Random stuff!

Just some random pictures from the last week!! When Daddy gets home from work, no one else has Charlie's attention!
This picture and the next are blurry, but I love the faces!
Love those checks..
Papa, Charlie and Grandaddy at the car show. Congrats Papa on winning!!!

This happens every time we go to the Dr...the paper is now removed the minute we get into the room! His stats from the Dr are: Weight..22.2lbs (75%), Length..29 1/4inches (80%) and his head is now in the 45%! Believe it or not he is actually slowing down on his growth!!

No one can make Charlie giggle the way Daddy can!

T-Shirts!!

If you want to support a worthwhile cause.....check out my friend Julie's blogpage. http://handstandmom.blogspot.com/ She and her husband are adopting a baby from China. They are selling t-shirts to help with the adoption costs and they are great...as someone who feels their pain of coming up with ALL that money I encourage you to order one and help them out..plus the shirts are too cute!!

Going green..

Around our house we have really been trying to be a little more "green" and organic...we could try way harder, but anything helps, right?! I just wanted to pass along a my new favorite green item. I have started using those enviormentally friendly grocery bags.the reusable ones, and I am loving them. Main reason..they can fit soooo many more grocery's in them. I left the store yesterday after spending $122.00 and could fit everything into4 bags. So when I got home to unload I just slung 2 over each shoulder and was done..as opposed to my usual 3ish trips back and forth. Anyway, I like them so much more and you can even feel a little better about yourself!!!

I tossed in a few pictures of Charlie in his green outfit to go with the green theme!!

Blow out..

No, I am not posting a picture of that!!! I was at work a few days ago and my sweet little 2lb baby had a huge, awful diaper. I was going on and on about how bad it was. "How could such a sweet and TINY thing do that?" Anyway, I got home that night and my sweet Charlie decide to continue that trend for my day!!! It's funny how I went on and on about my sweet little 2lb baby..and then I get home to my 22lb baby... Which one would you rather be changing!!

Scrub-a-dub-dub..

Last night during bath time Charlie was really preforming, of course I did not catch most on camera..cause that's just how it works!! For some reason I had the hardest time deleting pictures. I know so many of these will look the same to you, but I see different expressions and just cant seem to part with them!Look at all those rolls on his legs..awesome!!!
ALWAYS chewing on his letters..still no sign of a tooth!!
He HATES water in his face and as soon as it gets wet he starts reaching to get out! If you can dry his face off he will usually keep playing. BTW..I LOVE this picture!

This is his cheesy grin that I get all the time. He is always smiling..minus ear infections. I usually don't get full on smile unless I am really working it. This is the "bless your heart, mom" smile!
Another "letter chewing pic"..somehow, it just looks a little different though! This is the best I can do for a "fowhawk"..and I cannot recreate it once we get out of the tub.Whipped by pictures at this point!
My sweet, sweet boy!

Lake Caddo... or the Swamp

Last weekend we headed to Lake Caddo for a 3 day weekend. Let me just clarify as we begin.."Lake Caddo" is more of a swamp..snakes, alligators, etc. So when I say "weekend at the lake", swimming, sunning and boats are not what we had in mind!! We spent the weekend..eating, sleeping, reading, riding the 4-wheeler or dirt bike, getting on the boat and some more eating and sleeping!! We had a great time and all the kids were so good..it was 9 kids and they were all so stinkin fun and enjoyable. Below are some out of order pictures from the weekend..sorry there are not a lot, but I did not have my own camera and mom got me as many as she could before she left town! Everyone took their turn taking the kids on rides..the 4-wheeler and dirt bike were a huge hit..not only with the little kids!
And no, there were no helmets..but we were also kinda in the middle of nowhere....and yes, we did pile as many kids on as possible!!
I look rough..but this is how your supposed to look at Caddo..for the first time since my tween years, I actually showered and then fixed my hair down there...but not in this pic!! Also, please notice our matching skulls shirts ...and no I did not plan it.
This is the one picture that I showered and cleaned up for. Bradley, Charlie and I slept in a tent. The first night I was in tears, crying on Bradley's shoulder at 4am when I could not sleep. I know it sounds whinny, but Charlie went to bed at 2:30am..so there is where the tears mainly stemmed from!! The next night he slept from 7pm-7am..sweet!! The last night though..It was FREEZING!! Charlie kept waking up..I assume cause he was cold. So at 5am Bradley just loaded them up..I had fallen back asleep..and took a drive in the car to warm up..and put Charlie asleep. I woke up at 6 and saw they were still sleeping so I took a hot shower..another I don't do at Caddo. It's usually hot enough so that all my showers are cold. Then I fixed my hair..only cause it involved a blow dryer and warmth!! My niece Katie came in and we blew dry her to get her warm and her cloths!!
At Caddo we all usually sit outside most of the day. We talk or read or whatever..put a pack and play in the middle of that circle and you have happy kids who will sit there for hours upon hours!! When Charlie would get bored we just put Brady or Reagan or Cassidee in there..and suddenly he was entertained again!Love my little mother hen..always taking care of our babies!!
Blurry, but I love this picture!

Reading with Alicia..I love that down there a shortage of hands for someone to hold your baby is never an issue!!
Please find me a child that does not LOVE Joe!!

And I will end on this WT picture!!! No, he is not touching it..even though the pic looks like it!! Mommy wanted him to touch it by laying it around his neck/shoulders...how great would that picture be..but no...everyone else said no way..including Daddy. Let me just state that it was dead and had no head..what damage could actually be done!!

So, if you were ever questioning it...yes, I am a redneck at heart!!!

Sorry about not great blogging lately, but with ear infections, selling 2 Trucks/Suv's and buying 2 cars and being out of town..little time was left for blogging! If it makes you feel better, I have not even seen last weeks Grey"s Anatomy..see, I am busy!! Also, I have not taken a lot of pictures lately..I will do better I swear!! And hopefully within the next few weeks we will get our name on the Embryo donor list..so that will give me more to blog about (and if your curious..the whole procedure wont occur till late summer probably!)

Please say a prayer for my brother Aric today. He is having surgery this morning. Please ask for wisdom for the Dr and Anesthesiologist and peace for Amber and Mom and Dad as they wait for him.

Sorry

I have been working a little extra and we have been out of town and my sweet baby is fighting another ear infection..so I am just a little beat down!! I will post some pic of my great weekend once I get them off others cameras..yes, I am so tired and beat down that I forgot my camera..I know, I know!!