Life....

Pierce 37 months and hayden you are 18 months

2012-02-09T18:58:00.002-05:00

Pierce let me just put some of the funny things you say on here. You talk so much and you say and do the funniest things. I love you more than anything.

-"Mom you look booutiful.. I like you" (this is my favorite)

- Mom: "Pierce what is mommy having?" P: "A baby sister her name is Lila" :-)

- The other day I was changing in a dressing room in front of you and I took my bra off you yelled: "mommy your boobies fell off put them back on!!"

- "Mommy your my favorite"

- You know a few bible verses. I love hearing you recite them :-)

- We prayed the other night and you thanked God for "Mommy, Daddy, Hayden, Nana, X, Z, your Mimi's AND YOUR TV!! LOL" You didn't mention your Poppies but you liked your tv! It was soo funny.

- You always tell us how much you love us. I love it!

- Mom: "Pierce your my baby" Pierce: "I'm not a baby I'm a big boy Hayden's a baby!"

- Pierce you are growing up and you now don't fight us and you let us brush your teeth twice a day. I'm so proud of you.

Pierce you really are the light of my life and we adore you. Thank you for being part of my life we are so blessed and we would do anything for you. I love you Pierce man!

Hayden oh my goodness my little bam bam, my little big rolly polly! You are the funniest little thing. You and your brother fight quite a bit but your funny none the less. You are saying many wors and repeat the things we say. You adore balloons! You and your brother fight over them constantly but you love them. You and Pierce love to wrestle and it gets pretty crazy in here now adays. You have discovered that you LOVE raisens. You could eat a whole container full. I have to take them away from you all the time and its a fight but you love them! :-) Hayden you also love to have your teeth brushed that makes me happy also. We adore both you boys sooo much and we love you. i am so thankful to have you both in my life and I hope and pray that when your baby sister comes you will love her as much as you love your brother.. hopefully ya'll will fight less but love her none the less!

I love you big boys!

Christmas, 3 years old, 17 months and a new year!

2012-01-04T09:56:00.002-05:00

Boys you are growing right before my eyes. I can't believe how much time has flown by these last few years. We celebrated Christmas this year with all your family. Christmas eve's was with mommys family and christmas day with daddys. It was so nice. Pierce you got so many nice gift and so did Hayden. Pierce you LOVED opening your gifts. Every gift was such a treasure to you. You wanted to play with it immediatly and you always hugged whoever gave it to you and said thankyou. Hayden you weren't too intersted in opening your gifts but I'm sure next year you will be.

On Christmas morning when Daddy got home we opened gifts just the four of us. Daddy got you Pierce a nerf gun and I think that was one of your favorites. You love shooting it allthough I think you are too young for something liek that. I'm afraid you will shoot someones eye out. You are very good withit though and never aim it at anybody. It was so nice just being a family of four on Christmas morning. Also a few days before chirstmas as I was wrapping gifts you wanted to help. So I told you to go get a gift for Hayden out of the playroom that you thought he would like to open. So you got a rollercoaster bead toy and we wrapped it. I think it was Haydens favorite. I thought it was so sweet that thats what you had picked for your brother. I love you boys sooo much.

Pierce you also turned 3 years old. You knew it was Jesus's birthday and that right after it would be your birthday. I have to say turning 3 has been good for you. I think you have matured so much over the last few weeks. You are so sweet and so loving you obey more than you used to. You want to please me and daddy. You are just such a nice boy and I love this age. I am so thankful to say goodbye to the terrible 2's and hello to the terrific 3s!!

Pierce and Hayden you boys are just a hoot when your together. You boys love to wrestle and I just laugh so hard. I think it is hysterical watching you boys tumble around on the ground. You both love it. You both also love music and playing music and dancing. I love watching you boys interact and love on eachother. For the most part you boys are sweet and full of trouble together.

Hayden you are now 17 months old. We got your first real big boy haircut. It almost killed me. You did so good but honestly I loved your long curly hair even if nobody else did. It broke my heart but everyone now says how cute and handsome you look. You look like a totally different boy. Like a big boy its soo crazy. You were so good though when we got your hair cut and you just smiled and grinned. I cant believe how much hair you have on your head still. You definatly have Daddy's thick hair and brother has mommys thin hair. Hayden you are also full of fun these days. The only thing thats weird lately is you wake up everynight at 12:30 and you want to be in bed with me. i've given in recently and I need to stop you need to sleep in your own bed silly boy. I just think you like the extra snuggles from your mama.

So on new years eve we went to visit daddy at the fire station. It was sooo beautiful out and we just sat out there and played for a few hours. It was so nice and a great way to spend the day. On new years day when Daddy got home we all went fishing at a little creek than Daddy and Pierce went for a hike. I love days like these. I love you boys so much and I can't wait to see what the future brings and what tomorrow holds. Please don't change to much little boy! Love your mama!

Pierce you are 35 months and Hay you are 16 Months!

2011-11-30T12:40:00.002-05:00

Oh how the time has flown. You boys are such a blessing to my life and I am so thankful for you two. I wanted to remember that I found out I was pregnant with your newest little brother or sister about 3 weeks ago. Pierce you will continue to be the best big brother I'm sure and Hay you will be a great one also. The other day I asked you Pierce what was in my belly and you told me "2 babies" I said hopefully only 1 and we will find out in a week.

Pierce these last few weeks you have grown into the sweetest little boy. I am so proud of how kind, sweet and how much more you are obeying these days. As long as you are rested and getting enough sleep you are such a sweetie. when I tell you I love you you always say "I love you to Mommy. Pierce makes Mommy Happy" And you know what Pierce you are right. You make me so happy and feel so blessed. I don't deserve such a kind sweet boy like you.

You adore your Hayden. You tell me all the time wheres my Hayden I love my Hayden. You can be very mean to him also but most of the time you are very kind.

Hayden you are such a joy as well. You like to have screaming fights with your brother and you always start it. You are so funny. You have quite the little attitude also now adays but your so much fun to be with. You are a snuggle bug and a little sweetie. Here are the words you are saying, "Elephant, mama, dada, all done, more, bye bye and sometiems other words but I can't remember right now.

Hayden you keep us smiling and we love you so much. You are such a nice boy and I am blessed to have you as well. Daddy keeps calling you the middle child now but you know what you will be ok. You are just as loved as your other siblings and are sooo special to us.

I love you boys and I am so thankful for you both!!

Pierce you are 34 months and Hayden you are 15 months!

2011-11-03T13:33:00.002-04:00

Wow has time flown. You both are such wonderful, beautiful boys. I am so thankful that you are both mine. I'm sorry you arent' getting seperate post but mama has been very busy! Hayden you are quite the walker and Pierce you are quite the talker! You both keep me on my toes by the second. Hayden you are repeating very well now! We have lots of new additions to our family. We have a kitty named Frankie you both love her and we have 3 chicks! So that brings our family to 9 if you include Lady and the human family! LOL You both love all the animals.

Pierce you refuse to nap most days and the other day we thought for sure you were sleeping for a good 2 hours we were so proud. We heard some noice and came in and walked into your room. Low and behold you had gotten ahold of a sharpie. You had drawn all over your walls, covered both of your legs entirely, and you colored all the faces in your princess book. It was a huge mess. Every one laughs when I tell them the story. I am still painting your walls! AHHHH Son you make me nuts sometimes.

Hayden you are walking and running. You are the funniest little boy. I cut your bangs because I was afraid you couldn't see and thats why you keep tripping. Daddy hates them he was so mad and said now you look like a little girl. I think you look perfect so fewy on him!

So we went trick or treating. You both wore super hero capes that auntie michelle made you. You were both adorable. As we were going you Mimi went with us and on our way home she tripped and fell right on top of you both who were in the wagon. It was the funniest thing I had ever expieranced. Ya'll didn't think it was funny but I did. Pierce you loved running up to the doors and yelling trick or treat. You did it perfect.

I love both you boys so very very much you keep me on my toes and i wouldn't trade anything to have my life differently. I love you boys!!!

Love your mama!

Hayden you are 14 MOnths old!

2011-10-03T13:08:00.002-04:00

Hay hay. I can't believe you are already 14 months old. You are an amzing little boy and I adore you. You are so funny and do the funniest things. You laugh constantly. You make the funniest noises just to make me laugh and everyone around you. You have started hitting others like you brother. I am trying so hard to teach you not to do that but its hard because Pierce hits you so many times and you are just learning from him.

You have grown so much though and I love it. You say "Bye bye" and you wave, you say "pow pow" when I tell you you are going to get a spanking. You laugh hysterically all the time. You have the biggest head it is soo funny. Today I bought you and brother spiderman glasses and you love them. You want to wear them and you look so darn cute. You are so proud of your self. YOu are walking like a champ! You are such a sweet little boy.

Hayden I love you I am so blessed that you are mine. You have grown and changed so much these past few months and I look forward our lifetime together. You are definatly a mama's boy and I am more than thrilled by this.

I love you Hayden Jackson!

Pierce 33 Month Birthaday

2011-09-30T13:00:00.002-04:00

Pierce you are officially over 33 months old. You are a joy to have as my son. I am so proud of you and how much you have grown these last 2.5 years. You are the sweetest little thing but can also be quite sassy. You are still fully potty trained which makes mommy very proud and saves mommy a lot of money. You are eating very well lately and you are learning so much.

We were tearing down wall paper today and you helped like a champ. You can do it as well or even better than mommy. I am just so proud to call you mine. You speach is getting awesome! You speak so much and say so many sentences. You say the funniest things. You tell mommy what things are your favorite. The other day we left your baby monkey at your grandparents and it was only there for 5 min and you said "I miss my monkey." Go get him :-(. It was so sweet but sad.

Well we love you and adore you you are the greatest!!!

Love your mommmy!

Hayden! Your Walking!

2011-09-19T19:52:00.002-04:00

My little love bug hayden! You are walking. I am one proud mommy. You are 13.5 months old and you can walk. You started tonight. You were holding on to a chair at Mimis and than suddenly started walking away from us towards the tv. I looked at your Mimi's and I said... "is he walking?" and yes you were. So of course we practiced and practiced. I am sooo proud of you little boy.

You are walking and I am proud.

Hayden your stats are 26.7 lbs and 30 inches long! And ONE big head! I love you Hayden you rock!

Love your mama!

Sweet Hayden 13 Months Old!

2011-09-03T20:07:00.005-04:00

Hayden yesterday you turned 13 months old. You are the sweetest little boy ever. You have the most wonderful personality and your family adores you. You adore your brother and I think you are pretty in love with your mommy and Daddy. You are sleeping pretty good these days excpet when your pesky tooth is bothering you. You are cutting through your third tooth finally your top right. Hopefully it will be soon but by the time it is you will be cutting in your fourth. The cycle will never end :-).

Once you are finished mostly teething you will be sharing a room with your big brother. Pierce is pretty excited about this and so am I. I think you both will love being in the same room. You love to play together most days and you love to laugh with him. So far you have maybe been punished (told no) a handful of times. By the time your brother was this age he was used to time outs and punishments already LOL. You are just so much more laid back than your brother. We love having one of each.

You LOVE to eat. You are a healthy boy. We can take you to any restaurant unlike your brother because you are perfectly content as long as you have food infront of you. You love veggies and meats and cheese. You are so funny. Poppy Bell calls you bull like because you are very strong and when you want something nothing will stop you :-). You still are not working but you can stand on your own. Daddy and I had a bet that you would walk. I won you still aren't walking and he thought for sure you would be. You still crawl like a crab its hysterical. Daddy gets a little embarressed by it but I think its precious. Your voice is still very very deep and scruffy but to me its music to my ears. You love to play peak a boo and I think your adorable.

You also LOVe you so music. Anytime you hear any music you start beep bopping to the tunes. It is hysterical you love music and you bounce and sway to it. I love that you love music so much. You also love to throw balls. The funny thing is when you throw the ball if its a good one you lift your right leg right after you throw it. I don't know why but it makes me laugh hysterically than of course you laugh. You are such a joy.

I am so thankful that you are my son. God chose me to be your Mommy and I am so thankful. You now say mama and put your arms up. You know who I am. You also will now wave bye. You clap as well. I love you so much little boy. Don't grow up to fast. I don't want to miss a thing.

I love you Hayden

Pierce 32 Months and Potty TRAINED!!

2011-08-28T21:14:00.003-04:00

My Piercy Pie! You are 32 months old! I cannot believe it. You are almost 3 years old. I am one blessed mama to have had you even this long. I absolutly cannot believe how fast time has flown. You are not longer a baby you are a boy. You have grown leaps and bounds in the last few months and it blows me away. As of about 1 week ago you are officially potty trained. I decided it was time took the diaper off put on your Thomas the Train undies and you were set!

You have had ZERO accidents for about 3 days! I am so proud. You are so great at using the potty. You sleep through your nap and night time dry! You are pretty amazing. I tried to put you in a pull up just in case today for church and you refused! Of course you did perfect there! You hold your poo a lot more than you used to and you sat on the potty for about 20 min tonight and still couldn't go. I know it will get better you kind of have poo anxiety LOL! I love you little boy.

You say the absolutly funniest things. you make me laugh constantly. You told Daddy last night "don't wear my underware dear" LOL. You said that because I had said it you are a little parrot its so funny. You are a great bowler for your age as well. You can get your own ball bring it down and push it without ANY help! Its quite amazing considering your age! :-) When you missed the bowling pin you walked over and said Gosh Dangit I missed. I prefer you not use those words but you used it in the right context LOL! You are sooooo funny.

The other day you were on the phone (pretending) and you kept saying "Mommy's Crazy" I think you were saying that because I always say Mimis and Grandma are crazy LOL. You are so funny! I can't say that enough. You can't wait till brother gets to move into your room. Soon enough he will be in your room but he can't till he finishes teething but soon enough. We built you your very own play room and you love it! Brother loves it as well. Pierce we adore you! I need to write about you more so I don't forget. You really are wonderful.

Every night we sing a few songs. Your favorites are "You are my Sunshine", "Jesus Loves Me", and "Abc's". Than we say our prayers. You are such a snuggle bug at night also and your daddy and i love to hug on you. You have become quite the little book worm. Its about time! WEll we love and adore you so much you are a great big brother, an amazing son and hopefully a follower of Christ one day! I love you Pierce to the moon and stars!

A Day with Daddy! This really happened

2011-08-16T15:12:00.002-04:00

8/16/2011 - 8:45 am I leave home for work. I arrive at work and everything was normal at home when I left. The boys were dressed and Daddy was in charge. We are building a room on for the boys so Daddy has been very very busy with this for the last few weeks. Apparently when I left he assumed that he could work in the room and care for the kids at the same time. NOT!!! Well he walks out of the room to check on the kids and Pierce had emptied all the cheerios on the floor and was chasing Hayden around spraying him with a squirt bottle.

So Daddy picks up Hayden and takes him to the bathroom to rinse him off while he is doing this Pierce empties a hold toothpaste on the floor. While Kyle is cleaning it up Pierce proceeds to pour soap all over hayden. So back into the bath he goes. During all this Hayden has three diarreahs. So lots of diaper changes. At one point Pierce goes up to Daddy and says here look and Kyle sees that its poop he had pulled out of his diaper and rubbed all over himself. LOVELY! Into the bath he goes.

Naptime doesn't go as planned. Pierce refused to nap and apparently bit his tounge in all the screaming and there is blood all over his pillow. At somepoint after getting up after his non nap he "ran into a wall" Pierces word and it looks like he has a broken rib. LOVELY. by 1:00 pm I get a phone call from Kyle to come home immediatly he cannot handle these kids ANYMORE! LOL. So home I came. I told him now you have a little more respect for me right! LOL NOw you see how hard I do work I ACTUALLY WATCH them. He's like yea but its sooooo boring to sit there with them. LOL He just doesn't get it. He said well you always say as long as they are alive when you get home you are happy. Yes I did say that I said well they are alive and atleast clean even though my house looks like a tornado went through it.

Needless to say Daddy has left to the hardware store LOL. FOr a break! WEll the story of your lives boys it is ALWAYS an adventure. Mommy and Daddy loves you but Mommy might have to retire her one day a week job!

Hayden 1 Years Old!

2011-08-01T14:52:00.003-04:00

Hayden where has this year gone. In almost exactly 24 hours you will be 1 years old. I cannot believe it. This year has been a rollar coaster but I would not change it for the world. I never thought I would love having two children so close in age but I do. I am so thankful that you and your brother are only 19 months apart. Often times you fight but those few times a day where you both dote on eachother it makes it all worth it.

I know your brother adores you and you adore him but you both enjoy picking on eachother. Its quite funny. I break up fights all through out the day. I think the problem is you want to be like your brother so much but your brother doesn't quite know how to deal with it. He likes his space and HIS toys! I know it will work out though.

You still crab crawl like the best of them. You stand on things but you do not stand completely alone and you are not walking independantly. I think God has found favor on me thats why you are taking your time. i don't think I'm ready to be chasing TWO little boys. One is already enough. You are our laid back chill child most of the time. But when you are angry you are ANGRY!

You are very independent and prefer to feed yourself. You adore your Daddy and when he comes into the room you light up. I have to say if you have a choice though you prefer your mama. I love it and I hope that never changes. You weigh about 25 lbs now and wear 18 month clothes. Not sure how long you are we go to the dr. in a few days and I will update.

You love to be tossed in the air and you think its soo great when we sing to you. You love to dance to "If your Happy and you Know it". I love that. I sing it often just to get you moving. You are obssessed with Lady. Lady tolerates you but I think you enjoy her more than she enjoys you. Are like to talk and squeal and smile. You lvoe other little kids and especially little girls! You throw a ball very well and hard. I think I grow athletic little boys. You still love to put EVERYTHING in your mouth! You also love to pull other peoples hair and your own. Especially when you are tired you grab fistfuls of your hair. Its a sure sign its bed time.

We had a little birthday party in Bradenton and at Grandma Fullers. You loved smashing the cake all over your body and face. It was sooooo funny. Your brother did not do that on his one year birthday. He wanted nothing to do with the cake unlike you. I am so happy you are just the way you are.

I adore you little boy. You are growing way to fast and I can't believe that tomorrow you will be a "yearling" no longer my baby. Thank you Jesus for this precious gift you have given us. We are more than blessed to have you in our lives and I am so thankful. I love you son I can't wait for the many years to come I just hope they don't come too fast. Well I love and adore you and can't wait to see how God will use you for his glory one day.

Pierce 31 Months Old!

2011-07-27T13:22:00.001-04:00

I cannot believe you are 31 months old! You are absolutly a wonderful little boy. I compeletely adore you. You finally have a big boy hair cut. WE buzzed your hair and you look soo cute. Mimi doesn't like it I think its because you no longer look like a baby but you now look like a boy! You are such a silly little thing. You do everything you can to make me and brother laugh. You squeal and make the funniest noises and expressions. One of my favorite things about you right now is the way you like to give me kisses. You pinch my lips together with your fingers and than give me a huge kiss. I love it! I love you son.

You love to pray together everynight. You always pray with me. I love that you have such a sweet spirit. You are very strong willed and I just pray that one day you will use this for God's glory. Thank you for being such a wonderful little boy. I hope you and brother will be great friends one day. You both are soo funny. I love you son and I can't believe you are already 31 months old! Time has flown. Please slow down so I can love and enjoy every moment with you!!
I love you little boy!

Hayden 11 months Old!

