The Carey Family

Defeated Fall 2010

2010-12-16T14:34:00.004-06:00

We had unusually warm weather this Fall at Defeated! It was wonderful! A lot of us were actually in shorts during the day! It still got chilly at night, but the days were great! I think its just gonna keep getting to be more and more fun year after year for the kids. John said next year we'll be able to turn Mitchell loose, mommy says I don't think so! We did our usual...eat, play, carve pumpkins, and have fun! This year we played "Minute To Win It" It was definetly the highlight of this years trip! There were some very funny moments and almost everyone got in on the fun and played!

I think the Gator was out of juice!

The pretty little princesses in their matching Halloween pjs!

Shelby had a little fight with the cornhole board and as you can see the board won! HAHA Maggie and Shelby!

I should have put this after the pics of us carving, but i didn't want to start all over. But this is our pumpkin for the year. I love how the kids are all excited about carving, then after about 10 minutes they are off doing something else, so us moms are left doing all the work! I enjoy it though! :)

Shelby digging out the guts!

Boys being boys-throwing rocks!

Best Buds!

Wild Woman

Leap Frog!

Thanks to mom and dad and everyone who helped cook food and make it such a great year! Looking forward to next year already!

Halloween 2010

2010-12-16T13:56:00.006-06:00

Yes, I know its almost Christmas, but i decided that I'd better post this or it would never get done! This year the Carey family went with the Popeye theme. Although Shelby and I got called "amish" and "pentecostal" a couple times! HAHA Mitchell was Popeye, John was "Brutus/Bluto" (aka the bad guy) I was Olive Oyl and Shelby was Sweet Pea! We had a lot of festivities going on during Halloween time! The first pics are at "Cow Chip Bingo/Trunk or Treat at John's school.
Sweet Pea getting her some candy! She had her first ever sucker this day and lets just say I think she's gonna have her momma's sweet tooth!

Popeye!

Popeye getting some lovin'!

Mitchell with his "girlfriend" from daddy's school "Big Shelby"

The little pig-Charli Jo! Shelby had to change out of her costume because she got so sticky from her sucker!

Mitchell and Cowgirl Maddie!

Papaw and Grandma were still camping at Defeated so they came by for some fun!

My bestie, Shannah, and her little ladybug-Makayla!

This was Halloween Night at my Aunt Marty's house. Here's most everyone (besides us) that was dressed up! Maggie-the Mad Hatter, Chelsea-Alice, Sweet Pea, Makyna the cow, Aunt Marty the Queen of Hearts, JoAnna-Spock, then Mitchell and Drew!

Cousin Drew and Mitch

LOL Aunt Marty cracks me up!

Trick or Treating with Daddy!

2010 Christmas Cards

2010-11-09T21:42:00.004-06:00

Well I must first admit that I've not been the best mom when it comes to sending out Christmas cards. I know, i know, shame on me, but i guess i've just never taken the time! Well this year i've found a great deal from Shutterfly and they are offering 50 FREE Christmas cards, so I'm getting on top of it early and I'm going to get them out. FREE is always good when your family of four is living off a teachers salary! So be checking your mailboxes soon! My sister-in-law used Shutterfly last year and their Christmas cards turned out awesome! It looked as if a professional had done it, so I'm really excited to pick mine out and design it myself!Shutterfly has a ton of cute layouts for postcards, so i have a feeling I'm going to be spending a lot of time trying to decide which one to get.
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They call him Mr. Personality!

2010-09-19T12:50:00.004-05:00

Mitchell oh Mitchell-he keeps me laughing everyday! We took some pictures before church one morning and he worked the camera! I wasn't telling him to do anything-he just started posing! LOL

Happy Birthday Shelby!

2010-09-09T10:52:00.006-05:00

Well today my sweet little girl is one. It's really hard to believe. It's been a great year. A little rough at first with the reflux & colic, but we survived with a lot of walking the halls and bouncing! We are thankful for her good health this first year and hope she continues to be healthy! (Although I am realistic-I know brother will bring home many germs from starting upMDO again)

She's always smiling. Even strangers comment on how happy and smiley she is. She's walking everywhere now, but still crawls when she wants to get somewhere a little faster. She's not liking shoes though, but fall/winter is approaching so she's gonna have to get used to them or freeze those little piggies off.

She still doesn't have that much hair, but it's growing. Hopefully we'll be able to put it in a ponytail soon-her mommies favorite way of wearing her hair! :)

She's also starting to develop a little attitude, which i know I had as a baby. Thats why they called me the "mean machine" :) If her brother takes something away from her, she'll just scream as loud as she can. I guess thats her way of telling me that brother is not being nice!

Here are pics month by month (a couple months have 2 pics)

Happy Birthday Shelby Dianne! 9-9-09 8:24 AM 7 lbs. .8 oz. 19 1/2 inches

My pretty little flower. 1 month old

2 months old

3 months old-Christmas time!

4 months old-little butterball

5 months old and sitting up like a big girl

6 months old

7 months old-doing her workout for the day

Easter-also 7 months old

8 months old This is how I found Shelby one morning-still in her crib. I believe her brother had gotten a hold of her!

9 months old-in Pigeon Forge

10 months old

11 months old-aggravating her "bubba" and loving it

And the big one year old princess! We love you very much!

11 months

2010-08-19T11:26:00.005-05:00

Shelby is over 11 months now, but mommy is running a little behind on things these days!
Shelby @ 11 months...
-you started taking 4-5 steps at a time last Thursday. You are very cautious though and when you loose your balance you go back pretty slow like you are doing squats.
-you are loving your table foods. Still haven't turned anything down yet!
-you like your sleep at nighttime. You got to bed at 8 and usually don't wake up until 8:30-9!
-you aren't interested in the tv at all. Your brother at this age was mesmerized!
Having fun at the Discovery Center.

You love you some watermelon!

Your first overnight trip to Defeated Creek!

Just a swingin'

Climbing the slide, like your "bubba"

Playing at Aunt Jamie's house

Mitchell's Birthday Party!

2010-08-09T12:35:00.011-05:00

Mitchell had a great birthday party and most of his friends made it to celebrate with him! He was really looking forward to it this year and had been talking about it for several months! We went through about 15 different themes for his party. It changed from day to day, but he finally settled on Hot Wheels! He and Grandma were looking at cakes online and this is the one he chose!

Big 4 year old ready for his friends to arrive!

Trevor is a crazy boy! He loves this thing!

Mitchell went with the bottom slide approach!

Nolen having a blast!

Mitch with his Uncle Craig!

Hot Wheels boy ready for action!

Uncle Clay and Michael taking a dip!

Mitchell's fav. new thing to do in pictures-hold up the peace sign. I have no idea where he picked that up!

We want to say thank you to all our family and friends for coming and sharing Mitchell's special day with him. Here are some pics of most that attended! Miss Makyna playing in the water!

Pretty boy Drew!

Jazlyn-this girl can strike a pose!

Mitch-ready for presents!

Wooohooo, Mouse Trap. Mommy's personal fav. game as a kid!

And the Leapster!

Mitchell was especially happy that "Big Shelby" could make it to his party. She attends John's high school. I think this is "one" of Mitchell's girlfriends! :)

And it wouldn't be right if daddy didn't act goofy! He delivered the cake with the helmet on! :)

We actually forgot to sing Happy Birthday because we never really got the candles lit. I don't think too many peoples noticed though! HAHA We did sing to him on his actual birthday though!

Everyone digging in to the track!

Pretty Miss Charli Jo!

What's that kid eating??

Who knew Hot Wheels tasted so good!??!!

The cake getting demolished!

Elijah thinks its pretty tasty!

And Abigail!

Jace & Shelby! They'll get their turn at eating cake very soon!

Harold and Noah (being camera shy)

Shelby enjoying some good 'ol watermelon!

Watch out, it's Iron Man!

And last but not least...after most everyone left, the "big boys" moved the slip n slide over by the pool and they were doing flips out of it. Mitchell got in on the action too!

Happy 4th Birthday Mitchell!

2010-07-16T12:27:00.005-05:00

My pics got a little out of place, but i didn't want to type everything over, so i'm just leaving it like this! HA
A week old

One Year old

Happy Birthday to my little sweetie-Mitchell. His birthday isn't until Monday, but we'll be at one of his most fav. places-Defeated Creek! It's so hard to believe that he's four! Next year he'll be getting ready for Kindergarten...sniff sniff!

A little about Mitchell at 4 yrs. old...

-his favorite color(s) are blue and green.

-he can't pronounce his "Fs", they all sound like "S" instead.

-he can spell his first and last name.

-he LOVES Hot Wheels

-he loves being the good guy and daddy being the bad guy, whether its them having a sword fight or playing with figurines.

-he has the best little personality. Every Sunday morning at church, the first thing he does is go in and give Dave and Roma Wharton (our Pastors parents) both a hug!

-he never meets a stranger

-he is an official swimmer.

-he can hit the fire out of a baseball

-he loves "riding" a skateboard

-he loves having a little sister and he told us last week that he wanted two more Shelbys! (don't think that'll be happening)

-his favorite cartoon is Phineas and Ferb.

-he's a little cuddlebug. If he sleeps with me, the first thing he does in the morning is smiles at me, then says, I Love you, Mommy! The sweetest words i've ever heard!

Mitchell, we couldn't have asked for a sweeter little boy! We know you will grow up and be great at whatever you choose to do! Thank you for being such a good little boy! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Two Years old

Three Years old

My big Four Year old!

Fun at Pops and Gram

2010-07-13T10:00:00.002-05:00

After we went golfing last week, we stopped in at Pops and Grams. They have really been working on fixing up John and Clay's old swingset/playhouse. It's looking great and all of the kiddos are really enjoying it. Even the little ones! They also got the slip n slide out. John got a good workout in pushing them down!

Here goes MITCHELL

And MICHAEL

Jace didn't want in on the water action, so he just chilled with his mom!

Shelby on the other hand, was right in the middle of it!

