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