The Ammons Family

An Interview with Grayson

2011-03-31T15:20:00.003-05:00

I was ready another blog and she did an interview with her daughter. I thought it was a cute idea so I decided to interview Grayson. Her blog is http://http//ethanzachemma.blogspot.com/2011/03/interview-with-emma.html

So here is Grayson's interview:

1. What is your favorite supper?

SNACKS! Chocolate animal crackers.

2. What is your favorite color?

Brown

3. What is you favorite thing to do outside?

Ride my bike and pick flowers. (He does bring me alot of flowers, sweet boy)

4. What is your favorite drink?

Orange juice

5. What is your favorite game?

Hip Hop Hop! ( I have no idea what this is)

6. What is your favorite fruit?

Strawberries

7. What is something Mom always says to you?

Son, Stop hitting! (because he is so ruff with his sister)

8. What makes Mom happy?

When I behave.

9. What makes Mom sad?

getting on to me.

10. How do you make Mom laugh?

Make silly faces.

11. How old is your Mom?

50 years old ( Oh my!!!!!!)

12. What is Mom's favorite thing to do?

vacuum

13. What does your Mom do when you are not around?

clean up.

14. What is something your Mom isn't very good at?

Hip Hop Hop.

15.What is Mom's favorite food?

oranges.

16. How do you know your Mom loves you?

she hugs me.

17. What do you want to be when you grow up?

In the army with uncle Clay.

18. How would you spend $100?

Buy food, oranges, lovies(stuff animals), drinks, go to the store and pay bills and go to college.

19. Where would you like to visit?

Grandma's

20. What is your favorite thing to do?

Play Buzz Lightyear!

Christmas 2010

2011-01-24T14:48:00.009-06:00

Since I am playing catch up and I may never get caught up. I thought I could share pictures from our Christmas. This was Ashlyn's first Christmas. I don't think she really knew what was going on. We had a good Christmas, but as usual it flew by. This first group of pictures is of the weeks before Christmas. Tommy received a Turk-Duck-en from his employees. It is a Turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken. We have not tried it yet but we have heard they are really good.

The pictures below are from Granny Agnes' 90th birthday party. She was so excited to have her party. It was good to see everyone. Doesn't Granny Agnes look so pretty! She loves to get all dressed up, such a lady!!!!!! Grayson just loves her to pieces and he can't wait to go back and see her again.

These pictures below are from our Christmas on the Ammons' side. We all get together at Lori and Tim's house and Lori and Pam cook a big lunch. The food is always sooooo good. Those ladies can cook that is for sure.. Wish I had a plate full right now! Grayson enjoyed playing with Anna Kate and he always loves spending time with Uncle Tim. Ashlyn even warmed up to Tim some. We had a great time as always at LoLo and Tim's.

The pictures below are from our time with the Yeomans' side. We always have a good time with them. Aunt Wanda exposed Ashlyn to her first Christmas cookie, which was a huge hit. Ashlyn tried a little pole dancing on Granny Greats floor lamp, lol! Grayson gave Uncle Hasten a hug that we thought was going to last forever. He just would not let go of Hasten.

These pictures are from our time with the Smith side. It was so good to have everyone together but we missed my Daddy. Bless his heart he was so sick with a fever and everything else. We didn't get to see Daddy until a couple of weeks later. The kids had a blast playing.

These are pictures from our day at Mom and Tony's. They cooked breakfast for us and we enjoyed exchanging gifts. The breakfast was awesome. We had a great time.

These pictures are from Christmas Eve at my Aunt Maryanne's. We had a great time. It's always fun when that side gets together. Our family is so big so it is always like a party. The kids enjoyed dancing and Santa came to visit too.

On Christmas Eve morning, Grayson and I made cookies for Santa. We had so much fun.

Christmas Morning.......Santa Came and brought presents. Grayson was sooooo excited! We had a great time just us.

Brother and Sister

2011-01-17T04:29:00.000-06:00

These two children have a very special bond, a bond that only a brother and sister can have. I am so lucky that I get to watch this bond grow everyday. Grayson LOVES his sister and she LOVES him too. He is so sweet to her and tries to help me take care of her everyday. Sometimes I have to tell him to just let me be the Momma and he can just be the brother. I thank God everyday for our two precious babies.

Back to Blogging

2011-01-16T16:05:00.003-06:00

It has been forever since I have blogged. I guess being a stay at home mom to two very busy young ones has well...kept me very busy. I have decided to try the 365 day blog thing. My goal (which I know I am setting myself up to fail) is to blog everyday. It may be just a picture with no words or it may be a huge post. I am going to try to do better. Our kids are doing the cutest things and saying the cutest things that if I don't blog about it and record it, I will surely forget everything.
Alot has happened since I last blogged. Ashlyn is walking and Grayson is such a big boy. They both amaze me everyday. Grayson is such a smart, sweet boy. He is in K3 preschool two days a week and seems to love it. I'm finally getting used to being a Stay At Home Mom, although we still are not on a good schedule. Ashlyn still is not on a good nap schedule but she sleeps well at night so I guess I'll take that. Grayson takes great naps but fights bedtime with everything he has.
My Granny passed away in October, which was very bitter sweet. I miss her terribly. She and I were so close. She was my rock and she encouraged me in everything I did. It didn't matter what I did she was always there. I could ALWAYS count on her. I am so greatful that I had her in my life. At first after loosing her I felt so lost. Things would happen and I would reach for the phoen to call her and tell her, even the smallest thing, but I couldn't.....that was so hard. But I know she is happy and in heaven. She is not hurting anymore. She is with our sweet Jesus and with my PawPaw. Probably giving PawPaw a hard time.
Well, enough sad stuff.......I am going to try to blog more. We'll see how it goes.......

Ashlyn's 12 month Photos

2011-01-16T16:04:00.003-06:00

I'm so glad I took Ashlyn's picture every month. It's amazing to see how much she has grown. I wish I would have done this with Grayson. It's hard to believe that our baby girl is a year old. She is the sweetest little girl and she is very much a Momma's baby.

Please Pray for this Sweet Family and their new Baby!

2010-07-08T09:31:00.000-05:00

Grayson's 3rd Birthday

2010-06-07T11:00:00.005-05:00

I can not believe that my sweet baby boy is three years old. He is growing too fast. We are so proud of him.

Grayson, Your Daddy and I are so blessed to have you in our lives and we can't image our lives without you. You are a ray of sunshine, you make us smile and laugh daily. You amaze us every day with how smart you are and how fast you are learning. You are growing up so fast, I wish you would slow down just a little bit. We love you very very much. I hope you had a wonderful birthday weekend.

Ashlyn's 4 Month Pictures

2010-05-13T16:02:00.006-05:00

I'm a little late on Ashlyn's 4 month post. It has been busy around here, nothing too exciting just busy with two lil ones. She is really developing a little personality, she loves her brother and loves to watch him play. She thinks he is the funniest person ever. She has turned into quite the Momma's baby and cries whenever her Daddy picks her up. She will let him bathe her but that's about it. I hope she grows out of that soon! She is full of smiles and giggles and she will jibber jabber to you but who knows what she is saying. She loves to sit in her exersauser and talk to her toys. She is trying to roll over, she can get to her side but can't quite make it over before she falls back onto her back. She is grabbing her toys and putting them into her mouth. She is teething like crazy but I can't see a tooth in sight. We have started rice ceral and changed to outmeal ceral soon after starting the rice. We have also started baby food. She has tried squash, sweet potatoes, green beans and bananas. She not real fond of the spoon and prefers the bottle. She pretty much hates veggies but accepts the bananas ok. I plan to start Apples tonight so hopefully that will go well. We have officially moved her to her room and she has done quite well. We slept in her room for the first couple of nights on an air mattress, we also had company which was the real reason why we slept in her room but that helped make the transition easier for me. She is doing great. It's hard to believe that she is 4 months old already. She has brought such joy to our lives. We are so very blessed to have two beautiful, healthy, happy children.....and I am so blessed to be able to spend all day with them and watch them grow and learn new things.

This picture was taken on the same day that she got her first round of 4 month shots. I still can't believe she was smiling so much after getting two shots.

I just love this picture of Grayson and Ashlyn.

She looks like she is enjoying her squash but I promise it is quite a task to feed her. She wants to help with the spoon which means we make a huge mess and once she sees a bottle it's all over with! Grayson was much much easier to feed and he LOVED his veggies. It's so funny how different they are.

Easter Pics

2010-04-03T06:17:00.002-05:00

Ashlyn's 3 Month Pics

2010-04-02T16:51:00.004-05:00

Gosh, it is so hard to believe that my baby girl is already 3 months old. She is growing too fast. She is smiling all the time and enjoying watching her brother play and taking in the world around her. We recently started putting her in the Exersaucer and she loves it but only for short periods of time (about 5-10 minutes) I think it wears her out fast but it will help her strengthen her back and legs. She loves to look at her toys on it. Also we have started putting her in the bumbo seat and she loves it. She will sit in it a little longer than the exersaucer. She has really enjoyed being outside this week. We are enjoying the spring weather that's for sure.
Here's her monthly pic with the frog and another sweet pic we snapped the other day. she refused to smile.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

2010-03-17T19:12:00.003-05:00

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!!

We had a quick green inspired photo session today. I thought a couple of the pictures turned out cute. Ashlyn gets really nervous when I place her in Grayson's arms (understandably so). Grayson loves to hold her and love on her, but he is also a wiggle worm. He is such a great big brother. Ashlyn loves to watch him play.

So....

May the sun always rise to meet you each morning and may the wind always be at your back.

Wishing you good luck on this St. Patty's day!

Ashlyn is Two Months Old

2010-03-05T23:08:00.003-06:00

I'm a little late on the 2 month picture. We have been very busy around here. She was supposed to wear this dress home from the hospital but it swallowed her whole, so she wore a blue sleep and play home instead. As you can see it is still a little big. It makes her look a lot bigger than she actually is. The sleeves are so poofy that it makes her arms look huge.
She is doing so good. She's taking 30-36 oz of formula a day and she is sleeping through the night. She goes to sleep at around 10:30 and sleeps until 6am. She is still in our room. I just can't seem to let her go. She is still in her bassinet but she is growing out of it fast. I guess when she outgrows it, we will move her to her room. It's just so sweet to have her right there with me. She is smiling all the time and loves for you to talk to her. She loves to snuggle and her favorite place is still proped up on my shoulder or laying with her head against my chest. I think she likes to hear my heart beating. She is starting to watch Grayson more. He loves her sooooo much and he is such a big helper. She loves her pas but she usually sleeps without it (thank goodness hopefully it will stay that way). She is growing so fast. At her 7 wk doctors appt she weighed 10lb 14 oz and was 22 inches long. The doctor said she is gaining an ounce a day which is really good. She had to get 4 shots and drink another med for rino-virus (misspelled). Bless her heart the shots caused her to run a high fever and scared me to death. she was burning up. I called the nurse and of course they were not that concerned. After a couple of doses of Tylenol we were able to get her temp down to 99.8. She ran a low grade temp for a couple of days. When we go back to get her 4 month shots, I'm going to try to spread them out more, hopefully that will help.
That's pretty much all for now. I will try to blog and soon. I have so much to catch up on.