2011-07-04T11:13:00.004-04:00

I can't believe you are now 11 months old. It seems like just yesterday you were placed in my arms. You are a beautiful crazy little boy! You have finally poked through 1 tooth. You poked it through on exactly your 11 month birthday! You are have been quite cranky and angry through this teething process but we made it. You are so much though and have quite an attitutde. Sometimes it scares me how mad you can get. I think you get this anger because you are constantly trying to protect yourself or your things from your brother. Who knows hopefully it won't last forver! You are really a loving little boy though when you want to be. You crawl everywehere and you pull up on everything. Well we love and adore you! you are so much fun! Thank you for being out little boy.

Love you forever
mama!

Pierce 30 Months Old!

2011-06-28T20:12:00.003-04:00

Pierce I cant believe you are 30 months old! You will be 3 years old before I know it. You are such a joy to have in my life. I love you so much little boy. You really adore your family especially your brother. Yes you like to pick on him but most of the time you love on him! You say soooo many words its hysterical. Yesterday on your 30 month birthday we went to Sports Authority. You were like a kid in a candy store! You loved everything about the store. I couldn't find you and all of a sudden I see you ride by on a big kid bike with training wheels! You have never been on one of those before! I couldn't even believe it! You rode it around and around the store! It was hysterical! I was soooooooo proud of you! Than you saw someone on a skate board and you decided you wanted to try it. So I put you on it and you used it in the proper way. I was soooooo proud! You rode the skate board all of the store! You almost had us buy you one but once we saw the price we didn't sorry buddy! Maybe for your 3rd birthday! Little boy you are amazing! WE love you and are so proud to call you our own! I cant wait to see what the many more years have!

I love you little boy! Thank you for being mine!

Beautiful Night

2011-06-23T20:21:00.003-04:00

I find myself wanting to write more because I never want to forget a moment with you boys! You both are the light of my life. Tonight was especially beautiful! Daddy is working a double so its just you guys and your mommy! We had a very busy day and mommy had to work for about 3 hours this afternoon you and you two were so good. You entertained eachother, you laughed, you drew on your chalkboard, you raced on your scooter and haydens walker! You both were just soo well behaved. After I finished working I told you Pierce that I woudl take you and Hay on a wagon ride and you could have some ice pops. So thats exactly what we did.

It wasn't so bad being it was 7:00pm at night. So we walked all the way around the block. you both laughing and giggling as you ate your ice pops. You cheering eachother. Pierce you take your ice pops and you ding it on your brothers and yell CHEERS! Its awesome. After you finished your pop you decided you wanted to pull your brother so you did just that! You kept telling him we were "almost there" you really are so good at taking care of your brother! You are awesome.

When we got home into the bath both of you went. Ya'll played and played. Hay you are starting to disobey more and more and you do it with a smile on your face. Today was the first day that you sat up by yourself from a lay down position. I'm proud of you. You also were pulling yourself up in the bathtub on the side. Everytime I told you to get down you grinned and kept on pulling up.

Finally it was out of the bath into pjs with milk and bottles in mommies bed. I held and loved on you two. I put Hay to bed and me and P snuggled. Than after your show I told you we shoudl brush your teeth so you screamed a little and than amazing enough you let me brush it. The whole time laughing and being silly. This made my night even more beautiful because we didnt' have the fight. You weren't ready for bed but it was time so we went to your room and you let me read you two WHOLE books! I loved it! Than you piled the books in your bed to read on your own. You said "bye mom" I reminded you my name was mommy and I told you I loved you and you told me back! Pierce I adore you. You are the sweetest loving little boy ever and so well behaved. I am soo lucky to have you both in my life! I am loving my life right now and loving you guys!!!

Nursing DONE!

2011-06-20T21:05:00.002-04:00

Hayden you are finally done nursing. You had lost interst at around 6 months but I kept forcing you. Than by 10 months we were suplementing with formula and breast milk bottles because you were to busy to get a full feeding from the source. So at right at 10 months I basically quit nursing you and I pumped three times a day to reduce my supply and gave you formula.. Almost instantly you were sleeping through the night a full 12 hours!!! So now I've figured out that you weren't sleeping the last 6 months because you were hungry because you didn't eat enough during the day so you ate 2-3 time as night!! AHHHH No WONDER!!

Than on June 12th the day we left for vacation I decided I was DONE pumping! And I quite I didn't bring the pump and I just bore the pain that my breast caused me! They still want to give you milk but they are slowly drying up! Praise God though you are happy as a lark! I have said since you were little that I would nurse you till you were 2 but I knew the last straw was the Thursday morning before we went on vacation I offered you to nurse before we got out of bed you looked at it, pinched it, flicked it, than bit it! You grinned at me. I went and got you a bottle and you guzzled all 8 ounces down! You are a booger! So now you take 5 bottles a day most the time drinking a full 8 ounces. You nap 2 times a day!

You really are a pleasent little guy you crawl all over your starting to pull yourself up! You contstantly want to be with your brother! You think he is the greatest! Well I love you little boy I am so thankful you are mine! You and your brother rock my world!!

Love mama!

Hayden Crawling!!

2011-06-17T20:27:00.003-04:00

Hayden you are crawling! AHHH!!! We had family vacation this past week and you are now crawling! Its crazy! I can't believe you are finally moving. It has forever changed our lives! YOu are getting faster and faster. I think you will be walking very soon also! You are just about 10.5 months old and a mover and a groover! I love you little boy you are a crazy little thing who can crawl like crazy and run in your walker like a wild man. We all adore and love you. Even your brother when he thinks we aren't watching he will hug, kiss and love on you. Its wonderful. I love you son so much you and your brother. I am one blessed mama!

Hayden 10 months OLD!

2011-06-03T12:05:00.004-04:00

Hayden! Where has the time gone. I can't believe you are already 10 months old! You are a beautiful little boy and have the biggest beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. You really have a very good personaily. THe only problem is you still don't sleep through the night! You still wake atleast once if not multiple times! It kills me but honestly one day sooner that I would like you will not need me anymore! So I will take the cuddles in the early mornings while I can.

You are such a joy. Your new nickname is Bambam! You are a tough little boy and very strong. You are starting to move around lots more and you are into everything. You still adore your little brother and he adores you. You are starting to eat baby food way less and prefer whatever food we or your brother are eating. So we have to work on that constantly. WE are slowly weaning also. You get a bottle one to two times a day so hopefully soon you will be fully weaned. You prefer a bottle it seems because you are awfully busy and get very distracted!

You now say Dadadada lots and it is so cute. You smile almost constantly unless you are tired, hungry, or need attention. I love you little boy to pieces. Its probably a good thing you don't sleep through the night because if you did you would be basically perfect than we might have one more child. WE definatly don't need another baby yet. Well we love and adore you and I am so thankful God has blessed us with you!!

29 months old and last day of school!

2011-05-27T14:43:00.003-04:00

Pman!! Today you are 29 months old! You are speaking like crazy! Today was the last day of school. You love your teachers Ms. Jackie and Ms. Lynsie. You let me take a pic of you three today and it turned out very nice. Today you had water day and I know had a blast. When I dropped you off this morning you had some major meltdowns. It was very intense but you settled down immediatly after I left. He its your birthday and you can cry if you want to ;-).

You are growing like a weed in so many ways. I want to tell a funny story of what you said..

We were sitting on the couch and Mommy made a gas sound... You start laughing hysterically you point at me and said "MOMMY TOOTED" "EWWWWWWW TOOTED!" IT was hysterical I was laughing so hard. I though for sure you would have used a more vulgar word but you didn't. I about died!

You also are quite a sassy little thing. You like to use the word now after ever demand. The other night you told me to "Shut the door NOW" You tell me in the morning you are "ready NOW!".

You are just growing so fast you kiss your brother all the time and love on him constantly I love this. THis is very special to me. You brother can finally sit up on his own from a lay down position today was the first time he did it. Pierce i love you you are a great son and a wonderful brother! I can't wait to see what the next many years bring. I love you little boy.

Thing to Never Forget!

2011-05-15T20:42:00.003-04:00

Pierce! You are growing like a weed and talkign like crazy. Your teach pulled me aside on Friday and said your vocabulary and your speech has improved 100%. You say the funniest things... here are some:
- Where is Aunt Jojo ( Jori)
- Chase Me
- Mommy go to playground
- Swing me mama
- I'm a Monkey ohh ee ahh ahh LOL
- Thats Daddy's Brother (Eric)

There are so many other things you say now you say full sentances all the time. Everytime we pass McDonalds you yell for it and say PLAYGROUND! You are just so full of energy and spunk. With your older cousins you are definatly the boss man I love it! You push them on the toys you chase them you are absolutly hysterical and everyone loves you. Son you are honestly one of the most beautiful little human beings I have seen... You also love your brother!!

Hayden! Oh my little bright blue eyed Cherub baby! I ADORE YOU!! You are truly the sweetest little thing. you still arent' crawling but you love your walker. You are just so funny and make me laugh constantly . One of the sweetest things about you is when you are nursing and sleepy you start pulling your hair. I know its time to put you down and i love it. You are my little snuggle bug. You have an appetite like a little monster! Your LOVE to eat! Hay I love you so much and I am so thankful for my two precious boys. You make me truly want another baby. Who knows if one day you will be a big brother! For now your the little brother and I LOVE YOU!!

Thank you Jesus for these little bundles of joy!

Hayden you are 9 MONTHS Old!

2011-05-05T13:41:00.002-04:00

My little Hayden bug! You are officially over 9 months old. You are growing like a weed. I love you little boy. So here are some things about you...

- you still don't crawl or scoot
- your a great sitter
- you can now stand holding onto something but only if you put you there you don't stand up.
- you run after everybody when you are in your walker and are into everything. You think its funny
- you sleep much better and tend to get up atleast once a night to eat. I'll take that over 2-3 times!
- You and your brother were both sick recently and you both kept me up for four nights straight it was aweful but I love you.
- you still have 0 teeth LOL You have a nice set of gums
- you prefer table food over anything else and you eat a half of peanut butter sandwich every single day
- you still nurse 5-7 times a day
- I left you for the first time in the evening and your grandma put you to bed. It was the first time I had ever done that. I missed you but I was thankful for some time away with Daddy
- you adore your brother and you always want to be with him I love it
- your brother asks where you are whenever you are out of sight so I know he loves you to
- we drove up to Port St Joe it took 6 hours and you didn't cry once you are now a WONDERFUL traveler!
- you love your mama the most :-)

Hayden you are a gem and i love you. i am so thankful that God blessed me with you as my son! I cannot wait to see what the many years ahead of us hold. You are my blue eyed boy and I adore you!

Easter and Pierce 28 months old!

2011-04-25T21:15:00.001-04:00

Wow what a week we have had. We celebrated easter by first going to church with both sets of grandparents at FBC Oviedo! You boys looked absolutly adorable in your matching sweater outfits!! After church we went to my Nanny Dyal's house with all the family. We had a very nice lunch and than lots of playing. Pierce you loved playing with Jared and Nathan and Jimmy. Hayden you have also become alot more active. Pierce and Nathan did an easter egg hunt. Pierce you are very competitive just like your mommy. I asked Daddy if he was very competitve as child and he told me no. so apprently you got it from me! You boys are just such little darlings and I love every single second with you both. Pierce you have become such the little lover lately. Especially when you are leaving you love to give hugs and kisses to everyone!! Everyone is just so charmed by you two. I will say Hayden you have developed quite the little attitude... uh oh! Well I adore you both Pierce you are just growing up before my eyes you eat well now and you are such a little darling to be with! I love you both can't wait for the many more years to come!

Hayden you are 8 Months Old!

2011-04-01T22:06:00.002-04:00

Hayden! I cannot believe you have been in my life for 8 months already! You are amazing! You are the most wonderful little boy. You are never upset or angry. You never throw tantrums you are seriously the most smiley easy going baby that I have ever seen! I cannot believe how lucky/blessed I am that you are ours! Youre personality is like a constant ray of sunshine! You laugh constantly and smile! You especially love your big brother! Anytime he is aroudn you laugh and coo at him! You adore him. I am by far your favorite though and I love it! you want your mommy over anyone else! I adore you little boy! You are still a great nurser! WE nurse 5 times a day and I love it. I love getting to spend that time with you. You are wonderful at sitting up but you still are not crawling. We work with you a lot and hopefully soon you will be. But whats the rush really you are perfect as you are! Son I am so thankful to have had 8 months with you and I can't wait for the many many more years to come. The crazy thing is that you are the kind of baby that makes me want to have just one more. I just can't get enough of you I want to eat you up! I love you Hayden! You are amazing! Love you adoring mama!

Pierce 27 Month Birthday!

2011-03-26T21:00:00.005-04:00

I can't believe tomorrow you will be 27 months! Pierce you are amazing! you are a very smart, active, and spirited little boy. Every day you amaze me by the new things you say and do. i can't believe how blessed I am to be your mommy. The other night I was laying in bed just thanking him for allowing me to stay home with you and your brother. I would never change these precious moments that I have you boys. Since we no longer have tv I spend so much more time investing in you! I am so thankful for this!

Some of your new things are saying you "I like ....." Fill in the blank. Daddy and I were talking about going to the beach and you pipe in "I LIKE THE BEACH"! We both grinned and couldn't wait for you to say it again! you are saying so much now adays! You absolutly love to make your brother laugh that is one of my favoirte things. Your brother adores you and I think its mutual! Everynight we play make brother laugh for a good 30 minutes. you do kicks in the air, jump on the bed, throw things near brother and the laughter is like sunshine in the air! I adore you both!

Pierce one of my favorite qualities about you is that you love to make peopel laugh! That is your thing. We went to your friends Shayla and you and her were out in the sand box alone. Daddy was sitting on the porch listening to what was being said and he said you were doing everything you could to make her laugh. You adore her and I think you adore people in general! When she came in she had about 3 buckets of sand in her hair but I'm sure she was laughing!

You can now count to 10 all by your self! You love to sing. We have singing and dance parties all the time. One of my favorite times with you is in the car when we sing at the top of our lungs and dance! I love it! You are so silly! Well Pierce I adore you! Thank you for being mine for the last 27 months! I love you little boy!!!

Hayden you are 7 months!

2011-03-02T12:59:00.002-05:00

Oh my love bug! We adore you! Mommy Daddy and brother Pierce just adore you more than words could every express. You are the sweetest and happiest baby I have ever been around. You love your mommy like no other. I come in and pick you up and you grab my face to give me a huge kiss. I adore you. you are the funniest little thing with the things you do. The new thing you do is shake your head back and forth. You think its great when I shake my head back! You scoot all over the place! Your not crawling yet but I'm sure you will be soon. Little boy I love you to pieces. I am so thankful that you are mine. I would have never known how muc hI could love another boy until God gave me you. You are a piece of heaven here on earth and I cherish every second I have with you. You are sleeping much better at night now that I let you fuss it out. You need to because you need to sleep and not wake constantly to eat. I think you just like your mommy and don't get me wrong I adore you but I also need sleep so I can keep being a great mommy to you. Thank you son for making me a mom of two! Thank you for loving me through all my flaws! I love you little boy!

Mommy!

Pierce 26 Month Birthday!

2011-02-27T13:02:00.001-05:00

I cannot believe I have had you for 26 MONTHS! I am one BLESSED mama! I love you son! You are definatly going through some changes. You have become very clingy. You just need your mommy and daddy a lot right now. You need us and you need us to not be with brother. I think you need to feel important and I want you to! SOn I love you. I think about you and I honestly lose my breath you are the sweetest most special little boy in the whole wide world. I never want to take one moment for gratite with you boys. I am so thankful to have all this time with you! You are speaking so much more now and so much more clearly. You talk constantly. You have also developed a love of books! I love this. It only took you 2 years to get here and cable being cancelled so we nev er watch tv but now you love it! THere are many evenings we sit on the couch all 4 of us we read books and sing songs. And than almost everynight after dinner we go for our evening walk. You ride the scooter and mommy and dadd walk. This is one of my favorite times of day with you, brother and Daddy! Its very strange though you think every color is green... hmm... i wonder if you are colorblind LOL! You sleep in yoru room great now because you are locked in. WE had to do this because you kept escaping when you were supposed to be sleeping! It works and you sleep better! You can count to ten! You also sing Holy Holy Holy is the lord God almighty. There are times when my days are busy and you say "Mommy"... I look at you and you have your hands folded and you say "pray" and so we do! Son I am so thankful that you have a heart for Jesus! When we pass the church you yell for it! You want to be there. I pray to God this desire to know and love him will never falter! I want you to be a light for the Lord and to always proclaim his name! You are amazing son! You will be a leader when you are older you will be someone GREAT! I can't put into words how special you really are. I know that God has some BIG plans for you and I pray I mold and guide you the way the Lord would have me to! You are perfect!

Little boy I adore you i love you and I am so thankful for you! Thank you for being my little boy for being super atheltic I think its awesome and for being strong headed. I like the strong headedness because I know like I said you will be a leader and you will make a difference!!! WEll I love you little boy and look forward to every single day and moment that I have with you!

Things to Document

2011-02-24T20:31:00.001-05:00

Hay! You have found your feet! You love them. Although your too fat to really stick them in your mouth you really try. You still nurse four to five times a day and you are most definatly not sleeping through the night anymore BLAH!

You love you brother and your brother loves you! Every morning you guys get so excited to see eachother! God knew that you two needed eachother as play mates and siblings! I hope ya'll stay close forever!

Well I adore you both Pierce you are talking up a storm, as silly as always and my favorite word you say is applesauce!! I love you Pman!

North Dakota and Changes

2011-02-11T14:55:00.002-05:00

Oh my loves how things have changed. Hayden you went with Mommy and Daddy to North Dakota to meet your little cousin caleb! You were such a delightful little baby the whole trip... wait BIG baby! You are a big boy! You were so good on the airplane you were wonderful there you are just such a little sweetie right now. Everyone who meets you is just amazed at how much you smile. How you are the happiest baby they have ever seen. They say you should be on commercials or in photos. I let them know it only took four months of screaming to get this great baby! We will take ya. The only bad habit you picked up is wanting to sleep in bed with Mommy EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! So we are going to be making some changes over here. We missed your brother terribly while we were gone. I think you were very happy to see him and him to see you.

So the changes we are making besides Hayden forcing you to sleep in your own bed now but cutting out all junk food. WE want you and brother to be healthy happy boys and so we are going to start putting more boundries and less junk around our home. I think this will make for happier boys and happier parents. We just love you both so much and really do want the best for you boys! Hayden the other day you have starte dthe huge belly laugh it cracks me up. You still don't do it often but when you do it is amazing. Your brother is the one who can get you to laugh the most. Well boys I adore you both more than you know and I am so thankful to be your mommy and I can't wait to see what the future holds! I love you Pierce and Hayden!

Happy 6 Months Hayden Jackson!

2011-02-03T14:06:00.002-05:00

Hayden my love you are 6 months old! How the time flies. You do so many new things now adays. You sit like a king. You are so good at sitting and honestly I don't know how you got so good at it because I hold you about 75% of the day but you are darn good at it. So now you sit alot. You are also a rolly polly!!! You roll everywhere. Before I know it you will be crawling! AHHHH!!! You adore your big brother. I don't know what I did right in this world to have two little boys who love eachother to pieces! You are such a sweet reminder of how much God has blessed me!

hayden this last month has also been challenging. From putting you on some type of schedule to you being on a nursing strike! I thought for sure that yesterday on your real 6 months of life that we were done nursing for good. You didn't nurse at all yesterday till finally at bedtime I let you try one more time. And boy did you do good. Than today all day you have nursed great. I don't know maybe you needed a day break. I cried and cried because it broke my heart that you refused to nurse. It made me so sad and I cried to your daddy that I know this won't be the last time you break my heart. But the good news is we will still nurse and if you refuse a time than you can have a bottle and I will be ok. I think honestly you are just to busy and like to see what every one else is doing so why would you want to nurse when you can have a bottle! OH well time will tell.

