Our little artist!

This all happened yesterday morning, on one of those great little Mondays! Paul decided to "paint" on the walls of the toy room with finger paints, glue, and glitter! He opened the doors of the laundry room, turned over the laundry basket and stood on it, climbed on top of the dryer, then on top of the washing machine, reached up on the top shelf, opened the art container, and got all of this out. Upon asking what he was doing, he replied "I was painting."

For those of you who do not have a "climber" for a child, needless to say, you are very lucky! Little Paul has always been a climber since he was physically able to do so, but this is a new height even for him! The shelf is located well above my head....I can't even reach it on my tip-toes!

Where was I? Sleeping...it was before my alarm went off, apparently Paul got up early and, of course woke Preston up, and instead of coming to get me, Paul shut my door so I couldn't hear them! (Something that he has done before and has been punished for, too) We had taken all the toys out of the toy room to be cleaned just days before and the night before this, I was on my hands and knees with lysol cleaning this room very well, every little inch of it! The next morning, this is what I see, along with the tracks him and Preston left from their hands and feet on the cabinets, back door, and new floor!

I have to hear everyone's comments on this one! Check out the video at the end!

The Boys' Busy Weekend

Saturday we all went to Kate's 2nd Birthday party at Bouncing Tigers. Kate looked so cute for her second birthday! It was so cute that she was so anxious to get into the room for her pizza, cake, and presents! Paul and Preston had a great time playing on all the inflatable things they had there. I think their favorite was the big train that you could crawl through and look through the windows of to see everyone! They also loved the slide and pretty much everything else, too. Mommy and Daddy had a great time too! We enjoed watching the boys play and having a great time! Little Peyton was so good, of course, he just went with the flow and didn't cry once! We walked him through the play area while watching his big brothers and he just took everything in. Thank you so much Keely, for inviting us; everything was awesome and it was a great party! Here is a cute picture of Peyton Mommy took when we got home after his nap!!!!
On Sunday, Daddy and Paw Paw took Paul and Preston to see the Monster trucks! Mommy and Peyton stayed home and cleaned and played together, just the two of us, so he got plenty of attention! He laughed and smilied all day in between his naps! Paul and Preston must've had a great time because they were both knocked out when they got home! They didn't even get up to eat! They slept the rest of the night! Thanks Paw Paw for asking all the big boys to go with you; they had a lot of fun from what I've heard!!!

Visit with Brock & Brooke

After Peyton's doctor appointment on Monday, Nicole brought Brock and Brooke over for a visit to exhange gifts from my mom to them and from her parents to our boys. They all loved what they got and they had a great time playing outside and with the V-motion and the pony that you sit on to jump with for the TV. Thank you so much Aunt Carol and Uncle Sidney for the jackets for the bigger boys and for the baby outfits for Peyton. Mommy really liked it all and so did the boys!

Peyton's 4 month check-up

Mommy took Peyton, with Paul & Preston in tow, to his 4 month check-up with the doctor last Monday! He is doing great and is in the 25% for height and the 50% for weight, which is about how little Paul was at that age. We were happy to know he's doing well and the doctor even commented on how he is such a happy baby!!!! He gave her pleny of smiles and even sat up pretty well for her and she said "that's really good." He wasn't too thrilled with the nurse who gave him his shots though!!!! He only cried for about a minute and then fell asleep, so that was good! Mommy hates the shot part of the visits!!!!

Peyton is 4 months old!

When Peyton woke up Mommy sang "Happy 4 month birthday to you..." It was so cute when little Paul joined in too! The entire morning, he was singing this to Peyton and he kept saying "Happy 4 month birthday, Peyton!" Peyton was smiling so big at him; he loved all the attention his big brother gave him! We waited for Daddy to be home to feed him his cereal with a spoon for the first time, so we did that on Saturday. He has been eating cereal in his bottles for the last month, as recommended by his doctor, to reduce his acid reflux and the amount of spit up he has. It didn't do much good anyway though, he's just like his big brother Paul was and he spits up plenty! He did pretty good with the spoon and I think we got a little bit down. He definitely did better than Preston did, but Preston still doesn't eat much now! Peyton was about as good as Paul was the first time; it was something new and he got some down, but he also spit quite a bit out! He made some funny faces, too, but I thought they were cute! Happy 4 months Peyton!

Happy 30th Bday Paul

On Monday Paul turned 30! I am now officially married to an old man...lol! Amy & her roomate Liz came over Monday night, so Paul and I could go have an evening alone! Thanks girls...it was really nice of you to do! Paul & I went to Olive Garden and had a wonderful time ALONE together! A rare treat! Happy Bday to my wonderful hubby!

Visits with Mimi and Nanny

Wednesday night when we left Julie's house we slept over at Mimi's and the boys really didn't get to spend as much time with her as they had wanted, but they were understandably exhausted! Mimi did get to feed Peyton and put him to sleep for Mommy though....thanks Mimi! Peyton even gave her some handsome smiles before he went to bed! On the way home Thursday we stopped at Amy's apartment to visit for a little bit and the boys had a great time once they warmed up to being there! Thanks Nanny for the frosties; they loved them!

Amy & her roomate Liz with Peyton

Nanny & Peyton

Nanny & Peyton

Visit with the Gandy's

Finally, Julie and I were able to get our families together (minus Big Paul who had work) this past Wednesday. I drove to see them at their house in Mississippi, yes, with Peyton in the car screaming again until he fell asleep, but it was beyond worth it! I could not believe how big Jalyn and Rylie had gotten; they have to be two of the most beautiful little girls in the world! As soon as I saw Jalyn and Julie, I had to give them both big hugs! I really missed Julie and Tory and the girls so much and it meant a lot to me to finally see them again....it had actually been about a year and a half!!!