Loving the new horse (tire) swing at the swingset!

I think the horse only bucked Mitchell off once! :)

She loves to swing!

Golfing

2010-07-12T11:00:00.007-05:00

Last week we went golfing with Pops! Mitchell was really excited to be on a "real" golf course! He did great and had a blast! I hadn't played in almost 4 yrs. so i was a little rusty. John said i did good, but i think he was just being a good husband! :)
Practicing on the putting green

Ready to go!

Pops and Mitch on Hole 1

Nice form Pops!

He can whack it!

Good...keep your eye on it!

Uhhhh, Mitch, aren't you supposed to hit the little white ball??

He's looking real hard-trying to find it!

Pigeon Forge

2010-07-08T14:19:00.014-05:00

WARNING: Picture overload on this blog. Had too many pics from vacation, so i tried going through them the best i could! We were supposed to go to the beach with Pops/Gram, Karla and her family, and Daniel & David, but we didn't want to chance the oil situation with the little ones, so we ended up going to Pigeon Forge for the week. Pops and Gram came up a couple nights too! We had a great time and the kiddos were great! Shelby was such a trooper-she was in the stroller most of the time(as you will see in most of the pics), but she was happy as could be! Enjoy the pics!
SO happy to finally be on vacation, even though our plans got changed!

I think she's happy too!

It's hard getting a 9 month old attention when there's so much going on around!

Mitch enjoying the mushroom!

I guess she thinks its funny having water on your face!

And the race is on...

Walking around with daddy!

First time to drive a go-kart by himself. He did good, aexcept when he kept looking at me and not straight ahead! He's got his racing face on!

I guess it helps you drive better when you squint one of your eyes. I have like 5 pics with him looking just like this!

What a difference a year makes. Mitchell rode on one of these 3 story wooden go kart tracks last year and didnt like it one bit. This year he came down the ramp the first time looking just like this!

I think he may have been squirting Pops here!

I think he may have gone down this 253 time while we were there!

Pops and Gram made it up on Wed night! It was great to spend time with them!

Putt-putt!

My little buddy!

Our best attempt at a family picture!

Mitchell being silly with the rabbits!

Shelby got to ride something!

Picture with the singing Santa!

We got one free horseback ride with our hotel stay. We didn't know it was going to be in the parking lot, but Mitchell didn't mind at all. This was his first time on a horse and he really liked it! Darla (the horse) even gave him a horseshoe to take home!

Shelby, having fun watching brother ride Ms. Darla!

Giddy-up horsey!

She even gave him a kiss goodbye!

On the way home we stopped in at the Knoxville Zoo. Thanks to our membership at Nashville we got in for free! Mitchell in the birds nest-it looks like he's trying to lay one! HAHA

Look at that 5 foot wingspan!

The zoo had an indoor place called WeePlay. Mitchell loved it. It had a play vet., kitchen, a place for Shelby to crawl around, and other fun things. It was nice to go inside for some A/C for a while!

Shelby enjoyed making a mess in the veterniary's office!

Doing a performance on stage. He was probably singing Jonas Brothers. He loves their songs ever since Aunt Jamie burnt him a cd with diff. Disney songs on them.

Dr. Carey checking out his favorite animal-a penguin.

This picture cracks me up!

Shelby had a blast crawling around in the infant place. She especially liked looking at herself in the mirror! :)

Mithchell pretending to be a cook at Wasabi. He loved cutting the fruits and veggies. Grandma would be proud!

Petting a fluffy bunny!

9 months comparison

2010-07-06T12:42:00.003-05:00

Everyone talks about how much Shelby looks like her brother. Here's a picture of them both around 9 months old. What do you think? I'll have more pics from our Pigeon Forge trip soon, having trouble getting them downloaded onto the computer!

Mud Volleyball

2010-05-27T13:16:00.005-05:00

This past Saturday John had a mud volleyball tournament at his school. They have been doing this for several years in honor of two people that died and all the proceeds go to a high school student for scholarship money. They raised over $4,000 for some lucky student. I'm not sure how they select the student! It was a great day for it and I think Mitchell, as you will see in pictures, had the most fun out of anyone!
At grandmothers house before mud volleyball. She loves riding in the wagon.

John-ready to play!

Nice form John!

Congrats to John's team-they got third place out of 30 teams!

Shelby somehow managed to stay dry-even with her brother kissing all over!

Mitchell wanted to look like everybody else, so some nice girl taped his foot up for him!

Ready for action!

Mitchell and Daddy taking a mud bath. Mitchell played in this tub for hours. He told one of the girls that she could get him one for his birthday!

Mean daddy! ;)

Can you find Mitchell?

One happy boy!

John actually got him all sprayed off and his clothes off, then he headed straight back in the mud-naked! LOL

Our tour guide

2010-05-20T12:52:00.005-05:00

About a month or so back we met my cousin, Maggie and two of her friends, Emily & Jessie, at the zoo. Mitchell was so excited and he couldn't wait to be their tour guide!
Right this way ladies!

Shelby enjoying being strolled around at the zoo!

Picture with the bamboo!

If you don't have a double stroller you just have to make it work!

Mitchell with all of his lady friends!

Cousin Maggie and Shelby!

Next is a video of Mitchell giving Shelby her bottle! He's such a good big brother and loves his sister to death. In the morning he almost always wakes up before Shelby and he's just dying to go into her room to tell her good morning! He'll turn on the light and say, "Good morning, Shelbers" and she'll get the biggest smile on her face. Shelby couldn't have asked for a better brother-hopefully they'll stay friends throughout the years. :) Enjoy!

Fun with Grandma!

2010-05-17T12:20:00.007-05:00

Mitchell loves his Grandma! He loves camping with her, helping her clean, just spending time with her, and getting ice cream with her! There have been many days when he told me that he wanted Grandma to pick him up from school. He told her one day that it was her job to stop and get him ice cream after school! And i might say, she does her job VERY well! HAHA We went to watch Maggie play softball a couple weeks back and Mitchell and Grandma had fun with the camera making different faces. I'm so thankful to live so close to my parents (and my grandparents)

EXCITED

SAD

SILLY

HAPPY

My FAV!

8 months

2010-05-14T09:41:00.005-05:00

Happy 8 months to Shelby!

As of 8 months you are...

-doing baby push ups. I guess you have been watching mommy and daddy do Insanity too much because you can do a real push up.

-you can go to the upright sitting position from your belly.

-you are SO close to crawling. When you are on all fours you'll move your hands a couple times, then your belly falls. Gotta get those knees a workin'

-you aren't a fan of being put in your carseat. Once you are in it, you are fine. It's just the straping down part you don't like.

-you love clapping your hands.

-starting to make diff sounds instead of da-da. Maybe ma-ma is next. :)

-you LOVE when your brother comes in to your room in the morning time. You always get the biggest grin.

-you are definetly going to have your daddy's complection. We have been outside a lot more lately and mommy is already jealous of how you tan!

-you love to eat. And we can't eat around you, if you aren't eating something.

Wanna see my push-up?? Here goes.

I'm trying to get INSANE like mommy and daddy. (For those of you who don't know, INSANITY is a dvd workout that John and I started 2 weeks ago-a very tough one i might add)

Hold the plank position!

I guess she's really trying to get those arms and shoulders beach ready!

Defeated Creek

2010-05-06T10:47:00.004-05:00

We made our first trip of the year to Defeated Creek to visit mom on her week long trip. Mom's best friend from VA- Debbie, was up visiting with her all week long. We went up Tuesday morning and my brother and his family met us up there. I seriously think Mitchell would live at the campground if we would let him. He loves it up there!
The boys playing in the sand. They eventually made it into the water. Jamie and I were wearing long pants and shirts and were a little chilly, but they were IN the water! BURR!

Grandma's Angels!

I think somebody is going to like the beach this year! :)

Mom, the sun is in my eyes!

Not sure what kind of face Shelby is making here! HAHA

Nolen-i can't believe how big he's getting. He starts Kindergarten in the Fall. Sniff Sniff!

T-Man, Trevor having fun on the slide!

Weeee!

She loves to swing!

Awwww look how sweet and those angels look! HAHAHA

Springtime Flowers

2010-05-04T13:57:00.005-05:00

My grandmothers flowers were so pretty a couple weeks ago. She said we should put Shelby in them and take some pics, so thats what I did. She wasn't too sure about being "in" the flowers. In most of the pics her arms were up in the air-trying not to touch them!

"Hopefully I'm not allergic to flowers, mom"

The famous snurled up nose look!

Where's Shelby??!!??

Mr. Photographer himself! (he didn't take these pics, but he loves taking pics of just about anything) My camera is now "his camera". Guess that means I need to get a new one! :)

Easter 2010

2010-04-29T13:40:00.009-05:00

Better late than never, right? I've been using mom's camera a lot since it takes such good pics, so i haven't had time to download them until now. This was Easter over at my Great-Uncle and Great-Aunts house-its beautiful!
Enjoying the nice sun!

My little flower!

Grandmother and Pawpaw with their 4 great-grandchildren!

Awwww, they look so sweet and innocent! HA

The grandkids! Actually in birth order!

This guy loves his baby sister to death!

The Sanford side of the family (too many to list)

Mitchell loved wearing his hat and still does. He wore it to school one day last week!

Playing around with Picaso!

My sweet little girl!

Mitchell wasn't feeling the greatest over Easter weekend. We thought it was just allergies. I took him to the doctor the Monday after and he ended up having strep! And he actually liked taking his medicine this time and would remind me to give it to him!

Family pic!

And they are OFF!

Mitchell found 3 two dollar bills in his eggs.

Look mom, i found one too!

7 months

2010-04-15T11:53:00.007-05:00

These are Shelby's 6 months pictures, which were taken a week before she turned 7 months! (HA)

At 7 months you

-now have two teeth. You cut both your bottom teeth in the same week.

- have the fake cry down. If you are playing in your room by yourself and you see me walk by, you can turn it on in a matter of seconds!

