Warner's 1st Field Day

Warner had his first field day at school this weekend. He was only involved in 2 events, but like his teacher said, to them it was like the Olympics. He did so good - participating correctly in all events. We were so proud of him!

The teams marching on to the field...Warner was the first in line for his team - Go Gold!

Ready to start his first event

Go Warner!!

His whole class lined up for the fun run

getting a little pep talk from daddy

silly boy

snack time

"look momma, fruit snacks"

random pictures

Warner loves to take pictures with his brother. This morning he asked me to go get the camera.

breakfast...

Warner recently gave up his naps, but lots of times he will fall asleep at some point during the day...this day he fell asleep in time out.

This is where you'll find Jackson when we're outside - in his walker moving along.

EASTER 2010

These pictures are my new favorites! My heart just burst looking at them. I love my boys, love having boys, love how much they love each other, love dressing them, and love dressing them alike. Chris is such a good sport!

my baby - growing up too fast!

My boys have such a great daddy.

Easter morning

the Livelys and the Johnsons

after church we go to Chris' grandparents house for lunch and an egg hunt. We love our cousins!

Cedar Hill Farms

Lesley and I took the kids to Cedar Hill Farms for a little Easter fun. It was such a fun day and even though we were completely worn out it was worth it all.

We went on a hay ride, hunted Easter eggs, rode horses,

went on a train ride,

and even saw the Easter bunny

7 months old!

You are sitting up without falling over, eating 3 meals a day, still loving your sleep, about to start crawling, finally sitting in a high chair (mommmy was a little lazy about getting it out), loving Mum Mums and puffs, and LOVING being outside. So far you love - apples, pears, peaches, blueberries, butternut squash, zuchinni, cauliflower, oatmeal, carrots, banana, and sweet potatoes. You don't care for peas or green beans. I am still making all your food and I love it. You are the happiest in the morning and will stay in your bed and play forever if I let you. You are still in awe of your brother and if he's around you are as content as you can be. You started reaching for me when you're in somebody else's arms and that just melts me. At your 6 month appointment when you were almost 7 months old you weighed 18 pounds 13 oz and you were 28 inches long. You don't have any teeth. Every where we go people always say you are the best baby. You really are! You are loved.

last week

Last week started off like any other week.

Jackson slept most of the day on Monday...I just thought he was worn out from our weekend in Memphis, and then woke up Tuesday morning with a runny nose. By the time he woke up from his morning nap he had gone from just a little cold to full out wheezing and grunting. I called the children's clinic and got him in pretty quick. My pediatrician said the word "pneumonia" and I 'bout died! We did a breathing treatment in the clinic and then they sent us over to the hospital for a chest xray. He was so pitiful!

That afternoon my pediatrician called with the news that it looked like a mild pneumonia. We started an antibiotic, steroid, and breathing treatments.

The next morning we got the official report that showed "no pneumonia". I was thankful for that but couldn't really appreciate the good news because my baby was CRAZY!!! He was way out of character - agitated, jittery, and just plain miserable. I had to make another call to my pediatrican and she immediately took him off the steroid!! It was awful...he was so tired, but his little body would not let him rest. That afternoon he screamed for 30 solid minutes while I rocked him and then he finally gave up and crashed. No more steroids for this little boy!!

Finally by Thursday we had our happy little baby back.

Warner has never had any respiratory issues. Jackson will likely struggle with this type of thing his whole life.

We are using the clocks in our house to our advantage - "when it says 7:35 we are getting a bath", etc. It seems to be working like a charm!

I finally got smart after 3 days of breathing treatments and got out the handy portable DVD player for a little Baby Einstein to keep his attention.

This is just for me...so I'll remember what it was like shopping with these two - Jackson taking up the entire buggy in his carseat and Warner sitting in the front. Leaving very little room for groceries.

gin show 2010

We had a great time this weekend at the annual farm & gin show in Memphis. Warner was in heaven with all the tractors and farm equipment. Jackson & I were just along for the ride - we spent most of our time in the hotel room while Jackson napped. JoJo, Pops, Matthew, Madison, & Mason were also there for the weekend so we enjoyed having a little family time. Warner loves his cousins! They even got to go swimming one night!

in 10-12 years they will be forced to drive tractors...it's called free labor. They don't even know what's coming!

it is a lot of walking...and Chris & Pops have to see everything!! We all get tired!

riding on the trolley to eat lunch at Huey's...this has become a tradition.

Jackson's first trolley ride (on his 6 month birthday).

Now if I could only get rid of all the freebies & junk that my husband brought home with us!