Your other new favorite thing is waking up sometime in the middle of the night wanting to come to bed with us. So what do I do? I of course bring you to bed. I would rather sleep well than constantly try to get you to sleep in your bed. Atleast for now. This time is only for a short time before you know it you won't want your mommy anymore so I am enjoying every second with you. I lay you right smack in the middle of the bed on your pillow and your gone! You sleep like a champ in my bed! I love you little boy.

Well we leave tomorrow for North Dakota! That will be crazy and I know you will miss your brother but I am so excited to see your newest little cousin. I love you son you are the light of my eye! Thank you for being such a great little boy and for loving your family so much. I pray and hope that the love you have for us will also be the love you have for our Lord and Savior! I love you little boy!

Love your mama!

Pierce 25 month birthday!

2011-01-26T13:26:00.002-05:00

Pierce how I love you. You are full of life, energy and love! You are the apple of our eye. You are our first born. You say the funniest things now. You run faster, jump further, throw harder and yell louder than anyone else in your class. You blow bubbles like no body's business. You sleep like its going out of style. Your a picky eater but atleast you eat. You still drink 2 bottles a day at nap and before bed. You love to shower over a bath. You only poo and pee on the potty before your shower. You refuse to go any other time of day on the potty. You have fallen into the potty twice. Both times under the watchful eye of your mommy. You love your brother to pieces and you tell him every day. Your mimi is your favorite and everytime your driving your pretend ship on your play house and I ask where your going you yell MIMI's! I get a wonderful report everytime I pick you up from school or church. You yell church everytime we pass it and when I ask if youw ant to go to church you yell "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" as loud as you can. You watch the same DVD mutiple times a day. Mommmy and Daddy are leaving you with MImi and Papa while we go to ND next Friday and I'm so sad to seperate you from your brother and I will miss you terribly. Son I love you. You make me laugh, cry, smile and sigh. You are fabulous. I would never change a single thing about you! I love you little boy!

Hayden My little Piece of Heaven 5 Months Old!

2011-01-03T20:44:00.003-05:00

Hayen you are my little slice of heaven and I am sooo in love with you. Going from your fourth to fifth month of life has been such a joy. You have developed into a giggling, smiling, happy, joyful, googly eyed little boy. You have these love lights for your mommy like no other and it melts my heart. I might act like it makes me crazy sometimes but secretly I love it more than anything. I love that you depend on me for all of your needs. I am so happy that I can provide it for you. You are a fabulous nurser you are your mommy's boy. I adore you.

Some of your milestones. You rolled over from your front to back and your back to front today!!! You are starting to sit up more and more on your own. You are grabbing EVERYTHING!! You love to put things in your mouth lots. You laugh constantly it is hysterical. You love to smile and talk to me. You are just such a joy.

Little boy Hayden your brother adores you. You adore your brother and I am so thankful! So Pierce is so funny and stuffed a pbj in your mouth. You seemed to enjoy it. Thank goodness it appears you are not allergic to Peanut butter. When we are out or with other people they now can't believe how easy you are. You truly are son. You are just so amazing! I am so thankful for you and I could have never dreamed your personality would be so wonderful.

I love you hayden with all my heart. You and your brother are the lights in mine and your Daddy's eyes. Our lives are full because of you both! Happy 5 months birthday little boy I look forward to thousands more with you! I love you son!

Happy 2nd Birthday Pierce!

2010-12-27T12:59:00.003-05:00

Pman you are 2 years old!! WOO HOO!! You made it and what a journey it has been. I just want you to know I adore you and your little personality. I cannot wait to see what the future holds. thank you for being such a little joy, for loving your family, for loving your church and most of all for being you! I love you Pierce. Can't wait for many more years to come with you!!!

Christmas and Sickies!

2010-12-26T20:21:00.002-05:00

Lets start a few days before Christmas. Poor Hayden was having trouble breathing and many nights of no sleep with lots of coughing. I took him to the Dr. and he was diagnosed with Croup. Hayden they put you on prednisone. We go home and the next day your a little better but two days after going to the Dr. I notice that you seem to be worse. You are now suddenly weezing and seem to be unable to catch your breath. I call the Dr and they have me bring you in immediatly. They take your oxygen level and you are at only 90% which is not good for a little guy. They give you a breathing treatment in the office and take your levels again and praise God you are back up to 98%. So it is determined that you will need the breathing treatments 3 times a day with a slow taper off. Finally you are on the mend.

The day after we get Hayden all fixed up Pierce is coughing crazy. Pierce you had been coughing for about 2 months but suddenly you seem severly worse. Your coughing makes you gag because of the junk coming up you are now running a 103 fever and higher. WE are at your mimi Bells and we make the decision that you need to go to Nite LIfe Pediatric which is an emergency walkin clinic for children. i take you in and they run their tests and you come back with RSV, influenza A and Influenza B, and you having walking pnemonia. No wonder you feel so horrible. I feel terrible for you. You are now on antibiotics and tami flu. The Dr. at the office also determines that Hayden likely has RSV and not croup. WE get home and you are just a mess. I finally get you to bed and not even a few hours later you are moaning and crying calling for me. I go in there and you are just so uncomfortable and in so much pain that you wanted to lay in bed with me. I was literally up with you till 3:30 am and I finally was able to put you back to your bed. I go to bed by 4:00 am and am up at 6:30 with your brother. It was a terrible night. This was one of many nights that I had had terrible between you and your brother. I always seems all the sickies come on when Daddy is gone and mommy winds up dealing with everything alone. its hard but I do it because I love you both so much.

Finally two days after all the fiasco it is CHRISTMAS DAY! MOmmy is still very tired because she hadn't got much sleep but I am up early with breakfast in the oven and with you boys up and dressed waiting for Mimi and Poppa Bell to come over. Daddy and I decide to exchange gifts. I got Daddy a robe and pj pants. And he totally swept me off my feet he got mommy razors, VS underware, VS perfume and a BEAUTIFUL Sterling silver braclet with a charm that had both Hayden and Pierce on it. It was beautiful an dmommy was sooo suprised that Daddy could be so sweet. So finally Mimi and Poppa come and we open gifts. It was so much fun. Pierce you just wanted to open every ones gifts. You were so happy and had so much fun. We played and opened gifts ate breakfast and just enjoyed company.

After breakfast and gifts we went to your mimi and poppa fullers house. We opened gifts there and had a great time. We than went to aunt terrys and dales. Pierce and Hayden you guys were both wonderful. you both enjoyed christmas so much. Hayden you love the gifts you love the music and the lights. Pierce is so funny because anytime you play with any toys whether they are yours or his you come up and try and take it from Hayden and say "my turn". you are so sweet. Both of you boys are just such blessings from God and I am so thankful that we are where we are today. Thank you boys for making me a mommy. Pierce your birthday is tomorrow how exciting!

Of course today Pierce I must add you did your first puke! You were acting crazy and had drank a bunch of water and all of a sudden puke. Lovely. Hey of course Daddy is at work so I clean up we cuddle and off to bed. I love you boys thank you thank you thank you for loving me too!!!

Pierce your 2nd Birthday!

2010-12-14T13:56:00.004-05:00

I can't believe I haven't written about your 2nd birthday party considering we celebrated it on November 27th! I guess time gets away when you have family and kids and a busy life surrounding you. WEll where to get started. It looked as though it was going to be a very gloomy day but we were (daddy and I) determined to make this your best 2nd birthday ever. I had been preparing for this day for weeks and the last part to do on this day was put it all together!!!

Daddy got home from work that morning and decdied that his boy needed ballons for his birthday and that we needed more food. So off we went we got about 20 ballons half filled with helium and I got more food and home we came to start assembling. The morning started early but it still didn't seem like enough time. We fed you lunch and sent you to bed and Daddy and I were off like mad men!

Up went your bounce house first, than the ballons got tied to tables chairs and trees, fishing polls went out back by the fence, cupcakes were baked, a cake was frosted, cupcakes were frosted and sprinkled, food prepared, decorations set out, baths taken, a baby fed, clothes bough because Lord knows you didn't have a nice outfit to wear for your birthday and before we knew it it was almost 3:00 pm and the party was about to start.

You woke up in a pretty bad mood but started changing shortly after I gave you a cookie. Its amazing what a cookie will do for a grumpy little boy. Than your Daddy opened the blinds in the back and you got to see the party scene. you were blown away. The look in your eyes said it all!! Your first guest to arrive was Kella with her mom Kelley and Josh. You got hugs and you guys were the first to jump on the bounce house what a ball you had.

Some of your guests were: Gracie, Christina, Matt, Nanny Dyal, Aunt Jackie, Nathan, your grandmas and grandpas, great grandma wheeler, aunt terry, Brenda, Ramon, Rachel, Daniel his mom and Shayla, Kerriann, ethan, Xavier and Zach!
Your party was wonderful.

All the adults set out side while you kids jumped, ran, played on the play house, played with the sand, ate and just really had a ball. Your Daddy grilled hot dogs and hamburgers it was delicious. We also had bbq beans, coleslaw, chips, fruit salad, cheese and crackers! After we ate around 5 things quited down and we all came in side as the sun was setting. We sat you p and sang happy birthday to you! You loved it and requested for us to sing it again... so of course we did!!!! After happy birthday cake and icecream eating and cupcake eating we opened gifts.

You got so many wonderful things you are just such a special little boy. All these people came because they love you and you have affected them in ways you coul dnever imagine. That day will go down as one of the most fabulous days from your beautiful smile to your high jumping to you excited gift opening. You really are a special boy and I am so thankful to be your mommy! This day was wonderful and seeing your happy smile and your beautiful face I knew all the hard work, money and time that was put into your 2nd birthday was totally worth it! You are the light of our lives! We love you little boy! Your mommy and Daddy!

Hayden my 4 month love!

2010-12-02T21:26:00.002-05:00

Hayden my love you are 4 months old today. Boy are you such a joy. I am so thankful to be your mommy and I can't wait to see how much you are going to change in this life time. You are so funny and you still have the coolest hair. you are a wonderful nurser and a great night sleeper. Hayden your brother adores you. I now put you in the walker and Pierce will push you all over the house as fast as he can you just sit there and love it. You also adore your Daddy when he is home you just find him and smile and smile and smile. You are so sweet. One of the funniest things you do is at night when I am getting you ready for bed you get really excited and smiley. You laugh and squeel... its only right before bed. I just laugh and laugh. Hayden I could never ask for anything better than for you. You are amazing you are my love. You are our special little gift from God and I am so thankful. Thank you for being my littlest I love you Hayden!

Thanksgiving and 23 months!

2010-11-26T20:42:00.003-05:00

Hayden yesterday was your first thanksgiving and Pierce yesterday was your second thanksgiving! It was wonderful with both of you! Things are so different now that we have two boys but it was wonderful. We went to Nanny and Poppy Dyals for the first part and had a big lunch. It was lots of fun all your great aunts and uncles just love both you boys! You also love your cousins so much Nathan and Jared. Nathan has givin you his four wheeler Pierce and you love it so much! You are a great driver of it and you also are a super sports star! Hayden you were happy as a lark as long as your belly was full and you were getting tons of attention. You are very needy but thats ok!

After the Dyals we went to Aunt Terry's and Uncle Dales to meet up with Daddys side of the family! We played outside and left shortly after to go to your grandma Fuller's house. You love your cousins Ethan, Xavier and Zach! you are so funny little boy! You just love to play play play! Hayden they call you angry baby and thats because everytime you are in your carseat you scream. Its NON STOP!! Its a little crazy but I guess we will keep yoU! :-). j/k we adore you Hayden!

Pierce tomorrow we are celebrating your 2 year birthday even though you are going to be only 23 months! We want you to have a special day just for you there is no competeing with Jesus's birthday don't you know! It is at our house so I have been busy planning cleaning and everything in between! We are so excited to celebrate this special day with you! You are a big brother our first born and the love of our lives! I love you Pierce and I love you Hayden! You both are amazing and I am so thankful for you guys!! Can't wait to spend the next 80 years with you boys!

Love your mama!

Life Changes

2010-11-05T21:53:00.003-04:00

My life has changed drastically over the last few days. My hubby decided I should no longer work the part time that I am because I need to be home to care for the kids. This has been so hard for me. I only worked 2 half days a week but it was my time to get away, to dress up, to have adult interaction, to run the few errands I needed to on my way home and it provided mine and the littles insurance. So not working has been a major change... Its been hard. Its been an adjustment just the realization that now we really will have to count our pennies, that I won't get the breaks that I need/want and that we will now have to pay out of pocket for insurance.

So now that we are paying out of pocket for insurance I no longer have maternity insurance. I think the finality that right now and no where in the future do we see having any more children even a possiblity is very hard for me. Its sad. It makes me want to cry but I know thats just the way it has to be.

So I was thinking as I was gazing at my sweet little boys laying in bed. That had Hayden not come when he did (aka not planned) that he may never be here and no other children may ever be here. When I was five months pregnant My sales job had been sold so we got an enourmous pay cut, than my hubby asked me to not work, and now we don't have maternity insurance and could have never afforded it to even have another child. So what I am saying is that God knew that Hayden needed to come when he did or he would have never been part of this family. I love this little boy so much. I think it makes me so thankful because in the beginning I had so much guilt about having him about stealing Pierces childhood away b/c I was having another baby so close to his age. I felt guilty also because I felt I didn't deserve to have a healthy baby when on the same exact day that I found out that I was having a healthy perfect little baby my brother and sister in law were finding out that their precious baby girl had passed away in her womb from horrible chromosonal disorders at 20 weeks. I felt guilt more than I could ever express. I felt that I could not possibly love another child as much as I love Pierce. I just didn't think I could do it. I had these feelings up until even a few weeks after he was born. I dealt with some PPD and had such a hard time bonding with him. I loved Hayden but I wasn't "in love" with him like I was instantly with Pierce. But than the fog lifted my head cleared and I fell in love with this beautiful, harry headed little boy and I could not feel more blessed. I can't believe that if it had been MY choice I would not have had another child yet which would have possibly mean't I may have never had any more at all. Thank you Jesus for knowing more than I know. Thank you for knowing the future and knowing how our lives and financial stability would change. Thank you for knowing that I WOULD love Hayden more than I could ever imagine and that everytime I look at that huge gummy smile I just want to eat him up.

My life is beautiful it may not have gone exactly how I would have planned but it is beautiful and its my new life. Its a life where I am home with my kids where I am available not only to my kids but to my husband. I just pray that I can be an even better mom that I will find the outlets that I need to have adult interaction and that during the day when I want to rush around and need to get things done that I will STOP... hug my kids a little closer, go a little slower and just soak up EVERY single precious moment that I have with these boys. Before I know it they will be big strong tall boys who will be able to bear hug and lift their mommy off the ground. But until than I want to be the one to do the lifting, the tear wiping, the hugging the kissing, the praying and that thanking. For I am blessed. Blessed more than my wildest dreams and imaginations....

Little 3 month old monster!

2010-11-02T13:17:00.003-04:00

Oh my little Hayden. You are now three months old today. You are such a joy. I never knew I could love another little boy as much as I do. You are such a little sweetie. You smile constantly. You tried you first bite of baby oatmeal on October 31 and you also did your first giggle. Your giggles are few and far between but when you do them they are beautiful. For your first holiday Halloween you and your brother dressed up as Chickens! IT was adorable.

Hayden I adore you your little personality has started to shine. You really love to be held constantly. You are a fantastic nurser! You are a wonderful night time sleeper. You aren't such a great napper but thats ok atleast you sleep through the night. It makes it quite difficult to get things done during the day when you need me to hold you all the time but I know I need to enjoy these moment because before I know it you won't want me at all to hold you.

Your brother has come to really adore you. I now but you in the highchair when we are in the kitchen and your brother pulls you close to him and tells you he loves you over and over. It melts my heart. I hope you and your brother will be best friends. He can always make you smile and I can't wait till you guys can play together. Well little boy we adore an dlove you and can't wait for many more firsts that will come with you. Oh you also set up by yourself for a few seconds on October 31. Apparently that was a big day for you~!

We love you Hayden Jackson!!! Thank you for being our second born we are soooo blessed.

Pierce my 22 month old!

2010-10-30T20:31:00.002-04:00

Oh my little/big boy how much you have changed. I adore you more everyday you are the light in my eye you are the joy in my heart you are my adorable will Pierce. You are so much fun now of days and I can't help but jump for joy when I realize how blessed I am to be your mom. You light up my life in so many ways and I am so thankful. You have grown to adore you little brother Hayden. You run to him every morning to give him a kiss. You try desperatly to share your food with him... even though mommy doesn't want you to :-). You bring him a paci in hopes he will take it, you share your monkey to comfort him when he is crying. You hug him with all your might. The other night while you layed on bed drinking your milk and Hayden laid in my arms you brought your fingers through his hair over and over. IT was a tender moment and it melted my heart. I adore you little boy.

You speak so much now. You know lots and lots of words. My favorite words to hear you say are Daddy, milk and "luv Loo" for love you. Those are just three of my favorites. You say almost every single word that I ask you to say. ONe of the most precious things you do is everytime we drive by church which is where you go to school and where we go to worship God you yell "home". It mealts my heart I want you to ALWAYS think of church as your home because home is where your heart is and I pray that God is in your heart and that you will love God with all of your heart one day. When we are in the car and listening to christian radio you always sing to the music its the best because I know the Words of the Lord are writing on your heart! You have a very special soul! You absolutly still adore your Daddy. Your relationship with him is sooo special and I hope it stays that way. You are the light in his eye as well. We are both so proud of your athletic abilites as well. We think you are pretty special you are an awesome thrower, jumper, ball kicker and everything in between! You are pretty awesome!

Here is a day in your life...
8:00 you wake up eat breakfast and we get ready for the day...

We than either go to the park or if you have school we go to school. You love Shayla who you call "lala" you can't wait to see her and you yell for her often!

After school or park you eat your lunch which is ALWAY a Peanut butter and jelly sandwich and I give you a bottle of milk and you go to bed.

After nap we play around the house for an hour or so than we go for a long walk or bike ride. After our bike ride or walk we eat dinner.

After dinner we do bath and than we lay on Mommy's bed and watch cartoons drink your milk and play. I love our life. I love our life with you in it. I love you little boy.

Sometimes the days seem long but I would never ask for a day without you in it. You really are the little boy that I adore and that was always mean't to be mine. Pierce thank you for loving your mommy, daddy and brother. You are the best little thing and I am so thankful for you.

We love you lots!

Hayden you are 2 months old!

2010-10-02T12:59:00.002-04:00

I can't believe 2 months have gone by since you came into our lives! You are such a little sweetie! You are doing so much more these days! Lets see... you smile a lot now, you cry a little less, you sleep wonderfully from 8-11 hours straight. When its the 8 hours you go back to sleep for a few more! You adore your mama! You hair is getting even longer if that is possible! You love to take naps in your swing in fact you prefer it! You are less fussy in the evenings! You are still breast feeding like a champ! You have been and done so many things in these 2 short months... you have been to Tampa, Bradenton, Daytona beach, been on the beach, been to the zoo, been to the mall and basically everywhere in between!

