Baby shower for the twins

Tim prepares his lap for holding more than one child

Our little friend Madyson, Tim & John Carter


Two little "lovies" for the babies.



Little Hartstrings outfits for the boys!

We received so many sweet little outfits, cool baby gear and tons of diapers and wipes! Thanks to all the great ladies who helped put our shower together and prepared the delicious food. Our church family is so generous. I don't know what we would do without them!
Now, I just have to find a place to put everything.....

A Fun Lunch With Cayden

I had to "crawl" in these tubes to fish John Carter out!


Relaxing in the crawling tubes at McDonald's.

I may be a bad mother, but we don't eat fast food too often. Lately though, McDonald's has been giving away Madagascar toys in their Happy Meals. Unfortunately, we had McDonald's three times last week just trying to get all the toys. (Of course this means I have to get a Happy Meal too!) On our last meal there we had the company of my best friend for over 20 years, Alissa and her youngest son Cayden to share in the Madagascar Mania! The boys had fun playing on the playground after we ate.
**Note** Those tubes the kids climb in are NASTY! Lysol your child when he comes out!!**

My New "Fourla Wheeler"

Proudly showing off his new toy.


I caught him riding/driving like this (while it was in high gear!)
He said, "But mama, Bob the Builder rides his equipment like this."



He looks so little sitting on this big red four wheeler, but he handles it well. Of course he likes going really, really fast and he loves to slam it into reverse and scare me half to death! Guess I had better get used to these dare devil little boys.

John Carter and Kendall

John Carter & Kendall


I think he's in love!

My son is in love! We spent a fun play date with our friends Mrs. Amy, Kendall and little Taylor on Friday. I'm not sure if it's all Kendall or if it's her toys he's most in love with. She took him for a ride in her Jeep, they played on her cool swing set and the most awesome thing a girl could ever have, she had it, a Deigo play set!! That put him over the edge.
Kendall you quickly became his "best girlfriend ever!"
Thanks for a fun day.

Sorry for the delay in posting our Halloween pictures, but I didn't get any good ones with my camera so I've had to ask friends to send me theirs. (Not to mention the fact that I don't want to be seen on here looking like I'm wearing a big red tent!!) Anyway, John Carter decided about two weeks before Halloween that he wanted to be Santa. (I already had a flying monkey outfit ready, but NO!) When I asked him what Daddy could be since he was originally going to be the Wicked Witch, he said very proudly, my Elf! So, needless to say I had to start sewing and elf outfit for Tim. So here we are...Thanks Shannon & John for the pix!

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.