- are really close to crawling. (just gotta get that belly off the ground)

-started eating puffs and you love them. You are a good chewer already, so i'm thinking you are gonna love "real" food!

-love the water. We got our little pool out last week and you love splashing and sitting in it.

Snurled up nose! She gets it from her daddy!

Loves her feet!

My Aunt Sissy had made this precious outfit for her grand-daught, but she outgrew it, so she let us borrow it. It's so cute! Great job Aunt Sissy! I'm sure you put a lot of hours into it.

Surprised!

Love this one!

We tried getting some outside, but she was too tired by this point-maybe next time!

Happy Birthday Trevor!

2010-04-12T11:48:00.001-05:00

Just want to wish my little buddy Trevor a very Happy 3rd Birthday! He's such a little cutie and full of energy! Happy Birthday little T!

Happy Easter

2010-04-01T11:55:00.001-05:00

We hope everyone has a great Easter! Mitchell was telling me all about the Easter story from what he learned at school yesterday! I'm so thankful that he can go to a Christian MDO and learn, but I'm most thankful that Jesus is ALIVE!

Trampoline fun

2010-03-25T14:26:00.020-05:00

Papaw and Grandma got the grandkids a trampoline for Christmas, so we decided to put it together Saturday since it was such a nice (but windy) day! Mitchell helped us and Shelby cheered us on.
Wearing her Amish bonnet her Grandma brought back for her!

It's the "Sanford" eye squint grin!

Like Father like Son! Mitchell doing his part!

Cutie-pa-tuties!

Being goofy! (what he does best!)

Almost done!

We almost had a casualty after we got it put together. John was doing a flip that he did when he was "younger"...well he didn't quite make it around and he landed on his neck. I know it hurt him because all the next day he kept rubbing it and John never complains about anything. He also had some trampoline burn on his forehead!

This is him trying to get some air for his "trick"

Going around...

And not quite making it around!

I had to get in on the action too, but i chose not to do any "tricks" HAHA

Miss Shelby loved the trampoline.

He loves his sister! He told me yesterday while sitting beside her in the car that they were going to talk when she gets older! I think he wishes she could talk now!

Weeeeeeee!

And to end the day John climbed a ladder to change the rope on the flagpole. What a good son-in-law. Not sure if my dad would have done this or not! I couldn't watch!

6 months

2010-03-11T12:07:00.002-06:00

1/2 way to a year! WOW its hard to believe!
A few things about Shelby at 6 months:

-you can sit up for a VERY long time now and hardly ever fall over. We usually put pillows around you, just in case! :)
-you are sleeping in your crib ALL NIGHT LONG! It's wonderful! We had to let you "learn" to go to sleep on your own, but it only took a couple nights! You cry out a couple times during the night sometimes, but its never over 5 minutes at a time!
-you are loving your solid foods. So far you have liked them all. I'm thinking you are going to be an eater, because we can't even eat around you if you haven't eaten yet.
-you are loving your baths now, especially now that you can sit up like a big girl!
-your jump-a-roo is one of your favorite things to do. As long as someone is around for you to see and be entertained by you love being in it.
-so far you are loving the warm weather. We have taken advantage of the warmer days and you love sitting in your exersaucer just watching us play!
-you are a little cuddle bug! Whenever you are wanting to go to sleep you love holding mommy's hand or touching my face.
-you still aren't a good napper during the day, unless someone's holding you. But we are thankful that you sleep at night!
-you weighed 17 lbs. 5 oz. (77%) and were 26 1/2 inches (77%) yesterday at your 6 month check up!
-and Dr. M. said that the blonde spot on the back of your head may be there for a while! :)
Ok mom, I'm kinda bored now!

Pretty girl on her dedication day. (thats a whole post to itself)

Lovin' her bath!

Ready for the Beach!

2010-03-03T11:15:00.003-06:00

I've been consignment shopping the past two weeks and came home with some really cute swimwear for the kids for the summer. Yesterday we were having the wintertime blues, so we thought we would try on our new suits (Don't worry i didn't put one on-I'll spare you :)
I got Shelby this bathing suit with a teal cover up for $4! Mitchell's trunks actually came from Goodwill (my new fav. store) for $2.49

Big girl sitting up!

Beach bod!

Love his cow lick!

Ms. Thang sporting her shades!

Valentine's Party

2010-02-25T14:44:00.003-06:00

Here are Mitchell's dance moves from his Valentine's Day Party. They were playing "freeze dance" He froze in the same position no matter what! HAHA

It's all about Mitch

2010-02-21T13:26:00.003-06:00

So John checked the blog, which he hadn't done in quite sometime, since its blocked at his school and he was really disappointed in me. There were hardly any pics of Mitchell and if there were they were with Shelby. I haven't done this intentionally, because i really do still take pictures of him. I guess its just that with Shelby, something new is going on each month and she's changing so quickly that i have more to say with her. So i'm not doing it intentionally Mitchell when you read this 20 years from now! HAHA So here's a tribute to my man Mitch!

A little about Mitchell:
If you are around Mitchell much you will find out that he has quite the imagination and he's hardly ever himself. He's usually Batman...a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...a Ben 10 monster...or whatever his imagination is thinking about at the time.

One of his favorite things to do is to have sword fights with his daddy. They'll go running through the house and its very entertaining for Shelby!

He has hardly no fear. There's a new skatepark at the Charlie Daniels Park. We went yesterday since it was so nice out and when i got there he was going down the ramp saying, "I'm gonna rip this up" (lingo learned from his daddy)

He's getting very big. He'll be 4 in July, but i bought him some size 4 swimming trunks the other day and i couldn't even get them over his rear! He's in 5T jeans and mostly 5 T shirts! I think he got his daddy's build!

He loves school (Mother's Day Out) This is him and his buddy Cole. He has really learned a lot this year!

He's a little ham. We went to my old college Thursday night for a basketball game and he was out on the floor dancing and flirting with girls. Yet another attribute he gets from his daddy! :)

He's my little love bug! At night time after we have read books and prayed, he'll grab my hand and say, "Let's snuggle" Melts my heart! He's very affectionate too. He loves kissing his Shelbers and just about anyone really! I keep asking him if he'll still kiss me like that when he's 12. He says yes, but we'll see!

A couple other funny stories:

We were driving Friday and we passed a green house (his fav. color) so he told me when those people died, he wanted to live in their house!

I was ready a book to him and he needed to get up to get something, so he told me to pause it!

Today in church he told me he had to poot, so he got under the chair and pooted down there. (At least he's considerate of others) HAHA

Gotta love that kid!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T14:40:00.001-06:00

Here are two of my three sweethearts! Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day! Spread the love!

5 months already???

2010-02-11T14:51:00.004-06:00

It seems like i just posted the 4 month post! Whew!
5 months:
-you are getting much stronger in your arms. You can push up pretty high.
-you can go around in a complete circle while on your belly. I have a feeling you will be crawling soon.
-we started you back on cereal last week and you seem to be doing fine. You have had sweet potatoes so far and seem to like them.
-you really dislike it when the bottle comes out of your mouth to burp.
-you are a momma's girl. With Mitchell John could usually get him calmed down and to sleep, but you seem to like it when momma puts you to sleep best and thats fine by me :)
-you sat up all by yourself for over 5 minutes last night.
-you are very vocal as you will see in the video below!
Working those arms out

Short little stumpy legs

Here's Shelby's form of communication these days and i might say that she's quite good at it!

Dreaming about 3's!!!

2010-01-25T12:56:00.002-06:00

Meredith its funny you asked about basketball because this was last week at my moms! As you can tell she already loves basketball so much that she was wanting to eat the basketball! It's never too young to start her out, right? :)
Loving the basketball

Getting ready to shoot a three!

Attempting to sit up at 4 1/2 months old! She does pretty well!

Big eyes!

Gettin' some brother lovin'

Comparison

2010-01-20T10:50:00.001-06:00

Everyone is saying that Shelby is starting to look like Mitchell so here are some pics of Shelby at 4 months and Mitchell at 4 months. You decide!

4 months

2010-01-18T11:31:00.003-06:00

4 months:
-you weighed 14 lbs. 11 oz. and were 24 1/2 inches
-you can roll from your back to your belly now like a champ! You haven't mastered belly to back yet. (Your brother didn't go from back to belly until he was 7 months old so i'm hoping that doesn't mean you'll be crawling soon)
-speaking of crawling, when you are on your belly you sometimes look like you are about to take off crawling! You def. have the motions down.
-you are now sleeping in your crib, but we still have to get up about 3 times a night to put the pacifier back in, but the good thing is-you go right back to sleep!
-you are using your hands a lot now to hold on to things and to hit things! And you just about always have a finger in your mouth.
-we have tried cereal the past three nights but its giving you tummy troubles, so we are gonna lay off of it for a while.
-you are slowly loosing your hair, still have a lot in the back though! Mommy wants to shave it! haha

3 month pics!

2010-01-06T14:57:00.005-06:00

My good friend Amanda from church took these pics of Shelby. She's just getting started with her photography business but i think the pics look like she's been doing it for years! Enjoy!

Happy Baby!

Ms. Sass-a-Frass!

Love kissing my little girl!

Bright eyes!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-22T10:16:00.003-06:00

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Our Christmas activities start tomorrow and go through Saturday so we'll be busy busy! I love the Christmastime, but more importantly i love knowing that we were given the best gift of all through Jesus Christ being born! We are so blessed just having all our family and friends! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HEHE I've been NAUGHTY this year! She is a jolly baby!

Photo shoot at our house!

He loves his Santa!

LOL Not sure what to think about this look!

Merry Christmas from The Careys!

Happy 3 months!