Son you are really great and I adore you. I miss you so much when I am away. Thank you Lord for this little boy. Bless his life and help his life to be long and bountiful!!! I can't wait till you and your brother really start playing together! Well we love you and your smiling little self!!
Love, Mama

Smiling and Almost 21 months!

2010-09-23T14:10:00.003-04:00

Oh my little boys how I completly adore you both! Pierce you are alsmost 21 months and you grow up more and more everyday. You still go to school and you love it. Everyday you are learning more and more words. Just the other day you learned to say "Love You" it sounds like "Love Lou" but I adore it. You tell me it all the time and I melt. YOu can now sayd Daddy instead of "dada" we are working on the "MOmmy" You call your grandmas "mimi" now if we consistantly remind you to if not you call them "mama" :). You are quite the athlete and everyone things you will be some type of athletic star when you grow up. But you are certainly well rounded as well. You love to sing, dance, draw and color, and you love your share of makeup and painted toe nails. So really you are a beautiful well rounded little boy. I love you so so much and I never want to forget these times with you.

You seem to be adjusting to your new brother well but you do act out when I am feeding him. I know its hard but you are going to be a great brother to him and one day you will thank me for giving you a brother so close in age to you. You guys will be best buds. You love to hold your brother but I often have to take him after a few min b/c you get a little rough. But you do pretty darn well! Just to share a little something that you did the other day. I was on the phone feeding your brother and you walk up with a micraphone I thought you were going to sing. Instead you pegged it at my head and hit me RIGHT on top of my head! I had to laugh but next time I will have to put you in time out. The same night we were snuggling on my bed like we always do b/f you were to go to bed. Again I was feeding your brother. You went from trying to kick him in the head to attacking me. You got me in a choke hold and tried to rip my earring off. I think you wanted attention you were laughing hysterically the whole time. I finally fling you off of me and I run to the computer chair with Hayden for protection and you run charging at me to attack again of course laughing. I see your toy truck and show you it you grab it and your off. SAVED BY THE TRUCK! You are a silly little boy. WEll you do melt my heart. You are so beautiful little boy!

Well my boy Hayden! You are pretty amazing yourself. At about 6.5 weeks you started smiling when you looked at me and on demand. I love it. You smile most for me of course thats because I hold you most. You coo and you grin and you are sooo handsome. YOu look so much like your Daddy. Me and your mimi were talking today and we think you will be tall and handsome like your daddy. Your brother will likely be shorter than you but he will be pretty like his mama! :-). You are a solid little boy and a FABULOUS nurser! I feel so blessed to be able to actually nurse you and Im sad I missed out on this bonding with your brother. You still take a bottle when needed but about 95% of the time you nurse. You do get one bottle of 2 ounces of formula a night to hold you over and you do great! You sleep on average 8-10 hours straight and after you get up to feed you go back to bed till 8:00am! You are amazing and I God certainly knows what I need!

Well boys I love you both so much and am so thankful to be your Mommy! I can't wait to see how much more you both will change! I love you boys! Don't grow up to fast!

Hayden you are 1 month old

2010-09-03T21:20:00.000-04:00

Hayden you turned 1 month old yesterday. You aren't doing to much yet but you are a lot more alert. I feel like we have finally gotten to know eachother after a very long and tring month and I have fallen so head over heals in love with you. Son you are wonderful and different and beautiful and I just can't believe that you came from me and your Daddy. You are just so different than you brother in your looks and I adore that. I adore you long beautiful brown/black hair. I can't believe that you have that much. You are just so wonderful son and i can wait to have many more months with you. I love you little boy and the months to come are going to be so awesome! Thank you JEsus for my boys!

Pierce and Hayden

2010-09-03T21:05:00.002-04:00

Pierce and Hayden I never knew how full and beautiful my life could be till I had you both. I feel like my life is complete now that I have my Hayden and my Pierce and I could not be happier. I want to cherish every single crazy moment with both of you. I never thought I would want to be a stay at home mom but after this month of being home with both of you I can't imagine ever leaving for work again.

I had to go in for a few hours the other day and Pierce you just cried and cried. It broke my heart. I just longed to be home with you the whole time I was gone not only emotionally but Hayden my body knew that you needed me for food. I could not wait to get home to you to feed you to hold you to snuggle you. And Pierce when you woke up from your nap after I had been home the smile on your face to see I had returned melted my heart. I love you boys more than anything well besides your Daddy and Jesus of course.

I just adore both of your spirits and every moment when it can't get any louder when I want to go crazy I try to remember this won't be like this forever.... cherish every m oment. Before I know it you will both be grown you won't wnat your mama anymore. You won't want to hug eachother or me and Daddy for that matter. I love you both I adore you I never want to forget a moment with you.

Pierce now that you are in school two days a week you love it. You are always so happy when I come to pick you up. You have had such a wonderful time and I know its just a time where you get to fill up on Jesus and sing songs about him and read books about Him. ITs sooo good for you Pierce. I know that Jesus is going to be singing in your soul. I know everytime you hear music about God and Jesus your soul is rejoicing and I rejoice in knowing this. You love to sing and I pray that Jesus will grab your heart before anyone or anything else ever gets a chance and you will know the true meaning of Christ and you will lead others to him. Hayden I pray the same for you I pray that your spirit will long to be with JEsus and that you will cling to him. That you and your brother will leave a legacy and it will be a beautiful one. I love you both so much.

THank you boys for teaching me so much in my life for loving me and for depending on me for all of your needs I adore you both. Pierce and Hayden thank you for being my sons and I pray all the days of your lives that you will know how much your Daddy and I love you and that you will truly understand what you mean to us!

20 Months Old Today and First Day of PreSchool!`

2010-08-27T11:12:00.003-04:00

Pierce Man you are officially 20 months old today and you go to school now! I love you so much and this last month has been full of changes and adjustments and you have rocked! You have become a Daddy's boy like no other! You adore your Daddy especially because mama has to feed brother Hayden a lot and there is just a lot going on. Every morning you wake up yelling Dada when it used to be Mama. After nap you yell Dada but you know its ok I love that you and your Daddy have such a close relationship!

We both adore you to pieces. You sit like a big boy. You walked into school today holding my hand the whole time. You didn't try to run from me like you used to. YOu are just a better listener all around. When I ask you to throw something away you do. When you go outside and leave the door open I ask you to shut it and you will. YOu still don't eat very well at meal times but we are working on it. YOu don't have tantrums to often but when you do they sure are hard on everyone!

I think you have come to love your little brother or atleast realize he is not going anywhere atleast for the next 18 years! :-). When he cries you will throw your favortie monkey or your phone at him. I think you are trying to console him with those things because they console you. You always run into his room in the morning wanting to get him up. You hold his hand when we ask you to. You kiss his head when we ask you to or you ask to kiss it. You also like to give him his paci when he cries. You want him to feel better. You are a wonderful big brother and I could not have asked for more!!

YOu say lots of new words all the time. Everyday you learn something new and your words and so sweet and precious. I'll try to list your normal vocabulary.

mama
dada
max
lady
dog
cat
fish
yes
no
stop
more
ice
please
food
wawa
bottle

and many more I just cant think of.

You are truly a joy to have in my life and I love you son. Thank you for being with me for 20 beautiful glorious months. I pray for a million more months to have with you! I love you little boy!

Labor and Delivery! Hayden Jackson!

2010-08-27T10:55:00.005-04:00

Hayden Jackson... you have made you arrival!!! Heres how it all went down.

I had been praying you would come every day since I was about 36 weeks pregnant. God knew best and at 39 weeks and 1 day I went into labor and 4:30am in the morning. I had a feeling I was going to have you the night before so I was just waiting. I even went to Mimi Bells for what I said would be my last meal before you came and sure enough it was. I had steak, onions and field peas it was delicious!! Daddy had to work the night and day before so he wasn't home when I went into labor. The pains were too bad but they were pretty consistenet. Around 5:00am I called Grandma Fuller and asked her to come and get me so we could take your brother Pierce to my parents and so that she could take me to the hospital. I knew your Mimi Bell would not be up and ready this early.

Grandma Fuller arrives at 6:00 am. Your brother Pierce had woken up around 5:30am for some strange reason. Maybe he knew what was going to happen. So I got up with him and I rocked and sang to him while he drank his bottle. I was so thankful to have this time with him because I knew I would be seeing him for about a day and a half. He let me rock him and I told him that if he didn't get to see me that night that I would be home the next day to be with him and that I loved him very much. I don't think he understood but I still wanted to tell him.

So we drop Pierce at Mimi Bells and we are off to the hospital to have you. We arrive around 7:00am Daddy is still at work and doesn't get off till 7:30am so he was not rushing. I don't think he realy thought I was in labor.. But I assured him I was. So they hook me up to the monitors at about 7:15am call my Dr. My Dr. comes in around 7:30 and he checks me I'm about 3 cm and pretty regular contractions so he says they will admit me I'm definatly in labor. Are labor nurse was nurse Debbie. She rocked by the way> I really liked her. ANd Dr. Parker is the one who delievered you and he also delivered your brother I think thats kind of special also.

So we go to the labor and delivery room from the triage room. Still having pretty regular contractions. By 7:45am Daddy has arrived. He is still skeptical I think he was in denial. So we get in and the contractions begin to get more intense!!! I never remembered them being this hard and painful with your brother. Maybe I wasn't in active labor till after I had the epidural who knows. Nurse Debbie comes in to start my IV and draw blood and stabbed me about 3 times before she could. I almost blacked out I was hyperventilating begging for an epidural. I was in SOOOOOO much pain.

Around 10:00am they finally get me an epidural. It wasn't that bad this time maybe because Nurse Debbie was with me and holding my shoulders and really helping me and Daddy was just doing his own thing not bothering me which seemed to help. So they get it going and I have almost instant relief. They also gave me some antinausea medicine cause I was so sick from the epidural last time with your brother. After the epidural the Dr. came in around 11:00 am and broke my water everything looked good.

Around 12:00 pm I started feeling pressure and the nurse checked and I was about 7 cm and said that it was likely I would have you very very soon. Soo sure enough 30 min later I was fully dialated and I pushed 3 times not even for 5 min and around 12:35 out you came. NO tearing nothing it was the easiest delivery ever. You had a FULLLLLL head of hair. Nothing like I have ever seen and you look exactly like your Daddy. You are the complete opposite of your brother and you are beautiful! WE are so blessed to have you in our lives. YOu are a sweet boy just a little bit of colic but you are doing wonderful. You breastfeed like a champ and also take a bottle when need be! You were 7.4lbs and 20 inches long.

You and your brother I believe will be best friends and I am so blessed to watch you grow up! We checked out of the hospital at around 2:00 pm and we came home and were with your brother for the first time. Your Uncle Ryan and Michelle also suprised us and came into town from North Dakota. They also were able to meet y our brother the day after he was born. You boys sure are special! Your Uncle Ryan and Aunt Michelle are also pregnant and they are having a boy so you will have a little boy cousin come January 23 (daddy's birthday) or before.

Well we love you Hayden Jackson! By the way Jackson is your great grandfather Dyal's middle name and thats why we picked it!

Love you and are so blessed to have you and your brother Pierce!

19 Months Old and Almost a Big Brother

2010-07-27T10:53:00.002-04:00

Oh my little sweetie you are 19 months old today! I adore you so very much and my love for you grows with every passing day. You have brought me so much joy this month and I can't believe how big you are getting.

We have started routines at night of singing and rocking you and I adore this time. I usually end up tickling and singing and praying and we giggle and laugh! ITs wonderful! You are just amazing! You also love your cereal in the morning. You now have a big boy booster seat you sit in at the table and I get you a big bowl of honey nut cheerios and you use your big spoon and feed it to your self till its all gone! It is sooo funny! I love watching you grow into this amazing little boy!

You love to give kisses to EVERYONE! It is so cute! Even a stranger you will kiss! You are very good at self entertaining and entertaining us for that matter as well! I can't believe 19 short months ago you came into our lives and changed us forever! I never knew what it mean't to be a mom and to love someone so selflessly! It is beautiful!

Thank you for being so amazing and I hope and pray that you will continue to grow and love your family and your Lord. When we are in the car listening to z88.3 you sing to all the christian music and I just pray that these words of Truth of Love and of God will become engrained on your soul and you will always look to the Lord for guidance and for Truth!

I love you little boy and I am the proudest mama on the block! Thank you for loving us!

My sweet baby love!

2010-07-14T10:22:00.002-04:00

Little boy Pierce I adore you! You are so funny now a days! We have started a new bed time routine because you are getting older and apparently need it. We now start getting ready for bed around 6:45 pm instead of 6:00 pm! :-) Here is how the routine goes!

6:45 pm -
Bathtime
Milk
Bible stories
books
Mommy and Daddy then sing praise songs and kids songs
We say our prayers
Than you go to bed around 7:30pm.

We had to start doing this because after vacation anytime I would put you to bed around 6:30 you would scream and cry hysterically and I wound up taking you out of bed sitting on the couch and watching Yogababa. So it wasn't worth trying to put you to bed earlier.

You still seem to get up between 6-6:30 but I try to keep you in bed till atleast 7:00 so that I can get a little more sleep. You lay in bed and sing and than once you have had enough you scream till I come and get you! You are a crazy little man!

Recently since we have started our praise songs you seem to know all the words to Jesus Loves Me and you constantly ask to hear it more and more. It blesses my heart and I see how the Bible says that Jesus cause the little children who follow with child like faith! I pray that you continue to follow and that the songs and bible stories that we read every night will be engrained on your heart forever and that you will grow up loving and praising Jesus all the days of your life. If thats one thing in life that I want if I get nothing else in life this is what I want for you and your brother Hayden! This is more important to me than anything else in this life! Your relationship with Jesus Christ so that one day when Jesus comes or we pass on we will enjoy eternity in heaven together! I just love you little boy more than I coudl have ever imagined.

Another sweet thing that you do is when we pray everynight you take both your little hands make fist and put them up under your nose while we pray and you are very quite! Than when we are done praying you say AMEN and clap your hands! I love it. I hope that this is something that we can carry on everynight with you and your brother!

Last night though you had some accidents. Apparently while I was at work you were playing in your room alone (which Daddy should never let you do this) when one of the big drums fell on you. It cut your eye! I was so sad when I saw it when I came home. WEll than we were playing and I was laying on the recliner because my feet are sooo swollen and sore and you tried to climb up to sit with me. You weren't even half way up when you just fell off back words and hit the back of your head on the tile. I NEVER over react but I spazed out when this happened! I was terrified for you I thought you were going to have a brain bleed. I was just so worried and I clung to you as you sobbed on my shoulder! Praise Jesus you are ok and nothing has been seriously wrong!

LIttle boy I love you so very much and I hope that your new little brother will be your best friend and you will both learn to love the Lord and now how much your MOmmy and Daddy love you! Thank you for being mine! I am more blessed than I could have ever imagined!

18 Months and Summer Vacation!

2010-07-06T10:28:00.006-04:00

Oh little boy you are absolutly fantastic. I am so in love with you that it takes my breath away! I cannot believe you are already 18 months old. You seem so much older than you are, time please slow down!!!! You do the silliest things constantly. You have started pretending this last few weeks. YOu pretend you are eating something and you will even share your pretend food. It just makes me laugh. The first time I "Caught" you eating something I thought you really were but nope it was pretend and you just smiled at me. You also like to smell your feet! It is hysterical! You smell them and make an eww face! You started all these new things on family vacation.

We went to a river house in Daytona with Grandma Bells side. IT was the Dyal clan! YOu had an absolutly blast! You loved being with all of your great aunts and uncles and your two cousins Nathan and Jared. You also loved your Uncle Ryan and Michelle and of course your grandparetns! You are so funny and such a ham and people love it. You put on a dance and singing show with Nathan, you swam/floated with mama, you went out to the dock with Daddy and fished, you pushed Nathan and were pushed on your fire truck, you ran around like a crazy man and were chased or chasing constantly, you took 3 hour naps almost every day we were there, you ate like a crazy man and probably gained a few pounds, you pretended to be asleep when I said it was bed time just to get out of going to bed, and you loved the beach!

When we got back from vacation I was soooo tired so Daddy took you out to the woods to hike so I could get some rest. He said that you were soooo funny. It was very quite out there and you couldn't take it so you started making animal sounds! You would also point to the trees and yell tree. You are just so silly and pretty darn amazing if you ask me!

LIttle boy you are amazing! The 4th of July was pretty uneventful. We went to church and than we ate dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Bell. Daddy missed us though because he helped his parents move into their new home! ON the 4th you said the word cheese and even said "more cheese". You are starting to talk even more and we couldn't be prouder.

You are going to be the best big brother and I can't wait to see what this next year holds! I love you little boy!

Graduated!

2010-06-24T10:04:00.002-04:00

You have officially graduated from your 6 week swim course at the YMCA! You are our little survivor and I couldn't be more proud. Ms. Denise just loves you and I think you love her regardless of you getting angry during practice. You just like to show your displeasure!! I am so happy though that you are finished and I am confident should you fall in with no one around you would survive and thats what is most important!

You have also been so silly lately. Daddy taught you to do a honking think to mama! I will have to tell you about it one day when you are older and I'm sure you will be quite embarassed hahaha!

You also adore your mimi Bell. Whenever we are over there you don't want to leave. YOu make us laugh constantly while we are there and I love you for it! You really do light up my life more than I could have imagined. Yesterday poor max you were riding him like a horse. I'm sure it was hurting him but you wouldn't stop we finally had to drag you off of him.

We are also working on table manners with you. We want you to be a sweet boy who knows his manners in general and it looks like this will be a long laborous process but it will be worth it. You are our sweetie!

We had a busy day yesterday before swim we went and got your 18 month pictures taken at Sears and some of you and me with the new baby in the belly. You were not too thrilled at first but finally warmed up and we got some good pics. I then thought we could continue our date and go eat at the mall. SO we got you chick-fi-la nuggets and fruit and you sat there like the biggest boy ever at your fruit and nuggets and drank your water all out of their containers. YOu didn't throw any food on the ground and were just mezmorized watching all the people around you. I just sat there and stared at you while you ate. You are just such a joy and I love you little boy so much. I want to keep having mommy Pierce dates for a very long time!

I was laying in bed last night Daddy was at work and I was just thinking about how amazingly awesome you are. How blessed and lucky I am that you are ours. My heart is just so full of joy when I think about you. I was thinking about your baby brother as well and feel that I will feel the same exact way with him. You are just so much more than I could have ever hoped for from you silly personality to your heart full of love I wouldn't change a thing!

Potty Training 101

2010-06-14T13:54:00.006-04:00

You and your potty frog.... have been doing FABULOUS!!!! We bought you the potty frog about 7 months ago for you to try and get used to. You've played with it, pushed it around the house, on the rare occasion in the past peed in it, sit on it, and have even put food in it and than eaten out of it...

Friday June 11, 2010 you decided you were going to use it as a REAL Potty! You came up to me while I was lying on the couch and you started tugging on your diaper and I asked you if you had to go potty.. so you took my hand and we walked to the bathroom. I took your diaper off you set on the potty and you poo pooed and peed! I have never been so happy in my life! YOu than of course flashed me a huge grin, I wiped you, you got up and ran to play. Of course after this we ran to publix and I got you m&ms and a candy jar for a treat everytime you go.

So Saturday all day you had a DRY diaper. You told Mommy or when I asked you said yes and we went to the potty. You pood and peed multiple times on the potty and I have never been so proud! You enjoyed it and you LOVED your treat after.