Ashlyn's Sweet Smile

2010-02-23T14:25:00.004-06:00

I finally caught Ashlyn's sweet smile on camera the other day. She has been smiling for weeks and cooing some but every time I would get the camera out she would stop and wouldn't do it again for nothing. She is 7 weeks old in these pictures. She is doing very good and growing so fast. She weighs 10lb 4oz and she's 22 inches long. Grayson and I took her for her 2 month check up last week and the doctor said she looks great. She is in the 50th percentile in both height and weight and he said she is very strong. She is holding her head up better, so she's not a bobble head as bad. When she's is laying on her tummy, she hold her head up really good. She loves getting a bath but hates to get out of the tub and usually cries when you put her clothes on. She loves to watch Grayson play and Grayson loves to loves on her. He is such a sweet big brother. He loves to share his cars and balls with her, it's very sweet.

Valentine Petits Fours

2010-02-04T15:02:00.002-06:00

Check out this quick and looks like easy Petit Fours recipe over at Mckmama's blog. Very very cute.
http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2010/02/valentine-petit-fours.html

The Pacifier Chase

2010-02-03T09:05:00.003-06:00

Last night our goal was to have everyone in the house in bed ASLEEP by 10pm, including myself and my husband. Sound do-able right? yeah right! Tommy wasn't sure we could do it, but I thought we could make it happen. Everything was going great. Tommy came down from putting Grayson to sleep very early considering how bad his bedtime routine has been going since Ashlyn was born. I think he came down around 9:30. Shortly after that I laid Ashlyn in her Bassinet. Then Tommy and I settled into our bed by 9:45.....yeah we did it and I was so very proud of us, we were actually going to get a couple of hours extra sleep. But Ashlyn had other plans. She started to grunt and wiggle around and then it happened, the paci fell out of her mouth so I reached over and put it back in. Which started what I now call the Pacifier Chase...yeah...which went on until well after 11:30. Great! She and I went back and forth with that paci. She just wasn't happy at all. I changed her and fed her but nothing worked. She just wasn't ready to go to sleep or to lay in her bassinet alone. She wanted to be right next to me (I guess). Oh and she spit up on her night clothes twice and mine once, which required a clothing change for both of us. I was so hoping to get to sleep earlier but it didn't happen. When she and I finally fell asleep, she slept until 4ish. After Tommy changed her (thank you honey) and I fed her and laid her down asleep. As soon as I was settled into bed, she started it all over again. We went back and forth again for an hour with the pacifier. Bless her heart she wants the paci in her month but I think once she falls asleep, her mouth relaxes and it falls out and it falls behind her ear. I have a love/hate relationship with pacifiers. I love that a pacifier can help to soothe a baby and can buy you a little time to get a bottle made. But I hate that a baby can become so attached to the paci. I'm almost considering taking the paci away at bedtime. I just wonder if she would sleep better without worrying about that paci.

I'm so proud of Grayson. He slept in his bed ALL night last night. He did so good. Since Ashlyn was born he has been coming down stairs and getting in our bed half way through the night, every night. This makes for a rough night's sleep for me and Tommy. Grayson sleeps in circles, he spins around in his sleep and he always sleeps with his feet at the head of the bed. So we haven't slept good in over a month.

So we reached one goal last night. That's something to build on, Right?

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures.....

2010-01-29T20:27:00.009-06:00

If you have read any of my blog in the past, then you know that I LOVE pictures especially pictures of my family and my children....heck I love pictures period. Here's a few of my favorites of the kids. I would have posted more but blogger is just too slow and it's getting late.

So far Ashlyn is enjoying her swing a little. She enjoys it for short periods of time. Grayson did the same thing when he was a newborn but as he got older he loved his swing. I remember spending a couple of nights in the living room because the swing was the only place he would sleep.
I LOVE this picture of Ashlyn. She was really going to town on her thumb. This picture was taken at the Doctor's office for her first check up. She was 6 days old. Bless her heart she was starving and that thumb wasn't giving her anything....she wasn't happy with it at all.

I think this is so sweet....Grayson loves to give her kisses.

My sweet baby boy. Notice his bath water is blue. Santa gave him a bottle of tablets that change the color of the bath water, but amazingly it doesn't stain the tub, or Grayson or his wash cloth. He thinks it is so cool.

I love this picture of Grayson. I think it was taken the first day we brought Ashlyn home. He is always checking on her in the bassinet. He is such a sweet big brother.

One Month Old...already!

2010-01-29T20:01:00.007-06:00

It's hard to believe that Ashlyn is one month old already. She is such a joy. I still can't believe I have two beautiful children. They both keep me very busy. Grayson is slowly getting used to having a sister. He loves her so much but he also loves her very hard. She has the brightest eyes and she follows my every move. She is growing fast, she has already grown out of most of her newborn clothes. She now weighs 8lb 14oz. Here's a few pictures of her. I plan to post more pics soon.

1 week old. I plan to take her picture every month with the frog. I'm also planning to take her picture in a 24 month size onesie. I will post that picture soon as well. I think it will be neet to watch her grow into the onesie.
1 month old in her Valentine's outfit from Aunt Ta Ta.

Brother and Sister...so sweet.

Daddy and Daughter...too sweet.

We have a picture like this of Grayson and I LOVE it, so I wanted to try to recreate it with Ashlyn. I think it turned out pretty good. She's 3 wks old in this picture.

She's Here!!!!!!

2009-12-31T17:57:00.007-06:00

Our baby girl, Ashlyn is finally here. She is absolutely beautiful and healthy as can be. We are all doing very good. Tommy and I are tired from lack of sleep but we are so excited that she is here and we now have our sweet family of four. Here are a few pictures.

Check out that head full of hair.

I love this hat that my Aunt Kathy made for Ashlyn, it's so adorable!!!!!

Here's part of our family. This was right after she was born. Grayson had not met her yet.

Grayson is so very very prouf of his baby sister. I think he's in love. It's the sweetest thing ever. I will never forget that beautiful smile on his face when he saw her for the first time.

Grayson holding baby sister for the first time. Look at the twinkle in his eyes!

Our first family of four picture.

Waiting and Wondering.....

2009-12-28T11:14:00.003-06:00

I'm waiting and wondering when baby Ashlyn is going to make her grand appearance. I can tell things are changing and it's getting close but when! I can't wait to see her and hold her in my arms. I can't wait for her to meet her Daddy and big brother. We were hoping to be at the hospital today, since today is my sister's birthday and she will be named after my sister, but I don't think she will be born today.....things would have to start moving really really fast for that to happen today. I guess she is already a lil diva and wants her own birthday. I finally got the hospital bags packed yesterday and tied up some loss ends around the house, so I think we are ready.
So I am waiting and wondering....what is she going to look like? How big will she be? How will Grayson do with everything? I have tried to explain things to him as best as I can for a 2 yr old to understand. He seems to understand a lot but you never know. I hope it doesn't scare him when he sees the IV in my arm. I tried to explain that to him too.
.....I'm waiting and wondering.......and piddling around the house until she gives me the sign that it is time. But please Baby Ashlyn don't leave us waiting for too long, we can't wait to meet you and hold you and love you forever.

P.S. Christmas Pictures are coming, I promise!

P.S.S. I'm typing this post on MY new laptop computer that I got for Christmas from Tommy and the kids. I have never had a computer of my very own. It's so nice!!!!!!!!!

December Catch Up Part 1

2009-12-21T17:47:00.015-06:00

OK, I have been a bad blogger this month. You would think since I'm a Stay At Home Mom now that I would have more time to blog, but not so much. I don't know if it's because I'm getting used to staying home with a toddler or it's Christmas time or the fact that I'm very very pregnant.....could be a combo of all three. I would say that I will try to do better but I can't make any promises. Maybe when Ashlyn gets here I will post more, we'll have to wait and see.
So, here goes the update starting with Thanksgiving. We had a small family Thanksgiving at our house this year. My sister and her family came and my Daddy came. We ordered the Turkey and dressing from a local grocery store so we didn't have to cook that part but I cooked everything else. I cooked sweet potatoe casserole, squash casserole, green bean casserole, peas and mac and cheese. My sister brought the dessert and corn cassarole. I think that's everything we had. I thought it turned out very good but I cooked and ordered way too much food. So we had leftovers for days and days. I hate to say it but I ended up throwing alot away. This was my first time to cook most of the casseroles so I wasn't sure how much each made, I will know better next time.
Here's a few pictures from our day together.

Tommy carving the turkey.

Part of the food.

Paw Paw and Uncle Tim playing outside with the boys. They had such a good time.

Paw Paw with his Grandsons....so sweet
Connor on the left and Parker on the right.

Grayson was fasinated with this Christmas tree, it has a train that goes around inside of it. Granny smith gave this to him for Christmas last year. He has really enjoyed it this year and so far he hasn't broke it yet.

After the family left and we rested for a little while, we decided to pull out the Christmas decorations. I think Tommy and I had a false sense of energy that faded realllly fast. But Tommy did get the tree up. This was our first year ever to have a artificial tree and I think we were both nervous about how it would look. We bought it the day after Christmas last year. After Tommy fluffed the tree, Grayson and I started putting ornaments on the tree. Grayson really enjoyed it and he was such a big helper.

Giving my sweet Christmas helper some thank you sugar.

Grayson got a nativity set as an early Christmas gift. He has really enjoyed playing with it.

Grayson checking out the ornaments on the tree. He loved climbing on my step ladder.

Grayson helping Daddy push the tree back into the corner. He's such a big helper.

December Catch Up Part 2

2009-12-21T17:19:00.031-06:00

here's part 2 of the catch up posts. We actually got snow in Alabama, can you believe it. It was Very very little but Grayson was excited to see it. He enjoyed playing with it for a few minutes but it was melting so fast.

So far this month we have been to two Christmas parades, the Gardendale Parade and the Morris Parade. Grayson seemed too really enjoy both. The Gardendale parade was really long and he kept asking what's next what's next. The Morris parade was really short but it is a small town. They threw out candy, so Grayson was excited about that. We also visited the McWane Center, which is a science museum in Birmingham. They were having a huge train exhibit and we thought Grayson would enjoy it, but when we got there the train exhibit was closed for a private party (just our luck) but we were able to see the rest of the museum and Grayson had a blast. I think he is still a little young but by this summer he will be old enough.

Grayson playing in the snow.

Watching the Morris parade.

Watching the Gardendale Parade.

Yes, I am very pregnant with a 30 pound child on my shoulders....don't worry he wasn't up there long.

We were waiting for the parade to start. You have to get your spot at the Gardendale parade early. We usually try to get there at least 45 minutes early, which is like an eternity for a 2 yr old.

Silly Granna saw a float coming down the parade route with a "snow" blower.....little did she realize it was soap bubbles. They were both pretty much soaked and it was very very very cold.

Grayson and Daddy playing at the McWane Center.

Our Christmas Tree.

I think it turned out really pretty this year. Without my Little Christmas Helper (Grayson) it never would have turned out this pretty. He is very proud of it and he has been telling every body even stranger when we go shopping that Christmas is at he's house.

Here are a few of our new ornaments for this year.

