Videos of the Kids

Here's a video of Jay. Enjoy.

Here's Jay and Ben playing together.

Here's Ben jabbering and doing a little complaining.

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Jay: Man down

Backyard Barber

I finally got to abuse... er, enjoy my kid the way I want and not the way that all of the ladies in his life want. Let the hate mail begin!

15 minutes and zero dollars = best haircut ever! (Don't worry, it'll grow back by Christmas)

Ben's Photo Shoot

My favorite pair of jammies are striped and footed and have an orange elephant on them. Of course, they aren't mine - but they're still my favorite! As I put them on Ben today, I noticed that I was stretching the collar to get it over his shoulders. "Oh, no! I don't even have a picture of you in these - and the make you even cuter than you usually are - which means they must have some magic power because you are already super cute!" So I zoomed around the house, grabbed my camera and Baby Ben and went outside in a flash. I thought I only had one shot but as you can see I got several. Here are all the pictures I took (and edited).

2 Vids and some Vacation Pics

Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. Lots of driving / Sleeping in the car (and not just for the one behind the wheel!) I (Shamus) take no credit for the layout as this is the 15 minutes where everyone is sleeping and I don't have to work / mow the lawn.

Ben can finally smile for pictures

How embarrassing...

Edward-Glove-Hands = Age 2

Baby Army 2010

First Victim of the Baby Army

"Either I jumped or someone just left me lying here on the ground. Either way I'm yellin!"

A little Air and Space Museum

Sure you can take a picture but it'll cost you $5

Jay and his stuffed animal brother. Looks real doesn't it!

So Ben can smile and laugh but he has to do a full body situp... and when he's laying on the ground it turns into a full body face plant. Oh well, abs of steel and a broken nose are what most super heroes have, right?

He may need a comb in his hair, a better looking smile, and less food stuffs all over but he can almost say all of our names. A little more trivia and he can probably pass the high school graduation test!

I hope that holds everyone over... time to go mow the lawn.

Morgan, Drew and Sam Visit

Aunt Morgan and her boyfriend, Drew, came to visit the family and met little Ben for the first time! We had a great time while they were here...

Drew and Morgan bottle-fed Ben in the van on the way home from the airport - so he likes them a lot!

We hit Chick-Fil-A for lunch on the way home where Morgan and Drew took turns going into the play area with Jay

Morgan and Drew came over one morning and watched Jay while I got a much-needed nap!

Morgan and Drew came to Jay's first dentist appointment and took care of Ben while I got some dental work done.

Aunt Sammy came into town from Charleston, too! She and Morgan took turns holding a sleepy Baby Ben at church.

Aunt Sammy also decided to stay in Greenville a little longer than planned so she could visit with everyone! That was really sweet.

Morgan, Drew, Judy, the boys and I all went for a late night ice cream - it was Jay's first visit to an ice cream place and they gave him a free cone (since he's so little)!

Morgan and Drew went to the zoo with the boys and me. It was a lot of fun - especially since the gibbons were making lots of noise! (Check out the short video if you haven't ever heard them.)

Praise God for such a tightly knit family, for providing the money and time for everyone to visit and for sweet, sweet moments with the ones we love!

Growing Up

He's not a baby anymore. He's a kid. Here's the proof.

Our first crop

Today my mom, Jay and I picked one big

zucchini, one cherry tomato, and a bunch of baby spinach in our vegetable garden. Can you believe it?!? One big zucchini, one cherry tomato, and some baby spinach!! That's one hundred times what we got out of our vegetable garden last year (about 6 beans). We'll have to give Jay some credit for that since he loves watering the yard so we've been doing that this year. Plus, God has given us a good, rainy spring! Yay!