2009-12-10T09:59:00.002-06:00

Happy 3 months to Shelby yesterday! She's a TOTALLY different baby now and this first picture defines how she acts most of the time now-happy! Her colic is officially gone-praise the lord! That was a VERY trying time for John and I and i know some babies have it a month longer than she did, so we are thankful! Her reflux is definitely still present, but we did take her off her meds and she can manage it. You can still tell that she's uncomfortable at some feedings, but she doesn't cry afterwards like she did at first. She definitely still spits-A LOT! But we are hoping she'll outgrow this soon too.
Some new things you are doing this month:
-you are really trying to talk, not sure what you are trying to say, but you are very vocal at times.
-you laughed out loud for the first time Friday night at Pops and Grams house. One of my most favorite sounds in the world!
-you are really aware of your hands now. Still mostly sucking on them. You haven't put them in front of your face and stared at them, but I'm sure its coming soon.
-you are sleeping usually from 9PM-4AM. Still on the couch with either mommy or daddy. I think you have gotten used to the softness of the couch because you don't like your crib at all.
-you have rolled over from tummy to back a handful of times now. and you are getting really good at lifting your head on your stomach.
-you are a really good shopping buddy. We go to the store and you love being in the Baby Bjorn. You actually fell asleep one day.
-your hair is falling out pretty quickly. I'm almost positive it's going to come back blonde as i can see some new baby hairs underneath. We are still guessing about your eyes though.
-you are too sweet and we love you!
Happy Baby

Not sure what this look is all about! HAHA

Buzz!

2009-11-24T12:26:00.004-06:00

What do you do when you paid $12 for a bad haircut? You don't go pay $12 more somewhere else to fix it, you go to Daddy's Barber Shop! I took Mitchell a couple weeks ago to a new place and lets just say, he won't be going back there! SO last night John really wanted to buzz it-and i finally conceded! BEFORE

DURING

That is a big goose egg on Mitchell's head! He had a fight with the baseboard and unfortunately the baseboard won! Boys will be boys!

Lots of hair lost between these two!

Can't leave Miss Shelby out! Almost 11 weeks old!

He loves his sister! I have a feeling he's going to be very protective over her, well he already is. Anytime we go somewhere and someone else had been keeping her, the first thing he asks is, "Did you take good care of my sister?"

First time to the dentist

2009-11-24T12:18:00.002-06:00

Mitchell had his first trip to the dentist last week with me. I have to be honest, i was not looking forward to it. But he did absolutely awesome! I was thinking he was going to be a terror at the dentist like his mommy! (although mom said i did good up until my reflux problems started-i think it had to do with making me gag) But anyways, I got my teeth cleaned first and Mitchell (sort of) watched me. He was too busy "exploring" the dentist office. Julie, my dental hygienist, said more than once, "my he is busy" HAHA So when it came Mitchell's turn he hopped right up in the chair and was ready to go! She said his teeth looked great! He even got to pick out three toys-two for him and one for me! :) Way to go Mitchell! Mommy is proud of you!
Practicing opening his mouth wide!

Hmmmm, wonder if she'll need these!

Pretty smile!

Dr. Helms checking him out!

Thank you Ms. Julie for doing such a good job!

2 month doctor's visit

2009-11-19T13:45:00.002-06:00

Shelby went for her 2 month doctor's visit yesterday. I called like 3 weeks before her actual 2 month date and yesterday was the first i could get in. So i learned my lesson and went ahead and scheduled her 4 month yesterday as we were leaving! She weighed 11 lbs. 8 oz. and was 22 inches long. She's definitely grown out more than long since she was born! HA HA The doctor said he expects her to really grow between now and her 4 month visit! He said she looked great! She took her shots like a champ. Only cried for about 30 seconds afterwards!
Happy girl!

Everybody asks who she looks it, but its really hard to tell. I guess you could say she's a good mixture of her mommy and daddy. The doctor said he would guess that she will end up having light brown eyes, but he said he's only right half the time! HA HA We shall see! Some days they look blue, others green and brown. I told mom maybe she's gonna have chameleon eyes and just be whatever she's up against!

2 months!

2009-11-09T12:06:00.003-06:00

Happy 2 months to Shelby! This is the latest picture i have taken(Thursday)
A few things about you:
-You are still sleeping on the couch. We'll put you in your crib and you will only last 15 minutes. We have tried every position imaginable too.
-You sleep anywhere from 4-5 hours at night. Take a bottle and will (usually) go right back to bed.
-Your head/neck strength is getting better. It's good enough to sit in a Bumbo seat without help.
-You are taking 4.5 oz. of breastmilk every 3-4 hours during the day. We are starting one formula bottle a day to help you switch over since i only have about a months worth of mommy's milk saved up.
-You are trying to coo and talk.
-You LOVE looking at your black/white checked initials on your wall.
-Your colic isn't quite as bad as it was. Sometimes you'll sleep right through it.
-You are constantly congested. They say its a symptom of the reflux. (it's not bad enough to keep you from taking your bottle though)
-We still aren't sure what color your hair or eyes are going to be. Keeping us guessing!
-According to our scales you weigh around 12 lbs.
We love you little girl!

Defeated 09

2009-11-09T11:43:00.007-06:00

We had our annual family camping trip to Defeated a couple weeks ago. John went up Friday and spent the day with Mitchell and I went up Saturday, so one of us could stay at home with Shelby! It was a little chilly on Saturday but not too bad. Mitchell and Drew spent a lot of tim play fighting and being buds! We did our usual: fed the fish, rode bikes, carved pumpkins, and ate good food!

I went back and found pictures from the past 4 years we have been of Mitchell!

3 months old. First trip to Defeated! (Oct. 06)

15 months old! (Oct. 07)

October 08

Drew and Mitchell posing for a picture! They are about 8 months apart so they have lots of fun together!

Chelsea and Mitchell on the way to feed the fish!

Fav. pic from this year!

I think they spent 80% of their time "play fighting"

me, Mitch, & Chelsea-so glad Marty & the girls & William could come again!

Mitchell with his aunties Sissy and Marty

Maggie and Mitch

Pumpkin Carving time. This was Drew and Mitchell's pumpkin that they were stabbing the kinves in to. Luckily no fingers were lost!

Mitchell says, "I'd like to thank my sponsor-Diet Dr. Pepper!

The Carey family pumpkin of the year!

Fall Fun!

2009-11-03T11:09:00.012-06:00

Ready for Halloween in the Park (Charlie Daniels Park)
There were a total of 56 entries in the costume contest and they gave out 12 prizes, Mitchell was one of them. Here he is telling everyone his name and what he was dressed up as.

There's a story behind this picture below. This is Mitchell talking to Naveya (his "girlfriend" from last year who doesn't go to his school anymore) John was up on the stage with Mitch, so i text John and told him that Naveya was on the other side of the stage. Mitchell would start walking toward her, stop, then take his hat off and put it back on. He did this like three times before he finally got to her, it was too cute. Then once he got over to her, she wouldn't talk to him! HAHA

He had to take his pic with the other army guy!

Army crawling through the box maze!

Cheese

You better say your prayers!

Dancing at the zoo (Ghouls of Grassmere)

Riding the spooky carousel with daddy!

Trunk or Treat at church with Mickey Mouse and Shaggy

Saturday night we went to my Aunt Marty's house. Mitchell got to trick or treat for the first time and we all had a blast. Thanks for having us Aunt Marty! Evidently Mitchell didn't get the memo to look mean in this pic!

My sweet little flower!

The army guy and Indian (Drew)

Willy Wonka and his Oompa-Loompa!

They didn't understand that you just had to ring the doorbell ONE time! haha

Mitchell with David. Congrats to Dave for shooting an eleven pointer!

Sleeping flower! She slept straight through all the loudness at the party for over 3 hours!

Pappy with his great-grandson!

All the little ghouls.

Grrrrrrr!

The hostess with the mostess!

Close up of the Oompa! Love it!

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T15:08:00.001-05:00

Mitchell and Shelby want to say Happy Halloween!
My little pumpkin!

C-O-L-I-C

2009-10-21T12:30:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts, we have had our hands full the past few weeks! Well what we thought started out as just acid reflux has turned into colic too. I had always heard of colic horror stories but you just don't understand it until you go through it yourself. My sister-in-law says she feels like some things happen to make you grateful and let me tell you, this has really made us grateful of how easy of a baby Mitchell was. We just didn't know how easy we had it. I'm also thinking once she overcomes this colic that we'll be grateful for every quiet, non-crying minute that we have with her and I know she'll be a happy baby! :)

This past Friday was a really rough day and the only thing that kept me sane was Mitchell. Whenever she cries really hard she starts sounding like a lamb, so on Friday I think i heard him say at least 5 times, "There goes that crazy little lamb again." Thankfully he was very good for me that day and helped me to laugh a little too! Besides her "crying" time in the evening she's really becoming very alert and very curious. I know this may seem like forever at the moment but it will soon be over and long gone. As John says, "we are just weathering the storm" Speaking of John, he's a great dad and husband! Monday night i had a really bad headache and it was during her crying time, so i went to Mitchell's room to sleep(he was camping with mom) for what i thought would just be for 4 hours, but he stayed up with her until midnight and let me sleep until it was time for him to go to work! Thanks hun! So last night i returned the favor and he got a good 8 hours sleep! I'm also very thankful for my mom and grandmother who have really helped us during this time. Mitchell has been spending a lot of time with Grandma and Papaw and grandmother keeps Shelby for me while i work.

We have switched her over to soy formula, because we were thinking the dairy that i was eating may have been hurting her belly too. She does seem to be less fussy during the day since we have switched! So we just keep looking at the calendar for that magic 4 months mark when everyone says it seems to go away! Until then we are cherishing every happy moment we have with her! :)

One month old

He loves his sister. Saturday night we went to John's 10 yr. reunion. Mitchell went to Pops and Shelby went to Grandmas. When we went to pick Shelby up the first thing Mitchell asked Grandma was, "Did you take good care of my sister?"