These hand print ornaments aren't really new but they are my absolute favorites....I can't wait to get Ashlyn's made, her's will be in hot pink.

Grayson painted this choo choo train this year. I think it's so sweet and I will treasure it forever.

Every year we get a family ornament, I thought this one was perfect for this year!

I love this one too. I'm going to start getting the Santa pics turned into an ornament every year so that I can enjoy all of them on the tree.

Grayson and Daddy snuggling on the couch watching polar express.

Grayson wanted to have his picture taken by the tree with his puppy. Notice the mix-matched PJ's, this was not a planned photo shoot for sure.....but it turned out cute.

We had our Christmas with Tommy's Mom and Granny early this year. They came up last we and Grayson was so excited to see them. He loved all of his presents.

He had so much fun opening his gifts and everyone Else's gift too.

Giving his Grandma Thank you sugar.

Giving his Granny Great thank you sugar. It is the sweet thing when he calls her Granny Great. It just melts my heart.

Playing with his new Thomas the Train set from Grandma.

We also celebrated Christmas early with the Ammons side of Tommy's family. We also have their Christmas the weekend before Christmas. So on Saturday we traveled to Troy, Alabama. We had a great time visiting with everybody and the food was Delicious. Tommy's Aunt Lori and Pam can cook some food. My month is watering just thinking about it. Yummmmmo! Grayson got a Buzz Light year and Spider man from his Aunt Lolo and Pam. He was so excited to get both. He has been asking for a buzz all month. He loves them so much that they have to sleep with him. It's very cute.

Sunday before church we had to take a picture in front of the Christmas tree with Buzz.

Now he is asking for a Woody. Don't worry Woody is on the way.

Sunday evening we had Chilli at Granna and Papa T's house. PapaT makes the best Chili EVER!

After we stuffed out faces, Papa T helped the boys build a Gingerbread house and they loved it. I think we have started a new tradition. Great memories were made.

Yeah, the gingerbread house is complete now it's time to eat it!!!! Connor didn't waste anytime digging in. (Connor on Left Parker on Right) I think Parker had 10 gumballs in his month when we finally took the house away. They were all very very sugared up. I think next year we will build it earlier in the day and not at 7:30 at night but great fun was had by all.

I decided I wanted a few maternity pictures since this may be my last pregnancy. So yesterday my Mom took a few pictures of my. Here's a couple of them. We took more but this is all that I'm going to share on the blog. Sorry but I'm just not going to share too many pics of my bare belly. At 38 weeks it's just not a pretty sight any more.

So that's pretty much our December so far. I'm sure I left a few things out. But we have had a busy month. Now we are waiting on Christmas and Santa Clause and Ashlyn. I guess Ashlyn could come at anytime now, but I have a feeling she's going to wait until 2010 gets here first. Thank goodness Tommy is off of work until after New Year's so it will be so nice to have him home. Maybe Ashyln will come in 2009 but I hope she waits until after Christmas.

Merry Christmas to everyone in case I don't make it back for a post before then. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and remember Jesus is the true meaning of Christmas!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T06:00:00.000-06:00

Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving from our lil Turkey to yours. We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
This year I'm so thankful for our growing family and for the opportunity to be a Stay At Home Mom. I thank God for our many blessing.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

Bass Pro Shops.....Santa

2009-11-25T23:19:00.014-06:00

We took Grayson to the Bass Pro Shop to see Santa this evening and he had such a great time. If you have not been yet you definitely need to go especially if you have young kids. There's so much to see and I don't mean shopping wise. I didn't really shop at all, actually we didn't spend a dime. I'm not really sure how that place stays in business, but I'm glad it's there. They have tons and tons of stuffed animals all over the place and it's set up soooo nice. I think they try to use animals that are native to the area. There were alot of deer and wild hogs and black bears. A few moose which are not native to our area but they are really cool to look at and HUGE. Grayson was just totally amazed. He liked the deer but not the bears. He was very scared of the bears. I tried to shoe him that they were not real and couldn't hurt him. I even put my hand in one of there mouths (which was a little intimidating because they seem so life like) but he wasn't having the bears at all.
We also got to see Santa, which Grayson loved. He is so into Santa this year that it's crazy. (we have to watch Polar Express at least once a day) It's very sweet though. Oh and to top it off the santa pic was free and they had activities for the kids. It was nice.

grayson loved the fishes.

he really loved the 4-wheelers.

Walking up to Santa.....he's such a big boy.

Talking to Santa about fishing of all things....It was funny. Santa asked Grayson if he would take him fishing and of course Grayson said sure.

Daddy's new buddy, Mr. Bear.

I thought this belly shot was cool.....My Mom had the camera at this point.

This possum cracked me up. He was just hanging there. If I walked in on a live one like this, I would die, just die!

Grayson, Papa T and Granna watching Daddy drive the Nascar simulator.
Grayson was cheering his Daddy on, it was very cute. He kept saying Go Daddy Go faster, be careful Daddy. Oh no Daddy wrecked. Go faster daddy.

Our Family Pic. It's hard to believe I'm 34 wks pregnant and Ashlyn will be here in under 40 days. Our family will grow from three to four....craziness I tell ya!

Papa T and Granna

Grayson playing with the race cars.....These cars went sooo fast and they were only set to 30% strength, I can't image what 100% would be like.

Thanksgiving at My Aunt's House

2009-11-25T23:04:00.008-06:00

We had a good time this past Sunday at my Aunt's house for our annual Thanksgiving lunch. Our family on my Mom's side is so large that for the past few years we have started getting together the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Here are a few pictures from Sunday, I can't believe I didn't get a single family picture.....Tommy got off easy, but I will make up for it later I'm sure.

Grayson loved playing with this kitchen. He poured me a glass of milk and gave me cookies. He even called his Granna on the cordless phone, it was so cute. I think we will have to get him a small kitchen for Christmas. Tommy's not real thrilled with the idea because "kitchens are for Girls" but I keep telling him that Men cook too.

This is a very small group of our family.....I'm tellin' ya there's a bunch of us!

Connor and Parker hugging.....I love this picture it's soooo sweet.

Me and my cousin. she is due about a month after me.

Grayson was talking on the phone to his Granna. It was so cute I had to take his picture.

The other day after Tommy gave Grayson his bath, Grayson asked his Daddy to wrap him up. He looked so cute all wrapped up in his ducky towel that I had to take his picture. I think he thought he looked cute too. We had a hard time trying to convince him to put on his PJ's.

Ashlyn's Baby Shower

2009-11-25T22:51:00.011-06:00

I had such a great time at the baby shower. My sister had it at her house and it turned out great. My Mom, Jan and Carla helped her. It was so mice of them to throw me a baby shower. The food was wonderful and the company was awesome.

Michelle worked very hard on the Cross Stitched Name above and I love it. she made one for Grayson before he was born but this time she has two boys that wanted her attention so it was very hard for her to get this done. I love it so much....It brought tears to my eyes. She did such a good job on it and it looks so pretty in Ashlyn's room.

My Mom and Tony worked very hard on this rocking chair and I love it. They bought the rocker already made but the wood was so raw. Tony sanded it down and painted it white and Momma did the decorative painting on it. I'm sure Ashlyn will enjoy it for years to come. Grayson is patiently waiting for his rocker now.

Michelle and Momma

Michelle and Me.

Ashlyn's 4-D Ultrasound.

Out of Town Family from Tommy's side. It was so nice of them to come to the shower. It meant so much to me.

My good friend Susan. We used to work together. She is a hoot and I love visiting with her whenever we get the chance which doesn't happen often. It was so great to see her.

Santa Pics 2009

2009-11-13T17:59:00.004-06:00

I picked up Grayson's Santa pics today and I just had to share them. I think they turned out great. He looks like such a big boy in these pictures.......where did my baby go?

Busy November....

2009-11-12T16:44:00.020-06:00

We have been busy so far this Month. Last Wednesday was my last day at work. I am now a Stay at Home Mom, which is very exciting and scary at the same time. So far it has gone good. Grayson and I have just been hanging out alot. My house is still a total wreck but since I'm 32 weeks pregnant, I'm enjoying just taking it easy. I'll get the house under control eventually. We will also try to get on a schedule again although with the holidays fast approaching that my be harder to do.

Here are some pictures of our busy first part of this month. Ashlyn's baby shower is this weekend. So next week things should slow down around here and I can start nesting and getting organized.

Grayson sleeping with Sasha. We have started letting the dogs in more and Grayson loves it. I think since the dogs have been inside with Grayson, the more they are starting to appreciate the outside more. Grayson has so much energy and he loves to chase them around the house.

He has spent alot of time wrestling with Daddy. I think this move is called the 'Face Lift Hold'

Working on Daddy's 'Block Head' at little sawing here and some hammering there should do the trick.

On Saturday, we took Grayson to Disney on Ice. He LOVED it. He loved seeing Nemo, Buzz, and Woody. But when the princesses came out he wasn't that impressed. He also loved seeing Mickey, Minnie and Donald Duck. Every time a character came out that he recognized he would get sooooo excited, it was like he was the only child there and they were there to see only him. His face would just light up and he would wave his hand so hard. It was worth every penny and every second. Watching life through his eyes is amazing. He is so much fun.

Bruce the shark, Marlin and Dory.

Waving at his favorite characters.

Buzz and Woody!

Grayson's favorite.

His Mickey Mouse crown that came with his cotton candy. He loved the cotton candy but the crown was way to big, it was more like a necklace.

On Sunday after church we decided to head to the Botanical Gardens and try to get a good family picture for our Christmas card. Grayson really enjoyed exploring the gardens and feeding the fish and watching the turtles. We got a few good shots. He was just way too busy for pictures. I guess that is typical of a 2 yr old little boy.

Me and My sweet Hubby. He was so patient with me at the gardens. I love you so much, baby!!!!

I love this picture. We had fun playing peck a boo.

Hey there's that sweet smile. isn't he just so cute!

Playing in the bamboo.

I guess we needed to get a few maternity pics. It's hard to believe I still have almost two months to go. Seriously, can my stomach get any bigger.

Granna, Grayson and Me.

He gives the best hugs!

A profile belly shot. I seem to stand with my hands on my hips alot. I need to find another way to stand, I look like a drill Sargent.

We also had Santa pictures made earlier this week, I'm picking them up today and I can't wait to see them. Grayson and I are very excited about Christmas this year. He loved seeing Santa, so we will probably take him to see a mall Santa before Christmas. Christmas is going to be so much fun this year.

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T08:45:00.014-06:00

We had a great Halloween. Grayson enjoyed himself so much. We took him trick or treating for the first time and he loved it. Then we went to the fall festival at our church. They have a fall festival every year on halloween and it is a huge production. They have tons of games and rides for the kids and this year they even had fireworks. It's free to any one who wants to come, they ask that you bring one bag of unopened candy per child. The donated candy is the prizes for the games. Grayson got so much candy. We love going to the fall festival each year, it's such a wonderful, safe place for the children in the community to go on halloween night.

Trick or Treat!

Grayson and Grandma

Grayson and Granna.

Playing the games at the Fall Festival.

Oscar the Grouch......Grayson was so scared of him, he liked him from a distance but not up close.

