We are so sweet

The boys this week:

Ty is like Mom did you really make me wear this?

Look at this chunk!

So the wise tale goes, you must be really sweet if the mosquitoes bite you. Well we are one sweet family because although we had a wonderful time at the lake with Mamee and Poop, we came home with at least 40 mosquito bites b/w the 3 of us. I think Griff may have even gotten himself. Bo came to see us and so did Robert, Becky, Drew, Evan and Jack (My aunt, uncle and cousins). All my pictures with Bo and Robert and Becky are on my mom's camera.

Griff with Robert (Griff"s middle name is named after Robert's middle name, Lee) Robert is our favorite uncle!!

Ty riding his horse

Griff smiling at his Mamee

Look at that dimple!!!

Riley's new friend........ I think the cat won!

Ty's Car

Ty's first Moon Pie

Everybody all worn out

Is that Poop in my pool?

Mamee and Ty enjoying a snock (snack).

Here are few pictures from about 2 weeks ago. I will save you the potty talk (however, we have gone tee tee and doo doo in the potty this week!), but I do have a funny Ty story. Just like we must be really sweet, we must be really southern too. Since Ty was about 10 months old we have told him a few words in sign language, to help him tell us what he needed before he could say it. One sign we taught was the sign for more. This weekend Poop was working on his lawn mower and Ty asked "What's That?" Mamee and I both replied in unison Lawn Mower, Ty signed right back More. We said, no Mower, not More and as we said it we realized how similar they sound when you are from the south. Although he is well aware of the meaning of more, he heard a lawn mower today and signed more to me. I just have to laugh because I really can not say them differently. Poor child we have totally confused him.

The sweet boys

The boys missed their daddy after their trip to the beach

Someone got into the clorox............

Griff's first boat ride. He really liked it. Slept the whole time.

Dada's Boat, Dada's Boat

The boat wears them out.

Dancing to Kenny in my birthday suit

And so it goes

Today is Monday July 28th. (date posted wrong)

Last week I had plan to post a blog and someone called to look at our house, so I never got to. This weekend we went to Poop and Mamee's lake house. Got everything unpacked last night so I could fill you in on our weekend tonight. Well our realtor called to remind us of an open house tomorrow. At our house????? Remind us??? Were we ever told in the first place?? And so it goes, another night of cleaning, straightening up and rearranging to please the real estate market (that is extremely slow!) The babies aren't even asleep yet. Better go!!!!!!!!!!! Look for more pictures of our sweet boys later this week.

PS: More potty talk to come....

It's your love...

Our Song:

Oh, It's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just got to let you know
What it is that won't let me go

It's your love, it just does something to me
Sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough and if you wonder
About the spell I am under
It's Your Love

Better than I was, More than I am
And all of this happened by taking your hand
Who I am know, is who I wanted to be
And now that we are together I am stronger than ever, I am happy and Free

Happy 6th Anniversary Mac! I love you. The lyrics to our song say it all. You make me the happiest person and I am forever grateful to you for giving me our two precious boys. I am still under your spell and have been since the day we ran into each other at the beach in May of 1998!! It was one of the happiest days of my life followed by Valentines Day 1999 when you told me you loved me, September 20, 2001 when you proposed, July 20, 2002 we we said I do and of course the birth of our boys Feb. 25th and June 11th! I am so lucky to be your wife!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Trip to Mrytle Beach

We are home from crashing my aunt, grandmother and cousin's vacation to the beach! Leslie was headed to Coastal Carolina for a Volleyball camp and Becky decided to go get Grandmama and make a little beach trip out of it. Since we don't get to see them that often Ty, Griff and I decided to join the trip. Or should I say crash the trip. Taking a 5 week old and 16 month old to the beach gets a little crazy especially when the 16 month old gets sick and we spend the afternoon in a Doc in the box! Needless to say we still had a great time and Becky, Leslie and Grandmama Harville aka Mama HaHa were a great help and we loved getting to spend time with them. For the week Ty was fixated on Dada's Boat, Water, and Mama's car and Becky, Becky, Becky. We took Mama's car and every time we saw a boat or steering wheel it was Dada's Boat. The water park was Dada's boat and we had a hard time leaving. Water is self explanatory: the ocean, lake, pool, bath, shower... He is so fixated on these things at the moment that for the last three nights he has talked about them in his sleep. It is too funny!! Griff had his first trip to the ocean and in his usual laid back attitude enjoyed and slept through a lot of it. Here are some pictures from our trip. I will actually post a few more when I get some from Becky's camera, she got some really good ones!

