MARCH OF DIMES 2008!!

WE MADE IT TO THE WALK AFTER A ROUGH START SATURDAY MORNING! WE WERE RUNNING LATE AND AUSTIN'S SHOE FELL OFF AND WE LOOKED FOR IT FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES AND NEVER FOUND IT, SO WE LEFT. ON THE WAY THERE HE THREW UP ON HIS CUTE LIL' SHIRT, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS HE USUALLY DOES! MY NERVES WERE REALLY ABOUT SHOT AND RJ LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, "HONEY, IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?" I MEAN WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO WALK IN HONOR OF OUR PRE-MATURE BABIES THAT ARE NOW HEALTHY LITTLE BOY'S! TWENTY-TWO MONTHS AGO WE WERE PRAYING TO GOD EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY TO HEAL OUR SWEET BOY'S AND DIDN'T KNOW SOMETIMES IF THEY WOULD EVER BE HEALTHY OR NOT! SO, NO MY DAY WAS NOT BAD AT ALL AND I THANK MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME WHEN I THINK I'M GOING CRAZY OVER THE "LITTLE" THINGS IN LIFE! I THINK THEIR SHIRT'S SAY IT ALL" JESUS IS MY ROCK" BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIM THESE BOY'S WOULD NOT BE HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WALKING NEXT YEAR AND THE MANY YEARS TO COME!

MOMMY'S BOY!

AIDEN IS A MOMMY'S BOY MOST OF THE TIME! HE IS CRAZY ABOUT HIS DADDY AND LIGHTS UP WHEN HIS DADDY WALKS INTO THE ROOM, BUT HE WILL COME TO MOMMY IF DADDY IS AROUND! AUSTIN ON THE OTHER HAND WILL BE WITH HIS DADDY AT ALL TIMES IF HE'S AROUND!

DADDY'S BOY!

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES AUSTIN IS DEFINETLY A DADDY'S BOY! HE LOVES HIS DADDY AND I CAN'T BLAME HIM:)!! HE LOVES HIS MOMMY TOO, BUT IF DADDY'S AROUND IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM!

THE BOY'S AND THEIR NICU BUDDY, JADEN!

WE SAW JADEN AND HIS FAMILY AGAIN THIS YEAR AT THE MARCH FOR DIMES WALK. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR. IT'S SO AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE BOY'S SO BIG AND HEALTHY NOW!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAW PAW!!

WE CELEBRATED PAW PAW'S BIRTHDAY FRIDAY NIGHT OVER HERE! WE GRILLED OUT AND ALL THE KIDS HAD A BALL PLAYING OUTSIDE! RJ GOT ALITTLE CARRIED AWAY WITH THE CANDLES ON PAW PAW'S CAKE, SO ALL THE GRANDKIDS HELPED HIM BLOW THEM OUT! WE HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND WE LOVE YOU!!

WHO NEEDS A SANDBOX?????

YES, THE BOY'S ARE THROWING DIRT ALL OVER THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER! THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SO FUNNY TOO. THEY WERE COVERED FROM HEAD TO TOE AND LOOKED LIKE LITTLE GHOST WITH ALL THE DIRT ON THEM! CAN YOU BELIEVE THEIR MI MI LET THEM IN THE CAR WITH HER?

I WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT SANDBOX'S FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY, BUT I THINK THE DIRT WILL DO JUST FINE! WE HAVE PLENTY OF IT OUT HERE AND THEY CAN'T STAY OUT OF IT!

BUBBLES!!!!

EASY ENTERTAINMENT!

WE WENT TO THE YMCA ON THURSDAY TO GO SWIMMING, BUT THE "KIDDY" POOL WAS CLOSED. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD WATCH THEM TWO AROUND THE BIG POOL, SO WE LEFT. ADIEN PITCHED A FIT AND I HAD TO CHASE HIM TO GET HIM TO LEAVE. I HAD THEM ALL LOTIONED UP AND THEIR SWIM TRUNKS ON, SO DECIDED TO FIND SOME WAY FOR THEM TO PLAY IN THE WATER! THEY LOVE WATER AND I HAD TOLD THEM THE WHOLE WAY TO THE YMCA THAT WE WERE GOING SWIMMING, SO I FELT BAD TOO. I FOUND A COOLER AND THIS TURTLE SAND THING AND FILLED THEM UP WITH WATER! AS YOU CAN TELL, THESE BOYS LOVED IT! THEY WERE THROWING WATER ALL OVER THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER! HOPEFULLY, THE NEXT TIME WE TRY TO GO TO THE YMCA TO SWIM THE "KIDDY" POOL WILL BE OPEN! I WILL MAKE SURE TO CALL! OH WELL, AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO NOW WHEN THESE TWO GET BORED:)!

DUMPING THE WATER ON EACH OTHER AND THEMSELVES!

BASEBALL GAME!

THE BOY'S LOVE BASEBALL, ESPECIALLY AIDEN, SO DADDY WANTED TO CARRY THEM TO WATCH KADEN PLAY BALL THE OTHER NIGHT. AIDEN REALLY LIKED IT AND WATCHED THEM PLAY FOR AWHILE AND WOULD SAY, "Ooooooo", EVERY TIME ONE OF THE BOY'S HIT THE BALL! THEY BOTH FINALLY DISCOVERED THE BATTING CAGES WHERE ALL THE BIG BOY'S WERE AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE. I WAS ALITTLE WORRIED THAT THEY MIGHT GET HIT UPSIDE THE HEAD WITH A BAT OR HIT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE HEAD, BECAUSE THEY KEPT STEALING THE BAT'S OUT OF THE PLAYER'S BAG'S! I'M SURE THEY WILL BE IN THOSE BATTING CAGES SOON ENOUGH!

I'M STILL TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP WITH ALL THESE PCITURES I HAVE. WE OUR CELEBRATING PAW PAW'S BIRTHDAY TONIGHT AND WE HAVE A FULL DAY TOMMORROW. WE HAVE OUR MARCH FOR BABIES WALK AND THEN A BIRTHDAY PARTY, SO I WILL HAVE EVEN MORE PICTURES AFTER THIS BUSY WEEKEND!

THANKS AGAIN TO YOU ALL WHO HAVE DONATED TO SUPPORT MARCH OF DIMES! IF YOU HAVEN'T DONATED, BUT WANT TO, YOU STILL HAVE TIME! I WILL BE SURE TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES AND I'M SURE IT WILL BE ALITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THE BOY'S THIS YEAR, SINCE THEY ARE VERY MOBILE THESE DAYS! IT WILL BE FUN AND WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF OUR NICU BUDDIES! I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND MABEY ONE DAY I'LL CATCH BACK UP!!

THEY JUST LOVE TO BE OUTSIDE!