We bleed bulldog blue!!

Recently, we have been attending the Tech home games! Maddox loves to go and really enjoys watching football and getting to see Champ the mascot. There are usually lots of other kids around for Maddox to play with so he stays well entertained. We have gotten some really cute pictures of us all in our blue and thought we would share.





We had a great time at Halloween. Maddox was dressed as a fireman and Harris was the dalmatian! They were absolutely adorable, but we are kind of biased! ;) Maddox really got into the whole trick-or-treating thing and really got into the candy. He talked about and asked for candy for a whole week!








We have been busy at work with our house. Once we are finished remodeling we will have experience with all sorts of projects! Our current project is remodeling the bathrooms. Hopefully, we will have them done by Thanksgiving, we have company coming!

The boys are doing great. They have really started to play with each other and the sibling rivalry has started too. No one told us it would start so soon. Recently, we have been in the car and heard "no look at me Harris!" And Maddox can't stand it when Harris is touching him or plays with his toys. Maddox is really going to get an eye opener when Harris starts crawling soon!
Harris is getting big! He weighs around 16lbs now and will be 7 months old tomorrow! He is on the verge of crawling but hasn't quite figured it out yet. He is great at pulling himself up and we have to really watch him because he is not super steady on his feet.

We are all ready for the holiday season and excited about getting to visit with lots of family. And it is really fun to decorate our new house with fall and soon christmas decor!

Rub a dub dub 2 cuties in a tub......

We are in awe of what an amazing blessing these boys are! They are so much fun! Our days are pretty wild and crazy, the laundry is always piled up, dishes are always in the sink, and we are always tripping over toys. We get frustrated and down sometimes but then we look at the smiles on these two boys faces and we just laugh and forget about everything else. They are such a joy!

So what is new:
We went camping last weekend and had a blast!


We went up to Arkansas with some friends and stayed right on the lake. The weather could have been better but we had a good time anyway. And yes, we do tent camp, is there any other way to do it??
Maddox LOVED it! He really loved all the attention he got from everyone and he especially loved his "catchin pole" aka fishing pole! We even let him reel in some fish which he thought was so neat. It took a few fish before he finally decided to touch one.



The boys are doing great! We are all enjoying this fall weather and spending lots of time outside.

Maddox keeps us busy and has been really talking up a storm lately, as if he didn't already! He is now telling complete stories and has an amazing memory. He is always busy doing something and he also has a crazy fascination with firetrucks that doesn't seem to be going away.

Harris is a super cutie and he is always smiling. He'll be 6 months on Sat! He sits up really well and reaches and grabs anything in his sight. He is acting like he wants to start crawling too. He is totally fascinated with our drinks and food, every time he sees a cup or anything else he wants he makes this face:
The boys are really starting to enjoy each other. Maddox loves to call Harris his baby. Maddox does not like to share with Harris and of course Harris is completely fascinated with everything Maddox does.


Enjoy all the pictures!

Hurricanes, sitting up, and new carpet oh my!

Things have been a whirlwind around here! We have found ourselves so busy lately.
2 weeks ago we had some great (and our 1st) house guests come for a visit!

Jamie's MawMaw and PawPaw evacuated Hurricane Gustav and came to stay with us a few days! We had a great time and they were a huge help with a bunch of things around the house. Thankfully they had no damage.



We did get a lot of painting accomplished while they were here in preparation for the new carpet! They were a wonderful help and it was a blessing to have them come. They also got to meet Harris for the first time and got to hang out with the wonderful Maddox. Maddox of course followed pawpaw around like a shadow and was constantly asking him what he was doing. Maddox had a great time with company and so did Harris. I think Harris got a little spoiled by being held all the time ;) He's not used to such luxuries.
Thanks, MawMaw and Pawpaw for a great visit and all the help!

As mentioned earlier we got new carpet! Yay, it was definitely needed and has made a huge improvement to the house. We wanted to paint all the rooms before the carpet and we had to take up some wood flooring. The wood floor was a pain and has gone on our list of things to never do again! It was mismatching parquet wood flooring, for those of you wondering why in the world we would take up wood floors. Plus it was randomly laid in the hallway and only one bedroom. The other bedrooms had nasty stinky carpet. It was a lot of work to get things ready but it definitely paid off.
Here are a few before and afters for you to see.
Our room:
Before


After


Hallway:
Before


After

Please realize that we still have no decorations on the walls yet and there is still painters tape in the hallway.
We'll post more before and afters next time.

The boys have both been sick with colds this last week. Thankfully they both seem to be on the better end of the cold and we should be done with runny noses soon.


Maddox has been thoroughly enjoying the beautiful weather the past few days. He loves to play outside.