Grayson and Daddy.

Grayson, Daddy and Momma.

Grayson, Daddy and Grandma

Grayson finally passed out after the Fall Festival. he tried to snuggle up to Sasha.

We had a great time. Now I'm ready to get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have a busy week ahead of us. Wednesday is my last day at work, I will be a Stay At Home Mom, yeah. We have Santa pics coming up and Disney on Ice. Hopefully we can squeeze family pictures in somewhere before I get too big pregnant. I can't wait for Christmas this year, it's going to be so much fun and Ashlyn should be here after Christmas. I can't wait to see her.

My Lil Cowboy.....

2009-10-18T20:27:00.005-05:00

Fall Fun Updates

2009-10-18T13:44:00.006-05:00

Here's a few updates on our recent Fall Family Adventures. We finally got Baby Ashlyn's room painted. It looks so good, it's bright yellow.

Tommy and Grayson made pizzas the other night. I think Grayson enjoyed it. They taste pretty good but I think we might use a different brand sauce next time.

We attempted to take "old fashion tricycle" pictures of the boys. I thought they turned out pretty good and we had fun doing it. Grayson wasn't that into it and he didn't want to smile for the camera but what's new.

We also made a yearly trip to the pumpkin patch. We had a blast and of course Grayson LOVED it. He keeps telling me he wants to go back. It's a great family tradition and it really gets me into the fall spirit of things.

We carved our pumpkin the other night. Grayson was so excited about carving the pumpkin until he saw the pumpkin guts and then he was totally over it. Cleaning the pumpkin out is the worst part. I wish you could buy pumpkins already cleaned, I think it might be worth the extra money....it's pretty gross stuff. I think our pumpkin turned out awesome. We bought a carving kit. Tommy did such a good job carving it. I was very impressed.

Doctor's Appt.

2009-10-08T11:56:00.002-05:00

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I promise I will start doing better. I went to the Doc today and took the dreaded diabetes test.....yuck. Luckily it was only the one hour test and I should hear back from them in the next couple of days. I'm really hoping that I passed because I failed it when I was pregnant with Grayson and ya know life without Coca-Cola Classic just isn't real pretty. I can give up everything else but my Coke addiction is pretty strong. I was able to give it up with Grayson but as soon as he was born I had a COKE. The good news is I haven't gained much weight....no, I'm not going to revile my weight but I will tell you that I weight 20 lbs LESS now then I did at the same point in my pregnancy with Grayson. Let me tell you that got me so excited. I think I carried Grayson all over my body, especially in my butt and legs. But this baby girl is all in my tummy. We were able to get a sneak peek at her while we were at the DR. She is still head up and feet down, but she and I are going to have a talk about that. I need her to flip around. She realy didn't let us take any good pictures of her today. But she measured good and she looks good. I can't wait to see her in person. Now I'm going every two week so we are in the final swing.

Three Times the Giggles Giveaway

2009-10-08T11:48:00.002-05:00

Check out Helen's blog at Three Times the Giggles. She is giving away a very nice set of PJ's and while you are there read through her blog. She has the cutest identical triplet boys EVER and of course with three boys there's alway a cute story to tell.

http://threetimesthegiggles.blogspot.com/2009/10/jammies-giveaway.html

20 weeks Pregnant Pic

2009-08-18T11:51:00.003-05:00

This is a terrible picture but I wanted to remember what my belly looked like at 20 weeks. It's growing fast but I'm still not gaining much weight, I think I have gained a total of maybe 2 lbs so far. I'm sure I will make up the pounds soon enough. She is moving some but not a lot which is totally different from Grayson. He was a very very active baby, but she still may catch up with him. I feel great, other that being very tired I can't complain at all. Everything seems to be going good, we are just taking everything day by day, of course Grayson keeps us very very busy but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Sears Portrait Giveaway!

2009-08-04T10:10:00.001-05:00

Enter your chance to win a Sears Portrait giveaway over at "The Meanest Mom's" Blog. Good Luck!
http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/2009/08/260-portrait-studio-package-giveaway.html

Big Boy Bed and Misc Stuff.....

2009-08-03T13:06:00.014-05:00

First of all, Way to Go Grayson. You are such a big boy and we are so proud of you.

Grayson has been sleeping in his big boy bed since Wednesday night, yeaahh! Tommy finally had time yesterday afternoon to take down the baby bed and move Grayson's race car bed into it's place....I guess there's no turning back now. I tried to explain to Grayson that the baby bed was little sister's bed and that when she gets here she will sleep in it and he will sleep in his race car bed. he was so excited about the baby bed being his sister's bed that he told Tommy he would help him take it apart. His room is still a work in progress but hopefully I will have it upgraded with more big boy decor soon. Until then here's a pic of his totally cool race car bed with Lightening McQueen bedding,,,,I might add. His Daddy picked out the bedding. I think it's cute and Grayson LOVES it.

Do you see how big my baby is getting???? He is using a step stool to brush his teeth.

.....and he can turn on the water all by himself.

The three lil' monkeys.. Don't they look so cute in their swimmies.

Connor (in the blue) kept "slipping off" well actually jumping off. He just LOVES the water and he loves to go under. The last time he decided to "jump in" Grayson decided to help him. Of course Grayson got in trouble but it was still pretty funny.....

Parker and Grayson thought it was hilarious!

Introducing the "quack quack" named Grayson.

Showing off his new spiky hair cut. We tired the spikes for a few days but his hair is so fine that it just isn't spike material just yet.....maybe in a few years.

Here's a few left over beach pictures. Man I wish we were there now.

Walking to the beach with Granna and Aunt Shell.

Strolling to the beach with Grayson. This was on our first day there.

Watching the helicoptors fly by.

I love this picture of Grayson. He has a little bit of sand stuck to his face. It's just so sweet.

Fun with Daddy

2009-07-29T21:09:00.011-05:00

Tommy has been out of town for since Monday and Grayson was sooooo excited to see him this afternoon. It was so sweet, they played so hard. They beat up batman, poor batman he didn't stand a chance with these two. Then after supper we painted...the painting got a little out of hand but it was so much fun. At first Grayson only painted with the sponge brushes but then we decided to do hand prints and then we convinced him to paint with his hands. He was trying so hard not to make a mess but we wanted him to have fun and get messy. I mean that's what finger painting is all about right. In the end they both had paint all over them. Thank goodness it washed right off. Grayson loved it. even Tommy said it was fun. It was great family time.

Belly Pic 17 weeks 4 days

2009-07-29T20:55:00.002-05:00

I'm going to try to post belly pictures throughout my pregnancy. I'm amazed at how much my belly has grown. It doesn't really look like much here but it seems bigger to me. I haven't gained any weight (Yeah!) but there are several pairs of pants that I can not wear anymore, ugh. I guess maybe my butt is shrinking (haha yeah right!) and my belly is growing. One thing is for sure, my belly is definitely growing. I still have not felt baby girl move yet. But I didn't feel Grayson move until around 19 weeks, so it's still a little early. My next Doctor appointment is next Thursday and we will have our "official doctors ordered ultrasound" yeah. so we will be able to confirm again that she is indeed a GIRL.
So here it is, the wonderful belly shot. I will try to dress better for future belly pics.

P.S. Please continue to pray for Baby Stellan, his family and the Doctors and Nurses caring for him.

Please Pray For Stellan

2009-07-26T16:43:00.002-05:00

Stellan is sick in the hospital again. He needs prayer fast and his parents need prayer. This has to be so hard for all of them. My heart goes out to baby Stellan and his Mother. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM!

Beach Trip 2009

2009-07-23T11:39:00.009-05:00

We had such a great time at the beach last week. I think I'm still trying to recover. It was alot of fun but also alot of work. Grayson absolutely LOVED the beach. He was very good at staying close to us. He loved the ocean but he was very cautious about it. Last year he was so fearless it scared me to death, he would run straight for the ocean, this year was much better. The water was so clear, we could see little fishies swimming around our feet. Believe it or not, this didn't freak me out at all, I don't typically like the ocean at all (ya know there's sharks in there and sharks eat fish, HELLO!)....love the beach not the ocean, but I think I have found a new love for the ocean, at least a clear ocean with no seaweed, ha. I'm so glad that Grayson loves the beach, every year it's just going to get better and better. He loved digging in the sand and throwing the sand back into the ocean. He said he was putting the ocean back in the ocean. It was cute.

He has been asking to go back to the beach everyday since we left. Every morning he asks if we can go to the beach today. This morning he informed me that we were going to wrong way on the way to school, he said "no Mommy the beach is that way, go that way". I thought him we would try to go back to the beach soon. Hopefully we can make one more trip down before the end of summer maybe late August early September.

"Hurry up Daddy, the beach is waiting! Don't worry I'll drive, I know the way."

Just chillin' on the beach. This is the life, I tell ya.

Phew, that sun is hot, I think I'll take a dip in the ocean to cool off.

Mommy shared her Coke with me, Do you see any evidence on my face anywhere?

Playing in the waves with Papa T is so much fun.

Hanging out with Parker Connor.

The three lil beach bums.

Playing in the Condo.

Family photos

Bless his heart, he was so tired. He slept for over two hours on our way home. We didn't make it a mile from the condo and he was out like a light. Notice he is sleeping with his Blue Angels airplane. His Granna bought this for him while we were down there and he loved it.

"I see pink in our future...."

2009-07-10T12:13:00.002-05:00

Those are the words of my sweet husband as he was telling some of his friends this morning at work. It's official we are having a girl and we are so excited. She is due in early January. Grayson is excited I guess (well he is as excited as a two year old can get about a new baby in Mommy's tummy) We have been talking about the baby to him and we have asked him a few times if he wanted a baby sister or baby brother. He said he wanted a baby sister most of the time. One of the time we asked, Tommy tried to get him to say baby brother but he said "No daddy a Baby Sister!" and then he told us he wanted a dear. We thought that was funny.
The other day Grayson had a tummy ache and I asked him what was wrong and he told me, he hurt his baby. It was so cute. We have been asking him where's the baby and he will point to my belly button. Then sometime he will lift up his shirt and tell me the baby is in his tummy. I try to explain to him that only Mommies can have babies in their tummies. I know he's just two but it's really cute how much he understands and how he understands things. You can just see the wheel turning in his head.
We are going to have so much fun with this sweet girl. I'm very excited to be a Mommy of a sweet Boy and Girl. God has blessed me beyond my understanding.

Grayson's 2nd Birthday

2009-07-07T20:43:00.002-05:00

It's hard to believe that it has already been a month since we celebrated Grayson's 2nd birthday. I'm really slacking on my blogging....I guess I'm in a blogging funk or maybe it's just that it's summertime and there's more to do than blogging. Sorry folks, I guess your not going to have to hang with me until summer is over because the sunshine and the pool is screaming my name and Grayson's too.

Back to Grayson's birthday party. We had a great party at his Granna's pool. It was very chaotic. We celebrated five birthdays at one party. Since our family is so big and we have so many May/June birthdays we decided to combine them....wow it was wild but we had a blast. Grayson loved everything. A couple of weeks before his party he started asking me for a choo choo cake. So Mommy made it happen...well actually my Aunt made it happen, she made his cake and I think it turned out great. He loved it. His favorite gift was the drum set from his Granna and Papa T. He loved the $20 drums way more then the $200 tractor. I guess that's a 2 year old for ya. He has played with all of his toys. Every time we walk down to Granna's we have to load the drums in the wagon so he can play them on the way to Granna's. It is too funny, I've got to get a picture of that.