Brother kisses

One month old

2009-10-09T21:08:00.001-05:00

I know people say it all the time, but time flies! Shelby is one month old today and her looks are changing daily! She's really starting to loose her hair on top. I'm afraid she's going to look like an old man pretty soon since its falling out so fast on top and not on the sides or back! It's pretty clear that she's going to have dark eyes, not sure what color, but i don't think they will be blue like Mitchell's.
Around 3 weeks of age Shelby became really fussy, starting spitting up, and was uncomfortable after just about every feeding, so last Saturday we went to the doctor. I had been looking online and it seemed she had most of the symptoms of reflux, so after telling the doctor all of her symptoms she prescribed Zantac. She said it could take up to a week for it to start working. About 4 days after she started it, she was feeling lots better. Before the medicine right after her bottles she would be fussy-sometimes on and off for about 3 hours, but since the medicine has started working she's a completely different baby. Mommy and Daddy are very thankful that this only last for about a week!
Her sleeping patterns are still about the same, but she's staying awake a little longer now. Last night she was awake for over 3 hours at moms. She has lots of entertainment from the rowdy boys! We are still sleeping on the couch though. Getting her in the crib for longer than an hour at a time will be our next goal!
Here are a few pictures that mom took last night. She's really putting weight on now! We took a few more today, so I'll get those posted once mom sends them to me!

3 weeks old

2009-09-29T14:39:00.001-05:00

I haven't posted any new pics lately, so i thought i would since Shelby will be three weeks old tomorrow! She's been sleeping around 4 hours at night at a time, but thats mostly on the couch. Although she's been in her crib now for 3 hours, it must just be a nighttime thing that she doesn't sleep long in her crib!

First Sunday to church

2009-09-20T20:03:00.004-05:00

Shelby made her first trip to church this morning! Pastor Andrew showed her off to the congregation, but big brother wasn't too happy about Pastor taking her away from Grandma! It was pretty funny! He thought that he was going to take her away!

Pastor Andrew and Shelby

Family picture!

Well Shelby has been in her crib now for almost three hours, but the bad thing is its just 8 PM now. She did the same thing last night, then by midnight she was wide eyed and bushy tailed! If we could just get her on our schedule it would be great! :) But i know it'll come with time. She's really a good baby! Hardly ever cries, unless she's getting her diaper changed or a bath. She doesn't like being cold-i don't blaim her!

I forgot to post earlier this week, but Shelby went to the doctor on Monday for her week checkup. She was almost back to her birthweight, which the doctor was happy about. She was a little jaundice, but nothing bad at all! He said everything else looked great. We go back when she's a month old!

Mitchell and Shelby

2009-09-15T08:33:00.002-05:00

Just a little update on whats been going on in the Carey house the past week! Shelby has been sleeping the days away! She's starting to become a little more alert! We have been having to keep her inclined because she has been a little congested! The doctor said its just the time of the year! We went back to the doctor with her yesterday for her week old checkup and he said she looked great! Almost back to her birth weight! Mitchell has been a big help with getting things for us. He has loved having his daddy home for almost a week now and has become quite attached! Unfortunately he has to go back to work tomorrow! I personally feel great. Shelby's delivery was much easier on the body! :)

Here's a picture of Mitchell and Shelby both on the couch around the same age. I'm thinking Shelby is going to look a little more like her daddy-or at least have her complexion! Or it could just be the hair throwing me off. Mine was that dark, then it all fell out and came back bleach blonde, so we shall see! Mitchell at 1 week old

Shelby at 3 days old

Meet Shelby Dianne Carey

2009-09-09T14:35:00.009-05:00

Shelby Dianne Carey arrived at 8:24 AM on September 9th, 2009 (9-09-09) We were shooting for 9:09 AM but she didn't want to wait that long and i was completely fine by that! She weighed 7 lbs. 0.8 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long and that was 2 weeks and a day early!
Birth story: Yesterday as i was laying with Mitchell i noticed that i was leaking fluid quite a bit (well at the time i was assuming it was fluid because i knew i wasn't peeing on myself) :) So Mitchell decided that he wanted to go swimming, so we took off to grandma's for a little swimming. We probably swam for a little over an hour, then got out and played a bit. Well i was really "leaking" at that point-not having any contractions though. So mom said that i should call my doctor and see what he said. So he decided to have me come in and get checked! We arrived at the hospital at 7PM and the nurse did a test and it was definitely fluid leaking but said that it was probably a high leak, so they had me walk around for an hour, then they would re-examine me. I was dilated to a two, still leaking, but no contractions. So they finally started me on pitocin around 11:30PM. By 3:30 AM all of my water was pretty much gone and the contractions were getting pretty mean! So i got my first epidural at 4AM-it only took on one side, same as last time, but luckily the anesthesiologist didn't give up and he tried again. The second time was the charm. In between my two epidurals the nurses checked me and felt something out of place, so they did an ultrasound and saw that Shelby had her arm up over her head-she definitely wouldn't be coming out like this, so they tried maneuvering her arm around, but she wouldn't budge. At this point the nurses called my doctor and he said to stop the pitocin. In the meantime my mom was pacing and posting on facebook. Many prayers were said on behalf of me and Shelby, so when my doctor finally got there to check things out her hand was no longer over her head! By 8:00 AM I was ready to push. I think she would have popped out in about 15 minutes, but we had to wait on my doctor to come back, so i had to quit pushing for a while. Then she was finally born at 8:24 AM.
Welcome to the world Shelby! You have your brothers nose and chin!

7 lbs. 0.8 oz. 19 1/2 inches long. Not bad for 2 weeks and a day early!

Proud Papa who we almost had to admit! He turned a little green and pale there for a while!

Proud brother singing "Jesus Loves Me" to Shelby. It was too sweet! Brought tears to my eyes!

Getting kisses from my baby boy!

Sucking on that finger!

First hairbow! (the nurses put it in) HAHA

Sweet baby girl!

She's Here

2009-09-09T09:53:00.005-05:00

Hi all this is Jamie, Kristin's sister in-law I high jacked her blog to let everyone know that Miss Shelby arrived this morning. Both Mom and Shelby are doing great!

Shelby Dianne Carey

7 lbs. 0.8 oz.

19 1/2 inch's

But Daffy Duck does it...

2009-09-05T12:57:00.002-05:00

Most of you who have facebook have already heard this story, but i just wanted to put it on here, so i'd remember!
Yesterday as I was laying with Mitchell for his nap, he sat up really quickly, but his hands over his mouth, then proceeded to puke everywhere. (and he had a very big lunch too) Once he got through i noticed a nickel amongst the throw up! After he got calmed down i asked him if he was ok because he never mentioned his stomach hurting at all, then he says, I put the nickel in my mouth! I said, "why did you do that?" he said, because Daffy Duck eats money!" NICE! I love watching Looney Tunes, but it looks like we maybe shouldn't watch it anymore! HAHA After i got his sheets in the wash i gave him a bath, then he was asleep in record time! I was just very happy that i was still in there and that he didn't get chocked! Now, all coins will be put up-VERY HIGH!!

37 weeks

2009-09-02T12:22:00.002-05:00

I went this morning for my 37 week check-up. He put me on the machine that monitors my contractions and Shelby's heartrate for 20 minutes. They are mainly checking to see if the baby is under any stress. I was definetly having contractions pretty regularly, but not the kind that go to the top of the chart when you are in labor. Her heartbeat and breathing looked good, except for one dip, so he decided to check my fluids just to make sure everything looked ok. He did and said everything looked just fine. He showed me that the umbilical cord is right in front of her hands, so sometimes they get bored and play with it, which in turn causes their heartrate to drop. I told him that she probably thinks its a softball bat! :) I go back in a week! Not too much longer to go!

Chattanooga Trip

2009-08-24T11:41:00.010-05:00

We had a great little trip to Chattanooga this past weekend! Mitchell was so excited on the way down! I don't think he quit talking for more than 30 seconds! HAHA When we got to the hotel he said over and over like 5 times, "Thank you for bringing me here" He's too sweet!
Saturday morning we got up early thanks to our human alarm clock and ate some free continental breakfast at the hotel. Then we were off to the aquarium! Mitchell's fav. part were the sharks of course, i absolutely loved the penguins! They are funny creatures! We explored the aquarium for a couple hours then headed outside to let Mitchell play in the water feature that they have outside of the aquarium-it looks like a river! After that we walked up a VERY steep hill to get to the pedestrian bridge which goes over the river! On the other side there are restaurants, a carousel, and water fountains! By the time we got back to the car i was a whee bit tired!
After playing in the water fountains, we went back to the hotel and took a good nap! Then headed to eat some Mexican and to the mall! When we got back Mitchell and John swam in the pool and we acting like the penuins diving in the water!
Keeping a distance from the stingrays! Mitchell says when he's older and brave that he will touch them! :)

The first few pictures are a little dark-the camera wasn't on the right setting!

Family pic!

He got to help release a bunch of butterflies!

Showing me the butterfly on his finger! One was just hanging out on his head for a bit!

Pic with the penguins!

Mitchell's favorite animal!

Watching the turtle!

Cheese!

Hello there Mr. Alligator!

Watching the scuba diver feed the fish! He said next time we go back he wants to be a scuba diver and feed the fish!

What started out as-Mitchell try to not get your shorts wet, turned in to...(see next picture)

swimming in the water!

I think he liked this as much as the aquarium!

Eating his green shark sucker!

The view of the river from the bridge!

Walking the bridge!

Water fountain time!

Hanging out on Mr. Turtle-waiting for him to shoot water out of his mouth!

YEAH-he finally shot water!

Riding the carousel!

Headed to the car! Daddy was a little tired! Mitchell was feeling great!

Sunday morning we had another round of the free breakfast, then headed to the Chattanooga Zoo. We got in for free since we are members at the Nashville Zoo, which was very nice! The zoo isn't quite as big as ours here, but you can see the animals up close a lot better! Mitchell's favorite was a parrot that was talking to him. I took video but forgot to take a picture! We had to go back to that parrot like 3 times!

Has anyone seen these wild animals? They are on the loose!

Awww thats a cute little tiger!

Mr. Monkey!