On Sunday you only peed on the potty twice but you know what thats ok. I don't want to pressure you because your not even 18 months yet! But I am so proud of you! You are growing leaps and bounds and growing up right before my eyes! I just want you to know that you can trust me and i will help you go potty whenever you need to! You are the greatest little boy ever!

WE are in your last week of swim and I am so thankful because this has been a huge commitment! You are more scared of the pool at our house but thats ok. We have been practicing with you and have decided the best way to practice is to throw you in basically or push you over the side and give you 7 seconds to float! Because technically thats what will happen. And you know what you FLOAT ON YOUR BACK! You do GREAT! I am sooooo THANKFUL that we have been able to put you in this. Really your Grandma Bell paid for it and I know that this small investment potentially SAVED your life! I love you little boy!

you and your love of singing. I never want to change the musical aspect of you! You love to sing and you sing beautifully! At your grandmas you have found a hot pink small weight and you sing in it every chance you get. At your house you have a hot pink tooth brush holder that you sing in! You love it and we think its adorable! You really are the coolest little kid in the whole wide world!

You are certainly coming into your own and have started say lots of new words!

Here is your word list!
-mama
-dada
-lady
-max
-rock (for rocking back and forth)
-fish
-bubbles
-wawa (water)
-more (also do this in sign language)
-no
-bye
-hi
-down

You are doing soo well! You also have cut lots more teeth and I think you have all four of the front top and bottom in! You are eating more as well.

Last night was the first night that I didn't give you a night bottle! It was very hard for me but we have started a WONDERFUL routine that I hope we do for many years to come. I take you into your room turn off the lights and turn on your lamp. We than rock and I read you a short bible story and we sing Jesus Loves Me. We than say our prayers with hugs and kisses afterwards and I lay you down! You went right to bed without a peep! I love you son! Honestly I look at you or even think of you and my breath gets caught because I am the most blessed mama in the whole world to have you as my son! I love you!

My Funny LIttle Boy!

2010-06-07T09:50:00.002-04:00

I don't think there goes a day that you don't have me laughing hysterically! I enjoy every single moment with you. You love Max and you like to tease him with beggin strips (bacon things). So Mimi Bell is holding you and you have the strip two inches from Max's face. As he goes to get it you snatch it away. So Mimi keeps breaking off little pieces for him. WEll you keep looking at the strip like you wanna taste it. You bring it up to your mouth but instead of touching yoru mouth you bring it to your neck. It is the funniest thing and you do it like 5 times. I finally tell you to take a bite if you want so you break a piece off stick it in your mouth chew chew chew swallow and take a huge bite. I am laughing hysterically as well as Mimi and she finally takes it away from you b/c she thinks its not good for you. You scream and cry and than finally eat a piece of cheese you were still hungry apparently.

You are just a funny funny little boy and bring me so much joy. You have a foam sword that I got you from the Target $1.00 bin. You run around hyaing people especially Daddy and Grandpa. It is so funny than they grab it and chase you! You laugh and giggle and run to mama to protect you!

The other day Mimi and Grandpa Bell came over and went swimming with you. You fell into the pool twice and I had you practice you swim techniques you did so good! You also now know how to sign "More" and you do it all the time. I am so proud of you! You really are such a joy! LIttle boy my life is so much better with you in it and I adore you to pieces!

Well I love you sweet boy keep Mama laughing because it makes my day bright!!!!

17 Months!

2010-05-27T09:00:00.003-04:00

I can't believe you are 17 months old! You are one little wild monkey that I adore which isn't suprising since you love monkeys! You have been in swim lessons for a few weeks and you are doing wonderful. You can now float on your back and swim to shore! I am so proud of you and hope this is the beginning of my little swimmer man! You love to be in the pool in general also! Mommy and Daddy were simming in the pool and out of no where you would kind of step in. Of course when you did I made you practice your float on your back and swim to the shore and you didn't like that but hey we gotta practice! You also like to hang your feet over the edge and kick kick kick! You think your pretty great and so do we!

You adore Lady still. Every morning you go and smack your lips and get kisses every morning. Its sooo sweet! You follow her everywhere and always make sure she gets a bite to eat of whatever you are having for breakfast lunch or dinner!

This month you have dealt with lots of sickness from the flu to Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. But we made it! I have never been so worried about you and prayed so hard for healing but you are finally getting better. You are breaking through more teeth as we speak so I am thinking that is why you have a runny nose!

You love being outside! Any chance you get you are outside on your bike, your wagon, or just running! You love to be sprayed with the hose and it has become a game! I love spraying you and your little giggle laugh that you give me.

Every person you meet you brighten their day with your big goofy grin! You love to make people smile and I love that about you! Your facial expressions are priceless and I know you get that from your Mama!

You still like to kiss and poke Mama's belly. I'm sure its not because you know your little brother Hayden is in there its because its big and in your face! Before you know it you will officially be a big brother! I'm so sad for you to have to share me but I know you will love your little brother like crazy!

You have been so attached to Daddy lately and I adore it! You love to be rough with him and climb all over him! You are so silly when you are with your Daddy!

For Mommy's birthday we went to the beach and you had a blast! We dug in the sand. You then decided you wanted to moon all the people there so you kept pulling your pants down! It was very funny!

You climb on everything! The other morning I caught you on TOP of the kitchen table! Oh goodness what am I going to do with you. Before I know it you and Daddy will be on the roof for who only knows what!

Pierce you really are the light of my life and God has blessed us 10 times over by giving us to you! Yes your wild and high energy but I wouldn't change that for the world! You will always be my first born and the little boy that made me a mama and I am so thankful! I love you little boy more than the moon and the stars and can't wait to see what the future holds for you!

Love always!!! Your MAMA!

My Crazy Little BOy!

2010-05-19T12:03:00.002-04:00

Little boy you just change and grow sooo much. You are quite a handful and I adore you for it. You are so silly that you fill most of our days with giggles!

This morning I made you eggs with cheese and you were so hungry pointing at it. I told you to wait because its hot. All of a sudden I feel a gust of baby breath on me as you are blowing on the eggs/me to cool them down. You then flash me a huge grin. I adore you. That was the sweetest thing to me. Often you will be disobeying and as I try to correct you you look up into the corner of the world almost as if you are rolling your eyes at me. You then look at me and grin and of course all is forgiven. You certainly have me wrapped around your little finger.

You are now in swim lessons and you are doing phennomenal. It is safe start so it teaches you to survive should you fall in the pool. After only 5 lessons you can swim from about 3 ft away from the edge and pull yourself up! I am a very proud mama needless to say. The instructor mentioned yesterday that you are very smart and agile and I will most definatly have my hands full. I looked at her and said you are speaking to the choir I have a wild child! YOu are amazing though.

You still love to poke my big growing belly and stick your finger on my belly button. I hope you know your little brother is in there and that one day you guys will be the best of friends. I still get so sad and my heart aches when I think about you have to share mama and daddy with another little baby. I want you to always know how much we love you son. OUr love for you will never lesson it will only grow!

We no longer give you your paci during the day except car, nap and night time. We quit in hopes that it would help your verbal skills. Low and behold it has! YOu are saying more and more words consistently. You say Dadadada and point to Daddy, Mamama, Hi, Bye and I think sometimes you say Lady! YOu are smart as a whiz! I love you little boy.

You are still a little pistol quit often. You poked grandma Bell in the eye with a crayon the other day for no reason, you threw a fork at her head and missed it and it flew across the kitchen for no reason. You do all these things with a smile on your face. You throw food on the floor on a daily basis we are trying to break this bad habit. But when we are at Grandma Bells you seem to do it more often to get on her nerves. Not sure why but I try to hide my laughter!

I am starting a tradition with you that we will hopefully carry on when little brother arrives but every morning when Daddy gets home from work we wait out on the front porch for him. We talk and wave at the passing cars and when Daddy pulls up you get a grin from ear to ear and make a sprint for him. Today you tripped and scrapped your knee but nothing that mama and daddy couldn't fix. You are so silly little boy we really love you lots.

You climb on everything. You climbed up onto the kitchen chair today while I was cooking breakfast so I pulled it over to the counter and you watched with aww as I made your breakfast. You are sooo cute I just can't stand it sometimes.

You LOVE to sing!!! IT is sooo funny. You love the itsy bitsy spider, you also love Way up in the High little Bird! YOu are so funny when we sing them and you do the motions. We sing all the time. IN the car when we are driving I will have Z88.3 on the radio and as I sing you sing right along! I love it and it will always be a special time that I get to have with you!

Little boy I will never know why God chose to bless me with you my sweet little sunshine but I will never be able to thank him enough. You are amazing I love you to pieces and I hope one day not only will you know how much mommy and daddy love you but you will know how much the Lord above loves you and you will love Him back!

Mothers Day!

2010-05-11T10:45:00.003-04:00

Son I want you to know how much I love you. Thank you for making me the mother that I am today. Thank you for 2 great Mother's Day! You are amazing little boy. I just adore you. Of all the things I have accomplished in my life having you was one of the greatest. You will forever be my first little boy who initially made me a mother and I am so honored to say that. I can't believe how big you have grown and how much you have changed. You are amazing and I adore you. Well I will write more later to talk about your swim lessons! :-) I love you little boy!

Love Your mama!

Silly Little Boy

2010-05-04T10:56:00.002-04:00

Oh little boy what a weekend you have had. Lets just start with Friday.

Friday: I have been concerned the last month you are constantly running a low fever. Don't know why if its teeth related or what not so I call the Dr. and insist that you get seen and get a lab write up for blood work to make sure all is ok. I just get worried that if I don't take care of this now to make sure you are healthy that when your little brother comes I will forget and not take time to do it. So we go to the Dr. that morning your temp was 101.5 of course when we get there you are normal and healthy as a horse according to the Dr. Well they order the blood work because of my insistence. We go to South Seminole where you were born and they draw your blood. They call you Mr. Strong man because you are so strong and a very big lady had to hold you still. It was so sad and you cried so hard. But they got the blood and ran the test. Well we go home that night and your temp is then of course 102.7 and I give you meds through the night. Poor little sick boy. Saturday we had plans to go and visit your great grandparents in Bradenton not sure if we are going.

Saturday: YOu wake up and your fever is still 102.7 so it hadn't broken at all through the night. ME you daddy and grandparents decide we should still go if your gonna be sick here or there whats the diff. It was a long ride but you made it your fever stayed the same all day even with meds every 3 hours. Your great grandma bell got to snuggle and rock you while you slept for 2 hours. This is how we know you are sick :-). Well before we left we take your temp and your at 104.2. It was sooo scary. We get in the care for the 2.5 hour ride and get home. As your nanny bell is taking you out of the care you are limp and burning with fever. We decide we have to sponge bathe you until your fever is down before putting you to bed. I was sooo scared and worried for you. So Daddy and I get you down to your diaper and start the sponge bath and you just laid on us wimpering off and on it was pitiful. Finally around 9:30 your fever is down to 103 and we feel you can go to bed. You go to bed and wake a few times your fever finally breaks and you don't wake till 8:30 on Sunday.

Sunday: You are pretty good running a fever around 101 most of the day but much more your happy self. I was so thankful you made it through the night ok. I worry about you little boy and I love you so much.

MOnday. You are pretty much back to normal. Well I had to take in some of your stool samples for more testing at the hospital so we get this done. We than go home and take a nap. After nap you wake up pretty grouchy but we go to nanny and poppy bells cause poppy was gonig to take care of you while mama and nanny went shopping. You and poppy had a BLASt. you went to the park, the library, the bookstore and the pet store. YOu loved all of it. YOu are such a sweet boy. We get back to the house to meet up for dinner. After eating poppy had bought you 2 books and he was laying on the ground reading them. You walk up to him and put your leg overh is face and sit right smake on his face. It was hysterical. Of course you are laughing. HE moves you and you walk away. You then walk up again while he was reading and try sit on his head again. ME and your nanny laughed sooo hard. Then later you are walking by and he is still laying on the floor playing with you and you decide you are gonig to stand on his face. Thank goodness he was fast and covered his face with his hands and you stood on his hands on his face and jumped laughing and snickering. Oh little boy you are wild. We go home and I put you to bed and you giggle and snicker in there for an hour before falling asleep.

Tuesday: You wake up and we get ready. Before Daddy gets home I decided I wanted to rock you some if you would let me very unusual. Well you did! IT was a small victory. I rocked you for about five min and sang childrens christian songs. Honestly I love you littel boy and I cherish every single moment that I have to sing to you to cuddle and snuggle you to love you more than you could ever imagine. You are my little boy that I hope doesn't grow up to fast and knows how much we adore you. Well hopefully you are having a fun day with Daddy and maybe tonight we can go swimming. I love you little boy!

16 Months Tomorrow!

2010-04-26T11:02:00.002-04:00

Oh my little darling.. you will be 16 months tomorrow. You have grown leaps and bounds since we brought you home and I can't believe all the changes you have gone through. In your short life we have moved 5 times and you have adjusted beautifully! I am happy to say this will most likely be our last move for a very very long time. A new change that is coming is that Daddy's parents and Grandma have bought a home a few miles from us. So you will now have both your grandparents within 5 minutes. What a blessed little boy you are! You still go to school 2 times a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and from everything I hear you love it. You listen to the teachers march when they tell you to, play on the playground, and sing along. They adore you almost as much as we do!

Well what have you been up to lately?

- You have cut three molars and few more front teeth
- Your a chatter box like you've always been but still don't really say any words at all. We are trying though :-)
- You never cry when we leave you at church unless your sick of course but you seem to have little to no seperation anxiety! Its good cause your independent but sad cause you are so grown up!
- You sleep through the night very well!
- You still don't climb out of your crib and I think its because you find comfort in it. Even though you want out you stay in!
- You adore lady and greet her with a hug and kiss every morning!
- You now know how to blow when things are hot! You are so adorable doing it! You like to copy mama!
- You hold my hand now in stores and when we walk so you barley have to use your monkey backpack!
- You now take showers with mama every night. ITs just easier right now cause its to hard for me to bend over with my big ol belly and your baby brother in it!
- You can climb on our bed and you do it every chance you get.
- You understand everything we say and listen most of the time to direction yet you still won't talk... interesting...
- Every night you climb on the couch with your mama we watch cartoons before bed and bath and you eat a snack. YOu are such a big boy. Your daddy and I just watch you and are amazed at the little boy you have become. YOu certainly are no longer our baby but a boy. ITs sad but beautiful and we love you!
- You now do high pitched screams its interesting and deafening!
- Your Daddy takes you on a bikeride to the park almost every day and when Daddy's at work I try to take you although we drive instead of bikeride! YOu LOVE the swings and the slides! I have it on video your adorable!
- We got into our new pool for the first time yesterday and you are so funny! You screamed when you were in it but laughed when Daddy splashed you! You loved running around it nakie! YOur too funny.
- THe other morning when I threw up.. thank you swine flu after I was done you pretended to! YOu are a crazy little boy.
- Any chance you get at sneaking into the guest bathroom you do and you take all the things int he trash and throw it into the toilet... its lovely.. not! I guess we will keep ya though!
-Your still my dancing king and its hilarious! Any chance you get you bust a move!
- You love balls to kick and to throw! I'm very proud of you!

Well son you do so much and change more than I can keep up with. We love and adore you and pray many blessings on you and that you will live your life for the Lord! We love you little boy!

I Never want to Forget...

2010-04-14T13:41:00.002-04:00

I never want to forget how you are right now. I adore you. I have always adored you but you are just in this phase that I adore even more. You are such a silly little boy and have become quite the ham. You make me laugh constantly. You do this silly laughing thing even though there is nothing funny and run around the room making us laugh. I need to video tape this. YOu have 3 molars now that are breaking through. PIerce i really just love you so much. I can't wait till you get up in the morning just so I can give you a hug and kiss. I just love every moment that I get with you. You love people and that brings such joy to my heart. YOu have never met a stranger. You are just tooo funny. When I leave for work in the mornings you will run to me with your arms wide open throw your arms around my neck and hug and kiss me. It melts my heart. Pierce please stay this age forever and love your mama like she is the only person in the world ;-). Well I love you son you are the best and I can't believe you are mine....

Easter Weekend

2010-04-07T12:46:00.001-04:00

Baby bear we had lots of family over for Easter weekend. Your G-Nanny and G-Poppy Bell came over on Thursday and stayed till Sunday and All of Daddy's siblings were in town as well. We played lots and you enjoyed all of the attention. Of course mama was very tired after a long weekend but it was wonderful because HE has Risen!

On easter we went to church with my side of the family and than to the park with Daddy's. You are just growing so much and are so much fun. Have I told you how beautiful you are? Well you are. You are gorgeous and many people tell me this often. I adore you son. You have broken through your 5th tooth. Its the bottom right one. You are cute as pie. You love to give hugs and kisses and I adore you like crazy.

Thank you for being such a sweetie for being an awesome dancing kid, for wearing hats because you know I think your adorable and for talking and talking like crazy to me.
I love you son!

15 Months Old!

2010-03-30T09:46:00.002-04:00

Son you are officially 15 months old and a few days. You have grown leaps and bounds. Your little personality is certainly developing. On your actual 15 month birthday we got you a big red car that you walk in and a wagon. You LOVE them both. I can't even take you out of your bedroom without you screaming to get in your car. You love it. You watch cartoons in it, you talk on your phone in it, you drink your water in it you love it. You also love your wagon. You like to pull your wagon especially if Lady or Max are in it with you. You also like to ride in it but you prefer to pull it. You are a funny little man.

Here are some highlights!
- You love to run
- When you get mad you lay on the ground and hit your head.. we are working on this.. :-(
- You love strawberry wheaties. YOu even get your own bowl of cereal in the morning its so funny.
- You LOVE Ice Water every morning you get a sippy cup full.
- You adore ice cream, specifically ice cream sandwiches and cones. Its quite funny.
- You adore Lady. She is your dog and you love her you chase her, hug her, kiss her, let her lick your mouth, share your food. You love her.
- You love your grand parents. You have a special bond with all four of them. Its very very sweet.
- You love your mama and Dada also. I get the biggest hugs.
- You are a pro at using your fork. I cut up your fork and you use your fork to poke it and put it in your mouth. I am very proud.

Well little boy we adore you. You are growing so much and changing. Keep growing and loving your family and the Lord. We love you!!

15 Month Check UP!

2010-03-23T09:36:00.001-04:00

Little guy you are 31.75 inches long. You are 24.5lbs. You were a size five diaper during the day and a six at night. You are in the 50% for heigh, weight and head circumfrence. You have 4 molars coming in and 2 on the bottom front coming in. You are doing amazing. You have a small cold right now but you are doing great. We love you little guy and are so blessed to have you in our lives!

My Beautiful Little Boy.

2010-03-18T16:20:00.002-04:00

My little bundle of wild how you have grown. You amaze me every day. You seem to grow up so fast before my very eyes I just wish time would slow down. I can't believe you will be a big brother in 4 short months time moves way to fast. You have grown and changed so much over the past few weeks. Your life has changed as well. We have officially moved into our new house a few short minutes for G-ma and G-pa Bell. We have Lady the dog back and you love her. You have a room that has big boy drums in it that you Love. You are just simply amazing. You have a yard to play in, a pool to swim in and a pond to fish in. I think your life will be quite fullfilling. You go to church with G-ma Bell Tuesday and Wednesday for half days and also on Sundays. You do wonderful. All the teachers say you are such a talker and are such a good boy. I couldn't be more proud.