Riding the MOO MOO Cow at Barefoot Landing

Oh Ball
The Bird says tweet tweet

Griff's first trip to the beach
Chilling in the Sun
Ty and Mama HaHa playing
Ty's infamous surprise face
My sweet boys holding hands in the car


Mama HaHa and the boys

Ty at the very cool water park

He loved the fountains and ran right thru them

Dada's Boat, Dada's Boat, Dada's Boat
Need I say more....
Leslie and Ty on the Water slide
Water, Water, Water
Leslie and Griff smiling

More Water, Water..
Becky, Ty and Leslie
Mama HaHa and Griff
Griff smiling

Recap

Ok, so I am playing catch up. We have had a good week and as usual busy. Ty loves to explore Griff's baby gear. He can't miss out on anything. I caught him in the swing making faces in the mirror and laughing at himself. He also had to have Mac carry him around in the baby carrier. We are just glad that neither the swing or baby carrier broke, since he is well over the weight limit! He also gets put in time out when he tries to hit or bite Griff. It is all I can do to keep from laughing especially when he puts himself in timeout before I can even say go to time out. Is it really effective when he puts himself in timeout?

Griff is smiling now and I actually caught it on camera. He is getting so big and is such a tough baby. Ty is constantly loving on him and being rough at the same time. His looks are changing everyday, but I still think he looks like his daddy. He is still mostly eating and sleeping, but when he is awake he wants to be where the action is. He is used to the chaos of his big brother!

On another note lets talk potty talk: As we said earlier we got Ty a potty. He is well aware of what it means to go tee tee and he tells you after he has a doo doo, so we figured it was never to early to start. The other day we were in the bathroom and I took his diaper off because I was getting ready to change it. I asked him if he needed to tee tee on the potty. He proceed to try, he even sat and wiped (like mommy) and tried to stand and lean over (like daddy). I know if only you could be a fly on the wall and if only I had my video camera in the bathroom. Well after trying, no success. However he continued to stay close to the potty and told me tee, tee, doo, doo, so I just kept asking if he had to go and sitting him on the potty. He got very quiet and I realized here is he moment. He is working on a doo doo and I sat him on the potty. HE WENT IN THE POTTY!!!!!!!!!!!! GO TY! DOO DOO in the POTTY! We jumped around and cheered (meanwhile Griff is screaming). We celebrated by having M&M's. Now instead of trying to go potty, he wants to know where the doo doo is. He looks in his potty and and says doo doo ugh?? I know he is only 16 months and it may not happen again for months, but it was still exciting!

That was our excitement for the week. We managed to go the grocery store, gymnastics and even get dinner ready one night. It is non-stop, but keeps me on my toes. I didn't get a shower or to go to the bathroom until Mac got home but I survived my first week on my own!

We are headed to the beach with Aunt Becky, Great Grandmomma and Cousin Leslie on Tusday. We are so excited!! Then when we get back Uncle Bo and Aunt Kelly are coming in town for our friend's wedding. We are looking forward to spending time with family!

Ty got to take Dada's Boat for a spin right around our dock and loved every minute of it. We have to walk to the dock at least twice a day to see Dada's Boat and talk about the boat and the fish!


This is our new toy. A double stroller. It is like driving an SUV! We test drove it in the store, so when Mac put it together Ty wanted in it immediately. It was raining that afternoon, but Ty still insisted he get in it and we put baby in it too. So for over 15 minutes Mac and I took turns circling around the house in the SUV stroller. In this picture Ty is dancing, b/c you can plug your IPOD into the stroller and it has a speaker. We were listening to our fav: Kenny Chesney and strolling around the house!
Sweet Baby Griff
Tired boys. Night Night

Happy July 4th!! We had lots of fun with Mamee and Poop. Our July 4th was very low key but lots of fun. I dressed the boys to match and attempted to take their picture. Ty road his car around the house and had Mamee ride with him. He helped Mamee make banana pudding. After a busy morning he and Poop crashed in the rocking chair. We had our friends Mike and Courtney over for dinner and then went to watch fireworks. Ty liked them a lot and said boom boom. He especially liked the fact that we took Dada's Boat to watch them. On Saturday, they boys went to eat breakfast and then we played outside. At nap time Mamee and Poop snuck out and headed to their lake house. We sure do miss them and we had lots of fun while they were here. Jeff, Micah and Tucker came over for dinner on Saturday and then we put the boys to bed and Mac I watched fireworks from our deck. Mac had a few sparklers of his own. The 4th of July is such a special time to honor our country and enjoy family and friends. Can't believe it has come and gone.