35 week check-up

2009-08-19T14:28:00.002-05:00

Had my 35 week check-up today. Mitchell has been going with me here lately because he likes reading the books in the waiting room and seeing the nurse and doctor. Well i think we read every book in there today because we had to wait about an hour to get back to the doc. He did an ultrasound and i'm measuring one week and a day ahead! So according to the charts i'm 35 weeks tomorrow but the ultrasound says 36 wks. 2 days! He said she's already 6 lbs. 8 oz., so it looks like she may end up being a little bigger than Mitchell, unless she decides to come early. She is head down, but she's not down in the birth canal yet, so it looks like she wants to bake a little longer! Said her breathing looked good and my fluids. And another important thing-he didn't see any boy parts! HAHA So it looks like my time is drawing near! We were planning on going out of town to Chattanooga this weekend for a last trip for Mitchell, but a really good friend of John's late mom passed away last night, so we aren't sure when the funeral will be. But i'll keep everyone updated from here on out! He'll start checking me every week starting next Thursday!

How to eat an Oreo

2009-08-12T16:17:00.002-05:00

The proper way to eat an Oreo. By Mitchell Carey
Step 1: Dip it in milk

Step 2: Insert into mouth. Be sure to lean over your bowl in case some milk drips!

Step 3: Chew and smile at the same time because it tastes so yummy!

Step 4: Analyze the Oreo to see where you want to bite next!

Step 5: Smile again because it just keeps getting better!

Step 6: Think about the yummy oreo milk going down your throat!

Step 7: Last and final step-turn it up and drink it!

Gone Fishing!!

2009-08-07T10:36:00.002-05:00

John didn't have inservice or football practice yesterday so we went to the lake and enjoyed some nice weather and some fishing! John wasn't having much luck at first! As soon as he would throw his line in they would take his worms and run, so we called the expert fisherwoman-my grandmother! She told us to put just a tiny bit of worm on the hook. Well wouldn't you know as soon as John started doing that he caught about 8 total. Mitchell enjoyed the water, his duckie and wormie friends, and some fishing!
Walking with his duckie friends! All we had to feed them were goldfish, but they didn't seem to mind. They were very friendly!

Got my line out!

Being very patient!

Woohooo! I caught a big one!

Loving the water!

His wormie friends! YUCK!

Staying cool!

Guess he needed a nap!

5 years in the making!

2009-07-30T14:22:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to say Happy Anniversary to my hubby! Today is our 5 year! We are hoping 5 years from now we'll be in Hawaii celebrating-at least thats our hope! HAHA We will have known each other 10 years total this November. Hard to believe we have been dating/married for a decade! John is a great husband! Always helping around the house and he's even starting to do things without me having to ask-i guess i'm slowly training him! :) He's an awesome daddy to Mitchell too! Mitchell always has a blast with daddy no matter what they are doing. I love you John and Happy Anniversary!

We have taken more pics (just the two of us) together the last few months than the last 3 years combined probably due to Mitchell's new love of taking pictures! We were eating at O'Charley's Sunday when Mitchell took this one. He also took about 5 pictures of our waitress, i bet the poor girl thought we were going to black mail her or something!

Sometimes we have to squat down to his level, but he does a great job!

Random pics and Shelby's room

2009-07-30T10:33:00.004-05:00

I had to take this picture on the way to church Sunday because it just hit me that Mitchell looks like a little boy now and not a baby! He thought he was something with his spikey hair, you can't see it too good because its so light!
Mitchell and his daddy! John's face looks a little puffy because he had 5 teeth pulled (wisdom teeth, then one that had been chipped) last Wed.

Here are a few pics of Shelby's room! We got the new carpet laid a couple weeks ago, so now we have been putting the final touches on everything else. Gram and Pops got us our bedding and the valances-thank you so much. Then grandmother made the curtain panels and the red tie back things! It's great having a grandmother who can sew, i really need to learn soon!

Close-up of the curtains!

Shelby's initials that i painted!

The bedding, except for the crib sheet, waiting to wash it a little closer to my due date!

Some canvas frames that i painted to match the bedding! They aren't on the wall crooked-i just took the pic crooked! HAHA

Happy 3rd Birthday Mitchell!

2009-07-21T11:09:00.004-05:00

Who would have thought that we would be cold on Mitchell's birthday! Just about everybody that got out of the pool and even some who didn't swim were shivering! Crazy weather, but it was very nice for those who weren't swimming! HAHA Mitchell had a great birthday again! He was so excited this year and his wish list grew every day! He had a dinosaur themed party and really loved his volcano cake! He got lots of cool toys! Just about everyday at some point he'll say, "thank you everybody for my presents!" It's too cute! Here are a few pics from the party! I'll devote another post to all of his friends that were there! I already had too many pics! Thank you to everyone for coming and sharing Mitchell's special day with him!
Dinosaur cake made with love by mommy and Grandma!

Mitchell's volcano cake! He looked like a vampire by the time he was done from the red gel icing!

Yummy Cupcakes!

Taking a swim before it got too chilly!

Mitch and cousin David going down the water slide!

Weeeeee! Cousin David is so much fun!

Cheese from the birthday boy!

Digging in!

YUM this is pretty good stuff!

Mr. Vampire!

Icing kisses for Aunt Cindy!

Spider-man fishing pole! Thank you Aunt Marty & the girls! He can't wait to use it at Defeated Creek!

Spitting dinosaur from cousin Maddie-loves it!

Cupcake #2 for Mitchell for the night!

We ended the night sitting by a fire with sweatshirts on! Crazy weather! I think the high was 79!

Happy Birthday Papaw!

2009-07-17T14:23:00.004-05:00

Happy Birthday to the Papaw monster! Thats what Mitchell calls him because everytime we leave his house he acts like a monster-Mitchell loves it! We hope you have a great day and a Happy Birthday!
(Jamie-sorry had to steal your pic)

We also want to say Happy Birthday to Pappy on Sunday! (my dad's dad) He and Mitchell are exactly 70 years apart!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2009-07-13T11:02:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to wish my mom a Very Happy Birthday! I won't tell her age but she ages gracefully-hopefully i got her genes in that department! Mitchell was wondering what kind of birthday party you were having! He said maybe a camping birthday party! HAHA Have a great day! We love you!

Garage sale and camping

2009-07-09T15:52:00.002-05:00

A couple weeks ago we had a yard sale to try and clear some room for the nursery! Mitchell decided he wanted to have a lemonade stand! His daddy came up with a brilliant idea to have a "Tips" jar for him too! The first two ladies of the morning left him over $2 in tips and didn't even buy any lemonade because we didn't have it ready yet! It turned out to be a great idea as Mitchell made over $20 in Tips alone! One man said that he couldn't resist not buying any lemonade from him!
Holding his "Tips" jar!

Mitchell's binoculars that John made!

His own indoor pool!

Mitchell went camping with Grandma for two days. He had a blast and is ready to go back! This is him making his scary face!

Riding his bike around the campground! He's really hard to keep up with because he goes so fast! He also loves slamming on his brakes and looking backwards when he's driving-not safe! HA

I LOVE camping!

Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-02T14:57:00.001-05:00

I hope everyone has a Happy and safe 4th of July! We went to the zoo this morning! It was perfect weather! Mitchell had a blast and mommy got a little exercise in!

First Birthday present!

2009-06-28T22:38:00.002-05:00

Mitchell's birthday is Juyl 19th, but he got an early present on Saturday. We stopped by moms house Sat. morning to get the mower (John was heading to mow Grandmother/Pawpaw's yard) and Grandma gave Mitchell his first birthday present! He has been talking about the "Rocket Bike" for a good month now and he told Grandma that was what he wanted for his birthday! They left to go camping today, so she thought she would give it to him a little early, so he could use it! He LOVED it!

Very excited to see his surprise for the first time!

Woohooo! I FINALLY got it!

He looks like such a big boy on his tricycle with his Lightning Mcqueen helmet and elbow pads on. He wouldn't take them off for the ride to grandmothers!

Nashville Sounds

2009-06-17T11:52:00.004-05:00

A week before we headed to the beach we thought we'd try a Nashville Sounds game for the first time with Mitchell. Clay, Lisa, and Michael also joined us. I guess we were feeling really adventurous because it was a double header with fireworks this night. The boys didn't care too much about what was going on in the game but they had a blast. Eating popcorn and playing on the blow up slide. Mitchell was really excited about the fireworks all night, but once they got started he was ready to go after about 5 minutes!

The fireworks hadn't even started-not sure why he's covering his ears! HAHA

Mitchell has really gotten in to taking pictures!

He took this one too!

Michael and Mitch. They took poor Ozzie down before we could get the first picture! HAHA

John and Mitch

Happy Birthday to Pops!

2009-06-17T11:47:00.003-05:00

We celebrated Pops birthday at our house on May 21st! I know a little late getting the post up but i just now downloaded the pics! We had burgers/hot dogs and the kids had lots of fun! We all went in together and got him an ipod. He mows a lot of yards, so we thought this would help pass the time a little better. Happy Belated Birthday Pop-we love you!

Mitchell and Maddie-you would think they were twins!

Pops with all his grandkids: Michael, Maddie, Charli Jo, & Mitchell

Lovin' his new pool!

The Carey boys!

The newest member-Charli Jo!

Panama City Beach '09

2009-06-15T14:15:00.009-05:00

After our vacation getting off to a bumpy start(Mitchell and I both getting sick)we had a great time! Mitchell still wasn't a big fan of the beach, but he did like the sand a lot better this year. I think its the waves that he doesn't really like. We went putt-putting, go-karting, shopping, and lots of eating! We didn't have any probably getting Mitchell down for naps everyday-he was wiped out! The condo (Shores of Panama) that we stayed at was great-very kid-friendly!

Lovin' the zero-entry pool!
He had to be buried everytime we went to the beach!
Mitchell with his daddy and "uncles" David, John, Daniel, & Mitch
The boys: Carter, Daniel, & Mitch
Riding the banana boat at night!
Eatin' at Pineapple Willy's
The whole gang!
Family pic!
Mitchell and his goofy smile
Grandma & Mitch
Flyin' a kite on the beach. We didn't have any problem keeping it up in the sky!