He is doing great and has been keeping us on our toes with all of his climbing adventures, exploring, and non stop talking.

Harris turned 5 months on the 11th. He weighs 14lbs. He has been sitting up really well by himself lately. He loves to sit on the floor with Maddox and play with toys. Maddox is learning what little brothers are like and he's not too sure he likes the whole sharing thing.

Harris is in awe of his older brother and loves to laugh and smile at him. Harris also encourages Maddox's not so great behavior by laughing when Maddox hits him, or jumps off of things, or spits his water etc, etc.
Harris is a super sweet little guy and he definitely puts up with a lot from Maddox. One day he will be big enough to get Maddox back.

Here is a picture of our new stroller too! Jamie took it to the mall last week and she loved it! The people who invented it are geniuses! It can be a single or double stroller. It's called a Phil and Teds Sport Buggy.





Thanks to all of you who stick with this blog even though we are sometimes very slow to update! Our house feels like a zoo sometimes but, that's what having kids is all about right!

We know everyone has been waiting.....

So, we are finally sitting down to update this blog.
We have had a lot going on in the last few weeks so we will quickly sum them up and then get on with the pictures.

We got moved into our new house. We like it a lot. We have a lot of work to do on it but it looks 100% better after being cleaned and getting our stuff moved in. We have a lot more space which is SO nice. We also have an amazing backyard that we all love, especially the dogs! We'll post some pictures of it soon. We only have pictures of the inside and that is not pretty so we will wait until we can get a few shots of the outside. We'll save the inside pictures for before and afters. We also really like our neighborhood. It is a quite loop of houses where everyone is outside in the evenings cutting grass, doing yard work, and visiting. It is full of kids and they all play outside afterschool and in the evenings. We have already met a lot of neighbors and they are all so nice.
Maddox really likes that 2 school buses go by our house each day. So we are always on the lookout at 3:30 and at 4:00! He thinks it is the best thing, well, unless a firetruck would go by our house but we don't want that to happen.

We had a great time at the beach!! Maddox loved hanging out with Mimi, Pawpaw, Angie and E. He liked the beach but only sand the ocean was a little much for him. It didn't help that the waves were crazy while we were there. Harris liked his beach trip too. He figured out just what to do on the beach, sit back and relax! We all had a really good time and were sad to leave.




Starting him out early on Guitar Hero!


Maddox is as crazy as always!

He is so full of energy and has quite the sense of humor. He talks in full sentences now only omitting a few connecting words. The other morning while we were all hanging out in bed and Harris was nursing Maddox tells us "I used to eat a boobie now I grow and climb ladders." We thought this was hilarious and so out of the blue! He does love ladders and anything else he can climb too. He keeps Jamie very busy during the day!

Harris is a sweetheart.

He went for his 4 month check up the other day. He weighs 13lbs 12oz and is 24' long. He is doing great. He is always smiling and loves to laugh now too. He is fascinated by Maddox and squeals at Maddox to get his attention. He is a very laid back baby and is content to just sit back and watch things happen unless he is hungry or tired. He is still very blonde and only has a little peach fuzz. He's a cutie pie!

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary last Wednesday! It was a great day! Our gifts to each other were a new weedeater and a double stroller...how romantic! The double stroller is super cool though. We'll dedicate a whole blog post to it when it comes in. It is supposed to be here tomorrow! Brian thinks the weedeater is super cool too! :)

Well that about sums everything up in a condensed form.
We hope everyone is doing well!!

A bunch of pictures

We have been crazy busy lately! We are buying a new house so the last few weeks we have been busy trying to sell our house (done) and get things together for the new house. Not to mention packing too. We close on both houses on Aug. 6th! We are so very excited! Our house now is getting pretty snug. We found a bigger house with an amazing backyard. The house needs some work, especially on the inside, think 80's wallpaper in every room, but we are all set to get started with some renovations!
The boys have been great! Maddox has been enjoying going to Mothers Day Out. His last day is next Thursday, it has been a great time for everyone and we will be sad when it is over!



Maddox is a blast to be around and we are learning 2 is a very challenging but fun age. We have been having a lot of success with potty training! Hopefully we can have that done and over with very soon! He is very active and always want to be on the go and playing outside.



Harris is great! He is such a happy baby all of the time. He'll be 4 months on the 11th of Aug. He has started laughing and rolling over. Maddox is the best at making him laugh, Harris loves his big brother!


We won't be posting a new blog for a while. We are busy packing right now, then we move into the new house and then we are leaving for a beach vacation 3 days after we close on the house. We have a busy few weeks ahead. A week at the beach will be the perfect end to all the house buying stress!


We hope you enjoy all the pictures!