We love forward to another exciting year with Grayson. He is such a blessing to us and he amazes us everyday. It has been so wonderful watch him grow and learn.

Catching Up.......

2009-07-06T09:00:00.004-05:00

A lot has been going on around the Ammons' house. Grayson is growing so faster, I can hardly keep up. He is talking a mile a minute (I was probably the exact same way when I was his age). He is always making me laugh.

We bought him a race car bed right before his birthday. He was so excited about it and "helped" Tommy put it together. But when it came time to actually sleep in it....he said forget it I want my baby bed back. We tried for the weekend to get him to sleep in it but I just didn't think he was ready for it. Plus Tommy was going out of town for NINE days and I was exhausted. So I caved and put him back into the baby bed. I decided he needs to learn how to put himself to sleep in the baby bed before we put him into a big boy bed. (Ya know I have been rocking him to sleep since he was born....bad IDEA) so we have ordered him a twin mattress and we plan to start working on sleeping in the race car soon.....pray for us please!

A few weeks ago we had a Friday night swim at Granna's. Michelle and Tim brought the boys and our friends Debra and Jeff brought Grayson's buddy Caden. The kids had a blast. We swam and ate pizza, it was so much fun. We can't wait to do it again. It was so nice swimming in the evening because you don't need sunscreen which means one less fight...yeah.

Grayson's Uncle Clay stopped by to visit for a few minutes on his way home to Dothan. It was so nice to see him. We haven't seen him since Thanksgiving. He has been in Iraq. Grayson was so excited to see him. I was a little concerned that Grayson would shy away from him a little, especially since he was a sleep when Clay got there. But he didn't he ran right over to Clay and gave him the biggest hug. It was so sweet. They played football (Grayson's favorite). Grayson kept saying "Tacktal me Clay....Tacktall me" It was so nice to see Clay and Grayson was very very sad to see him go. We plan to see him again this weekend before he goes back to Texas.

July 4th

2009-07-06T08:14:00.004-05:00

We had such a great 4th of July. We were sad to see it end. The kids had a great time swimming and the adults had a blast too. Grayson is getting braver and braver everyday. He was actually swimming on his own (with his ducky arm floaty thing of course) He really made me so proud. He has really come a long way this so far this summer. He was pretty scared of the water in May. Which totally shocked me because he is usually very fearless. We have been working with him a lot and little by little he is getting better and better.....I think we may have a little fishy on our hands. We haven't been able to get back in the pool since the 4th since it has been raining....bummer! But hopefully the sun will come out today and we can go swimming. Grayson keeps asking to go to Granna's pool. He's getting to be such a big boy.

Grayson's Uncle James Lewis bought him this Jet Ski when he was just a baby. We finally bought batteries for it and blew it up. He LOVED it. he did such a good job driving it around the pool. It doesn't go fast at all which is great and he know he is supposed to wear his floaties before he can ride it.

We went to Birmingham to watch the fireworks at Vulcan. We had a great spot on a parking deck near UAB so the boys could run around. Everyone had such a great time. The fireworks were pretty. Grayson was amazed. Aunt shell bought all the kids American flags, Grayson was so excited to get his, I didn't think he ever put it down. He is still playing with it today.

I was very surprised that the boys did so good since it was so late. The fireworks didn't start until 9:00 and we didn't get Grayson into bed until around 11:00.....woo that was late. Luckily the boys took a late nap so I think that helped.

I know I have not posted in a while so I have some catching up to do. A catch up post is coming soon.

I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July. We had the best time celebrating our freedom and the birthday of our beautiful county. I can't wait for many more 4th of July's with Tommy and Grayson.

Seven Years Ago Today....

2009-06-29T15:36:00.005-05:00

Seven years ago today, I married the man of my dreams. It's hard to believe it's been seven years. I love him so much. I'm so grateful for the years that we have had so far and the many many years we have to come. Happy Anniversary Honey, I love you so much!

A Summertime Contest

2009-05-18T15:59:00.002-05:00

Check out Robin's blog for a chance to win some cute summer stuff. She is such a sweet person, she always leaves me the sweetest comments. Good luck!
http://alabamaslackermama.blogspot.com/2009/05/contest-and-questionaire.html

Yeehaaaaahh!

2009-05-15T08:45:00.002-05:00

Swine Flu....hummm!

2009-05-08T11:18:00.003-05:00

Please read the post I have linked below. It is eye opening.
http://married2military.blogspot.com/2009/05/swine-flu-crisis-you-decide.html

Things that make you go hmmmmm?

2009-05-04T12:18:00.004-05:00

.....should I be concerned? hmmmmm.......naaah!

Fun in the Sun

2009-04-30T12:48:00.008-05:00

We had such a great time on Sunday. The boys got to play in the baby pool. Grayson has been asking for Connor all week. (He calls both Connor and Parker, Connor) Sunday gave us a glimpse into the future and this summer is going to be a blast. The boys loved the water. I can't wait to get them in the big pool but it is still a little too cold right now.

PaPa T and Connor acting silly. Connor was all smiles, gummy smiles at that.
First time in the pool this summer....weeeeeee!

Parker loves to lay back in the bath tub at home so naturally he wanted to do it in the pool.

Hangin out with Mommy.

Summer time snacks.....Popsicles are the best.

Here's Grayson's new swimmies for this summer. He was so excited to get them. He wanted to wear it to school today. He calls it his Quack Quack.

Look out water here he comes. I hope he loves the water and swimming as much as I did when I was younger.

Fun with cousins

2009-04-30T12:36:00.004-05:00

Last Friday, Tommy sister spent the night with us. It was so nice to see her and her family. Grayson really enjoyed playing with his little cousin Shaylee. My sister Michelle brought Connor and Parker over for a little bit, so Grayson got to play with all of his cousins. We had a house full but it was so much fun.

All of the cousins...please excuse the mess....the kids were having a great time. Notice Jeff Gordon on the TV, it was Talladega weekend (Robin, I tried to look for your sign but as you can see I had a lot of distractions)

Grayson and Shaylee

Stellan is going home....Yeah!

2009-04-28T09:07:00.003-05:00

Yeah, Stellan is going home. Praise GOD from Whom all Blessings Flow!!!!!!! I'm so excited for MckMama and her family. I know she can't wait to see her other children and her husband and I'm sure they are very excited to see her and Stellan. Thank you all for praying with me. Please continue to pray that God completely heals his little heart for good!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33624288@N08/3480997142/

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2009/04/big-news.html

T-Ball

2009-04-24T16:42:00.002-05:00

The Easter Bunny brought Grayson a T-Ball set for Easter. We played with it for the first time yesterday afternoon. Grayson had such a blast. He was actually pretty good at hitting the ball. But he really wanted to hit the ball with the small end of the bat, it was so cute. We had such a nice evening together. After supper Grayson and Tommy wrestled in the living room. Grayson loves it. He plays so rough anyway so wrestling with his Daddy is perfect. Needless to say he slept very well last night.

Have a great weekend!

Botanical Gardens and Prayers for Stellan

2009-04-21T12:49:00.006-05:00

First off, please pray for Stellan and his family. He is having very serious heart surgery today. I had planned to wear orange today to show my support for MckMama and Stellan but I woke up late and completely forgot about it. But Grayson is wearing orange today, which happened totally by accident. So since I'm not wearing orange, I decided to steal the item from The Mommy Diaries blog and type my post in orange. What a great idea, huh. It's a great blog, click here sometime and check it out. Also if you want to check on Mckmama and baby Stellan click here.

We met a photographer at the Botanical Gardens in March to get a few family pictures made. We had such a great time. Grayson loved "exploring the gardens" so we have lots of action shots of him. It was a great opportunity to get a picture of both our family and my sister's family. It was a surprise for my Mom. I think the pictures turned out great. The boys are getting so big. It's hard to believe that the twins will be a year old next month and Grayson will be two in June.
Man, how time flies when you are having fun!

Mother's Day Giveaway.

2009-04-20T10:34:00.001-05:00

Check out the link below and sign up for an awesome giveaway.
http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/2009/04/mothers-day-giveaway.html

Have a great Monday!

A-Day Game

2009-04-18T22:23:00.002-05:00

We had such a great Saturday. We took Grayson to his first Auburn game. He had such a blast. When we first walked into the stadium he saw the players warming up on the field and he said "football team" He was very excited from that point on. He was on his absolute best behavior! I think he loved every minute of it. He kept reaching for the field. It was almost like he wanted the players to throw him the ball. It was such a great family day. I can't wait to take him back to a real game.
We also got a chance to spend some time with Tommy's cousin Haley. Grayson enjoyed playing with her. She kept him entertained for about 30 minutes.
Next time we take Grayson to Auburn, I want to get there early enough so we can take him to see the Eagles and hopefully see tiger walk.
It was a wonderful day. We love Auburn football and I can't wait for football season now.

WAR EAGLE!

Sausage and Cheese Muffins

2009-04-16T13:42:00.003-05:00

Here's my first and probably last recipe post. These muffin are delish if I do say so myself. Several people I know always request these. They are super simple to make, hey if I can do it you can, trust me on this one. The recipe is below. Here are before and after pics.

I know they don't look that pretty, but they taste great....yummmmm!

You will need:

1lb sausage (I always get the HOT sausage, it's not hot at all, the regular sausage is to bland for us)

8oz sour cream

2 sticks of butter

2 cups of self rising flour

1 cup of shredded cheese

preheat the oven at 350

brown and drain the sausage

melt the butter

mix the melted butter. sour cream, and flour

add the cheese ( I usually spoon out a few muffin for Grayson before I add the sausage)

add the sausage

spoon into a greased muffin pan.

bake for about 30 minutes

You can also spoon this onto a cookie sheet or into a 9x12 Pyrex dish. Just be sure to grease whatever you use.

Better Late then Never....

2009-04-16T13:28:00.007-05:00

We had such a great Easter weekend. Saturday morning we dyed Easter eggs, which Grayson thought was the greatest thing ever. We made a huge mess but it was so much fun. Saturday evening we went to church (our church has a Saturday evening service for the people who will not be able to attend on Sunday morning). We helped with children's church by keeping one of the toddler rooms....it was very interesting. I think Tommy was wore out by the end of it. After church we went to a Mexican restaurant....mmmmmm my favorite!

In case you didn't notice in the group above, here's a close up of Grayson's dyed hands. It didn't really concern me when we were in the process of dying the eggs. I never thought about it being dye and that it might not come off our hands.....silly Mommy! We had quite a time try to get the dye off of Grayson's hands. Tommy even pulled out his mechanic hand cleaner....ya know the smelly stuff that takes the grease off guys hands. Yaa that didn't work either. I decided the let Grayson play at the sink in really REALLY soapy water....I worked like a charm. So I made a mental note, when in doubt just let it soak. I think Dawn will get anything out. Pheew.

Praying for Stellan......