Though we talked often, I hadn't been able to see them since Tory's accident in May. I was so excited when we finally set a day to see them, that I couldn't stop talking about it! Tory looks wonderful and is doing great!!! After the accident he went through, he is truly an inspiration; their entire family is! Thank you to all my friends who don't even know them, for praying for him and their family....the prayers from everyone were really appreciated!

Julie was just as awesome as she always is and such a great friend to me; I wish we lived closer to one another. Little Rylie is so cute and sooo funny! She thought Preston was a baby and kept trying to pick him up and chase him around, which he loved because she gave him so much attention! At one point, we were all laughing because Rylie (who is only 2 months older than Preston) was trying to put Preston's socks on for him and as you can imagine it was not working out well at all! Jalyn just loved little Peyton and made sure that she got to hold him whenever she could! She was so cute; she'd say, I'll babysit him! I wish I had a little Jalyn to help me like that all the time! Paul got along with both the girls and had a great time in the bouncer Tory set up, as did the other kids.

Though Preston wouldn't get in the tub, I think because he was so hungry at that point, Rylie and Paul had a blast in the tub together! We stayed for dinner and Tory made us all burgers and fries, which were awesome of course. After that, Preston seemed to perk up again and had the best time when Jalyn would pick him up and spin him around. I felt bad for her because then Rylie wanted a turn, then Paul, and back to Preston and so on! Poor thing was probably so worn out! We had a great visit and we better not wait for another year and a half to go by before we do it again!!!! I really missed all of them; they are such a great family!

Thank you so much Julie and Tory, for letting us visit on a school night for Jalyn and for hosting us! We love your whole family so much! You are always welcomed to come visit us here too! I'm sure I'll be talking to you soon!!!! Here are some pics from our wonderful visit!!

Hanging around the House

I haven't posted too many good pictures of the boys hanging around the house lately, so I wanted to do that! They are growing so fast and getting so big. Peyton of course is growing the most right now and he is the best baby we have ever had! We are so lucky to have gotten such a happy and laid back baby for number 3! He is always smiling and he loves to watch Paul & Preston play! There is one problem he has that I wanted to share with everyone, we were wrong in the beginning and judged it too soon, he is just like Preston was in the car....he HATES it! He screams until he cries himself to sleep and then he never sleeps long before he wakes up screaming again! To take this child on a trip is a huge deal! It is miserable to have to listen to the screaming for so long and I feel bad because there is nothing I can do to help him!!!!

Here are some pictures of Peyton in his Christmas outfit and all of them in their holiday clothes!!!

Happy New Year 2009

This year for the New Year we celebrated with our friends Steve, Charmaine, and their two boys. All the boys had a great time popping fireworks with the dads. It seemed like that was all they wanted to do. Both Nicholas and Paul continued saying they wanted to pop more fireworks for the next couple of days. It was very nice to have some company this year because we usually sit around and pop fireworks with the boys and pray that we actually make it until 12:00! Thank you so much for coming over....we really enjoyed the company and we had a really good time with all of you!

Paul & Preston with sparklers

Charmaine handing out poppers to the boys

Peyton's first New Year
Steve & Paul with Preston, Joshua, Paul, & Nicholas

New Floor

The day after Christmas Paul and his dad got to work putting in our new floor. I think it took them about 2 1/2 days. It came out very well and we absolutely love it! Thank you so much Mr. Glenn, for using some of your days off to do some work and help Paul put the floor in...and thank you Mrs. Toni for letting us steal him for a few days! We appreciate all of your help!!!!

Christmas Day

Paw Paw & Maw Maw came over around 6:30 am Christmas morning to watch the boys open their gifts from Santa. Little Paul almost always wakes up at this time, but he decided to sleep another half hour this morning.....go figure! After he got up, he went straight to the tree, but we told him to wait for Preston. He woke Preston up and they got started opening Santa's gifts. Paul went first and started getting some presents for himself and Preston soon followed. Preston got his own power wheels 4 wheeler and Paul got a kid tough digital camera and some skates like Preston's. They also got a gas pump, V-motion, activity trays, several movies, their own silverware sets with their names engraved on them (even Peyton got some), new car comforters, computers, and several other things. I guess Santa thought they were extra good this year! Even Toby got some tennis balls and treat snacks! Mommy & Daddy gave them framed posters of themselves in race car outfits to match their room! Peyton slept through most of this, but we did open his presents with him once he woke up a bit later! He also got some really good presents!!! Thanks Paw Paw and Maw Maw for coming and for bringing them donuts and chocolate milk!After all of that, we noticed that Santa left them something else outside! I have never put a video on here, so I am trying it out; I hope it works! Preston was so cute because he didn't see the house right away! Here it is:

Peyton woke up in the middle of all this....Merry 1st Christmas Peyton!

After that, we all got dressed and headed to Mimi's house in Slidell. We ate our traditional Christmas dinner and got to visit a lot of our family and friends. The boys got several more presents and the adults played the elephant game again; it was a lot of fun for all of us! Santa even dropped by for a visit!!! Preston didn't seem to mind and Peyton didn't really care, but Paul would not go by him until the very end for this picture pretty much!!! Grandpa talked him into sitting by him to take a picture! Thanks Santa, that was so sweet of you to get all dressed and visit the boys!!!!

The family minus the kids