Happy Mother's Day!

2 Years Ago

Today I was looking through some old notebooks of mine and came across one with a bunch of photography notes. I was reading several pages and then I came across an interview I did with J and B. This was done in April or May of 2007, so J was 7 and B was 4 1/2. Too Cute!!!

Interview with Jackson and B:
What is your favorite color?
J: Red
B: White and black

What is your favorite number?
J: 99
B: 7

What is your favorite fruit?
J: pineapple
B: Those yellow things with juicey in them

What is your favorite vegetable?
J: carrots with ranch dip
B: corn

What is your favorite sport?
J: football
B: baseball

What is your favorite team?
J: Huskies
B: Huskies, Trussville Yankees, and Cago Cubies (Chicago Cubs)

What is your favorite dessert?
J: Chocolate cake
B: bubble gum

What is your favorite breakfast?
J: pancakes
B: pancakes on a stick

What is your favorite snack?
J: brownies
B: cheezits

What is your favorite thing to play?
J: ride bikes
B: baseball


How cute is that to see their answers! And just for fun, here is a then and now picture:

Just a few more

Just wanted to add a few more from Easter...

So Much to Post

I'm so behind on posting here...so much has happened over the last month! We have been SOOOO busy! First of all, we have a new member to the family...Lucy, our puppy! She is precious and is growing so fast! We drove to Macon, Georgia to get her and brought her home as a surprise to Jackson, Benjamin and William. They had no idea and were so excited!


Then Jackson turned 9! How did my baby get to be so big and grown up? He had a "spend-the-night" birthday party at the house to celebrate. He had 5 of his friends come over and they were very well behaved and had a blast!

Baseball is full swing. Jackson is on the Reds and B is on the White Sox. As of now they are both in 2nd place in their age group. Jackson is playing 3rd base again and B is playing 1st base this year. His team needed someone who could catch the ball well and so that is why B is playing there. They both of been doing great and I'm very proud of them. The Saturday before Easter, Benjamin had a ball game and he hit the ball over the fence! A over the fence homerun! WOW! We were all so excited and proud of him!





Easter weekend was a wonderful weekend with Giggy and Pappy and Momo and Grandaddy. They were all there to see B's homerun and it was a good weekend to all be together. The Easter bunny came Sunday morning before church. And then we all went to church together.








So that was the quick version of the last month!

He just might be ready

He just might be ready. W always talks about going "potty" and is really interested in, um, bodily functions (toots, poop, and tee tee). He likes to sit on the big potty and pretend to poop. He might actually toot and he thinks this is great. Then he wants to wipe and flush...the whole deal. Well, this morning he was whinning and said his tummy hurt. I asked him if he needed to go poop in the potty and make it feel better. So he proceeded to take all his clothes off and sat up on the potty. And guess what.... he went tee tee! Oh he was so proud of himself and of course I was too! He kept saying "Good boy tee tee in potty". So precious!

Crib Play Time

While W was at school today, MF and I had some play time in her room. I needed to put away some of her clothes that she has outgrown, and she wiggled around her room and crib while I worked. She still is not sitting by herself, but she has started to get up on her knees and rock back and forth. She may start crawling before she can sit!

Today

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."


Just enjoying the little things today...

Jackson 8 years old

Just for fun...

1. What is something mommy always says to you?
No

2. What makes mommy happy?
Us cleaning our room

3. What makes mommy sad?
If I'm irresponsible

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
By entertaining me

5. What was your mommy like as a child?
sweet and kind

6. How old is your mommy?
35

7. How tall is your mommy?
5 ft. 4in. (plus 4 more!)

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Play with us

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around?
clean house

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
photography

11. What is your mommy really good at?
photography

12. What is your mommy not very good at?
football

13. What does your mommy do for a job?
take care of family

14.What is your mommy's favorite food?
pizza

15.What makes you proud of your mommy?
when she plays with me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
minne mouse

17. What do you and your mommy do together
draw pictures

18. How are you and your mommy the same?
same color hair

19. How are you and your mommy different?
she's a girl, I'm a boy

20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
Because she tells me

21. What does your mommy like most about your dad?
He gives us money

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go?
the beach

Benjamin 6 years old

Just for fun...

1. What is something mommy always says to you?
I love you

2. What makes mommy happy?
Benjamin

3. What makes mommy sad?
Me and Jackson not doing what you say

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
tickle me

5. What was your mommy like as a child?
nice

6. How old is your mommy?
32

7. How tall is your mommy?
12 basketballs tall

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Play with us

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around?
put away our clothes

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
telling me jokes

11. What is your mommy really good at?
loving me

12. What is your mommy not very good at?
throwing the football

13. What does your mommy do for a job?
put away clothes

14.What is your mommy's favorite food?
shrimp

15.What makes you proud of your mommy?
she is kind to everybody

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Gus, the mouse on Cinderella

17. What do you and your mommy do together
play games

18. How are you and your mommy the same?
we have the same skin

19. How are you and your mommy different?
Mommy has long hair, I have short hair

20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
Because you are nice to me and love on me

21. What does your mommy like most about your dad?
He does work for you

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go?
Disneyworld

Miss my B

While looking back at my recent pictures, I just don't have any of B. It made me realize how much I miss time with him. Last year we had lots of time together since he was at preschool. I so miss that! Things just get so busy and the next thing you know, months have passed and my B has grown up so much. I wish I could just press a "pause" button or "slow motion" button to slow things down. I cherish that time we had before he started kindergarten and realize I have to make more individual time for Jackson and B since they are gone so much.

So about a week ago, B was being so sweet and wanted to play outside together. I don't even remember where the rest of the crew was, but we had some time just the two of us. We played "pig" and of course he beat me... for real! He's a good little basketball player.

Here's my Sweet B....

More Sweetness

I just can't get enough of this sweetness. She is truly the sweetest, happiest baby every. I love you Mary Fran

SNOW!!!

Can you believe we actually got snow? I didn't really believe the weatherman because they always make such a hype about snow and then it doesn't even rain. But it actually did snow this time! We probably got close to 4 inches, which is more than B'ham has gotten in about 15 years. The boys had a great time making snow angels, having snowball fights and we attempted to make a little snowman. This was Mary Fran's "1st snow", but of course it was a little too cold for her to get out!

What a difference a day makes

Poor William, he has a yucky stomach bug. Bless his heart, he feels pretty bad. And just looks at me like, "Mommy please do something to make me feel better." Yesterday he felt fine, but woke up this morning with a tummy ache...

yesterday...







today....

Hat Fashion Show

Yesterday was so pretty outside. I decided to take some pics of mary fran on the porch. Mom started teaching me how to knit hats and here are a few of our creations.

This one is the cutest hat called the munchkin hat...of course mom made this one..




This one is the second one I made, which I have to say turned out much better than the first I made!


This is the first one...HA HA HA!


This is one mom made...look how cute the pompom is!


And this is one I had ordered before I learned how to knit!