2009-04-15T15:57:00.002-05:00

Please continue to pray for this sweet family. You can click here to read MckMama's post. It looks like Stellan will travel to Boston for a very serious surgery. My heart is so very heavy for Stellan!

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Sorry I have not posted in a while. Life has been busy for the Ammons' household. I have several good Easter pictures that I want to share. I will post them as soon as I have time.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Totally Tots

2009-04-11T15:04:00.002-05:00

Check out the link below or click HERE. Grayson's picture is on the Totally Tots website. I thought it would be fun to send his picture in. They linked our blog to his picture, so we've had a few new visitors to our blog.
http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2009/04/cute-tots_11.html

Easter Bunny

2009-04-07T13:14:00.004-05:00

The Easter Bunny visited our Walmart this weekend. Grayson was so excited to see the Easter Bunny. I was very surprised that he got so close to the bunny but he really wasn't scared at all. He actually didn't want to leave the bunny. He kept saying "hey bunny in bunny suit" at least that's what I think he was saying. Sometime I have trouble understanding him. He blew the Easter Bunny several kisses. It was very cute.

Telling the bunny a secret.

Posing like a big boy.

Petting the bunnies. He loved these bunnies so much. He talks about them all the time.

"Say Granna"

2009-04-03T13:53:00.004-05:00

Granna has been trying to get Grayson to say Granna since the first time he spoke a word. Every time she sees him she would say "Say Granna, Grayson, say Granna, Granna, Granna" and Grayson would say, "NO". He can say everyone Else's name but no Granna, he can even say Connor. He calls both Connor and Parker, Connor, it's pretty cute. Last week he said Granna for the first time. It sounds more like "Ganna" but we'll take it. It's so sweet when he tells her "I laaa uuuuu Ganna" I thought she would be over the moon about it but she wasn't that excited, but now I think she is lovin it.

My Boys

2009-04-03T13:47:00.006-05:00

Gosh, I love these boys so much!

These picture are from last week or the week before...I can't remember. Grayson loves sitting at the bar to eat or color (or as he says it" codored" too cute!).
Grayson loves his daddy so much. It's so neet to sit back and watch how he truly looks up to Tommy and wants to do everything he does or wants to help. The bond between a Father and his son is so beautiful.

Strep Throat...Yuck!

2009-04-03T13:32:00.003-05:00

Grayson has had a ruff week. Sunday morning I noticed that he seemed to be acting different. I thought he was probably tired from the weekend. We had a very busy weekend. Friday night he slept with us (which means that none of us really slept well) because of the storms, turns out the storms were not bad at all, thank goodness. Saturday we had Easter bunny pictures that morning and then Tommy and Papa T put Grayson's swing set up. Saturday night was a late night. So anyway I thought the weekend was just tiring for him. Sunday afternoon he seemed really run down. He wasn't even interested in his NEW swing set, so I knew something was up. This child is so high energy all the time, so I took his temp and it was 100.4. So we were at the doctor's office Monday morning and yelp it's Strep....yeah :-( this is the second time since November. But he also hasn't been sick since November either so that's good. Anyway I decided to go with the shot (because it works faster). Bless his heart, he cried so hard for a long time. I think he may be getting old enough to remember the shots.....yikes! He nursed him poor leg all day and he kept saying my boo boo hurts...ouch mommy it hurts. I couldn't even bath around it that night. But once I pulled the bandade off, he didn't complain any more.

Bless his heart. Our trip to the Doctor's office wore him slap out. He fell asleep on our way home in the car and he went right back to sleep when we got home (very unlike him). As you can see he had to have his puppy to snuggle. Sweet boy!

Granna was off on Tuesday so she was able to keep him for me. As you can see he felt better but it was good that I kept him home because his energy level gave out fast. You can see his eye look a little weak in this picture.

I'm a little late posting this post, it has been a busy week. Tommy has been out of town, so it has just been Grayson and me. Grayson is feeling alot better. I actually had to put him in time out this morning before we left for school, so believe it or not, that is a good sign that he is feeling better.

An Early Birthday Present

2009-04-01T20:47:00.012-05:00

Tommy and I decided to give Grayson an early birthday present. Spring has sprung and Grayson loves to play outside and our back yard doesn't offer much. We had originally planned to put the swing set up in time for his birthday but Tommy is very busy at work so his free time is limited. So with all that said Grayson got an early B'day present. Grayson had such a good time "helping" his Daddy and Papa T. We had to carry all of the wood from the garage to the back yard. Grayson thought it was to greatest thing that he was able to help carry the wood.

Wow, this looks like a lot of work!

Helping Daddy read the directions.

Stopping to check out the flowers.

Praying for Baby Stellan

2009-03-31T14:32:00.002-05:00

MckMama's baby Stellan is still very sick and they still need lots of prayers. Please take a moment and Click HERE to see a great video that will touch your heart, get the tissue ready.... and if you haven't read their story then click HERE to read about MckMama and her family.

Pray for Stellan

2009-03-24T12:57:00.001-05:00

Please pray for MckMama's son Stellan and their family. He is very sick in the hospital. Please pray that God heals his heart.

Mr.Clean

2009-03-22T22:03:00.004-05:00

Just call him Mr. Clean. Grayson loves to vacuum with my kitchen vacuum. It has a retractable handle which makes it just his size. It kept him busy for about 30 minutes this afternoon which was wonderful, I was able to cook supper.

Babysitting

2009-03-20T22:46:00.006-05:00

This evening Tommy and I had the honor of babysitting two of the sweetest blue eyed twins ever. We had such a great time. Grayson loved playing with his cousins, and Tommy and I got a glimpse at life with more that one child. Woooooo it was a busy night but so much fun. We had to break up a few fights (well not really fights just boys that don't know how to share...grayson) and Grayson spent a little time in time out. The boys are getting so big. They are pulling up on everything and even trying to take a few steps. They really enjoyed climbing all over Uncle Tommy. Bath time was interesting too, they were a tub full. When it came time for night-night time Connor and Parker didn't give us any trouble. They were so tired from playing with Grayson that they went right to sleep.
I hope Michelle enjoyed her night out with her friends and I look forward to keeping the boys again soon....with Tommy's help of course.

Parker, Connor and Grayson

Parker

Parker and Connor

Parker

Potty Time

2009-03-19T11:55:00.005-05:00

We have been working on Potty Training Grayson for a while now. Actually we are not really Potty Training, we are just putting him on the potty as often as we can. He is very interested in it most of the time, other time he could care less. I really can't expect him to be potty trained any time soon because they are not potty training at school. We are lucky that there is a bathroom in his class, so his teachers are putting him on the potty some during the day but not as often as he truly needs. But when he moves up the the 2 year old class hopefully he will catch on real fast and we will be diaper free a lot sooner.

I'm so proud of my little guy. He sits on the potty every morning and poops and peeps like a pro. He loves to look at his books while sitting there. He is so proud of himself when he does his business. We always make a big deal out of it when he uses the potty.

Here's a few pictures I took of Grayson this morning. I know, I know.....these pictures will probably scar him for life as he gets older, but that's what Mom's do, Right?.....We take embarrassing pictures of our children while they're young and pull them out when they are teenagers. So here goes........

Yes, he is wearing his tennis shoes with his PJ's. He is very into shoes right now and loves to wear them around the house. He especially loves his dress shoes without socks...ouch!

Ok, he looks like he's crying here, but he's really not, he's just being silly.

He kept closing his eye when my camera would flash. I think it was a little early in the morning for the bright flash. (I took these with my point and shot so the quality is not great.)

Monkeys have taken over our Blog.....

2009-03-18T12:50:00.006-05:00

Hey Folks! Ok, I was getting a little bored with our old background so I decided to try a new one. I think this one is pretty cute, so maybe I will hang on to it for a little while. Please let me know what you think. Also let me know if you can't see the monkeys.

.....and you know I can't post without a picture. I don't have any new pictures, so I guess I will just reminisce with an oldy but a goody. Isn't he so sweet. I know I'm a little partial but you have to admit he's pretty darn cute.

Ok, so I couldn't just post one picture. It was hard to chose, I love them all and I want all of them. This black and white one is one of my all time fav's. Michelle took this one. I think it looks professional (what do you think). Grayson was only 10 weeks old in this photo, so sweet!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-17T12:08:00.003-05:00

An Old Irish Blessing

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind always be at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

and rains fall softly upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

I hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day.

Jump Zone Party

2009-03-16T21:56:00.013-05:00

We went to a family birthday party at Jump Zone. It was so much fun. Grayson had a great time. I'm sure there will be many more party like this in the future. Everyone seemed to have a good time. It was wild but alot of fun.

Lawn Mower Naps.........

2009-03-16T21:50:00.004-05:00

Grayson loves to ride on the lawn mower with his Daddy. He loves to help his Daddy. He rode with his Daddy so long on Sunday that he actually fell asleep on the lawn mower, it was so cute. You know me I had to get pictures.

Hindu Rope

2009-03-16T21:38:00.004-05:00

My Hinda Rope Plant actually bloomed....I'm so excited. I know, I know I'm such a dork. But this plant is special to me. My Granny gave it to me last spring. She's had it for over 15 years. I have always admired it, I thought it was so unique looking. When she gave it to me it was blooming for the first time ever and I was very excited to get it. But for some reason it didn't like my house at all. I swear to you I thought it was dying. I even cut a few clippings off of it and gave them to a friend at work and a piece to my Mother In Law (she has a green thumb and can't kill anything). They were my backup plan in case I killed it. I swear it was dying and I had almost given up on it when I noticed it had about six little buds on it. I was so EXCITED! So here it is folks.....my beautiful blooming Hinda Rope. Take a good look at it because this might be it's way of saying Goodbye, before it croaks.

The YeeeeHaaaaa!

2009-03-16T21:28:00.004-05:00

I would like to introduce you to Grayson's new favorite toy. His Yeehaa, as he calls it. His Gemaw gave him this horse when he was just a baby and we have been storing it in the attic room up until about two weeks ago. He has been too small to ride it until now. He loves it and he talks about it constantly. Sometimes we have to tell him that the Yeehaa has to go night-night so he will forget about it for a little while. He also has a small white Yeehaa in the living room but he is almost too big for it. We will probably hand it down to his cousins in a couple of week. Here's a few pics of his favorite Yeehaah!!!!!

A Glipse at Spring

2009-03-09T21:31:00.008-05:00

This was our first warm weekend this year. It's crazy that it was just snowing last weekend and this weekend it was in the high 70's. Grayson really enjoyed getting outside and just running. He has so much energy. He loved the playground but he also just loves playing in our backyard. We are going to have a great time this spring and summer.

Picking a flower for Momma.

Taking the flower to Momma. He was so excited to bring me that flower. Such a sweetheart!

Here Momma!

Now every time he sees a flower he says "momma" and picks it and brings it to me. It's so sweet.

Snow Day

2009-03-05T20:45:00.026-06:00

Snow day picture overload......
we had a great time playing in the snow. Hope you enjoy the pics!

Getting ready to play in the snow.
Look Daddy, it snow on my slide!

God Bless America

Our House.

Going to Granna and Papa T's for breakfast.

Doesn't the swing look so inviting....not so much!