After church all three days you sleep for 2-3 hours. I miss you during those times but I know you need your rest. Since the time change you now go to bed at 7:30 and you sleep till 8-9:00 its pure bliss thank you time change. You run instead of walk your poor little head cannot keep up with your body it is quite funnY! You throw silent fits every day before being dropped off at your class not sure why but you sure are cute while you do it. You talk REALLY REALLY loud! ITs very funny. You adore Lady and chase and pound on her any chance you get. We try to take walks daily around the neighborhood and you love to explore. You love talking to all the neighbors and I couldn't be more proud. You eat like a champ especially PB&J's and anything that has noodles in it! Your just like your mama. You adore strawberries and really any kind of fruit! You really really are one amazing little boy.

You fell into the pond yesterday not sure how it all went down but thank goodness Daddy was watching you closly and snatched you right out. He undressed you and carried you home screaming the whole way. You were wet so he stuck you under his short to keep you warm. WE think you screamed because you wanted to continue playing not because you fell. You are wild but we love you. You were quite exhausted from everything that had happened and you slept till nine this morning. I was worried about you but so thankful you are ok. We love you to pieces and plan to keep you around for a very very very long time.

Son you just amaze me everyday with everything you do. Of course you challenge me at times but I could not ask for a more adorable precious loving little boy. My prayer for you everyday is that you will continue to grow big strong and healthy and that you will have a passion for the Lord and will share Him with all you meet. I pray that God will take over your life and that you will lead a life that is please to Him. I love you son. Thank you for being you, thank you for already being the best big brother you can be. I love you and adore you!!! ---- Your mama!

14 Months Little Guy!

2010-02-22T13:06:00.002-05:00

You will be 14 months in 5 days and oh how the time flies. I wanted to post early bc I amy forget to post on your actual 14 month birthday because GOD willing we will be moving into our new house. If we do move like planned and close this Friday this will be you 4th place and hopefully last place that you have lived since birth. Atleast for a long long time. Your new house is really nice and it has a pool. i can't wait till the dog days of summer when you and I will lay out in the pool especially me being prego I will need the relaxation.

You really are a little wild child. You have tantrums pretty regularly but we love ya anyways! :-) You do listen most of the time. If you are opening a cabinent you are not supposed to I will tell you to shut it and you will. If you have a remote or toy you shouldn't I ask you to hand it to me and you will.. reluctantly yes but you still hand it to me. You do follow directions for the most part.

Early this last week Kelley and her daughter Kella came over. You love Kella. You have a big tunnell thing that your Grandma Fuller got you and you and Kella were crawling and kissing in it. It was hysterical. I call it your tunnel of love. kelley was being tunnel patrol and kept telling you guys to stop getting so close! LOL You love to play with other little kids but you especially LOVE little girls.

You officially have a new love in your life and its not me :-(. You love your Auntie Rachel. She used to be your neighbor until you were about 8 months old and you adore her. She was over last night and you flirt and play and share with her constantly. When it was time for bed I gave you your bottle you took it and crawled onto Rachel's lap and just gazed into her eyes as you drank your bottle. We thought it was soooo funny. Than after you were finished instead of wanting to go right to bed and squirming like you normally do you just wanted to cuddle and gaze at her. You would flirt and give her your big binky grin than snuggle up into her hair and love on her. And you even did a sigh... going ahhhh as you leaned into her. Everytime I would try to take you to bed you woudl push me away and lean even closer into her. It made me sad I'm no longer your only love. This morning when we were getting Daddy up I told Daddy he needed to have a LONG talk with you about how girls are trouble and you need to stay away from them... YEA right we will see if that ever happens.

Well you truly take after your Daddy in the sense that you are a country boy. Yesterday you ran around you Grandma Bell's backyard for about 45 min with no shirt on and just your pants with your big old belly sticking out. You have dirt all over your face, hands and belly and even in your mouth. You really are becoming a little boy and no longer a baby.

You adore your Daddy more and more. You used to be a total mama's boy but now it could go almost both ways. But I still think and hope you have a special place for your mama in your heart. Remember son I carried you in my belly for NINE LONG MONTHS! :-)

You love sandwiches. I have found you love turkey, cheese and bread with mayo sandwiches. Its about the only thing you will eat the whole thing of without throwing it on the ground. Oh well atleast you eat now.

You love giving kisses. Especially to me. I must say I still get the most kisses out of everyone who asks. You come with your mouth wide open and lay one on me. I love it. You are my little darling and I adore you like crazy!

You run instead of walk. you constantly keep me on my toes and try to push your limits but I know you will learn. You are very strong willed! :-)

You love to talk on cell phones still even though you make no sense you will carry on a thirty min conversation. You make me laugh constantly.

You still go to bed around 6:30 but you wake up sometimes between 5:30-6:30 it makes me crazy. Please sleep till 7:30-8:00 like you used to. I miss those days. Looking forward to the time change so you will sleep longer hopefully!

You love mama's belly. You like to touch it when I am. I think you know your little sibling is in there. I hope you love your sibling and we always make you feel like you are just as important as the new baby. I hope you are never jealous and never feel left out.

You go to church every Sunday and you love your nursery class. You are excited as soon as we get down there. Every morning when we pick you up you always have a play cell phone with you... need I say anymore LOL You love to talk.

I signed you up for preschool starting in August. I know you will love the structure and everything that comes with that. Its only 2 days a week for four hours. You will do wonderful. You love other little kids and crafts.

Well son we adore you. You have brought so much more to our lives than we could ever hope and dream and can only pray that we have many many many many more wonderful years with you. When you are grown and married and have a child of your own I hope you look at your child and feel the same love we have for you and can think back and go... wow my parents loved me more than I could ever imagaine.

We love you!!! mama and dada!

The Joy you Bring Me! & OH BOY!

2010-02-04T13:58:00.002-05:00

Oh my beautiful little boy. You truly are the light of our lives. Everyday that I look at you and study your face I can see that you are getting more and more beautiful both inside and out. I am so in love with you and there are days when I lay in bed and I just think of you and how blessed we are and my breath literally gets caught and taken away because I am so unworthy to have you.

You are changing so much everyday into such a little cutie and I am so thankful for you. Today when I was leaving to go to work you were not ready for me to go. You ran up to me threw your arms around my legs and looked up at me with pleading eyes. When i told you I had to leave you RAN to go get your big black backpack/diaper bag and tried to drag it to me hoping you could go. You couldn't get it to me fast enough so you ran back to me threw your arms around my legs and looked up at me. I bent down kissed you hugged you some more and told yo I would be back this afternoon. You RUN back to your diaper bag as I walk down the stairs grab your paci and run back to the baby gate squeal and throw your paci through the gate to me.. I guess you figured if you can't go at least I should be your paci. I smiled laughed and told you I loved you and waved bye bye. You waved back and Daddy came and scooped you up.

Its hard leaving you for work but sometimes I feel it makes me a better mother. I look forward to the moment I see your little face peering down the stairs at me and you squealing with delight that I am home. I scope you up in my arms and you let me cuddle and play with you the rest of the evening. In the same instance I'm glad that i only work 3 days I would miss you way to much if it was anymore than that. You have started a new game where when i am sitting on the floor which is MOST of the time you come up and start messing with my hair. Of course I laugh and whip my head at you and you giggle uncontrollably. Its hysterical. We do it over and over until you get a little to crazy with pulling my hair and we take a break.

You still prefer showers over baths and you love helping me clean the shower door with our squeegee. You are sooo funny. Daddy and I adore you more than you could ever possibly imagine. We take you to Gemini springs often because you love the big field to be able to run and run and run. I love watching you.

On the days when I have you for 24-48 hours by myself I will sometimes take a 10 min break by putting you in your crib to play. Of course the whole time you are in there you yell at the top of your lungs MAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA. Oh goodness you are a silly thing.

You have started an unusual sleep routine in the morning. There is no rhyme or reason to the times that you wake up. You go to bed every single night between 6:30-7:00. You used to sleep till 7:45 but lately you have been waking around 6:00am. Of course I still leave you in there for another hour and you do the weirdest things. Most of the time you hit or kick your wall/crib/tv ocean thing. Its so strange. You don't talk or anything at first you just bang around. Daddy and I will groan but always manage to go back to sleep and hope you do also. But no by 7:00 you are yelling for us and up we come. But the other day you surprised me. Of course it was a day I couldn't sleep in cause I had to work so I'm up by 7:00 and low and behold you slept till 7:45 WHAT IS UP WITH THAT!

Regardless you are so awesome and we adore you more than anything and we cant wait till you meet your little brother. Oh yea did I tell you the Ultrasound tech is 80% sure we are having another little boy. Honestly I could not be happier because I know you and your brother will be so close especially cause you will only be 19 months apart. You will eventually share a room with him and I can't even begin to imagine the fun and joy you both will bring us.

Well your mommy and Daddy love your face off and we hope we have many many many years of awesome moments with you.
Love,
mama

13 Months Yesterday!

2010-01-28T13:22:00.002-05:00

Oh my little P-Dog how you have changed. You are certainly developing a personality unlike anything we have ever seen in you. You are full of energy, life and love and we adore you. You always call for your "mamamamama" and I LOVE it! Today I love my name mama and the joy it brings to my heart to hear you say it over and over and over.

You have become quite the little tantrum thrower. It seems you turned 12 months and you suddenly think you are two. You throw them anytime you do not get your way. It brings many times a day I let you lie on the ground kicking and screaming cause I won't give you the phone and right now I just let you work it out. My theory is no reason to punish you or try to soothe you wait till you work it out and than you will come play with me again. And more times then not you get over it and come on over to your mama.

You are such a joy but such a handful. you seem to get bigger everyday and you are now in 18 months clothes. You run everywhere instead of walk, you scream/talk loudly instead of normal talk, you jump up and down instead of staying still and you laugh loudly instead of a quite giggle. I love you my little loud jumping bean. You just seem so much older than you really are most days. I wish time would slow so I could savor every single moment with you.

You try to mimic words we say often and it makes me proud. You love to read and be read to. Sometimes I catch you reading a book to yourself in the most beautiful sing song voice. I adore you. You refuse to take baths right now and only want showers. Of course you want me to be in the shower with you.. So be it. For now thats our mama and baby time I love to shower with you. You always try to help me clean the shower doors after we are finished and its the cutest little thing.

You have started waking at 6:30am every morning. It used to be 8:30 than it went to 7:30 with time savings and now just this week 6:30am??!?!? I say WHAT?!? LOL OH well hopefully you will sleep longer again at some point.

Right now mama and Daddy are under contract with a house and are working at purchasing it. We will hopefully be purchasing it in the next few weeks and we will move in with our two dogs! You will be thrilled to have dogs around because you love them. You love Grandma Bells dog Max my childhood dog. I always tell G-ma that when Max dies she will HAVE to get a new one b/c you love going to Grandma's to see the dog :-).

It seems like these past 3 weeks atleast one night a week you have stayed with one of the Grandparents while Daddy and I had some us time. It has been nice and we are more than blessed to have family so close. Plus you love Grandma and Grandpa's house. Well little guy we love you and adore you. You are growing up way to fast but we will savor every moment we have.

Love you to pieces! Mama and Daddy!

Pregnancy - 11 weeks

2010-01-18T20:43:00.001-05:00

I just wanted to say that mama has been feeling pretty good during this pregnancy. I wonder if I feel good because I know i have to focus on you and taking care of you and keeping you happy. I dont know if thats why but Im feeling good and its a relief! You are just a wild man lately but are really a good boy. Mama and Daddy left you last weekend with your grandparents so that we could go skiing! YOu had a great time with all the attention and mama and Daddy had a great time having some one on one time. Of course I didn't go skiing b/c of the little one in the belly but it was nice spending time with Daddy when he wasn't. Well we love and adore you little guy!

Love
mama

Christmas and 1 Years Old!

2009-12-28T11:25:00.002-05:00

This week has been crazy.. Family has been here and we have been everywhere. You got to celebrate Christmas with all of your family yes different days but none the less with all of them. You absolutly adore your family and they adore you. I remember on December 25 of last year we were wondering when you would be born. And low and behold 2 days later you were. Its amazing to me that a year ago yesterday at 11:35 am you came into this world. You totally rocked our world more than we could imagine. Not only are you 1 but you have a little brother or sister on the way. Its scarey still to think that all next years holidays there will be you and a sibling! Holy cow I will be a mother of 2!

Well Christmas went great and on your birthday yesterday we spent it mostly at home. In the morning you threw the biggest tantrum you have ever thrown and it was funny because I said look is this what our future holds. HOpefully not but only the good Lord knows! You are such a charmer. You do so many things now and I love it.

You:
- wave bye bye and hello
- Clap
- Dance like its not body's business thats our favoite
- You escaped out of the nursery last week when we were at church
- you love your grandparents like no bodys business
- you are a mamas boy for sure
- but you love to play with your Daddy as well
- you are spoiled with love from all of your family and got more gifts than we could ever need
- you give the best hugs
- your kisses are wet and sloppy and I love them
- You are unique, one of a kind and a special little boy.

You are the best little guy we love and adore you. Thank you for being our son God has blessed us more than we could have hoped or dreamed and it will be amazing to see what the future holds! Love you little guy!

Church Dedication & 1 year birthday!

2009-12-21T09:30:00.003-05:00

Oh my little darling.. You are just such a little peach and your mama and daddy adore you. You were dedicated December 20, 2009 at First Baptish Church Oviedo. 25 of your family and friends came just to see you dedicated! You were absolutly adorable and you were a little pouty pants while the pastor was talking. you did a little grunt than as soon as he handed you the Bible you flashed him the biggest grin you could and started chewing on it. After the service so many people came up to tell me how adorable and sweet you were and how you are just the cutest little thing. I couldn't agree more.

After your dedication and service we all went back to my mom's house and had bar-b-q. You loved it! You enjoyed having all the family there and I loved seeing how happy you were. You ate all your bbq and than when we gave you your cake you ate all the icing but none of the cake! YOu are so funny. After cake and presents you went with all your little cousins accross the street and played on the the neighbors swingset. You just ran and played like crazy! Everyone loves you son. When you got back you took a long nap and than up to play before we left. Son you really bring so many peopel joy and hope and I could not be a more proud mama! Thank you for being you and for loving me and your Daddy!

Guest List so I can always remember:
Nancy B
Dennis B
Mama
Daddy
Marcella B
Bob B
Linda B
Billy B
Sarah B
Daniel B
Patsy D
Jack D
Jackie P
Nathan P
Kerri F
Amy F
Kerri-Ann G
Xavier G
Zach G
Ethan G
Eric F
Rachel
Ramon
Jenni
Matt

Pierce we all Adore you! You are the best little boy ever!

Love,
Mama & Daddy

12 Month Check up

2009-12-17T15:58:00.002-05:00

Oh my sweet little boy. You will be 1 year old in a few short days. Oh how the time has flown. Oh to quickly if you ask me. I took you to your 1 year check up yesterday and you are doing wonderful. Every one in the office adores you as well as your mama! You are the in 50th percentile all around.

You are: 29 3/4 Inches Tall
You are: 22.05 LBS.

The Dr. said you are perfactly square! LOL Not sure what that means I guess that is a good thing... hmmm... Well you have this belly on you that is big and round. I love it though you stick it out all the time and do this big fake laugh. It is hilarious. Mama has been feeling morning sickness lately and you seem to know and be a little easier on mama. Taking your naps well etc! The Dr. said it was time to put you soely on a sippy cup but Mama is a rebel and Im not ready for that. Your still a baby and need your bottle in my book. Yes I'll give you less milk than i used to which probably is why your belly is so big but you will still get your milk mostly in a bottle. I just adore you son. You are so full of joy, charm, character and laughs! You are the greatest.

On December 20th you are being dedicated at First Baptist. It is the church that mama and Daddy got married in and met and also where we go to church. I am so happy and I'm excited to dedicate to raise you in the Lord. I'm just hoping my morning sickness is not bad that day. Don't want to throwup on stage! After your dedication we are havnig a birthday party and Grandma Bell's house only with family. I am very excited. Its mostly going to be lunch and a celebration that we have made it. We are also planning on telling the family we are expecting again. Well son I love you to the moon and back. You are the sweetest little thing in the whole wide world and I look forward to your smiles, hugs and kisses for a very long time.

I love you little boy,

Love your mama!

Big Brother

2009-12-08T15:30:00.003-05:00

Pierce, Today we found out that you are going to be a big brother around August 9 or before. Right now Mama is in shock b/c I just can't believe that we are going to go through a pregnancy again and I can't imagine how I'll love your little brother or sister as much as I love you. Part of me doesnt' feel ready. I'm not ready to split my time from you, I'm not ready to not have you be the first priority in my life other than Daddy and Jesus. I'm just not ready. Today when I was thinking about it it dawned on me... well thats why God gives you 9 months to get ready. So I will be ready and I know you will be the best big brother. You will love your little baby so much I already know b/c of how much you already love other kids. Daddy can't wait for you to have a playmate and he is thrilled. I know it will be ok its just very scary. Right now there are lots of sad things going on with the family and I feel guilty for having this little blessing in my life right now, besides you, when there are people who are trying and want a healthy baby so badly. But all the same God chose us to have this baby and we will love and adore him or her as much as you.

Pierce you are almost a year old and you truly are the light of our lives. You are just a funny little monkey. Today you woke up grumpy and I had put the tree up last night. So I told you to hold on and I plugged in the lights and held you up to see the pretty tree. You literally awweed and ohhhed over it and did you big old baby grin. You loved it. I love you Pierce. I really love you with every single beat of my heart. I love when you toot and laugh like its the best joke in the world and you do it again, I love how you jump off your rocking chair and land on the floor only to get back up and do it again, I love how you take alllll the tupperware out of my drawers and pots and pans out of the cabinets, I love how you chew on my cell phone cord, Ilove how you run from me when I come after you, I love your fake laugh you do and how you mimic our laughs, I love how you sing when your animals sing to you or when I sing to you, I love how you run to me with your arms up when I come home after being away, I love how you give me big wet slobbery kisses, I love how you yell mama when your scared sad or hurt, I love how you have to have your monkeys for bed and nap time and you carry them around by the tail in your mouth, I love how you just started clapping and you love to do it all the time now, I just love every single little piece of you Pierce and I wouldn't change one moment of my time with you for anything in the world.

This next year of your life is going to change so much and I can't wait to take this Journey with you and Daddy. we love you so much little guy and because you are so amazing I know that our next child will be just as wonderful. Thank you for being my son. Thank you for loving me and Daddy unconditionally. We love you and we hope time slows down so i can drink every moment in that we have with you.

I love you son aka Big Brother!
Love,
Mama

Birth Story and First Few Months of Pierce's Life

2009-11-30T14:35:00.001-05:00

Wow how things have changed…

At my 37 week appointment with the Dr. we decided that he would induce me on the December 27th. I was about 2 cm dilated about 80% effaced so I was right on track. He doubted that he would have to do much work to put me in active labor. So Kyle and I had a wonderful Christmas with my family the Bells were down from up North and Ryan and Michelle (my future SIL) were down from North Dakota and Nanny and Poppy Bell were in town.

