jakson has bee-boo's on his knee and elmo :)

i love the way jakson talks right now. i want to remember this sweet little voice forever :)

this is jakson talking to momma on the way home from school about his Bee-Boo's on his elmo and knee. i just love him.

Moments i want to remember...

We have been trying to enjoy this gorgeous weather as much as we can.

jaks is loving the dendelions.

of course he was holding my keys :)

Yesterday his teacher told me that after snack time he had laid down like he wanted a nap. so after lunch i tried to get him to take a nap. of course he fought it so i gave up and we played outside. around 4 he was playing in the living room and i noticed that he was very quiet. i came in and found this...

{a little side note-- i have an accountability group that i meet with every thursday night. so on thursdays josh puts the boys to bed...so he would rather jakson not nap so late so that he actually goes to bed on time}

So trying to be a good little wife i tried to wake him up by uncovering him and giving him some nudges...

that obviously did nothing...

So i gave it one more shot and tried to change his diaper and this is what i got when i was all done...

the kid was OUT.

So after that i figured he just really needed a nap. i took him up the stairs and laid him in his bed and he took a good hour and a half nap. i have never seen him so sleepy.

That's all. We are now off to enjoy this beautiful day.

have a wonderful weekend
:)             

playing at the park

The weather here has been amazing. i SOO wish it would just stay this way but i am sure that this flip flopping from warm to cold isn't over yet! 


The other day we met Jakson's Mimi and Aunt Ashley and gang for lunch at Chick-fil-A and then we headed over to the park. it was a wonderful way to get the kiddos nice and tired for a good night sleep :) we love living pretty close to his cousins! the weather was perfect and the kids had a blast!

ash and her crew :)

 Funniest moment of the day~


i changed henry and then sat him down and wondered why he had not crawled away yet...and quickly realized why. hahah, his flustered momma put his two legs in one pant leg, hahah, whoops :) 
it did make for some funny pictures though. my sweet little guy didn't even make a peep. he just sat there like, will someone help me?! love that boy.

aww, poor dude.

and this is what pictures are like these days. this little 2 year old wants nothing to do with them. 

holding "jakson's keys" ( or so he thinks..)

 pretending to drive is his favorite these days. there is always a tantrum being thrown when he can't get in the front seat of the car to "drive" 

yep, thats happiness right there. 

kitchen remodel (better late than never)

After we had Henry we decided to do some work on our kitchen. it was the last room in the house that could really use some updating. the counters were a beautiful hunter green and the cabinets boxed in the kitchen to make it feel closed off and tinier than it already was. So of course the husband took on the project with his best friend Jason. They were going to knock it out in one saturday and just retile the counters. HAH. about 2 hours after i had left the boys i got a text from Josh that read, "i tried to call you..." and had a picture attached. i was nervous. the picture was of our cabinets completely taken off out of the kitchen. whoa. and our little 2 hour project turned into a 2 month project :)

but it was so worth it. It took a little bit longer than we would have liked since josh works an 8-5 job and has a family that he would like to spend time with at night and on the weekends. but it did get finished and i think it was under 2 months that it was in progress. it looks awesome now. it totally opened up the whole house and really gives it a completely different feel. i think this will really help when we do try and sell our house.

here are our before and after pics...

BEFORE:

check out that beautiful green tile :)

and our lovely cabinets that closed off the kitchen.

of course jaks had to get in there and help

IN THE PROCESS... we lived like this for a little while :/ lots of pizza's and microwave meals.

AFTER:

Josh painted the walls, fixed the cabinets to really open it up, put in granite tiles on the counters and did the same granite on the backsplash, widened the counter tops and put in new cabinet handles. WAY TO GO HUBBY!!

missing you granddaddy!

Last Tuesday marked the one year since we lost our granddaddy. I can't believe that a year has already gone by. I miss him so much! This past saturday we had a graveside service for him and buried his ashes. It was the perfect little ceremony. There were beautiful blue skies, music playing and a short and sweet ceremony with family all around~ it was just my granddaddy's style.

we had a fun day playing out in Tallapoosa.

here is a little picture overload from the day :)

jakson's first time on the dirt bike!!

aunt sis and tinsley on our ride through the pasture

checking out the pigs

happy boy!

looking at the pond...

my main man, jaks

sistersss!!

the kiddos playing with the worms...

hahah, and colton was loving them :)

HT and aunt sis!

:) 

pretty T-mae

trying to keep little man warm!!

the big bro showing us how it is done.

ashface showing us her skills

and chrissi showing us hers...

trying to keep the little ones warm!

an ending to an awesome day with family fun!!

ash and tins!

A Date with Mommy and Daddy to the Circus!

Josh and i got to take jakson man on a special date a couple of weeks ago to the circus! My momma watched henry for us. After we dropped him off Jakson asked, "Where's Honry Tate?!" about 10 times! (i swear that boy will never let me forget his little brother)

we got to enjoy a little chick-fil-a date with the little guy before we went into the circus. they had a fun little pre-show where we got to go down on the floor to meet the performers and see some of the animals. jakson was front row for the elephant's show and he was speechless! (elephants are his favorite at the moment!)

i didn't take many pics but here are the few i did take...

jaks and daddy waiting in line...

jaks and i down at the pre-show.

too many strangers around for jakson, hah.

watching the pre-show. (i have never seen him sit so still!)

gross. yes, that is a loaf of bread...she was HUGE!