Waiting for Granna to open the door.

taking a breakfast break from the snow.

Silly boy.

Peek a boo.

Granna snowman and Grayson snowman.

Snow ball fight. I swear Papa T was throwing snow ball rocks.

papa T and Grayson all bundled up.

Papa T and Granna

Trying to throw a snow ball at Papa T. I didn't have much luck but I tried.

Look at Papa T trying to be so sneaky.

Momma and Grayson.

Daddy slept while we played in the snow. Party pooper. He missed out on all the fun.

Sasha and Truffles all dressed up with no were to go.

Gatlinburg

2009-02-28T07:40:00.010-06:00

We had such a good time in the Mountains. It was so nice to see everybody. Grayson was such a good boy. We didn't have to use time out one time. It was so nice. It snow on Sunday and Grayson really enjoyed playing in the snow. I wish it would have snowed every night just so he could play in it. We went to the Dixie Stampede and Grayson loved it. The horses are soo beautiful, the show was great and the food was great too. Grayson ate so well considering there was a lot going on around him. He loved the corn on the cob and ate the whole thing.

It is tradition that we go to the Apple Barn at least once. The fried apple pies are Heavenly and the food is great too. The food kinda reminds me of Cracker Barrel. You could probably spent half of a day there because they have several shops (candy, candles, Christmas and a country store). If you are ever in the Gatlinburg area you should definitely go there, at least for a fried apple pie....yumm yummm...I wish I had one right now, I guess I will have to wait until next year.

Thank you Mrs Melba and Mr Ted, we had such a great time and look forward to next year. We love you .

My Sweet Baby Boy!

2009-02-19T12:08:00.002-06:00

Gosh, it is amazing how much I love this boy. He makes me smile when I have had a bad day. He just brightens up my whole world. Last night Tommy gave him his bath while I ironed clothes. Grayson was so cute after his bath, he was playing on the bathroom counter and looking at himself in the mirror, so I had to get my camera out a take pictures. Here's one of the pictures. He just melts my heart!

Big Boy Undies and Potty Training

2009-02-18T13:13:00.002-06:00

We have been slowly working with Grayson on potty training for a few weeks now. We are really just trying to introduce it. I do not expect him to be potty trained any time soon because they aren't working with him at school. I think he likes to tee tee in the potty. We usually try to get him to tee tee in the morning and a couple of times in the evening. He will even do #2 in the potty. We are slowly working on it, maybe he will be potty trained by the time he turns two.....Wouldn't that be wonderful!
Since he has been interested in pottying like a big boy, I decided to buy him some big boy undies and the other morning we tried them on over his PJ's. He was so cute. He kept pointing to them and saying CHoo Choo. They have Thomas the train on them.

I would love to for him to be potty trained sooner but I don't want to rush him and I'm not sure if he is ready. Sometimes he tells me when he needs to tee tee and sometime he doesn't. If any of you have any suggestion, please leave me a comment. We really aren't doing any type of reward such as M&M's. We just give him lots of praise, we clap and say yeah and he gets to flush the toilet. He like to wave bye bye to his tee tee. It's pretty cute.

Finger Painting, Partying, and misc....

2009-02-16T12:52:00.009-06:00

We had a great Valentine's weekend. Saturday we spent the whole day together just us. Grayson and I took a long nap while Tommy went to the grocery store. It was so nice. Tommy grilled steaks for our family valentine's diner. It was so good. After diner we let Grayson try out his new finger paints. He had so much fun creating his masterpieces.
Sunday we went to Mason's birthday party. Grayson really enjoyed playing with Mason and Madison.

Here's a few pics from last weekend and this weekend.

Grayson laying in his bed. Playing nap time. He never takes a nap in his bed. I wish he would but he likes to nap in our bed.

Helping Daddy cut the weeds.....I mean Grass.

Finger paint with Daddy.

Creating his masterpiece.

Weeeeeee!!!!!!! Aunt Shell found this sit and spin at a consignment sale. It was a great find for $5 and it plays music...yeah. He is trying to figure it out. At first he thought it was a stool. Too funny.

Gosh, I love these boys so much!

Connor (L) Parker (R)

Parker and Grayson cruzin' the driveway.... too bad neither of them could reach the gas petal. Two cool Dude.

Dog Treats

2009-02-12T17:04:00.003-06:00

Yesterday evening we took Grayson to the pet store for the first time. His Granna needed to get dog food and she asked if we wanted to go with her. He really enjoyed looking at the animals. We saw birds, snakes, lizards, fish and gerbils. He got to pet another customer's dog. When we were paying for the dog food the cashier asked Grayson, if he had any dogs at home and we told her we had three dogs at home, so she gave him three little dog treats to carry home to his girls. He was so excited to get them. After leaving the pet store we decided to go next door to Kohl's and Grayson insisted on taking the dog treats with him. While we were shopping a man walked up and started talking to Grayson. The man looked at me with a concerned look on his face and ask Grayson what he had in his hands. It must have looked so strange to see a little boy riding around in a stroller holding three dog treat. So I had to explain that we were just at the pet store and they gave him the treats to take home to our dogs and that Grayson refused to leave them int he car. He was very serious about the dog treats. It was very cute. He was so excited when we got home, he finally was able to give his girls their treats. Sasha was very grateful for hers and begged for more.

Mornings with Grayson

2009-02-06T22:42:00.002-06:00

Here is what Grayson typically looks on weekday mornings. He likes to sit on his Lightening McQueen couch, watch Mickey Mouse Club House, drink his milk and snack on cereal. I can tell his is getting older because now he will actually sit and watch most of a show. He is growing so fast....tooo fast for his Momma!

Super Bowl Sunday

2009-02-06T21:21:00.017-06:00

We spent Super Bowl Sunday at Granna and Papa T's. It was such a nice day outside and the boys seemed to have a great time playing outside. Connor and Parker went on their first wagon ride. we played in the yard. We also had our birthday dinner for Michelle, Tim, Tommy and myself. Tony cooked Chilli, it was delicious. We had such a good time and we took tons of pictures. Get ready for picture overload.......

Grayson wanted to pull Connor and Parker around but he quickly learned that pulling the wagon was harder than it looked.

Connor and Parker's first wagon ride. They are really going to enjoy the wagon this spring.

Say "Cheese" for Granna.

Connor

Parker

sorry Grayson....three's a crowd.

Grayson is still learning how to ride the four wheeler. He'll be a pro by summer.

My little monkey, hanging out in the tree.

Giving Papa T double high fives...too cute!

Sweet Momma and her babies. I think this is such a sweet picture.

Happy Birthday to us! Granna makes us wear these silly hats before we get our presents.

Silly Daddy!

Fire Fighter Shell!

Parker playing in the exersauser.

Grayson eating cake with his friend. Some family friends came over for some of Papa T's famous chilli. Grayson got to play with his little friend. They had such a good time.

Getting ready to open our presents. Connor wanted to help.

Grayson playing in the exersauser. He is WAYYYYYY too big for it. But he always wants to play with whatever the boys have.

We had such a good time watching the boys play together. Grayson is getting better with the babies. Maybe it's because the babies are getting bigger. Parker was very interested in Grayson this weekend. He wanted to follow Grayson around and he wanted whatever toy Grayson had. Normally in the past Connor has been the one who is interested in Grayson but this weekend it was Parker's turn. I hope we get to play outside more this weekend, the weather is supposed to be nice. It has been soooo cold lately, I'm very very ready for spring.

Interesting.....

2009-02-05T12:34:00.002-06:00

Here's an interesting post from The Mommy Diaries. She writes about the cost of raising a child. Click on the link below if you are interested in reading.

http://ethanzachemma.blogspot.com/2009/02/turns-out-raising-your-kids-is-worth.html

The Circus

2009-02-03T20:54:00.008-06:00

We took Grayson to the Circus for the first time on Saturday. He had so much fun. I was a little concerned before we went that he wouldn't sit still or that the clowns would scare him. But nothing bothered him. He sat very still in his Daddy's lap most of the time. He clapped when they did something good and laughed at the clowns. His eyes got big when the elephants came out and he waved bye bye when the people or animals left the arena. He was so cute. We had a wonderful family outing, just the three of us.

The elephants were beautiful. It amazes me that they can get all of the elephants to do the same thing at the same time. They are very smart animal. I think they were my favorite part.

The tigers were beautiful too. It was amazing to watch the trainer. The tigers did exactly what he said. It amazes me because he probably looks like a nice snack to them but they still were very submissive and did everything he said. They are such beautiful animals but I was grateful that they were in a cage.

These guys were amazing. They did flips inside the circles and they even walked on the outside. They made my heart skip a beat a few times.

At the end of the show, they brought the elephants out again.

We had such a good time. I can't wait to go back next year.

Grayson and Daddy during intermission.

Momma and Grayson getting ready to go home. The show was great.

Photo Contest

2009-02-03T11:24:00.004-06:00

Hey folks, check out Kim's blog. She is having a photo of the year contest and my friend's little boy is in one of the pictures. Please take a minute to check out her blog and vote for Peyton, he is image ten. While you are visiting her blog take a look at her recent work. She is a great photographer. We have used her twice for Grayson and I think she does a really good job. If you decide to book an appointment with her please mention my name as a referral. Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Xylophone

2009-01-29T12:12:00.003-06:00

This morning I was rushing around the house, as usual, trying to get everything together so Grayson and I could get out the door at a descent time and off to school and work. Most mornings he is ready to go bye bye but this morning he was very VERY interested in his xylophone. I tried everything (well not everything but a few things) to get him to leave the xylophone at home. Nothing worked, so I decided we could just take it with us and he could play with it in the car. The beating and banging doesn't really bother me. Here's a picture of Grayson and his xylophone...he loves it.

I got half way to the daycare and I thought to myself, "Self, you didn't really think this through, he is going to have a complete come apart when you inform him that he can't take it into school. Oh the scene, in front of the daycare, it will be terrible! What were you thinking" ....well guess what, we were almost to the daycare and he decided the xylophone wasn't really that interesting and threw it on the floor. Phewwww...that was close!

Bubble Bath

2009-01-28T13:03:00.004-06:00

Grayson is lovin' the bubble bath time and he is loving our garden tub but not the jets. I'm kinda glad he didn't like the jets on because I have to get the water so deep before I can turn on the jets that it is really too deep for him, the water comes up to his chest. Here are a few pictures from the other night. He is saying 'CHEESE' in the last picture.....he's such a ham!

Funny story about Grayson saying Cheese....

Tommy and I were getting ready to go somewhere and Grayson was in the living room playing. While Tommy was getting his change and phone out of the dresser, Grayson turned the corner into our bedroom and put my small sony camera up to his eye and said "CHEESE". Tommy and I laughed so hard. He was trying to take his Daddy's picture. He was so cute. I guess this is probably a clue that was take too many pictures of that boy. Oh well!!!!!!

New Camera vs Old Camera

2009-01-28T12:52:00.005-06:00

Have I mentioned that I LOVE my new camera. Before Christmas, I convinced Tommy into buying a new Nikon D90 SLR camera. Well it really didn't take much convincing. We are still learning how to use the camera and we have a few classes lined up in February. I just thought I would share a comparison of my old Sony point and shot and the new Big Daddy Camera.....

