Spooky Teeth

My child has the love for Halloween that I do. Every year I drag out our decorations and realize we have more for Halloween than Christmas!

My grandma always let me dress myself and sometimes that might include an odd array of stripes and flowers, scarves and her old jewelry and sometimes my grandfather's hat. I think I was around four when I took to adding my Mr. Potatoe Head's pipe to the ensemble. Of course you could actually get a pipe with your Mr. Potatoe Head back then. (Probably a pack of cigarette's too, but I'm not sure I had those) You could usually find me each week at the Piggly Wiggly with my little shopping cart, looking like a homeless child tagging along after my grandmother.

We wanted to get you all in the Halloween mood by showing you John Carter's "scary teeth."

Oh, and stand by for his choice of Halloween costume....to be continued....

"Pishing" with Daddy

We took John Carter fishing today. This was the first time he got to use Daddy's rod & reel from when he was a little boy. We had lots of fun!

Suggestions for Names are Welcomed!

We are completely lost on naming these two babies. If anyone has any suggestions, please, please, share them with us!

So far I like Griffin, Graham, Owen and Archer.

Tim likes none of these, but hasn't come up with anything on his own.

John Carter and my good friend Gerald, from Nashville have both suggested Willie & Waylon.

We appreciate your ideas.

I'm adding a few old pictures of John Carter because I've been scrapbooking and I just can't believe how much he's grown. My little man is almost three! (Granted he's still the size of most two year old's, but he is growing up which makes me a little sad.) For the first time he went to Sunday School and Children's Church this past Sunday. Needless to say I cried. (I'll blame it on the hormones!)

How We Spend Our Days

Everyone always asks me how I spend my days now that I'm at home. Although I can't physically do all the things I would like, I still have fun with John Carter. He really enjoys painting. So when we have a couple of hours to spend getting dirty, I set him up with paints, paper, furniture or whatever we have available for him to paint on. This last time he painted a stool and a little ceramic fish. Here he is hard at work.

My Three Sons!

It's official. We're going to have our very own ball team or at least half of one. We found out today that we're definitely having two more boys. They are growing well and everything looks good so far. I've had some contractions this weekend, so I've been told to rest and put my feet up when this happens. (Yeah, right!!) Resting for a wife & mama still means laundry, dishes, light housework, etc.

The ultra-sound pictures weren't all that plain to me, so I'll just post the ones that I can identify what I'm seeing. They're kind of Halloweenish because the ultra-sound highlights the bones and it makes it look like two little ghost faces.

The Butter-Butter Incident

John Carter has a peanut allergy, so when all the other little kids eat PB & J sandwiches he has to eat Soy Butter. (It's actually not too bad and it looks like real peanut butter, so he's happy) The other night he decided to make himself a snack of "Butter Butter and Crackers." At some point he must have decided to nix the crackers and drink the "butter butter" because he came into the office and said "Look Mama!"

**Hair Tip** If you run out of gel, try soy butter....

In Two Weeks....

In less than two weeks we'll have the "fetal analysis" done on the babies. Among other things, we should find out what sex they are. Keep your fingers crossed that they are positioned where we can tell. I don't think I can prepare for two and not know what I'm having this time. It was really exciting not to know with John Carter, but that's when we thought he might be our one and only. When we do find out I hope some you will give us suggestions on names. Be thinking!

Photos of our "Day Out With Thomas"

In front of Thomas...

Sitting all by himself.....

A Day Out With Thomas

It's been a while since my last post. I've been resting as much as possible and trying to get over this surgery. This past Saturday, we planned a special day for John Carter to go see "Thomas the Tank Engine" in Nashville. You would have thought the kid was seeing a rock-star! He was so excited when Thomas pulled up. It actually made me cry to see how happy he was. It wasn't an easy ride for "Mama and the babies," but it was worth all the pain just to see his little face when his "Thomas" came to pick him up. Here he is with Daddy getting ready to board the train.

August 25, 2008

Ten days after surgery and the babies are doing great. Their heart rates are back up to where they should be and we have new ultra-sound pictures to share.