in Wednesday night and pretty much just layed around all day Thursday at the lake..it was great. Friday was the big day. We were going to see Disney on Ice and we had front row seats!! It was worth every penny because Peyton was glued to those characters. It didn't hurt that the whole thing was based on The Incredibles characters...which are Peyton's all time favorite. He's still talking about it and now I want to go back to Disney World....didn't we just get back though?! ha! I think Saturday was even better than Friday. We all decided that we would get up and "go into town" (never thought I'd say those words). While Maw and I got ready, Paw took Peyton down to the pier. As I was blow drying my hair Peyton came running in the house saying something I couldn't understand. I look over and low and behold Paw is holding a fish....a fish that PEYTON caught!! It was his very first fish. He is officially hooked now and isn't too bad of a fisherman either. We went back down to the pier Saturday afternoon and I managed to catch up to Peyton's record....it only took me 30 years to catch as many fish as my 2 year old. I'm a city girl ok. I only wish that I had my video camera during this fishing experience because Peyton's reaction is priceless. It doesn't matter if he caught a fish or not, he's going to scream every time he reels the line in. And I mean ear piercing screams! It's hilarious and you can only appreciate it if you hear and see it. I think the fish are finally getting used to his screams because we still managed to catch a few even though we were sure he scared them away! ha! So now we're back in the Burg and Peyton is still asking where Paw and fish are. I have a feeling in the very near future Peyton is going to want to spend his summers fishing with Paw. Enjoy the pics and I promise updates from our beach trip soon! Oh and I loaded these WAY backwards..sorry!

This is Peyton holding bait...yet another priceless reaction, but you had to be there.

I think this was probably his 3rd fish he caught...see the horror in his eyes?!

Look at his face closely...THIS is the reaction he had every time he reeled the line in.

Proof that I CAN fish....and look really really bad.

Peyton's favorite spot to fish....with Maw.

Peyton's 2nd favorite spot to fish...with Paw!

This is how lazy people get to the lake...just picking Mom and Dad!

Peyton and his very first fish.

Peyton and Paw on the pier

I have no words

These steps were a great place to eat lots of ice cream cones

Mr. Incredible!!

Life...or something like it.

Take a deep breath and let it go because life is FINALLY getting back to normal. Since Peyton's visit to the E.R. things have been really crazy. The day after his accident we visited the hand Dr. and were able to remove all those bandages...thank God! It was pretty uneventful and Peyton actually fell asleep while we were there. After that, we headed to Bossier for Easter. Peyton had a blast and after being with Paw for about 5 hours, he completely forgot about his finger. Very occasionally he would run to me telling me it hurt, but after Mommy kisses all was well. He had a great time hunting Easter eggs at both sets of grandparents and I'm happy to report that this year no eggs were thrown in the pool! yea! Nana and Pop had put teddy grahams in their eggs and Peyton insisted on opening every egg and eating every single cookie. Maw and Paw had candy in their eggs and thankfully he was so into racing Piper to find eggs, he didn't really realize what was in them...we still have that candy stashed away. ha! Sunday morning found us up super early to head back to Hattiesburg. The weather was forcasted to be really bad and we wanted to get ahead of it. Mission accomplished. So then it was time to unpack and repack for our week at the beach with Uncle D, Aunt Paige and Piper. Also happy to report that Peyton LOVES the sand now and our beach vacations should be much more enjoyable in years to come. Again his finger was never a concern and he had no problem grabbing hands full of sand and throwing them at us. He really enjoyed himself and we had a great time as well. We headed home on Thursday and on Friday morning Peyton got his stitches out. WooHoo!!! I was a nervous wreck that morning. Knowing how he reacted to getting the stitches, I was completely expecting the worst...and it really was. He screamed the most ear piercing screams and I just wanted to die right there. The nurse was SO super sweet and gave him plenty of breaks. In the end he was really brave and as soon as she set her tools down, he was done crying. He managed to make the nurse feel bad enough to send him home with a new teddy bear and truck. His finger looks great now and appears that he will have no problems. We still have to watch what the nail does, but they think he will probably keep it. All in all this has been an insane 2 weeks, but we came out even better on the other side. Tuesday Peyton will go back to school...hopefully without any accidents. Thursday we head back to Bossier to see Disney on Ice and Brad heads to Talladega with his Dad...their yearly man trip. I'll leave you with pictures from Easter...beach pictures soon to come!

Looking for eggs and Maw and Paw's.

I'll get 'em!

Maw and Paw got him a new bell for his swing set...I'm glad it's at their house and not mine.

I think 2 seconds after this picture he fell and skinned his knee...he's all boy!

Nana and Pop's old wagon...perfect for loading rocks.

I got rocks!

Not sure why he felt like he needed to sit in the middle of the track

Huntin for eggs and Nana and Pop's