Beach - Day 2 (AM)

They were all up bright & early Friday morning.

This is one of my favorites. I think I may blow it up and hang it above the fireplace. :)

I need to record his laugh more often. It's the greatest sound in the world.

It's so sad when things just don't go your way.

I love this happy little girl!

I asked the kids to be nice. Please.

Isabel literally stalked baby Nicholas. She is totally infatuated with him.

"Baby Nicholas" didn't get out much at the beach. 6 weeks old is a bit young for sandcastles. :)

Beach - Day 1

We arrived Thursday afternoon around 2:00 and hit the beach as soon as we could. Isabel seemed much more interested in the whole beach/sand/water thing this year. Yea! Jackson still loved it. He got knocked off his feet by a wave and came up, got his feet back under him and smiled. He is so cute! Ella (my neice) is a year older than J & I so she is a much more experienced beach bum. :)
Alright folks, I've got 4 days worth of photos so get ready. Here it goes. :)

My brother Rhett & Ella

She was literally rolling around in the sand like a freakin' earthworm. Over and over. It took more than 1 bath to get all the sand out of her hair. Crazy. She really was completely covered in sand. It was almost too hard to watch! :)

We made it!

Well, we made it to the beach! It took over 5 hours but we did it. We got in yesterday (Thursday) a little after 2:00 in the afternoon. The kids have had the best time. Ever.
It's almost midnight on Friday and I was just now able to get a connection. Needless to say, I'm exhausted but I wanted to get something out here. So here's a few.....

I ♥ Faces "Let's hear it for the boys!"

This week over at i heart faces it's all about the boys. This is one of my all time fav pics of Jackson so it was not a difficult choice. Go check out all the entries at i heart faces!

Stay tuned!

It's been a really long time (at least in my world) since my last post. We've been busy and it's been like close to 100 freakin' degrees so getting outdoors just doesn't seem as inviting as it did a couple of weeks ago. I haven't even been taking many pictures. Now I'm getting ready for our beach trip Thursday. Yea! Of course the temp at the beach will probably be over 100 but everything is better at the beach. Even the heat. The kids are excited, I'm excited. Kevin is probably excited to have the house to himself for a long week-end.
Anyway, this is a warning. Be prepared for me to overload you in a few days with beach pics. I plan on taking no fewer than 1000 pictures. You've been warned! :)

Go Jackson Go!!!!!

He did it! Finally. Jackson has pooped in the potty. I was laughing, screaming, clapping. If I didn't scare him to death with my happiness I think he just might do it again. I could have never imagined how happy a poop in the potty could make me. :)
(Isabel was not impressed.)

I think I'm impressed

Last night Jackson really had to think "outside the box". He has never pooped in the potty. I keep telling him that he can't poopie in his big boy underwear. So here is what he did.....
He comes walking down the hall wearing nothing. The big boy undies are missing. Buck naked Jackson. But he has a pull-up in his hand. I ask him what he's doing. He tells me that he needs to wear the pull-up. So silly me, I assume he's peed in his undies and taken them off so I tell him that it's ok, accidents happen. So pull-ups are on and I'm off to find the wet undies only when I find them they're dry. Totally dry. So now I'm confused until I find Jackson in the corner of the living room. Pooping. Not in his undies, though. I suppose he was listening to me after all!
But I think I'm impressed. He knew he had to poop, knew he shouldn't poop in his undies and he had to come up with a plan. Smart little boy I have! :)

More pool pic's :)

There are actually from last Wednesday @ Mom's. After nap we wanted to do a little swimming! Summer in the South. Hot.
We are headed off to the beach next Thursday with Mom (GanGan), Rhett, Nicole, Ella & "baby Nicholas". Kevin has to work. :(
I'm really excited. I know the kids are going to have an absolute blast. And I get to take pictures. All day. For 3+ days. Happy me.