This picture was taken with the old Sony. See how Grayson is really dark and the sun light is so bright and you can't really make out his face.

Now this one was taken with the Nikon. Both of these picture were taken at the same time of day. I just happened to have both cameras close and I thought it would be fun to compare the difference and show Tommy that our money was well spent. Also this picture has not been edited....I'm not that good yet....but maybe one day!

"Let's Go!"

2009-01-28T12:33:00.003-06:00

Sunday afternoon we went to a birthday party. The party was at the park but not at the playground part of the park. There is a small house at the park that you can rent for parties, baby teas...etc. So before we walked into the party Grayson noticed a few people playing softball and he ran to check it out. As he was running and hollering "ball, ball, BALLLLLL" I was chasing him. Needless to say he had a melt down in the 'park' parking lot. So we finally made it into the party. We ate cake and I thought Grayson was having an ok time. But all of the sudden he grabbed my purse and his diaper bag and started walking to the door saying 'let's go, let's go' ( it sounded more like 'etsss go'). I tried to tell him that we couldn't leave until the birthday boy opened his gifts but he didn't care and just repeated over and over 'let's go'. Everyone in the room was laughing so hard. It was too cute.

He has been saying a lot of new things lately. He told me 'I love you' last week. He did say 'I love you' to his Granna first, then his Daddy and then me. I guess I know where I stand...third in line, that's ok at least I made the top three. He says 'it's hot' or it's cold' and he is trying to say bubble bath. But his favorite word of the week is "daddy". We went to Walmart Friday night (just me and Grayson) and he said 'Daddy' or 'where's Daddy' or 'Where go' all through Walmart. It was pretty cute. He was such a good boy in Walmart too.

Raffle for a Great Cause

2009-01-21T13:06:00.003-06:00

Check out this blog. They are raffling off a cool camera and other great camera stuff to help raise money to bring their baby girl home from Korea. Please think about donating and taking a chance to win an awesome camera. It's only $5 per ticket. I learned about this raffle from MckMama's blog. I love reading Mckmama's blog, be sure to check out her blog I guarantee it will make you smile.

http://asisterforthebean.blogspot.com/2009/01/claires-super-huge-adoption-raffle.html

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/

God Bless!

Grayson's Sweet Sasha and Truffles

2009-01-13T12:40:00.006-06:00

Grayson loves to tease the girls (our dogs: Sasha and Truffles) when ever he has something they may want. The girls have really embraced Grayson since we brought him home from the hospital a year and a half ago (wow time flies when you're having fun). Truffles use to lay beside his bassinet, almost like she was protecting him. Sasha never really paid him much attention until he started getting baby food. Every once in a while a little bit of baby food would hit the floor and she was there to clean it up. Once he started getting big people food and dropping it on the floor, a friendship was formed and the bond will last forever. As you can see in the pictures below, our sweet Sasha isn't a skinny minnie any more, thanks to the help of Grayson sharing his meals and snacks. So needless to say, anything Grayson eats normally Sasha ends up with a bite as well, whether he likes it or not. But they truly love each other and play very well together. Sasha is so gentle with Grayson.

Grayson teasing Sasha with the Graham Cracker.
Grayson yelling "no,,,,,no no" Sasha took the cracker right after this picture. She won. He will learn not to tease her because she may be big but she's still fast.

He loves her anyway. Plus he knows Daddy will give him another cookie.

Football with Granna

2009-01-13T12:31:00.005-06:00

Granna and Papa T came over Sunday evening for dinner. After dinner it was play time for Grayson and he wanted to play football (his favorite). His Granna and Papa T gave him a really cool Auburn football outfit for Christmas. It came with the helmet, shoulder pads, a jersey and pants. For some reason he doesn't like to were the helmet but he wants everybody else to wear it. I refuse to put it on my head because I'm afraid it might get stuck. So he convinced his Granna to put the helmet on, which was priceless to me because she's the biggest Alabama fan I know. I had to take pictures of the special moment.....I knew she was a closet Auburn fan. We will convert her soon enough. Here's a few pictures from the Granna vs Grayson Football Match. I'm not sure who had more fun Grayson or Granna.

WAR EAGLE!

Birthday Dinner for Mommy!

2009-01-10T22:37:00.004-06:00

Tommy and Grayson gave me a gift card to Stix for Christmas. So I decided to use it today for my birthday dinner. We had a really good time. The restaurant was packed. There was so much going on around Grayson that he couldn't eat his supper. The fire on the grill seemed to scare Grayson a little this time. He enjoyed watching the chef but he wanted to sit in some one's lap and not in his chair. Finally once the chef was finished and we were about ready to go home, he decided he would take a few bites...ohhhh and his Daddy thought it was a good idea to tell the waitress it was my birthday. So they sang happy birthday to me in Japanese and brought ice cream and took my picture. It was embarrassing but Grayson really enjoyed my ice cream. I would like to go back in a few months when Grayson is older. I think he will enjoy it more as he grows up. Here are a few pictures from tonight.

Thank you Grayson, Tommy, Momma and Tony for celebrating my birthday with me. It was fun. Love ya much!

Grayson watched the Chef in amazement.

Grayson was so happy to see his Granna and Papa T.

Me and my baby boy. I love this picture. Good pictures of me and Grayson are hard to get these days.

Back to normal life after Christmas vacation

2009-01-09T11:30:00.016-06:00

We had such a good Christmas vacation, but now it is time to get back to normal life. Grayson's vocabulary is getting bigger everyday. He seems to have a new word just about everyday. He's favorite word right now is "No". He says no to everything. I will ask him if he wants juice...and he says "no" as he is walking to the refrigerator. It's kind of funny. He is also saying "What's That?" and "Where Go?" He has been such a good boy. This was his first week back at school since before Christmas and I was really worried that the drop off process would be terrible. But it wasn't he did so good. I think he was glad to see other people his size. He started his new class this week. The only difference is he has new teachers. He's other teacher were pulled to an older class and since there were only two kids in Grayson's class they just added Grayson and his friend to Mrs Tiffany's class. She is super sweet and Grayson seems to be doing well. Although he did have a note from the first day that said he bite on of his friends. They were fighting over a toy. I was very shocked because normally he gets bite. They put him in time out for a minute. Hopefully he won't bite again.....but I'm guessing that's the first of many notes about fighting. He's so ruff and tuff. He really likes to play with the older kids at school. He's such a big boy.

Here's a few(a lot...you know I'm a picture hog!)pictures from the New Year's week end.

Grayson loves helping his Daddy. They had fun putting together his workbench. Big Thanks to Granna and PapaT for the workbench...he loves it.

Quick side note: Grayson may be changing Papa T's name to Poppy or Pappy. He has been trying to say it all week. Granna stopped by the daycare to see him and he said "Where's Pappy?" Too cute huh?

Working on the tool bench with Sasha supervising. She's tries to keep him in line....good luck girl.

Resting with Sasha. He loves hr so much. She is such a good girl with him. She just lets him do whatever he wants. Of course she's an attention hog, so any love is good love to her.

Look at those eyelashes!

Grayson has been trying to escape lately. I think he's missing playing outside. It has been so rainy lately. Don't worry Daddy took him outside later that day.

I know the Handy Manny truck is not meant for riding but you tell him that..... He was so proud when he finally figured out how to get into the truck. Tommy and I laughed so hard.

Snack time with Daddy. Thanks Santa for the table and chair. Grayson has really enjoyed then.

Playing outside.

Go faster Daddy Go Faster!!!!!

I think I'm getting better with my new camera. I plan to take class, I just don't know when. Hopefully February. I love this picture of Grayson. Can you spot Coco in the pic?

Grayson and Granna. He loves to play in the cars. One day he will be driving all of us around....scary!!!!!!! Let's not think about that to hard.

Horsing around with Daddy...and Sasha.

Have I ever mentioed that I love these boys with all my heart. I'm sad to leave them in the morning and I can't wait to see them in the evening. Tommy has been working late all week and I have missed him so bad.

Lovin' on Sasha. Bless her heart. She's so sweet!

Celebrating Christmas with Family

2008-12-28T09:08:00.009-06:00

We had such a great Christmas this year. We had so much fun watching Grayson open his gifts. He also enjoyed helping everybody open their gifts. It was a wonderful Christmas, we are so blessed.

We went to Tommy's Granny and Papa's for Christmas Eve dinner. We always have a good time at their house. We spent the night with Gemaw and drove back to Birmingham on Christmas Day.

We went to my sister's for Christmas Day lunch. Everyone from my Dad's side of the family came over. We had such a good time. Daddy seemed to really enjoy his grandsons. Connor and Parker are sitting up so good and Connor crawled a little. They are growing up so fast. We had such a nice visit.

After leaving my sister's, we went to Granna and Papa T's for dinner. They cooked chicken and rice and vegetables. It was so good. (I wish I had a plate of it right now!) Grayson was so excited to get his Auburn Football helmet and his red tractor.

Santa came to our house on Christmas night while Grayson slept. We asked Santa to come on Christmas night instead of Christmas Eve since we would not be home. Santa also set out the gifts Grayson got from the family along with the presents from Santa. Grayson was so excited to see the four wheeler. He ran right to it and started riding it. It was great. He gave each of his new toys equal attention.

After we opened our Santa gifts and played for a while, it was time for the tree to come down. It's been up since the weekend after Thanksgiving and I needed the space for ALL of the TOYS. so Grayson help his Daddy take down the tree. Our neighbors were burning a pile of limbs so we added our tree to the pile and it burned right up. I was kinda scary how fast it burned. It was really dry. Later that evening Granna and Papa T came over to see what Santa brought. Grayson always loves playing with Papa T. He's like a big kid himself. Daddy was being very silly with Grayson's helmet.

The Saturday after Christmas, we went to Papa T's mom's house for lunch. She cooks so good. Grayson got to play on her piano. Maybe he will learn how to play the piano when he gets older.

We had such a great Christmas. Now I'm trying to get organized again....good luck, huh! Every time I started cleaning up, Grayson follows right behind me and pulls everything out again. I plan to just rest today and worry about it tomorrow.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you a happy and healthy new year.

God Bless!

Picture Tag

2008-12-23T14:52:00.004-06:00

The object of picture tag is to:

1. Go to the forth folder on your computer.

2. Choose the forth picture.

3. Explain the picture.

4. Tag four people to do the same.

I was tagged by my sweet cousin (you can visit her blog by clicking on the Edmondson Family link on my side bar). So here goes.... This picture is of Grayson (Of course). He is about 4 months old in this picture. It was his first school picture. Isn't he so cute!

Christmas Pictures

2008-12-21T22:01:00.011-06:00

Here are a few Christmas pictures from this weekend.

Grayson is growing up so fast. Look at that mouth full of teeth.
We had dinner at Mom's on sunday night and Price and Kaitlyn can over with Michelle. Price was so excited to play with Grayson and to eat supper with Grayson at the kid's table. They had a blast. I'm sure everyone will sleep well tonight. They played so hard.

I love the look on Parker's face. Our sweet baby boys!

The Two Loves of my live. I love these boys so much!

What a special package. Two monkeys in a box coming right up!