Beginning of Fall 2012

It has finally cooled off a little in Arkansas - Fall is my favorite season!  We are getting into a "school year" routine even though we don't have anyone in school.  Our days consist of the gym, playgroups, library, parks, Bible study, and more!  Brody is really into play dough and crafts - he learned to use scissors and glue recently.  He  will sit at the kitchen table for an hour at a time doing this!

We got a tailgating spot for the Arkansas game in Little Rock with friends and had a great time before the game.  Jay was on call so we didn't go to the game, but we had a good time and are going to do it again for the next Arkansas game!  

We had a pretty awesome spot!

When Emery turned 5 months, we decided to start rice cereal.  We tried it about 4 or 5 times, and she couldn't really figure it out - she just spits it out and acts like we are choking her!  We will try again next week!

Emery is also rolling around everywhere!

Brody is still such a happy boy!! 

Playing games on the iPad

5 months!  Smiling more and crying less - but also sleeping less at night!! We have to work on that!

We are all a little tired around here!

We went to the parade this week...

We went with Annie and Walker and Cooper!

Jay has a new partner, and I really his wife Meg.  She came over to play with her kids Brooke and James.  Brody and Brooke had the best time.  We let them ice and decorate Meg's birthday cake...

Meg and James

A great decorating job!!

Brody's first stitches!

On Friday, we all went to Jumpzone to play before Jay went to work.  Brody was sliding down a slide and fell off head first onto an exposed metal piece that was supposed to be an anchor for the slide.  It really hurt him and it bled a lot.  It needed stitches, so we went to Jay's office, and he put 2 stitches in his sweet forehead!  It sounds easy, but it was so hard watching him and hearing him hurt like that!  I am so proud of Jay for doing that - it wasn't easy!  I couldn't even stay in the room - Jay had2 assistants help him!  Brody was a good boy though.  He got to eat jelly beans and ice cream all day, and he is fine now.  He even said he wanted to go back to Jumpzone - we'll see about that though!

 

   

All fixed up now...

 

Better with a band aid and jelly beans!

Emery is rolling over now!  She isn't always exactly where you leave her anymore!

We all dressed up for the first Hogs game and went to a birthday party...

Emery enjoyed the jumper there!

Jay ended up getting called into work, and we didn't even get to watch the game, but we still had a good weekend together!

Brody Thomas is 2!

I cannot believe that our sweet baby boy is 2!  He has been the biggest blessing!  Brody is so much fun - he is a happy boy and we love him so much!  He has the best smile and talks ALL of the time!  He is great with his baby sister and loves helping me clean or do chores. He is 27.5 lbs - about 50% for weight, 30% for height.  Favorite things - playing games on the ipad, mowing and playing outside, jumping on the trampoline,  eating ice cream, going to the gym, reading, and playing with tractors and trucks.  He loves to go visit Daddy at work, and goes straight to Mrs. Ann to get jelly beans; then we go see Daddy!  When he really likes something, he wants to "do that again"!  

Happy Birthday!  Brody loved it when we sang Happy Birthday to him, and still every now and then, he will start singing it and expect you to sing it to him again!

Gram, Libby, Tom and Austin came up early to help out and play before the big birthday party...

Other than the party, the other big event on Brody's birthday was getting rid of his paci's.  He put them all in a box...

And we mailed them to a new baby that needed them!  He is so grown up!  He has done really well without them, but naps are a huge chore now (sometimes, he doesn't take one!) and bedtime is a little harder. 

This is the awesome slide we rented for the birthday party!  We got to play on it all day before the party started.  This is Tom going down - he probably went down 1,000 times!  He told Gram he was sore the next day! It was really fun!

Brody and Daddy sliding

Austin checking out the slip n slide before the party - he probably went down this 500 times!

Brody on the slip n slide!

Grandma, Papa, and Mema arrived early for the party to hang out as well!  We were so glad Mema could make it!

Brody sliding down by himself!  He couldn't climb up by himself, but started going down on his own!

Taking a rest and decorating for the party...

And the birthday party begins!

Waiting in line for snow cones, which were also a huge hit!  

One of my best friends Melissa!!

Notice Emery in her strawberry outfit from Aunt Libby!

Annie and Walker enjoying a snow cone

Brody  had 4 or 5 snow cones - his entire face, belly and arms were covered in blue!

Kara and Harlow taking a break!

Austin doing some mowing!

Here comes the birthday cake!  We let Brody pick it out at Kroger...

We had a great birthday party.  At the end of the day, Brody said he wanted to "Do that again!"