We all just had a really nice time. We got to celebrate Jesus’s Birthday and Kyle and I were celebrating the upcoming birth of our son. Well on Deceber 26th we went to Kyle’s parents house to celebrate our Christmas with them. We opened gifts and just had a nice time. Starting around 2pm on the 26th I started getting contractions. They were about 10 min apart but pretty constant. I was told by the Dr. to check into L&D the next morning at 7am. Alright sounds good to me. So I knew I could hold on till then. Kyle and I hung out played cards and some other games with his whole family. Well that evening my contractions were still pretty consistent and getting a little closer and by that afternoon I was defiantly ready to get home. Everyone else had chili and I remember my last meal b/f my little dude was born was a PB&J sandwich with chips and cookies. I didn’t want to eat chili for fear if I puked that night it would not be a pretty sight. I refused to go to the hospital with a car full of gifts. So my MIL decided she would just go home with us so that if we went to the hospital in the morning she could just be there with us. My contractions were getting even more regular by the time we were driving home. I remember talking to my mom on the phone telling her and she said to just swing by the hospital (Since we drove right by it to get home) and have them check me. I said no way these aren’t that bad I have to unload my car and get everything ready for tomorrow. I also want a shower and I want to do my hair and makeup. So we get home and crazy me made sure to get everything out of my car basically did it by myself. Get the stuff ready and packed for the next day when the baby would come shower and crawl into bed..

I had been planning on getting goodnights sleep since we didn’t have to be there till 7am. Well 2am rolls around and I am awoken with some pretty intense not unbearable but intense contractions. I roll over and tell Kyle its getting pretty bad and he told me to relax and try to go back to sleep. HELLO I’m IN LABOR!!! So I said whatever got up and took a shower. I remember being in the fetal position just in pretty constant pain. I call L&D and they tell me to hold on at home and not to come in unless my contractions were 2-3 min apart… (remember we live 45 min away I don’t think L&D knew that). OK whatever. So I decide after my shower to read a book. Not very good at this b/c I’m still in pain. Well I go pee and there was a pretty significant amount of blood. Its about 2:45am. I go to kyle and I said “GET UP! We are going to the hospital NOW! I am bleeding and I am not waiting till later”. I think he was pretty shocked. He says calm down I’ll get up. I go and get his mother up as well. I am having to breath through the contractions that aren’t unbearable still but a pain. By now they are a constant 2 min apart. After his shower Kyle was just so flustered he couldn’t figure out what to wear cause he wanted to look “Nice” LOL SO he wore his plaid green/blue shorts and a yellow striped shirt… nice kyle nice LOL. I thought it was pretty funny.
So finally by about 3:30am we are in the car on the way to the hospital. We arrive there around 4:00am praise GOD. I had my L&D Pass and we got sent right up. Contractions still very constant. I get into my room and they check me. I am 4 cm and 100% effaced and the baby is VERY low about ready to come out. So the nurse asks me if I want some type of meds. Originally I thought I could do this with no epidural but I said heck with that give me the epi. I’m sure Kyle was very happy about this. B/f the epi was givin since I was so afraid I would poo on the table I told them I had to go potty. I went and praise God it all came out. That would have been terrible to do this while in labor.

The anesthesiologist comes in to administer the epi and was very impatient with me I remember. She asks me to not scream or jerk. OF course I do both! LADY IT HURT! Finally the meds kick in and I’m no longer in pain. But now of course I am nauseated. I was pretty miserable not in pain just sick to my stomach so I tried to get some sleep. My parents finally arrive around 7am. Around 6am Dr. Parker came in and checked me I was about a 4-5 so he broke my bags of water and said it could be a few more hours. Alright whatever. They checked me around around 10 am and I was at about 6-7 cm. Finally around 11:00 am I called the nurse back in and told her I had to push. She laughed at me and said listen we just checked you, you have a few more hours. I said no you listen I’m ready now. So she checked me and I was a 10 and the baby was making its entrance.

She said now Laurel you need to relax this could take up to 3 hours to push him out. I said yea right he is coming out now. So I started pushing with each contraction. I must say I pushed like a pro. By 11:30 the baby’s head was already out and the Dr. just arrived. I gave him one more push and by 11:35 am my little Pierce Bradley Fuller was in my arms. It was by far one of the happiest moments in my life. I did tear a little I got 4 stitches but I didn’t think that was that bad. Kyle and I just looked at him and cried. My mom had said he better come b/f lunch and low and behold he did. He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Right after the baby was born Kyle and I kicked everyone out so we could have sometime with him by ourselves. SO our parents went down to eat some lunch. Pierce was just a little sweetie and we started nursing right away. I had to use a guard to help but that was ok.

Everyone finally came back in and just loved on my little angel boy. I was starving by this point and they brought Kyle and I food. I had a wrap with an orange, chips and bread. It was delicious. I remember my first meal like it was yesterday> I was starving. Unfortunately I was bleeding a little more than normal so they kept me on the pitocin to help my uterus contract.

Finally everyone had left and my epi had come out and it was time for me to move to the recovery room. It was about 4pm by this point. They had me go to the restroom and when I stood up I almost blacked out. Everything was turning black my blood pressure was dropping. Not sure if this was b/c I had lost more blood then usual or what but it was very scary. They finally got me under control and took me to the recovery room.

We were there for one night with you. It was a crazy night that’s for sure. I don’t think I slept very much cause I wanted to make sure that you were ok. So I was awake a lot I fed you when you cried, I changed your diaper. I did everything I could to make you comfortable. Daddy slept on the couch in the room. I don’t think he was very happy with all of the people coming in and out. I remember being to scared to even put you down cause I couldn’t even imagine losing one moment with you. Well we made it through the night. I think I was still going on adrenaline. Nanny Bell had made some ambrosia for Christmas and I wanted some desperately so I had mom and dad bring it up to me before we left the hospital. By 3:30 they had kicked us out. It was very scary going home the first day and I was not ready at all. I remember thinking please let me stay one more night. But nope barley 24 hours after you were born we were outta there.

Looking back I’m kind of relieved they sent us home when they did. I was ready to be in my own bed. Daddy and I tried to get sleep between feedings and diaper changes. We made it through our second night with you. Looking back I thought that you would never sleep through the night which meant that I would never sleep but no that is not true.. you now sleep 12 hours a night and your not even three months old. You started doing sleeping through the night at about 6 weeks and its been pure heaven since..

The first month of your life!!! – recapped

My beautiful little boy. The first month that you were home was a crazy learning experience. I never knew how strong of a woman I could be. Within you being home the first two weeks I couldn’t nurse your normally so I began pumping like a mad woman. After being home two weeks Daddy went on a ski trip and I stayed home alone with you for 3 nights. I never knew how strong I was until this time. I made it son. I woke with you every night when you needed me. I played with you in the day, I washed bottles… I made it. I thought I wouldn’t because I was still sore, tired, exhausted and everything in-between but I made it. You made me a stronger woman I love you son. From the beginning at night you would wake every 3-4 hours to eat. I would nurse/pump you and than put you back down. You were such a joy even in those times at night I just loved watching you eat and sleep. I did get mastitis when I was pumping. I got it abt 2 weeks after you were born. It was sooo terrible. I made it though I was on antibiotics but I made it. I then did get it when you were abt 3 months old. After I got it that one last time I decided that I could no longer nurse/pump for you. I just needed to let my milk dry up so I could concentrate on taking care of you and spending as much time with you as I could. Ever since you were born I went into the office and worked 2 days a week. Yes its hard but I did it for you son so you can have a better life and insurance. Son you are such a tremendous joy in my life. At 6 weeks you started smiling and since that day you have changed so much. I love you son and I am so thankful for you I honestly could have never asked for a better son or more loving son than you.

4/3/09 Pierce is starting to giggle. Its absolutely adorable. He did it one time in our driveway and than on 4/5 he did it at his grandmas house when I tickled his neck. He is the cutest little guy in the whole wide world!

5/10/09 – Mothers day has come and gone! What a wonderful weekend we had. We went and visited Grandma and Grandpa Fuller. We went swimming, built and pond and just had a very nice visit. I am so thankful to be your mama baby bear. You are one of the greatest loves of my life. You are sweet, gentle, loveable and cuddleable. I can’t imagine my life without you. I never really understood how wonderful Mothers day could be. OF course I love my mother but than I look at you.. my son and you made me the mother I am today. You have taught me patience, self control and a love that is completely unconditional. Your Daddy and I think you are the most special thing that we have ever experienced. Last night as we put you to bed you were half way asleep and of course you could still eat your cereal even with your eyes mostly closed. WE just giggled and giggled because you are such a doll and just love your food even when you can’t keep your eyes open. You are now eating pears, applesauce, bananas, greenbeans, squash, sweet potatoes, prunes and oatmeal. You love all things food. You also love lemons. You are just too silly. You have also started sitting up soooo well. ON May 1, 2009 you sat up for about 15 min. IT was soo good. You do the gorilla sitting but its wonderful. Son I am so thankful that you are in my life. You are the most precious gift that God has given Daddy and I and we can’t wait to watch you grow and learn every day. Thank you for being the greatest son and for making me the mother that I am today!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-28T10:00:00.003-05:00

What a Thanksgiving we had. We spent Thanksgiving with your mama and Dada, your MImi and Poppy, both of your great grandparents, your uncle Ryan and Aunt Michelle, you Great Aunt Jackie and Nathan. You were just such a good boy all day. You played all day long and loved to chase the ball and your new thing is to sing to us. You let the Great Grandparents love on you because they sure do miss you. You ate all of your turkey dinner and than you practically put yourself to sleep after you were so exhausted. You napped for 4 hours on Thanksgiving day total. You are just such a joy little boy. I remember last year when you were in my belly I could have never imagined how blessed I am and how wonderful you would be. You are more than your Daddy and I could ever dream of. We just adore and think you are the greatest and can't wait to celebrat many more holidays with you. We are so thankful for you. After thanksgiving the next day we went to Grandma and Grandpa Fuller and celebrated there. You had so much fun there with all the kids. Well we love and are so blessed to have you in our lives!

11 Months old
- 4 teeth
- You run
- you sing to us now
- you still only say mama and Dada we can't get you to wave yet!
- you love to laugh
- you are becoming more of a mama's boy
- you grab on our legs now for us to pick you up
- you love any dog you see
- you have never met a stranger
- you weight just over 22 lbs
- you love to be in mama's purse you dig in it as soon as you see it and pull everything out!
- you love to be with the crowd you love other little kids!
- you are the light of our lives!

Double Ear Infection

2009-11-16T12:12:00.003-05:00

OH little boy. You officially have a double ear infection. You started with a fever last night and then were up ever 3 hours whimpering.. good indicator of ear ache. I took you in today and I was right. You are amoxicillin. Hopefully this will be cleared up before we know it. You love your antibiotics I think you like the taste you are sooo silly.
-You now have four teeth... 2 on top 2 on the bottom.
- You run instead of walk
- You weight a little over 21 lbs
- You LOVE other little kids and would rather play with them then by yourself.
- You Love to talk constantly you are very loud especially since your ears have been hurting you are even louder I think its cause you can't hear as well LOL
- You are the silliest little boy I know I laugh so hard when I'm with you cause you make me you are too funny.
- You run into my arms for big hugs lots of times throughout the day.
- I love you little boy you are pretty great. I can't wait to give you a brother or sister one day. You will be a great big brother.

Gosh don't grow up to fast little guy we want to keep you as our baby for a little longer....

Teeth!

2009-11-09T08:26:00.002-05:00

Oh little boy how you change every day :-). You now RUN instead of walk. You are a very skilled walker at only 10 months old. You can turn around while walking and not fall. You virtually NEVER crawl cause you prefer to walk. You started walking at 9 months and by 10 months the skill has been mastered. Everyone that sees you think you are pretty great and that you are a walking machine. You now have popped through your two bottom teeth and your two top teeth are almost through as well.

You are not a great sleeper when you are teething. You have been trying to get up at 5:00 am AHHH!! Mama lays you back down and I pray you make it till 6:30 or 7:00. Sometimes you will make it to 7:30am. This time change and being sick and teething has not done well for your sleep. I'm hoping you will start sleeping again till 8:30 like the old days HA! Probably not! Well you are such a joy. You flirt and love to be with everyone and I could not be a more proud mama! You also LOVE other little kids! YOu are great at sharing. You do not like though when other kids take your toys or try to not let tyou use it. You get very upset and try to take it back! You don't seem to take junk from anyone! You are just like your mama! Thank you for being such a good boy. I love you little guy and we are so proud!!

New Best Friend...

2009-11-02T20:09:00.002-05:00

Baby Bear.. today you found your new best friend.. your shadow... :) You were sooooo adorable. You could see your shadow and you would follow it all around the house. When it would get on the wall you would gently go up to it and pet it. Honestly it was sooo sweet. We were so proud that you loved your shadow. We than sat you down in front of the big bright wall and Daddy made a show of shadows. You tried to touch the bird and the other things he did. It was quite a show. You just change and grow so much. We play hide and seek almost every night where I bounce out scare you.. you run to Daddy laughing... I chase you he picks you up and than we do it all over again. Its really so much fun. You have brought so much joy to my life that I don't know what I would do without you. Well you and I are still recovering from our colds. HOpefully we will be better soon. We love you sooo much little boy. Thank you for being our son.

10 Months Old Yesterday!

2009-10-28T09:03:00.003-04:00

My Little boy you are officially over 10 months old! Boy you are one happy little wild thing. Everyday I look at you and I love you more and more. Since you have been on this earth so many things have happend. You have lived in 3 different places and probably a fourth before your first birthday. You are just so much fun.

Some things you are doing/have done.
- Went to your first pumpkin patch the one cold day we had in Florida and you LOVED it. You loved all the pumpkins and mama took lots of pictures.

- You now say mama a lot. Espcially when you are sad and you want some love.

- You say dada all the time :-)

- You love your little cousins and any other little kids. You adore playing.

- You still don't have seperation anxiety you love going to Sunday School at church and never cry.

- You still take 2 naps for a total of 3-4 hours a day. Atleast the days that mama is home.

- Grandma bell still takes care of you one day a week and you adore her and grandpa bell.

- You rock a mohawk everytime we go in public cause mama thinks its adorable. People comment how cute it is all the time so for the time being I will keep giving you one. Your just so darn cute!

- You walk about 95% of the time. When we are in Public people are shocked that you walk and how good you are.

- You went to sea World for the first time last Friday and you loved it. You loved all the reefs and fishes. Daddy said that we should have named you Reef like he wanted.. I love Pierce though :-)

- You are a climber... enough said.

- You love having your picture taken

- You eat more than anyone in the house LOL! You eat constantly. Mama always has a pile of cheerios ready for you at all times. You love table food you love your water. You really dont like baby food unless daddy lets you slurp it up.

- You have another cold. !!! AHHH This is the second cold in the last 2 months.

- You love people. I dont think you have ever met a stranger. Everyone comments how sweet and smiley you are this makes mama's heart smile. I hope one day you can use this gift to show Gods love.

- You really are just a joy to be around I fall in love with you more and more everyday and I can't wait to see what our future holds. I pray for you constantly and I hope you love Jesus one day as much as he loves you.

Little boy you are the best thing that has ever happened to me and your daddy. We adore you so much and we always wonder how we could ever love someone so much. Thank you for being you. We love you tons!

Just Got a Call from Daddy...

2009-10-22T12:58:00.001-04:00

So Mommy is at work today and she got a call from Daddy. He was telling me how he was feeding you lunch. Apparently the jar of food was kind of runny really liquidy.. I dont know why it gets like that. So he was having a hard time feeding it to you and instead of mixing it with oatmeal or rice he gave you a straw and put the end in the jar you slurped it up in under a minute. Now should I be proud that you slurped your meal up or think your daddy is crazy for feeding you that way. Oh well! :-) I guess I am just so thankful to come home to a live happy baby after work. Maybe Daddy could try to sell a new device for feeding babys! LOL We love you baby bear!

9 Month old Firefighter! I love this little guy!

2009-10-15T08:24:00.004-04:00

Yes My 9 month old is WALKING!

2009-10-08T20:15:00.001-04:00

Well today my little guy started actually walking. Walking from the table 10 steps or more to my mom. IT was crazy. I was sooo excited. He is soooo awesome and walking so well now. I think he is going to get even better in the next few days. I am sooo amazed. HE is just wonderful and I'm just sooo shocked that he can actually walk. WEll I will put up a video hopefully very soon. I just love this little nine month and I can't believe he will be running very very soon! AHHH!!! I love him! His Mama and Dada are SOOOOOO proud!

Zoo Time!

2009-10-05T14:33:00.001-04:00

Baby bear you went to the zoo for the first time today with your Daddy. Oh how I wish I could have gone and atleast taken a picture but low and behold I was working. so off you and Daddy went. He said you really enjoyed watching the monkeys. I'm sure you loved to see them swinging around. Daddy also let you touch the animals at the petting zoo. I think he said that there was a little calf and a goat. I'm sure you really enjoyed yourself. I let Daddy know if he is going to take you on first new adventures WITHOUT me... he better learn to take some pictures.

This weekend you got to spend the night at your grandma and Grandpa Bells. you stayed there why Daddy and Mommy got to have a staycation for their 2 year anniversary. I missed you so much on Sunday though so off we went to pick you up. The instant you saw us you squealed with delight and crawled as fast as you could to be picked up. When I picked you up you squeezed me and just touched my face like in aww that we were there. You are so precious little boy and I am sooo blessed to have you as my own. You are just growing and changing like a weed. Before I know it you will be running to me instead of walking. Thank you for being my son and I hope one day you can look to your mama and Daddy and be proud that you had us as parents because little boy we are sure proud that you are OUR son! We love you!

Tooth

2009-10-04T21:06:00.001-04:00

Pierce cut his first tooth this last Friday October 2nd. Its his bottomr Right. He is adorable.

Time OUt!

2009-09-28T10:37:00.002-04:00

Oh baby bear.. We have started time out! LOL You sure have a little temper on you so we have started time out. Yesterday which is not the first day you have done this you were yelling at me with fist in the air b/c I wasn't feeding you goldfish fast enough. After the 10th time of getting angry I had felt it was time for a time out! I took you and set you in the cornor and I counted and signed 1-9. You screamed and fussed while you were there because you knew you were in trouble. After 9 I picked you up and calmly told you why gave you a hug and a kiss and you were back to normal. You were sweeter after this but you did get 2 more time outs. Its funny because I really think you knew why. I love you little boy.

So this morning as I was changing your diaper and clothes I left you on the floor nakie! LOL I walked away to get some vaseline and when I came back you were sitting there with a rattle in your mouth looking cute as can be. I think you knew I was getting ready to leave for work and you got this silly look in your eyes and started peeing!! AHHHH I screamed and jumped away and through your pjs over your pee pee! I was laughing soo hard. And you just set there peeing a fountain with this little grin on your face. I don't think your grandma Bell appreciated it but I sure did. So i cleaned up got you dress and smoothered you in kisses. I do miss you tons baby bear but always remember I work part time to give you a better life because I love you and I know Daddy will be taking good care of yoU! Well I love you little guy you are a blessing and I can't wait to see what your future holds! I pray you will grow to be a God fearing man who will love the Lord with all of your heart!

9 Month Check up!

2009-09-27T08:31:00.002-04:00

Happy NINE MONTH BIRTHDAY LITTLE BABY BEAR!!!

You are 28.25 inches long
You are 19.08 lbs
You are in the 50th percentile for Height
You are in the 40th Percentile for weight
Your Iron is perfect.... you are perfect!

You love to eat. You have started to refuse baby food and only want table food.
You love pizza, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, chicken, turkey, mash potatoes, broccoli and anything else we can get into your mouth fast enough. I try to make sure you have on jar of veggies just in case! You really are the sweetest little guy in the whole world. You talk like crazy I think we will have a blabber mouth on our hands!. I love it. You try to walk still but only standing pushing object and letting go and balancing yourself. You love to go on bikerides.

