Boy.

I have come to the realization lately that my baby is gone and has been replaced with a boy. See?
This morning when he was playing in the floor with his tractor, that's all that I could think. He's not a baby any more. He's a boy.

I won't lie. It makes me sad.

But I still couldn't be prouder of the little boy he's becomming.

He wears me out. But every day with this boy is worth it!

He's With Jesus.

Last night at about 10 my phone rang. When I answered it was Teresa. All she said was, "He's with Jesus."

Daddy Bill, Teresa's Dad (Leo Smith) went home to be with God last night. He has always been like a grandfather to me and I am thankful for this man and all that he has meant to me in my life. He has been an amazing Christian husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather. He has served our country and has more pride for her then anyone that I've ever met. There aren't many people like Daddy Bill.

We love you and miss you Daddy Bill.

Do the Watermelon Crawl.

Tonight we had my birthday get-together over at my Dad's house. It was a lot of fun...

This dude cheeses when he sees the camera now, and nothing makes his Momma happier. Here I am with my birthday cake... Jax loved walking around with his own piece of watermelon. He thought that he was so big!

And he's right. He is so big! Too big!

Jax loved feeding his Papaw some watermelon. He thought it was so funny!

My birthday week was so much fun! Looking forward to next year ;)

My 17 Month Old Son

Today, you are 17 months old. You get funnier and funnier every day.

This morning you peed in the potty again. This is the second time this week that you've done that.

You only know one speed. And that's fast.

You have lots of skinned up spots on your body. Because you only know one speed. And that's fast.

You like to eat potatoes (mashed, french fries, tater tots, chips) and cheese. And that's about it.

You love your rice milk.

Balls are your toy of choice. You can't get enough balls.

You are in an 18-24 months clothes, but you still can wear your 12-18 months clothes.

You are in a size 6 shoe and a size 5 diaper.

You say, "I need_______" about everything.

You can say about a thousand words, if you want to. Really you can. Your vocabulary astounds me every day.

You still love backyardigans.

Nothing makes you happier than playing outside.

You're still a Mommy's boy, but you've really gotten attached to your Daddy lately. And there's nothing that makes your Momma's heart swell with pride more than watching you play with your Daddy.

You really need a hair cut, but I refuse to get you one yet. I'm afraid you'll look too much like a little boy and not a baby anymore.

You still don't sleep well, but you're only waking up twice a night now, and I can handle that.

You have 14 teeth. You're pretty much an alligator.

You steal my heart every morning.

I can't believe that we are already almost half way to your second birthday. Where has the time gone, little man.

There's nothing that makes me happier than being your Mommy.

Sometimes I wonder about what you'll become tomorrow and forget that you are already someone today. You are such an awesome little person, and I am so glad that you are mine.

My 17 Month Old Son.

Emptying the Dishwasher

Jax was unloading the MIL's dishwasher today.

The dishes were dirty and he was putting them in the drawer. This video does not do the hilarity justice.

However turn the sound up and listen to Justin bust out laughing in the background.

That's really the funniest part of the video.

(P.S- Remember to pause the music at the bottom so that you can hear the video.)

No Problems Here.

"Any problem you can't solve with a good guitar, is either, unsolvable, or isn't a problem."

English Wedding

Here are some of my favorite pics from the wedding that I photographed on July 11.

Sammie and Chad are a beautiful couple, it was a beautiful wedding, and I wish them a beautiful life.

Post Birthday Celebration

My good friend Heather brought me an ice cream cake to church tonight. And we all know that Justin and I did not need to eat an entire ice cream cake all by ourselves. So we had some friends over.

He loves me. But sometimes I wish he didn't love me quite so much because sometimes his love hurts. Like when he sits on me and squishes my guts out.

And our son does not like when he loves me so much either.
Matt, Jax and Aims.
Bob, Jax and Meg.

Heather, Jax and Kody.

Dad, Mom and Jax.

Yea, you're right. Everyone got an extremely adorable pic with my son... but us.

Oh well, better look next time.

We love our friends.

Thanks for the awesome cake Heth! You're the best.

(And thank you for your gift too Meg! I loved it!)

Pizza in the Mornin'

Yea, they ate pizza for breakfast.

I think that Jax is starting to like pizza almost as much as his dad does.

Almost.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Today is my 24th birthday. I'm almost half way to 50. That's kinda scary.

Tonight we went over to my Mom's for pizza and cake.

Here I am with my cake. I know, my hair looks raunchy!

He wasn't sure what was going on while everyone was singing me "Happy Birthday."
These are two of my very favorite people. My love and the woman that taught me how to love.

The little ham. He ate lots of pizza and dorittos.

The birthday girl, my Mommy and Day. I love them!

Me and Grav.

Jax and Grav, Take 1.

Jax and Grav, Take 2.

Family. Love.

Jax and Grav, Take 3. He looks scared. It may be because Gravel looks like she has 6,000 teeth in this picture.

I had a wonderful 24th birthday. Thank you all for the phone calls and messages!

I could not ask for more. I am truly blessed!

Potty Time!

This morning, this little guy went

PEE PEE IN THE POTTY!

HOW BIG IS HE?

MOMMY IS PROUD OF YOU LITTLE MAN! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Hilarity.

Summer Nights

Tonight night we went over to the Hamilton's for our annual slip-n-slide extravanganza. We had so much fun, as usual. These poor pictures are so out of order, so bear with me.

This was the last picture of the night... our family photo. Jaxon was actually saying "Cheese" even though he looks like he is in pain. Triplets. I stole this picture from Heather's blog. If we were really triplets then we would slip-n-slide every single day! Right girls?
Me and three of my best girls! Love them! I stole this one from Meg's blog.
I stole this one from her too. It's baby Jax's tiny little squirrel butt and my rather large gross big butt.

He's a ladies man. Amy and Heather had to show Jax the puppy.

Then he ate my face.

He was climbing the rock pile. He was king of the mountain!

This picture makes me laugh so hard. I was throwing a huge water balloon, but by the time the pic was snapped, you can't tell that's what I was doing! It's so funny!

"Shtarsh!"

This dude stole my heart. For real.

Bon Fire. Can't beat them. Even in July.

Group Hug. We were actually trying to rub Amy's soap on us too.

There's nothing better than a summer night spent with friends!