Shooting his "cannonball"
Silly boys
Momma's boy
Another family pic! I realized after i put this shirt on that it really "accentuates" my belly! HAHA
Dan, Mitch, & Dave
The Tignors
Arrrggghhhh Matey! Eating at the Treasure Ship.
Look at those mean pirates.
Getting his tattoo from the pirate lady.
Mitchell really liked taking pictures-one of his many! Not bad!

A few pics from the beach

2009-06-11T17:41:00.003-05:00

Since mom is here i'll just steal some of her pictures. We have had great weather all week and have had a blast! Mitchell has taken great naps-mommy and daddy too! :)For some reason my blog is showing me all codes so i dont know where to right the captions, so just enjoy for now!

Feeling better!

2009-06-09T17:55:00.002-05:00

It wasn't an hour after i posted last night when John and Mitchell came back in from putt-putting and getting some Mcdonald's when Mitchell throws up all over the living room! He felt just fine afterwards though! He kept asking for french fries and milk. But i didn't think the milk was such a good idea! My mom decided Sunday night that she wanted to come down, so dad called the man who got us our room and she was here by 7 last night, just in time to run to Wal-Mart for us and buy some carpet cleaner and medicine for Mitchell. Mitchell slept great though and hasn't mentioned anything else about his belly hurting anymore-thank goodness. I'm feeling much better too-hungry but afraid to eat too much! I have been drinking plenty of water though. So we are just keeping our fingers crossed that noone else gets it! Luckily it was just a one time vomitting thing for us all, except i had the back door trots along with it too! HAHA I doubt i'll be posting any pics until we get back-forgot my cord to the camera! The weather has been beautiful! We are off to ride go-karts tonight! Have a great night!

Vacation

2009-06-08T19:06:00.002-05:00

Well, our vacation isn't off to a very good start. John got sick at his stomach on Friday before we left but was better by that night. We thought we had escaped the glorious stomach bug, but we weren't so lucky. Last night we had a great dinner at Calypso Cafe here in Panama City. We all split a chicken quesadilla which had lots of peppers on it and mile high nachos. My stomach started hurting pretty much as soon as we got back but i just thought it was my acid reflux acting up, since it has been pretty bad this pregnancy. Well i didn't sleep a wink and @ 2:30 it started. I think Miss Shelby knew something wasn't right too, because she was doing a lot of squirming. I think i got less than three hours of sleep. I'm starting to feel a little better now-just hungry and afraid to eat. About an hour ago Mitchell says his tummy was hurting, so we shall see the outcome of that. John went ahead and got some meds for him just in case-they are out playing putt-putt and eating now. I just hope we didn't give it to everyone else thats here with us. I'll keep you updated! Hopefully the rest of the week goes better!

Potty Trained and off to the beach!

2009-06-04T12:08:00.002-05:00

Well we have been bribing Mitchell now for a couple months by saying, "If you'll just poo-poo in the potty, we'll take you to Chuck-E-Cheese! He's had the peeing part down now for a couple months and will actually go on his own now. But he finally decided to go #2 a few days ago. He was in the nude and i noticed him squeezing his cheeks together! His underwear was on the table in front of him, so he immediately said, "I need to put these on." I told him no, then John jetted him off to the potty and he went! SUCCESS! He thought it was pretty neat too once he finally did it! He tried going yesterday, then went again this morning! So i'm hoping he has it down now! So he and John took off to Chuck-E-Cheese as promised this morning. I had to work, so I'm missing out on the fun! My goal was for him to be trained before he was 3, so we just made it! But lots of moms had told me that the closer boys get to 3, they just get it! I'm hoping he'll get really good at it and not regress here in a few months once Shelby arrives-then its back to buying diapers! Woohooo! HAHA
We are headed to Panama City early Sat. morning. We are all very excited! I'm still trying to figure out how i'll lay out on my belly though!
Congrats to my cousin Darryl and his wife, Tiffany on the birth of their little girl Makyna Reese this morning! She weighed in at 8lbs. 3oz. And good luck to Kelly tomorrow on her induction!

It's Official!

2009-05-28T13:08:00.003-05:00

So I guess it's official-we really are having a girl. I went for my 23 week appointment today and i asked the doctor what he thought about the 80% girl and he said that the doctor from the group that did the ultrasound reviewed it and signed off on it that it was a girl. He said if there had been any question they would have left it undetermined! So it looks like we'll be bringing the first "Carey" girl into the family in some 34 years. Before John and I were even married i was talking to a good friend about what our kids would look like and I said if i had it my way the boy would have my complection, blonde hair, and blue eyes and if we had a girl she would be dark complected like John with brown eyes! So we'll see if my prediction is right. Something tells me though that i'll be wrong, because i thought there would be no way our kids would have blue eyes and blonde hair! I can't remember if i said what her name was going to be in the last blog, but its going to be Shelby Dianne Carey. John and I both just liked Shelby then the Dianne is after John's mom who passed away from cancer when John was just 8 years old-she was 36! This was very easy for us since we already had the name picked out the first time around! Now just 16 more weeks and we'll see what she looks like! :)

Back-to-Back

2009-05-26T20:22:00.003-05:00

I have to brag on my husband for a minute. Last Frday night was Trousdale County's graduation and John got Teacher of the Year once again. He's only been teaching for three years now, but has won the award the past two years! He truly deserves the award because of the dedication he has to his students, facility, and school. When Mr. Woodmore was talking about who the winner was he said this is the only teacher who may be mowing the school one day, painting the weight room the next, and dressing up like a cheerleader for a pep rally the next day! He's involved in just about every pep rally in some shape or form, whether it's dancing, doing a skit or dressing up in the male beauty pageant! Unfortunately noone informed us of his award this year, so noone was there to support him. Mitchell and i were in Hartsville visiting with Pops/Gram, Karla, Maddie, and Charli Jo but none of us were aware of his award! But I just want to say Congratulations to John-you deserve it!

End of the year picnic

2009-05-14T08:00:00.001-05:00

This past Monday Mitchell had his end of the year picnic with his class and a couple other of the 2 yr. old classes. They played games all morning, then headed outside for a picnic and playtime! I can't believe the year is almost over-Monday will be his last day. I remember at the beginning of the year being a little leary about sending him, but now I'm thinking, when will September be here! HAHA It's really good for him to interact with other kids and to learn new stuff and good for me so i can work and get some things done!

Mitchell with his two buddies that he's always talking about from school. Naveya and Drew!

Miss Dorothy said this is where Mitchell is always sitting and his buddies are all in the cars behind him! Guess he's the ringleader-doesn't surprise me at all!

Mitchell's class: Drew P.,Mitch,Drew V.,Liza,Naveya,David, & Brooklyn.

And here's the famous Naveya! If you ask Mitchell if he has a g/f he'll tell you this is her! She's precious!

Mitchell's visor that they made this day! It of course had a shark, fish, and a whale on it!

Already a Ladies Man!

A few more pics/videos from the weekend

2009-05-13T09:24:00.006-05:00

Trevor wasn't so sure about all of the getting dirty and wet stuff, so he stuck close to his mommy while we were at the campground!

Here's the Mother Day gifts that Mitchell gave grandmother and Gram. The middle one was from all three of the boys to my mom. I think they turned out so cute! They did a great job and loved getting paint all over themselves!

Not sure why this turned out so tiny, but here's Nolen and Mitchell stomping around in the mud! Nolen had a blast!

Mother's Day weekend

2009-05-11T16:16:00.007-05:00

This weekend we spent the night in Hartsville then headed to Defeated to see mom (and dad) who had been up there camping all week. It has rained a ton here lately, so we took Mitchell's rainboots and several changes of clothes and headed to the campground.

This was from earlier in the week...dad was cleaning out the pool and found three little baby turtles-Nolen, Mitchell, and Trevor as Mitchell called them. He loved these little guys, ended up running away to find their mommy for Mother's Day or in other words-I set them free. HAHA :)

Heading out after the rained had stopped at the campground.

The Intimidator. He rode his little tricycle around just about the whole park.

Playing in the wet sand.

Time for the rainboots!

There goes outfit #2 for the day!

Doing a little fishing! Getting his pole ready!

Being patient! I LOVE this pic!

Woohoooo-way to go Mitch!

Daddy-very proud of his little fisherman!

On Mother's Day we went to church, then the boys took me out to eat at Applebee's. We tried finding a statue for my front lawn at a few stores-but no success! This was my Mother's Day present from Mitchell! My car got cleaned inside and out. (he had just a little help)

Last week Jamie and I got the boys together to attempt a group "cousins" picture for mom for Mother's Day! They did great!

Something must have been funny!

And even funnier here!

Poor Mitch-his eyes have been running like crazy the past week-allergies. His left eye looked a little swollen this day!

2009-05-11T15:36:00.003-05:00

We have been extremely busy the past couple of weeks. On Wednesday April 29th we added another baby to the Carey side-Miss Charli Jo. I could be wrong on this but i think she was 6 lbs. 9 oz. and 20 inches long. She came just a couple days early. Karla did a great job and i'm really hoping the second go around will be as smooth for me.
Then that weekend we headed to Macon, Ga to celebrate with John's aunt and uncle (Jean and Oodles) They were celebrating their 50th anniversary so we all really wanted to be there to help celebrate. We drove down in my grandmothers camper, so the boys had a great time! We left out Friday evening and spent the night in Marietta. The boys went for a swim that morning, then we headed to Olympic Park. They got in some playground time, then we headed to Atlanta Underground-kind of a scary place, then headed back to the park for some water time. They were both really good on the way down and back and had a ball together!

Early morning swim. Michael,Clay,John, & Mitchell

There was a guy giving swimming lessons to local kids, so Mitchell thought he would join in on what he was telling them to do.

Olympic Park. This was a pretty cool playground! Of course the boys loved it because there was plenty to climb.

I had never seen a slide like this one!

Taking a break!

Water time! The fountains were in the shape of the Olympic rings!