The other day at your great gigis you sneezed while eating spaghetti and one shot out of your nose. It was hysterically gross! :-)

Lots of things going on in your life. Mommy and Daddy trying to get a new house for you. We are going today to look at it and hopefully it will be ours. You are still sick but slowly getting better. You are such a begger. Right now your begging your grandpa for some apple. You love cookies and icecream and anything.

You are awesome. Still no teeth! That still doesn't stop you.

Everyone I know thinks you are pretty darn handsome and I would have to agree! Well we love you baby bear! Happy 9 month birthday! You are such a blessing in our lives!!!

Sick....

2009-09-21T14:42:00.002-04:00

We have all been soooo sick this last week and a half. Baby bear came down with the stomach bug two weekends ago and took down his mama, dada, gma and gpa fuller and gma bell. We have all had the stomach bug for atleast 3-4 days a piece and now baby bear and I are facing a terrible cold. My poor little guy wakes up every morning with a horrible cough. He coughs and coughs and gags and can't catch his breath.. so every morning around 6 we both strip and into the shower we go. Him and I take a good long shower and steam him up and he seems to be able to stop coughing as much. its the only thing that helps in the morning.

Its funny because I've come to love that alone time with him. Him clinging to me for dear life as we shower and I spray him with the water and he laughs. And slowly but surely every morning his little cough gets better until the next morning.. YUCK! I do love the poor sick little guy. This morning I am still feeling SOOOO sick with my cold and just not right since the stomach bug so I laid in bed and kind of held him there. Thank you Lord he finally fell back asleep around 6:30 and didn't wake up till 7:30. So I finally got up finished getting ready for work until Daddy got home. I had the last 48 hours with the little guy alone while Daddy was at work. It was actually really nice to have so much uninterrupted time with the little guy but its hard espcially in the morning getting up so early by myself with him. Well hopefully we will be on the upswing very shortly. He goes for his 9 month well visit on Wednesday and I hope his cough is better or they can prescribe something. Please pray for the little guy and his mama!!

I am blessed... with an 8 month old WILD THING!

2009-09-21T14:29:00.004-04:00

Mama

2009-09-08T21:32:00.001-04:00

Pierce said MAMA today! I love that boy! Praise Jesus for a precious beautiful boy!

Standing... Walking... 8 Months Old?!?

2009-09-03T09:16:00.003-04:00

Oh my! Son you are 8 months old now! Wow TIME FLIES!!!! You are standing all the time by yourself. You like to practice constantly. You have been doing this for about two weeks. You pull up stand than let go get your balance and grin! You are just a little wild thing! I love it and I am sooo proud of you but I'm afraid your going to be walking before I know it. I will be proud of course if you did but I still want you to be my little baby and you are just growing up SOOOO extremely fast!

You really are our little sweetie and you LOVE to eat! You are now eating three jars of food a day and 4 bottles still! You LOVE to eat our food anything I am eating you want! The other night you had cut up turkey from my plate, mash potatoes and field peas! You loved it all except for the potatoes... I wonder if it was the texture. You woudl make this crazy face! I will say that you LOVE sweets! This is not always a good thing! You love icecream. The instant you get it though that night you will not sleep! You also are sooo good at using your pinchers you can pick anything up and put it in your mouth. i'm pretty proud of you. You eat cheerios all the time and are soo good at putting them in your mouth! You still aren't sleeping very well since we are at grandmas! I can't wait till we move into our new place so you do sleep but yet I will miss grandma and grandpa's cause they help SOOOO much and they love you to pieces!

Well I love you baby boy and I will put up some new pics when we move in! I love you baby bear!!!

First Nights Away From you...

2009-08-26T09:58:00.001-04:00

Baby bear this last Saturday your Daddy and I drove to Port St. Joe to deliver Kramer. We didn't take you because you hate riding in the car and its a 6 hour car ride. So we left you with my parents. It was very hard to leave you but we all made it. I must say I slept wonderfully and I had a nice time but my heart hurt sooo badly because I was missing you. I have never known how badly your heart can hurt when you miss someone especially when its your baby. You were very good for your grandparents and I am so thankful they took such good care of you. You can now hold your bottle better than you could before we left, you crawl better than you could before we left and you are even more vocal if that is possible than before we left.

We have officially moved into my paretns house and we are all adjusting. Well son I love you and I missed you terribly I am sooo happy to be back home with you. I am even thankful for the few times a night you wake and I get to tuck you back in. I love you little boy and I do hope our life will be more normal in the next few weeks when we move into our condo! Thanks for being the best boy ever~

Life Changes....

2009-08-19T13:09:00.002-04:00

Oh my son you are loads of fun. You now pull up on every single thing that you can get your hands on. You pull up on mama and let go and try to balance yourself. You lasted for 20 seconds yesterday and me and your mimi were shocked! You are just too cute. So we would cheer you on and you would do it again. I love you son so much. You are growing like a little weed and tickles me to death yet makes me sad that you are growing SOOOO fast. I remember just the other day you were in my belly kicking me and going to all my sales meetings with me. I loved that and I miss it. But now I have you to squirm in my arms when I come home from work.

Well Kramer and Lady are now going to stay in the family instead of being adopted out. Daddy's mom and sister are each taking one. So of course Daddy feels so much better.

We are leaving you for the first time with your Mimi and Grandpa Bell this Saturday. Its HUGE! I have never spend one single day away from you and I'm so nervous to do this. But we have to drive 6 hours with the dog to Daddy's sisters to drop him off. I know you woudl HATE the drive seeing that you scream on even a half hour drive. I can't imagine how upset you woudl get for 6 hours. So we are leaving you here. I am excited to have a night or two alone with Daddy but I will miss you to pieces. You are the light of my life. I was talking to a friend today and I mentioned that even though I don't get all the time to myself liek I used to and I'm busy and focused on you 99.9% of the time.. I would NEVER go back to my life before. My life is so much more full with you in it and I never want to change that.

Well thats all for now I love you little baby bear!

AHHH!!

2009-08-12T10:21:00.001-04:00

You now officially pull yourself up to stand in your crib!! What am I going to do with you. Daddy is at work today so I had to lower your crib all by myself this morning it was quite difficult but I did it! You are too funny though! I hear you yelling and talking and I walk in and there you are standing... so of course what do I do?!? I run and I get my camera!

You are soo cute and and so much fun but truly are exhausting! Thank you for being my baby boy and I hope you can learn soon how to sit down after standing so you don't stand there and scream for me over and over... not that I dont like to be needed! well I love you baby boy!!

Milestones and Life Changes

2009-08-06T08:54:00.004-04:00

Baby bear you are now over 7 months old and have crossed some more milestones...

- you can crawl pretty darn well now
- you like to crab crawl where you stand on all fours its hysterical
- you can sit up all by yourself from the crawling position! You rock!
- you sleep perfect through the night and take LOTS of naps (knock on wood)
- you are eating some more table food from mama!
- you laugh ALLL the time
- you pull yourself up on everything its sooo funny!

Son you really are what makes my day better. You are my little sunshine on a cloudy day and I couldn't love or appreciate you any more!

Lots of things are going to be changing in the next few weeks. On August 22nd mama and daddy will be giving our doggies away. We had to sell the house and no body wants us to bring two dogs that have pit in them. Its very sad because you really enjoy watching them but I know in the long run our lives will be so much easier and maybe one day when we have our house being finished being built we will get you a puppy of your own. We will be moving out of our first house and your first home on August 26th. Its crazy and bitter sweet. Its bitter becuase you were concieved here we prayed and couldn't wait for you to be born here. You were first brought home from the hospital here. Our best friends Rachel and Ramon live next door here. There are so many firsts here and its sad to leave. Its making me cry thinking about it.

Its also sweet because we will be moving about 30 min closer to both of your grandparetns. Daddy will now work only 1.5 miles from home so we can see him all the time when he is on shift. We will have a pool that we will now be able to play with you in. Mama will have to walk up stairs every day so hopefully I can lose those last 10 lbs. We will be starting over which in and of itself is kind of sweet. We are purging all of the yuck and old stuff that cluttered our lives and starting fresh and its so sweet that you will be part of it.

So here is the time line:

August 22, 2009 - say goodbye to the doggies

August 26, 2009 - move all of our belongings into a storage unit

August 28, 2009 - close on our house.. our home is no longer ours

August 28, 2009 - move in with grandma and grandpa bell

September 9, 2009 - finally move into the condo for the next year and see where life takes us from there.

The first year of your life will continue to be a wild one but hopefully things will slow down shortly. Well I love you son thank you for being the bright spot in my day! Daddy and I love you more than words can say and we hope that when you look back on your life you will be proud of the parents that we were to you! We love you!!!

7 Months Old Today

2009-07-27T14:28:00.003-04:00

My sweet sweet little boy... you are offically 7 months old today! Wow how you have grown over the last 7 months and its hard to believe you have been in my life for 16 months. You are such a joy... last night you suprised me by sleeping all the way through the night. You often wake up crying and I come and snuggle you and you are fast asleep again. It has been particurlay hard the last few days with you waking multiple times a night but I know when you are ready too you will sleep peacefully through the night.

Some of your milestones:
- you can definatly roll all over the place
- you are trying to crawl and your soo darling as you try
- you love to pull yourself into a standing position especially during bath time...
- you love your jumperoo and even when your not in it you are trying to jump!
- you love Max (grandma's dog) and I think he loves you
- you have regular play dates with baby Kella.. and on a rare occasion you even get a playdate with Aiden and Kaitlyn
- you love to give wet sloppy kisses and I love to recieve them
- you have started reaching for me anytime I'm near and than you cling to me like you never want me to let go... I never want to let go...
- you really are my little ham.. any chance you get you ham it up for the people around you, just so they aww and ohh over you... it makes me smile and reminds me of myself!
- you also love love love praise music.. anytime you need to calm down I just put on some praise music and sing to you and most of the time it works
- you adore the beach...
- you are teething which makes for some hard periods in the day where you scream but its all worth it...
- you also have this very loud beautiful voice that you like to use all the time... I am so thankful to be able to hear it... please never stop talking to your mama

All in all son you are the love of my life and I cannot wait to see you grow and change in the many months to come. Don't grow up to fast though cause I don't want to miss a thing. Thank you for being a light in my life and for loving me as your mom unconditionally.. I hope I will always make you proud as a mom and you can look back one day and know how much I loved and cherished every second that I got with you. You are the best little boy... I love you! Happy 7 month birthday!

4th of July! My little Cowboy!

2009-07-15T09:55:00.005-04:00

Little boy for the 4th of July we had LOTS of fun! We went swimming at your Aunt Jackies with your grandparents and cousin! We dressed you up like a cowboy and we took a really long nap! You loved the swimming part! You are going to be a very good swimmer I think when you get older! You were in your little float and you could kick your little legs and it would propel you across the pool! It was sooo funny I was very proud of you. Than you cousin Nathan let us borrow his cowboy boots and hat and we dressed you up as a cowboy! You were sooo cute and I think you rather enjoyed it! Me and you also took a very long nap! All together it was a really nice day! I just wish Daddy could have been there but he had to work! Well I love you baby boy and you are just such a little blessing!

*** Blogger is not letting me add photos so i will do this later :-)

Day 5- June 27th and Six Month Birthday

2009-07-03T12:56:00.002-04:00

We made it to the end of our vacation! Today is your 6 month birthday and the day we head back to Florida! It was bittersweet leaving because it mean't we wouldn't see your Uncle Ryan or Aunt Michelle for a very long time. But it was nice to be going back home.. I missed my bed, your bed ( so you weren't in bed with me), my car and just being at our home.

Before we left Daddy wanted to go visit Lincoln Park. So you, me Daddy and this time Grandma Bell loaded up and headed to the park before we took off the the airport. It was the coldest this day that it had been all week!It was in the 70's and very very windy! While we were there you were literally getting blown away! It was nice to see all the different things. We had to rush through to make sure we got to our plane though.

So off we go now headed to the airport! We get there load up and head to Florida! You were really really good on the way home. I think its cause it was a night flight so you basically slept the whole second half! PRaise Jesus! We make it home finally get to our house at 2:00 am. I put you poor little sleepy boy to bed! Praise Jesus though that we made it safe and sound with all of our luggage and our sweet baby boy!

This trip was certainly a learning experiance... at times it brought out the worst and the best between me and your Daddy. Its hard in these high stress situations but we made it. While watching Uncle Ryan and Aunt Michelle get married it helped me remember what marriage is all about. Its about a life long commitment through thick and thin. Through the good times and the bad times me and your Daddy are going to stick together. Not only because we have you but because we love and are committed to eachother! I am thankful that we went not only for our wonderful trip to be with family on this special day but to learn and remember this valuable lesson. Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder what love, commitment and marriage are all about! Thank you for being our son.. the greatest blessing that has ever been bestowed upon your Daddy and I (besides Jesus Christ dying on the cross for our sins so we can one day all be in heaven!). We love you Pierce and our lives are so much fuller because of you...

Day 4 - June 26th! Ryan and Michelle's Wedding!

2009-07-03T12:45:00.003-04:00

We have made it to the fourth day of our trip! Mama had to get up early and leave to get my hair done! You stayed and hung out with Daddy all day until picture time! You went swimming in the indoor swimming pool and had a great time! You really are such a joy and missed you so much while I was gone!

Well wedding time arrives! Your new Aunt Michelle looked absolutly stunning! I am so happy that she chose to marry my brother! They got married at what is known as the old jailhouse! It was converted to a house many years ago and before your Uncle Ryan got married he lived there!
IT was absoutly beautiful the scenery! We were afraid all day that it was going to rain but praise God it didn't! The ceremony came off without a hitch! You were a good boy and Daddy held you in the back while you slept!

Off we go to the Reception which was at the Raddison Hotel! Thank goodness it was there because that was also where we were staying! We danced the night away! YOu had such a good time with mama dancing at you and with you! Daddy and Mama also got a slow dance in while Great Grandma Dyal held you! Daddy did happen to tell mama that he was having such a nice time dancing with me that we should do it more often and I agree! Well around 10:00 pm you poor little thing couldn't keep your eyes open so off we went to our room and to bed. What a beautiful and blessed day we had and it was all the more better because you were there to expierance it with us!

Day 3... Rehersal and Zoo!

2009-07-03T12:37:00.003-04:00

Off to the zoo we go! Me, you and Daddy headed the zoo bright early in the morning! We had such a nice time at the zoo. The zoo in Bismarck, ND is sooo different than any zoo in Florida. Its basically like a huge park that has all these wild animals that you can touch and feed. It was really really cool how up close and personal you could get with the bears, monkey's, bison, prarie dogs that run wild, birds, lions, deer and really any wild animal you could imagine. You were such a good boy all day and just cruised around in your stroller!

Mama was pretty tired b/c 1. lack of sleep with a foot in my rib all night 2. being out late for the party 3. you waking at 6:00 am.. Good times! But we made it! IT was pretty hot in ND and it seems that we brought Fl with us. So we had a good time at the zoo.

Later that day we had the rehersal dinner. You were such a good boy as always! We called it any early night because we had a long day the next day ahead of us! It was almost time for Uncle Ryan and Michelle to tie the not!

Day 2.... exhausted!

2009-07-03T12:25:00.003-04:00

Day 2 baby bear we made it through the night. YEs you were up at 5:30 am but thank you Jesus we were right next door too your grandparents so guess where you went.. Over there! Thank goodness your grandpa Bell loves you so much LOL! So day two Daddy you and I head over the the Bad Lands. Its about a 2.5 hour drive. You were soo good on the way there. It rained most of the drive and we had to pull over in a podunk town for gas but we made it!
Its a state park that looks like the Grand Canyon I guess. I wouldn't really know I have never been there. So off we go exploring!

Thank goodness the park is one that you could drive the whole way through! There was places to hike but because we had you with us we had to put that on the back burner! We saw tons and tons of prarie dogs! One Buffalo (poor daddy looked and looked for one and it was like 2 miles away but we saw it) some wild horses and beautiful scenery! It was really a very nice time! YOu were such a good boy the whole time we were driving around considering you HATE your carseat!

So we begin to head back because mama has a bachelorette party for your new Aunt Michelle! So off we go! Thank goodness for Daddy! He is sooo good to you! He took care of you all evening of course with the help of my extended family but none the less did. You have one good daddy and I have one Great hubby! So off to day 3!

Trip to North Dakota... Day 1

2009-07-03T12:13:00.003-04:00

The first day of our trip to North Dakota was quite busy and stressful! Today was the first day that you were going to be on a plane ride! We got up bright and early on Tuesday morning and were out the door headed to your Grandma and Grandpa Bell's. We get there load up and head to the Airport!
The first ride to MN was about 3.5 hours. YOu did really good. You really enjoyed looking out the window. You didn't scream or fuss much so I count that a success. We had about an hour layover in MN. You just enjoyed yourself there.

The last flight was on a tiny plane. It was about an hour long. You basically screamed the last 20 min b/c it was late and I think you were ready to bed. So there we are flying you screaming me sweating.. but we made it!

So we are landed in ND and at the hotel. Everyone was going out but I just couldn't do it. I was so exhausted and felt sick it just wasn't going to happen. So you and I stayed back at the hotel. Well they brought your crib in.. Oh goodness was that a nightmare. It was a metal crib that had a too small mattress.. Needless to say you refused to sleep in it and slept in bed with mama everynight. What a way to start a 4 day trip... The time change also really screwed you up... you were up every morning by 6am or earlier. CRAZY! But we made. Now we are off to day two!

Your first Father's Day!

2009-07-03T11:58:00.003-04:00

Where to start! Your first father's day was spent with Grandma, Grandpa Bell and Mama! Daddy went fishing with the guys in his family so we were on our own! We went over to G-ma's and G-pa's and went to church with them!
It was really nice and we had a great sermon. After church all four of us went to lunch! You were sooo cute! You tried to to drink out of G-ma's water and got the straw in your eye! Of course I laughed! You were also such a big boy in your highchair! We had a lot of fun and were able to relax and g-ma and G-pa's at their house. A little later that day we went home and met Daddy there around 7:00pm.

Since Daddy wasn't going to be with you on Father's day we sort of celebrated it the day before with Daddy and his whole family and extended family.
Everyone was in town. You got to spend a lot of time with all of your Aunt's and Uncles and with your little cousins! You were such a good boy of course like usual! It is just so much fun to see how much you grow and change everyday!

All together I think your first Father's day was ok! I'm glad we atleast had my Dad to spend it with! I love you baby bear you are the best and thank you for bringing so much joy into mine and your Daddy's lives!

Six Month Professional Photo Shoot!

2009-07-02T13:13:00.003-04:00

6 Month Photos taken on July 1, 2009 at Sears!

6 month check-up and 1st boat ride!

2009-07-02T13:01:00.007-04:00

Baby boy... Oh how much you have grown! You had your six month check up on Friday June 19, 2009. You are now 26 inches long and 17.85 lbs! You are quite a handful now adays and just so full of energy. When the Dr. saw you she made a comment that you are going to be a "wild thing" and "the class clown"! You make me so proud! While we were there you decided that you should roll all over the table! All I can do is laugh. You shredded the table paper cover. I just love you to pieces. My life would surely be so boreing with out you! You are right on track and everything about you is perfect!

We took you on your first boat ride the weekend before Father's day down the St. Johns river! We went with your Nanny and Poppy Bell! You weren't too sure about it but you didn't seem to complain to much! I really love watching all of your expressions. YOu didn't cry at all and in fact you eventually fell asleep! You are just such a little cutie and you really bring so much joy to my life! You have these baby lips that are to die for! Thank you such a good boy! I love you baby boy!