Playing hard!

Mitch trying to get Michael in the middle. Michael wasn't so sure about getting wet at first!

A BIG thanks to Aunt Lisa. Mitchell drug her all around the fountains-getting her soaked in the process! Thanks for being such a good sport!

Aunt Susie, Aunt Jean, and Pops (brothers and sisters)

Mitchell drinking on some lemonade!

The best picture i could get of the special couple! They were either mingling or i was chasing Mitchell around, so i never really got a good picture!

Michael and Mitchell playing at the party!

Giving Aunt Jean a "Happy Anniversary" kiss!

The verdict is...

2009-04-30T13:40:00.002-05:00

Well we aren't 100% sure but it looks like Mitchell has been right all along. Everytime i ask him what I'm having he says a "baby sitter" I had my ultrasound first, then my reg. monthly visit afterwards. John was there for the ultrasound, then left right after it was finished with an undetermined answer on the gender. She mentioned a girl a couple times during the ultrasound, but didn't want to say for sure, because she was turned down the whole time and she couldn't get a good angle. So then i met with the doc for about 10 minutes and as i was checking out the tech. asked if i wanted to take another look and I of course said, "Of course" This time she had flipped around but was still head down, but she got a little better look and said she was going to say 80% that she was a girl. SO it's not 100%, but i guess thats better than 50%. Dr. Cadena said to remind him next time and he would take another look. I asked if it would be ok to go ahead and buy pink, she said she would keep the receipts just in case! HAHA So i guess we'll know for sure in another month or so.

Thursday is the big day!

2009-04-27T09:47:00.002-05:00

Thursday we find out if Mitchell will be having a baby brother (Dinosaur Rex) or a sister (Naveya). Those are the names that he has picked out. Naveya is his little g/f at school. Mrs. Dorothy said he was chasing her around last Wed. making kissing sounds. Already chasing after the ladies! HAHA Our appt. is @ 10:30 for the ultrasound, then i have my normal monthly visit immediately following. So I'm sure I'll have something posted that afternoon, so check back. I told mom that John and I are going to find out but not tell anyone, so she has been trying to find a way to go with us. Now she really think Mitchell needs to go with us and she would just LOVE to go along with us to help watch him. HAHA
(We won't really keep it from everyone-i could never keep it in for that long)
We don't care what we are having, just as long as its healthy. That's the main thing!

Yard Work Day and Mud Baths

2009-04-20T10:47:00.004-05:00

Saturday before John left for Washington, D.C. we decided we wanted to get our new landscape bed put in, so we can get some stuff planted soon! Pops came over bright and early Sat. morning and they got to work! Thanks so much for coming over and helping Pops and thanks to my dad for getting the Bobcat for us!

BEFORE: We were putting the new bed in front of the new addition.

AFTER: Lots and lots of landscaping edgers-150 more to be exact!

Side view! It already makes the house look MUCH better!

Here is the foreman on the job! This was Friday afternoon! He got to see the dump truck dump the dirt and everything! Exciting for a little boy who loves nothing more than being dirty!

King of the mountain!

DON'T even think about touching my dirt!

Here comes the mud bath part. Yesterday afternoon-after naps and rain, we decided to go out and clean the garage out. All Mitchell saw was mud and he was in heaven. We told him we needed the big clumps de-clumped, so thats just what he did.

Having a blast in the mud!

The kid could spend hours upon hours playing in the mud!

Daddy decided to join the mud bath!

It was pretty funny to sit and watch them play in the mud and also watch the cars as they passed by. You could see all the kids faces just light up and the adults cringe! There was one car that passed by and there were 3 kids in it and they had the windows down, so we could hear them talking about how cool it would be to do that! HAHA

Birthday/Easter weekend

2009-04-13T13:22:00.008-05:00

Last weekend we went to the Charlie Daniels Park for an egg hunt, inflatables, food, and fun. Clay, Lisa, and Michael met us there for some fun!
Picture courtesy of Mr. John Carey

So excited for his first hunt of the year!

Waiting patiently!

Being silly while we were waiting!

Checking out his loot!

Peek-A-Boo

Michael got there about 5 minutes too late for the egg hunt, but we caught up with them and played!

Friday was my birthday and John was off for Good Friday, so we decided to take Mitchell to the puppet show at the downtown library, well that was a mistake. The place was packed since all of the kids were out of school, so we went with Plan B and headed to Phillips Toy Mart for a little fun. Then we headed back downtown to eat at The Old Spaghetti Factory-YUMMY!

Mitchell eating my ice cream-after he had already eaten John's!

Mitchell and the birthday girl!

Mitch with Daddy!

Peeking out of the trolley!

Saturday night we had some friends over for a cookout and more egg hunting! The day started out cloudy and cool, but it turned out just perfect!

Mitchell giving Brody a ride!

Then boys rode the truck so much that the battery died, so Mitchell had to do a little pushing!

Mitchell with all his "buddies" as he likes to call them.

Left to right: Cooper, Mitchell, Brody, Daniel, and Carter

Look what the Easter Bunny brought! A Lightning McQueen basket!

Hugging his Lightning pillow!

After church Sunday we headed to my great-Uncle Bobby's and Aunt Peggy's house. They have a beautiful yard, so we took a little mini-photo shoot! We had some great food, fun time with family, and an egg hunt!

Family shot! Mitchell looking all grown-up with his tie on!

Loving the waterfall.

Cheese!

My fav. pic! I loved Aunt Susie's comment on facebook about this pic. "It's good to see Mitchell sitting on the rock, instead of falling." HAHA

Mitch with his Grandma

Mitch with Papaw "monster"

Awwwwwwwww! He loves his grandparents!

Mitch and Mommy

Mitchell found this mask, so of course he had to scare everyone!

Egg Hunt! Such beautiful green grass!

This egg hunting makes me tired!

Mitch and Drew (his second-cousin) just a swingin'

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

My mom posted this pic on her blog for my b-day, so i thought i'd share too. I know some of you need a good laugh today!

Happy Birthday Trevor!

2009-04-13T12:48:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday to Trevor yesterday! His b-day party was last weekend! I chose breakfast food for my b-day dinner Thursday night (as usual) We had eggs benedict, hashbrowns, bacon/cheese bread and gravy and biscuits! I ate WAY too much, but it was OH so yummy! Mom had a cake for both Trevor and I!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-11T11:32:00.001-05:00

Happy Easter to everyone!

First ER visit

2009-04-06T11:43:00.003-05:00

Yesterday was the scariest day by far as a mom! We were enjoying a nice sunny day at Gram and Pops house with cousin Maddie, Karla, Aunt Susie, Gram, and Pops flying kites, riding the gator, and feeding the fish! Their deck overlooks their fish pond, which is bordered by lots of rocks, well the kids love standing on this small table on the deck to feed the fish. It's about 3-4 feet up off the ground. Well i guess Mitchell got out a little too far in one of his throws and went flying head first over the rail. All i saw were his feet up in the air. As soon as Gram got down to where he was there was blood everywhere. I didn't really freak out at first because all I could think about was getting to the ER. After the fact i kept thinking though that it could have been alot worse. I think he landed sort of on the side of his head, because he had a big knot on the front of his head with a few scrapes and a pretty big gash on the side towards the back. He had to have that one glued back. He was such a big boy at the hospital. He kept saying that the nurse was a "nice lady" I was really only concerned about a concussion or something worse, but he was his normal old wild self last night, without a nap and all. And if you want to know what happened, he can tell you all about it!

Waiting in the ER room! That white shirt got thrown away.

Daddy wheeling him around for a little entertainment while we waited!

Front scrapes!

The scratch to the left was the one that got glued. It doesn't loook that bad, but it was the deepest. I think thats where most of the blood came from.

Goose egg with some more scrapes.

As you can see Mitchell is his normal old self. While I was gone to my monthly check-up this morning, he thought he would lather up his dry skin a little and eat a little lotion!

YUM!

What a mischevious look!

Fun with Mitchell

2009-03-30T10:26:00.005-05:00

The other night after dinner Mitchell wanted to express his artistic side with a little finger painting! Well finger painting turned into body painting! All that matters though is that he had a good time! And went straight to the bathtub!

Later that night Mitchell and John went downstairs to his room for a minute and came back looking like this! (You never know what will happen when daddy dresses him)

Shake it!

Look at those abs!

Major blackmail when he's older!

A Trip to the Zoo

2009-03-30T10:18:00.004-05:00

Last Sunday we knew it was going to be a pretty day, so we took off after church and headed to the zoo! Mitchell was so excited that he hardly ate anything for lunch-thats not unusual though, he'd much rather be doing something else than sitting still eating! We got there around 11 and it was still a little breezy and chilly, but it def. warmed up once it got into the afternoon! We were there for about 3 hours and i think around an hour was spent on the playground! He loves it!
Woohoo-headed to the zoo!

Mr. Giraffe up close and personal

Waiting on daddy to get money for the Carousel!

After a long deliberation he finally chose the white tiger! We were hoping to see the baby white tigers, but it must have been their eating time!

Daddy and Mitch!

These little guys are by far my favorite! This one meerkat was just posing for everyone! He sat like this for a good 10 minutes! They are a little dirty, but oh so cute!

Mitch with his 5 lbs. bag of popcorn! We saw some fish, so he thought he could feed them popcorn, since thats what we do at Defeated when we go camping! But we quickly told him that we would get kicked out of the zoo if we did that there!

TIMBER

2009-03-19T10:21:00.005-05:00

We had a small dead tree in our front yard and John had been meaning to cut it down for a while now, so Sunday we decided would be the day. We waited for Mitchell to wake up from his nap so he could help!
Paul Bunyan Jr. ready for action!

BEFORE!!

Daddy working hard!

Now-there's the real power!

TIIIIMMMMMBBBBBBEEEEERRRR!!
Carrying the branches to the road!

Here's the video of the tree falling-Mitchell's fav. part. You'll have to tilt your head for the first part-I always forget you can't video up and down!